This is a pair of videos I put together on making up a small tapping arm for shed use. One of those tools I should have made up years ago but...
I've used a casting (and will be making up a couple of more), but could be machined from solid.
Thanks Occasional machinist! We've added your Tapping Arm to our Tapping and Threading category,
as well as to your builder page: Occasional machinist's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:
One of my dislikes is the 'perfection' that is sometimes demonstrated in YouTube clips. Provides an unfair standard to the average person trying to discover how to do things. While I might omit stupid mistakes where I have a brain fade at a critical moment (such engaging lateral feed when meaning to engage vertical), I think that showing mistakes due to error or misunderstanding and recovering from them are an important part of learning.
Michael
Last edited by Occasional machinist; May 3, 2024 at 03:23 PM.
Related to showing mistakes in fabrication, there is variation in goals.
I view hobby machining as permission to be as crazy and worthless as I want. Today I might want to make a paperweight that is within 1/2 thou of an arbitrary value. Another day I just want to slap together a few bits to try out an idea.
I have many many bad idea. A few I even build. A tiny number of them are almost useful and once in a while I produce a good idea. For me, this is fun.
Rick
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