I really like your approach to solving this particular problem. Using parts of the Old Part and replacing the broken sections is a very good way to fix things. Especially when new parts are so very expensive. My personal opinion, When the price of parts is that high, the price says it "We don't want to do it". I believe the theory is "if if they can't fix it then they will have to buy NEW". Electrical Gremlins can the the absolute worst. I wish I could be there to help. You'll get those pesky Gremlins, it will just take time. KOKO!
Nice video and i love all the machinery in your shop. But tbh, i don't understand the need for cast iron in this application. Making this part completely new out of some sort of mild steel would take 4 hours on a modern multitask. So it is surely less fun than doing it manually, but also would cost just around 200-300$ for the first piece. Around 20$ for every additional part (material, inserts, energy-costs, machining time around 30minutes). But maybe i miss something over the application this part is used for?
That is so cool that you can use a 3D printer for gears and make adjustments that fine on requirements, Would it not work a little smoother if you made the gear rotation similar to a Planetary gear with 3 inside small idlers instead of 1 ?? I mean if they are only a couple bucks each
I recall thinking there is no real world application for 3d printing back when the home printers were coming out. Wow was I lacking imagination! I am very impressed with what you achieved with printing and your metal working skills. Would metal printing be an option for gears that do have moderate use and torque? I would think being in Chicago there a few metal printers around as well as more than a few water jet contractors for future use. I live in a rural ranching town and there is a water jet less than 5 minuets away and a metal printer 2 hours away. Cheers
I really enjoyed the video as always. I can certainly relate to putting together and taking apart more than once. I just completed rebuilding my quick-change gear box on my Clausing 5913 lathe. When you have that many gears and ratios everything has a sequence it must be assembled. I did the test run just a couple of hours ago under power and there is always that pucker factor when you engage a machine the first time after a major rebuild. I'm confident that I did it right. Not as cheap as I would have liked but the machine was a total wreck when I bought it. I would have been money ahead to buy a new import lathe but I would have missed all the learning I achieved by doing it myself. There are hundreds of machinist and tool makers that can run the socks off of their machines but most of them don't ever work on them. My hobby is not machining but rebuilding and restoring the machines, so they make accurate parts. It is my passion, so I thoroughly enjoy your videos.
i really really love that you show and point out your mistakes because it also allows me to learn, case in point when you first used the tap in the drill chuck and accidently drilled right through, cause when you did the first one my head was tilting and i gave a side eye and then you said you bunged it and then i was like oh nice I'm not crazy and i can spot some things haha. i love that i learn and that you are able to teach. thank you 🙏🙏🙏
i saw the tap and said no he's not gonna, and you did………. twice. (ㆆ_ㆆ) think of cast iron as rock candy. also they make kits for 3D printers where you can turn them into laser printers/engraver. you could make a new scale for the dial, probably not worth it through
Unbelievable doesn't describe the work you're doing to get this machine back in functioning order! Quick question…at 34:50 you are tightening the allen bolts with a torque wrench in rotating order….it's always been my understanding, and practice that, in order to properly tighten bolts set in a circular pattern you start with one bolt, do not fully tighten it, then go to the bolt directly across from the first and tighten, then move up a bolt and tighten, then move directly across and so on, hand tightening only. On the final tightening, you would then start at the first bolt, tighten to your torque spec, THEN move up one bolt and tighten to torque, and proceed all the way around until all bolts are tightened to torque in a circular pattern. Just a comment, not a critique. Please keep your videos coming…they are truly works of art
We always hope buying used that they’re a diamond in the rough, but this machine is the reality of what this equip often is. Great work. This machine doesn’t deserve you yet, but it will after the years of smooth service you’ll get from it after all this work.
Great use of 3D printing, I wouldn’t be without mine. Can I suggest you fit a shroud to reduce the likelihood of dirt etc getting in the now exposed outer edges of the ring gear? Nice to see the use of a tap follower, I see so many miss this out when they could have used one. Really enjoying this series – so much more ( unfortunately for you) than a simple paint job.
Great seeing it coming together and running!
well done, thanks for sharing
I had thought water jet would be perfect for your application.
I really like your approach to solving this particular problem. Using parts of the Old Part and replacing the broken sections is a very good way to fix things. Especially when new parts are so very expensive. My personal opinion, When the price of parts is that high, the price says it "We don't want to do it". I believe the theory is "if if they can't fix it then they will have to buy NEW". Electrical Gremlins can the the absolute worst. I wish I could be there to help. You'll get those pesky Gremlins, it will just take time. KOKO!
Hey i know a youtuber that would most likely love a colab with you to do a new casting. infact i know 2 of them that do casting.
Nice video and i love all the machinery in your shop.
But tbh, i don't understand the need for cast iron in this application. Making this part completely new out of some sort of mild steel would take 4 hours on a modern multitask. So it is surely less fun than doing it manually, but also would cost just around 200-300$ for the first piece. Around 20$ for every additional part (material, inserts, energy-costs, machining time around 30minutes).
But maybe i miss something over the application this part is used for?
Hi Kyle, what about Wire EDM?
Are the gears the same size?
Great idea making new gears.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a good weekend. 👍🇺🇸👍
fun series, HBM is my favorite machine tool. thanks for sharing.
I do like the machine Kyle.
I think it is awesome.
Nice work! 👍🇺🇸👍
Kyle check out what Matty did with his etching process.
I think it wise to use 3D printing to help with any problems, you can make adjustments before the hard set work is done.
That is so cool that you can use a 3D printer for gears and make adjustments that fine on requirements, Would it not work a little smoother if you made the gear rotation similar to a Planetary gear with 3 inside small idlers instead of 1 ?? I mean if they are only a couple bucks each
I recall thinking there is no real world application for 3d printing back when the home printers were coming out. Wow was I lacking imagination! I am very impressed with what you achieved with printing and your metal working skills. Would metal printing be an option for gears that do have moderate use and torque? I would think being in Chicago there a few metal printers around as well as more than a few water jet contractors for future use. I live in a rural ranching town and there is a water jet less than 5 minuets away and a metal printer 2 hours away. Cheers
I really enjoyed the video as always. I can certainly relate to putting together and taking apart more than once. I just completed rebuilding my quick-change gear box on my Clausing 5913 lathe. When you have that many gears and ratios everything has a sequence it must be assembled. I did the test run just a couple of hours ago under power and there is always that pucker factor when you engage a machine the first time after a major rebuild. I'm confident that I did it right. Not as cheap as I would have liked but the machine was a total wreck when I bought it. I would have been money ahead to buy a new import lathe but I would have missed all the learning I achieved by doing it myself. There are hundreds of machinist and tool makers that can run the socks off of their machines but most of them don't ever work on them. My hobby is not machining but rebuilding and restoring the machines, so they make accurate parts. It is my passion, so I thoroughly enjoy your videos.
What about sls parts? Curious about how they would work
You are a plugger legend
i really really love that you show and point out your mistakes because it also allows me to learn, case in point when you first used the tap in the drill chuck and accidently drilled right through, cause when you did the first one my head was tilting and i gave a side eye and then you said you bunged it and then i was like oh nice I'm not crazy and i can spot some things haha. i love that i learn and that you are able to teach. thank you 🙏🙏🙏
Keep it going; you are doing very interesting work here. I enjoy what you are teaching on this HBM. THANKS!!
i saw the tap and said no he's not gonna, and you did………. twice. (ㆆ_ㆆ) think of cast iron as rock candy. also they make kits for 3D printers where you can turn them into laser printers/engraver. you could make a new scale for the dial, probably not worth it through
Nice work, a long slouge, but you will fix it. Nice machine.
Unbelievable doesn't describe the work you're doing to get this machine back in functioning order! Quick question…at 34:50 you are tightening the allen bolts with a torque wrench in rotating order….it's always been my understanding, and practice that, in order to properly tighten bolts set in a circular pattern you start with one bolt, do not fully tighten it, then go to the bolt directly across from the first and tighten, then move up a bolt and tighten, then move directly across and so on, hand tightening only. On the final tightening, you would then start at the first bolt, tighten to your torque spec, THEN move up one bolt and tighten to torque, and proceed all the way around until all bolts are tightened to torque in a circular pattern. Just a comment, not a critique. Please keep your videos coming…they are truly works of art
Love this series. Its a really interesting machine.
We always hope buying used that they’re a diamond in the rough, but this machine is the reality of what this equip often is. Great work. This machine doesn’t deserve you yet, but it will after the years of smooth service you’ll get from it after all this work.
you did a great job !
very precise and accurate work. 💥
Thanks for the video
Great use of 3D printing, I wouldn’t be without mine. Can I suggest you fit a shroud to reduce the likelihood of dirt etc getting in the now exposed outer edges of the ring gear? Nice to see the use of a tap follower, I see so many miss this out when they could have used one. Really enjoying this series – so much more ( unfortunately for you) than a simple paint job.
Wire EDM would have been a good way to have them cut too and that would give you an almost perfect accuracy