Category: Videos
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Mill vs Lathe vs Shaper
Rather than spend an entire second video cleaning a machine, I thought hey, let’s speedrun the tuneup and actually make something with this thing. And better than that… make it a competition!
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Why These Machines are Going Extinct
Am I in the middle of a project? Yes. Do I have room for them? No. Were they free? No. Do they work? I don’t know. But there are only so many left in the world. So OF COURSE I’ll drop everything to go get them!
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The Hardest Parts Never Made
I capitulated. I decided to heed the advice of literally half the comments from the last radius turner video and go with worm gears. A little boring for my tastes… but as I found out… not as boring as I thought. The internet makes it look so easy!
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This Puzzle Might Be TOO CRUEL
My entry in Toolroom Takeover 2025. Enjoy!
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They Made Millions of These…
You know what they say… when you don’t like the way a german designed it… replace it with another german design. Easier said than done. Or maybe some ideas just aren’t meant to be used together.
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The Invention that WASN’T
While making a multi-video projects ensures I can adequately cover all aspects new invention, it also give the audience time to point out how the invention already exists. Regardless, we’ve made it this far and I really want this tool. So we persist!
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I’ve RUNOUT of waiting
I’m finally tackling one of the great frontiers of lathe work… with a ball turner(ish)! A half formed idea has been floating around in my head for literally 2 years at this point… so rather than wait 2 more years for the rest of it to form, I’m just diving in. Without a plan. Mostly.
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Me. I was the problem.
It’s pretty common for me to make mistakes. We all know this by now. But I’m usually good about correcting them in the moment when they happen. Not… THREE YEARS LATER! In my defense I didn’t know what I didn’t know. So let’s learn a lesson the hard way. The long, frustrating, and hard way.
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Mirror, Mirror from the Ball
Last time we burnished on the lathe. Now it’s the mill’s turn.