Making A Lathe Chuck Back Plate

Man, I work in a USAF machine shop and we get basically nothing but one-offs, and never anything super complicated; the little tips and tricks I get from this channel are just awesome, since I've become basically the "seasoned veteran" despite being mostly self-taught. What I'm saying is that the lessons I learn here are invaluable since I don't work with anyone who could teach them to nearly such a degree.

You could gather the best people in TV world and they wouldn't be able to make a show about machining that is this entertaining. The internet is so peculiar.

watching these olds ones really makes me appreciate just how much you've perfected your craft nowadays. Listening to unscripted Tony being so genuine is sort of satisfying in a way. these "sorry"s aren't scripted! its so interesting! love you tony! glad you've kept at it all these years! <3

I saw this video when it was released and loved it, I guess it was one of the things that convinced me to finally enrol in a machining/mechanics course. Now last December I started my internship on a local factory and my first job was cutting keyways on a similar shaper and I cannot explain how much confidence it gave me having seen this video. Even though I had seen it years ago and I couldn't find it then, your explanation of your eyeballing technique on the shaper still survived in my head somewhere, and I killed it since day 1. I owe you so much TOT, I really appreciate the time and effort you put into this channel.

LOL @ "the only thing you can't make with a shaper is a profit".... True... So true.

Thank you.. I have Boxford vsl lathe, a Southbend 9" clone. It has an L00 spindel nose. And here en Denmark they're allmost imposseble to come by. So after watching this video 3 or 4 times, I went out to the garage and made my own. So thanks for the inspiration👍😁

Oh, and a technical comment on the material of the backplate: Cast iron is normaly choosen because its pretty resistant against dings and embedding chips. (Forget about the "vibration dampening" for such a compact part, it doesnt play into the overall thing.)

Quote from my father: "The highest setting is usually only there to scare the shit out of new operators so that they never use that setting."

Hey! A shaper! I just changed jobs and one of my first tasks was to reseal two of our shapers. The seals behind the flow control were glass-hard, and it had been leaking around half a gallon a minute for over 10 years they told me. Your 150spm is what we run our machines at (aluminum parts, very short stroke). So that speed is familiar to me. I'm really enjoying re-watching this video now that I'm exposed to machining as an industry directly. Cheers! Joel

It doesn't really matter because you don't have the shaper anymore... but you asked how to find true center for your keyways. It's actually pretty fast and easy. If you have an accurate v-block, center it with your tool holder, and then drop the table to use it to center your work piece. Easy peasey! Absolutely love your machining videos, man. Thanks for everything and all the great tips (and the humor!!!)

Nothing like This old Tony videos to keep me company at 3.00 AM when I cant sleep. I give a man to man nod in your direction master of the home metal hobbies.

Exellent, Love your work. Back when I was a young fella, my Boss and I were drilling through something, not with the right tooling but you know , getting by. "Are we through" he said? I replied " as machinists we are" As you can see ,Australian technical humour has a long way to travel. Cheers

Awesome video Tony. I appreciate your understated and self deprecating ways, and quick wit. Great storyline that you used to present this machining project!

Please make more videos. For some reason your approach makes learning so much easier with your take on things. I fall asleep every night hearing your rambles on HSS and CRS and carbide inserts or excuse me, brazen brazed carbide inserts.🤣

That was very hillarious - Almost as I was trolling you in the video ;) Your videos remind me a bit of AvE but with less french and less cursing. Great editing and the tracking overlays are just to cool. Oh, and by the way, nice backplate ;)

Like Cryangallegos, I am self-taught from a mixture of trial and error over the years and so I find videos like this are absolutely priceless. Here in UK, proper engineering is dying out and within a couple of decades we're going to have no one whatsoever in this Country who can do this type of work. A real shame considering we're the ones who started the industrial revolution. Thank you, T.O.T. for yet another absolutely excellent tutorial.

Well done and thank you! As someone who is trying to decide if metal work could be an interesting and beneficial addition to my retirement protocols, I can confirm your work was inspirational!

Funny, interesting, fast, practical, ..., in one word : CLEVER !!! Thank you for designing and sharing your videos !!!

Thanks Tony from a new subscriber, great video with a good balance of humour and education... plus of course the very much appreciated cameo by Stefan. 👍🏼

Great video as always ! I find you methods & explanations very helpful ! Thank you for sharing your skills !