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I own a Bridgeport series 1 knee mill, the only difference between mine and the presenter's is size. A mill is a mill. . . It's just the size of the work piece. I can honestly say I didn't learn anything from this video - I considered it rudimentary or maybe basic, nothing to do with what I consider advanced. I will say I was reminded of three things. It's impressive that the presenter made a significant amount of his work piece holders but then, what machinist (home or professional) with a little knowledge of what he wants to do and the machine(s) to do it with, doesn't. If you have the money, you buy it - if not, you make it. Scotty
If you've never seen a bench grinder and have a vague idea that you should sharpen (only) three types of lathe bits you might find this useful. The presenter says carbide and ceramic tools are out of the scope of 'home' use so they aren't even covered. Shows you a self built grinding jig that's really quite useful BUT has he has to adjust his one guide three times to sharpen a bit instead of having three dedicated guides?? Not even a good copy of a VCR to DVD. You get to see the back of his hands quite a bit while he's sharpening - occasionally you get to see a not very closeup of the bit. His use of large wood images is redeeming.
The presenter is definitely not a public speaker but he gets it across. He uses his home built lathe, mill and dividing head to demonstrate single pointing (boring) a gear then shows how to fabricate a 'home made' hob. He has a 12 hour video on making a dividing head but I think I'll buy one from Grizzly for a couple hundred dollars.
