Yep, I like it. No messing around and something to enjoy using and showing off for years.

@Wrighmachining

27 күн бұрын

Thanks peter it was a fun project !

I LOVE my Fowler dial indicator ! It’s the black face one. I literally looked for the most expensive one they offer and smashed the order button. Man was I impressed. I’ve found myself reaching for that one over the Starrett one. It’s easier to read and just feels so nice in the hands. From now on I’m a Fowler guy. Especially since Starrett sold out.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

For sure man Fowler and mitutoyo all the way i each one has a special place in the shop.

@NerdlyCNC

Ай бұрын

i called Fowler about some mics and the told me they were imported from china. Do they make some of their own stuff?

@jasonhull5712

Ай бұрын

@@NerdlyCNC they did at one point. As of now I don’t know if anything they offer is made in the US. Kinda doubt it. The US has become a consumer nation. Our politicians have sold out all the manufacturing jobs so nothing much is made here anymore. It’s so sad.

The texture on the body is the best! Its what grabbed my eye on the thumbnail. Great job.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thanks james . It turned out fantastic . It was trial and error off camera with the lost foam . Originaly wanted knurling but the foam would not machine and gauled up .

Really nice build, very detailed and clear explaination... keep nice videos like this comming... Saludos from Baja Sur Mexico

@Wrighmachining

21 күн бұрын

Thabk you . Shoupd be a good one next week whwre we finish the crank stand !!

You are going to have me casting my own hand wheel if you keep sharing all this knowledge. I was going to send the patterns to you and you cast up one for me and one for you. Also I still have this thread chasing dial sitting in the toolbox if you get around to building yours and want it to be “Factory”. Hope you’re doing well my friend. Enjoyed the project. 👍🏻🍻

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Jason i would love to see more of your idea . My email is in the YT profile ( ryan wright 368 at gmail come ) please send me a sketch of your ideas :)

Cool project! My biggest lost foam casting so far has been a big honkin' custom pulley for my generator project. Lightening holes are a snap in lost foam. Oh by the way, reamers are a thing. Not even that expensive. And reaming aluminum is the easiest of easy. Go treat yourself and double or triple the precision of your finished holes. You can even get oversize and undersize reamers if you need a hole that's not exactly 0.750" or whatever.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Haha , i figured i would get chirped for no reamer , and rightfuly so . :) ill definatly do that next time . With the pully you casted did you lay it flat or cast vertical ? Also any warpibg issues due to foam and sand and if so what would you change to prevent it ?

@solarguy6043

Ай бұрын

@@Wrighmachining I did it vertically. It took three tries to get the gates the right size and position so everything filled out right. That's one of the minor drawbacks, the pattern is single use only. But, not so hard to make a big round slab thing and drill 6 evenly spaced holes. It would be fun to go back and do it horizontally to see if it's easier or harder. There's always a way.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

@@solarguy6043 i have not had much sucess with horizontal my self . I did a 30 inch round one with a single inlet last year . Wow that was exciting for sure . Took a few trys as well . Yes some experimenting is required for horizontal .

@solarguy6043

Ай бұрын

@@Wrighmachining I am contemplating a cannon build, and I ran across a video of a guy trying it horizontally. Didn't work out, but vertically it did.

Nice job! Your friend is gonna love it

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you , im headed over tonight to drip it off

looks really nice, great job.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thanks lawrence

Hello my friend. Again you impress the heck outta me. Super cool stuff!! I have been working on Tesla's Fuelless generator device for the past 15 years. Yesterday I had a breakthrough and I figured out the last part. I am able to abstract static electricity from the atmosphere and convert it into usable dynamic electrical energy. I was able to use 0 watts to run a 1500 watt inverter to run a fan and a bunch of lightbulbs. I find it hard to believe that I am the first person in one hundred years to figure this out from his maze of patents. There was a man named Don Smith who was friends with my Grandfather who pioneered research into this area of research after they made him retire from the oil and gas industry. My background is a Master's and PhD in Pharmacy and chemical engineering but my love is mechanical things as you know from my intentions to start my KZread channel with the 1928 Morgan build as well as building the machine shop to support the build. I would really like to discuss some things with you because I am sure that not having to pay for electricity ever again may be interesting to you. I will try and find your email because I really do not want to broadcast my achievement to many people..

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thanks for watching john , congradulations of your experiments as well .

@johnkoury1116

Ай бұрын

@@Wrighmachining Thank you my friend!!! it has been a long time and a very expensive research project.. I am sure it will pay off eventually...lol

Very nice. Thanks for the video keep on keeping on.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thanks ARW same with you my friend !!

Nicely made tool.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you , if you like the tool making im working on making a casted alum crank balincing stand. Coming out this friday

@6:30 you literally did create a crystalline structure. By quenching it, the crystal species that form are different to it naturally cooling vs. tempering. It's one of the variables that decreases yield in industry massively.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you for confirming that , i figured alu would act similar. If that is the case i next time i will not do that and second i can perhaps run a heat cycle on parts to destress them or soffen them if required for the aplication ( much like normalizing 4140 so you can machine it )

I am tempted to suggest slitting and bolting for the indicator stem hole, but understand there might be some issues with the brittleness of the aluminum, but same goes for a grub threads in the Al to be fair.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Good idea . Would have been esyer on the dial . Yes the other casting i did for the servo motor i casted a slit in and the alu was way softer .

Boy did this come along at the right time! I've been messing around with casting and was about to spring for some different pro sand formulations, but... I already have wall mud! I'm using a cute little coffee can furnace at present, but if the wall mud thing works well enough I may have a new project building something bigger :)

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Awsome ! There is also a video on the slury if your interezted amung other videos i have . Also kelly cofield on Yt is one of the other losr foam casting guys as well . Does some realy cool stuff . Look for his older videos . Good luck and have fun

Cool Great work

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you pat !

@patrickmazzone9066

Ай бұрын

@@Wrighmachining Awesome

I just love your pratical casting setup, so thanks for demonstrating it......Suggestion: try some kerosene as a cuttting fluid for Aluminum. See what you think.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Kerosene as cutting fluid . I will have to look i to that for sure . Yes the rapid tap is not spacific to alu . I was using some stuff that came in a green can a while back. Thanks for the silugestion i will get on the research and try it out !

Creative video,thank you :)

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thx Bianchi !!

Je me suis regalé en regardant votre video. Absolument brillant ! greetings from france

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you Olivier, it was fun making . greetings from Canada

Looks good

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you rosco patternworks

very nice indeed

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thanks Tal

Nice work. I don't have any idea of your friends accuracy requirements but the dimensional stability of aluminum is questionable and a good fine grain cast iron or semi steel would be a better material if properly stress relieved. Would the Styrofoam pattern/full mold process work with cast iron?

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thanks roger . It true the thermal expansion is an issue . However if you pick it up use it and put it down is shpyld be ok . Iron wpuld be awsome but im not there yet

Does it make sense to create a measuring instrument in AL due to the large thermal coefficient?

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Yes it would play a factor in it for sure . Just like mics you would leav it on the bench and use it and put it back down . Due to the size of it , i would asume you could hold it for a couple of min before the expansion of metal started ( like micrometers ) great perspective patheron !! Next year i would love to build a cop furnace and start pouring iron but have to spurce out coal . Aside from mile long tranes coming from alberta and up north its hard to find . I do love a chalange though :)

Climbing in a Bridgeport?

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Yes , the mill is tight and it was a light cut , i see your concern . I have had issues doing that on other mills where it grabs and runs out the back lash breaking the endmill or recking the work . I do use climb milling on steel as well . Because i dont have auto feed with a bigger mill and tge right depth of cut it can make feeing easyer for roughing . It gently will pull tge work along if you can take up the back lash slowly when you start. The key i think is knowing your mill realy well and listen to it like you would a good woman . :)

At the end you say check out the videos left and right but I don't see anything.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thank you mark !! i will get that sorted right now thank you. He also i have an extra drill tap chart and deburing tool KBC gave me if yoi want ( free ) just fire me an email and ill semd it out on monday . Email is in the profile of yt

You stress about having appropriate PPE & yet your forging area has a gasoline can sitting 3 feet away. You might want to make sure the work environment is safe also. Also I'd suggest getting a class D fire extinguisher at the handy for those ohhhh crap moments. They can & will happen.

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Kamloops bc , we are in a sub desert as well . We do get colder winters with snow here though

cool part idea, now if it could just be mass produced for profit

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Lol ,yes :)

Ta fazendo peças de motor moto amigo

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

I am just making tools for repairing motorcycles

@marciomila9264

Ай бұрын

Essa espuma é igual igual sola de havaianas

Vacuum cleaner

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Yes for the table its on the list of to does , i want to try the covers as most of the time the vice is on the left and i only ever put the indexing machone on every so often .

Your mill looks like it’s dancing - is that the whole unit, or just the table? It’s almost as bad as your vise outside… it’s driving me nuts!

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Sorry about that i asure you the mill is stable . The camera and tripod are creating that effect in conjunction with the cameras stabalizing function . Perhaps i had bumped the tripod/camera or was touching it while turning a handle on the mill . Ill try amd make sure it doesnt happen a again :)

Making a measuring tool with aluminum is a bad idea

@Wrighmachining

Ай бұрын

Thermal expantion good point . Im wanting to move to iron at some point :) lots of moving parts with that endever

@alexmay3533

Ай бұрын

@Wrighmachining take a look at micrometers. They also have a plastic piece that acts like a heat insulator

Put the gas closer

@Wrighmachining

26 күн бұрын

Hahahah , its used oil . But yup ill put it out back next time . You will see it in the next couple vids though . Lol i have been busy .