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TGT#1 - Shop Made Clamp System

  

Hey Folks,

A little trial video for you on our favourite subject: Tools, Glorious Tools!

I've done this one to test the waters, and gauge interest in the format. If it grabs you, be sure to let me know.

Cheers,

Chris. 

btw There are some great videos out there on these vise sub tables/mini pallets/pallet vises. Tom Lipton's is well known (https://youtu.be/b2qKy43tJcY?t=4m59s), Colin from CompEdgeX did a great one a while back (https://youtu.be/lYPF4iEe9X0?t=5m21s),  as did Keith Rucker: https://youtu.be/OQ76RUm-egI?t=32m20s

Of course if you don't want to drive yourself crazy drilling all those holes, you can buy something similar machined to NYCCNC perfection from John Saunders here: https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate 

 

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TGT#1 - Shop Made Clamp System

Comments

F-ing brilliant. Really you just keep sparking ideas in me. Cheers!

veritanuda

Cheers Chris awesome thanks for your time and sharing G.

Graeme Brumfitt

I just realised, this post is incomplete without a link to the best web site in the world: <a href="http://www.lathes.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.lathes.co.uk</a> Just about everything you would want to know about just about every lathe ever made. I especially recommend looking at the photos of the Rivett 608. (I have one, on a replica oak stand, in my living room)

Andy Pugh

So pleased to hear that mate, and terrific to have you on board :)

Clickspring

I am immediately so glad i chose to become a patron this video alone is worth it tbh

Cameron Reinhart

Very helpful, I firmly believe you can never have too many clamps

Keith Curtis

Cheers James!

Clickspring

Hey Ryan, A larger swing is always good to have, but it also provides a useful convenience: often you'll not want to disturb a setup on the lathe, yet still need to turn another part. Having 2 is a luxury, but its surprising how often this occurs.

Clickspring

Cheers Ben :)

Clickspring

I'm still a little confused why you have two large lathes. Is there a particular reason? Do they both have different strengths?

Ryan Das

Fascinating!! Clever of Mitee-Bite to give away those plans, it was cool to see you make them, but those of us without lathes would likely just buy some. Especially after this 5 minute promo video... only you could do a considered, technical, exciting and entertaining video on a subject like this Chris! (They should be paying you a fee)

ben

I would of been supporting you earlier Chris but Patreon got my emails muddled up...been locked out :( happy now it's sorted and getting to view behind the scenes. Brilliant mate. 👍🏼😊

Terrific to have your support Marc, thank you :)

Clickspring

What makes me so interested in your work is that you sound young (perhaps early 30's) but so knowledgeable like you've been doing this for decades making you around the 55+ years of age.....the detail to work is top class, your explanations is easy on the unknowledgeable (me) and it keeps us (me) interested to the next instalment.... keep up the great work Chris and thank you. 👍🏼😊

Wonderful, truly!

Gregor Shapiro

Awesome more please:)

Andrew Robb

Thanks Neville - I totally relate - There's nothing quite like that conversation when you explain to someone that you've just used a tool to make a tool... "Oh... so what will that tool be used for?" "To make more tools!"

Clickspring

Great work Chris. Very much like the tooling videos as they are the most immediately transferable to others'workshops. It's good to see you using brain instead of cash to leverage your existing tools to create more tooling like those toe clamps. I'm taking a similar approach atm with most of my lathe work being the plugging of gaps in my lathe tooling. I guess i will eventually make something useful outside the shop. .....????

Thank you Nikolaos!

Clickspring

I am shocked to see the size of your shop. Unbelievable that such quality can come from such a small place. I hope that your channel and support grows more to afford you a much bigger space for more gorgeous projects. Great work Chris. Keep it up. Greetings from the USA

Sure thing Brett, will add to the list :)

Clickspring

like the tool videos. they let you dive deep into a single topic and we can all learn. I would like learn more about all the files you have, how use them, what sorts there are, etc.

Awesome to have your support mate, thank you :)

Clickspring

Excellent video Chris. I was wondering if the vice sub plate I've seen used in some of your videos was a SIEG mill accessory or something you made yourself. This video answered my question, and its a great and versatile clamping system you have created for yourself. Also, the concept of having a discussion platform on the various tools and accessories you use for the clock build is a real plus as a Patreon member. Yet another great reason to join!

Paul Francis Madden

I really liked this little tip. Im going to go make some for myself!

I love it!

Eric Vincent

Terrific, will do Paul :)

Clickspring

Will do Alan, terrific to have you on board mate :)

Clickspring

Cheers Cody, will do :)

Clickspring

Thank you for showing the whole shop. As someone with about that amount of room for a planned shop it is nice to see that it is, at least, possible. Please keep these tooling videos coming, Cheers

StellarDrift

Chris - I'm a new fan, and enjoying &amp; learning form every one of your fab videos. Especially like the tool-making series - keep 'me coming!

Alan Reinhart

More please. Love tooling videos.

Paul Devey

Sure thing Ed :)

Clickspring

That was great! One thing that would be really nice to cover is what your decisions are when choosing between the lathes and mills. Don't you have two of each? What can one do better that the other can't?

nycedwardd

Never mind! On re-watching the vid I caught where you mention that you are using M8. Thanks for all the hard work.

Dean Thompson

What size cap screws are you using in this video Chris? I sometimes have a hard time getting a sense of scale from your vids (not that I am complaining).

Dean Thompson

Catching up on the email backlog from a long trip. Always enjoy the work you do Chris, I would most definitely love to see more videos like this. My grandfather used to say "No matter how far you push for perfection, a person's work is only as good as their tools"

Magik Eh

Great idea will have to look at making some myself thanks for sharing

Mark Parkinson

Cheers Paul :)

Clickspring

I have watched this one 2 x and learned something different each time.

Paul Devey

Absolutely wonderful! More would be definitely appreciated.

Jade Felicity Bilkey

Fantastic. More!

Great job! Thanks!

Yes more!!!!

Eli Santana

I doubt it Abdul. He's probably a 10 yr old kid and we'd never live it down :-D

Doug Sullivan

Oh so true Doug!!

Clickspring

Saw a great quote that many of us, well some of us, ok only me, will relate to: There's never enough time to do the job properly the first time but there's always enough time to do it again after you've stuffed it up.

Doug Sullivan

Sorry to be slow commenting, Chris. Family health issues meant not much free time for a while. Issues still prevail but priorities must prevail too :-D So to comment as requested.......great little video, great subject and please do more!

Doug Sullivan

Another cracking video as always. Are we ever going to get a peak at the man himself Chris!!

Abdul Shalam

Great video! I would love to see more

So friggin' cool. More, please. :)

Matt Walters

Anything that you can show me about making TOOLS will be very helpful. This was a great video. Please continue to do them.

Holy crap! That is so much smaller than I imagined from your clockmaking series :). Where do you do your heat treatment? Dave Brubeck Quartet is a nice touch too!

Karl Mansson

Still trying to figure out how I would make it! Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Ha! Sorry Bruce!

Clickspring

I recall seeing that too Frank, let me know if you ever track it down again :)

Clickspring

Hey Daniel, my lathes are right near the door, so I just leave it open, works well :)

Clickspring

Yes it was very tedious and time consuming!

Clickspring

Righto, will do :)

Clickspring

Hey Josh, I figure if a cheap tool opens the door into machining then its a good thing - you can still do good work on cheap import tools. Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Chris, I'm really looking forward to that video where you show me how you make these fantastic videos. Your production quality is superb, in my opinion.

baker98270

Great video Chris. I unfortunately showed my wife the size of your workshop and now she wants a large portion of the garage back (lol). I really must get around to making some of these.

Bruce Edney

Fantastic vid Chris ! Thank you. At one time I intuited that inserting a packing piece of x thickness into a three jaw would result in a turned piece of exactly x eccentricity. Later on, I came across calculations in an issue of Model Engineer which mathematically defined the packing thickness required to generate a given eccentricity.... close but definitely not the same number! I wish I had marked that article!

Ps, how do you vent out your shop? Airflow is paramount when turning w cutting fluid on my lathe.. thanks Chris for sharing all you hard work.

Chris, these are awesome. How did you mark out and make your aluminum pallets? These are tedious and a pain for me, but Obviously you have the patience.

Oh, I must do this! Also, +1 for more tool videos, not that I don't enjoy the "actual" work. :)

Harri Haataja

I loved this! More, more more!

baker98270

For sure make more of these types of Videos

Colin Dick

I agree! I had always envisioned a rather enormous shop! Between the work that needs to go into staying organized, and setting up a camera to film effectively in such a small space, I am doubly impressed!

It's a very nicely setup workshop one thing i would like to see a video about is his indexing head for the lathe

Hey Chris, you have inspired me to wanna get into home machining. I'm curious how you feel about thoose really cheap mini lathes on amazon?

Like others I imagined a MUCH bigger shop. This shows how well done your videos are in every aspect. Light, focus, SFX, editing, narration.

Awesome, I love custom tooling! You and AvE motivated me to build my own 32m2 workshed, complete with a proper mill and lathe!

hBurger

That door opening blew me away. In my minds eye I always pictured a much larger room for all your tools. Walk over to the mill, back to the lathe. Are you sure you opened the correct door to your own Tardis?

Slayman

Your videos are always fascinating to watch , I would be interested in watching how you made all your custom tools , thanks for sharing

yeeeeeeeeees, the shop behind the vids. Your custom built tools will be a fascinating series of vids.

spaxxor

So what's the downside of those eccentric fasteners? How come they aren't used in manufacturing? Seems like they would have a pretty decent clamping force.

Carl Heaton

How about a tour of your walls and hanging objects?

Carl Heaton

A very handy tool just like stack blocks, once made used all the time.

Loved it!

I too would like to see more videos in this vein, though I defer to others' specific requests.

Erin Eldridge

Keep going for sure. Great work!

I like it. I'd love more in the future

Pretenda

and maybe things you would do different as you started putting your shop together?

Great video! I can't wait to see more.

Chris, can you talk about the pros and cons of your two lathes and your mill?

Robert

Great start for a new series of videos Chris. Please keep them coming.

This is truly impressive how you can work is such small and confined workshop, reminds me of Kitchens in some German flats.

Anton Kovalenko

So much simpler then I thought the screw would be! Great stuff!

i love the video chris! i really didnt expect your shop to be that small.

Its a propane furnace, will do a vid on this for sure - yes the DRO was factory installed, will do something on the mill at some point too :)

Clickspring

It's Solidworks.

Armandas Jarusauskas

love the shop tour cant wait to see more out these videos . also that method of producing an eccentric fastener is super simple.

Great video Chris!

Robert

Love the videos Chris. It really makes my day when I get the notification that a new video has posted. Keep it up.

My goodness Chris, you are bonkers. I'd love to fancy myself some creative type, but watching what you can come up with in such a well organized (albeit limited) space is uncanny. Please keep these coming!

Steven Bierlink

Thanks for posting! Love to see more of your videos, no matter the subject.

Nicholas Kvaltine

Seriously impressed with what you're able to accomplish in such a small space. Also, great and informative video, doing as you asked and telling you to make more!

Approve. Like how it was short and simple. Demonstration of the technique used was good. (shimmed 3 jaw, seen that in a production shop once) Also appreciate the referenced videos.

Samuel Irons

Hay Chris: Thanks for the video on shop clamps, what I would like to see is how you laid out YOUR wheel crossing jig or better yet, a cad file, remember a cad file is worth a 1000 words, Thanks for all your videos!

What? That is your workshop? Thats tiny! Now i am even more blown away by your abilities! I assumed your workspace would be gigantic, you really can't tell from the videos!

Daniel Rotskas

Try replying to your post up above but there seems to be a glitch...Using a dividing head on the mill for a wheel cut would be great. Thanks Chris

Thomas Hutson

Chris, that is a tiny workshop.. How do you make your way through? Ahh, that's not important, but I'm curious about your (or our newly discovered) forge to melt metal. Pictures are ample, no need to make a video, but what fuel are you using? I'd like to see more on your mill, and was it "factory equipped" with the readout, or was it added later? Over the course of the clock build, we got to see a lot of the mill, but never the entire thing from top to bottom... Great job Chris, I can't find words to express the depth of gratitude for making these kick A** videos!!!!

Adam Ackels

I appreciate how you present why it's useful, before how to fabricate it. A video on your video production process would be really interesting as well! I do my own product videos, but golly it's painful. I also have a machine shop where we make our own parts and have wanted to do videos from time to time. I'm always shocked how simple and clear your videos are, and would love to learn more. I'm certain it's not an easy process to make it look easy!

Mark Roberts

Great video - what CAD system do you use?

Phil Sydor

As usual, Outstanding, informative and so helpful! thank you so much

Chris - your joke to music <a href="https://streamable.com/tfpoz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://streamable.com/tfpoz</a>

Alan McD

Thumbs up! I very much like this format, especially in addition to your usual magic. As a future topic, I would love to see an exploration of your storage and organization methods. A small shop is the reality for many of us yet you seem to have pulled it off much more gracefully than most.

SCOTT SWAALEY

Awesome video. Don't stop, it would be a fabulous addition!

The size of your shop is just staggering, I don't think I'd even be able to fit down the center! Love the video format!

Jeremy Abel

OMFG :O I'm gonna whip up a version of these for my laser cutter - the cutting table requires something that can clamp from the sides, and for that application timber eccentrics would be perfect! Thankyou so much for the wonderful idea! :D &lt;3

Kaylee Fisher

Much of this comment is exactly what I was going to post! I have my lathe in the spare bedroom and it's a pain to keep clean. My guess is that your attention to detail and seemingly meticulous nature make it a simple matter to clean up at the end of each day or possibly after most operations. If you have any tricks though, I'd love to hear them! Thanks again for all the hard work on the videos!

Mike Michelizzi

Well I for one like it, very useful so please keep them coming :)

George Harris

I've done it to scribe off a new set of dials for my old South Bend hobby lathe.

Marc Banks

If you're after an even cheaper way to index stuff an have a lathe, you can use the MrPete222 method: <a href="https://youtu.be/ZlKHrhAz8M8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ZlKHrhAz8M8</a>

Marc Banks

Love it! More! ;)

Stephen D Mills

Awesome stuff!

AMAZING thank you. Adding the extra diameter to the cap screw is very clever. I'll try that tonight. Thank you.

Andrew Larking

Love it. I always like to see the interesting tools you have made. And love the idea of a progressive shop tour.

Giovanni Viscardi

Great video, again! You've made me buy a lathe already - now let's have a closer look at your milling machines 😁

Damian Sutter

Excellent video! Would love more like this :-) As a suggestion to a closer look at tools: Your milling machines, and maybe what kind of modifications you have made/would like to make. limitations you have learned to work around etc.

Jarl Magnar Jakobsen

Hi Chris, thanks for the beautiful videos! I've always wanted to dabble in a bit of machining myself, and your videos are really encouraging, especially looking at the quality of work you produce in such a small space. So, a quick question: What with all the lubricant-coated metal shavings flying about , how do you keep your small shop clean? Cheers!

Bora Gurel

The small space makes me feel better about machining in my spare apartment bedroom ... aside from noise and vibration, it works out alright!

and now that i've finished watching the video -- great video as always! I'd love to see more of these!

David Sinclair

Wow! I am so surprised by your shop size. Maybe I do have enough space for a shop...

David Sinclair

Excellent video, keep them coming.

Andrezj Cawley

This was fantastic. i'd love to see more of this type of video in the future. Maybe it's a strech, but could you talk about how you deal with the limited space of your shop when it comes to filming? I'm deeply impressed by how much you make the shots "breathe" when you have so little room.

Absolutely! On the videos it seems like a 10x10m studio with windows all round. The magic of movies.

Marco Vujevic

I was gobsmacked at the size of your shop. You may well have guilted me into finally getting mine clean. Keep up the amazing work, I love it!

Matthew Wilson

Great idea for videos, I love collecting tools, making them really appeals!

Man that is a small shop. That only makes what you do more amazing. You do a lot is should a small shop!

m_tini

Great work, keep them coming- I love all these little nic nacs. I hope my wife never sees how neat and tidy your workshop is otherwise I will never hear the end of it

you're not only a master machinist but a master cinematographer. i would have never guessed your shop is basically standing room only.

Everfalling

Holy... is your shop really that small?

Dan Cowsill

Custom tooling is an art that should be shared. Keep them coming, Chris.

Hey Chris, awesome, like usual! I've also been thinking of making these! Very well done!

Ruben vd Merwe

Absolutely loved it. You should definitely do more of these. I would love to see a video on your larger lathe. I know you've talked about them in one of your blog posts before, but if I recall correctly that was more of a guide on the "theory" of buying a lathe. If that is a topic you would rather avoid then a video on all those shop made countersinks you are always showing would also be wonderful.

Loved It!!! cant wait to see more. I like the format. I find your videos very informative. I had no idea how small your shop was. Id love to see a more detailed tour.

Excellent, I will be making some of these asap. You make it look easy, like always.

Love it! :)))

Chris, thanks for sharing. I'm in awe of what you're able to accomplish, even more when I see the space you work in. Though, it's not the space or the tools that make the craft, it's the craftsman!

No worries Jason - Then you'll have to indulge me. Such things are there for my entertainment, feel free to skip ahead :)

Clickspring

Excellent video! I definitely like it. I especially like that you provided links to other great videos on the same topic. Now that I've seen a wide shot of your shop, I'm even more impressed at how great your videos come out. Planning where to put your camera gear and still have room to work takes some serious skill!

Fred Zyda

I love the content, but I can't say that I love the few seconds of intro graphics. Feels unnecessary. I like it better when you just jump straight into "G'day, Chris here" and off to the races.

jason black

Chris, Totally Glorious! Keep it going please :)

Matthew Dormer

Keep them coming! It's always a treat to see how different people accomplish a task. I really enjoy the videos, well done!

Loved it!

Great video. I complain almost weekly that my shop is too small... now I feel bad.

Eric Mey

Righto Kayno, I will come up with something :)

Clickspring

Great video. As David commented, I too would like to see you create some videos for absolute beginners. I've never done metal work, so if I went out and brought a little lathe to get started, it would be great to have something to watch so I didn't do any damage to it, or myself.

Like others, amazed at the size of your shop - it look to be around 2m wide!

That shop is incredibly tiny! I say it's a testament to your videography skills. You've tricked my brain and I've been imagining your shop as a large and open space

Cooper Riley

Inspiration. Keep 'em coming.

Peter W. Meek

Fantastic! Great holding tools, great video. Keep em coming!

shawn walderman

Awesome to hear that Emery, be sure to post a few pics when you're finished :)

Clickspring

Another great video to the usual standard. Keep 'em coming. Thanks Chris.

+1 on TGT - doing the small projects help us learn! I'm working on the Screwhead Holding Tool from your site right now, and learned some valuable lessons about tapping in harder materials like that big nut. <a href="http://www.clickspringprojects.com/screwhead-holding-tool.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.clickspringprojects.com/screwhead-holding-tool.html</a>

Please make more of these.

Evan S.

Anything you make a video about would be interesting. Just saying.

Ethan

Cheers Mike :)

Clickspring

Chris, I don't think you could ever make too many videos for my liking. Keep up the great work. Also I love the few shots of your shop that you have shown. Makes my small shop seem huge, and should give everyone confidence that it's not the shop or the tools that make great work, it's the care, the desire and the drive to do it, that makes great things.

Mike Davey

Workshop shop porn.... tools. Always want to see more.

Tom Jeremiah

Flycutter - check :)

Clickspring

An interesting and useful video. Keep the TGT coming.

Great video Chris. That is a nice set up and I will be making some for sure. No man can have too many tools.

Love it so Much, keep em Coming

Definitely casting my ballot for more like this!

Alex Belshe

Awesome video. And the background music is an excellent choice. Please keep making these videos. If possible, could you do some on your flycutter. It looks similar to myfordboy's, but not too sure. Also, for one of the gears in a project, could you use your rotary table with a dividing plate on the mill instead of your sweet spindle setup?

Thomas Hutson

Amazing what you can produce in a small shop! Great tips! Keep em' comin'!

Most enjoyable, Chris. I really like seeing how you make these tools and accessories. More please.

Scott Clausen

The work you produce in that small space is amazing. Skill to Space ratio is off the charts :) Please continue the TGT series. I mentor high school robotics students. These are exactly the type of small teaching projects that I am looking for.

Awesome! I think I know what my next project is now... I vote more TGT videos for sure.

Perfect addition to your list of series considering the faster pace of the main videos! I think I can speak for a lot of us when I say it's these small "nitty gritty" videos are the some of the most interesting. Seeing the tricks and workarounds. Very cool! Also damn that's a small shop, knew it was small but still you couldn't gain a pound working in there!

I love the simple technique and will be making some of those eccentric fasteners for myself. Thanks for the great little video.

Chris McDonald

thanks Chris, very useful video and appreciated. Would love to see more of your shop and work practices.

Dean Neumann

Great video I really like when you do a tool video. Although many tools can be bought it is the learning process and the satisfaction at the end that is totally worth the time involved I think.

Andrew Robb

love it! keep em coming

Anthony

Which hand-held vise do you mean Kev?

Clickspring

Excellent Chris! Excellent video as always and great tip for your holding system!

"My T Byte" - so cheeky! Thanks Chris. Would love a shot of your shop with the filming gear set up, to show just how much room you really have to work in :)

While assembling the clock I've seen you use a screwdriver which seems to be an adjustable clamp holding a flat blade. Tell us about that — how it works and why not a conventional screwdriver. (I can just guess exact fit to your custom screws and non-scratching, but…) Relatedly I'd also like to see the details of the hand-held vise you've used [—oops I totally missed that that was a previous series].

Kevin Reid

Super info thanks a lot for this very use full tips .

van der Aa Paul

Nice &amp; simple to make. I'll have to give it a try this weekend. I like the shim to produce the eccentric, much better than swapping chucks.

Al McKague

Outstanding! Yes please, keep it up!

Guy Lopes

Nice try, we all know this is a small cupboard in the corner of your real workshop ;) And yes, please do more like this, they are a nice break in the complexity of the larger projects

Fantastic as always and thank you. I would like to know why you have three different lathes? What are the pros and cons of each of them? Would also love to know more about the mill you use, it is very small but apparently is strong enough for some pretty significant side loads. You are a phenomenal machinist no question, but I was actually thinking that maybe your day job is a DP. Because the filming quality is excellent. Not surprised to find out that the clockmaking is a hobby. Not because you don't have the skills of a professional machinist, but because if you did that for a living I don't think you would want to find an extra thousand hours a year to live in that tiny room and make a clock. Lol.

thank you for another neat trick, it would make a very nice alternative for a mag lathe chuck for non ferrous materials

Pretty neat. Nice little vid.

Dean Thompson

Thanks Chris. How about a list of your major machines, Like the mill, lathe, and such?

Chris Muncy

Nice to know this stuff. And any project involving metal is just fun to watch.

Jeremie Santos

Great stuff, keep 'em coming!

Robert Sindorf

love it. I did not realise how small your shop is. That is even more amazing how you get so much done. I am just not very tidy, my wood shop and office is a total mess all the time.

Paul Busby

Agreed on all counts, would love to see more of these.

Kirk Lane

I thought you shop was at *LEAST* nine or ten square meters with big bay windows. I'm still in disbelief (O_O)

Chris, I for 1 enjoyed this tool video. I believe that set-up in the machine shop is a large part of the battle. Great links like watching those men.

Ralph McCoy

Wow, that shop is a lot smaller than I expected. Impressive the work you do in that space, and even more so the camerawork with so little room to move. Lighting must be a challenge. Often you'll show making a part and I forget the scale that you're working on, until you pluck it out of the lathe with a pair of tweezers or a finger enters the shot and I remember how tiny it all is. Very impressive. I guess you have little choice but to get the camera right in there, which must exaggerate that effect. Really makes me feel guilty for every time I've complained about a lack of space.

Righto, will add to the list :)

Clickspring

Will do Nick, cheers :)

Clickspring

Terrific to hear that Jimmy :)

Clickspring

Not much elbow room!

Clickspring

...and I just noticed your answer to Alex J - "Just a hobby" - (gets off the floor) - Really?!?!? Sir, you are amazing. Keep up the great work.

Richard Thompson

I sure like the tool videos :D

Stefan

Awesome "Shop Tour" at the start... amazing that from your videos, I expected a MUCH larger space. That said, please, please keep this series going! TGT #1 to ∞

Richard Thompson

Just hobby

Clickspring

University of YouTube!

Clickspring

You sir are a machining genius! Do you do this as trade too, or just a hobby?

Miss_Caroline

pretty inventive method, definitely want more.

Peter Kransz

Do you think of all of these processes yourself or do you google everything like me?

Dylan T

They are awesome man. would love to see the green lathe dont see much of that one in the other videos

Excellent! Know what I'm making in my shop this weekend.

Eric Hobbs

totally awesome! more please!!

Rc

When you're making small stuff, you don't need a giant shop. Looks nice and cozy.

rjk

Exactly the sort of information I need, please keep these short informative videos coming, this is the background stuff that will make the projects much easier to tackle

Jim Gunn

really good idea, keep it up!!

Great! I love it!

Yes please, can I have some more please ?

love it! moar!

Thank you Chris, this will be very useful!

Awesome

Liz Matzelle

Great video. How to get the offset on the bolts is a great tip! Don't forget about John's mini pallets too - they fit inside vice jaws (and are much cheaper than the big plate linked above) <a href="https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate</a>

Thanks for the video, Chris. Always enjoy your stuff!

Yup, I like!

Dirk Jan van Vliet

great series - I've very much enjoyed your tool-making series, just as much as the "real" series. :)

Micheal Malsed

Definitely would like to see more of this!

Amazing as always!

I think this series is an awesome idea!

Dig it.

I really enjoyed that! Seeing how small a space you have makes everything more impressive. One thing I'd like to see is how the tools are worked. I've never used a lathe or a mill and I honestly have no idea how you produce work using them. I'd like to know more!

David

Keep em coming Chris. These videos are great! Thanks!

Nick Pelissier

I had no idea you were in such a tiny space! All the more impressed with your work. Great video, love the format.

Jimmy Gaussen

Wow, filming in that tight space must be a challenge.

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