I think the best part of the whole video comes right at the end. "I'm having a good time with this, in case you can't tell". We can tell and it is way cool for the reminder to the many of us that do this for enjoyment. Enjoy yourselves guys. And thanks for the out you gave the world Joe. What out? The out where no we can all say "I learned how to machine a steam engine from Joe Pi and he F***ed his up too".
I like to view it as, "I used some of the allowable tolerance". But, I am so used to hitting my numbers right on, when I do slide to one side or the other, it kills me. Then again, it is the end of November. I had to make a mistake this year sooner or later. Glad I got it out of the way and can get back to the task at hand. Happy Turkey Day.
That was a dead crafty way to square up the casting in the chuck. I would never had thought of using the front of the tail stock. ( and I have never measured it...). Every video has another lesson. Thanks Joe.
Joe glad to see even you mess up sometimes glad you let us see. Hope you and yours have a fantastic Thanksgiving. Thank you for all you share I for one have learned much !😀
Glad you are enjoying the Model engine building. But you should know(to quote Yoda) "If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will"
One of my mentors once said, even great toolmakers make mistakes, only nobody can ever find them. I like to joke, " I made a mistake once....I thought I was wrong, but I wasn't". :)
Now I don’t feel so bad about leaving the gasket material out of the stack on my steam box cover. You seem to be able to include a gem or two with every part. You just taught me how to make a gasket punch. Love the trick with the tail stock quill also. Thanks for another great video.
My wife bought me this engine kit for my birthday. Came in yesterday and wow this is a really nice kit. Mine only came with 1 gasket sheet. Did your kit come with 3. Also much respect when you did the oil cups. Seeing the 3/16 hex stock and holding it in my hands made my mouth hit the floor. Looks much bigger when you did them.
For sure, parts holding (and set-up) is certainly one of the challenges. Really like the methods you used for this part - so logical and effective. Haha - had to chuckle with the forgetting of gasket #2 :) More and more I am riddled with anticipation towards the complete engine - so much progress now. Thanks Joe.
Every time I watch one of your videos I pick up on some neat tricks some may or may not be obvious to others but I appreciate you taking the time to create them, Thank You and hope you and yours have a nice Thanksgiving😁😁
Mind blown once again when you use the tail stock to not only square the part in the chuck, but aide in having it protrude the right amount. That is a super useful tip!
Thanks again Joe, I'll be up and running soon, mill and lathe on order and being delivered in December! So many things learnt from you Joe. Regards Gareth
Hi Joe, thanks so much for all your videos. I think that taking on a small project such as this stationary steam engine is a great way to illustrate a large variety of machining techniques to all your subscribers, plus it's very interesting to watch as well. Great Job. It was funny when you found that you had forgotten one of the gaskets. Since you were still centered up on the mill, I would have just placed the second gasket under a piece of aluminum sheet metal, and re-drilled the holes. Your base plate was held down by tape so everything would have lined up nicely. Maybe you did that, but it wasn't shown in the video. There are lots of this type of model kit in the market place, so if the Covid restrictions continue for a while more, maybe you should take on another project like this, it's cool to watch you.
Recovering from that single gasket oversight was easy. The fixture was still lined up and I used a pin to clock the cover. It took 5 minutes. My next project is the EL1 miniature working metal lathe kit. I already have it. Its a good one.
It was probably good for the rest of us to see we are not the only ones who have 'one of those days'. I forget who said the sign of an expert isn't being perfect all the time but having a mistake and being able recover from it without scrapping part and starting over (or something along those lines)
Just love watching you Joe. Hopefully I’ll remember some of the great tips you give when I need them. You’re making this model engine look trivial. Stay safe
The machinists friends are all things straight, true, or flat. Joe has a lot of friends. He seems to find more than most, and he makes new friends whenever he likes. The tailstock is an old friend ignored for the purpose of this alignment, but a good friend nonetheless. Nice segment, Joe!
Thanks Bob. We are surrounded with things we can use to make our lives easier. Ya just have to close the book once in a while and they glow in the dark.
Hi Joe I liked your gasket cutter, also the you always show an elegant method of alignment, I used on all my engines to cut the gasket is after the head and cylinder are done I just insert the gasket material between them and tap with a soft hammer. Thanks Rich
Hi from England. I am binge watching this series as I intend to buy one of these kits next week. I have already watched 'The Girls' series, that I enjoyed greatly. I came upon your channel after hers. I am learning so much from your methods, though all through the flywheel episode I was thinking 'that's not how I would do it' lol, This episode however, I have learned so much, and from an easy part to machine. Keep up the model engineering content as 'I LOVE IT' All the best, stay well.
Thank you. Even for a minimum , one time donation on my patreon page, you can get a discount code and save on all the purchases you make from the model company.
Wow Joe, two wait a minutes in one video, couple of videos ago I was wondering when was the last time Joe made a mistake. Each of your videos I get many more tip than you are highlighting. You are teaching more than you realize. Thanks Its fun seeing the solution light come on and then thinking that's from Joe, Thanks Joe.
I like to define mistakes as an action that results in a part scrapped or out of tolerance. So technically, I'm still OK. I was probably thinking about a big plate of turkey.
Whole vid was great, but love that I am not the only one that misses or overlooks extra parts like gaskets, springs, ect when seeing them laying on the bench and put out what hair I have left,,,loved 'it.
Always learn something here. Very nice thought process and beautiful workmanship. I almost feel like an apprentice. I have some castings here next to me I want to machine so badly but will have to wait until after Thanksgiving. Speaking of which, Happy Thanksgiving Joe! I wish you and your family a safe and joyful Thanksgiving.
Thank you again Joe! Always a learning experience and new ways of getting things done. Not a machinist by trade far from it. But am retired now and looking forward to getting in the garage and trying it. Just gotta remember all the tricks you have showed.
that small disk well coins is close to the stuff im doing im always trying figure out how to hold stuff love those 5c emergency collets. thanks for the upload great vid
Hi Joe, Another good day in the shop... for some reason I always smile when I hear your sound effects (whistle)... Have a good thanksgiving Take care Paul,,
Joe, thanks for including the small error on the lathe cut. We all make mistakes, like I was once told, it's how you fix them that counts. In this case it wasn't a big deal at all, it was still in tolerance.
Joe when you discovered that you forgot one gasket I felt for you but I also felt a little reassurance in that is like what I usually do. I would have defiantly made at least one error. So thank you, maybe one day I can approach some resemblance to your ability. You inspire me! Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!
It is a good thing I came back to look at your comment and noticed the period. The first thought I had was "hasn't made anything Right?" which changes the whole meaning. Phew.
I heard that “ AW SH#T “ all the way to my house when you spotted that gasket. LOL 😂. There went a whole weeks worth of “ atta boys “ . It is nice to know that you are human Joe. 😉 !
@@joepie221 just moved from London to the Midlands, United Kingdom, love your skills and learning some great tricks and tips, thanks again for sharing your skills..
Great video!!! Wow Joe Pie is human that's the first time in the 3 years iv been watching your content that you made an ooppps and it wasn't even a real one because you were still well with in the tolerance hahaha any ways great video as per always man!!!
Glad he wasn't obsessive enough to try to clock all the screw slots to point the same way after tightening...and yeah, I had to laugh with Joe, it's not like things like that never happen here...
Ģreat methods.... im building a livesteam loco (on my channel)... untill now... without a milling machine... mostly files and Hand tools.... but i learn a lot from your videos ... and in the next Project i'm ready to do with a milling machine.... 😉😁
i have a small ball n peen hammer (the heads about 1 inch long) ive made very intricate gaskets with. use the sharp edge of the part to cut the gasket material. later on i welded ball bearings on rods of different sizes to cut bolt holes using that same method fyi
Ah the infamous do over. Its like when you make an extra part for a big batch of parts knowing you might need it, then sometime during the process you realize you no longer have an extra and the other is never seen again. LOL
Looking great. Yes, studs and nuts would set it over the top. I look at mine on the shelf and say it every time. I started doing one using commercial nuts and making studs. Looks decent but the nuts look too big for 2-56. Better looking than the screws though.
@@joepie221 Keith Appleton makes studs for cylinder heads by nipping the head off a slightly long screw, cleaning it up, and running it in with double nuts. Seems to me like a not bad way to do it, short of having running thread of the correct size. Square nuts that size would be a bit of a challenge though. Might not be hard to do on a CNC or screw machine with a lot of waste, but I'm not sure I'd like to do it by hand or on manual machines.
I would have never made it past your first step. Once the 1.5" O.D. "scrap" SS was in the lathe my engine would have ended up having a 316 SS cylinder head. I have a weakness for shiny.
joe, as usual nice work. One question though , you never seem to use a coaxial indicator when locating the center of a boss or hole... Any reason why???
Hi Joe, I love your videos and the effort to make them. So far, there has only been one commercial. I came to RUclips because there was no commercials. Now I see many creators are putting commercials in their videos. I don’t blame them for wanting to make a buck for their efforts, but for me damn, it’s hard to watch a video with the interruptions. Sorry, but just wanted to give some feedback back. I’ll look into a PayPal payment for you. Thanks again for all that you do!
It's not the creators per se, it is RUclips itself. They changed their policies a month or so back so that you automatically get ads in the middle of your videos whether you like it or not. And you can't click a checkbox when you are creating a video to say "no internal ads". No, you have to upload the video, then go back and edit it, and THEN you can turn off the internal ads, if you can find the checkbox.
I allow auto insertion to generate some revenue, but I never seed my videos with ads like many others do. I believe if a creator places ads, the ad timing location will show up as a yellow or gray bar in the video timeline at the bottom.
How did you clean up the cylinder head edge? I don't recall you mentioning if that was cleaned with a file, belt sander, or turned using a press fit. Was it cleaned out of the box?
My excuse for making the cylinder head a few thou under would have been to compensate for the gasket being a few thou thicker than what is specified and the coat of paint when it is all finished 😂 I have one of those little 3020 cnc engravers that i intend to use to cut out my gaskets - not because it is faster or easier its just that i have this damned thing sitting here and it has to have some purpose in my shop or out the door it goes !
Seems like I forget, more and more, that's why I write down every move I make in a assembly book. That way if I think I miss some i can go back and check
It doesn't look like it was machined to size. It was only run over a belt sander or something like that. So the outside isn't precisely round. In that case a 3 jaw will hold more safely than a collet, especially on a thin part like this.
So many great tips and tricks. Now if I can just remember them when I need them.
I’m just blown away seeing all these trip & tricks! Brilliant Joe!👍John 🇬🇧
I think the best part of the whole video comes right at the end. "I'm having a good time with this, in case you can't tell".
We can tell and it is way cool for the reminder to the many of us that do this for enjoyment. Enjoy yourselves guys.
And thanks for the out you gave the world Joe. What out? The out where no we can all say "I learned how to machine a steam engine from Joe Pi and he F***ed his up too".
I like to view it as, "I used some of the allowable tolerance". But, I am so used to hitting my numbers right on, when I do slide to one side or the other, it kills me. Then again, it is the end of November. I had to make a mistake this year sooner or later. Glad I got it out of the way and can get back to the task at hand. Happy Turkey Day.
I'm sure glad you're doing this; life is just plain boring without the amusement of watching a skilled craftsman correct his errors.
That was a dead crafty way to square up the casting in the chuck. I would never had thought of using the front of the tail stock. ( and I have never measured it...). Every video has another lesson. Thanks Joe.
I have know idea what I am watching but I am very impressed. Can’t stop watching. People like you are the ones that keep us idiots alive
This is such an enjoyable series Joe Pie...learning so much with every upload
I received my model in the mail and i am looking forward to machining this kit using your method's Thank You for doing this.
Joe glad to see even you mess up sometimes glad you let us see. Hope you and yours have a fantastic Thanksgiving. Thank you for all you share I for one have learned much !😀
Its almost 2021. I have to get one out of the way.
Am I the only one who thought “Wolf Spider” when Joe said his blood ran cold when he looked as his bench? 😳
Thanks Joe!
Yeah me too!
I missed the opportunity for a big rubber spider. Tunnelvision I guess.
Glad you are enjoying the Model engine building. But you should know(to quote Yoda) "If once you start down the dark path, forever will it dominate your destiny, consume you it will"
My admin calls me ' Joda'. I believe I am already feeling the pull.
The only guys that don't make mistakes are the guys that don't do anything. I am really enjoying this build and great job explaining your set ups.
One of my mentors once said, even great toolmakers make mistakes, only nobody can ever find them. I like to joke, " I made a mistake once....I thought I was wrong, but I wasn't". :)
Now I don’t feel so bad about leaving the gasket material out of the stack on my steam box cover. You seem to be able to include a gem or two with every part. You just taught me how to make a gasket punch. Love the trick with the tail stock quill also. Thanks for another great video.
You're good joe. Been watching you for a couple years now. You are good.
I appreciate that!
My wife bought me this engine kit for my birthday. Came in yesterday and wow this is a really nice kit. Mine only came with 1 gasket sheet. Did your kit come with 3. Also much respect when you did the oil cups. Seeing the 3/16 hex stock and holding it in my hands made my mouth hit the floor. Looks much bigger when you did them.
For sure, parts holding (and set-up) is certainly one of the challenges. Really like the methods you used for this part - so logical and effective. Haha - had to chuckle with the forgetting of gasket #2 :) More and more I am riddled with anticipation towards the complete engine - so much progress now. Thanks Joe.
I honestly had 2 on there, but the second one dropped off on the way to the mill. I never saw it happen.
Never thought of using the tail stock to get a part flat? Farmer meets a true machinist the learning is endless on my end Thanks Joe.
If you need extra room, the face of a large drill chuck can work just as well.
Nice work once again. I particularly liked the use of the tail stock spigot to true the head up in the lathe. That idea is a keeper.👍
Every time I watch one of your videos I pick up on some neat tricks some may or may not be obvious to others but I appreciate you taking the time to create them, Thank You and hope you and yours have a nice Thanksgiving😁😁
Thank you. Same to you.
Mind blown once again when you use the tail stock to not only square the part in the chuck, but aide in having it protrude the right amount. That is a super useful tip!
Thanks again Joe, I'll be up and running soon, mill and lathe on order and being delivered in December! So many things learnt from you Joe. Regards Gareth
You must be excited. Have fun and be safe.
@@joepie221 Thanks Joe, you stay safe too! You proved the tipping point for, inspiration indeed! regards Gareth
I love all engineering but watching these little engines come to life is a joy. The only problem is waiting for the next upload!
The connecting rod video is a 2 part, but the end result comes out very nice.
Hi Joe, thanks so much for all your videos. I think that taking on a small project such as this stationary steam engine is a great way to illustrate a large variety of machining techniques to all your subscribers, plus it's very interesting to watch as well. Great Job. It was funny when you found that you had forgotten one of the gaskets. Since you were still centered up on the mill, I would have just placed the second gasket under a piece of aluminum sheet metal, and re-drilled the holes. Your base plate was held down by tape so everything would have lined up nicely. Maybe you did that, but it wasn't shown in the video. There are lots of this type of model kit in the market place, so if the Covid restrictions continue for a while more, maybe you should take on another project like this, it's cool to watch you.
Recovering from that single gasket oversight was easy. The fixture was still lined up and I used a pin to clock the cover. It took 5 minutes. My next project is the EL1 miniature working metal lathe kit. I already have it. Its a good one.
Joe i learned so much looking at your video !!! Man it help newbie like me to get ‘’trick of the trade’’ instead of learning by mistake !!! Thank you
My videos may not eliminate all the possible mistakes, but I really hope it reduces how many can be made. thanks for the comment.
It was probably good for the rest of us to see we are not the only ones who have 'one of those days'.
I forget who said the sign of an expert isn't being perfect all the time but having a mistake and being able recover from it without scrapping part and starting over (or something along those lines)
Brilliant Professor !Thank You . All the best on this holiday to you and yours .
Hi Joe. Thanks for checking in. Happy holidays to you and those you hold dear. Stay well my friend.
Just love watching you Joe. Hopefully I’ll remember some of the great tips you give when I need them. You’re making this model engine look trivial.
Stay safe
Wait until I unveil the next model I already have. Its going to make a lot of people take a deep breath. I did!
The machinists friends are all things straight, true, or flat. Joe has a lot of friends. He seems to find more than most, and he makes new friends whenever he likes. The tailstock is an old friend ignored for the purpose of this alignment, but a good friend nonetheless.
Nice segment, Joe!
Thanks Bob. We are surrounded with things we can use to make our lives easier. Ya just have to close the book once in a while and they glow in the dark.
Hi Joe I liked your gasket cutter, also the you always show an elegant method of alignment, I used on all my engines to cut the gasket is after the head and cylinder are done I just insert the gasket material between them and tap with a soft hammer.
Thanks Rich
I am enjoying this series SO much!!!
Looks great, can't wait until we see it run. Love using the tail stock as a way to align the face of your part
Hi from England. I am binge watching this series as I intend to buy one of these kits next week. I have already watched 'The Girls' series, that I enjoyed greatly. I came upon your channel after hers. I am learning so much from your methods, though all through the flywheel episode I was thinking 'that's not how I would do it' lol, This episode however, I have learned so much, and from an easy part to machine. Keep up the model engineering content as 'I LOVE IT' All the best, stay well.
Thank you. Even for a minimum , one time donation on my patreon page, you can get a discount code and save on all the purchases you make from the model company.
Great video Joe... Loved the tailstock method... have a great turkey day to u and all yours!!!
Thanks, you too!
Wow Joe, two wait a minutes in one video, couple of videos ago I was wondering when was the last time Joe made a mistake. Each of your videos I get many more tip than you are highlighting. You are teaching more than you realize. Thanks Its fun seeing the solution light come on and then thinking that's from Joe, Thanks Joe.
I like to define mistakes as an action that results in a part scrapped or out of tolerance. So technically, I'm still OK. I was probably thinking about a big plate of turkey.
I stand corrected sir. My hero worship is not shaken. Thanks for sharing your work with us.
Joe thank you so much for sharing theses videos, your knowledge is impressive to say the least.
I appreciate that! Thank you very much.
Thanks for sharing. It is a pleasure to watch a craftsman doing something that he wants to do. Enjoy. Wish you well.
Always a pleasure to watch your approach to and methods of doing things. Joe.
Great project Joe. I love the skill you show in the order of operations and setups! The fixture plate and clamps is very clever. Maybe a future video?
I have absolutely nothing to add. Carry on. Im diggin' it too.
Whole vid was great, but love that I am not the only one that misses or overlooks extra parts like gaskets, springs, ect when seeing them laying on the bench and put out what hair I have left,,,loved 'it.
The recovery was quick, but it was an Oh S#*t moment.
Glad you’re enjoying this project joe.
Always learn something here. Very nice thought process and beautiful workmanship. I almost feel like an apprentice. I have some castings here next to me I want to machine so badly but will have to wait until after Thanksgiving. Speaking of which, Happy Thanksgiving Joe! I wish you and your family a safe and joyful Thanksgiving.
Thank you again Joe! Always a learning experience and new ways of getting things done. Not a machinist by trade far from it. But am retired now and looking forward to getting in the garage and trying it. Just gotta remember all the tricks you have showed.
that small disk well coins is close to the stuff im doing im always trying figure out how to hold stuff love those 5c emergency collets. thanks for the upload great vid
Very nice, I like it and the new tricks I learn everytime.
Thanks.
Great job. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Enjoy your videos,keep them coming.
Thank you! You too!
Hi Joe,
Another good day in the shop... for some reason I always smile when I hear your sound effects (whistle)...
Have a good thanksgiving
Take care
Paul,,
Just having entirely too much fun in that nifty shop while I'm waiting on deliveries, lol!! So many cool tips and treats, thank you for posting!
Glad you enjoyed!
Joe, thanks for including the small error on the lathe cut. We all make mistakes, like I was once told, it's how you fix them that counts. In this case it wasn't a big deal at all, it was still in tolerance.
I had 062 locked in my head when it was more like .045. I took a cut at .050 to rough it. Still fine, just not nominal.
Great tip using the tail stock spindle to align the part. Thanks!
“Let’s DO it!” gonna be my new mantra. Thanks Joe - Have a happy SAFE Thanksgiving. ):
Joe when you discovered that you forgot one gasket I felt for you but I also felt a little reassurance in that is like what I usually do. I would have defiantly made at least one error. So thank you, maybe one day I can approach some resemblance to your ability. You inspire me! Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!
Jet another fine lesson from Joe. Thank you Joe.
Just glad to know that even the best of us make mistakes. Thanks for another awesome video!
11 months, 25 days. I almost made it. Thanks for the compliment. ( but I was still to print )
The man who hasn't made a mistake .. hasn't made anything.
Right ?
Oh yeah have a good Thanksgiving
It is a good thing I came back to look at your comment and noticed the period. The first thought I had was "hasn't made anything Right?" which changes the whole meaning. Phew.
Thanks again Joe!
Wow! Never thought about squaring work pieces up using the tailstock. 😳👍John 🇬🇧
Jup, this guy will never run out of tricks! So happy he's sharing them.
You can't take it with you. Pass it along before you check out.
Excellent content- as usual !! Thanks, Joe.
I heard that “ AW SH#T “ all the way to my house when you spotted that gasket. LOL 😂. There went a whole weeks worth of “ atta boys “ . It is nice to know that you are human Joe. 😉 !
👊👊 - Thanks Joe for the lessons
You bet!
Nicely done Joe, Happy Thanksgiving for tomorrow from across the pond
Thanks! You too! Where are you specifically?
@@joepie221 just moved from London to the Midlands, United Kingdom, love your skills and learning some great tricks and tips, thanks again for sharing your skills..
Happy Thanksgiving...enjoyed the lessons...
These videos have become my favorite Covid-19 quarantine entertainment. Joe, have you considered just live streaming your shop?
Ah yes, the good old "Well, I guess my roughing pass is also my finish pass" maneuver. I have done it.
Joe, I think it would look awesome if the head screws were cross-drilled and all of them lock-wired :-)
On that size?
Just to see you do it 😋
Thanks for sharing!
Very Nice Joe. Thumbs up again. Best Wishes & Blessings. Keith Noneya
Good idea on the tail stock never thought of that ty
Thanks for the video Joe.
Great video!!! Wow Joe Pie is human that's the first time in the 3 years iv been watching your content that you made an ooppps and it wasn't even a real one because you were still well with in the tolerance hahaha any ways great video as per always man!!!
Glad he wasn't obsessive enough to try to clock all the screw slots to point the same way after tightening...and yeah, I had to laugh with Joe, it's not like things like that never happen here...
It was intentional. I just wanted to see how many of you are paying attention. ( not really )
Ģreat methods.... im building a livesteam loco (on my channel)... untill now... without a milling machine... mostly files and Hand tools.... but i learn a lot from your videos ... and in the next Project i'm ready to do with a milling machine.... 😉😁
I bet. I have to stop by and take a look.
Happy Thanksgiving Joe
Same to you!
i have a small ball n peen hammer (the heads about 1 inch long) ive made very intricate gaskets with. use the sharp edge of the part to cut the gasket material. later on i welded ball bearings on rods of different sizes to cut bolt holes using that same method fyi
Thank you!
Ah the infamous do over. Its like when you make an extra part for a big batch of parts knowing you might need it, then sometime during the process you realize you no longer have an extra and the other is never seen again. LOL
More like...do another. Technically, I didn't ruin anything.
Great stuff :-)
Glad you enjoyed it
It's unfortunate how those screws detract from the look, maybe you can do a vid on making some some small bolts to replace them?
Looking good Mr. Pi!
Nice work but for a better appearance use hex head screws or better still studs with nuts for the cylinder covers.
Egads! Only one washer under there - a good mood always help the situation, better when you can laugh at yourself.
I truly couldn't believe my eyes. All good.
Looking great. Yes, studs and nuts would set it over the top. I look at mine on the shelf and say it every time. I started doing one using commercial nuts and making studs. Looks decent but the nuts look too big for 2-56. Better looking than the screws though.
I need extra small square nuts and studs. That would be a great addition.
@@joepie221 Keith Appleton makes studs for cylinder heads by nipping the head off a slightly long screw, cleaning it up, and running it in with double nuts. Seems to me like a not bad way to do it, short of having running thread of the correct size. Square nuts that size would be a bit of a challenge though. Might not be hard to do on a CNC or screw machine with a lot of waste, but I'm not sure I'd like to do it by hand or on manual machines.
I would have never made it past your first step. Once the 1.5" O.D. "scrap" SS was in the lathe my engine would have ended up having a 316 SS cylinder head. I have a weakness for shiny.
Thanks Joe
So nice. Thank you ☺️
joe, as usual nice work. One question though , you never seem to use a coaxial indicator when locating the center of a boss or hole... Any reason why???
I can only guess, but I'd say it's just his preference.
@@MrRedstoner Really ......
Do you have any trick on timing the screws, so all line up in a pleasing way? For example, have all the screw slots lining up with the centre.
Adjust the depth of the spot face, or dust cut the underside of the screw head. Both will allow you to clock a screw.
I've been wanting something like the finger clamps that you used. Did you make them or are they commercially available?
I made them and the plate.
I'd call that a senior moment!
Some would also call it a blonde moment. :)
Old engineer told me, near enough is not good enough. But then, its all job specific
Well done, nice picture at the end.
Time 05:40. Brilliant! Easy but safe I suppose.
Time 06:50. What made that first judgement that much off?
Nice. 👍
Thanks 👍
Hi Joe, I love your videos and the effort to make them. So far, there has only been one commercial. I came to RUclips because there was no commercials. Now I see many creators are putting commercials in their videos. I don’t blame them for wanting to make a buck for their efforts, but for me damn, it’s hard to watch a video with the interruptions. Sorry, but just wanted to give some feedback back. I’ll look into a PayPal payment for you. Thanks again for all that you do!
It's not the creators per se, it is RUclips itself. They changed their policies a month or so back so that you automatically get ads in the middle of your videos whether you like it or not. And you can't click a checkbox when you are creating a video to say "no internal ads". No, you have to upload the video, then go back and edit it, and THEN you can turn off the internal ads, if you can find the checkbox.
I allow auto insertion to generate some revenue, but I never seed my videos with ads like many others do. I believe if a creator places ads, the ad timing location will show up as a yellow or gray bar in the video timeline at the bottom.
Why are the simplest solutions the most obvious? Yet so elusive to the self proclaimed experts?
Have you ever heard the hanging plant story. Nuff said.
Brilliant as always! It looks like you did a bit of clean up on the outside diameter....I assume you did this on the belt sander. I like the looks!
Yes I did
How did you clean up the cylinder head edge? I don't recall you mentioning if that was cleaned with a file, belt sander, or turned using a press fit. Was it cleaned out of the box?
capscrews or hex hed :) slotted screws are a dead size give away :)
Nice!
My excuse for making the cylinder head a few thou under would have been to compensate for the gasket being a few thou thicker than what is specified and the coat of paint when it is all finished 😂
I have one of those little 3020 cnc engravers that i intend to use to cut out my gaskets - not because it is faster or easier its just that i have this damned thing sitting here and it has to have some purpose in my shop or out the door it goes !
Seems like I forget, more and more, that's why I write down every move I make in a assembly book. That way if I think I miss some i can go back and check
If you had a large enough collet to hold that in a collet chuck, would you have done so rather than using the 3 jaw?
It doesn't look like it was machined to size. It was only run over a belt sander or something like that. So the outside isn't precisely round. In that case a 3 jaw will hold more safely than a collet, especially on a thin part like this.