great work Max, shed be expensive to run as Olga prefers Wodka as coolant Fluid 😎
@swanvalleymachineshop2 ай бұрын
Lol , Cheers . 👍
@hilltopmachineworks21313 ай бұрын
Of course the shaper. 👍
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Lol , no worries . I have the ram off it at the moment , for inspection & adjustment ! 👍
@dennisbjones3 ай бұрын
I hate to see shapers scrapped too but they were superceded for a reason and it makes sense to do the ends in the mill.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Superseded overnight by the face mill ! Cheers 👍
@jimpritz41693 ай бұрын
Every time i watch one of your videos i can't get over the fact that you built this entire shop. You're a man of many talents. Thanks for the videos full of tips and tricks.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks . It was a mega undertaking . Cheers 👍
@dcraft12343 ай бұрын
Olga does like that pumping at the rear! She's a go'er!
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Lol , that she is ! 👍
@alanremington85003 ай бұрын
Cant help noticing your nice, bright, loaded w/machinery shop !! Thanks for the videos !
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@donmadere42373 ай бұрын
I have a Cincinnati 24” Shaper so my vote is Shaper!😊
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@melgross3 ай бұрын
I always prefer the finish of a face mill to that of a shaper.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Same 👍
@mcgama883 ай бұрын
Hello to Max and /Channel. Take notice, where the layout, the goal set to machine component is simple and first instance. As to a larger precision. Where, I can hope to copy process. Some thoughts need to start as simplicity. A reminder to shop process. Thanks, Max, for being my teacher. I so like that gentle guidance where I can simply hope to match process to work needs at my shop bench. it's fun to see action. regards. McGary
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@1crazypj3 ай бұрын
Hi Max, I vote for shaper, we don't see enough shaper work. I guess you'll be doing the V on it as well? I don't really miss working on construction equipment but do miss the money and interesting characters I met on site around Britain. (almost 30 years ago now)
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries . 👍
@johnwilimczyk41883 ай бұрын
Shaper Max
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@kempy6669993 ай бұрын
Great vid - thanks Got to be the shaper 😁 I wonder what tales those pieces of steel can tell before Max rescued them? All the best, Paul
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@johnbishop92453 ай бұрын
Shaper!!
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@frankerceg43493 ай бұрын
Thank you Max!
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@thesjyoungjr3 ай бұрын
Hey Max, thanks for letting us hang out in the shop. Good old Ogla is good girl, keep keep her lubedand she's a happy girl🎉
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@timw24073 ай бұрын
nice squib on ticklin an amil, and the bennie to top it off. guessin u had a bonnie
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
77 Bonnie back in the 80's ! 👍
@warrenjones7443 ай бұрын
385 slew ring change is a decent job! Biggest ones I have done is 345 and 245. Enough Iron to squash you dead if you don't follow good practice. with good tools. Every once and a while a job like that is fun. But as the years advance, the less so I am afraid. I am happy to take a consulting role. Damn I almost forgot...shaper, why not, its a much nicer finish IMHO
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries . We used to have a lot of 245's over here . We had 3 at my other job . 👍
@williammurfin63543 ай бұрын
Nice sized blocks Max. Naw use the mill not the shaper.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@bostedtap83993 ай бұрын
Definitely a great addition to the shop Max. Nicely done
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@acmemachining3 ай бұрын
Those are going to be a nice set of V-Blocks. I wouldn't worry about incorporating the hold down with the v-blocks, it may limit their usefulness. Thanks for sharing.
@brianleduc22443 ай бұрын
I agree here. He's off to a good start but I see that I'll change to measurement of the blocks so they can be used a set of standard boxs of what working with like a set of 1 2 3 blocks the hold downs I'll cut a keyway into the botton sides a hold down there as it can be moved any way that's needed
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries . I have to do them , so they will fit all of my machines . Cheers 👍
@wallbawden55113 ай бұрын
Was looking at the chips coming off the cutter with the odd ones glowing red hot trying to tell you that you had a chipped or dull tips but you picked Up through the finish any reason you could not have used a fly cutter on it for a better finish My vote goes for the face Mill not a big fan of Shaper finish but either will and I know which one you will use nice job Cheers Cheers
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
I do not have a fly cutter for this machine . I prefer the speed & finish from a face mill . Cheers 👍
@ThePottingShedWorkshop3 ай бұрын
A vote for the shaper here! I like your plan for a baseplate, much more flexible.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@MyMiniHomeWorkshop3 ай бұрын
I'm easy and as they say over here in Thailand, "Up to you" 👍
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@DavidSellars-b8l3 ай бұрын
My old line burner is probably 80-90 years old, maybe more. Still does the job. Don't use it much but, when I do, the cut is first rate.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@matttradie13413 ай бұрын
Its a good job for a shaper. Making them a matched pair and shaping in the vee and the relief would probably making for an interesting setup too. No land speed records will be obtained though 😂
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@GraemeStephens3 ай бұрын
I didn't know you had a Horse and Cart ? ............. but you do have a Pony Tail 🦄
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Lol , 👍
@DudleyToolwright3 ай бұрын
Didn't your mother ever tell ya that if you are gonna make some cool kit like this, you need to make some for everyone. Very nice work, Max.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Lol , Cheers Rob 👍
@alandawson28133 ай бұрын
Hello young max,
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@johnfry90103 ай бұрын
OLGA never disappoints , that is an awesome machine !
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@johnlee82313 ай бұрын
I for one don't mind seeing you finsih up with the horizontal miller. It'll be faster so I'll get to see the project advance farther along in an episode.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@Dustin_the_wind3 ай бұрын
Thanks, Max.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@billawad1543 ай бұрын
Always a sense of satisfaction making shop made tools.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@hmw-ms3tx3 ай бұрын
I like the shaper but there's no getting around the fact that the horizontal spindle on Olga is the perfect tool to machine the ends. Are you getting used to the push button controls on Olga? My HBM is like that and I found it awkward at first. Once I got used to it I liked it a lot. That 385 is a big machine. My brother owns a 375 but I haven't yet seen it in person. It spends most of its time stripping overburden in a limestone quarry. Ken
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers Ken . Yes , slowly getting used to the buttons . I prefer the mechanical levers though . They have that piece of mind for reliability in my mind ! Too much climbing to get to anything on those larger excavators . 👍
@petegraham14583 ай бұрын
Always nice to see and hear a shaper working , don’t fuss with it if it requires grinding a new tool.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@BundyBearsShed2 ай бұрын
I have business insurance for the channel that goes through Qld Tractor spares as well but it was a seperate policy for sure.
@swanvalleymachineshop2 ай бұрын
We had to change ours . Not many will do a 9 acre block with an old asbestos house & a part time home business . 👍
@jrd02wilcox3 ай бұрын
Great video. I vote for the shaper
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@mikeyjohnson95963 ай бұрын
Good old Olga may not be the belle of the ball but she always puts out! Thanks for the video Max. Cheers from US 🍺
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@dockerjade3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the great videos. Always love seeing some shaper action.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@peter32173 ай бұрын
great video Max, my baby shaper votes for the daddy shaper.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@dutchgray863 ай бұрын
Would be nice to see some shaper work.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@TedRoza3 ай бұрын
G'day Max. Nice big plates. I liked the emery cloth idea, which worked out well. What Speed did you use, when facing the plates. & of course we want to see the Shaper in action. Better than watching fish swimming in a glass tank. 😅😊😊. Good video, catch you on the next Installment.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers . All the speeds & feeds used were in the video ! 👍
@TrPrecisionMachining3 ай бұрын
very ggod video friend Max
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@joell4393 ай бұрын
Proper Vee Blocks 👍👍😎👍👍. Cheers Max
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@TheAyrCaveShop3 ай бұрын
Hi Max, I vote shaper with a shear tool finishing cut. Enjoying how a couple of V blocks can be an interesting and educational build. There’s a lot going on when you break it down. Love the detail and the commentary. Olga is a happy girl with a little lube up 👍 Nice dad photo at the end … See you in part two , ATB…Cheers….
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers Dean . 👍
@jasonhull57123 ай бұрын
Like a hot knife through butter.. oh eh, it is a hot knife. Haha The rapid traversing of ol Olga is pretty impressive for a large table like that. I actually thought that footage of the rapid traversing was sped up but looking at the spindle speed it wasn’t, that’s just how fast it moves. Quite impressive in my opinion. Gonna be a handy matched set of V-Blocks Max. 👍🏻
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@paulcurtis27793 ай бұрын
Super cool. . the V Blocks will be very handy especially with the Key's to make sure they're exactly on center for both tables. . Great job.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@tommyvik10103 ай бұрын
Another great video Max, always enjoyable to see a shaper in action. I bet Olga does the jobb faster. Don't waste time and money.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Olga will do in seconds what a shaper can do in minutes ! Cheers 👍
@BruceBoschek3 ай бұрын
Every video of yours makes me love your shop all the more. That was a brilliant undertaking. The first machine I used was a shaper because everyone else wanted to get right on the lathe. I made a nice, little machinist's hammer on the shaper and am always delighted to see one in action, so there is my vote. Thanks for another excellent video.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers . A little Alba shaper was my first machine not counting a drill press ! 👍
@AllanBirch-yw4cc3 ай бұрын
Another great video, Max. Shop made tools are always great to watch!
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@theoutbackshed3 ай бұрын
Another nice build Max. Cheers SteveO
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@624Dudley3 ай бұрын
G’Day Max - Yep, I’m voting for the shaper. Thanks for the still photos at the end 👍
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@doncoyle1143 ай бұрын
the shaper for sure !! great content Max
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@terrycannon5703 ай бұрын
You are wearing winter clothes and it was 103 F here yesterday. I've been waiting until late afternoon to work in my shop. I have been sweating like the only boy at the family reunion. Looking forward to part #2. I love shaper work but also love seeing the big Russian mill at work.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@StuartsShed3 ай бұрын
Great to see the process as always - picked up a few more tips. I’m a fan of that horizontal mill, but I’m just enjoying the process whichever way it goes. Cheers.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@AaronEngineering3 ай бұрын
G'day Max. Love that big mill of yours. She ploughs through that steel like tractor on steroids mate. Catch you on the next one Max. Cheers, Aaron.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks Aaron 👍
@RalfyCustoms3 ай бұрын
Well g'day Max, just back from a Shovelhead ride, over to our Clubhouse and ready for a Saturday afternoons chill, looking forward to watching this one for sure, thanks for sharing mate, have a great one 👍
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers Mate . Taking Harry The Bastard out for a stroll ! 👍
@Darkrif19573 ай бұрын
Hi Max the V blocks are going to be a sweet addition to your shop mate ,nice work 👍👍
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@robdixon9453 ай бұрын
Thanks for the show Max 🍻
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@kentuckytrapper7803 ай бұрын
Great video max, keep'um coming.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@Rooster523 ай бұрын
Max, you keep it real, don't change a thing. :~} Great info on Machining & Insurance... and I'm guessing you don't have any problem sleeping at night! GW
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No problem there ! Cheers 👍
@larrymac85383 ай бұрын
SHAPER please Max. 👍 Plus what grade of steel are these blocks being made from ?
Max back in the Early seventies we called them traveling torches on a track they're great for lot of cutting
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries . They used to make a similar thing called a Squirt Mobile to hold a mig gun . 👍
@DrKnow653 ай бұрын
Vote for Olga for all the faces, rotate the head for the "V", use the horizontal for the ends, etc. :)
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@stevennederhiser71253 ай бұрын
Would pin the blocks together and use the shaper. Finish the sides and the Vee's. Enjoy the content!
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@paulhammond74893 ай бұрын
I'll cast my vote for the shaper (we don't get to see a good bit of shaper action too often) That Slew Ring change looks like it may have had a challenge or two. How old was your dad in that photo? :)
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
The slew ring went relatively easier than it looked . Dad would have been in his early 20's back then ! Back in the days when the Post & Telegraph office had their own machine shops . 👍
@paulhammond74893 ай бұрын
@@swanvalleymachineshop Good to hear it went well. I'm officially as old as dirt, so can remember when many companies had their own small machine shops as part of their maintenance set-up, mostly gone these days, but it give the independent shops work :)
@willemvantsant51053 ай бұрын
Hi Max, made my Eclipse copy vee blocks 55 years ago on an Elliott shaper, the clamps were the most tedious parts to make. Even jewelld them with lapping paste. Still use them today. Noticed Olga has electro/mechanical braking on the rapids, no over run, nice feature, complex arrangement.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@billdoodson42323 ай бұрын
Olga sounds like quite an accommodating machine. 😂😊 Tickling the Amal carb brings back memories of my old Triumph 3TA, she always needed a good tickle from cold. Must admit the old Suzuki V Strom I bought just to get to the TT this year, starts a lot better.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Olga is quite accommodating ! 👍
@Randysshop3 ай бұрын
Hi Max. The shaper gives a nice finish, however with the same machine finish on all sides it just looks better. IMO Cheers
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
No worries 👍
@markramsell4543 ай бұрын
I've seen machinists who want a great finish use a fly cutter on the last pass. Looks like a mirror.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
I prefer the face mill . I do not own a fly cutter & do not have a boring head that can be used for fly cutting in this machine yet . Cheers 👍
@TOMUCHLUX3 ай бұрын
I may have missed it but what steel did you use for these V Blocks? Great videos. Love your work.
@swanvalleymachineshop2 ай бұрын
Just scrap of unknown type , most likely 250 0r 350 grade plate . 👍
@paulrayner45143 ай бұрын
Do you have to bolt them down? Just stick some keys in. You will be workholding whatever is in the blocks anyway, wouldn't that be good enough?
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Yes , they need to be bolted down if there is multiple parts . Also you never know if they have to be set at an angle to the table . Cheers 👍
@MPenzlin3 ай бұрын
regading the sides: What would you do, when effort and time matters?
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Olga , would be quickest by far ! 👍
@Warped65er3 ай бұрын
Great vid., Max.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍
@CastIronMachine3 ай бұрын
Show us some shaper action :)
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Ok . 👍
@markschweter63713 ай бұрын
Question from a total novice... Wouldn't lying the large I parallels flat on the wide side and then setting the small I parallels on them be a tad more stable?
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
You will see in part 2 ! Cheers 👍
@richardmills65053 ай бұрын
What advantage was it to weld them together before cutting the waste out , Max ?
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
So the guide rollers for the oxy stay on a flat plane . Being 50mm plate , it's easy to cut crooked otherwise . 👍
@be0073 ай бұрын
why not cut those v-blocks with a bandsaw, so you dont have that hardening wit oxy flame cut ? cheers ben.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
I do not have a large vertical bandsaw & to cut 520mm of 50mm plate would take forever ! Cheers 👍
@samrodian9193 ай бұрын
Great vid Max. Shaper action for me please!
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Cheers 👍
@MrValhem2652 ай бұрын
would hard flexible plastic be better@48.42 time ? it would fill the voids after clamping vice?
@swanvalleymachineshop2 ай бұрын
Plastic would move , then job would not be secure . Cheers 👍
@seldendaniel881920 күн бұрын
Horizontal mill!
@swanvalleymachineshop20 күн бұрын
That it is ! I still have to clean up the horizontal arbors & make a new master bush . 👍
@Marcuscalafatty3 ай бұрын
Mate you make me piss my pants every time I watch . From one machinist to another keep it up you are the real deal . Would like to come and visit one day and suss out all your gear. I am guessing you drink a bit of piss ?
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Knock back the odd one or two Great Northerns ! Cheers 👍
@dikhed16393 ай бұрын
Hey Max, what is this, bait & switch? Where's the 2nd part? I want to see how you mill out those "V"s.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
Editing it this weekend ! 👍
@tates113 ай бұрын
Why did you go to a sharp corner? For larger diameters there could be a flat or radius at the bottom of the vee. You could then either have a lower block or hold much larger parts using a wider vee. I don't get how you could hold tiny bars in these anyway. I would make a wider vee with a flat at the root and have removable flat bars to fit onto the angled faces for smaller diameters.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
The blocks are not for tiny parts . 👍
@tates113 ай бұрын
@@swanvalleymachineshop like I said, so why go so deep and sharp with the vee if you don't need it. Either a wider vee with a flat bottom for bigger diameters or a shorter block with the same width vee.
@swanvalleymachineshop3 ай бұрын
@@tates11 If i need a wider Vee for larger diameters , i will make a set with a shallower vee . This will cover most of what i do .