Line Boring In The Lathe . Part 1

I like your fixture plate! Better design than mine. Thanks for sharing 👍

Nice setup Max. I would have never thought of doing it that way. I can’t wait till the next video boring it 👍

Great demonstration of a very tricky setup Max, looking forward to the next instalment, cheers mate!

Great setup, Max. When I rebuilt my two-cylinder John Deere 620 engine about 20 years ago neither of the local engine shops could handle the 5-1/2" bore to the ~12" depth required. I set the block up on the cross slide of my TOS lathe, which fortunately has t-slots. Setup was all with shims, and there would not have been room for a fixture plate such as yours. Very fiddley setup that took quite a while, but it worked a treat. Wish I had pictures of that setup.

Neat setup Max!

Wonderfully informative, Max. Top marks.

I really like the way you added those rails in order to be able to use the fixture plate. There have been times I have wanted to mount something to my cross slide but didn't have any t slots. Your method is a great way to do that.

G'day Max, another masterpiece, love those little screw jacks. The wifey made a comment about the cock in the shirtsleeve, but I havent seen my cock for several years on account of my beer belly so I'll let that one sit there. lol

Great set-up and machining Max, another trick from the skill bank.
Nice work, and thanks for sharing.
Hope you had a good Easter.

Good to see you back in the shop also that's a pretty clever fixture you made and really nice job on all the other tooling you've made great job . when are you going to retire ? Thanks JM

10 points and more for setup Max. BC

Really interesting. Looking forward to Part 2 - thanks Max

Great setup

Quick mind. Fast hands. Clever fixture. You are truly a pleasure to watch and learn from. Thank you. Cheers, Will

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Very interesting seeing how creative and elaborate the setup needs to be.

Great set up! That takes up all the time as to machining it. Even on a horizontal boring mill.

Wonderful Max, G'day mate and thanks for sharingvthis, I always really enjoy when you do these 'proper" engineering jobs

Thanks max I really learn a lot of fine details and ideas cheers

mammoth effort - looking forward to part 21

Enjoyed…great discussion/demonstration of the tooling design and setup

''fits like a cock in a shirt sleeve", fuckin love Aussies! cheers;)

Fantastic work Max, well thought out, well demonstrated, well narrated, and well presented. That was a tough setup, doing it with a camera in the way........ Hats off matey, total respect!! Looking forward to seeing it through. Cheers, Jon

This is associated with a lot of effort! But it can be a viable solution if you do not have a horizontal boring mill. - You just have to know how to help yourself! 👍👍👍
Good luck and stand your ground! 💪👍😎

I learn more in your setup talks and watching what you are doing than in your running the machines. Could you talk about the hole offsets and the cutter grinding to cut on centre a little bit more. I think I understand it but not completely.

Mark

Max, you never cease to amaze me!

Good 👍👍👍👍👍👍

G'day Max, this is my first visit to your channel. Your presentation is great and the content is terrific. You'll do well with your channel!

You fixture plates are fantastic!! Looks like very versatile as well. Thanks for sharing!!

The work has to be of high value as the effort to set it up is significant.

Max, you are a perfect example of the old saying that a machinist's best tool is his brain. Brilliant fixturing.

Very clever……. Thanks for show another master solution. Can’t wait for part 2 👍👍😎👍👍

Nice set up Max..
The HBM will be sooo much easier to set this type of job up..
Eventually!

Brilliant Max. I would still be trying to convince myself I could even try to line that up.

Great set up Max. Glad you've bored holes in your carriage before I have so the purists don't complain. I've been planning to do the same to do a similar job once my lathes up and running again. I liked the shim stock method, I may be using it but the opposite way around to lift the component. Cheers Max. Tony

Max, the two T slotted rails across the carriage are sheer bloody genius! Nice idea.
The fixture plate is the other great idea too. Thanks for sharing.

Thanks Max! I needed to know this for a job coming up! Very useful.

Great video! Lathes used to come standard with T slots on the carriage.

Nice the way you did that Max. I'll be watchin part II. Take care🛠🔩🔧

you a good teacher many thanks

Just discovered your channel and I am really impressed. I love your detailed explanation of the setup process. Usually I am just too lazy to film this process as (at least in may case) a lot of trial and error is involved.
Line boring an the lathe is a really great technique as you can work on pretty big parts even on a relatively small lathe.

Nice job max

Fits like a cock in a shirt sleeve ........never heard that B4.....

Could you give me a photo of the threaded lever please?

Wow just wow.

I watched a guy a while ago fill his compound mounting groove up with petroleum jelly or vasalin, to keep the cutting fluid and crap out. I'm not sure if it works or not, just a idea.

Do you not think the backhoe part was a bit too big and strenuous to hang out of the crosslide??

Heck of a set up , just wondering have you been a machinist for a living ?

Amassing ingenuity in the fixture plate set up. thanks for the ideas. Always enjoy your videos

I'll have to watch part 2 later