Recent content by TonySteamHobby

My suggestion is to pay attention to focus, especially in videos. Try a web search on “depth of field” and learn to control that. It is probably best to reduce clutter but I too enjoy looking at others tools, machines and unfinished projects on the shelves. Perhaps we need more “here is my...

Very nice indeed!! Welcome.

I spent hours searching the web. I found lots of interesting items but no build article, so if you could send a link or the article it would be appreciated. I 3D printed the throttle body, chucked it up to see if my ball turning tool would work. Nope! As you can see, this tool is ok for...

Richard, Thanks so much for posting the files. After I convinced my computer it was ok to extract the files, I opened a bunch of them. I was disappointed that you didn’t show the screw threads…just kidding!! I can’t wait to start making chips. Did you ever do an Alibre assembly of your parts...

Richard, I just returned from a trip to the Henry Ford museum. I saw a Corliss running on air. It was inspiring! Of course I went looking for drawings. I looked over your drawings, very nice. Would you be willing to share your Alibre files? I have Atom.

You might look into powder coating. I have done many colors which look like bare metal, iron, aluminum, copper, silver, gold… I use an old oven, but I also have an old, large toaster oven which works very nicely.

Where else can you find funny, knowledgeable machinists, welcome to the group.

Welcome. My machining journey began when I was about 10 years old, helping my father at the lathe. There was a gap for a long time but I returned to it when his lathe was passed to me. I had forgotten how rewarding it is to make chips! It can be frustrating some times when things don’t go...

I plugged in a (plastic welding kit) heat iron to do a plastic bumper repair. A few minutes later, after being distracted, I pushed it back on my bench TO MAKE ROOM TO WORK. I then left, forgetting the iron was warming up. It eventually overheated, set the bench on fire, and the rest is history.

About 10 years ago I had a fire in my garage shop and lost almost all of my tools. The tools that were replaced were not the exact same, even the tool boxes were different, so they all went in similar, but new places. I still have trouble finding something that is now in the post fire...

The only way my bench top would stay clean would be if it was slanted at 45 degrees!!

If someone knows how to move them, I could put them here. I have pictures too…

The previous videos are highlights from 2023