Jim Schroeder's Amateur Machine Shop Tour

Jim Schroeder gives us a tour of his hobby machine shop. He discusses his beginner Harbor Freight mini lathe and mill, as well as his larger Grizzly G0602 10x22 lathe, and his larger Grizzly mill. He then shows us his Tool and Cutter Grinder and the modifications and tooling he made to his G0602.

[barrycass]

Hi Jim back in the 2000’s I was across the way on the inland looking across the Ocean. What a beautiful place to be.

[foolio]

That laser mill head alignment is brilliant.

[NakedMachinist]

at 16:15 It works very well. I accidentally discovered this type of cutting doing a job and realized the finish was superb. Great shop you have, Jim.

[youngcameracompany]

Nice shop Jim. I love the laser on the round column mill drill. Also, the tangential shear tool. We are neighbors and Tyler is a good friend of mine. We should get together. Thanks for making this video Tyler. 

[pcfred]

Those Grizzly lathes look pretty good. As mentioned when engaging in hobby machining sometimes rigging becomes an issue you have to contend with. I have a round column mill similar to what is shown here, and it has some weight to it.

[matheworansky]

Because the column on a mill/drill is a cylinder the head can rotate around the cylinder in addition to going up and down. The laser will shine off a mirror on the far wall back to the wall next to the mill. A small movement of the mill head around the column will has the laser spot to move a lot. You put a circle around the laser dot on the wall before you move the mill head. You can then move the head back to that exact spot by making sure the laser dot is back in that circle. Cheap and easy.

[ProjectsInMetal]

My understanding is that the laser is projected form the mill, across the room, and reflected back to the wall next to the mill. If you were to draw a line straight up and down from the resulting dot on the wall, you could re-align the dot along that line after lowering or raising the head. As long as the dot re-aligned along that vertical line you know you've got the head of the mill in exactly the same spot in the X-Y direction (despite being lower or higher in Z).

[notfastuc]

Thank You for sharing This Knowledge I'm just starting to learn about Lathes and mills

[whyturtleracer]

clean and neat, nice accomplishment, congratulations

[eleventeenmachine]

The laser at 10:00 is a terrific idea!

[sammyspaniel]

I would like to learn how to machine precise parts like these some day. It's not as easy as it looks. I have a feeling those math classes I hated will come in handy.

[mikeadrover]

Thanks just subscribed. Look forward to learning more. “As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site.” ~M~

[shanek]

That man is a great mechanic to come up with all those extras. Did he make the gears out of steel or is that factory?

[ProjectsInMetal]

Without realigning the dot the head of the mill could be slightly off in an arc around the axis of the column. That's a major criticism for mill drills with round columns (that it's hard to re-align the head). With a square column or a dovetail column there's no way for the mill head to rotate around the column axis, so it's easer to raise and lower the head.

[themainproblem]

You are a machinist god! I would like to see a tapping operation using the mill along with the vfd drive.

[scottclifford-cliffordmfg]

Do you have any details on how to make the camlock for the tail stock?

[RIGOBRASS]

HELLO MY FRIEND THANKS FOR SHARING YOUR INFORMATION. I WANT TO TELL YOU THAT I HAVE A EQUIPMENT OF LATHE EQUAL TO YOURS BUT I DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF EXPERIENCE IN LATHE AND TOOLS FOR LATHE, I NEED TO BUY A Quick Change Tool Post Set BUT I AM A LITTLE CONFUSED WITH THE MOST SUITABLE MEASURE FOR THIS LATHE GRIZZLY I ALSO KNOW WHAT CAN YOU RECOMMEND ME OR WHAT BRAND AND MODEL DO YOU USE ON YOUR LATHE? THANKS FOR YOUR TIME A FRIEND FROM VENEZUELA

[paulpfeifferjr]

Jim, Would you please share the plans for your spindle indexer? (!) Also, the shear/snubber tool has been around for many decades.

[ScotY]

In which issue of Home Shop Machinist was Jim’s cutter grinder featured?

[redwhitentrue]

Love this shop! What exactly are the primary materials and end product of the pieces that come from this shop?
thx