‘Nother vid, calling all machinists.
Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 1:05 am
Suffice to say my father had a home wood-working shop, so cutting and/or joining wood was no mystery. The father of a friend up the street had a home machine shop (live steam locomotives); cutting metal became clear also. And then a somewhat older friend was given worn-out machine tools for Christmas one year, and a place to put them.
Friend and I learned machining techniques by reconditioning the machine tools; I was 13 or 14 when I learned how to pour babbit bearings, center a cutting tool on a lathe, how much a mill cutter can take per pass, how to weld the stuff together, etc. Pretty hot stuff, right?
Well, cast your eyes right here! Mr. Crispin looks to be in his mid twenties and he’s using techniques I didn’t learn until MUCH later than that. He also has tooling appropriate to his skills; expensive and deserved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-KioR9STc and so forth
I’m guessing when I was playing with blocks, he was figuring out how to center a work-piece in a 4-jaw.
Friend and I learned machining techniques by reconditioning the machine tools; I was 13 or 14 when I learned how to pour babbit bearings, center a cutting tool on a lathe, how much a mill cutter can take per pass, how to weld the stuff together, etc. Pretty hot stuff, right?
Well, cast your eyes right here! Mr. Crispin looks to be in his mid twenties and he’s using techniques I didn’t learn until MUCH later than that. He also has tooling appropriate to his skills; expensive and deserved.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aA-KioR9STc and so forth
I’m guessing when I was playing with blocks, he was figuring out how to center a work-piece in a 4-jaw.