Tips for machinists

[WobblyElvis]

I'm not a machinist but I have always been interested. This video is full of tips and doesn't waste your time.

 

[wavinwayne]

Cool video. I've never done machine work, but I've spent my career designing machined parts, so I've learned a lot about what can and can't be machined. I have a lot of respect for guys who can do manual machining work and not just feed data into a CNC.

 

[ecotourist]

There is a story (possibly apocryphal) about machinists in the USA during WWII. There was a need for some very high precision parts, possibly for the Manhattan Project. The machinists said it wasn't possible to work to that tolerance.

So they hired people who weren't machinists who didn't know that working to that tolerance wasn't possible. And somehow they made those precision parts.

Machinists can do wonders. We currently have a hobby machinist mocking up the brass business end of high pressure oxygen escape cylinders for our Lancaster restoration project. We have one original and needed another 6 that look identical. Other than the new ones being really shiny you can't tell the difference.

 

[Kira]

mocking up the brass business end of high pressure oxygen escape cylinders for our Lancaster restoration project

Any pictures?

 

[ecotourist]

Any pictures?

Not today but possibly later in the week.

 

[Toy4x4]

Cool!
I watch CuttingEdgeEngineering. Very talented guy, huge workshop, makes some his own tooling. Bonus footage of his dog and the friendly magpies. FYI: NSFW outtakes at the end of the videos.

 

[The Critic]

Paging @D60

 

[4WD]

Used to do that - still enjoy visiting shops (with extra knowledge) - but don't miss the job really ...