Good job! Thanks for sharing.

Nice work Matty... I like what you said "It's the best I can do right now" there speaks a man who's constantly improving... See you on the next one...

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Paul, it’s certainly a big improvement on the first attempt and one day I might come up with a better solution, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

Nice one, it looks silky smooth too

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Tom, it really does slide easy, a lot easier then I thought it would, thanks for watching, Cheers

Nice explanation, presentation and nice design approach. Your solution has something others don't; compactness. Others take scads of space, making them intrusive, huge in dimension, and then, considering the size of the contraption, not very rigid. Your approach if it was beefed up a bit more would still be very reasonable yet there would be significant rigidity.

I think that's the best fix I've seen so far! I'm going to try and make one. Thanks

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Lloyd, go for it mate, thanks for watching, Cheers

@Xynudu

3 жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop I agree. Good job Matty. I wonder how it will go regarding wear ? I was a bit surprised when you went round column considering this is a well known issue. I was looking at this sized mill today and price wise there's not much between the two sorts. I would expect the square column to be a bit more rigid as well. Cheers Rob

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

@@Xynudu Gday Rob, certainly proved the round shaft version was shit but the square version worked, I think you would really enjoy having a mill and if I was to buy another it would be a square column, appreciate you watching mate, Cheers

At the moment it's 200 to 1 thumbs up. This project and its presentation deserve that rating. I thank you for demonstrating how best to deal with the biggest problem of round column mills.

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday Mark, thank you for the kind words, the thumbs down never worry me really, it’s very hard to please everyone when you make videos, kind comments are what makes me want to keep filming, Cheers

@markkoons7488

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop You may already know you have viewers from the opposite side of the planet, Wyoming in the US

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

@@markkoons7488 im amazed with how many subscribers I have and its great yo know that people enjoy what I do, it really is a lot of fun mate

LOOKS GOOD TO ME MATE. REGARDS RICHARD.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Richard, appreciate you watching, Cheers

Good solution Matty it works really well and looks like it's a bought in accessory. Great work. Tony

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Tony, I’m really quite happy with the results and I don’t think it looks out of place to much, appreciate you watching mate, Cheers

@samrodian919

Жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop all you have to do now Matty is to paint the rest of the mill the same lovely blue and it will be a factory fitting!

Well it looks like you gotter licked! 😊 I wouldn't sweat doing stuff off camera, sometimes the camera just takes the fun out of it (although I wouldn't have minded seeing some shaper vs. delerin 😉). The attachment looks very sleek, like it was like that from factory. Great job, Matty! Cheers! 👍😁👍

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Chris, the Delrin vs Shaper is a lot of fun, big cuts medium step over and silky smooth finish, feels like you have a monster size machine, I wish now I did film that part, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

Nice clean modification, well done.

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers

very good proyect

Great job Matty. I don’t think it moved at all when you raised and lowered it. I’m going to have to redo mine now. I like that you can adjust the pressure on the bushing also. That’s the best improvement I’ve seen so far for the round column problem.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, I think that was a good idea putting in the adjustment bolts, if the block wears over time at least it can be adjusted easily, appreciate you watching mate, Cheers

Keep up the good work my friend always love watching you work

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Paul, I’ll keep trying mate, appreciate you watching and commenting, cheers

Good job👍

Very nice build!!

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Chuck, appreciate you watching, Cheers

Great work! Much improved.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Bryon, cheers

Very nice work Matty. Have a great weekend, Gary

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Gary, enjoy you weekend to mate, Cheers

Hi Matty, thanks for the design. I was thinking getting a mill/drill with round column but issue was the head movement when milling. This design surely overcomes that. The workspace is far more than a normal knee mill.

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Gday Steve, knowing what I know now I’d definitely buy a knee mill or a geared head mill before I’d buy a round column mill, there still not all that rigid but that’s only my opinion, I think a square column has a lot more advantages, Cheers

@stewanish

Жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop Thanks the thoughts then pehaps a knee mill is better here.

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

@@stewanish this is only my opinion and thoughts, I’d certainly be looking at a knee mill before anything else mate

I knew you would figure a better plan .. great job ! ENJOYED

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, I got there in the end mate, took a bit though, thanks for watching, Cheers

metal work is always very impressive. I live in a world of 2 by 4 s. A square cut is a fee handed cut with a circular saw, experience makes it perfect 9 times out of 10 and that one off cut....well, tradition says you blame your friend for that and then tell him not to worry because we needed fire wood anyway. Amazing what you all metal workers can produce.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, nothing wrong with wood working, I just don’t like the mess it makes, appreciate you watching and commenting, Cheers

Hi Mattie, Really great result mate 👍 Regards Robert

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Robert, second time is always better then the first, thanks for watching, Cheers

nice one matty

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much Max, appreciate you watching, Cheers

Thanks Matty.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers Don,

G'day Matty, I'll catch up in me next coffee break my mate Thanks for sharing and best wishes to you and yours

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Ralfy, I hope you enjoy the video, take care mate, cheers

Nice job Matty 👍👍👍 Going to save you a lot of time in the future. Cheers, Alan.

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

certainly will mate, nothing worse then having to clock everything back in again

Gday Matty, that looks good mate, i wish i bought the round column sometimes, i like that you can move the head around for them awkward drilling jobs.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, they do have there advantages but I think I’d buy a dovetail column next, thanks for watching, Cheers

I didn't think the paint was tacky, it's a great blue :) As for .002, that's nothing to sneeze at. Forget to clamp the knee on a Bridgeport and you're out that much. Nice fix!

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday Everett, I pretty happy with the results, I dont think I can get it any better, thanks for watching mate, cheers

G'day Matty! 2 thou movement is a great result comparing to what it was before. You did well mate. That 2 thou is easily remedied if need be after the adjustment is made with an indicator. Great job. Cheers

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Yves, certainly a big improvement on the first try, it’ll be good enough for what I do mate, thanks for watching, Cheers

Nice work Matty, 1.5 thou is not bad at all. I was thinking about your plastic bushing, and the two adjustment holes - you could add tapped holes above and below for one of them, on the back one maybe. This would replace the single central hole, meaning you have good three point contact on the straight piece, it should hold on to it better with less play. Think of using a thumb and two fingers to hold something instead of a thumb and one finger.

@CraigsWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 3500 subscribers :-)

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Craig, not a bad idea using the extra adjustment screws, might put that on the list to do soon, I’m blown away with the subscriber count, growing quickly now, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

G'day Matty. That was an excellent solution to a difficult problem mate. Much better than the rod idea. Just like the Aussie movie "The Castle", you're a real ideas man Matty. Cheers, Aaron.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Aaron, the first attempt was a screwup but I think this will do everything I need to do in the future, appreciate you watching mate, Cheers

Hi Matty... nice looking, & it still goes up & down. My suggestion is to tighten the side screws more to get a really snug fit on the vertical bar, lengthen the bar another 50 to seventy mm for a bit more stability. ++ when the column lock bolt are tightened everything will be spot on

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Ted, I’m at the maximum length on the square bar, if it’s longer it will hit the base when it’s lowered, thanks for watching, Cheers

I rather like it its clean...simple..

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, cheers

Great work Matty looks like a really good mod and with minimal runout when moving up and down. I have just bought my first mill and it is also a round column mill so I’ll be looking at doing a similar mod to this in future. All the best.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, I’m happy with the results and it’s really handy being able to adjust z height now, there’s quite a few modifications that can be done to a new mill, all good projects, thanks for watching, Cheers

@tonywilson4713

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop There's a very simple reason why this has been an improvement and when I had a quick look around all the others doing this sort of mod also did as you first did. If you have a look right in your last short and consider how the beam is being loaded when you mill its actually being bent NOT twisted. If you throw in a milling cutter and start winding the X-axis then the head is trying to twist around the column against the load on the cutter. Which is fine because a round profile resists twisting. But the vertical beam you have added is not on the center line of the column its out on a radius. So the load it is getting is at right angles to the radius just like when you put a spanner on a nut. You don't twist the spanner you push on the end. So that vertical beam you have added is under a BENDING LOAD. Tubes and solid round are great for twisting (as in torsional loads) but suck at bending. Rectangular sections are great for bending loads and lousy for twisting. SO just by switching from a circular to a rectangular section you have made the mill stiffer. You'll find that if you do another mod and turn that bar 90deg about its center and put the wider side against the bending load it should make the mill even stiffer.

GDay from GA USA, I am going to use your idea for my round post also, thanks

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, go far it mate, Cheers

That's a nice mod. Good idea.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rustinox, appreciate you watching, Cheers

Not perfect? Everything you do is perfect! You're not a factory for God's sake. I saw those oil cans you made for Christmas presents! I finally got a piece of aluminum pipe to try and copy your design. I was impressed!

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, you’ll enjoy the oil can build, takes a little thinking but you’ll enjoy it, Cheers

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@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, I translated your comment to English, appreciate you watching and commenting, Cheers

One comment I'd make Matty is I would turn the rectangular bar 90 degrees to give the greatest rigidity against rotational flexing, and personally I'd dump the plastic bush and tig braze three bits of brass rectangular stock, then machine it to the same as you made the plastic block and use the three point adjustment suggestion. ( easy enough if you don't make the brass too thick)

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Gday, I’ve had this on for a good now and it’s been flawless, the plastic bush hasn’t worn at all, it’s been better than I expected, cheers

Nice work mate ! Having a dovetail column is no guarantee of accuracy either , my HM46 had a tilt in the Y axis and this was caused from crap under the column mating surface with the base - fortunately it was all sorted with a clean and rub with a file .

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Ian, that the model I’ve been looking at n the back ground, might see what the future brings, thanks for watching mate. , cheers

G’day Matty. Well done mate, trying to restrain a round column would be very difficult. Square bar is definitely a better choice. Keep up the good work. Cheers Peter

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Peter, I should have used square stock from the start, I really don’t believe you can get it 100% spot on but it’s close enough for what I do here, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

great soultion.

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much, cheers

Quite a bit better now, good job. Wonder if a shot of non-stick spray from the Mrs' kitchen on the guide rod and block would allow you to tighten up the side adjust screws a tad and reduce play further? Thx for the video.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, that’s a good idea to try some spray, bit of spray grease would work ok, thanks for watching, Cheers

Thanks MattyCheers

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching mate, Cheers

thats much heaps better Matty and your right you should of videoed that block lol cheers fella love the vids

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Paul, yes I should have filmed it, maybe next time, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

Hi Matty, have been watching you for a while but I’m in the process of buying one of these mills and your solution is by far the best, just wonder why you never used a round bar, would there have been more flex in it !!

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday Terry, the round bar had to much flex I found, if I was buying this mill again I would certainly buy the square column not the round, I have found the round column isn’t as rigid as it looks in my opinion, the belt drive is a good thing but having a gearbox would be a lot better to, hope this helps mate, Cheers

@miguelcastaneda7257

Жыл бұрын

How about a piece of precision ground stock...suspension shop near me throws away old struts some they gut and grabbed a few one end threaded and fairly long am guessing from a 4×4 or suv

Looks great Matty and plenty accurate for a round column. Can you adjust that few thou with the set screws you put on the delrin piece in the odd time you want it relocated spot on? Enjoyed the video, stay safe and cheers mate!

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, I have to do a bit fiddling around with the adjustment screws on the delrin yet but for 99.9% of things I do it’ll be more then good enough, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

Hi Matty. I not sure if you will be contracting to Airospace to make parts for them. If it's 1.5 th out that's more then enough for hobby work. Plus you gain all that head height you park the bloody tractor under it. Nice job and looks the part.

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Gday, I’m pretty happy with the tolerance it holds now I’ve used it for a good while, thanks for watching, cheers

Matty that video is you to a "T" have a shot give it my best and whats next......you will go back and play "I KNOW IT", well done.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday, couldn’t leave it alone, just had to have one more go, thanks for watching mate, Cheers

That seems to have fixed it 8-)

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

I think so mate, Cheers

My only thought is if the bar attached to the head isn't perfectly vertical then the head will rotate as it moves up and down. Put an indicator on your new base clamp with the indicator as high as you can get it on the bar then run the head up and down.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Dave, the square bar is spot on vertical going by the digital level box, I thought the same thing but I can live with 2 thou error on most things I do, appreciate you watching mate, Cheers

Nice one Matty, cut my first single point thread this week, I have some M24 x 100mm bolts and nuts if they are any use

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Gday Terry, great job, cutting threads is really enjoyable I find, I think I right for large bolts now mate, cheers

Good Job mate, Will make the Z axis for a DRO install? nice and easy,

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday Gary, certainly a lot easier to fit a dro now, appreciate you watching mate, Cheers

Good problem solving there buddy. I sent you an email.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday Tom, I got your email and I’ll get onto it mate, Cheers

Good job Matty what make is your round column mill. And I herd you say if you could do it again you would get the square column one . If you don't mind and have the time could you tell me the name brand motor size . I have a small shop just as you and I'm in the market for my first mill. I don't have the room for a full size mill just looking for a bench top one like yours and trying to buy smart and learn from others before purchasing. Thanks for any help you can give.

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday Anthony, can you please send me your email address to ttmrj@telstra.com Cheers

Is this vertical blue bar on the other side of the column as well?

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday, the vertical bar is only on the one side, I originally used a round bar that didn’t work out so I turned it 180° and used a square bar, Cheers

It goes back to Zero when you tighten it back down, or it must be within .001 it looks like. It would be hard to beat that Matty I think no matter what you do on these Round Column Mills. I was wondering if there was a way to get some of the weight off of the Head on these, if that would also help. Maybe some kind of Air Shock support?

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday, I never thought about gas struts on the head, I really like that idea a lot, maybe off to the drawing board, thanks for watching mate, cheers

2 Thou, Tut Tut Tut, come on Matty get a grip, You can do better than that :) Good job mate, Much better than the last load of crap you tried lol. Keep up the Great Videos.

@MattysWorkshop

3 жыл бұрын

Gday George, yes mate I need to try a little harder, I think it’ll do everything I need to do mate, thanks for watching, Cheers

Hi Matty, what make and model is your mill?

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday, my mill as a Hafco MetalMaster HM-32B, i'm possibly going to sell it soon and upgrade to a Bridgeport style milling machine, Cheers

How long until you have some for sale? Let me kmow how much and I'll buy one. Is there any reason that you can't attach straight to the 115mm shaft with a block instead of making the ring bracket?

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Gday, sadly I won’t be selling these, the straight shaft needs to be on the ring so the head of the mill can still be turned, hope this helps, cheers

@DaveM2

Жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop That makes sense. Thanks for the response.

The best modification for a round column mill is to sell it to someone who only wants a drill and then buy a proper mill for the same price.

@MattysWorkshop

Жыл бұрын

Gday Ian, yep I agree and hopefully this will be on the market soon all going well, thanks for watching, cheers

Matt do you make things for uthers

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

Gday Matthew, all depends on what it is mate, Cheers

@matthewmeuleman9872

2 жыл бұрын

@@MattysWorkshop the part i need is a 5/16x24unf to 10mm threaded stud

@MattysWorkshop

2 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmeuleman9872 Gday mate, send me an email ttmrj@telstra.com Cheers

The camera is too close to the mill, my eyes are hurting, have to stop watching.

@wh0tube

5 ай бұрын

Good safety glasses are a great investment! 🤓