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Hey Folks,

A little trial video for you on our favourite subject: Tools, Glorious Tools!

I've done this one to test the waters, and gauge interest in the format. If it grabs you, be sure to let me know.

Cheers,

Chris. 

btw There are some great videos out there on these vise sub tables/mini pallets/pallet vises. Tom Lipton's is well known (https://youtu.be/b2qKy43tJcY?t=4m59s), Colin from CompEdgeX did a great one a while back (https://youtu.be/lYPF4iEe9X0?t=5m21s),  as did Keith Rucker: https://youtu.be/OQ76RUm-egI?t=32m20s

Of course if you don't want to drive yourself crazy drilling all those holes, you can buy something similar machined to NYCCNC perfection from John Saunders here: https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate 

 

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Tools, Glorious Tools! #1 - Shop Made Clamp System

Tools, Glorious Tools! #1 - Shop Made Clamp System, by Clickspring. There are some great videos out there on these vise sub tables/mini pallets/pallet vises. Tom Lipton's is well known (https://youtu.be/b2qKy43tJcY?t=4m59s), Colin from CompEdgeX did a great one a while back (https://youtu.be/lYPF4iEe9X0?t=5m21s), as did Keith Rucker: https://youtu.be/OQ76RUm-egI?t=32m20s Of course if you don't want to drive yourself crazy drilling all those holes, you can buy something similar machined to NYCCNC perfection from John Saunders here: https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate Mitee Bite products can be found here, no affiliation: https://www.miteebite.com/products/fixture-clamps/ ________________________________________________________ A very special thank you to Patrons: Sinking Valley Woodworks (http://www.sinkingvalleywoodworks.com) Glenn Trewitt Mike Manfrin Christopher Warnock Guy Loughridge Charles Frodsham & Co. Peter John Richardson Adam Slagle Tim Bray Dan Keen Samuel Irons Sean Kuyper Matteo Neville Daniel Cohen Larry Pardi Olof Haggren Stassinopoulos Thomas Florian Ragwitz Matthew Middleton Thomas Veilleux Robin Haerens L'Enfant Watch Company C. A. Patrick Voigt Mark Coburn Bogdan Dan Steven R. Crider Gary Levario Pete Askew Jeff Armstrong Rudolph Bescherer Jr Robert Petz Ralph McCoy Jim Popwell Kaedenn Bradley Pirtle Alan Carey PaxAndromeda John A McCormick Thomas Eriksen Michael Hardel Tim Ball Dominik Rogala Xanadu-King Eric Witte Peter Grant Michener Jonathan Teegarden Steve Hossner RuKiddin06 ________________________________________________________ Tools, Glorious Tools! #1 - Shop Made Clamp System, by Clickspring.

Comments

Anonymous

I am immediately so glad i chose to become a patron this video alone is worth it tbh

Andy Pugh

I just realised, this post is incomplete without a link to the best web site in the world: <a href="http://www.lathes.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.lathes.co.uk</a> Just about everything you would want to know about just about every lathe ever made. I especially recommend looking at the photos of the Rivett 608. (I have one, on a replica oak stand, in my living room)

Graeme Brumfitt

Cheers Chris awesome thanks for your time and sharing G.

veritanuda

F-ing brilliant. Really you just keep sparking ideas in me. Cheers!

Anonymous

Wow, filming in that tight space must be a challenge.

Anonymous

I had no idea you were in such a tiny space! All the more impressed with your work. Great video, love the format.

Anonymous

Keep em coming Chris. These videos are great! Thanks!

David

I really enjoyed that! Seeing how small a space you have makes everything more impressive. One thing I'd like to see is how the tools are worked. I've never used a lathe or a mill and I honestly have no idea how you produce work using them. I'd like to know more!

Anonymous

Dig it.

Anonymous

I think this series is an awesome idea!

Anonymous

Amazing as always!

Anonymous

Definitely would like to see more of this!

Micheal Malsed

great series - I've very much enjoyed your tool-making series, just as much as the "real" series. :)

Anonymous

Yup, I like!

Anonymous

Thanks for the video, Chris. Always enjoy your stuff!

Anonymous

Great video. How to get the offset on the bolts is a great tip! Don't forget about John's mini pallets too - they fit inside vice jaws (and are much cheaper than the big plate linked above) <a href="https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://saundersmachineworks.com/collections/all/products/machinist-vise-mini-pallet-fixture-plate</a>

Anonymous

Awesome

Anonymous

Thank you Chris, this will be very useful!

Anonymous

love it! moar!

Anonymous

Yes please, can I have some more please ?

Anonymous

Great! I love it!

Anonymous

really good idea, keep it up!!

Jim Gunn

Exactly the sort of information I need, please keep these short informative videos coming, this is the background stuff that will make the projects much easier to tackle

rjk

When you're making small stuff, you don't need a giant shop. Looks nice and cozy.

Anonymous

totally awesome! more please!!

Anonymous

Excellent! Know what I'm making in my shop this weekend.

Anonymous

They are awesome man. would love to see the green lathe dont see much of that one in the other videos

Dylan T

Do you think of all of these processes yourself or do you google everything like me?

Anonymous

pretty inventive method, definitely want more.

Anonymous

You sir are a machining genius! Do you do this as trade too, or just a hobby?

Richard Thompson

Awesome "Shop Tour" at the start... amazing that from your videos, I expected a MUCH larger space. That said, please, please keep this series going! TGT #1 to ∞

Anonymous

I sure like the tool videos :D

Richard Thompson

...and I just noticed your answer to Alex J - "Just a hobby" - (gets off the floor) - Really?!?!? Sir, you are amazing. Keep up the great work.

Anonymous

Wow, that shop is a lot smaller than I expected. Impressive the work you do in that space, and even more so the camerawork with so little room to move. Lighting must be a challenge. Often you'll show making a part and I forget the scale that you're working on, until you pluck it out of the lathe with a pair of tweezers or a finger enters the shot and I remember how tiny it all is. Very impressive. I guess you have little choice but to get the camera right in there, which must exaggerate that effect. Really makes me feel guilty for every time I've complained about a lack of space.

Ralph McCoy

Chris, I for 1 enjoyed this tool video. I believe that set-up in the machine shop is a large part of the battle. Great links like watching those men.

Anonymous

I thought you shop was at *LEAST* nine or ten square meters with big bay windows. I'm still in disbelief (O_O)

Kirk Lane

Agreed on all counts, would love to see more of these.

Paul Busby

love it. I did not realise how small your shop is. That is even more amazing how you get so much done. I am just not very tidy, my wood shop and office is a total mess all the time.

Robert Sindorf

Great stuff, keep 'em coming!

Jeremie Santos

Nice to know this stuff. And any project involving metal is just fun to watch.

Chris Muncy

Thanks Chris. How about a list of your major machines, Like the mill, lathe, and such?

Dean Thompson

Pretty neat. Nice little vid.

Anonymous

thank you for another neat trick, it would make a very nice alternative for a mag lathe chuck for non ferrous materials

Anonymous

Fantastic as always and thank you. I would like to know why you have three different lathes? What are the pros and cons of each of them? Would also love to know more about the mill you use, it is very small but apparently is strong enough for some pretty significant side loads. You are a phenomenal machinist no question, but I was actually thinking that maybe your day job is a DP. Because the filming quality is excellent. Not surprised to find out that the clockmaking is a hobby. Not because you don't have the skills of a professional machinist, but because if you did that for a living I don't think you would want to find an extra thousand hours a year to live in that tiny room and make a clock. Lol.

Anonymous

Nice try, we all know this is a small cupboard in the corner of your real workshop ;) And yes, please do more like this, they are a nice break in the complexity of the larger projects

Anonymous

Outstanding! Yes please, keep it up!

Anonymous

Nice &amp; simple to make. I'll have to give it a try this weekend. I like the shim to produce the eccentric, much better than swapping chucks.

van der Aa Paul

Super info thanks a lot for this very use full tips .

Anonymous

While assembling the clock I've seen you use a screwdriver which seems to be an adjustable clamp holding a flat blade. Tell us about that — how it works and why not a conventional screwdriver. (I can just guess exact fit to your custom screws and non-scratching, but…) Relatedly I'd also like to see the details of the hand-held vise you've used [—oops I totally missed that that was a previous series].

Anonymous

"My T Byte" - so cheeky! Thanks Chris. Would love a shot of your shop with the filming gear set up, to show just how much room you really have to work in :)

Anonymous

Excellent Chris! Excellent video as always and great tip for your holding system!

Anthony

love it! keep em coming

Anonymous

Great video I really like when you do a tool video. Although many tools can be bought it is the learning process and the satisfaction at the end that is totally worth the time involved I think.

Dean Neumann

thanks Chris, very useful video and appreciated. Would love to see more of your shop and work practices.

Anonymous

I love the simple technique and will be making some of those eccentric fasteners for myself. Thanks for the great little video.

Anonymous

Perfect addition to your list of series considering the faster pace of the main videos! I think I can speak for a lot of us when I say it's these small "nitty gritty" videos are the some of the most interesting. Seeing the tricks and workarounds. Very cool! Also damn that's a small shop, knew it was small but still you couldn't gain a pound working in there!

Anonymous

Awesome! I think I know what my next project is now... I vote more TGT videos for sure.

Anonymous

The work you produce in that small space is amazing. Skill to Space ratio is off the charts :) Please continue the TGT series. I mentor high school robotics students. These are exactly the type of small teaching projects that I am looking for.

Scott Clausen

Most enjoyable, Chris. I really like seeing how you make these tools and accessories. More please.

Anonymous

Amazing what you can produce in a small shop! Great tips! Keep em' comin'!

Thomas Hutson

Awesome video. And the background music is an excellent choice. Please keep making these videos. If possible, could you do some on your flycutter. It looks similar to myfordboy's, but not too sure. Also, for one of the gears in a project, could you use your rotary table with a dividing plate on the mill instead of your sweet spindle setup?

Anonymous

Definitely casting my ballot for more like this!

Anonymous

Love it so Much, keep em Coming

Anonymous

Great video Chris. That is a nice set up and I will be making some for sure. No man can have too many tools.

Anonymous

An interesting and useful video. Keep the TGT coming.

Tom Jeremiah

Workshop shop porn.... tools. Always want to see more.

Mike Davey

Chris, I don't think you could ever make too many videos for my liking. Keep up the great work. Also I love the few shots of your shop that you have shown. Makes my small shop seem huge, and should give everyone confidence that it's not the shop or the tools that make great work, it's the care, the desire and the drive to do it, that makes great things.

Ethan

Anything you make a video about would be interesting. Just saying.

Anonymous

Please make more of these.

Anonymous

+1 on TGT - doing the small projects help us learn! I'm working on the Screwhead Holding Tool from your site right now, and learned some valuable lessons about tapping in harder materials like that big nut. <a href="http://www.clickspringprojects.com/screwhead-holding-tool.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.clickspringprojects.com/screwhead-holding-tool.html</a>

Anonymous

Another great video to the usual standard. Keep 'em coming. Thanks Chris.

clickspring

Awesome to hear that Emery, be sure to post a few pics when you're finished :)

shawn walderman

Fantastic! Great holding tools, great video. Keep em coming!

Peter W. Meek

Inspiration. Keep 'em coming.

Anonymous

That shop is incredibly tiny! I say it's a testament to your videography skills. You've tricked my brain and I've been imagining your shop as a large and open space

Anonymous

Like others, amazed at the size of your shop - it look to be around 2m wide!

Anonymous

Great video. As David commented, I too would like to see you create some videos for absolute beginners. I've never done metal work, so if I went out and brought a little lathe to get started, it would be great to have something to watch so I didn't do any damage to it, or myself.

Anonymous

Great video. I complain almost weekly that my shop is too small... now I feel bad.

Anonymous

Keep them coming! It's always a treat to see how different people accomplish a task. I really enjoy the videos, well done!

Anonymous

Loved it!

Anonymous

Chris, Totally Glorious! Keep it going please :)

jason black

I love the content, but I can't say that I love the few seconds of intro graphics. Feels unnecessary. I like it better when you just jump straight into "G'day, Chris here" and off to the races.

Anonymous

Excellent video! I definitely like it. I especially like that you provided links to other great videos on the same topic. Now that I've seen a wide shot of your shop, I'm even more impressed at how great your videos come out. Planning where to put your camera gear and still have room to work takes some serious skill!

clickspring

No worries Jason - Then you'll have to indulge me. Such things are there for my entertainment, feel free to skip ahead :)

Anonymous

Chris, thanks for sharing. I'm in awe of what you're able to accomplish, even more when I see the space you work in. Though, it's not the space or the tools that make the craft, it's the craftsman!

Anonymous

Love it! :)))

Anonymous

Excellent, I will be making some of these asap. You make it look easy, like always.

Anonymous

Loved It!!! cant wait to see more. I like the format. I find your videos very informative. I had no idea how small your shop was. Id love to see a more detailed tour.

Anonymous

Absolutely loved it. You should definitely do more of these. I would love to see a video on your larger lathe. I know you've talked about them in one of your blog posts before, but if I recall correctly that was more of a guide on the "theory" of buying a lathe. If that is a topic you would rather avoid then a video on all those shop made countersinks you are always showing would also be wonderful.

Ruben vd Merwe

Hey Chris, awesome, like usual! I've also been thinking of making these! Very well done!

Anonymous

Custom tooling is an art that should be shared. Keep them coming, Chris.

Dan Cowsill

Holy... is your shop really that small?

Anonymous

you're not only a master machinist but a master cinematographer. i would have never guessed your shop is basically standing room only.

Anonymous

Great work, keep them coming- I love all these little nic nacs. I hope my wife never sees how neat and tidy your workshop is otherwise I will never hear the end of it

Anonymous

Man that is a small shop. That only makes what you do more amazing. You do a lot is should a small shop!

Anonymous

Great idea for videos, I love collecting tools, making them really appeals!

Matthew Wilson

I was gobsmacked at the size of your shop. You may well have guilted me into finally getting mine clean. Keep up the amazing work, I love it!

Marco Vujevic

Absolutely! On the videos it seems like a 10x10m studio with windows all round. The magic of movies.

Anonymous

This was fantastic. i'd love to see more of this type of video in the future. Maybe it's a strech, but could you talk about how you deal with the limited space of your shop when it comes to filming? I'm deeply impressed by how much you make the shots "breathe" when you have so little room.

Anonymous

Excellent video, keep them coming.

David Sinclair

Wow! I am so surprised by your shop size. Maybe I do have enough space for a shop...

David Sinclair

and now that i've finished watching the video -- great video as always! I'd love to see more of these!

Anonymous

The small space makes me feel better about machining in my spare apartment bedroom ... aside from noise and vibration, it works out alright!

Bora Gurel

Hi Chris, thanks for the beautiful videos! I've always wanted to dabble in a bit of machining myself, and your videos are really encouraging, especially looking at the quality of work you produce in such a small space. So, a quick question: What with all the lubricant-coated metal shavings flying about , how do you keep your small shop clean? Cheers!

Jarl Magnar Jakobsen

Excellent video! Would love more like this :-) As a suggestion to a closer look at tools: Your milling machines, and maybe what kind of modifications you have made/would like to make. limitations you have learned to work around etc.

Damian Sutter

Great video, again! You've made me buy a lathe already - now let's have a closer look at your milling machines 😁

Giovanni Viscardi

Love it. I always like to see the interesting tools you have made. And love the idea of a progressive shop tour.

Anonymous

AMAZING thank you. Adding the extra diameter to the cap screw is very clever. I'll try that tonight. Thank you.

Anonymous

Awesome stuff!

Anonymous

Love it! More! ;)

Marc Banks

If you're after an even cheaper way to index stuff an have a lathe, you can use the MrPete222 method: <a href="https://youtu.be/ZlKHrhAz8M8" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/ZlKHrhAz8M8</a>

Marc Banks

I've done it to scribe off a new set of dials for my old South Bend hobby lathe.

George Harris

Well I for one like it, very useful so please keep them coming :)

Mike Michelizzi

Much of this comment is exactly what I was going to post! I have my lathe in the spare bedroom and it's a pain to keep clean. My guess is that your attention to detail and seemingly meticulous nature make it a simple matter to clean up at the end of each day or possibly after most operations. If you have any tricks though, I'd love to hear them! Thanks again for all the hard work on the videos!

Anonymous

OMFG :O I'm gonna whip up a version of these for my laser cutter - the cutting table requires something that can clamp from the sides, and for that application timber eccentrics would be perfect! Thankyou so much for the wonderful idea! :D &lt;3

Jeremy Abel

The size of your shop is just staggering, I don't think I'd even be able to fit down the center! Love the video format!

Anonymous

Awesome video. Don't stop, it would be a fabulous addition!

Anonymous

Thumbs up! I very much like this format, especially in addition to your usual magic. As a future topic, I would love to see an exploration of your storage and organization methods. A small shop is the reality for many of us yet you seem to have pulled it off much more gracefully than most.

Anonymous

Chris - your joke to music <a href="https://streamable.com/tfpoz" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://streamable.com/tfpoz</a>

Anonymous

As usual, Outstanding, informative and so helpful! thank you so much

Phil Sydor

Great video - what CAD system do you use?

Anonymous

I appreciate how you present why it's useful, before how to fabricate it. A video on your video production process would be really interesting as well! I do my own product videos, but golly it's painful. I also have a machine shop where we make our own parts and have wanted to do videos from time to time. I'm always shocked how simple and clear your videos are, and would love to learn more. I'm certain it's not an easy process to make it look easy!

Adam Ackels

Chris, that is a tiny workshop.. How do you make your way through? Ahh, that's not important, but I'm curious about your (or our newly discovered) forge to melt metal. Pictures are ample, no need to make a video, but what fuel are you using? I'd like to see more on your mill, and was it "factory equipped" with the readout, or was it added later? Over the course of the clock build, we got to see a lot of the mill, but never the entire thing from top to bottom... Great job Chris, I can't find words to express the depth of gratitude for making these kick A** videos!!!!

Thomas Hutson

Try replying to your post up above but there seems to be a glitch...Using a dividing head on the mill for a wheel cut would be great. Thanks Chris

Daniel Rotskas

What? That is your workshop? Thats tiny! Now i am even more blown away by your abilities! I assumed your workspace would be gigantic, you really can't tell from the videos!

Anonymous

Hay Chris: Thanks for the video on shop clamps, what I would like to see is how you laid out YOUR wheel crossing jig or better yet, a cad file, remember a cad file is worth a 1000 words, Thanks for all your videos!

Samuel Irons

Approve. Like how it was short and simple. Demonstration of the technique used was good. (shimmed 3 jaw, seen that in a production shop once) Also appreciate the referenced videos.

Anonymous

Seriously impressed with what you're able to accomplish in such a small space. Also, great and informative video, doing as you asked and telling you to make more!

Anonymous

Thanks for posting! Love to see more of your videos, no matter the subject.

Anonymous

My goodness Chris, you are bonkers. I'd love to fancy myself some creative type, but watching what you can come up with in such a well organized (albeit limited) space is uncanny. Please keep these coming!

Anonymous

Love the videos Chris. It really makes my day when I get the notification that a new video has posted. Keep it up.

Anonymous

Great video Chris!

Anonymous

love the shop tour cant wait to see more out these videos . also that method of producing an eccentric fastener is super simple.

clickspring

Its a propane furnace, will do a vid on this for sure - yes the DRO was factory installed, will do something on the mill at some point too :)

Anonymous

i love the video chris! i really didnt expect your shop to be that small.

Anonymous

So much simpler then I thought the screw would be! Great stuff!

Anonymous

This is truly impressive how you can work is such small and confined workshop, reminds me of Kitchens in some German flats.

Anonymous

Great start for a new series of videos Chris. Please keep them coming.

Anonymous

Chris, can you talk about the pros and cons of your two lathes and your mill?

Anonymous

Great video! I can't wait to see more.

Anonymous

and maybe things you would do different as you started putting your shop together?

Anonymous

I like it. I'd love more in the future

Anonymous

Keep going for sure. Great work!

Anonymous

I too would like to see more videos in this vein, though I defer to others' specific requests.

Anonymous

Loved it!

Anonymous

A very handy tool just like stack blocks, once made used all the time.

Anonymous

How about a tour of your walls and hanging objects?

Anonymous

So what's the downside of those eccentric fasteners? How come they aren't used in manufacturing? Seems like they would have a pretty decent clamping force.

spaxxor

yeeeeeeeeees, the shop behind the vids. Your custom built tools will be a fascinating series of vids.

Anonymous

Your videos are always fascinating to watch , I would be interested in watching how you made all your custom tools , thanks for sharing

Anonymous

That door opening blew me away. In my minds eye I always pictured a much larger room for all your tools. Walk over to the mill, back to the lathe. Are you sure you opened the correct door to your own Tardis?

hBurger

Awesome, I love custom tooling! You and AvE motivated me to build my own 32m2 workshed, complete with a proper mill and lathe!

Anonymous

Like others I imagined a MUCH bigger shop. This shows how well done your videos are in every aspect. Light, focus, SFX, editing, narration.

Anonymous

Hey Chris, you have inspired me to wanna get into home machining. I'm curious how you feel about thoose really cheap mini lathes on amazon?

Anonymous

It's a very nicely setup workshop one thing i would like to see a video about is his indexing head for the lathe

Anonymous

I agree! I had always envisioned a rather enormous shop! Between the work that needs to go into staying organized, and setting up a camera to film effectively in such a small space, I am doubly impressed!

Anonymous

For sure make more of these types of Videos

baker98270

I loved this! More, more more!

Harri Haataja

Oh, I must do this! Also, +1 for more tool videos, not that I don't enjoy the "actual" work. :)

Anonymous

Chris, these are awesome. How did you mark out and make your aluminum pallets? These are tedious and a pain for me, but Obviously you have the patience.

Anonymous

Ps, how do you vent out your shop? Airflow is paramount when turning w cutting fluid on my lathe.. thanks Chris for sharing all you hard work.

Anonymous

Fantastic vid Chris ! Thank you. At one time I intuited that inserting a packing piece of x thickness into a three jaw would result in a turned piece of exactly x eccentricity. Later on, I came across calculations in an issue of Model Engineer which mathematically defined the packing thickness required to generate a given eccentricity.... close but definitely not the same number! I wish I had marked that article!

Bruce Edney

Great video Chris. I unfortunately showed my wife the size of your workshop and now she wants a large portion of the garage back (lol). I really must get around to making some of these.

baker98270

Chris, I'm really looking forward to that video where you show me how you make these fantastic videos. Your production quality is superb, in my opinion.

clickspring

Hey Josh, I figure if a cheap tool opens the door into machining then its a good thing - you can still do good work on cheap import tools. Cheers mate :)

clickspring

Hey Daniel, my lathes are right near the door, so I just leave it open, works well :)

clickspring

I recall seeing that too Frank, let me know if you ever track it down again :)

Karl Mansson

Holy crap! That is so much smaller than I imagined from your clockmaking series :). Where do you do your heat treatment? Dave Brubeck Quartet is a nice touch too!

Anonymous

Anything that you can show me about making TOOLS will be very helpful. This was a great video. Please continue to do them.

Anonymous

So friggin' cool. More, please. :)

Anonymous

Great video! I would love to see more

Abdul Shalam

Another cracking video as always. Are we ever going to get a peak at the man himself Chris!!

Doug Sullivan

Sorry to be slow commenting, Chris. Family health issues meant not much free time for a while. Issues still prevail but priorities must prevail too :-D So to comment as requested.......great little video, great subject and please do more!

Doug Sullivan

Saw a great quote that many of us, well some of us, ok only me, will relate to: There's never enough time to do the job properly the first time but there's always enough time to do it again after you've stuffed it up.

Doug Sullivan

I doubt it Abdul. He's probably a 10 yr old kid and we'd never live it down :-D

Anonymous

Yes more!!!!

Anonymous

Great job! Thanks!

Anonymous

Fantastic. More!

Anonymous

Absolutely wonderful! More would be definitely appreciated.

Paul Devey

I have watched this one 2 x and learned something different each time.

Anonymous

Great idea will have to look at making some myself thanks for sharing

Anonymous

Catching up on the email backlog from a long trip. Always enjoy the work you do Chris, I would most definitely love to see more videos like this. My grandfather used to say "No matter how far you push for perfection, a person's work is only as good as their tools"

Dean Thompson

What size cap screws are you using in this video Chris? I sometimes have a hard time getting a sense of scale from your vids (not that I am complaining).

Dean Thompson

Never mind! On re-watching the vid I caught where you mention that you are using M8. Thanks for all the hard work.

Anonymous

That was great! One thing that would be really nice to cover is what your decisions are when choosing between the lathes and mills. Don't you have two of each? What can one do better that the other can't?

Paul Devey

More please. Love tooling videos.

Alan Reinhart

Chris - I'm a new fan, and enjoying &amp; learning form every one of your fab videos. Especially like the tool-making series - keep 'me coming!

Anonymous

Thank you for showing the whole shop. As someone with about that amount of room for a planned shop it is nice to see that it is, at least, possible. Please keep these tooling videos coming, Cheers

Anonymous

I really liked this little tip. Im going to go make some for myself!

Anonymous

Excellent video Chris. I was wondering if the vice sub plate I've seen used in some of your videos was a SIEG mill accessory or something you made yourself. This video answered my question, and its a great and versatile clamping system you have created for yourself. Also, the concept of having a discussion platform on the various tools and accessories you use for the clock build is a real plus as a Patreon member. Yet another great reason to join!

Anonymous

like the tool videos. they let you dive deep into a single topic and we can all learn. I would like learn more about all the files you have, how use them, what sorts there are, etc.

Anonymous

I am shocked to see the size of your shop. Unbelievable that such quality can come from such a small place. I hope that your channel and support grows more to afford you a much bigger space for more gorgeous projects. Great work Chris. Keep it up. Greetings from the USA

Anonymous

Great work Chris. Very much like the tooling videos as they are the most immediately transferable to others'workshops. It's good to see you using brain instead of cash to leverage your existing tools to create more tooling like those toe clamps. I'm taking a similar approach atm with most of my lathe work being the plugging of gaps in my lathe tooling. I guess i will eventually make something useful outside the shop. .....????

clickspring

Thanks Neville - I totally relate - There's nothing quite like that conversation when you explain to someone that you've just used a tool to make a tool... "Oh... so what will that tool be used for?" "To make more tools!"

Anonymous

Awesome more please:)

Anonymous

What makes me so interested in your work is that you sound young (perhaps early 30's) but so knowledgeable like you've been doing this for decades making you around the 55+ years of age.....the detail to work is top class, your explanations is easy on the unknowledgeable (me) and it keeps us (me) interested to the next instalment.... keep up the great work Chris and thank you. 👍🏼😊

Anonymous

I would of been supporting you earlier Chris but Patreon got my emails muddled up...been locked out :( happy now it's sorted and getting to view behind the scenes. Brilliant mate. 👍🏼😊

ben

Fascinating!! Clever of Mitee-Bite to give away those plans, it was cool to see you make them, but those of us without lathes would likely just buy some. Especially after this 5 minute promo video... only you could do a considered, technical, exciting and entertaining video on a subject like this Chris! (They should be paying you a fee)

Ryan Das

I'm still a little confused why you have two large lathes. Is there a particular reason? Do they both have different strengths?

clickspring

Hey Ryan, A larger swing is always good to have, but it also provides a useful convenience: often you'll not want to disturb a setup on the lathe, yet still need to turn another part. Having 2 is a luxury, but its surprising how often this occurs.

Keith Curtis

Very helpful, I firmly believe you can never have too many clamps