Big thanks to Ridge for supporting the channel! Here's the site if you want to check them out > ridge.com/inheritance

@DJkrypton89

17 күн бұрын

I figured ridge was going to sponsor u

@Basement_CNC

17 күн бұрын

heeyyy i have worked on this exact model in my highschool (in austria, so next to germany) and its cool to see someone i had my hands on in yout shop 😮 also awsome shop, with some proper non-american machines

@thatoneguy8371

17 күн бұрын

Damn you turned into the guy in the math questions 3:30

@deltor1286

17 күн бұрын

is you wish to build new draft table you can have it fold out of wall/ make it kinda like a backboard from school. im not sure how you can fit the old one in without rearranging for tighter tolerances of space in shop

@Skrallslim

17 күн бұрын

Watch Stefan Gotteswinter for some tips and tricks about the Deckel, but I have a feeling you have :) Love your videos keep it up :) Greetings from Nothern Norway.

the ending segment with the wife was adorable lol, she's so excited about this machine

@deckname5794

17 күн бұрын

She also likes to talk about business stuff... ... horizontally.

@SerenityMae11

16 күн бұрын

What are you, 12 years old​@@deckname5794

@swiftarrow9

14 күн бұрын

New life goal: make my wife gasp like that.

@hushedupmakiki

14 күн бұрын

@@deckname5794 😳

@joelee2371

11 күн бұрын

Your wife is a gracious lady; and.... Horizontal conversations are the best. One usually has to choose between new toys and "enjoyable times"; your world is perfect.

25:55 "That's as small as I can go with these letters" Well, thats the thing, your wife just made you letters that are 10 times smaller you can use!

@jenss.8706

17 күн бұрын

it's letters all the way down

@index7787

17 күн бұрын

Oh shit it nests

@cefcephatus

17 күн бұрын

This requires him to make a new stylus that can actually read at that template size.

@vilian9185

17 күн бұрын

@@cefcephatus just make the new stylus using the old styluss

@Pseudonym394

17 күн бұрын

@@cefcephatus Side Project Count: 1

A pantograph is used in the production of coins. The artist does not carve a coin at coin scale, but rather on a 8 to 10 inch disk. Once approved, the design is then scaled down, checked and cleaned up, then scaled down again until it's at a coin scale. All this is done in soft metals to keep the detail vivid. Once at coin scale, a steel inverted one to one blank is carved. It's from this blank that the working dies are then made. The scaled coin copies are sometimes sold to collectors. I had a special 6 inch silver nickle come across my desk when I was working for a recycler. That was really cool.

@James-dv1df

4 күн бұрын

So silly question what stops criminals just buying one and counter fitting coins?

@jameslmorehead

4 күн бұрын

@James-dv1df Having the proper equipment is what stops them. Making a coin or a copy of a coin is straight forward. Making it profitable is the impossible part. Some people have been busted copying old, valuable coins. They were busted as copying the coin made a lower resolution coin with all the same defects.

Hi, tip from the professional here: I've worked a lot with this machine. We ground a cutting edge at the tip of the cutter. The size of the cutting edge determines the flat surface in the letters. The cutters will always break off very sharply. The cutting edge must be slightly slanted and exposed to the rear. Thanks for your videos, greetings from Austria

@1pcfred

13 күн бұрын

That's what I was going to say. Those sharp tips always break. I guess they don't bother when they're making them because why bother? It's definitely going to happen no matter how careful you are. And yeah they still work fine broken.

Project idea: use the pantograph to make your own set of smaller template letters.

@ExtantFrodo2

17 күн бұрын

Next, use it to make a smaller pantograph.

@emptyjay488

17 күн бұрын

Pantograph letter inception! Soon he'll be engraving individual atoms.

@derekhartley4480

17 күн бұрын

I had the same thought. It's like the first thing you do with a label maker is label the label maker.

@VoidedWarranty

17 күн бұрын

you just described how the industrial revolution incrementally provided better and better precision! Big lathe with really coarse hand-made leadscrew, scaled down through gear trains to cut a smaller finer pitch leadscrew, averages out the error by factor of whatever the scale was!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

way ahead of you 😉

I felt that “I am going to make you make so many swirly curls” in my soul.

@jeffdangerbrown

17 күн бұрын

I misheard as "swirly girls" and I think it works either way.

Did not have any idea how much I wanted one of these machines until I saw it moving. That thing is mesmerizing!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

Think of all the time you could save over that pesky CNC 😉

@heinpereboom5521

14 күн бұрын

@@InheritanceMachining You have to program it first, which takes time, but is also a lot of fun.

"I made this wall removable." is the most brilliant thing I've heard this year. 10/10.

Hey, I've seen two of these on youtube now - Uri Tuchman also has one. It's good to see these old machines being looked after and appreciated.

@danielmclellan7762

17 күн бұрын

Pretty sure Gotteswinter also has one

@crichtonbruce4329

17 күн бұрын

@@danielmclellan7762 He did but he sold it a couple of years ago.

@abrahamwilberforce9824

17 күн бұрын

Yes he does.

@exabeats1775

17 күн бұрын

Came here to say the exact same thing 😂

@slimydispertion

17 күн бұрын

Can they colab 😂

"*GASP* IT'S TINY! Oh! LOOK AT THE TINY!" -Mrs. Inheritance Machining Dude, your wife is awesome, you are awesome, and I love your interactions.

@Emcipio

17 күн бұрын

Right? She even knew to ask about spring passes!! My wife knows as much about machining as I know about accounting. That’s very impressive!

@sportenapfeltorten2095

17 күн бұрын

@Emcipio The both have the same machining-degrees. :) I think its really cute!!!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

She has a way of livening up the shop 😁

@mattmanyam

16 күн бұрын

​@@InheritanceMachining Horizontally??

@herzogsbuick

14 күн бұрын

came to say the same thing, so much fun

I live next to that Deckel factory in Munich. Went to school passing it in the 70th. I can literally see it from my home. BUT they gave it up und became DMG-Mori. So now that buildings are used by different companies and a private school. Deckel was always known for top notch machinery here around.

@tonywood3660

15 күн бұрын

Used their 2 & 3 D pantographs and where I did my apprenticeship in at the CSIRO National Measurement Lab in the 70's and also used a variety of their mills. That and Aciera machines would have to be the best machine tools to work with.

@1pcfred

13 күн бұрын

Deckel is famous for their grinders. "The Deckel". No one's giving those away today. There's probably not a machinist alive that wouldn't love to have one.

@Balderoni_

10 күн бұрын

And have to say DMG Mori does some nice quality machines too, we have multiple of those in my workplace, sturdy and precise machines.

@williamchandler6151

8 күн бұрын

I have a horrible case of the wants for a Deckel mill.

@1pcfred

7 күн бұрын

@@williamchandler6151 I have a mainland Chinese benchtop mill/drill and it's good enough for what I do with it. I can't really complain about it even if it's low quality in places. Which it definitely is. I still manage to pull some stuff off using that machine I wouldn't be able to do without it. She's my baby.

7:14 Small tip for strapping down things, whenever you have a length of strap exposed to wind in parallel with the wind's direction, put about 1 twist per 18-24 inches into the strap. Having those twists causes the wind to spiral around it and will prevent it from vibrating and slapping. It's the same reason why tall narrow smoke stacks have thin metal ribs that spiral around them.

@a.karley4672

13 күн бұрын

"why tall narrow smoke stacks have thin metal ribs that spiral around them" IIRC, they're called "strakes", and they trigger the launch of multiple, small vortices at different heights and sices of the (whatever ; "column") instead of less-frequent, larger, vortices. But it does work.

@flamewave000

13 күн бұрын

@@a.karley4672 sort of yeah. The issue in both cases is that a vortex forms on either side of the uniform body (chimney/strap) that are imperfect, and so one pushes the other, but then the other kind of pushes back, and you get a natural oscillating force on the object that slowly amplifies more and more. This can cause the strap to vibrate and tear itself apart, or the chimney to stress and break. The twists cause multiple vortices all over that cancel each other out and prevent the oscillation from occurring because it wants to oscillate in every direction instead of only side to side.

@mrinvader

9 күн бұрын

@@flamewave000 @a.karley4672 i LOVE engineering/maker channels precisely because of this kind of banter.. . the enlightenment continues into the conmments like a flamewave of genius tearing through flammable thirst for knowledge!

Your wife knows what a "spring pass" is?! RESPECT! Lol

@marcusrauch4223

17 күн бұрын

Well, both of them have an engineering background.

@BadMFingAtti2d

17 күн бұрын

@@marcusrauch4223 now I know and knowing is half the battle! 🙂

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

There's a reason I married her 😁

@danilolattaro

15 күн бұрын

RIGHT?? I let an audible "uow" out

@danilolattaro

15 күн бұрын

​@@marcusrauch4223ah yeah, forgot about that

A tip for the future, when moving machines with a shop crane, rest the load on a couple of 2X4's on the legs, stops it swaying. I have a Taylor Hobson, my first use was a brass plaque that read 'Residents only' for my cat door.

@brownh2orat211

17 күн бұрын

I just picked up 4 machinery skates from Amazon and their really nice for a whopping $25 each, (bought the return item, they didn't put locktight on the top swivel plate screw and it worked loose in shipping and all the 5/16 bearings were laying in the bottom of the box so people returned them!)

@J.C...

17 күн бұрын

I'm not a cat person but that's hilarious 🤣👌

@J.C...

17 күн бұрын

​@@brownh2orat211dude I've saved SOOO much money buying returned stuff at Amazon. I seriously check and see if what I'm looking for has a return I can buy every time I'm on there to get something 🤣🤣🤣

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

that is some big brain stuff right there!

@ianday38

16 күн бұрын

I had a similar thought about unloading the truck. Get the crawler to lift the machine, then drive the truck away 😀

Rule of thumb when engraving single line fonts; You want your cut width to be approximately 10% of your character height. Nice machine!

@a.karley4672

13 күн бұрын

Which is pretty much what DIN/ ISO/ BSI say for line-widths in technical drawings. So ... 0.35mm pen for 3.5mm high lettering ; 0.7mm pen for 7mm lettering. My tube pens - Rötrings - dried up long ago.

In UK I used them in the 70's to make durable labels for HV underground cables, the plastic we used could produce black or red lettering on a white surface, by varying the depth of the cut.

Very much yes! Congrats on your new machine!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

Thanks! Been getting some ideas from your latest videos. You've been blowing my mind 😂

An den FP1 - Deckel Maschinen hatte ich damals meine Ausbildung begonnen. Am einer Deckel FP3 Dialog 11 hatte ich dann anschließend meine Prüfung gemacht. 99% bestanden. Das waren die guten alten Zeiten als Zerspanungsmechaniker. Grüße aus Deutschland!

@harmstrongg

17 күн бұрын

The days when men controlled machines, not machines controlling men. Good days indeed. Greetings from Indiana!

@AMeise-vy4fk

17 күн бұрын

Hab meine Graveurausbildung auf den Deckel bzw Hoffmann Maschienen gemacht

@fuzzynator2964

17 күн бұрын

Ich hab auf einer fp3 gelernt und arbeite immer noch mit einer fp5 mit Dialog 4 Steuerung

@Mp57navy

17 күн бұрын

@@harmstrongg And yet, here you are writing on the internet. Do you realize your hypocrisy?

@oliverer3

17 күн бұрын

​@@Mp57navyNothing wrong with a bit of nostalgia. :)

I have been in manufacturing for almost 35 years, and my dad is a retired tool and die maker. I have never seen one of these in the shop before, but I heard stories about this machine from my dad and how he used one like it decades ago. These machines are superheroes from a bygone era. I remember the first shop I worked at. In the corner of the shop sat an old Bridgeport True Trace machine. I watched one of our amazing toolmakers take a molded cast of a wooden grip and stock from a single-shot rifle caliber competition pistol, and then create a plastic injection mold from that casting. It was my first experience with plastic injection molding, and it directed me into a career in that same trade that continues to this day. I have seen the transformation of mold manufacturing go from wood models used on duplicating machines to enormous Toshiba multi-axis CNCs. I love this stuff!!!

@anthonyfuleky3722

11 күн бұрын

Yep been there myself, retired tool and die mold maker...injection, compression, blow, vacuum, encapsulation,lost wax, die casting....was a great career

I love your interactions with your wife. It's amazing how much love is present and obvious from how you two speak to eachother

It may be time for shop expansion... That would be a cool set of videos

@mattylarkspur9858

17 күн бұрын

"these walls aren't just gonna move because i have no self-control." sounds like foreshadowing to me...

@Johnnarchy

17 күн бұрын

@@mattylarkspur9858 I had that exact same thought!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

i could bust out my "awesome carpentry skills" 😂

That has to hurt. When the wife exclaims "Ooooh. It's tiny! Look at the tiny!"

@bereketterefe829

17 күн бұрын

The excitement in her voice.... He's a lucky man

@aniciorossitorella7794

17 күн бұрын

@@bereketterefe829 Really, he is a lucky man. I envy him for his nice and participating wife. Best compliments to both...

@BloopTube

17 күн бұрын

It did sound rather novel to her.

@emmseapics3717

17 күн бұрын

I'm not so sure. At least she cares???

Exactly what I used for engraving insignias, mould numbers and instructions. Figuring out height and width ratios and also necessary depths. It was a more relaxing part of toolmaking. Miss those days and glad to see you have saved this engraver. I never used D-bits, as you have found, they break easily. The best cutter is a 3-sided bit. You will need a Deckel tool grinder for that. I don't know if you have one. You start with a rod of tool steel and set at 20 degree angle and grind to a point first at 60deg then 120deg then 0deg and put an angular flat on the tip.

I also got myself a pantograph recently for gunsmithing use. I've gotten a good bit of use out of it with 3d printed templates, both for engraving and tracing shapes. I love seeing machines like this being shown to a wider audience like your channel. Can't wait to see what you do with it.

18:55 I think the reason it looks better is because the chisel tip hasn't reduced in size, but at a lower ratio, the spacing of everything _has_ reduced. It gives the text a more bold appearance at reduced scale. It's a really good look, nice work.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

That's definitely what's going on. Mixed feelings on finding "sharper" bits. Thanks!

@erinfinn2273

15 күн бұрын

@@InheritanceMachining Bit like using a dulled drafting lead. Do you resharpen for the precision point or leave it slightly rounded for easier object lines...hmm...

@bbjornsson

15 күн бұрын

Not only the reduced scale, but you're getting a much smoother cut and feed with the smaller scale. Like the wrench example, if you're making something at a 1/4 reduced scale, all your movements with the stylus are scaled down by 1/4 including any jumpy moves that naturally happen when dragging a stylus over a lettering set

Block ordered! I'm leaving on father's day to go down to my grandpa who was a master machinist during his career. I'm dragging a trailer with me in order to pick up his lathe and mill. I'm hopping I can bring this block with me in order to work on it with him before bringing his tools home to my shop. This channel raises the bar for what can be expected from KZread entertainment.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

Awesome! We should be able to get it to you no problem. Thanks so much for the support!

The "don't mix my apples and oranges" pun was so clever lmao

I moved a Bridgeport in a similar way, but instead I used the shop crane/engine picker to pick it up just to put a pallet under it and remove the pallet. And then I used a 5000 lbs capacity pallet jack and it moved effortlessly exactly where I wanted it. If your floor is smooth enough, it works great!

@1pcfred

13 күн бұрын

The classic method of moving heavy machinery is rollers. Just keep throwing rods under it. It worked for cavemen and it still works today.

@stuartjakl

13 күн бұрын

@@1pcfred sure, but if you are moving it through a large facility the way I did it is much less effort.

@1pcfred

13 күн бұрын

@@stuartjakl well yeah. If you have a pallet jack and the machinery fits then it's great. Rollers are just a simpler and more accessible solution though. I don't have a pallet jack but I got a bucket full of 3/4" pipe for pipe clamps. Now I'm wondering what ball bearings would be like. Or even marbles. If you had enough marbles could you move a machine on them? Might be a novel way to get workman's comp. Steel shot blasting beads! It could be a new sport. Machine curling.

@stuartjakl

12 күн бұрын

@@1pcfred you've lost your marbles!

@1pcfred

12 күн бұрын

@@stuartjakl I'll find them before I need them to move a machine.

You're wife's reaction was actually delightful. Gave me genuine happiness.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

She cheers everyone up 😀

Uri Tuchman did not forget about this one!

@xxmarc92xx

17 күн бұрын

The title immediately triggered this thought in my mind too :D

@jamesmaddigan8132

17 күн бұрын

They should do a joint project seeing how an artist and an engineer use the same machine differently.

I'm a woodworker but love seeing guy's save older machinery, I'm sure it's built better than the stuff made today. I'm still using the sears table saw my Father had for forty years and I've used it as many years, 20 years or more I had replace the arbor bearings. Furniture builder 38 years. Keep up the good work.

Expat Brit living in LA since 1985, time served machine tool apprentice with Coventry Gauge & Tool (MATRIX), manufacturing precision grinding and broaching machines. First job after 1 year in the training center was fixing the machines used by the other employees, one of the most interesting jobs I ever held, I still love fixing things to this day some 50 years later. You passion for saving such machines is nothing short of fantastic and if you were anywhere near where I live I would love to help you refurbish your machine tools.

Maybe a wall mount for the drafting table Like folds up flush into a wall and unfolds when you need it!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

I like this!

@1pcfred

13 күн бұрын

There's also the ceiling mount to consider too. It drops down when you need it. Plus it involves ropes and pulleys and who doesn't love that?

Also, jokes like the apples and oranges is what make your videos so enjoyable to watch

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

that was a moment of inspiration 😂

Hello from Alsace in France. Magnificent machine! In 1977, in the company where my father worked, I watched a lot the person who used the same machine to engrave parts where a magnifying glass was needed to see the detail. I think it's one of the machines that has always made me love machining.

I have the baby version of this which is an old New Hermes that I restored and added a DC motor. The simple fonts like you used are still the most enjoyable for me. You will never lose the experience of joy every time you use this machine. When I use mine I always want to shout out to the world. "Hey you guys look at this!" No one is around or hears me but the smile is just as big.

i had this exact same pantograph. I ended up selling it after doing a bit of restoration on it. I had bought it for 80$ canadian. I kind of regret selling it but I had no space at the time. cool to see it here :)

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

Maybe it's the same one 😉

You can make hair thin lines by using V bit and thicker stock, doing normal depth, and machining/grinding to thickness. This way, there is enough tool engagement to make the cut smooth, and you can get any line thickness you want by removing less or more material from the surface. You can also make really cool multi material patterns, by V engraving negative in one material, then the positive in another, gluing both like a sandwich, and machining it down until most of the negative part is gone and only what was matching the grooves is left. The trick, is to cut one side deeper than necessary, so only the peaks/valleys touch and the rest has some clearance, this way even if your tolerances are off, simply pressing both sides together harder will force them to conform.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

How do you manage a positive (raised) duplication on a machine like this? I can't seem to wrap my head around that 🤔 Positive templates?

@staviq

17 күн бұрын

Yes, that would be, I think, the easiest way

About 28 years ago i put together a machine shop/ blacksmith shop out of aged machines of good quality. Shapers, pantograph mill, a massive radial arm drill, 3 lathes, horiz. mill, turret mill, 100lb. Little Giant hammer, a drill press with a 4 ft. throw quill, welders galore. Then a personal catastrophe struck. I was wiped out and homeless and a mental wreck. I gave that entire machine shop away. Put an ad in craiglist: free machine shop, if you can haul it you can have it. Empty shop in 4 days. I survived and rebuilt in another state. I am successful and healthy and happy. Yeah, those days were hard, but life is good now.

@barcodenosebleed5485

15 күн бұрын

That is some stellar resilience my friend. Glad you were able to make it through. And who knows what good came from those free machines to their new owners.

I've used one of these more than I care to remember while I was an apprentice. When you cut aluminum, on this and other machines, use alcohol. It makes for a way better surface quality and it doesn't leave any oil residue. Bonus tip. You can use it to engrave a negative and "cast" letters in the engravings, by waxing it and use bondo or similar to cast in there. Just cut the excess when it becomes gummy.

What a fest of recognition!!!!!!!!!! I worked on a Deckel pentagraph at school, when I was 16... I am a teacher in mechanics myself now, and I still use the Deckel mills, they are so handy, and accesable, cause they are small... I have one, fully equiped with all of it's tools, one can even convert it to a slot bench (is that the correct word?). The shapers, man, what a memories... We used them like a rodeo bull lollll :-) Regards from Belgium!!!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

😂 that's amazing

"horizontally" - nice!

I just love it when something beautifully made is appreciated, preserved, and put back into service. Congrats on the effort!

I love watching all your projects and learning experiences. The best part of this one was the excitement and participation of your wife sharing your hobby with you. Keep moving forward.

we had 2 deckel gk-12 in the shop but they dont get used anymore since the oldtimers went with pension. We removed one of them to make space but couldent find anyone that wanted the machine (it was in even a better condition than the one in the video). but with a lot of pain in our hearts we send it to the scarpyard. its good to see that a machine like this will still live on.

@chettiarsirusraj9501

17 күн бұрын

Would have been nice to bring one of the old-timer's back (if you had means to contact them and get them to your workshop for some time) to teach how to operate and maintain the machine to you or two or three off your Mill machining persons to keep them and use them longer. The Pantograph does take lets say 1to2 months to get acquainted with and get decently good at setting and using them effectively you will have means to make high quality short run products (30 to 50 pieces only or less)or one/two pieces of special request product's on short notice and you need them done now. CNC machines are great but the one to one touch feel and precise steady control you get to have at the level of feeling yourself being one with the milling/machining materials is not so replicate able on a CNC compared to an Pantograph. The old timers certainly must have maintained the Pantograph well if the condition was as good as you mention.

the satisfaction you get after wiping a freshly scrubed metal surface... same feeling with wheelbearings and crankhouses on bikes. Brand fucking new!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

never gets old!

My favourite bit of this was watching you show your wife, and seeing how happy for you and supportive she is. Amazing.

52 years ago, us apprentices had times when we had to engrave machine parts and tools. We used a Deckel GK12 machine. I loved using it whereas some of the other apprentices found it boring. I used it during lunch breaks to put my name on my tools. Great machine, and a good post 👍

I've also wanted one of these for a while, even though CNC has totally superseded it, but there's just something about the process of the old pantograph that's so enjoyable.

seeing someone not a middle aged guy excited about a machine like that was pretty great. i was thinking you could 3d print an upscaled version of a part to replicate it. that would reduce the errors in 3d printing since the errors get smaller as you scale it back down.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

my thinking exactly! i may have to get one after all haha

@jsmxwll

17 күн бұрын

@@InheritanceMachining just remember that bondo thinned a touch with polyester resin is amazing if you want to put a good surface finish on a 3d print for cheap. that panto looks like it'll probably carry over the surface finish to some degree.

Oh I love this.. I have an old friend, he is 83 years of age now.. who still always repairs my saxophone. He has a pantograph down in his cellar and used it to scale down 'his theoretical perfect saxophone mouthpiece curve' to 1/8 the size onto the actual mouthpiece. I always thought, and still think that it was insane mastery!

In my apprenticeship as a machinist in Germany in the early 1980's they had a Deckel pantograph engraving machine just like this. They'd make us calculate the ratio required on the arms to get a certain height of engraved lettering. Loved working on that thing, thanks for the trip down memory lane! 😃

Hilarious how Ms. Machining was so excited how it can make it smaller. That’s a strong relationship there!!!

As someone who enjoys watching machines and machine work, Seeing this for the first time is akin to a kid in a candy store. This is a very cool purchase! Amazing to see where humanity came from in some way. Thanks for keeping it alive!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

I had the same reaction first time I saw one 😂 thanks!

I spent years using a smaller version of this in my fathers workshop, ingraving trophies etc. We had diamond cutters, they make a much nicer cut for lettering. Watching this has brought back so many awesome memories from my youth, thanks.

The condition of this machine is incredible, it’s such a nice addition to the workshop. And the most interesting part to me is that you can feel the feedback through the system. It’s like you have a real connection to your workpiece that surely makes a project more satisfying. When you start working with different materials, it would be nice to know what they feel like through the pantograph.

Been there with the Skid Steer in the garage. I rescued a mint Browne and Sharpe grinder (invoices and manuals bought new in the 60's) from a guy that makes aerospace parts in Connecticut (he has CNC machines up the wazzo). Got it home using my neighbors truck and had the local construction guy come over with his skid steer to get it down from the truck. We tried a small farm tractor first but that was way too sketchy and scary. Congrats on the pantograph, enjoy it.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

Thanks! There's aways some level of sketchery involved in moves like this 😂 good call to play it safe! Your grinder certainly appreciates it

Bowden cable from a bike brake to remotify the spindle retractor? With some sort of satisfying clicky toggle maybe? Very cool machine!!!

@Ivanovitch2885

17 күн бұрын

PTO cable. Should had the detents needed and they're all over auto parts stores and Tractor Supply.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

great idea!

@rubikmonat6589

6 күн бұрын

​@@Ivanovitch2885Foot pedal for cut depth up to a stop would feel more natural if you want to do it with some speed.

You are welcome for this idea I sometimes collect old letterpress blocks. Imagine doing a collage using letterpress blocks or stamps as the pieces to template. Mashing up images and shapes to make 1 of a kind relief collages. If I had a 3d pantograph I would.

i still use one of these at the plant i work at. we use them to engrave aluminum labels that sit over buttons on machine panels. it’s very satisfying and almost therapeutic

you are the only creator who's sponsorships i will watch, only for the extra drop of content from the great Inheritance Machining.

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

thank you 🙏 that really means a ton!

@robertbackhaus8911

17 күн бұрын

@@InheritanceMachining You've got a coveted spot on my sponsorblock exclusion list, too. Use it wisely (I know you will)

i love watching him machining things

@mrimmortal1579

17 күн бұрын

Without it, this channel would just be ‘ _Inheritance Talking About Stuff_ ’…

Just stumbled across your channel. Great video. My father was a machinist his whole life here in Indianapolis, I’m 55 now and I wish I would have followed him in that career field. I love fabricating things in my garage. Thanks.

There was a pantograph machine at the place I worked at as a precision Mechanical Designer for aircraft instrumentation. The pantograph machine's purpose was to recreate convolutions in a beryllium copper disc which composed half of a bellows. These bellows were used in altimeters and airspeed indicators. The pantograph was set with a 10 to 1 reduction to reduce errors in duplicating the curve and convolutions of the bellows. Truely amazing machines, thank you Ben Franklin. Great video thumbs up.

I’m watching him move that on the engine lift and I’m thinking “tie that rod back. He must hear it banging back and forth”. This is how pieces of old equipment get damaged and people say “Hum, I wonder why that got wrecked. Too bad there’s no replacement parts available anymore” Great tool and great job doing the copy. I was surprised it came out so smooth.

@mrimmortal1579

17 күн бұрын

Of course there are still replacement parts available for it… they’re all just trapped inside various bits of block or rod stock, and most of them are probably right there in his shop!

i thought for sure it was going to be a die filer or scraper. that pantograph is still very much in demand among us knife makers so if you ever decide its gotta go im calling dibs!

@InheritanceMachining

17 күн бұрын

😂 I guess for engraving the blades?

@RedDogForge

17 күн бұрын

@@InheritanceMachining yup and embelishing pommels and guards.

Watching your obvious enjoyment and wife's support is just one reason I love this channel. Cheers.

I operated two of these machines in a Canadian mould shop in the early nineties. We often used them for the very small trademark and model number identification. Usually on the battery door of remote controls and what not. Wonderful pieces of machinery.

i would actualy love to have one of those especialy for free. i could 3d print engraving templates and use the to for exaple make pcbs at home which would be very cheap that way.

DUDE, this one touched my soul. I used to use a machine similar to that one to make name plates for the new employees at my job. I saw it in the corner of the building engineer's office and asked about it. They told me I could use it and do it if I figured it out. I had such a great time figuring it out and making name plates of all things. When we moved I wish I could have taken it home but I wasn't able to do so.

Really nice ..... Thanks for taking the time to make the video and share.

Don't know why this popped up but it brings back memories. I started out as a sheet metal apprentice many moons ago and we had a label plate department we all got to do a rotation through. Of course they were still using not only machines similar to this but also metal tag stamping machines with a typewriter like keyboard. Hit the key "Cachunk" it would stamp the letter.

Lovely old machine. I worked for Deckel in the 80's & early 90's for a company in South West England making leadscrews and Ballscrews for their machine tools. I had to spend a few weeks in Bavaria at one of their satellite factories near Munich. A very memorable experience.

Finished a two day, 18hr road trip last week. Really enjoyed it. Listened to audio books the entire trip and it really made the time fly

The ONE video I’ve not had chance to watch on release day in the last year or so, I was gutted when I got to the part where you said limited run of mementos and I figured I was well out of luck but I managed to snag one. I’m so happy. I LOVE stuff made by creators I like and this is perfect 😍 Stay awesome (both of you) your videos are my chill time favourite. So satisfying watching a level of precision and attention to detail I could never hope to achieve.

First thing I want to say. I really enjoy watching USA machinist. I just came across this today. My grandfather and father were both machines. My grandfather actually is the original owner of Bendix. I grew up with my father. Having a full machine shop in the backyard in a 3 car garage. Back in New Jersey. He sold off all the equipment back in the 70s. Cause he they sold Grandfathers property. I wish my dad could have taught me how to be a machine, as could. I really enjoy it? I've done a few things. Are my own by using a drill press. And I've always enjoyed working with metal. It's almost relaxing but my dad sold everything off before I could be taught and as I was growing up, they didn't really have machine shops or machining and schooling anymore. shop class pretty much was woodwork. But I have subscribed to your show and I wanna watch. I really enjoy watching you. Do the lettering, but the thing that got me so excited is the way your wife got excited for you and your new piece of equipment. I wish more women would support their husbands that way, but it doesn't happen. But I will be a new watcher. I hope you can teach me some things you spoke to my father and my grandfather has passed away

23:53 You hear that? That's the sound of an engraving compilation video being planned! Make sure you film it when your wife gets her projects 😁

I've seen one of these in action. A local picture frame shop would use one of these to make engraved plaques for its picture frames. They'd also use it to engrave things like trophies and funerary urns. It was fascinating watching it work.

Used one of these professionally for a few years in the 1980s. Great fun working out all the things they are capable of. Wish I had one now! Cheers and G'day from Tasmania

Thank you, There's just something about old machinery that send shivers down my back. The quality standards that were used in the day!

this brings back so much memories i use to work on exactly the same machine 35 years ago

I used one of these to engrave dials right up to retiring. When I visit the old works I see that it is still in use.

First time I used a pantograph was 1972. I was 10 years old...a Gorton 3u. My dad had one in the basement he was a master engraver he mostly made dials for the dashboards of older aircraft, truly an art.The machine can do everything have fun with it

Back in middle school we had a lettering pantograph. We made signs on anything from the standard two layer sign material to brass and plexiglas. There is something about using a machine like that that warms the soul.

Brings back memories, used a large version of this machine to cut cavities/cores for die cast molds back in the 1980's. Moved to CNC afterwards. I still have some parts that were cast of my first mold cut, "old school". A master model was used to trace with the stylus, larger to smaller as finishing cuts were made. Good times.

We have something like that at my shop. It's a wheel dresser with a tracer attachment. It allows you to dress profiles onto grinding wheels using a template instead of dicking around the manual way.

Your wife's reactions were what we all wish for! Lucky man. Thank you so much for the accurate captioning. I wish everyone would take the time do this.

In the late 70s I was working at a shop producing complicated aircraft parts. Prototype parts really held us up. We started using a panograph. It saved a lot of time. Then Textron put cnc controls on a Bridgeport. We dove in. Cutter comp was black magic. You can use end mills with that machine.

I used to drive Deckel pantos years ago. We used them for all sorts of things. Because they can run at over 20K RPM, we were able to drill stuff at 0.024. WE used them a lot for making dies for EDM work, button plates for elevators, complex mounds for automotive injection moulding, all sorts of stuff. I would really like on even now, forty years later. Good luck to you, I hope you get some use out if it. PS, get yourself a D bit grinder, a Deckel if you can otherwise a Harbour Fright. It will save you a lot on bits.

Love your content!.. I'm no machinist or fabricator by any means. I find your content informative, educational, at times hilarious, and always inspiring ideas. I have worked in the farming industry a large portion of my life, so maybe you can imagine the inspiration your content brings regarding repairs and improvements to various machinery.

brings back memories as I used to use one in our machine shop to engrave machine numbers in our machine tools

I bought a GK21 recently so have a few pointers You need a tool and cutter grinder (i know of a Deckel T&C) for sale in chicago if you're interested. Those carbide D bits are basically 1 time use before they need to be sharpened again. Take very shallow cuts and go over it again if you want letters deeper this helps minimize breakage. You can 3d print stuff and engrave it on metal like a company logo or whatever. Which really expand the usefulness of the machine.

The ratio pantograph is a very versatile machine,can be used for other types of machining other than lettering,used for dies,inserts,profiles,gears,splines etc. Good for duplicating,making templates to use anytime,great detail can be achived.Good pickup!

It makes me happy to hear how happy she is for you and about your hobby

Circa 1994-1996 I used to use a desktop version of that sort of machine to make plastic name tags. If you ever have watched an older military movie, and seen the plastic name tags that people have on their desks, I used to make those. It used a motor the sized of a dremel to make the cuts, and used 1/8 inch bits.

I've got the baby brother of that machine. You should use different cutters depending on the size of the letters. Bigger letters can use cutters with a truncated tip to produce lines that are wider without becoming deeper. There are also special sheets of two layer plastic to make signs that are (usually) either white letter on black background or the reverse. Other combinations also available. Anodized aluminium is very nice to work with too.

I was hesitating, but this has me convinced. I've been eyeballing a rig for this exact type of work, but I couldn't think of what I might use it for until this video. Flowery loopy vine designs are my favorite, and I think this might be useful to create those designs in wood for tables and wall panels. So thanks for this, it helped me make my decision.

So many years ago I made the stamps for cigarettes... you remember the brand names written on the paper just before the filter? They had some quite fine pictures and each of the brands had another font for the letters. It was a huge job only to make the templates, and engraving took so many hours as well. All that for a stamping on the cigarette paper. And we used exactly this machine you lucky guy received as a present. Later we had CNC machines, but honestly they could not (and even today can't) make the fine details as good as with these pantographs. After some time you develop the right feeling for the feeds and how to press the stylus in the template grooves. These machines are in between art, precision and craftmanship and one can produce beautiful things with them. I hope you will enjoy this new machine in your tool shop.

A great gesture from Mike, I wish there are more of him in the world!