I'm still giggling at the "D!ick in a Wellie" expression... As usual, always pleased to see you Ade... Frank...

When I was a young healthy teenager I was all for making "IT" shiny! LOL Sorry silly humor there! I just came here from the latest Rustinox video...He's having a bit of a hard time! still enjoying himself though! I definitely enjoy watching you guys making your projects so I have some ideas for when I get my mill. Keep up the good work!

What a video. I've never seen anyone swapping the handcranks an the leadscrew like that. I think it's proper to take the hats off for the Chinese factory making that table and leadscrew side blocks. Whow! How on earth did You even think of it? Inspired by You I just checked my mill. It has scales o both sides! Doing the same to the lathe is highly wanted, using the gear train for only threading saves half of the dirty gear changes if I motorize the leadscrew. Thanks for all the joy You send out in Your videoded shopwork!

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Stefan Having spent time in Chinese factories i guessed that they would be the same both ends. When i have done this I will be doing the same thing to the lathe Lead screw. Cheers Ade.

@Stefan_Boerjesson

4 жыл бұрын

@@ade63dug You're fantastic having much knowledge and an incredible entusiasm. Keep it up Ade! I'm happy about one useful left hand fine thread (M6 0.5) and one really good......

Great job so far Ade. That conversion should work like a dream using the toothed belt and pulleys along with the variable speed stepper motor. Brought back memories of a similar thing I did on a small Chinese milling machine but not as high tec as yours is going to be. This is a great improvement to the small manual milling machine, saves the laborious winding and you gain an constant improved surface finish. Looking forward to the rest of the build. Tony

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tony. The Tech is new to me but I am generally good with electricatrickery . good fun this learning stuff . Cheers Ade.

Brilliant Ade, thanks.

Fantastic work again.

Beautiful work Ade!

nice progress it is looking great

Interesting project Ade. I have just completed a belt drive conversion on my similar, but different, Chinese mill and the X axis power feed may well be next. As a rank amateur metal chewer I love to see those who have been doing it for years and the hand held scraper is a brilliant tool for softening edges that I have not seen before. I shall try that - carefully- very soon! Thanks for the videos and keep it up.

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Carl . just having fun with it, trying to show things i have picked up . Yes be careful with this method . those chuck jaws hurt the Knuckles. Cheers Ade.

Excellent job Ade. The thing I like about your mods is that they don't look home engineered, they look factory fitted. Looking forward to part 3. Cheers, Alan.

Gday Adrain, that was a good idea to swap ends, I can understand what you mean when you say that it wouldn’t feel right when your used to having the controls on one side, really enjoyable series mate thank you

very good video..thanks for your time

Hi Ade, Making good progress... looking forward to part 3 Take care Paul,,

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul. little steps forwards at the moment . next vid is a long one and get a lot more done. Cheers Ade.

Thanks for the video Ade I am always looking forward to seeing more of your work 👌🏻😎

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Robert.

Glad i found your channel, i'm about to by a lathe and start doing small things, thx to your inspiration.

Coming along just fine Adrian. You will love that x feed I remember when I finished mine i was excited. Now that I got the ATrump mill it just sit idle 99% of the time.

Green scotch bright recommend for rough castings and scrambled egg pan.

Thank you for another great video always glad to see you take care

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks David.

Thanks for sharing.

Brilliant Ade. I'm on a mission to collect as many colloquialisms as possible that describe a loose fit. Until now I had "Piss wobbly slack" (John Mills), "Cock in a shirt sleeve" (Max Grant), and now I can add "Dick in a welly". Thank you Ade for the contribution. :-)

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome Craig. A real bad fit is waving a sausage in the Albert Hall. hahaha.

Cool project, Ade. Good job on it so far!

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Going well so far . long video coming soon. Cheers Ade.

Looks very nice Ade, I like your design, I went with a hex shaft/ socket drive on mine, I think I will check on exchanging the graduated hand wheel like you did`. Enjoyed, cheers!

Nice job mate. I got into machining because of you. I Love it.

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks

Thanks for the video Ade. Keep safe and stay well.

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Colin ,And you.

Hi Ade you always amaze me, I suppose it comes from years of experience. It all looks so easy when you explain. I don’t have a wheel both ends on my WM 14, but I’m considering moving my stepper motor so that it sticks out from the table. This would enable me to move the DRO reader to the back of the table and get back the clamp I covered. Another super video. Cheers Noel

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Hi Ade, Comedy and Philosophy... What next tap dancing? Great vid. TFS, G :)

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Graeme , I had to give up tap dancing . I kept falling in the sink. lol.

Hey Ade.. You can also try the green scotchbrite, little bit more fine then the grey.. I have been told that the white one is for cleaning your dinner plates 🤔 or old machine parts👍

When doing hand operations on the lathe, if you run it in reverse and something catches it will throw your hands away and to the front/top, instead of pulling your hands into the lathe! Food for thought

Hi Ade not viewed for a week or so so its binge time and off to a good start

Never seen the black scotchbrite, but the green is pretty coarse.

Looking good Ade, what is the pitch of your belt and pulley's? Looks quite coarse in comparison to a lot of the 3D printer ones. Looking forward to part 3

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

They are T5 x16 so 5mm pitch . seems good so far.

Hi Ade, love your videos, would the mill you have be rigid enough to skim a car cylinder head, I'm new to machining however I would love to learn, I do a lot of head jobs so the machine I buy has to be able to allow this, Thanks mate

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

The table would probably be to short in X . Cheers Ade.

Hi Ade, Nice idea swapping the leadscrew end for end. When you make the plate to hold the motor, are you going to have a relief milled to be able to access the oiling for the leadscrew bearing?

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

That's the plan!

Hi Ade ,love the workshop, I'm after a new mill and was wondering how you found your Warco ,is it the gear drive or the belt version? It's a model 16 I'm presuming? ,thanks Nige.

@ade63dug

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nige, yes it is the WM16B belt drive . having had it for a while now I am still very pleased with it . Cheers Ade.

Hi Ades, After watching you building your power feed I'm going to do the same to my Mill-drill. Could you please give us a list of the Electrical side of things so I can copy? As my skill's that side are not as good as yours. Thank you.

Hi, please tell us where you got the motors n pulleys or if it was a kit? Cheers and thanks

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

I will put a list up when I know it works. Cheers Ade.

Doing woodturning and looking to get into metal turning the scotch bright I buy for woodworking has the colour code as follows The Green pads are 400 grit The Red pads are 600 grit The Orange pads are 1000 grit The White pads do not contain an abrasive and are thus technically non-abrasive, but the very texture of the pads gives them an incredibly fine - but immeasurable - cut If you are interested I an give you a link

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Yes i have looked into it . the white works well for polishing aluminium with some Tcut . Cheers Ade.

Very surprised the mill only has 1 scaled wheel, my HBM bf 28 looks identical but has scales at either end, the only difference is one end has a double bearing that fixes it to the table and the other end is free floating.

What size is the tool post on the lathe? Looked at the 100 size and it seems too small for the 180 sized lathe. Is the 111 the correct size? Thanks.

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

Hi . truth is that I have no idea, I made it to suit the Lathe . check out the videos on my channel . cheers Ade.

@WhiteDieselShed

4 жыл бұрын

@@ade63dug Thanks. I did watch the videos where you made one. Thought you had a wedge style one in one video but maybe mistaken? Your DRO video reminds me i have a kit for my SX2P sitting in the cupboard gathering dust. Really must fit that.

Hahahahahaha :-D "Dick in a wellie" :-D

Btw.. Your mill table... Wont it hit your vice?? Or does it clear, hard to se on video🙂

@ade63dug

4 жыл бұрын

It does hit towards the end if the vice is shut. Small work area needs some compromises.

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Hi Ade, well I think it's safe to say, that is the very first engineering euphemism involving a wellie I think I have ever heard. Just when you think you have heard them all as well! Nice job so far, glad you swapped the leadscrew round and retained your increment thimble, great idea. I know what you mean with the Bridgeport controls, I served my time on one and you become an extension of the machine don't you. Keep it up mate. Cheers, Jon