Thanks for making such an inspiring video I really love seeing these things because it empowers me to do bigger things when people tell me it’s not possible.

"Now we can finish the lathe restoration!" "Is that why we were making this? I sold the lathe to finish this thing!" "..."

@OlivierLopezCh

4 жыл бұрын

I had completely forgotten about the lathe XD

@j7gy8b

4 жыл бұрын

I for one am anxious to see it used for its intended purpose of grinding the ways on the lathe

@anthonylovell2271

4 жыл бұрын

@@j7gy8b making this was to learn how to make a surface grinder so they'd know how to make one that was large enough to do the lathe ways

@thisnicklldo

4 жыл бұрын

@Anthony Lovell. Yes, that's what I thought - a quick prototype to check, then get some contraption to sort out the lathe. Anyway, it's cool. Maybe they have enough patrons now to send the lathe bed out for a regrind, or buy a lathe with unworn ways.

Within a couple of tenths, on a home-built surface grinder? I'm seriously impressed. Good job, gentlemen, you should be very proud of yourselves.

"do you want to work on the surface grinder?" "The what?"😂😂😂

Love the ending quote. Great work, guys!

They said you couldn’t do it, but I knew better, great job lads well done,. Alan.

Stunning project Stunning result Stunning Video Well done.

Bravo my dudes. Well done. I can't wait to see the next project.

Superb! I love the end sentiment too! Well done for keeping on keeping on!

Great job guys😀

Nice!!! I like the bit at the end about learning new skills. That's how I go into most of my projects. What I think I'm building to start with normally ends up looking very different by the end, mainly because I have no idea what I'm doing and learn while I'm making. I have learnt so much in my life using that approach....... things do take longer that way and quite often the project doesn't move forwards for long periods of time until I work out how to overcome the next problem. Fun times 🤔😊

Epic video, your content is a real treat to watch.

Well done lads! You never gave up on it, looks great! 👍🏼👌👍🏼

Another brilliant video, been eagerly waiting for your next update. Its always worth the wait. Keep up the great work 👍

Hurrah, I can now start to watch other videos and catch up with my other subscriptions. Just binge watched the lathe and then the surface grinder. Brilliant job, I learned a lot watching these, thank you!!

Gday guys, glad to see you back, awesome results with the grinder, great build, thank you for the journey, ATB Matty

Excellent, most excellent. Now we need some details of the final build. 👍

Damn! Great watching you guys build this. Also great of you for putting alot of effort in production value of your videos.

Great build video guys I love the stuff you do good problem solving and design solutions really inspiring

Glad to see you guys got it finished!

I came here for the Lathe and stayed for the Surface Grinder!

Never seen you guys before, just watched this - great production. Subbed.

It's been a long time, but in the end what a great video, love the way how this was cinematically done. Accurate too!!!

I can’t believe you finished it! Amazing!

Great job guys!

You guys are amazing..... I watched all of grinder videos.... I learnt a lot more.... well done.....All I have this.....Very well done...

Totally impressed by every aspect of this video, heck the whole damn project. Sound editing is very good, keeps me entertained with the project. keep up the cool work.

I came into this channel by that surface grinder build and im glad to see you doing somthing with it

Cool! I almost forgot that your aim was to fix the lathe two years ago! I am wondering, how did you manage to get two linear rails to end up on the same plane? What is the process for that?

@Thunderbelch

4 жыл бұрын

You can check for equal distance (DTI base on one rail, probe on side of other rail) and for relative twist between rails (DTI on top of other rail; done for both rails). This doesn't guarantee flat (could be a spiral if both rails twisted the same), but given the unlikelyhood of a spiral, you're very likely to get a decent plane.

Nice, i had zero faith from day one but it looks like you got yourselves a useful tool. Good job.

Awesome work guys!

Wow, really great stuff. This is a long time in the making! Congratulations! :)

The end quote feels very NASA to me, so glad you finished it!

Cool, show us what it can do! Good to see you got the motor taken care of.

Can't wait to see what the next project is!!!!

Awesome job!👏👏👏

This video is so high quality I like the camera movement during those time lapses and slo-mos

Epic job guys!

Awesome guys!!

Hi just saw your amazing video. I love it! I'm a machine builder too but at the lower end. I'm building a mini Deckel FP1 with similar features, started 5yrs back yet taking ages to complete with many distractions. Anyway will follow my passion like both of you did, thank you for inspiring people like us.

Daaam! This took so long and so much effort from your, you must be crazy proud 😊👍

Yay! Great job guys.

that last scene was epic even the fail was totally worth it keep up the good work guys

All this because they acquired a fantastically worn out lathe. No criticism. I admire your tenacity and your creativity. Well done sirs. Will absolutely keep watching.

@nicholaswilliams4507

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't that how it usually goes, though? =)

@vastyesaltydog

4 жыл бұрын

Nicholas Williams True

Awesome ! That skeleton look's just perfect

Well done boys! Well done!!

Good work guys finally got it done

You guys are great!

Well done!

Largo proyecto con exelente final los felicito chicos.

It’s about f*#@ing time lol. Looks great.

awesome finish, guys.

You actually finished it! Wow and congrats. I was sure you gave up on the idea completely...

Thank fucking God. Been waiting for the culmination of this one for far too long.

Awesome! Now that it's done will you be using it to tube up the lathe bed?

Should do a Q&A for the build, like what have you guys learned along the way, and what things would you change or have done differently knowing what you know now? Great job 👍

@wileecoyoti

4 жыл бұрын

I'm for this, we'll end up doing a follow up so ask away!

Stunning wideo and great job. I just wondering 2 things. 1- what program you use to move the cnc table. 2- what was that beam you use for calibrate the grinding stone.

well done machan! it doesn't matter how long it takes to build a one quality product!

Awesome job

i was holding my breath when they ran the dial indicator over the job. What better can one ask for!

Wow! Congratulations!

Great job.

finally! after all these years! ;)

Amazing, respect !!!

That washer idea is a great idea.

Loved the ending

That would be great for a cross purpose grinding machine. Make the grinding head easily removable and add a 2"x72" belt sander head. Knife makers are probably the largest group doing these conversions to conventional surface grinders. Accuracy of course suffers a bit but stock removal is dozens of times faster and great surface finishes are achievable. You'd be amazed at the number of people doing this. Check out 2x72 surface grinder conversions, you make like what you find. Done right you could convert it back in forth in 30 minutes or less. Great job on the machine!

As allways amazing work and videos

Loved the music choice. Now, onto the Lathe!!!!

Grande!!! Bellissimo progetto.

Great job. You made one before I could get any of mine running, lol.

Looks good.. But going by the amount of wobble while it's grinding it could go with some counter weight or getting bolted down lol

@meocats

4 жыл бұрын

whole thing is flimsy should have just cast it all out of epoxy granite

@bluedeath996

4 жыл бұрын

It is on top of a cheap moving tool cart. It really needs to be on a solid surface. The frame of the grinder is perfectly sturdy for the forces being applied, but I have got to believe that much wobble is going to loosen something.

@meocats

4 жыл бұрын

@@bluedeath996 I remember in a previous video, the surface quality of the part was extremely poor. Hobbyist don't understand that a machine structure is designed for damping, not for rigidity under elastic deformation.

@peterfitzpatrick7032

4 жыл бұрын

@@meocats ... nothing beats MASS 😎👍☘

@irrelevantfish1978

4 жыл бұрын

@@meocats If damping is the goal, why are machine tools made from giant blocks of plain, cast iron? Composites usually have superior internal damping (along with a lot of other nice potential features), can be engineered to have VASTLY superior internal damping, and can be made more cheaply than cast iron. Also, there are a million-and-one add-ons to fix what internal damping doesn't that I've never even seen mentioned in relation to machine tools. I'm not saying you're wrong (it sounds like you're more qualified to speak on the topic than I am), but if you're right, then it seems like the whole industry needs a serious paradigm shift.

Thanks for the vids, blueing up a newly planed surface on your surface plate would give an additional visual.

@wileecoyoti

4 жыл бұрын

Check our Instagram :) long story short: I had to try twice to get a thin enough layer to show anything, but when it did it was very interesting. You can even see the stripes from the stepover/traverse. I think those are only a few tens of millionths deep but I'm guessing fairly unique to our machine

Awesome gentlemen

No fukn way! Couldn't believe my eyes when I read the title, so I read it again. Well done boys.

Good job guys! 😀 can I ask in the end how much it cost in the end roughly in materials? I've been watching this series, as I'd call it, closely with lots of envy and intrigued how it would turn out an now I'm tempted! 😊

Nice grinder! I enjoyed watching your videos. And your learning curve. Looks like you pulled off making something that can be used pretty well as a surface grinder. One thought that would lead to some serious improvement. Make a suitable sturdy base for it so that it stops rockin and rollin! Your surface finish will thank you.

Great job, what was the cost? For time, and material?

The love of shiny metal things. You can't help but fall in love with a ground flat surface. Also, I guess everyone noticed that the lathe works fine without the surface grinder. :)

The frame wobbles a little laterally. Since im desgining a new cnc machine this helps me with the construction

nice project

That is sweet. "BUTT"' A surface grinder has way more uses than just flat surface grinding. You need the Y and Z axis with a back parallel on the Chuck to grind slides n gibs. Like form dress the wheel with a diamond to side and flat grind.

I think you would do a lot better with the chatter with a larger motor. Not just for power but also mass. And even use a flywheel to stop harmonics and smooth out chatter and bogging. Maybe even direct drive but I would think a lot more weight directly on the spindle will keep things more solid and smooth surface finish.

Haters gunna hate. After all the negativity you guys got for makin this, glad see it working!

Just watched whole series, and i probably missed something. What size of rails did you guys used? I am just starting to gather materials to build small surface grinder(manual, not CNC). Your video series is a great inspiration. I am planning to get around 10x5 work area since this is more than enough for my use. I already welded solid frame from thick C beams that will probably be overkill stiffness wise for such small machine, but its always better this way than the other. If you could tell me the size of linear rails you used that would be great, and save me a lot of thinking and calculations. Thanks!

Can you give me some details on that grinding motor you're using ? What model is it ? Planning on building my own grinder too.

Totally rad.

Now this is a video I've been waiting for a long time to see. 12/10 guys, awesome stuff. Would be great to see an in depth video of what this video covered as well. Now the real question is which took more effort, the video editing or making the grinder itself?

Good job

When you ground the magnetic hold down table, it didn't spark. I was told a long time ago that if what you were grinding didn't spark you should not grind it as the grinding wheel will load up and could possibly explode (shatter at speed). Just asking. And you did very fine work on the grinder, thanks for sharing your work.

Love that it's mounted to a harbor freight tool box.

What software you use to control the stepper movement?

Truly awesome job guys. Also, I don't know where you get your music for these videos, but this one was perfecto.

This was truly amazing. I admit even though I couldn't wait for each new episode, I must subconsciously have had my doubts about you actually succeeding in this project, because I am blown away to see it actually completed. Good job, I am thoroughly impressed

What are you going to do now there's this huge empty "surface grinder build" shaped hole in you lives??? oh yeah...... lathe restoration?????????? I LOVE your closing message..... so true.

"Very calming. Very tranquil. I think the word for that particular shade is cerulean, actually. Cerulean blue." - Pusher, X-Files

oh... i was hoping to get some more informations about the wiring of the motor. I could use that for my projekt. Maybe some one can help me out? I dont know if i can run this with a power supplie or do i need a battery pack... So much more questions

Hey mate nice watch. What brand?

how do you compensate, for the stone, getting worn?

Yay. So when do the kits start shipping 😂😂