Index of Shop Videos, in approximately chronological order (Page Three)
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| "Groz" 3 Position Vise, Review | A fair priced vise, tolerances seem good and would suit light milling as well as drill press use. |
| A Wire Wheel Balancing Method | A simple and fairly effective way to improve balance on a wire wheel. |
| Collet 'Nose' Extension | Made extra 'nose' extension to reduced carriage being so close to spindle when using collets. |
| Collet Extension, Drill Rod Test | To better check for truth, we set up some drill rod in a collet - result was very satisfactory. |
| Making a Lead Hammer | Another hammer project - fairly successful but with some classic screw-ups along the way! :) |
| Swivel Head Shear Review | Harbor Freight again! Seems good value and useful for occasional use. |
| Toolpost Locking Handle, Part One | Inspired by 'Halligan', decided to do away with need for a wrench on the tool post. Start machining. |
| Toolpost Locking Handle, Part Two | Just documenting this simple project - up to point when a metric thread can be tapped soon. |
| Toolpost Locking Handle, Final | The metric tap arrived so we could finish off. Shim addition can set the lock position. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 1 | Considerations for using a 10" brass rotatable table to aid welding etc. Planning stage. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 1B | Evaluating the drive system and options - possibly try nitrile drive band. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 2 | Basic functionality achieved - waiting on another motor and consider various options. |
| Making an Extended Chuck Key | Part of the turntable project - make a long chuck key, the hard way! |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 3 | Modify foot switch, make proper motor mount and set up speed controller. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 3B | Considerations for grounding and making spatter protection for motor and control box. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 4 | Concentrated on turntable - machined to remove run-out and prepeared center for brush contact area. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 5 | Keep pickin' away gradually, but still quite a ways to go yet. See what works! |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 6 | Brush guides, spring pillars etc are fabricated and connections made. Fitted turntable - did a resistance check. |
| Motorized Turntable, Part 7, Final | Pretty much there now - function is OK and grounding seems satisfactory. |
| Christmas Day Chuck Clean-Up | A less cold day and, time to strip and clean the ancient 3-jaw chuck. |
| Post Chuck Clean-up - Test | A test with drill rod and DTI - can be good but it is inconsistent due to aged jaws and scroll. |
| Proxxon X/Y, mod for drill press | Decided to make a base plate to mount unit to for ease of setting up in the drill press. |
| chucks-more-backplate.php | Decided to try and make a small register on the backplate to ensure centering better. |
| Odds'n Ends - & Grizzly Arrives | New Grizzly mill arrives and a few odds'n'ends, dividing head, and planning etc. |
| Grizzly, Early Impressions, Plus | Bit of early trial work with the new mill, and also a few useful cheap oddments acquired. |
| "Mish-Mash"- Machining & TIG | Making a new dividing head handle and, first trial of Eastwood 200 TIG. |
| Dividing Head Follow-Up | Succeeded in releasing original handle - but still not enough rear movement to clear the holes disk. |
| Shop Ceiling 1 - Early Progress | Early stages adding a thin ceiling layer to reduce heat loss and improve summer heat insulation. |
| Shop Ceiling 2 - Getting There | We get the main bays up - just some smaller areas left. Taping of joints with Al tape. |
| Shop Ceiling 3 - Done! (& Oddments) | A look at the completed ceiling project plus odds and ends. |
| 'Angel Eyes' on Mill and Drill | An inexpensive LED ring which gives good light over work when mounted on the quill. |
| Fixed Steady Fingers Threading | Decided to add finger threads so, with nuts added, could achieve much finer adjutment in use. |
| Low Profile Mill Clamps Part 1 | Description and planning stage, plus find material from what we have available. |
| Low Profile Mill Clamps Part 2 | Prepare brass then bore and part off 6 disks. "Gang" disks to mill flats on opposite sides. |
| Low Profile Mill Clamps Part 3 | Work on the buttons and bolts to achieve necessary offsets and clearances. |
| Low Profile Mill Clamps Part 4 Final | Finishing stages were mainly machining for the required T-nuts. Finally, set up and evaluate. |
| Chip Brush Chip Control | Basic as it gets! Just a simple means that can help control of those brass chips that fly a mile! |
| Steady Fingers, Cam Roller Mods ? | Putting ideas foward for modifying steady fingers for cam rollers, or not! |
| Combo Press-Break-Roll 1st Look | A very heavy multi-purpose import which can be useful on odd occasions. Bit pricey! |
| Combo Press & Steady Fingers - More | Couple of small tweaks made to the press and, almost decided on approach to steady finger modifications. |
