Working on different machines. Big holes long steel bar

[@userwl2850]

I will have a video Sunday to show the problem I have with the last jobs I show here.

[@ktmtooling]

Good business, David.

[@grumpyg9350]

Mr Wilks , Just amazing the things you do with such ease. I can imagine how relieved that company is, to have you aboard. Great videos!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍🍻

[@userwl2850]

Thanks buddy. Always a nice comment from you.. I appreciate that. 👍

[@Calligraphybooster]

Wonderful mr. Wilks, just wonderful. And I love how you introduce us to your guest on the lathe in a tone that suggests there is no hope 🤣

[@JB-yn4cs]

And here's me getting wound up with my toy Chinese hobby lathe trying to stick an 8mm hole through some horrible mystery stainless I found in the bin at work (work hardens just by looking at the stuff... ). Hats off to you tackling the big long stuff.

[@dikkybee4003]

With stainless just lower the speed to about a third of what you use in steel and if that doesn't work try slower and keep good pressure on the feed, if it rubs it generates heat and that's not what you want. And use lots of coolant.

[@userwl2850]

Try using WD40 instead of water oil coolant. Slow revs quick spray now and then. 👍

[@plasmaoc]

Tell me about it. I was milling 316 stainless the other day. Shits fucked.

[@karlhrdylicka]

Great to get an update from you David, plenty to go at with new job . just like the old job in a different place without the worries .

[@userwl2850]

Thanks Christopher.

[@davidb6576]

And after you get those 11 done, there's another 50 on the truck!

[@userwl2850]

I hope not Dave. They are to easy and I like a challenge 😉

[@johndowe7003]

@@userwl2850 oi, so true the easy stuff tends to get boring after a while

[@markfryer9880]

@@johndowe7003 that's when things jump up and bite you.

[@johndowe7003]

@@markfryer9880 absolutely, folks tend to get complacent

[@chrislowes1335]

Lovely to see a Swift in action. I worked at a repair company that had three. The coolant tank and the return from the machine was cut into the concrete floor and covered with drilled steel plates to work on, it made cleaning easier.

[@userwl2850]

They are lovely machines.

[@hmw-ms3tx]

A Swift lathe. Another machine from Halifax. They tended to put a lot of cast iron in the machines from Yorkshire back in the day.

[@userwl2850]

It's a brilliant machine... very powerful.

[@landlifem5872]

Yeah we have one exactly the same at my work, she about worn out now but has been a good lathe in its time.

[@Bawbag0110]

Having worked in high precision and heavy engineering it's good to see some proper machining like this...yes the small high spec machines are fun to watch but theres nothing like some brute force chip making

[@ktmtooling]

massive steel bar, great video, David.

[@userwl2850]

Hi Shirley. Hope you are well. 🖐

[@dktim007]

Hi Dave, I've been watching your channel for a couple years now. I wanted to tell you that I made a big boring bar at my work based on what I learned from your channel. The bar is meant to bore the inside of a 3in sch40 pipe. It can go 20 inches and on the finish pass we get about 40uin Ra. We run it on a Polish made TUR560. No one believed me it would work... when it did I told them I got the idea from a bloke ok youtube. Keep up the great work!

[@userwl2850]

That's great to hear. Makes making videos worthwhile if someone learns something.

[@markfryer9880]

@@userwl2850 well in this case it was not just learning something but being able to apply the knowledge at work.

[@markfryer9880]

Sounds like you have studied the videos well and absorbed the lessons. Well done.

[@7333-e3k]

Thanks for the videos David. Please can you show us around the workshop and what machines are in there?

[@userwl2850]

I will do that. 👍

[@paulhammond7489]

Brian sent me over here a few months ago... I've been addicted ever since... Heavy Metal chips 'on steroids' :)

[@randyruppel6727]

Same here!

[@userwl2850]

I saw his video mention me.. thanks for looking Paul.

[@userwl2850]

@@randyruppel6727 hi Randy. 🖐

[@randyruppel6727]

@David Wilks hi!

[@waynep343]

So if Sandvik does not make the tools or the inserts.. are there tool supplier that still have inventory on the inserts to keep you going.. or do you have to build a jig and resharpen the cutting surfaces of the inserts with a diamond tool.. or will you just make up your own tools that use currently available inserts.. thanks for the great show and tell.

[@userwl2850]

Hi Wayne. Sandvik have a massive stock of the inserts just won't be making them in future. The new heads I'll be making???? I'm not sure yet which inserts to use maybe WCMX 🤔

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Great video Dave . Cheers .

[@userwl2850]

Hi Max. Trust you are well buddy. 👍

[@mftmachining]

Sweet Taylor makes in Lathes now?...New to me but not surprising at all.....top-job, David

[@userwl2850]

sweet Taylor? 🤔

[@davidrussell8689]

Great videos of the jobs you’re doing . Workshop looks clean and tidy . Hope you’re happy 😊

[@userwl2850]

Cheers David. I'm pretty happy.. but "no place like your own"

[@davidrussell8689]

I was working for myself 12 years ,fully understand it’s a different ball game now but your “ happiness “ shows in the quality of your work . Knowledge if not shared is useless .All the best and thanks for sharing .

[@markfryer9880]

Hi Dave, what on earth were those squiggly things you had to bore an oil line each end? They appear to have hard facing welds.

[@userwl2850]

They are used to crush paper cardboard for recycling.

[@lewisl5985]

i used to work a old swift with a 24inch power compound ,great machine with all the balls

[@FrBobLaceySD]

Very nice. Thanks for showing the "work of human hands" that makes our world go 'round.

[@userwl2850]

Thanks Bob. Hope you are well.

[@theonlybuzz1969]

Least you have plenty of work David, the Trepanning looks great 👍 these are skill that aren’t being passed to the young ones. Wish I had got into the game a lot earlier than I did, some great Skills to be learned.

[@AdamL-i3q]

4:50 Why do you have a 4 jaw chuck in a 4 jaw chuck?

[@hardynbs1977]

Hi Dave, Nice and informative videos for trepanning , was bit surprised by the speeds and feeds used but great job.

[@firebry23]

You do some really interesting jobs. I wish I knew of a shop where I could go see some of this in person

[@bagheadbaby]

hi Dave how long would it take to trepan those 11 lengths at the end of the video? roughly? cheers james

[@userwl2850]

Hi James.. they are taking 4 hours each. 2 hours per half at 41" 1 hour to take out.. remove the core and start the next one so start to finish is 5 hours.

[@bagheadbaby]

David Wilks damn! A good earner then! Thanks for the reply pal 👍

[@gavinjohn]

Where do you work Mr Wilks?

[@enriquedemaria5071]

Éstos tornos cumplen con la Calidad y el buen funcionamiento mi canal favorito more videos David.saludos León México.

[@userwl2850]

Hello Mexico. 🖐👍🍺

[@donwright3427]

I would be interested to see the suds pump your use

[@userwl2850]

Ok I'll show it in a future video soon. Good idea.

[@TheMetalButcher]

Huh. Haven't seen these machines before. I like to get a good lock at how they're working, coolant systems and stuff. I know you're working, but if you could just pan around them a bit I'd love it.

[@rupert5390]

Can you give us a hint on what these parts are used for ??

[@userwl2850]

The last parts are for gas pipes.

[@rupert5390]

@@userwl2850 Frkin amazing work mate - I'm so glad there is a little bit of heavy engineering left in old blighty - it hasn't all gone to the krauts.

[@aldetitman97]

Nice work David 👏

[@userwl2850]

Thanks buddy 👍

[@Grumphy]

is trepanning another word for big - long holes

[@userwl2850]

It's the method used for making holes with a core or slug retained.

[@terrymoorecnc2500]

Ejector drills rock. I've designed a few.

[@userwl2850]

I'll be making them with WCMX sandvik inserts.

[@dikkybee4003]

Back in the 80's I used to make all the tooling for our trepanning tools that removed the centre out of the bars used for making gun barrels and they looked similar to what was shown in the thumbnail and is why I watched the video but our machine wasnt a lathe it was a purposely built machine.

[@userwl2850]

They will have been the same only sandvik making them then.

[@dikkybee]

@@userwl2850 All our tooling was made especially for our in house tools. The heads were made by us and the tools I made came in 3 different shapes. One had just a plain end and the other was the same width and had a 1/8" protrusion in the middle and the third was used for removing tools that broke inside. The carbide was much tougher than the tooling we get now as the material was quite tough. The machine I am pretty sure came from overseas as I worked in a factory in Australia that produced weapons for all of our armed services. I never used the machine as I worked in the tool room making cutters and gauges. I finished up making the sights for the Hamel 105mm guns just before I left. Sadly the factory got shut down in the 90's like all the other arms making factories and moved to the middle of no where. Typical government mentality. Now they want to restart the factories but we have no tradesmen with my experience.

[@ryanb1874]

Why are the tools in the video ad pic , not have carbide out on edge, and they are nawrled down, am I missing something?

[@userwl2850]

The inserts overlap each other. I'll explain that when I make one. Thanks for the idea Ryan

[@aubreyaub]

Sandvik not making stuff. New bits coming out...or other options are...?

[@userwl2850]

Sandvik have a massive stock of the inserts just won't be making them in future. I may make new tools using WCMX

[@wheelitzr2]

More videos please, i very much enjoy watching your videos.

[@userwl2850]

Thanks buddy 👍

[@prabirchakraborty61]

Wonderful concepts. I tried in my factory it's working so big thanks to you .

[@userwl2850]

That's great to hear. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@landlifem5872]

Yeah we used the Sandvik drill heads also, bought what stock we could when they stopped manufacturing for them. Have got a few Botek heads now, I've only used them in inconel so far but have been very impressed with them, seem to be much better suited to inconel than the Sandvik heads ever were.

[@paulperrin2152]

No top pad on steady onfirstjob?

[@userwl2850]

No need with how heavy it was. 👍

[@paulperrin2152]

@@userwl2850 when I was In engineering I used to machine hydraulics some of the cylinders were 2 metres diameter and weighed upto 7tons , the lathe steady had no top pad but everything was turned with left hand tooling with spindle running in reverse, as you say do to the weight too pad not needed

[@rishiemansingh2276]

Excellent work sir

[@rolfmissing4554]

I could use that lathe in my garden shed :)

[@userwl2850]

🤣 which one.... the small one 🍺👍

[@ТихомирСтоянов-ф4л]

Култ професионални обратки в люнет! Поздравления за професионализма ! До скоро !

[@5020Chris]

@David Wilks, superb !

[@userwl2850]

Thanks Chris

[@danhammond8406]

The welds on the auger was hard facing. It cracks when it cools because it's so hard. It's for antiwear

[@chaosreigns7386]

badass brother

[@bilalkafeel9666]

Good work good job good luck keep it up 🇵🇰

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

very good video..thanks for your time

[@userwl2850]

Thanks for watching.

[@IqbalSingh-gc3we]

Sir, can i have the used inserts of BTA..?

[@ChrisB257]

Just when I think I've seen the biggest - up comes another monster! You do boring with a huge boring bar on jobs where I'd almost expect line boring to be needed. Those ''Frankenstein"" pieces - holy smokes! Seems tragic if good inserts get no longer made - wonder why. That's quite a workload there Dave!

[@userwl2850]

Hi Chris my friend. Hope you are well. Not sure why sandvik pulled out of the deep hole boring side. These are a little teaser for some of the massive jobs to come. Stay safe fella. 🍺

[@smartypants5036]

"This will take some time" !!!!!

[@victoryfirst2878]

The finish look good but shiny metal can fool you on finish. You seem to be a real BORE MAN. Nice job with great pointers too. The Swift lathe you showed, are they the best in your experience ??? What brand of tooling where you talking about that is not made any more ???

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

Dave, that ugly weld looked like Stellite.

[@userwl2850]

I've seen it before but never known why. Maybe you're right. 🤔👍

[@TheLazerhorse]

It's a hard facing electrode that has been used like Postalloy 2830 or something arather. The cracks are called check cracks which are completely normal. Just means the deposit is as hard as hell!

[@geoffgreenhalgh3553]

@@TheLazerhorse I have machined loads of it over the years. We used to do 3 and four ton shafts for inter mixers. Also face plates that had to be surfaced ground on the Lumsben. You run very slow with a button tool. Good work for the nightshift.

[@alasdairhamilton1574]

This will take some time, until beer o’clock time🍺👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@userwl2850]

Not just any beer..... John Smith's beer. 🍺

[@robertreynolds9228]

Take about 4.5 hrs per on 11. So not bad just not challenging

[@userwl2850]

Very boring indeed. After the initial set-up😩

[@johnstrange6799]

Come on 10k! :)

[@userwl2850]

Hi John. Yes not far off. Who'd have thought 🤔lm happy that people find it interesting and hopefully learn something. Stay safe buddy.

[@deep-animals]

*David Wilks* ❤❤ nice work carry on u can do to much good in future ❤❤ i hope i will do best you tuber lets come to friendship ❤❤

[@userwl2850]

Thank you 👍

[@chrisstephens6673]

Well someone has to say it, so it might as well be me. What a boring job you have.😂 Sorry i blame the hot weather for the brain fever, normal service will be resumed etc etc

[@userwl2850]

🤣 to easy these so yes... very boring. 32° in Sheffield 😥

[@chrisstephens6673]

@@userwl2850 can beat that by a few degrees down here in the sunny south.

[@kevinhunter7436]

look like canons

[@userwl2850]

Gas pipes.... so could be canons if not sealed properly and someone lights up a cigar 😓🤣

[@Duet3D]

Это вам не это.)

[@kevinhunter7436]

I did mean cannons with a bang

[@maverickbaitsmb7790]

that is musted mate

[@userwl2850]

Thanks... I think 🤔🤣

[@mrhung9244]

❤❤❤❤

[@tek4]

Like number 666 reporting for duty

[@tek4]

Nice.. Btw I liked this video at number 666..

[@gerry343]

Boring !

[@userwl2850]

😩🤣