To confirm that we indeed are back to recording semi regularly here is another episode!  We would like to specifically thank Stefan for our very on topic podcast title!  Also many thanks to Magnus / Philter for the very brief soundbite intro (track was Sunrise from Queen of Crows).  Checkout Philter’s latest album here: https://Philter.no

Just a few of things we talk about (in no particular order):

• Another way to waste more time on social: Instamachinist newly setup Discord http://discord.gg/Mv7HTHu
• Emma’s Tool competition is back! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrC39XPRdWo
• Stefan is making parts for a film developing machine: https://www.filmomat.eu/
• Applied Science EDM: https://benkrasnow.blogspot.com/2019/03/drill-through-anything-conductive-with.html which is based on the BaxEDM power supply: https://baxedm.com/
• Home Shop Machinists sinker EDM machine article series in book format: https://secure.villagepress.com/store/items/detail/item/797
• Ben Flemming’s (who is NOT a Canadian – Justin was incorrect!) website: https://www.homebuiltedmmachines.com/
• Max makes chips in the shop again and makes a(nother) tiny part.  He also cleans dog fur out of pocket watches (check out his Instagram)
• Justin is building a Curta mechanical calculator.  Maybe.  You can find the drawings for the Type 1 and 2 here: http://www.museummura.li/

All that and much more for another 2+ hour episode!

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Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/.  Also be sure to check out Max’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/joyofprecision

Stefan Gotteswinter website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/.  Stefan is also on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stefangtwr

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/.

Many things have happened since we last published a podcast.  Not only has a year almost gone by, but now there are many more machining related podcasts than ever before.  We would like to remind everyone that we are the first and also the worst!  And the bad news is we are back and we hope to publish more regularly going forward.

This episode is mostly shop updates and us bantering Top Gear style about what we have been up to.

Stefan wanted us all to have a look at this thread on PM:

https://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/deckel-maho-aciera-abene-mills/iron-tour-2015-lots-pics-301415/

You can listen to the podcast here:

or you can download it directly.

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/.  Also be sure to check out Max’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/joyofprecision

Stefan Gotteswinter website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/.

Stan Zinkosky of Bar Z Industrial joins us to talk about music, heating treating ovens, and the first day of summer!

Some of the things we talk about include:

• St. Paddy’s Day!
• Beer, cupcakes, sitting down and black coffee!
• Stan talks about his Hot Shot 360 heat treating oven sized for home shop work.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=%23Hotshot360
• Stan is getting ready for the infamous annual Bar Z Summer Bash! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RUpTHj-_aY
• Max finished his latest Youtube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mtq0in5NThE
• Stefan bought a new lathe!  We are still debating who is going to hold the baby shower for him.
• Stefan is a Metalhead??!!!??
• Annular cutters
• Heat treating in general
• Justin is back to posting Youtube videos.

And much more!  You can listen to it here:

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Many thanks to Stan for joining us.  You can follow him on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/barzindustrial/  and also on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCircIu8sQ-e67gH4kcb0xdA.  Here is the Bar Z Industrial page: http://www.barzindustrial.com/

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/.  Also be sure to check out Max’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/joyofprecision

Stefan Gotteswinter website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/.

The introduction music (Keeping Stuff Together by  Lee Rosevere) was used under a Creative Commons license.  Be sure to check out Lee Rosevere!

In this episode learn that Pretzel sticks are universal and one of the snacks that perhaps we home shop machinists can use to break down modern day barriers.  Or maybe join Max and have some good old fashion Americana Ritz crackers and join the 3 of us talk about CAD – a subject that we could did talk about for hours.

Some of the things we talk about include:

• A German drill press, the Alzmetall: https://www.alzmetall.de/alzmetall/index.php?id=7&L=1
• Lars Christensen Fusion 360 Videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/cadcamstuff/
• Alibre Atom 3D: https://www.alibre.com/atom3d/
• Alibre Designer: https://www.alibre.com/alibre-design-overview/
• Get a personal use Solidworks seat through EAA: https://www.eaa.org/eaa/eaa-membership/eaa-member-benefits/solidworks-resource-center
• QCAD: https://www.qcad.org/en/
• FreeCADhttps://www.freecadweb.org/
• MattiJ’s cut knurl tool: http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/threads/73073-1-wheel-cut-knurling-tool
• The Zeiss style mirror grinding machine Justin wants to build: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMDHA8IE014
• Max has released plans for his watchmaker’s toolpost on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/drawings-for-now-21190714
• And of course Autodesk Fusion: https://www.autodesk.com/products/fusion-360/overview

And much more!  You can listen to it here:

or you can download it directly.

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/.  Also be sure to check out Max’s Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/joyofprecision

Stefan Gotteswinter (our occasional host!) website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

No the podcast is not dead!  After a very large pause (for various reasons – a story for another day) the podcast is back with an episode recorded way back in September.  Nevertheless the conversation is timeless and just as applicable today as it was when it was recorded.  In this episode John Saunders, the man who went from a humble machine shop apartment in New York City to a full fledged machine shop in Ohio, joins us and talks shop.  Some of the things we talk about include:

• CNC machine tools of all sorts!
• CNC tooling
• April Fools day jokes
• SMW Johnny 5
• Telsas, Makerspaces and the future.

And much more!  You can listen to it here:

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Many many thanks to John for taking time out of his very busy schedule and record a show with us.  John’s business is Saunders Machine Works.  He runs another page which reflects his beginnings in a New York apartment called NYCNC.  His Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/nyccnc.  You can follow John on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saundersmachineworks/.  John also is co-host of a podcast with John Grimsmo called the Business of Machining.

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Stefan Gotteswinter (our occasional host!) website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

It’s been a long time since we have posted an episode and that has been my (Justin’s) fault.  I won’t go into the details but I wanted to let everyone know that the podcast will continue in the near future.  In the meantime I wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy and Healthy 2019 home shop machinists style.  Stay tuned!

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‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, so I sneaked out like a mouse.
The drill bits were placed in their index with care,
In hopes that new tooling soon would be there.

The machine tools were cleaned, and oiled in their place,
While visions of a Moore jig borer brought a smile to my face.
And while my family was inside and all snug in their beds,
I was working to finish some Christmas gifts for them instead.

When out in the shop there arose such a chatter,
I sprang from my band saw to see what was the matter.
Away to the lathe I flew like a flash,
Hitting the big red stop, it ended with a crash.

Some light on the now freshly wrecked homemade tool
Meant no new gifts would be delivered this yule.
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a Fiat Panda, and a very tall Stefan Gotteswinter.

With a little old wrench used lively and quick,
I knew in a moment he would show me his sharpening trick.
More rapid than lightening I took out the workpiece,
And I sharpened the tool to finish the gift for my niece.

“Now Hardinge, now Wrong Fu, now Deckel, and Myford!
On Linley, on Schaublin, on Monarch and Boxford,
To the Deckel clone!, to the sharpening stone!
No need to dress the CBN cone!

And then, in a twinkling, I heard “this will not do”
Stefan was examining my grinder through and through.
As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Out of the Panda came Stefan with Biax scraper inbound.

He was soon covered in Canode from his head to his foot,
His clothes were all blue and yellow, including his boots.
The efficient German worked diligently through,
To turn my Deckel clone into something much more true.

A wink of his eye and a scrape by his hand,
Soon gave me to know I would have nothing to dread.
He spoke not a word, except for Youtube,
And educated the masses so they were no longer noobs.

Soon the Deckel was done, everything adjusted up right,
Then Stefan Gotteswinter fled back into the night.
And as he started off in his Panda to journey back home,
He rolled down his window and gestured towards the Deckel clone.

I heard him exclaim as he drove out of sight,
Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night!
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Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Stefan Gotteswinter (our occasional host!) website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

2 episodes in one month!  We can’t believe it either.  Don’t worry though we didn’t cut on quantity to get it out – this episode is still over 2 hours.  We won’t talk about the quality.  Max, Stefan and Justin give shop updates (it has been about 4 months since Stefan has been on – that’s long enough for Stefan to build an entire Saturn V rocket in his basement).  After that we talk about making money in the home $hop – when your hobby turns into a business.  And no we aren’t the Business of Machining Podcast.  In between the weirdness:

• Stefan is busy making telescope parts for the Hubble Space telescope a local company requiring telescope parts.
• Stefan is on the lookout for a new lathe.  He would like a Hardinge HLV (don’t we all!).
• Justin and Max suggest looking at the Taiwanese clones like Cyclematic or Feeler
• Stefan broke down and bought a face mill with carbide inserts:
• Lancaster Watch Tools: https://www.instagram.com/lancaster_watch_tools/
• Max is working on a license plate holder for his AMG.
• Justin’s diamond dressers for the bench grinder are now for sale.  You can find them on this site.
• Stefan is the reason why small shapers and grinders now cost an arm and a leg and everyone wants one.
• We talk about turning your home shop into a business.  Over the past few years Stefan has done more and more work for clients.
• Keep it a hobby – you don’t want to destroy the fun in your life!
• Stefan does some work for this guy: https://www.instagram.com/stories/watchmaker.kl/
• Justin is upset about all the Bang Good advertising on Youtube.

And much more!  You can listen to it directly here:

or you can download it directly.

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Stefan Gotteswinter (our occasional host!) website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

After a one month hiatus due to a number of reasons (typical of home shop machining), Max and Justin are joined by the King of 16″ South Bend lathes: Tom Utley.  But nobody in the hobby calls him that.  He is King Tutley.  Tom, an engineer by day, is best know in this hobby for his time (over the last 3 years!) and dedication in taking a clapped out  second world war 16″ South Bend lathe and returning it to better than new condition.  Some of the interesting topics:

• Tom talks about the bench grinders he has been working on that will soon be up for sale.  If you are interested in getting a properly restored Baldor bench grinder be sure to get in touch with Tom!
• We talk about paint.  Is 2 part epoxies worth the trouble for machine tools?
•  Previously a woodworker Tom has moved into the metal side of things.  The people are generally more friendly, albeit slightly less normal.
• Why don’t we encourage more to work with their hands?  All three of us share our frustrations with a general society that no longer values craft work.  Shop work is good for the soul!
• A well documented page on Tom’s journey: http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/south-bend-lathes/1943-south-bend-16-x-60-lathe-resurrection-299300/
• Chemical Etching.  Tom has done a fantastic job with all the brass name and label plates on his South Bend:
• Photo resist etching.  More popular with watchmaking types, Max talks a bit about his journey into photo resist etching:
• Variable Frequency drives.  Tom has put a great deal of effort into the VFD controls, enclosure, and wiring has installed on his lathe.  It is one of the best executed projects of such nature on the web:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opxVLWTiW7E
• Huanyang VFDs: a fine German made product?
• The Guillocheur Video: https://youtu.be/uN-zN8OLh_w
• Of course would the show be a show without mentioning Stefan?

And much more!  You can listen to it directly here:

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Many many thanks to Tom for coming on the show and sharing some of his story.  Tom is very active on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kingtutley/  We also encouraged Tom to more actively tell his story on Youtube.  Everyone subscribe to his Youtube channel!  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfhJT5GO9B0QwUo007XMsGQ

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Stefan Gotteswinter (our occasional host!) website: http://www.gtwr.de/  and also his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl  Stefan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

If you are just starting out in your home shop or need a few ideas for your next project you will certainly find it in this episode.  After getting through the craft beer podcast and shop updates, which involve Max getting a tow, Max and Justin talk about useful simple shop tools as well as Tchotchkes and probably everything in between (don’t tell us you’re surprised!).  In the process both Max and Justin have extended their shop project lists.  You could even make a really nice homemade brake line flaring tool (we won’t talk about liability):

Some of the interesting links:

• Jere Mihalov’s site, “Adventures in Watchmaking”: https://watchmaking.weebly.com/
• Jere’s miniature finger clamping plate: https://watchmaking.weebly.com/fingerplate.html
• My first lathe project, a watchmaker’s screw head polisher (in 3 posts): http://joyofprecision.com/tagged/screwhead%20polisher
• “Yoyo Design 101” video series by ZachTheSloth: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RmFeVW3wSk&list=PL3AHXYpH1So6XXPa5BL8qs16Rx5dGvUZ4
• Tool steel Valentine’s locket: http://joyofprecision.com/post/44676455259/tool-steel-valentines-locket
• Hand-held lantern chuck: http://joyofprecision.com/post/52516755196/making-a-lantern-chuck
• Magic! http://joyofprecision.com/tagged/magic

You can listen to it directly here:

or you can download it directly.

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

When one Phillips isn’t enough.  Recorded in between years as Stefan would say, Max invites his brother Thayer and his father Fred on to join in an end of year discussion with our new semi regular co-host Stefan Gotteswinter!  In this episode we talk about:

• Fred’s shop that Thayer works out of.  Fred has a really nice Rockwell mill (one of our all time home shop favourites) and a Southbend Heavy 13.
• We talk about gunsmithing in the United States, Germany and Canada
• Live free or die!
• CAD and Stefan’s embrace of Autodesk Fusion.
• Stefan machined some really nice Torx screws using his Deckel pantograph.
• Justin is busy making Christmas presents.
• Stefan wants to get a CNC lathe in 2018.
• Max is hoping to finish his Trent pinion mill.
• Both Max and Justin are hoping to get back to semi regular posting on Youtube.
• And finally cars.  Max is hoping to get some German iron.

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Many thanks to Fred and Thayer for joining in!

Many many thanks also to Stefan for coming back on and agreeing to become our third co-host!  We hope to get Stefan on much more frequently in 2018.  You can find his website here: http://gtwr.de/  Stefan also has one of the best machining Youtube channels: https://www.youtube.com/user/syyl.On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stefan_gtwr/

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/

A final note regarding the live stream with Robin Renzetti and Stefan Gotteswinter.  We are still hoping to do this in the next few weeks.  Stay tuned for more announcements!

After over a one month hiatus, Max and Justin are back with episode 13!

Some of the things we talk about include:

• Max has had limited time in the shop.  What does work always get in the way of what we want to do?
• Justin purchased a sub $200 USD digital read out from eBay.  He calls it the Shenzhen DRO.  And so far it has been pretty good.
• Justin’s new lathe – a Standard Modern 12×30 Utilathe.  It was terribly dirty.
• Which leads us into maintenance.  Why do so many people neglect equipment?
• Max goes into the wonderfully simple cone style plain bearings.  Keep it clean and adjusted!
• Bearing preload
• How do you keep track of all those oil points?
• The importance of way oil
• Chuck lube.  Let the debate begin.  Max and Justin like getting sprayed with oil apparently.
• A live stream episode with Stefan Gotteswinter and Robin Renzetti?  Let us know your thoughts!

All that and a few tangents (would it be a show without a few?)

You can listen to it directly here:

or you can download it directly.

Subscribe in iTunes (and please rate us!): https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/home-shop-machinists-podcast/id1180854521

Max’s website: The Joy of Precision and also his Youtube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdMt_havo3BxZJscvRCOGcw Max’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joyofprecision/

Justin’s Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thecogwheel  Justin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecogwheel/