One other tip for making things faster is to care less about the result. The less you care, the faster you can go! It's like a superpower.

@tungsten_carbide

3 жыл бұрын

Erm yes, but, um... not sure if that's a reliable route to securing a successful outcome! Just sayin' :-)

@cooperised

3 жыл бұрын

@@tungsten_carbide Think bigger. You've just got to tweak your definition of "successful" to suit!

What? No chamfering? So its come to this - down there with the animals 😱

A lot of DIY T-Nut videos on KZread. This is the first one I've seen showing the important step of deforming the threads on the bottom to prevent jacking. Nice work.

There's a bunch of reasons I keep coming back to the BH videos. It's not just the "Bob Ross of the machining world" soothing dialogue or the unassuming yet bountiful knowledge bank of good workshop practices but it also includes little things, like pronunciation of words like "pedagog..... pedagodgi....gigical.." I'll be right back after a quick google. Oh I just saw the $5 dollar word up the top corner there ..

"Scale models of Abom chips". That's a good one. 😀

@redoorn

3 жыл бұрын

This is the second video this week that I've seen the maker reference Abom. It's like he and clickspring have become the youtube standard. :-)

@louispole6285

3 жыл бұрын

Abom would have done them on his G & E shaper.

Obviously the fastest way to split your long T into individual T nuts is to just snap them off like a Toblerone. That's what Tony would have done.

@davidiansykes

3 жыл бұрын

whos tony

@EvoKeremidarov

3 жыл бұрын

@@davidiansykes Tony Stark

@robert_g_fbg

3 жыл бұрын

TOT hasn’t posted in a while …. Hope all’s well

@espenschjelderup426

3 жыл бұрын

@@robert_g_fbg his father-in-law died. That's why he hasn't postet in a long time.

@felixar90

3 жыл бұрын

@@robert_g_fbg Someone on reddit said that his father in law who did a lot of babysitting recently passed away and he doesn't have as much time for videos now.

This was great. Thanks. I love the narration, especially when you "catch" yourself going on and on - when I do it at home I end up stopping and saying, "I'm babbling, aren't I?" Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

Nuts, milling, drilling, dancing! What's not to enjoy? 😁

Nice and simple setup Quinn suggestion, I used a tapered thread in the T-Nut so the threaded bar does not go though the T-Nut 11:00

I really like using stub drills for drilling non-critical holes, less flex than regular drills so closer to centre drilling first with fewer tool changes. As long as space isn’t an issue of course.

@Shadowvortx

3 жыл бұрын

A good set of screw machine length (stub) drills is fantastic to have on small mills as often times it is all that will fit in the limited Z working space on taller setups.

T nuts are a great project. Many years of use you will get out of them makes them so satisfying to make. Glad to see the tri fly face mill working for you.

When I saw the video title I thought this was about T nuts that would be quicker to insert into the slots or something. Maybe with some red speed lines painted on the side.

@jacklewis1

3 жыл бұрын

Or a way to get them out more easily

@mr.behaving

3 жыл бұрын

@@jacklewis1 i learned the hard way that removing t-nuts from my table "quickly" is not to use 140psi of compressed air and yelling "hey guys, look at this"

@twotone3070

3 жыл бұрын

.... and furry dice attached.

I died at the tap follower part.

@tungsten_carbide

3 жыл бұрын

Never had one of _those_ days? ;-)

@brianrhubbard

3 жыл бұрын

@@tungsten_carbide Yes I have, LOL It would help if she would etch some hair around that hole. That's the response I get from the old timers at work.

@tungsten_carbide

3 жыл бұрын

@@brianrhubbard NSFW lol

Good project. I've used T nuts for many years but never thought of tapping them off-center for rotary table use. Never too old to learn something new.

They can be faster, almost everything other than the contact surfaces can be unmachined if you have correct size stock. Cold saw cut ends and deburring

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

Definitely!

@leerogers6423

3 жыл бұрын

@@Blondihacks Yes but it's done in half the time . Half the fun?

Nothing wrong with making ones own parts even if they are inexpensive. We do it because we love to just make small bits of metal out of larger bits. And sometimes make smaller bits slightly larger with the welder because we screwed up. That's my style, lol.

Quinn as is tradition Thank you for taking the time to make this video Pete M

Another good one and your viewers leave THE BEST comments. Thanks Quinn.

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

My viewers are funny and kind folks for the most part. 🥰 The rest get moderated. 😬

Great way to make t-nuts, Quinn. Another way to keep the screws from bottoming out is to stop tapping before the taper part goes all the way through the nut.

turning in to my favorite machining channel. I always have something that makes me laugh and I learn something.

I regret that KZread allows me but one "thumbs up" to give for this video.

@tungsten_carbide

3 жыл бұрын

I have this regret so often!

Quinn, I'd like to thank you for all of the vids you've put up here on the tube. My Father-in-Law is a machinist (tool & die maker) but lives too far away to teach. I've learned a LOT from your videos and will continue to follow you channel as long as you continue to post. Again, Thank you!

5:41 My brain instantly started playing Desi Arnes singing "chick-chicky-boom!" to go with that shimmy dance xD

Oh, now I really need to finish making my slitting saw arbor. So satisfying.

Abom makes oversized models of Quinn's chips

Love the topic, love your quality production, love your easy style, and love your bs. Keep up the good work and thanks

Don't ever stop making videos Quinn. I love them all and all of them teach. Who else could make miniature Abom chips so well? Yes, talking is hard if anyone happens to be listening .. I don't have that problem. Even I don't listen to what I'm saying.🤣🤣

I was stuck for tee nuts a while back and time was of the essence. I measured the tee slots on my mill (5/8) and bought some carriage/coach bolts and nuts to suit from the local hardware store and had the rotary table secured in no time at all. Really liking the content of your tutorials!

Im relatively new to machining. For me it’s strictly a hobby. I dislike wasting metal because where I live it is not only expensive, but an hour drive each way to get it. My point is, why not use the slitting saw to rough in the shape. That way you get the small corner piece for another project, at the same time making less chips.

The company that makes my wheelchair charges $17 per T nut… I need to start machining them. This is a good guide for doing so.

@ScumfuckMcDoucheface

3 жыл бұрын

holy hell =/ that's some serious b.s., if they're some oddball size you might even be able to make a few bucks if you can hook up with some others that have the same chair model =)

@JordanHaisley

3 жыл бұрын

@@ScumfuckMcDouchefacethe irony is that a lot of the parts they use are common enough. For example: the shocks on the chair are also used on mountain bikes, where they cost about $20, but from the chair manufacturer they’re $150.

@ScumfuckMcDoucheface

3 жыл бұрын

@@JordanHaisley wow! Is that because a lot of their sales are through insurance, so they justify it by thinking they're not (usually) bilking the people that could use a break?... I like the idea that parts are interchangeable and all that, i had no idea or at least never thought bout it... I have the feeling that if I needed a chair I'd have it tuned right up with a bunch of Norco and Specialized parts haha =)

Love the way you explain your processes. Thank you for the great videos.

Look forward ever week to seeing you. Me and my kids love this stuff.

Bork it up, thanks for that. 20 mins of crazy laughter. Little kids are super funny

didnt know about the bottoming out, Cincinati mill, wow those are some T nuts, Nice work.and with the right drill setup its faster to drill and thread in the drill .than on the mill, very true. Had to punch my cheap T nuts today , the upper thread on the rod was a bit chewed and it was over driving the other end. . Great tip.

1/4-20 T-nuts also means you can secure your camera to the mill table!

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

That’s bound to come in handy somehow. 😄

@NiHaoMike64

3 жыл бұрын

Next step: make a spinning window to keep machining debris off the lens.

I admire your enthusiasm for making T nuts, I don’t like making T nuts and clamps.

Yay, it's Blondihacks time!

Since Sprocket wasnt seen? Was it not approved by the shop foreman Sprocket?

"Look, narration is hard, OK?" That and the follower. LOL! Yeah, we've all had those days.... Basic stuff done well is always good. And the way you milled the cross section was a good trick to use elsewhere. As always a great video and well worth the watching.

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

At least one person watched all the way to the end. 😬

@tungsten_carbide

3 жыл бұрын

@@Blondihacks Me too! I watched to the end I _pwomise_ !

@624Dudley

3 жыл бұрын

Me three!

@cooperised

3 жыл бұрын

@@Blondihacks Doesn't everybody? That seems weird to me 🤷

Watched Video. Thanks for the content. Hard not to be redundant with so many well-versed commenters, but hear goes: another method of "staking" the thread exit, is to lay a bearing ball on said exit, and give it a judicious hammer blow. This was a favorite clandestine method used to cheat the no-go gage for a controlled feature. Some facilities frown on the presence of bearing balls in the vicinity of threading operations...

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

Cool trick!

Marring threads was around before loctite. If you do it correctly and the application is appropriate, it can work just as well as loctite.

Its nuts how fast i can comment.

your dance moves are exceptional quinn!

Horizontal mill and gang mill the profile. Nice to actually see some steel being machined on a PM25/G0704. Usually just guys on KZread milling aluminium

Cut a couple of nuts in half lengthways. You can drop these into a slot when you discover you need another hold-down half way through machining. The stud holds the nut together.

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

That’s a cool idea!

Great tip about deforming the bottom of the threaded hole! Thanks!

Nice manual work. Thanks for sharing!

Done to a T for sure. Thanks for the video.

A very enjoyable watch, Quinn. Thanks. I am a hobby machinist, with limited skills and facilities. I did a job for one client, which by luck and star alignment, turned out exceptionally well. It was an awkward component to make, right at the edge of my skills level. The client referred me to someone else, with the introduction: ...an expert machinist... I could only deny this, and say that I watch a lot of youtube videos... Anyway, it was a fairly simple job; a single point internal trapezoidal threading operation. ( with brass/bronze/yellowmetal material supplied )

Nice, just got myself 2500lbs of cast iron that they say can be used as a milling machine, just got to get it to the basement 😨 This will be my first projekt. Thanks. Cheers from Sweden ❄❄❄

@Tinker001

3 жыл бұрын

Easy... Put it in the living room. It'll make its way to the basement on its own.

Scale models of Abom chips 🤣🤣🙏🙏👍👍

@alwaysbearded1

3 жыл бұрын

Yup, my fav joke for this video.

I tried making one with my credit card as you suggested, but now it gets declined whenever I try to use it.

Simple/smart

A good job done Quinn... Thank you...

Lovely! Very satisfying. Thank you.

I’m glad you didn’t “bork” anything up. 😂 I’m stealing that.

As always a great video. Still haven't found the parts that look like an elephant. (But I got the joke) Keep up the great work....Rusty.

Thanks for the video Quinn. Loved it.

I really like your channel. Watching makes me feel good, don't know why. I'm a retired EE who would like to have a mill and a metal lathe (I am a wood guy so I have a wood lathe. Maybe that's why. Keep up the good work. Thanks.

@cooperised

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a non-retired EE and a few years ago I got myself a lathe, which has just been joined by a mill. No regrets! Machine work is super fun even if you suck at it to begin with.

Another great video, thanks Quinn!

Good looking work.

I like the way you explain things.

@ScumfuckMcDoucheface

3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah?! Well... well *I* like the explain you things way!! So... so just there.

thanks for sharing!!!

Thank you Quinn.

gf walked by while as i was watching. she stoped by and read "fat nuts! can they be faster?" instead of the actual title. looked at me for one second with the best WTF?! face ever. then looked at the screen again, started laughing and said "mooooving on!". fun times.

Wow. This is awesome

Excellent, excellent, excellent! Always learn something from your videos.👍👍👍😎

Nuts …… machined like your cup of tea. 👍👍😂👍👍

Heh. Amazon's price for Building the New Shay was $50 before the video came out, jumped to $53 when the video came out to your Patreon supporters, and then jumped to $101.25 when the video came out on KZread. Blondihacks, moving (3/4" scale) markets!

👍👍 nice little video Quinn.

Blonde doing her Harley Quinn dancing 💃

Thanks Quinn

Thats some good stuff Q.

Explain again what the rotary table does please! Then, explain again how sheep’s bladders may be employed to prevent earthquakes!

@peterfox2565

3 жыл бұрын

...And that's how we know the earth to be banana shaped

@624Dudley

3 жыл бұрын

This new learning amazes me.

Another good one! You do a wonderful job of explaining on your channel. After watching your lathe series, I feel like I could get a lathe in my garage and almost immediately start making parts. But alas, I do not own a lathe. And I've got too many hobbies going on as well as a house remodel, so would it make any sense for me to buy a lathe? Someday!

yeah I agree with many ppl recommending doing all holes and tapping before cutting, since the tolerance for a tnut is basically anything goes as long as it slides well in the slot. esp if you have a dro, absolute centering isn't needed except for perfectionists haha. band saw setup I think also faster than mill fixture and changing slitting saw in and back out. good job tho! very enjoyable to watch you make some chips

When i tap in the mill i hang a couple of pounds of weight ob the down feed handle so it frees up my hands to get both of them on the tap wrench and keeps the follower on the the tap wrench.

Here's some love Quinn love your videos

I tried that climb milling once because it was said it was good. End mill fragments everywhere! I like you method better.... I have a sloppy pseudo mill. 😥 I get a lot out of if from methods you have shown. Thanks.

Well,,,,,What I do is to use regular parallels and cut the steps, Then with the stock left in the mill we drill and power tap the holes,,,,and THEN cut them apart in the band saw. Our mill is quite a bit bigger then yours but we can make half a dozen in less the a half hour,,,,,including clean up and putting everything away. - We make them for customer's fixtures all the time.

10 points for mentioning Abom79

A small tip would be rather than take shallow depths of cuts the width radially you need I try to take full depth of cuts and a small axial engagement maybe .01-.025” this uses the tool out evenly and doesn’t risk chipping the corners as much as a shallow depth of cut does. It makes these Long angry chips though so be careful :) I have a video where I made my Mando blaster on the CNC where I use this method to peel Away tons of material at once

New on PS5: Dance Dance Oscillation 😄

Just subbed the other day. Been a machinist 40+ years as was my dad before me. I enjoy your videos and the manual machines as opposed to the CNC stuff. Have you ever spoke about your experiences and how you arrived to this point? College? Trade college? I hear you say model engineer? Have you given a shop tour? I might be late to the party but that stuff would make for another good video to watch IMHO!

@MichaelKJohnson

3 жыл бұрын

Go look for the shop tour video, Quinn did it recently and it's mind-opening for how to get creative in a confined space.

@machinistmikethetinkerer4827

3 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelKJohnson thanks Mike, will do.

Everything stops for tea (nuts)!

Yet another great video, from Quinn. steve

Basic, foundational, useful!

Been doing this the same way for 30 years and counting. Only difference is I flip the stock 90* so I have more material sunk in the vise and climb cut using the 2/3 rule.

When you machined the main body of the T-nuts with the endmill, why did you go full width and low depth, in contrast to full depth and small width? Was it "just because I can", or is there a notable advantage? Thanks, Hansi

Great content, as always :) I'm having trouble finding good sliting saws.. could you please do some test of import ones and maybe list where to find them? Or just link to where you sourced the ones you got? Would be awesome. Keep it up 👌

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

Most of mine are donations, so I don’t know where they are from. I have had good luck with Keo saws from MSCDirect though

@roberttaylor2328

3 жыл бұрын

Indeed, KEO makes very good saws...

When I tried to make the 'side-slots' my milling bit (2fl 1/2*1/2*1*3) broke/shattered at one flute's end. I used a speed of 300 rpm and I was going real slow on feeding speed (manually) and I removed a very thin layer of metal at each pass. I am using mild steel. I am using a combo lathe-mill (King Canada Industrial KC-1620CLM which has a 1/2hp motor). I am usure what gone wrong. RPM speed too slow? too fast? Milling machine not rigid/strong enough?

2:37 Doing the NASCAR

How deep of a cut can you take on your PM25? I have a PM25MV and it really struggles with anything more than 0.010" and with .200 stepover on a half inch endmill (around 650 rpm). I'm amazed you can use a slitting saw on that stock too, my PM25 completely freaks out on steel.

Fanbloodytastic I need to renew some so thanks 👍👨🏻‍🏭🇬🇧

Elephant Hunting in Canada ? ? ? ? phunny ! ! !

Hi, I’m curious why you didn’t use a roughing end mill?

11:39 Looks just like a herd of elephants to me.

Hi Quinn I'm really enjoying your channel, thank you for the great content you create. After watching a whole load of your videos I was wondering what you do with all the metal swarf created while you work? I did a little googling around what other people do but there doesn't seem to be a consensus on whether recycling is worth it or even how one goes about it (to separate metal by type or not). I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts on this and what it is you do.

@Blondihacks

3 жыл бұрын

It’s really not worth it except in a few very special cases, like saving brass chips for heat bluing.

That data book the we see occasionally on Stefan's channel has the DIN standards for tee nuts etc. An English language version is available on Amazon. Using a roughing mill and side cutting would probably be faster. The roughing mill puts less stress on the machine because in stead of taking one long chip one each flute you're taking a bunch of small ones. Roughing mills with flat tops actually produse a fairly decent surface. Good enough for tee nuts*. I've actually made roughing mills out of broken taps. Buts that's a story for another day. *are these tee nuts or Mr T nuts? Enquiring mi ds want to know.

I think a visit to Abom79 would be as neat as an Abom79 visit to Blondihacks. Thanks, and Meow to Sprocket.