Wedge Style Hand Vise - Part 3

I don't own a pair of nippers with sufficiently narrow tips that can reach in and cut at the base of the coil, they are all rather convex at the end - Cheers :)

Clickspring

why cut the spring guide instead of making the spring 1 turn longer and cutting the spring off the guide? Seems like an inefficient use of stock.

Makin'Things

GDay Chris, TFS. Seriously mate so much work for a spring and screw BUT SOooo worth it :-)

Graeme Brumfitt

I use a light compressor oil for quenching - Terrific to have your support, thank you :)

Clickspring

What kind of Oil do you use for quenching? Also you have such amazing videos, I am in awe!

Awesome!! so pleased you're enjoying the videos Willy :)

Clickspring

Your attention to detail- and perhaps even more so- your ability to execute on that detail is why I'm here! Who spends so much time polishing the screws on a tool like this?? You do. And I love it. And it makes me want to produce that same kind of detail. Amazing, as usual!

Willy Demis

Hey Mark that is a SIEG SC4, more details on selecting lathe here: <a href="http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/which-lathe-should-i-buy" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/which-lathe-should-i-buy</a>

Clickspring

The red colored lathe make?? Thinking bout getting a sherline but don't want it to limit my size capacity. What u recommend for medium capacity bench lathe??? Thanks

Mark Foster

Hey Colin, I'm working on part 4 now so should be out in about a week

Clickspring

Thanks for posting these videos Chris. When will the next parts of these be coming out?

Colin Dick

Hey Paul, yes a shop tour and a tool bit grinding video are both on the to-do list. In the meantime there is a bit of info on my shop here: <a href="http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/from-little-things" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.clickspringprojects.com/blog/from-little-things</a> - Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Great stuff Chris. Would love to see a shop tour and maybe a spare parts video on how you sharpen your tools.

Paul Busby

Terrific to hear that Alberto!

Clickspring

I just finished the installation of my new/old/first lathe and being inspired by your tidiness in turning metal. Now begins the phase of making tools and your tools related video are gold to me. Keep on the wonderful work and... see you latah! 😁

Alberto Ferrero

Awesome :D I'm glad I gave you an interesting idea to ponder in the future :)

Arturo Gutierrez

That's an awesome suggestion Arturo, thank you! I would definitely follow that up if a tool manufacturer was ever interested. I have a number of designs lined up for the Patron series that would be good candidates. Some are horological, and some are general workshop hand tools. Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

("many people" as in, machining and lathe geeks and alike xD)

Arturo Gutierrez

I've been thinking that you have a very particular and cool aesthetic for your custom-purpose tools :D have you thought about registering your designs? Perhaps collaborating with some tool manufacturer to make them in masse? I would think that many people would be interested in having ClickSpring-designed tools ;)

Arturo Gutierrez

Cheers Kevin :)

Clickspring

Cheers Matthew :)

Clickspring

I'm going for the classic horological cheesehead screws on this one. Cheers Frank :)

Clickspring

Didn't see it Sunday but great video to watch Monday night......superb as always Chris and a wealth of great ideas and techniques

Matthew Sykes

Hi Chris with your love of using the hand graver and or forming tooling I thought that the top of the screws might have gotten a nice rounded look or at least a nice beveled edge just to finish them off but maybe the polishing would have been a bit too much, ha,ha thanks for all the hard work you put into your videos for us all

Frank Donahue

I got my fix.......great job as always

kevin todd

Cheers Mike :)

Clickspring

Hey John, yes that's a piece of pegwood, a dense soft wood being used to remove the blue temper oxide. It has the nice property that it deforms to the shape you're pushing it into, and holds the shape so you can polish it (eg threads, slots). The abrasive is diamantine powder (a fine grade of aluminium oxide) mixed with oil <a href="https://www.hswalsh.com/product/bergeon-6807-ef0015-extra-fine-diamantine-hd97" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.hswalsh.com/product/bergeon-6807-ef0015-extra-fine-diamantine-hd97</a> Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

I stumbled across another way to form springs a while back that uses the chuck to hold the wire instead of the arbor itself. It's not as pretty as Chris' setup (big surprise, right? :) ) but seems to work well just the same. <a href="http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs2/springs2.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://www.deansphotographica.com/machining/projects/springs2/springs2.html</a>

Mike Michelizzi

What was the tool used around 8:25 to remove scale (?) on the hardened screw- just a wood stick? have grit in it? Tremendous as usual.

John Saunders (NYC CNC)

I like the idea of cutting the screw slots clocked a bit - I never would've thought of that. Thanks for sharing that and your spring forming method!

Mike Michelizzi

Cheers PJ!

Clickspring

Ha ha! So true!

Clickspring

Hey Robert, the way I approached it was to make it sacrificaial for convenience, but you could probably wind on some extra turns and cut further down the spring, and then unravel the trapped portion. The trouble is getting the cutters in close enough to cut without distorting the nicely formed spring (and arbor) - its all very small (<4mm), and the very tip of wire cutters tend not to be great at getting into tight spaces. For larger springs its all much easier - you can simply fasten the start of the wire on the perimeter of the forming arbor with a set screw, and re-use the winding arbor indefinitely. Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Em R sum mighty purdy screws Chris! Must be spring week. Never heard of that type wire...have to look it up. Looks like it might be 1018/1080 that is hardened ~RC30ish¿ Thanks for the gift of this!! ~PJ

PJ

Great job Chris. Interesting process with the spring making. Those formulas in the book are like trying to read russian :)

Jess Neal

Do you have top use a sacrificial arbor to make the springs or can it be reused?

Robert

Its a tight squeeze at that point, there's not really enough of a gap to get the nippers onto the part that I would choose to cut. Much easier to just set it free. A cm or two of brass is not a huge price to pay for two completed springs. If you're not comfortable with that approach, you could wind more onto the spring and cut further down, but either way some extra materials get consumed. Cheers Mark :)

Clickspring

Cheers Matt!

Clickspring

2 springs, one for each jaw, cheers Samuel :)

Clickspring

Hey Al, the entire tool is susceptible to rust if not cared for. I generally give my tools a wipe with an oily rag after use and that keeps most rust issues at bay. Terrific to have your support mate :)

Clickspring

What's to stop the hand made screws from rusting? Thanks for the videos. Lose my shit every time one is posted. Would contribute $1000 a video if i could.

Al

How many springs did you end up making?

Samuel Irons

Incredible detail like always. Thank you!

Matt Syme

wondering why you didn't cut off that wire portion sticking through the hole rather than chopping off that whole brass end. seems sorta wasteful.

Everfalling