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/Mv7HTH...
May 03, 2020
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.p...
Mar 07, 2020
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 Youtub...
Apr 11, 2019
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://...
Feb 07, 2019
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 o...
Dec 29, 2018
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! You can listen to it directly here: https://thecogwheel.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/episode_017a_twas_the_night.mp3 or you can download it directly . ‘Twas the nigh...
Dec 23, 2018
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...
Apr 24, 2018
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...
Apr 02, 2018
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...
Feb 13, 2018
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’...
Jan 07, 2018
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 ...
Dec 03, 2017
In this appropriately large episode Max and Justin talk shop with the great machinist and skilled Youtuber Adam Booth (ABOM79)! Some of the things we talk about include: Adam’s amazing work ethic Behind the scenes of a successful Youtuber: hard work and dedication Adam’s love and respect for his followers and fans Pride and Ownership: Adam tells everyone to do their job, whatever it may be, to the best of his or her ability Working for someone and working for yourself The giant shaper and its ne...
Oct 20, 2017
In this episode Max and Justin decide to prognosticate about what the home machining shop of the future looks like. 50 or 100 years down the road is it going to be full of modified CNC machines, or will the electronics on those machines render them scrap and only the old school manual machines still be in use? We talk about Max’s sea foam green stamping fixture Max is working on a new TV stand for the house Justin finished his tailstock tap and die holder A new mill drill for Justin’s shop. Did ...
Oct 02, 2017
In this episode Max and Justin talk with the great Robin Renzetti, Practitioner of the Mechanical Arts (Robin – we hope you have that on your business card!). We talk about: Robin’s gifted ability of machining and all things mechanical Robin’s resume. A model of a helicopter rotor head. And yes, he made very piece in his spare time! A little bit about Robin’s shop Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy Turcite and gluing it with Loctite Black Max 380 Other Loctite products Moore pattern scraping Scr...
Sep 03, 2017
In this episode Max and Justin talk about finishing and both agree that they are terrible at actually finishing projects. In fact, it is amazing that this podcast is still being recorded and not sitting on a shelf somewhere collecting dust waiting for completion. It did actually sit for about a week until Justin managed to finish the editing! In this episode: Justin finishes his toolpost for the Schaublin 102 and now is onto making proprietary arbors for the tailstock. Why do watchmaking lathes ...
Aug 16, 2017
In this episode Max and Justin take a trip down under, and back to the future, and talk with John Creasey, an avid home shop machinist from Australia. As usual the discussion topics vary considerably, but we do talk a bit of machining. In this episode you’ll find: John and Justin get a little teary eyed over the Queen. Don’t worry – we don’t break out in God Save the Queen Australian politics: the laws of mathematics are no match for the Australian government! John lets us know he has 2 Myfords....
Jul 21, 2017
In a first for us we manage to get an episode recorded, edited, and posted in about 2 weeks! Don’t worry we didn’t skimp on the quantity of the recording – this episode is a long as the rest of them (note nothing was said about quality!). In this episode we talk about work holding and tool holding in general. Apologies for our voices – we both were recovering from colds. Highlights include: Max gets his turret finished just in time for Emma’s tool making competition: https://www.youtube.com/watc...
Jul 04, 2017
Despite our terrible bantering in episode 2, Stefan Gotteswinter decides to come back on. Max and I think perhaps he might be suffering from poor judgement. In the longest episode to date we talk about: Stefan’s 1200 km drive to take Richard King’s scraping class and he lets us know some of what he has learned https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO9GW0tAOIQ Push or pull scraping? Justin still can’t get over Stefan having Japanese power tools. Isn’t there a law in Germany against this? We talk about ...
Jun 14, 2017
After getting confused as to what podcast they are recording, Max and Justin talk about hauling machine tools home. Of course the stories keep getting better and more ostentatious the more they are told. We also talk about: Max’s work on his Trent Pinion mill Change gears on the lathe – you don’t need that 127 tooth to cut metric threads all the time. Max finds a really well done gear calculator on the internet: http://geargenerator.com Justin gets a Delta Rockwell surface grinder for the home s...
Apr 30, 2017
Max and Justin invite Dan Sherman on for some general shop talk. We started talking about what is going on in the shop but in true home shop machinist fashion this episode heads off on several slightly off topic tangents. Within this episode: Welding and machining, is it a left brain right brain sort of thing? Justin gets a Schaublin 102 for the home shop! Max trams his mini mill with epoxy. Would this be an episode without mentioning Stefan? Tramming a mill with epoxy: https://www.youtube.com/w...
Mar 24, 2017
If you are depressed about what is in the news just listen to this podcast and you won’t have a chance to listen to the news again! In the longest episode to date Max and Justin talk about 10 tools that we find essential to our shops. Buried within this episode: As usual Justin forgets to edit something out that Max says Max tells us more about his Trent Pinion Mill that arrived from the UK via some sort of beaming machine Gearotic and Max’s Orrery build (say that without sounding intoxicated!) ...
Feb 05, 2017
It’s been more than a month since our last episode where we said we would try to record an episode 2 times a month. To make up for it we snagged Stefan Gotteswinter for an interview. Thankfully he hung around long enough to answer our questions and didn’t seem to be too put off by our antics. In this episode Stefan is looking at Onshape. Max geeks out over Wine for Linux (sorry) and thinks you can easily run Autodesk’s Fusion in Linux. Max gets a Hemingway kit, the Trent Pinion Mill, and now he ...
Jan 08, 2017
Max and I finally got around to recording our first episode of a brand new podcast! In our first episode: What’s happening in our shops (it’s getting cold!) High Speed Steel – the Scottish man’s cutting tool of choice, and also most dutchmen Quit spreading rumors about HSS bluing! Don’t feed the monsters: quit buying those end mills in the wood box Max’s tip: Do yourself a huge favor and buy a 3/8 HSS roughing end mill for your mini mill (a good quality one will last a long time!) They are not T...
Nov 29, 2016
