Making A Vintage Machinist Die Filer - Part One

PART TWO:    • Making A Vintage Machinist Die Filer ...  

G'day everyone,
I am starting a new project that will take up the next few videos on this channel. I am making a vintage style bench top filing machine/ die filer. These little machines are great for precise work where small parts need to be filed and the cut needing to be perpendicular to the work.

These machines are once very common, but are much less common nowadays, due t a move towards CNC machines. There are no commercial options as far as I am aware, and the few that you can but come as a kit that you self assemble using cast iron castings. I had looked into this option, but freight costs to my part of the world put it outside of my budget.

I am making a die filer using some cast iron and mild steel, machining it using my mill and lathe. In this video I machine the base, vertical column, horizontal column and bushings/plain bearings.

Cheers

Lathe: Sieg C3 7x14 mini lathe
Mill: Sieg x2.7l Mini Mill

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