Advance METAL LATHE- boring steady rest facing
Shows set up and machining of pipe in preparation for using a steady rest. Filmed in our shop Oct 2008. This is a project for my home–(Trying to keep the vehicles off my fence.) Keaton Morris assisted me, he is one of my machinist students. This VDO is a rare posting of advanced techniques. I will not be posting many of my advanced vdo’s– those are for vantech school use only. This VDO is here to entice those to become a machinist. Knowledge of Set up and operation is what makes machinists …
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he has some nice videos on lathes, but as mentioned below, the ring, watch and long sleeves need to go for safety reasons – like if you enjoy having 10 fingers. When I was a kid, I had a drill press grab what I was working on and spin around the work and the vice – it caught my sleeve and pulled me into the drill press – not fun! I barely got to the emergency stop in time; dug into my skin and cut me up a bit. Happened in the blink of an eye – very scary, so be safe out there!
That’s the way I do it! Just a piece of aluminum hammered into the end and center drilled lightly. Works great and it’s quick and accurate!
long sleeves ring watch , my teacher wouldve kicked me out the shop lol
he says hes concerned of his chips going into the steady rest he ought to be worried of the boring bar being to close to the steady rest, especially if this is training vid……….SAFETY ISSUE! OH HIS HAND HOLDING THE BORING BAR ,INVEST IN CARBIDE AND ALSO GET RID OF THAT WELDED HOLDER TO THE BAR UNLESS YOU HAD IT X-RAYED!
Safety First.. Shop teacher should know not to have a ring and a wrist watch on.. Poor example..
RIP mr.basso
R.I.P Mr.Basso!!!
it’l push the tube out of round the way you explain, it will also have a smaller contact area for grip. if he chucks external he has spread the load . then use a boss with a shoulder down the end bore with a live centre for axial pressure application into the face of the chuck.
critic the guys good teaching? you clearly know little about speeds. i’d like to see your video with added speed, i need a good laugh.
i think you are doing a stirling job teaching the students, keep it up.
A quicker, better, and safer way to cut the O.D. is to grab the inside of the pipe with the 3 jaw chuck. Tap the outboard running true as you did and then make your O.D. cut near the chuck.
00:25 better known as telescoping gauge
The feeds and speeds= STUDENT SAFETY- It is best to be conservative in this approach. Crashes happen when students do not have experience on processes. Several other factors are tool geometry and radius of the insert, this dictates speed. In order to reduce vibration I have slowed the speed and reduced the feed. I need a good finish or the turned steady rest area would damage the roller bearings. Similarily, the bore begins with an intermittent cut because of the weld seem. Thanks
Not enough spindle speed or drive…
its not a hard metal dont fear it!
wOW that was boring! Haha could resist that one. great video, lots of good tips
I’d have faced one end as square as i could get it and then turned the part around so the square end rested against the chuck. This adds rigidity to the setup. Also I’d use high speed steel tools to face and cut the place for your rollers as you don’t use as need pressure to cut.
Loved the video, good work.
I like it
I thought it was pretty interesting!…
Well, not really, but its great to have educational videos like this.