I almost didn't watch this; like what's new about a 4 jaw. I've been hobby machining for 20 years, read dozens of books, watched hundreds of videos, and I've had 12 machining and CNC articles published. This is the coolest! I never thought of it, never heard of it. I used it yesterday and the day before. Many, many thanks. Jerry "Ozzie" Pryor

Awesome! Im just a hobby machinist and I love learning these little tricks. Thanks for sharing.

@BuildSomthingCool

6 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

That was the easiest and smartest method I've ever seen and will be using it from now on. You just got a new subscriber and a thumbs up!

Hey Dale, that's a pretty cool way to set up square stock. Well done. God Bless Ya Dave just got one of those adapters for indicator off ebay and thanks to you I know how to use it Thanks again

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Hi Dave, Im glad I could help

Great technique. Joe Piezynski showed it on his channel months ago. Very clever.

I love the bloopers at the end 😁

Great. I want to turn some 8mm square stock, so this exact technique won't work. But, it's given me the idea for how to do it.

Name-change had me confused there for a second.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

sorry. I will be doing a video about it soon

@MarcelTeugels

7 жыл бұрын

No worries!

This is inspiring...they should add square stock to the 4-jaw challenge at the summer bash!

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

I think your right Jon

u can also find center of material then pull indicator back swing to opposite jaw find center then make adjustments

Excellent tip Dale! Thanks for sharing...

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

:-)

Good Info. Liked the idea of putting the blocks on the outside of the block. I will be trying that soon. Thanks.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help :-)

That's an awesome way to do that. I never thought about a rectangle, you could have plates 2 and 4 longer to indicate those separately...

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Good point

@edwardhugus2772

2 жыл бұрын

You could do that, but if you do the narrow sides 1st, they don't even touch on the longer sides. Either way is good.

Simple goes a long way sometimes. Great tip.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks John

love this channel

first cool tape project ,thanks for sharing

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

Thank you very much for sharing. I learn't someting new today

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your comment

Saw Joe P's video using the same method but with rubber bands. Tape may be a little better, then I though of using a bicycle inner tube. Stronger and more secure that rubber bands, and reuseable. I figure most bike shops would give you a shot tube.

Thank you. Great technique.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

thanks Gary

Thanks for sharing, it's a nice idea. I hope to use it soon.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Roberto

I need to do 1 inch squares stock i should probably use that idea on the outside right?

Wouldn't it be easier to mark the centre of each side then centre the four teeth on those center lines?

So that copyright 2017 at the end............Does that still apply even though Joe P showed this technique months ago?

simple and ingenious solution

great technique

wow very cool idea. it is so simple this way. why didnt I think of that. thanks for this vid

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help

Good job.....

I haven't built anything cool in a while but enjoyed the vid.. :-)

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Good tip".....one to remember

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck

Very clever idea.Thanks.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

:-)

Seen you headed west on I-20 just past Birmingham, Alabama around the 9th of July.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Our new van is hard to miss.

Very clever, thanks for sharing.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron

Wouldn't be simpler to mark the center, and use a dead center in the tailstock to center?

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

I think that a good way to do too

@TheWireEDM

7 жыл бұрын

Except when your part has no center. Why do it difficult when you can get it just as easily being accurate?

And another Perfect video!.. (:

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

I prefer round lathes.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

LOL

another way to skin a cat good video thanks

Could you not do the same thing with a Wobble Bar ??

Pretty sharp

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

cool

Thats a cool trick Thanks.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Good to see you are learning from the best but you could have given him the credit. I know you like the gauge reading vertically but if you have it reading horizontally you can get at the two opposite key holes, your way you can only adjust one at a time. Also you don't have you futz around with awkward screws on the DTI stand as, if you mounted it to the cross slide, you can use the CS feed screw to zero the gauge, but everyone to his own.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

real good point :-)

@chrisstephens6673

7 жыл бұрын

Which good point? A wise mind adjusts its opinion according to new information, only an idiot/bigot(same thing) maintains one view forever. There is no shame in changing your mind.

Ok, time to explain the channel name change. It seems that you are using both, or are you as confused as I am? Of course it really doesn't matter, I like your video's no matter what your name is.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

I working on the video to explain it, it should be out very soon

A square lathe is a shaper right?

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

LOL :-)

I like using 2 chuck keys, opposite each other... easy peezy...

Looks like you changed your channel name.

Square lathe….??? :-) :-) :-)

nice tip.

@BuildSomthingCool

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Robert

the head was not made to separate the ears! big idea!

Square stock, on a square lathe……ha ha haaaaaaa

err sorry Dale but I had to give you athumbs down on this one.You ex colonial chaps seem to have made some progress but apparently not enough Here's what a man from over the pond would do. Firstly centre punch the point where you want the piece to turn,this can be offset which your system can't do,then using the tailstock centre you place another centre between the centre punched hole and the tailstock.Put your dial guage near the chuck on the intermediate centre,I use the centre from a dividing head as it has a parallel part,and go from there.If I find your video on half angle screw cutting ,I'll leave a comment to show you a far quicker and more practical method of doing it.Thanks for all the effort that you put into making the videos

@BuildSomthingCool

6 жыл бұрын

HI Michael, You gave me a thumbs down because I didn't do it your way? Don't worry we can still be friends. Thanks for your honest comments :-)

@TadTadd

6 жыл бұрын

I have to thank both of you for new techniques to align square stock in the chuck. It's not about one technique being superior to all others; it's about gathering a rich repertoire of methods to handle various problems. Every one of these techniques has certain flaws and advantages, and we pick the one that works best in the situation we are faced with. As with all things in the machinist's art, There's More Than One Way To Do It, and that's a great thing.