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Patron Series 3 - Constructing a Dial Indicator (Overview)
🕑 Added 2021-06-25 18:48:08 +0000 UTCG'day folks,
Do please enjoy this overview of the next Patron Series on constructing a dial indicator. As for the most recent TGT video, I have put together a selection of hi-res pics of the series prototype as wallpapers, so be sure to check them out too: https://www.patreon.com/file?h=52894753&i=8310743
Next up in the video pipeline is the Antikythera project with both a full episode and a Fragments video in the works.
Cheers,
Chris.
Direct links to the video -
Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/567259094/74434ec2d4
Youtube: https://youtu.be/apJ9hgPS2M4
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Comments
Clickspring
Thanks for the offer Fred, much appreciated, terrific to have you watching - Cheers :)
FREDERICK V FOWLER
Hi, great work, I am an avid follower! I was very happy to see a set of our gage blocks shown in your video. Let me know if you need any other precision instruments, I can certainly help out.
Clickspring
I love books too, its pretty much my main source of learning. I like your idea above for the theme, and I also have a rough idea of what I'd like in there too. It might also be worthwhile to see what other people want from a modern home shop book too. If I'm going to do it, I may as well shoot for a target - anyhoo, back to work for me!
Paul Devey
I dont hesitate to buy a book that is quality and informative. That said my wife is a librarian and I have never been shy to buy a book or two to learn. This book could be a 21st Century Homeshop companion for many people. I learn more when I can 1) compartmentalize a task 2) study and 3) execute. If a step is too big I can't do 1..2 & 3. People spend lots on their shops, a book like this can help us go from hobbyists to craftsmen who produce great work every day (form, function and accuracy). This book can cross over from clock makers (repair guys) and machinists. That is a fairly large chunk of guys looking for a book that is passionate about what we dream of doing.
Clickspring
Ha ha! Thank you :) Yes I agree with your point above on the re-use etc, and it might let me go a little broader and deeper on some of the things that tend to get glossed over because of the short video format too. It would be a lot of work to complete, but this is certainly shaping up to be an excellent project to underpin a book. I've priced hardback, full color etc, and it would need to retail at something like $50 USD to cover the costs of production. Not sure how many people would be willing to spend that amount on a book, so probably a poll of patrons at some point would be the best way to gauge if the interest is there.
Paul Devey
I would buy this book and read it like my Daniels books. Title: How to Build a Deco Starrett Dial Indicator in the Home SHop!
Paul Devey
I would expect that a book could reuse script, pictures/screen captures and various workflows. Maybe someone could do the "integration" lifting and then you do the editing (reverse of how a book is often done). It would save you time but ultimately as the editor you are in control of conveying the correct messages. A tech editor helps out too.
Clickspring
Yes certainly Paul, that's my thinking too. Its turned into a sort of 'foundational' project for setting up the home shop for small scale work, since it touches on virtually everything in terms of tools and also requires a fair amount of design consideration too. I'm also toying with the idea of maybe doing a hard copy book to cover it too; I will decide on that later in the build. In any event, I'm on the home stretch of Ep 1 as I write, it should be out in a day or so - Cheers :)
Paul Devey
When I first saw this video months ago I thought "great, when can I see it". After watching it a few times and thinking about it I see there is a lot of opportunities to educate, entertain as well as describe possibly different options ex. Dial Option 1) Rose Engine turned 2) Acid/Electrolysis etched 3) Bauhouse simplicity dial. I am very excited.
Naphilnux
I thought the same thing...So I started looking into what it would take to build one. Possibly overly ambitious, but there are some very clever homebrew designs out there that make it seem like an attractive extended project. I even found one that can convert to a straight line engine by mounting a rack and pinion between the spindle nose and workholding. Genius! Doesn't even need extra pattern bars; it can just use the same rosettes. Should be a lot of fun if and when I get my shop capabilities up to the point of taking that on.
M.janikkkkkk
There is no Mountain high enough for you and I love it. Great work 👍
Clickspring
The work is particularly time consuming David; the videos come out when that work has been completed. Thank you for your support thus far :)
David Martinez Zaragoza
1 video every 3 months?
Grant McKinna
Waiting with anticipation of another excellent series
Dilapidus
Hmmm.. I'm telling ya... motion activated web cam in in your shop. This place would go ballistic! ;-)
Clickspring
Maybe not close, but certainly closer. I had an idea for this next Fragments video that I think will be really cool, but it is taking me a bit longer to get it all over the line - Cheers :)
Dilapidus
We are starting to froth over here, man. A disturbance in the force tells me we are very close to a new video.
Kas Steel
You hafta be a master to take on a project like that. He was just getting his chops in the internationational archeology world. Which he did!
Dan
Hey Chris! Awesome project you´re making here! I feel like we´re going to see the Sherline fairly often :) Do you know when the next episode is released?
Kevin Reardon
You learned a lot from the Antikythera project. You are now a master!
Paul Devey
If I build this project I would electro-etch the dial
Kent Villard
As usual an incredible combination of technical excellence, attention to detail and artistic expression.
Jonathan Numer
So beautiful
Ken Johnson
Incredible. Just getting started machining at home; been at it for about a year, after following you for a long time. Seriously looking forward to this project, as a dial indicator still seems like something completely out of reach. “You could never even begin to make that, leave it up to Starrett”
John S Dilsaver
This is wonderful, thanks for inspiring us with what is possible in the home workshop. Now let's figure out some connection with forging . . .
Andy Palatka
Thanks for the information!
Clickspring
Yes more on the way in due course - Cheers :)
Clickspring
Thank you mate! (Each indicator type best suits certain roles, but there is a bit of overlap that tends to come down to personal choice. I generally use a test indicator a lot on the mill to locate a part feature, and the plunge type indicator on the lathe for travel, dialing in a part in a 4 jaw etc)
Clickspring
Cheers mate :)
Clickspring
Awesome mate, so pleased :)
Kevin McLeod
Ohhh, very cool! Love the aesthetic! Just curious, will there be further episodes on the antikythera mechanism? I might have missed an announcement on that at some point, but it's still incomplete, right?
Andy Palatka
This is amazing and I can't wait. I was wondering what are the advantages of a spindle type gauge versus a lever type? I've only ever used lever types but no gauge has ever looked this beautiful
Aidan Jeffes
This is fucken sick, I can't wait!
Gerald Quakenbush
Chris - this looks awesome. I've never got into clock building, but have loved watching your videos. I mostly make steam engines, but seeing your videos has inspired me to spend a lot more time in the shop and add to my tool collection. I've even been thinking about building a clock ... but this! This is awesome! We ALL need more dial indicators! Looking forward to the project and I'm going to try to follow along and build one.
Clickspring
Thank you all :)
Clickspring
Ha ha! Thank you mate!
Clickspring
Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
Cheers Geoffrey!
Clickspring
Terrific to hear that mate :)
Clickspring
Cheers Noah :)
Clickspring
Ha ha! Thank you mate!
Clickspring
Yes!
Clickspring
Cheers Thomas :)
Clickspring
Cheers Roel!
Clickspring
Thank you Jeremy!
Clickspring
Cheers mate :)
Clickspring
Ha ha! The TARDIS qualities of the shop have served well up until now, but this machine lives in the spare room inside :)
Clickspring
Cheers mate :)
Clickspring
Thank you Marcelo!
Clickspring
So pleased you like both!
Clickspring
Yes!
Clickspring
Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
Ha ha! Glad you liked it :)
Clickspring
Cheers Graeme :)
Clickspring
It certainly helped me get more comfortable with smaller parts. Would love to have you build along Frank :)
Clickspring
Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
Ha ha! Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
Cheers Jay :)
Clickspring
So pleased to hear that mate!
Clickspring
Thank you!
Clickspring
Thanks Gabriel :)
Clickspring
Cheers Jim!
Clickspring
Thank you Mike!
Clickspring
Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
:)
Clickspring
Cheers Brian :)
Clickspring
Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
Cheers Leo :)
Clickspring
Ha ha! Cheers mate :)
Jon Miller
Seemed perfectly appropriate to me. Plenty of overly dramatic music to be found in YouTube videos. This wasn't. I think the music perfectly complemented the craftsmanship of both the work being shown and the superb video work, as usual.
Clickspring
Thanks Gary :)
Clickspring
Cheers Matt :)
Jon Miller
The only thing I don't love about this is that it will now be that much harder for me to acquire a rose engine lathe! Really looking forward to the series, and maybe even winning the Chrysler building of dial indicators!!
veritanuda
What an awesome idea. Looks super complicated to me, so I will be fascinated to follow its construction. Cheers Chris for such a brilliant idea.
Geoffrey Croker
Very excited. I've recently been consuming everything to do do with engine turning / guilloche on the internet. I think it's a fascinating process and I can't wait to see the Clickspring version of it!
Magnus Köhler
I'm really looking forward to this. And I assume Adam Savage will love this too.
Noah Orr
Very cool! Love the art-deco case.
PJ
Stunning Chris and a full Antikythera episode to boot! Love the deco wings and ridge-back radius case...dial off the chart! Buckling up, folding tray fully upright, electronics set for interstellar travel mode...
Kai Bröking
Good point. I was so stunned by the guillochis in that place that I did not even think the obvious: Where... em ... what ... em ... how the hell did Chris do that again!
Kai Bröking
This must be the only dial indicator on the planet with a guillochis dial face. You are one for going over the top...
Thomas Richards
What an amazing showcase of what you can do in a home workshop. I would never have thought this sort of precision was possible but excited to see how you prove that wrong :)
Roel Jordans
Love the design, looking forward to see more of this project!
Jeremy
Excellent content as always, looking forward to more. That art deco design is aces!
Justus Dehegovit
Nice to see the new patreon series properly set in motion. Thank you for all you do. Also can't wait for the next video and seeing you tackling the final stretch of the Antikythera Mechanism.
Bork Bork Foxxo
You're welcome to your opinion, but I disagree.
Sean Kirby
Now hang on just a minute there, Chris. I have never questioned all of your wizardry so far, but I just can't see how you can fit a Guilloché engine into that tiny workshop space, no matter how efficiently it is organised. It wouldn't even get through the door. I remind you that it says quite clearly in our Patreon contract (section 17, clause 3) that any discoveries in trans-dimensional machine shop techniques must be shared with your patrons. Cheers Sean
maydreamer
Flawless video and narration. Music track was distracting.
Christopher Wolford
If I am able I will be following. Working on a small 1'x1' cnc. Need to come up with something for a micro lath tho. Have a ac motor and 4 smaller dc motor think power tool and hot wheels. We will see and great job if that's Is already made.
Marcelo Gonzalez
Amazing! Looking forward to the series! Cheers from Brazil!
Daniel Bohrer
What a project! What a title card!
Gerrit Visser
Time to dust off my Eureka relieving device and its attachments.
Iain Deas
If you’d held off publishing this till next week it’d have felt like Christmas in July 😊😊
Glen Beestone
Love the small homage to "flight of the navigator" at the end ;-)
Graeme Brumfitt
I so cannot wait for the rest of this series Chris! TFS, GB :)
Frank Kreidemaker
This is incredible. I have never tried to build anything like this but I am extremely tempted to attempt the build - I know it would help my skills to improve. Specifically turning small parts and hand finishing components.
Julian Gall
I think if I had that dial indicator, I'd spend too much time just staring at it in admiration, instead of using it. Also, really looking forward to the next Antikythera episode.
Dane Kinnear
Couldn't help myself. Was gonna wait til the end of the video to like it, but as soon as I heard that voice I had to hit it haha
Jay Holmes
Love the blued elements and the art deco lines. Looking forward to the series. Always inspirational on so many levels.
DaveC
Oh! I am so looking forward to this Chris!
Stuart
Stunning!
Gabe
That is gorgeous. Looking forward to the series.
Jim
As usual, just marvelous. My game is leather crafting but it doesn't matter, it is all about design, beauty, form and function. Thanks for making the internet a better place Chris!
Mike Michelizzi
When you posted the engine turning video I assumed you were simply giving a makeover to an existing indicator. I don't know why I'd set such a low bar - I should've known better, haha. Excellent work!
KD Smith
Nicely artistic while keeping form and function. I look forward to the series; as always.
Trevor
wooooo new video!
Brian Boccia
That’s the best looking dial indicator I’ve ever seen. Can’t wait to see it getting created.
Matthew Wilson
It's just so beautiful... I sat with my jaw dropped for so long that my mouth dried out. simply astonishing Chris.
LeoMakes
Love it! As a lover of all things metrological, you have complete attention with this! And 100% agreed with what you said about the headaches of work-holding. As I go deeper into CNC machining, I’m discovering that just holding the workpiece is a big part of the challenge. Looking forward to this build!
bruce linde
was just on amazon looking at dial indicators... they don't look like that. 8-)
Gary Levario
Such a beautiful design. Great job as always. Really looking forward to seeing everything that goes into this build series. Cheers
Clickspring
Most kind of you Fred, thank you :)
Clickspring
Will go through some cool options re metric etc in the build - Cheers :)
Clickspring
Thank you mate!
Clickspring
:)
Clickspring
There is always the option of a makeover... :)
Matt Waite
Where art and engineering fuse. Stunning. Looking forward to the build 👍 🇬🇧
Clickspring
Thanks Sam!
Clickspring
Cheers Damian :)
Clickspring
Cheers mate :)
Clickspring
Yes!
Fred Patton
If Breguet had made dial indicators, I think they would have looked like this. Gorgeous! Can’t wait to see the build process.
Andy Pugh
Obviously it is finished now, so too late. But it would have been interesting to make a dual-reading dial indicator, metric and imperial. My (Holbrook) lathe had some handle dials that did this, each turn was really 1/8" on an 8tpi leadscrew, but there were two scales, one 0-125 thou, and one 0-3mm. The rather lovely thing was that they were geared together, so that the mm scale moved just enough more than a full turn for every rev so that there was no cumulative error.
Chris Waldrip
OMG... that looks absolutely beautiful! I'd never have thought a dial indicator could be considered a piece of art!
Zach Wolf
Woo!
Clickspring
Terrific mate, so pleased :)
Andy Pugh
I had not previously considered how unattractive my dial indicators are. But now, I will never look at them in the same way again.
sam littlefield
Standing by for the best looking dial indicator ever built. Great idea Chris!
Damian Sutter
Great to see this, Chris! Can't wait for it!
Dilapidus
Beautiful. Thanks as always.
Clickspring
Thank you mate, its going to be a terrific build series :)
Leo G.
A new thing!
Bob Koutsky
Oooh. Can't wait! https://giphy.com/gifs/DM9n9fNry8tq0
Clickspring
Cheers Nigel :)
Clickspring
Thank you David :)
Oddmar Dam
That is an absolute masterpiece :)
Nigel
Absolutely gorgeous. Truly inspiring work. Looking forward to watching!
David Sullivan
What a fantastic looking piece!!! Love the design you've chosen, can't wait for the new series to begin proper 👍🏻👍🏻😂
Clickspring
Loving the engine turning so much, I will do a couple of dial inset versions to justify lingering on the topic :)
Clickspring
Thank you mate :)
Clickspring
Yes! Cheers mate :)
Michael Carter
What a work of art. I'm especially excited to see the engine turning process on the dial face. I can't wait.
Spadge Fox
G’day Chris. Fantastic work as always, and so great to hear that soothing voice again! Hope you’re well!
Matthieu Germain
So you've been busy I take it :)
