Aluminum Standoffs Machined in the CNC Lathe

Hey Adam. I like the mix of old school manual work along with the CNC work you do on the channel. You have an extremely strong foundation of knowledge, and you can leverage that to do some of your small-batch work on the CNC machines. Keep up the great work. 👍 Over the years that you've been doing manual machining, you've built up a wealth of skills, expertise, and knowledge, and it's great to see you apply those skills in your videos. At the same time, CNC work is the future of a lot of shop machining, particularly when it comes to small batch jobs like these aluminum standoffs. It's great to watch you develop those CNC skills. Thanks for sharing this aspect of your life with us. 🙂

Congratulations on your small CNC project! Your skills on your new equipment are showing maturity as you adapt to what tools you have, without breaking any.

Seeing a small production run like this makes it easy to understand the power of CNC. Thanks.

You are a highly gifted machinist. But your greatest assets are your honesty, precision, and ability to communicate a process to a novice. You communicate the intricacies of the process, even when the errors might not be evident to the viewer. That's why I never get tired of watching your videos. Another fascinating thing I truly appreciate is your cleaning of particles from contact surfaces. You articulate extremely well and would be a perfect narrator for documentaries.

Funny story Adam, I had a machine shop teacher in the 1960s that would stand behind you while you were running the lathe and when you removed the part if you took your hand off the chuck key without removing it he would slap you in the back of the head. To this day when I see anyone take their hand off a chuck key I get a twinge , funny part is it’s even on a chuck that doesn’t rotate like yours on the tapping table….😂. Keep up the great videos sir.

Thank you Abom for a great video. Appreciate you putting these on YouTube for all of us

The collet holders you have for your drills are the best way to hold small drills like that. We use basically the same setup except we use ER32 collets for consistency since our live tool holders are ER32 as well. For our larger drills which have 16mm shanks and above we use custom made sleeves which then mount direct in the tool blocks.

A thread forming tap (roll tap) would have been perfect for that run of parts. I'm enjoying watching your journey into the CNC world.

I can't believe I've been following you all the way back to 2018. I remember you getting a 3d printer which was a good starting point for CNC. Sure I love the shaper, but those CNC machines are great.

Thanks for the great videos. No matter what tool you use, you are still an honest, skilled craftsman.

Nothing quite like an Abom79 Video to watch in 4K with Surround Sound!

Test alcohol for tapping holes in aluminum. Works like charm. Even brakecleaner works well. Stops the taps from galling up from the aluminum. Dont know why it works. But there is a nice bonus of easy cleanup for parts that are to be welded.

Good program, good plan, good parts.

Ok, that was cool! Love the new machine! Keep these videos coming

My hat is off to you for you journey into CNC machining. Learning any kind of new way of doing things is really challenging no matter what the field you are in.

You are progressing well in the CNC world your depth of knowledge helps you excel and I enjoy your content

Very successful job,Adam.Thank you.

Great work, a combination of cnc and conventional machining. Thank you for transmit your knowledge

YouTube has been good to you. I remember all manual work

Thank you for another great video. Cheers