Patron Series 3 update
Added 2021-04-13 19:49:43 +0000 UTCHey Folks,
Its time for a quick update on the next Patron Series project. The attached picture shows some of the unfinished prototype components, and gives a good indication of where I'm heading with it - I will let you guess what it is!
There is a lot in this project. It touches on every aspect of the small shop, with much work on the lathe & mill, hand filing, casting, small component making, fixtures, jigs, and finishing. I've tailored the design so that you can take the core project as far you want to in terms of your own design aesthetic. In my case, I've used the project to share some of the processes I've been learning over the past year or so, but they are not central or essential to the project, and you can pick and choose whatever suits you.
This project also leads to a number of very useful tool projects that will run in parallel with the project, potentially adding a lot of small parts capacity to your shop.
More details to come as soon as I can, and as always, my warmest thanks for your support.
Cheers,
Chris.
Comments
Would a DTI be a good followup after this one is complete?
2021-12-30 13:56:43 +0000 UTCLove tool projects!
Paul Devey
2021-04-28 03:19:06 +0000 UTCLooks like a dial indicator and I am as ready as ever :D
Borislav
2021-04-26 21:31:28 +0000 UTCThat looks nice Chris! Massive under statement, hope yer well! TFS, GB :)
Graeme Brumfitt
2021-04-20 21:18:46 +0000 UTCThis is where we find out it's micron accuracy π
Tom Wazny
2021-04-20 12:04:22 +0000 UTCThat '0.001' hints that it's a fairly precise 'indication' as well :o)
Pete Savage
2021-04-20 05:26:39 +0000 UTCAwesome stuff Chris, thanks for the update! "The attached picture ... gives a good *indication* of where I'm heading with it" - I see what you did there ;)
zgod
2021-04-17 06:12:03 +0000 UTCBeyond excited for this series Chris!
Mark Slatter
2021-04-16 13:21:25 +0000 UTCAgreed. This should be interesting and fun.
Dan Harold
2021-04-16 11:03:46 +0000 UTCG'day Paul, When you save and zoom into the photo, you can see that the details are neat triangular prisms, which would not be achievable with acid or electrolysis. Looking forward to this project :) Cheers
Duncan Luddite
2021-04-15 23:53:47 +0000 UTCYou better have a metric version too!
rex aitken
2021-04-15 14:26:04 +0000 UTCHahaha: 'gives a good indication', now what would this be!
Roel Jordans
2021-04-15 09:29:16 +0000 UTCMy guess is some kind of dial gauge.
Spoons
2021-04-15 04:38:53 +0000 UTCOr etched with acid or electrolyses?
Paul Devey
2021-04-15 01:40:13 +0000 UTCAt first glance, I thought hygrometer, but on a closer look... no. Something probably useful to you in even later projects for measurements.
owl3764
2021-04-15 01:35:14 +0000 UTCSo Chris, is the guilloche machine something you built in the workshop? I really hope so ;)
Duncan Luddite
2021-04-15 00:21:46 +0000 UTCIt has the classic look of a dial indicator with a 1" range of travel. My guess is a dial indicator.
Guy Loughridge
2021-04-14 23:18:03 +0000 UTCNeat! I'm very interested in the mechanism, and in the guiloche.
jason black
2021-04-14 22:45:00 +0000 UTCHaha indeed. I binged watched most of the content then slowly going through them doing what I can.
Christopher Wolford
2021-04-14 19:23:25 +0000 UTCThis looks great. If your looking for ideas I would be open to another "patrons" where you teach core skills and help build a small shop with things like a gingerly lathe but clock work size, forge you already have that covered I believe, would love to see your take mpcnc, it could be a clickspringCNC, etc.. At any rate keep up the best content I have ever seen! For real you could be on the Discovery channel!!
Christopher Wolford
2021-04-14 19:21:34 +0000 UTCyesssss - inject it straight into my veins!! I'm jonesing for some new clickspring content!!
Hogtown Pens
2021-04-14 15:33:15 +0000 UTCAwesome. I can't wait to see how you made the mechanism and achieved the guilloche finish... in a home shop! This is going to be another impressive one!
Drew Keats
2021-04-14 12:46:12 +0000 UTCShiny & Tiny!
Nick Cliffe
2021-04-14 11:35:55 +0000 UTCAnd about imperial/metric: this photo depicts an imperial dial, but plans have always been for both units, so I would not be worried about :) My side of the world is metric, by the way...
Roberto Amato
2021-04-14 08:36:29 +0000 UTCI like the idea... but I join the βobjectionβ: what about Antikythera??
Roberto Amato
2021-04-14 08:28:19 +0000 UTCLooking forward to it! The quality of your videos and your workmanship made you one of my fastest Patreon subscribes, and possibly the fastest I've gone from watching my first video to watching every one available on the channel. So glad there's more coming!
Reed Bowman
2021-04-14 07:15:49 +0000 UTCLet's just hope that was the prototype and it'll go metric for the real thing!
Alan Budden
2021-04-14 07:04:00 +0000 UTCWhy Imperial? Only a small portion of the world is stuck to Imperial.
Claus Anders
2021-04-14 06:59:43 +0000 UTCFantastic! Canβt wait for this build.
Tommy Jobson
2021-04-14 06:03:27 +0000 UTCWhy not binary?
Gregor Shapiro
2021-04-14 04:13:04 +0000 UTCGot to be an IMPERIAL dial gauge. Your usual standards don't seem to have shifted. Can't wait. But IMPERIAL!
Francis Milsom
2021-04-14 03:25:35 +0000 UTCWow!
Duncan Luddite
2021-04-14 02:05:57 +0000 UTCYou can hand make balance springs, from scratch, from music wire for the old Verge watches (they only had 2 - 6 coils). It's very satisfying seeing it run accurately with something you shaped with your hands. It involves thinning it to the required dimensions with diamond hones and polishing cream, then curling it with fine pliers, or similarly shaped, sturdy tweezers. :)
Duncan Luddite
2021-04-14 02:03:39 +0000 UTCOhh can't wait to see it finalized!
rolf redford
2021-04-14 00:50:18 +0000 UTCDon't we need to see the completion of the Antikythera build first?
Leo G.
2021-04-14 00:04:30 +0000 UTCWow that looks ultra sexy already, that will be one huge indicator :)
Mark Hobster
2021-04-13 23:50:48 +0000 UTCYou oughta just put a nest cam in your shop. We'd all go bonkers.
Dilapidus
2021-04-13 23:45:22 +0000 UTCOoh, will be very cool to see what goes into a bespoke dial indicator! ;) Have you considered/tried watchmaking before? Would be really interesting to see you maybe make a pocket watch. Unless you wouldn't want to because you'd need to just buy a fair number of parts off the shelf, like the jewels and balance spring.
Natan Getschel
2021-04-13 23:14:50 +0000 UTCWe will find a way John!
Clickspring
2021-04-13 23:00:38 +0000 UTCBrilliant :)
Clickspring
2021-04-13 23:00:04 +0000 UTCWorst pocketwatch ever!
Parker Engines
2021-04-13 22:54:00 +0000 UTCThis looks beautiful. I'm not sure my forging skills are going to apply here.!
John S Dilsaver
2021-04-13 22:42:13 +0000 UTC:)
Clickspring
2021-04-13 21:54:23 +0000 UTC"a good indication".. I see what you did there.... π€£
Matthew Wilson
2021-04-13 21:39:22 +0000 UTClooks beautiful! I like how you indicated what it was. All that being said I can't wait for the day imperial leaves the chat...
Stubbs
2021-04-13 21:34:48 +0000 UTCThat there's a micrometer! Very curious to see how you did the pattern. Guilloche is radial... what's this pattern called?
plato gonzales
2021-04-13 21:33:06 +0000 UTCI Like it! Looks like a dial gage to me---
Andre Laporte
2021-04-13 21:25:20 +0000 UTCMetric clock
Everfalling
2021-04-13 21:20:18 +0000 UTCMicronometer?
Chris Waldrip
2021-04-13 21:07:09 +0000 UTCVery classy dial indicator.
Steven Naslund
2021-04-13 20:59:18 +0000 UTCSteppin' up to guilloche!
Rick Foley
2021-04-13 20:55:51 +0000 UTCI love the art deco font!
Alex Altair
2021-04-13 20:55:36 +0000 UTCYour use of imperial in this tool is... disappointing, to say the least
SkaveRat
2021-04-13 20:43:48 +0000 UTCSounds great... and looks amazing
chris grainge
2021-04-13 20:32:27 +0000 UTCGot to be an IMPERIAL dial gauge. Your usual standards don't seem to have shifted. Can't wait. But IMPERIAL!
Francis Milsom
2021-04-13 20:31:36 +0000 UTCCan't wait!
Boguslaw Smalec
2021-04-13 20:26:18 +0000 UTCIβm thinking itβs a runout dial gauge. Whatever it is, itβs every bit as stunning as Iβve come to expect. Very excited to see the project!
d j
2021-04-13 20:17:46 +0000 UTCBasketweave dial? Have you made a straight-line engine too? (if you can't wait for Clickspring: https://youtu.be/LBiiDpexmA8 )
Andy Pugh
2021-04-13 20:15:26 +0000 UTCStunning! Can't wait to see how you did it!
Jannes Verlinde
2021-04-13 20:05:13 +0000 UTCwaiting with bated breath!
Dan Hargrove
2021-04-13 20:04:05 +0000 UTCA fancy ruler!
Jochen
2021-04-13 20:03:35 +0000 UTCLooks wonderful. Can't wait to see the series!
neal richard
2021-04-13 20:01:19 +0000 UTCAbsolutely stunning!
Thomas Richards
2021-04-13 20:00:01 +0000 UTCThat's what I thought at first, but couldn't figure the small dial into that equation ...
SA Sampson
2021-04-13 19:59:00 +0000 UTCYes! Cheers mate :)
Clickspring
2021-04-13 19:56:29 +0000 UTCIs it the time traveling pocket watch from the 80βs TV show Voyagers?
Peter Kransz
2021-04-13 19:54:58 +0000 UTCWow that looks fantastic Chris! I also say metrology, dial indicator or dial vernier? Very beautifully crafted! Hope youβre keeping well and look forward to the build videos!
Spadge Fox
2021-04-13 19:54:28 +0000 UTCAt first it looked like a temperature/humidity gauge, but someone else said dial indicators which makes more sense
Brian
2021-04-13 19:54:25 +0000 UTCI think it's a dial indicator, yes. It's got a '0.001"' indication on it.
Kristof Provost
2021-04-13 19:53:57 +0000 UTClooks like fully custom shop made beautiful dial indicator
Pete Kastner
2021-04-13 19:53:14 +0000 UTCI'm just glad to see that you've been able to work on a new project.
Lucia
2021-04-13 19:52:16 +0000 UTCA metrology project? Can't wait! This is great news!
Damian Sutter
2021-04-13 19:52:06 +0000 UTCAlways exciting to see an update from you! Your skeleton clock videos got me involved with silversmithing, and it's so much fun watching you work.
Spencer George
2021-04-13 19:52:05 +0000 UTCCalipers or dial indicator?
JSulu
2021-04-13 19:51:35 +0000 UTC
