I know nothing about CNC, so I bought a 25 year old Milling Machine

Thanks for watching! A few things I wanted to mention: I am more active over on Instagram @wesleykagan, believe it or not I don't just awake from a deep slumber and upload a video (although that sounds nice.) Also! I'm putting together an intake/M120 parts kit that I'll have up soon. For right now, I have the M120 V12 exhaust flanges for sale linked in this comment. Think of it like merch that you can weld on? Not sure. Racecar video soon! Exhaust flanges: www.wk-printing.com/shop/p/mercedes-m120-exhaust-f… Edit: Oh yeah, sorry about mid-roll ads. I might pull them, but I’m trying them out here. I personally hate them, but.

don't force yourself to upload on a schedule, I'd rather have infrequent uploads with good quality and progression.

Old industrial kit like this is great because they're often just cobbled together from off-the-shelf computers inside, meaning parts are still available, although any custom software won't be.

As someone with decades being in factories and from Michigan, I am glad to see an old Kalamazoo saw restored and used.

As a fan of Project Binky, I'm quite used to gaps in between uploads. With the quality of content you provide, its totally worth the wait!

Small tip for accurate bolted fixtures: use 2 pins for positioning, along with the bolts for keeping it in place. It's probably not needed for 90% of the jobs, but very handy on those few that need the positional accuracy.

Hell yeah nice to see you back making videos. Btw great job on the weight loss, looking great!

Looks like Wesley lost quite some weight! Good on you!

Mate I was a machinist for years and I was really impressed with what you machined up, having never used a CNC before. 10 out of 10 my man. Good rule of thumb is Turning: Big cuts slow feed. (0.004” per rev) Milling: small cuts fast feed. (0.004”-0.008” per tooth) though be careful with smaller cutters. When finishing up the speed by 25% and slow the feed by 50%. Again this is only a rule of thumb…suck it and see. 😉👍🏻 Great job on the band saw too. Looking forward to seeing the next video. Subscribed 👍🏻 …Oh and at last a Yank that uses the proper term “Thou” as opposed to “Thousandths” I’m impressed..😁 Blessings from England. 😎👍🏻

It is so pleasing to see a young lad restoring old machinery! Thank you for the great vid!!!

The chatter is the plate being very thin more than anything, for a face mill finish pass I would recommend about .008" depth axially and about 0.004" to 0.002" feed per tooth if you're shooting for a very low surface roughness. If you up the spindle speed without the feed rate you also reduce the chip load per tooth which reduced the cutting force. Sometimes though parts actually need you to lean on them a bit to take the flex out of the system. In this case however I would aim for a light cut and try to avoid a spindle speed that has a harmonic in the setup/machine.

Those are two spectacular additions to the shop. Congratulations on making them run as good as they do! The display on the CNC machine made an impressive difference :D

Definitely pick up an old used copy of Machinery's Handbook. Takes much of the guesswork out of setting up machine tools. Also, if you're going to re-register parts like that, you should have some alignment dowels in the corners of your stock. Grab a package of 1/4" dowel pins and a 1/4" over/under reamer set for just that purpose. Ream your fixture undersize, press the pins in, and ream your stock oversized for a close sliding fit. Obviously for this part it was primarily cosmetic, but if you need precision between setups, this is the way to go.

I'm impressed. You did really well for your first time on that Fadal. I have a 4020A in my shop and a series of videos on my channel about it that may be helpful for you getting started. I try to answer comments and questions too if you ever get stuck. I'm double impressed with the new life you breathed into that bandsaw. Cleaning them is a real task.

Wesley, your videos are smart, educative, and fun. keep it up

Wow! What a video. So happy to see old equipment brought back to life. The band saw was a really nice extra that came as a total surprise. Good luck with upcoming projects! I'm eager to see what you'll come up with.

Hi 👋, great job. Great to see old machinery coming back to life., I am now retired in my 70s years young, I still have quite a lot of my tools and machinery, I’m a specialist joiner cabinet maker by trade my own business back in the UK, over the years, I have brought and rebuilt a old planer made by dominion, I had to get some components re-machined for it to work accurately, in some respect, it is a lot better than what you can get nowadays as it is a solid cast-iron machine, I have a Wadkin RS8 wood lathe, that I have rebuilt, with a VFD driver, single phase to 3 phase inverter, And I have a Wadkin EKA Tenoner machine , both of which date back to the late 40s, early 50s, to buy anything, equivalent, strength and reliability, nowadays, would cost you an absolute fortune, I look forward to seeing some more of your work, And I’m a great fan of Steve Morris, engineering, I think just recently he had a new machine secondhand machine fitted multi axis milling machine,

You're not actually limited in the 3D metal printer, you just have to weld the bits, which implies you need to design them to slot into one another. There's a group out there that 3D printed an entire car front frame.

Oh a new episode of Hand Tool Rescue! Both of these came out great, i can't wait to see what you create with your new cnc machine and that bandsaw looks fantastic

Thanks for sharing the journey. Your dry sense of humor keeps me coming back - even after 9 months. Looking forward to the next one.