Making a Machinists Jack featuring Craig's Workshop

Опубликовано: 03 Июль 2026
на канале: Adventures with a Very Small Lathe
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The making of this machinists jack has been a long time coming. I made the project in 2018 as a secret santa Christmas gift, but just couldn't find time to edit the 100G of footage I had recorded in amongst my other projects. I finally got it all together, and to my delight Craig's Workshop agreed to collaborate by making a video showing off this tool as he was my recipient in the secret santa draw!

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This video involves single point threading of both internal and external threads as well as a lot of basic turning, drilling and milling.

00:00 Introduction
00:56 Planning
02:19 Part 1: The main screw
06:17 Part 1.1: External threading
09:57 Part 1.2: Machining screw head features
15:44 Part 2: The cap
24:25 Part 3: The main base/body
31:18 Part 3.1: Internal threading
33:23 Part 4: The spacer

OnShape Model:
https://cad.onshape.com/documents/f4a...

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Tools and Materials:
20mm precision ground silver steel round bar https://ebay.us/20SBxc

Machines:
Proxxon PD 250/e - http://ebay.us/RSOU07

Edited with:
kdenlive 21.03
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Music:
Easy Lemon by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)
Source: https://incompetech.com/music/royalty...
Artist: http://incompetech.com/