You must watch Kurtis from CEE Australia too, he made a video on making these line boring mounts a few months ago

Gday, they’ll work good, there a fair bit involved in making these mounts, I’m keen to see the line borer in action again mate, great job, Cheers

Tack all 4 together. One set up - boom,done. Another great vid.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Could of and should of done that for boring the centres out. But I wouldn’t of had enough room in the mill/rotary table to drill the holes. Thanks!

I like watching you're videos very down to earth nothing flashy just skill

I really enjoy watching you and Kurtis of Cutting Edge Engineering down in Australia doing your things.

Great to see ya making all your your own gear. It would save a lot of mony if you have got the time to manufacture it all. Well done

Another great episode, it's coming along well. Thanks for posting.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great video. Some very good ideas and use of the equipment you have available. Enjoyed it very much. Thanks

Making tools to make other tools... don't get better than that!👍👍👍

@larryskeeper1197

Жыл бұрын

Our machinist told me that making your own tooling was the only way he could afford to do some jobs.. Very clever...

Good job!!!

First class job

Great work, really enjoying this content.

Great content and well filmed and edited. Thanks again.

Always been impressed with your engineering design & fabrication. Quality heavy-duty mounts. Great Video Olly

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Although I can’t take credit for the design, there’s plenty out there similar.

@domenicomonteleone3055

5 ай бұрын

​@@snowballengineering hi 👋 from # YSW 🇨🇦 where I started following you i have noticed that you are in an un insulated shop, with all of the steel you have and purchase you couldn't build a firebox that you could put copper pipes and used radiators that you could purchase from a salvage yard please don't take what I say to you in any wrong ways I would care to apologize in advance for anything I have said to you.

CEE does some good fabrication, and excellent line boring videos. Lots of custom tools and jobs.

That is a much better design, mate. Fantastic job, well done. I look forward to seeing the end product and seeing them in use. 🎉

Great idea 👌🏼 love to see you & Colin furze on a project 😀

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

His new workshop is pretty awesome!

@cheechU38K

Жыл бұрын

@@snowballengineering yeah, I love seeing his crazy inventions 🫨

Great job, always good to make your own tools. Always someone who thinks they can do it better than you, they probably haven't never made anything.

@sjv6598

Жыл бұрын

Agree. There’s dozens of ways to accomplish the same task, some people absolutely must tell you you’re doing it wrong and should do it X way.

Nice one mate, looks the biz

Man those drill bits are stupid sharp! We're creeping up on 10k subs 🎉

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Getting there!

Entertaining as always Oliver. Just the right amount of commentary too. I like your work mate. Good progress too. Cheers From OZ

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Bruce!

Professional looking mounts, they'll be so much easier to setup. They really look great, and so versatile. Well done, keep safe and well 👍

Very nice work. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day. 👍

Has anyone mentioned leaving the tail stock loose when using a tap for thread cutting. I find it so much easier with just a little pressure at the back. Love the videos keep them coming

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Yes, sometimes I do that. This time I was just keeping pressure on enough to stop the taper pulling out the tail stock.

Just found your channel, loved this series of videos so much! Looking forward to catching up on all your other spinny, swarfy & sparky escapades!

Terrific effort,but it shows why they are costly. Again many thanks

Working out order of operations and figuring out work holding is the hardest part for me. There’s always a dozen different ways to accomplish the same task and some people simply must tell you you’re doing it wrong and should do it X way. I think you did just fine, it’ll work and it’ll work well. Nice to see it’s warming up and the big coat has come off 🙂

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

It’s that annoying temperature where if you’re stood still at a lathe it’s cold but as soon as you move around it’s too warm 🤣

@sjv6598

Жыл бұрын

@@snowballengineering I’m guessing there’s no heating in the workshop either? It’d cost a fortune to heat that place!

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Got a waste oil burner but the sheds not insulated so it doesn’t make a difference unless you’re stood directly in front of it. And you don’t get much work done doing that.

love all the video's, keep them coming. did notice on one where you was turning jaws around on the big 4jaw chuck you got and thought you need a handy adaptor like i made for both the 3 and 4 jaw chucks.... get some Square bar the same size as the end of your chuck key. make it long enough and round the end off in the lathe to fit in a cordless. makes turning the jaws around quick and easy. cordless in one hand and hold the jaw in the other as you whiz the jaws off and on

Enjoyed this video very much.

Solid design and fab.

"Liked" 10 seconds in. It's a long time since I did any work in an engineering/fab shop, but I can smell the place, when I watch your vids. Great work, thanks for posting.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Metal work definitely has a smell of its own! Thanks!

All good stuff young man!

Job well done! Doing the circle dance around the fab table is always a good time😂 cheaper than a positioner. Keep up the good work buddy!

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

I enjoy a bit of 360 degree welding 😆

Excellent and informative. Thank you.

I need a rest after just watching you making the line borer. Excellent video. Reminds me how hard jobbing workshop work is. !

Excellent MATE very good

Excellent job all the way around. Fabrication, and machining, as well as producing the video. Filming, editing, narration, etc. Thanks very much. Would very much like to see a video on how you got started in the trade, your experience, your shop, area that you live and work, etc. Helps us get to know you. You have a very well equipped shop. Did you purchase the shop already equipped or ??? Thanks!

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Might do a Q&A video eventually, I’m not that used to talking to the camera yet 🤣. No I’ve purchased all my equipment individually over the last 4 years or so.

Great video man, your editing skills just keep getting better, excellent job as always...

Would 100% love to see you making a bore welder to add to this

I had a similar project to do last week where I had to put round plates on the bottom of some round stock, I center drilled all the round plates on the lathe (gonna drill them afterwards for the shaft/bearings anyways), put the round stock in the jaws and then used a live center to press the round plate up against the stock via the previously center drilled hole, tacked the two together and repeated the process (I had about 50 of them to make)

That should be a better job nice to see you watched the vid i told you about 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Great video!

28:24 Youd be surprised at the number of welders that could weld completely around that stock with out stopping

A dial indicator that mounts in the spindle would sure be helpful to you when you go to center things on the mill. It's also some pretty simple trigonometry to be able to figure out x and y coordinates for a hole pattern so you can put them in without using a rotary table. 10:06

when threading on the lathe, dont lock the tailstock, just let it slide 🙂 nice work , well done

Wearing gloves around rotating machinery gives me the heebie-jeebies! That Elliot mill won't take any prisoners.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

I’ve seen the videos and photos of machine accidents 🫣

You know a lot for a man of your years.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Not even sometimes. Always learning.

Can’t wait to see the next line boring vid 👌🤘🤘🤘

Very well done! Looks heavy duty and expensive material

Great job Oliver ! always enjoy seeing your work. Will you be modifying your mig welder for bore welding ??

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. Shouldnt have to do any modifying if I can get hold of a proper bore welding torch on a euro fitting. Then it’ll just plug straight into my welder. I’ll just have to make something slow enough to turn it.

you have done a great job. can you share roughly the overall dimensions of the bases

The more you do on that lathe the better you get. Same with your video productions. Now look forward to my next viewing entertainment.

Schöne Arbeit 👍

Phil recommended your channel on CEEs latest video. Good stuff, especially considering how new your channel is.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

That’s great that people are recommending my channel 😁 Thanks for heading over here.

Excellent helpful video . A bore welder would would be an extremely useful addition in order to make the best use of this line borer. In order to get the Mig wire to feed into the bore and synchronize correctly with the rotational speed several challenges would need to be overcome. Whether it would be possible to reverse engineer a manufacturers bore welder I am not sure as this would require a good knowledge of electronics in order to get the feed motors to work correctly with each other ? It would be very interesting to see some bore welding videos if it is possible to make a bore welding machine. Keep these videos coming please.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

I think I’d have to buy a proper line boring welding torch and as far as I can tell they just connect up to a welder as normal. It’s getting the reduction right to ensure the weld travel speed isn’t too fast or slow.

I like your flame cutting machine , press brake, nice stuff . Since you do line boring work do you have a line welding machine setup ?

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Not yet. I think I’m going to make one though.

@alanrichardson1672

Жыл бұрын

@@snowballengineering That would be a real challenging project, accurate speed control would be critical!

If you leave the gap out too long you will wear the end of the ways and have a step up when the gap is put back

Good job , looks very heavy though for handling but well made …

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

It is heavy but that shouldn’t be too much of an issue.

Try increasing your surface speed with the carbide tooling on the lathe. Especially on face cuts

It's better to indicate off a piece of roundbar held in the 3 jaw rather than the body of the 3 jaw although probably not super critical for this.

I've seen mounting the 3 jaw chuck to a rotary table, I think it was Inheritance Machining he has a rotary chuck adapter video.

@globalns

Жыл бұрын

Ah, not much clearance in the mill with that big rotary, scratch that idea.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Inheritance machining is a great channel! I need a bigger mill.

Reaching through the bearing mounts and welding the bore by hand is still a pain in the backside. No matter what the bearing mounts always seem to be in the way or something is obstructing your view. I don't know about you, but I find if I cannot see I have a hard time welding. That as we know is where the bore welder comes in to play better than anything else. The bore welder does not care about such things, it just welds away. Nevertheless hats off to you sir for tackling a problem and fabricating a nice solution. I do like the three point bearing mounts quite a lot. I will be interested to see what solution you come up with for a bore welder, whether shop made or purchased. Are you able to start a cut with the pattern torch if need be from a drilled hole any place you like? or do you have to start from a fixed spot? Or is drilling a hole to big of a nuisance to bother with cutting slots? Cheers

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Hand welding is no fun. I look forward to the time when I have a bore welder 😆 I can start cutting from wherever, I just have to tell it where in the cam software. It’s a bit of a nuisance having to drill holes as you have to run the whole program and start and stop it to mark the pierce points. After the little mishap with the torch touching the slag, I stopped it after each pierce to knock off the slag. It’s not an issue when you can have a longer lead in.

Is self aligned bearing may be the only option instead of the 2x2 bearings? The 2x2 must always be in perfect perfect alignment after you remount them after welding. This could be an issue in particular for longer distances: a tiny underneath that 2x bearing mating surface and you're to far out when the bearings are say 1 meter apart. In other words you need to work very clean meaning the the mating plate with the 3 bolts need to be turned flat too and kept very clean????

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

The proper York line borers seem to use this system so hopefully it should be alright.

@therealspixycat

Жыл бұрын

@@snowballengineering if they properly aligned than definitely they add to the stability and shattering while cutting and taking haevier cuts. Nice project overall and interesting to see you figuring out a solution. Now the next challange to also weld

Nice job, but I think you'd appreciate A DRO on your mill. Aftermarket ones aren't too expensive.

Surely this line borer won't blow away in the first stiff breeze!

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

Hope not! 🤣

“I’m not a machinist “ - immediately breaks out and uses every machining tool known to man. Properly.

you been watching cutting edge

Have you tried double boost or bc bloc

Hey Tiger I'm interested in building one the same as you've done is there and chance I might get all the dimensions off you for a fee and where to buy the electric parts?

👍

in the US.... we are taught no no with gloves around a lathe

Добрый вечер. Я тоже хочу сделать станок можете чертежи по подробнее о вашем станке. Удачи успехов в работе

Where did you buy long rod with many holes?

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

I made it.

Very nice, only one thing wearing gloves on lathes mills is not good practise as it is never taught and those machines will break a wrist and not blink. Stay Safe.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

My hands suffer with eczema and cutting fluid is terrible for them, so gloves are a risk I take to keep my hands clean. I wouldn’t consider it as dangerous as changing tool with the machine still spinning or sanding things in the lathe like you see some of the big names doing.

@theessexhunter1305

Жыл бұрын

@@snowballengineering Sorry to hear that about the cutting fluid, my Dad suffered with it when he worked in a bearing factory. Old machines over time can have all sorts of crap in the suds sump which never get changed. Re the gloves I think fresh disposable ones over the ones you are using as you will take them on and off and what is on your hands will be in the gloves. I am 62 and been using Dads old lathe since i was 12 and got caught up once as I used a file to take of the sharp edge like he used to do. My jumper got caught in the work piece and was dragging me into the chuck. Dad heard me shout and turned it off....Since then I never wore loose clothing or gloves, then 5 years in a toolroom and still running mills and big lathes at home or contracting for other people. Stay Safe.

Bon Boulo😆😆👍👍

Do you have dxf file for this ? Thanks for answer

😛❤👍

Good job for a faceplate?

класная работа👍.чертежи есть сможешь помоч с размерами я из Армении хочу собрать такую

i would of left the sentering puck under the job when i was drilling

Fantastic video and great work. It reminded me of the video from Curtis @ Cutting Edge Engineering in Oz ... a variation of the same "theme". kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5ytrqqhlNW0qbg.html

A different take on the ones Kurtis (CCE) made 7 months ago !! kzread.info/dash/bejne/k5ytrqqhlNW0qbg.html. Hoping you’re not claim this as your unique idea.

@snowballengineering

Жыл бұрын

I’m not claiming any of it as my own ideas. However, I think anyone could think of a 3 legged plate with slots in it 😉

Good ☹🇬🇧

Do yourself a favour and put something on to stay warm but with tighter fitting sleeves.

Handheld cams sucks

I have just sent you a message on Whatsapp, mate.