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You really shouldn’t be drilling anything without it being safely clamped.

I still have my Dad's "Machinery's Handbook", 17th Edition, 1964. Maybe I should actually look at it. Lol.

Josh, how about side clamping the plate directly on the bed of the machine? Then you can machine the whole surface without re-clamping. E.g. Mity Bites would work. Best! Job

Clients cleaning their parts before bringing it to me or you also shows that they respect you or me as a person. Otherwise I start grumpy and charge everything I do for them :-) Best! Job

Josh, I don't think your arbor is bent too much. These cutters have a habit of not running true to the center. Shimming or, better, regrinding the center hole to the next arbor size will help you. You can see the run out of the cutter in the footage corresponding with the cutting teeth. Or buy a new cutter that will also help. Best! Job

Good follow up 👍

What do the railroads use now for the heavy lifting?

I'm happy to know what that piece is actually for, when you showed the placement picture, I thought " too heavy man " but then you spoke of " weight needed " ahh, lightbulb moment. Thanks for posting.

J&S was, and perhaps still, is for making fixtures to shape grinding wheels.

Cool you did that for your brother-in- law.

This was really a history lesson and a modern day lesson all in one. Thanks really enjoyed watching.

Wait a minute, you're a machine shop, you should be able to make new U bolts easily.

As to no reverse on the Monarch, easy fix. If the motor is 3phase the get a VFD for it and reverse is a button push away. Cheaper way would be to use a DPDT switch to flip 2 of the phases, this would reverse the motor too. If it is a single phase cap start motor, there are a couple of wires that need flipping to reverse the motor, again a DPDT switch and a bit of rewire. That or replace the motor with a 3 phase motor and a single phase to 3 phase inverter. This also gives you variable speed too!

Did you see how much the shaft dipped when you put your tail stock in the new center hole? The shaft end in your chuck is not concentric. I hope this crank shaft isn't a waste of time since it isn't all that straight. How did that work out? It has been 9 months now...surely it got installed and used by now. Seals and bearings would suffer if that bend is a problem.

Second time you've mentioned Anchorlube...been using Tap Magic for stuff like this and it does smoke! Guess I need to try some green goop instead!

I hear the thump of your carriage when it stops. Clearly the DRO setting triggers a solenoid in the carriage so it stops. Wish I had that!

Good Grief, Go Metric. Everything is SO much Easier.

I think your carbide drill caught in the AR500 and then the cutting edge snapped off from excessive forces on it. Just me, I'd resharpen it and stick with the carbide and just slow it down some. Did you get lucky and your drill table openings work out so that your drill hole positions cleared it everywhere? I don't see anything sacrificial between the AR500 and your drill table.

Thanks for the explanation impressive clamp

Good job. I think I would have made it from quality aluminium, easy to machine also. The weight in the front end makes sense though.

I use those clamps pretty frequently for doing preparatory work on large-ish hot rolled plates (up to about 30x50 sometimes). Very good for getting things flat and parallel, but it takes some care, which a lot of people I work with don't apply. Important to use minimal pressure to prevent bulging, just needs to be enough to keep the part from sliding. Also helps a lot to shim under any dead space to account for cutting forces.

Just wore my new Topper Machine “Tread on Those Who Tread on You” T Shirt. Pretty swanky shirt Josh. High Five!

At the plant i worked at we did a LOT of shrink fit repairs. They were all nail biters. Some went wrong. That sucked because production was down on that machine. I have had a pin like that upon cooling crack the bore. That sucked. It was a big repair. I dont drink but i almost started that day. I was the shop supervisor and ALL eyes were on me. I'm glad I'm retired.....LOL! Cheers Terry

I am a patient man. But I don't matter. Please stay within your you comfort level. But, It is really kool to see your work and progress.

Thank you Josh!

Excellent. Maybe I’ll see you at Hungry Hollow. Unless you see me first, obviously. Editing the video is the real pain in the proverbial. It is a massive time suck - not sure very many people understand it honestly.

Borring.

It's unfortunate that one of the most important specifications you failed to include was the Air Supply volume and pressure demand. Too many DIY welders are lured into buying these plasma cutters only to find out their funky little air compressor is far from adequate. IOW, figure in the cost of a larger air compressor before you buy. Consumables are also worth discussing. Many aren't aware of that need. Thanks for the review.

I was wondering about those clamps too. Thanks for the video.

That is really great news that you are very busy with work coming in. The videos come second to keeping your business going. It's really appreciated that you can find the time to make, edit and post the videos. Yours is a great channel to watch and I never miss a video.

Outstanding.....thanks for sharing my friend....Paul

I guess he likes to overbuild his brackets.

It was interesting to know what that part was for. Something I would never have guessed.

Sever vs cut? If my arm is severed or cut I feel they are the same..

Oh, oh, oh... "lotta stupid comments!" now I gotta go back and read them all to see, lol

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Just curious. Where do you get your bar stock/raw materials?

do u have family in your trade?

Great work Josh. I enjoy your channel because its grounded. Its not endlessly promoting stuff so you get more freebies. Best of all you dont bore us with CNC stuff which should be on a separate channel called Watching Paint Dry. Love your shop and the type of work you do.

I love those and planer dogs that go in the round holes on some planer/boring mill tables or the slot blocks like you showed. Great for open table work

I’m glad you made this follow-up to your last project. It seems that most of the machine shop RUclips makers take on projects without knowing what the part’s for, how it works, etc. A lot of that is probably just a lack of enough hours in the day to leave the shop and see the job site in person. I’m a (now-retired) mechanical engineer and worked for a company with a prototyping machine shop you wouldn’t believe if you saw it. They machined prototype engine parts, including heat treating. They liked to keep the engineers out of the shop with “If you can draw it, we can make it!” Until they couldn’t make it. Then you better get your butt into the shop like yesterday! As a young engineer I got that call one day for a pre-prototype part I had designed and drew up myself. We called those parts SK (sketch) parts. The problem was actually my fault. The foreman started in on me about the tolerances were too tight, some areas were double-dimensioned, etc. He ended with “Well, what have you got to say for yourself?” He was expecting a big fight, like he got from all young engineers. I said - after looking over the areas he had issues with - “I screwed up.” That foreman went from ass-chewing’ bull-of-the-woods to mentor in a flash. He said, “I never had a young engineer admit he was wrong.” He put his arm around my shoulder and said, “Come on son, let’s sit down in my office & we’ll go over the print, help me understand what needs to be held tight, where you can give us some relief, and we’ll get this job knocked out.” After that, my jobs went thru the shop with a champion in the inside. And I learned that the best way to start a design was to sit down with the shop before starting the drawing. You knew your brother in law built transmissions and immediately assumed this job would need to be done with tight transmission tolerances. If he had said (better yet)- written on the sketch “TAPERED SPACER to correct angle of brake master cylinder on firewall”, you would have had a better mental image of what he needed.

I’m glad you made this follow-up to your last project. It seems that most of the machine shop RUclips makers take on projects without knowing what the part’s for, how it works, etc. A lot of that is probably just a lack of enough hours in the day to leave the shop and see the job site in person. I’m a (now-retired) mechanical engineer and worked for a company with a prototyping machine shop you wouldn’t believe if you saw it. They machined prototype engine parts, including heat treating. They liked to keep the engineers out of the shop with “If you can draw it, we can make it!” Until they couldn’t make it. Then you better get your butt into the shop like yesterday! As a young engineer I got that call one day for a pre-prototype part I had designed and drew up myself. We called those parts SK (sketch) parts. The problem was actually my fault. The foreman started in on me about the tolerances were too tight, some areas were double-dimensioned, etc. He ended with “Well, what have you got to say for yourself?” He was expecting a big fight, like he got from all young engineers. I said - after looking over the areas he had issues with - “I screwed up.” That foreman went from ass-chewing’ bull-of-the-woods to mentor in a flash. He said, “I never had a young engineer admit he was wrong.” He put his arm around my shoulder and said, “Come on son, let’s sit down in my office & we’ll go over the print, help me understand what needs to be held tight, where you can give us some relief, and we’ll get this job knocked out.” After that, my jobs went thru the shop with a champion in the inside. And I learned that the best way to start a design was to sit down with the shop before starting the drawing. You knew your brother in law built transmissions and immediately assumed this job would need to be done with tight transmission tolerances. If he had said (better yet - written on the sketch “TAPERED SPACER to correct angle of brake master cylinder on firewall”

Not every part is a vise part. 😎

my dad worked for the Union Pacific in the 1960s I remember him starting them engines, not a sound like it his were gp-9s had a great start up.

Well done

Thanks, Josh

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