I, for the life of me, cannot pinpoint what is most impressive about your videos. The editing, videography, illustrations, comic genius, or possibly-unparalleled machining talent. Your videos are phenomenal, and I do so enjoy them. Thank you for sharing.
Rusty Shakelford I commented the same gist of message a few days later than yourself. But I forgot to give praise to his additional video editing efforts -top notch! Old Tony sure is a well rounded dude. I'm nearly awestruck by all the talent in one man!
I Ditto everything that Rusty said.. Tony is an all around professional. Ive always dreamed of having a shop like his.and in my case just self taught and learn from my mistakes. Sounds like a wonderful life.. Has to give you a great sense of accomplishment...
I remember watching this video years ago. Since then, I have become a professional machinist. It's really pleasant watching you work, and make such a cool tool that I rely on at work.
Get yourself a machine that's not Tom Lipton sized and you might appreciate having a "parking attachment", even with those guns! Now that you have the future boring head in your hands, are you gonna show us some boring work? Always enjoy your videos Tony, very creative and entertaining. I agree, don't time travel in metric units..... Adam
If Tony saw my above comment, then I suppose you and him could challenge each other in a race to make a U-Axis head! It's like a boring head but the tool travels around the work, perhaps a cylindrical feature on a milling job. It might not see too much use but it might be a fun project worth doing, you reckon?
Check out some of the newer style Sunnen valve seat machines. The whole machine is basically a glorified boring head that has it's diameter controlled as an axis and while it's rotating, to create contoured valve seats instead of 3 angles with maybe a fillet between them.
Tose cutting shenanigans... and then that bana peel slip and boom... Man you are a GENIUS in machinist humor! I absolutely love your channel. Greetings from an engineering technician, who haven't even seen a metalworking machine in 3 years.
Man your "Play by Play"is just right. Just the right amount of information sprinkled with just enough intelligent humor. VERY few You-Tube machinists get this mix right. Additionally, video is great. As a job shop machinist I've watched enough things turn, however you don't leave out what IS important about chips and tooling selection, setup etc. Now for what I would hope will be a useful tip. When I ran a lathe and needed to "knock the edge off of a part" I did one thing for safety sake, I would turn the file end for end, and run the lathe backwards. With this arrangement I could reduce the risk of a miss-step leaving me with a file sticking out of me. Also, (and I'm aware that you know this, so my apologies in advance) on must keep the file in motion and not just rely on the turning of the part to get the cutting done. I have actually seen guys with plenty of years in front of a lathe that did not get this. Once again, thanks for the very good work.
Thanks Ido'.. and good tip! I have in fact tried that quite a few times but the muscle memory just wasn't with me and it felt more dangerous than doing it the other way 'round. Old dog / new tricks. I completely agree, however.
Words can't describe how great this channel is. Absolutely brilliant production, ideas, and humor. This Old Tony also avoids all the bad youtube tropes and delivers excellent content in the best humble dad joke style. I love it! I don't machine anything but find myself re-watching these videos over-and over again. Kudos TOT, i really dig your style and elaborate time-travel-slipping-on-banana-peel jokes. Seriously nobody does this stuff so good.
Forward PhysX I will generally use Clickspring to put myself to sleep when I'm having troubles with the same. His stuff is incredibly relaxing to watch.
My grandfather used to tell me, if you like skin care, metal work is not for you. But if you feel you may need all your fingers in the future, no rings in the shop. The fact that my grandfather was 8 and a half fingers was quite persuasive. Great job Tony
As an old woodworker, I really appreciate the work you go through in the world of metal. Watching you create this part was fascinating. Keep up the great videos mate!
Phenomenal stuff. Sheer badassery. Love this channel. Great videos Tony, hats off. I have been in the trade as a CNC machinist for the last 20+ years and you're as good as anyone I've seen in the wild. Appreciate the hell out of your sharing this grooviness....
Absolutely outstanding video! Machining, comedy AND time travel.. I watched this with ear buds while having my morning coffee and my wife gave me "the look" a couple of times when I laughed out loud. Thanks for making my day. Fred
If u see this, after 2yrs......i m in LOVE with ur EDITING, machining & of course the amazing "insane level of Humour" (I don't know whts tht mean) out of a dry & sour subject....... Hats off. RESPECT.
In Russia there is such expression Clever fingers! But here even it does not transfer your unreal ability and skill!! I watch your video with an open mouth and without moving! Low bow to you!!
Another awesome build man. I have been in the hospital for over a month and I cant tell you how much I appreciate these videos. Incredible projects and you crack me up, I really need that. Thank you very much.
Yo... Tony! Your videos are so genuine and honest and unaffected. My hat's off to you. I just love their sense and character. Great, brother! Thank you. I love 'em and have learned so much. Then, thank you again.
I'm sure you was a movie director or a Bridgeport in your past life... Some off the best content on UA-cam ! I appreciate your time and effort to educate and entertain us
I really miss these longer videos that showcase such a journey combined with you being you, your legendary video editing, and your always amazing finished products.
I love how you take such boring subjects (looks like his puns are contagious 🙄) and made amazing, educational, and entertaining videos out of it! Thanks for another well done video!
Thank you l really enjoyed watching a true Machinist create a precision tool..as an old Machinist myself I understood everything you did.. your final product came out beautiful.. Congratulations. I know that boring head will last forever as precision tooling always does...Ed from Colorado
You literally inspire me tony. Not even joking when I say that. I have been going to the votech for the past three years and I am soon to be machining for the navy. You help me out and you make learning more enjoyable and entertaining. Thank you for doing what you do man.
Im moving into a position at work where i will be using a fly cutter to surface optics lenses and I was turned onto your channel by one of our engineers and this has quickly become one of my favorites. TOT you are awesome, I love your videos and i cant wait to see more
Picked up your channel while in Covid lockdown, those weeks where not wasted! This one is pure art, I have much to learn and am looking forward to making many of my own mistak.. TOOLS, many of my own tools. Thanks for your excellent work!
You do crack me up Tony wonderful sense of humour specially like the falling over part. Hilarious. That boring head turned out gorgeous Tony. Wish I had your skills buddy. Specially like your cnc. Very cool
Abom would have stretched this out into four, 40 minute videos. I've only just discovered your channel and I'm currently binge watching them. Your sense of humour is great 🙂
I had no idea what a boring head is, so I had to go and watch another video about that, so I was adequately prepared for this one. :) I've never done any machining in my life, but I love this channel, and enjoy every video.
I just happened to come upon this video, and I must say, I enjoy your method of teaching. It’s always much more pleasant to learn when the videos are well put together and “the passion” shows through. The humor is just the cherry on top of it all. I appreciate you. Keep it up!
I've watched this and just about all of your videos multiple times. They are so nicely put together and pleasant to watch! Keep up the great work Tony!
I just want to take a moment to voice my appreciation for the effort that went into making these self future references, because to me it feels like a lot of things to keep in mind (or on paper) to stay consistent.
That intro absolutely freaked me out. This is the first time in over 10 years of me watching youtube that I’ve been the victim of those “just say a name and hope it gets one of the viewers” jokes. Well played, Tony.
Thanks heaps Tony for using Metric units in your videos, as someone who really doesn't understand the barley grain/thumb width system, it helps me understand whats going on.
Your videos on the lathe usage make me want to go out and get a lathe, be 30 years younger living in today's world. Being a female in a mill in the 70's, 80's, and even 90's was not very practical...but I sure do LOVE all sciencey, matchy, and working with my hands just like and guy.... Can I use you time machine?
As an older machinist (who still turns the wheels by hand) I enjoy your videos, Tony. RE: Nicholson files and the changing quality over the past few years, Nicholson moved much of their manufacturing south of the United States a few years ago. I was die-hard Nick, Heller, Grotz, and now Nicholson is out of my good graces. They may have saved some money moving to Mexico, but they are losing professional tool users.
34:02 I'm sure it is plenty sharp. You just need to slow the feed, increase flutes or(best solution) grind or file some relief into your engraving bit. If it is one of those one flute points Ive seen you make, the problem is no relief. Without relief, you are pushing the round backside of the cutter against the work for a full 180 degrees after the cut- that tends to push the material out of the way.
I do love how Tolkien started the hobbit, all those dwarves gathered in Bilbo's machine shop, and then Gandalf showed up and did some single point threading on Bilbo's lathe. An all time classic. :')
Dude. Traveling into the future to measure up a tool you haven't made yet in order to save time is one thing. But borrowing the tool itself? That's gonna get someone hurt.
These videos are so good they should come with a disclaimer for loss of sleep. I've learned more about tools in the 3 weeks I've been watching your video then I knew existed.
I've never seen footage of you actually using the saw. I'm beginning to believe you may not have one and actually use some strange machine that your hiding
okay, the wooddruff (misspelled) cutter may have been doable with a large bolt, but making a 3 jaw chuck from a bottle jack LOL that I had to comment on that, thanks Tony!!! I love your videos!!! you must have one hell of a bench grinder.
Your videos inspired me to buy a lathe and mill to get started. Just picked up a Logan 922 and an old Benchmaster vertical. Wont be doing anything close to what you are doing but I can't wait. Thank you for your channel.
@thisoldtony, dude you gotta help... I can't stop watching your videos. Seriously, I've been through everything like 3 or 4 times. Especially this one and the espresso pot build. If you have more start to finish machining projects, this guy would love more. Thank you for the content. Literally can't get enough.
You do very good work, Tony! I enjoy your videos. Thanks for showing us what you did to produce such a fine-looking tool. My life is too short to make tools. I'll buy 'em.
Using the boring bar like that- genius. This might convince me to start making my own boring head... Great video. What a different feel over other machinists. It's like the video quality like clickspring, only with a laid-back feel. Well, almost the quality... EDIT: I'm only halfway through the video and I'm really feeling making that boring head now. The way you're doing things is so ingenius, like using the pins to measure the dovetails. I've never seen that before but I feel like can use it later.
It always amazes me watching people with the skills and equipment to manufacture their own things. Need a new precision tool, you make it. Need a new coffee machine, you make it. As another who strongly favours quality I usually spend a lot of time researching exactly who to buy from, possibly even as much as it takes to make the tool. Until I magically get the skills needed from one of Tony's cut scenes I'll just have to sit on the outside watching and wishing. And even though I'll likely never use it I've learnt a massive amount which is a real testament to your teaching considering the most I'd ever done or cared about until now is premade Ikea kits.
An excellent vid. I think machinist schools should have this project for their students as there are several complicated ( but nothing impossible ) steps to go through. The end product is beautiful ( like a swiss watch ) and practical too. Thank you.
You know you've made it as a machinist when you machine your own machine parts, because the machine parts you've got aren't quite good enough to machine with the way you want to...
I enjoyed every minute. Like everybody WOW! Everything went together like good wine! Also I never worked in your field, I am more of a self thought welder, I just dream about having your talent every time something breaks that require machining. Awesome, you have a great talent, I watched your videos and enjoyed them very much.
Not too bad for a time traveling blind person. Love your videos and in my humble opinion... you are constantly improving and should be on the same level as some of the UA-cam five year olds filming in their parents kitchen very soon. ;) But all the envy aside... educational, funny, interesting... just awesome... I'm loving it! Please keep on going and keep educating us completely blind guys.
love your videos Tony...As others have countless times mentioend...the information, the humour, the process' being broken down so a layman can get what you're doing...much appreciated... I've bounced between hobbies for years...metalwork has always been one of them though...usually out of necessity... Now it's out of love...While I don't have anywhere near the gizmo's n neat tool doodads you have...I'm slowly collecting things to make more things...each project a little more refined than the last... thanks for being a very real, very awesome inspiration
Got here cuz Ave sometimes makes mention of TOT in his vids. He wasn’t kidding, you’re really pumping out some great content! All I know about machining I learned on UA-cam but...mad respect! Im subbing!
This Old Tony +1 for trying, but nope, it's that guy from Canukistan, AvE. I'll make sure I check out EEVBlog since you mentioned. Good craftsmanship man, and excellent editing. Quite the pro if I may say. Solidworks even.. wow. Wish I could smell that coffee at the end tho, going to hunt for a cup! Thanks for the videos!
FYI, the term "dooblydoo" for referring to the video description was actually coined by John Green of the Vlogbrothers, several years ago, it's not originally an AvE thing. Funny, of all the crazy, fun words he makes up, that one wasn't his :P
Thanks for the tips on time travel. I have been working on my own time machine and was wondering about Metric vs Imperial. I was leaning toward Metric but after watching this video I am sold solid on Imperial for anything related to time travel!
When an analog machine runs into trouble, it can wind down safely using the residual space-time momentum left in the flywheel. When the digital units run into trouble, they just go haywire and everything comes to an abrupt halt. The last thing you want to see when you're barreling along at 2500 years per microsecond is a BSOD. Also, resolution isn't an issue, really. In theory, analog has effectively unlimited resolution, all the way down to Planck time. Just how well you can get things calibrated is all in the pre-jump indicating.
@@davel6683 And remember -- all of that digital technology could not have been developed if it weren't for the pioneering efforts of the analog guys. Er, uhm... unless the digital guys did it first, and then jumped back, and... er... uhm...
Phreadrick Hejrick you're actually you're both correct and wrong. Both the digital and mechanical ones were around first. And it doesn't really matter anyways While the digital one are very easier to use and are far more precise stopping down to milliseconds. But when they went wrong oh boy they went really wrong and having what's left of your scattered across space-time isn't what I'd call a good time. The universal positioning clock is also more precise so you're less likely to end up in the middle of space because you forgot to check your mechanical clock and now your solar system is millions of miles away and you're stuck in the vacuum of space. And the digital ones have a time-space memory that stores your last previously used space-time position you you can return a few milliseconds after you initially leave very few analog ones have this feature and the ones that do are only accurate down to an hour to a few minutes. But the drift on mechanical ones makes them easier to use, in case you don't know, some mechanical ones allow you to shut off a specific part of it to allow you to slowly drift closer to real time it's more precise then a flat stop on a point in time manually but still not as accurate as a digital one. Also mechanical ones are cheaper, easier to maintain, and when they get broken are a lot easier to fix than the one that requires a theoretical physics degree and some level of mastery over software. In the end it's all personal preference and the rise in popularity with the digital ones is purely because time traveling is becoming more mainstream and people that help maintain and fix them are becoming more common as a career choice now. And because of that it's more convenient for a lot of people just to bring their more precise and digital time machine into the shop for someone else to maintain or fix. Anyways back on topic both time machines came into existence at the same time when someone used a digital time machine to go to the future to steal a mechanical time machine and someone used the mechanical time machine at the exact same point in space time to go to the future to steal the digital one. I hear they're planning on making a hybrid system time machines sometime in the future that might either be better than either current option or worse. And guessing by the fact nobody stole it from the future yet it's safe to guess worse.
Hi This Old Tony, just wanted to say I like watching your videos. Probably a favorite for me. Thank you for the knowledge and the laughs. God bless you and your family.
I bought a 75 mm Chinese boring head, but (the magic word), what a piece of junk (like 70% of all other stuff I bought). Firstly, it had 0.35 mm play between the slide and adjustment screw. Secondly, its imperial. I already designed a new boring head which I now will build. The markings on the setting screw will be a challenge. Unfortunately I don't have a nice CNC machine like you brother. You did a great job.
Your videos are frikkin brilliant. I work in the motion picture industry and your camera angles, lighting, and editing is superb. Your also a funny bugger, so that helps too. I'm just starting out in the machining world, and youtube is a great resource for me, a lot to aspire to. I'm quite amazed at what you are producing in these videos. As a footnote, I have a DRO exactly the same as yours. Sadly the manual is in chinese english, and I don't understand almost anything. I'm completely unable to input any subdatums etc. I just Zero everything and keep everything else on paper. Slow :(
My wife just walked in, looked at the computer, and said "You're a homemade boring head..." Absolutely loving these videos, man. Just awesome work.
Thanks Practical!
Two year later, that’s still soooooo funny! I love these videos. Humor, skill, intelligence, humility. Awesome.
Respect for Practical
if i watch these videos enough will i get a wife too?
Practical Engineerin g
"I'm looking forward to see how I actually did that"
That line made my day.
I, for the life of me, cannot pinpoint what is most impressive about your videos. The editing, videography, illustrations, comic genius, or possibly-unparalleled machining talent. Your videos are phenomenal, and I do so enjoy them. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Rusty!
Rusty Shakelford I commented the same gist of message a few days later than yourself. But I forgot to give praise to his additional video editing efforts -top notch! Old Tony sure is a well rounded dude. I'm nearly awestruck by all the talent in one man!
Ryan S He's quite literally a renaissance man. :-D
Rusty Shakelford
I Ditto everything that Rusty said..
Tony is an all around professional.
Ive always dreamed of having a shop like his.and in my case just self taught and learn from my mistakes. Sounds like a wonderful life.. Has to give you a great sense of accomplishment...
I remember watching this video years ago. Since then, I have become a professional machinist.
It's really pleasant watching you work, and make such a cool tool that I rely on at work.
“Time travel is dangerous, and buy good quality files”. This should be on a shirt.
Cnc-files.com ?
@@devdhamija7585 I will
I'm watching this from the future : It's as good now as it was in the past - Simply brilliant work Tony !
Get yourself a machine that's not Tom Lipton sized and you might appreciate having a "parking attachment", even with those guns!
Now that you have the future boring head in your hands, are you gonna show us some boring work?
Always enjoy your videos Tony, very creative and entertaining. I agree, don't time travel in metric units.....
Adam
A few more years and you will need a parking attachment for your Dodge truck
If Tony saw my above comment, then I suppose you and him could challenge each other in a race to make a U-Axis head!
It's like a boring head but the tool travels around the work, perhaps a cylindrical feature on a milling job. It might not see too much use but it might be a fun project worth doing, you reckon?
Check out some of the newer style Sunnen valve seat machines. The whole machine is basically a glorified boring head that has it's diameter controlled as an axis and while it's rotating, to create contoured valve seats instead of 3 angles with maybe a fillet between them.
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careful. with figures like that the universe may impolde.
Tose cutting shenanigans... and then that bana peel slip and boom... Man you are a GENIUS in machinist humor! I absolutely love your channel. Greetings from an engineering technician, who haven't even seen a metalworking machine in 3 years.
Man your "Play by Play"is just right. Just the right amount of information sprinkled with just enough intelligent humor. VERY few You-Tube machinists get this mix right. Additionally, video is great. As a job shop machinist I've watched enough things turn, however you don't leave out what IS important about chips and tooling selection, setup etc. Now for what I would hope will be a useful tip. When I ran a lathe and needed to "knock the edge off of a part" I did one thing for safety sake, I would turn the file end for end, and run the lathe backwards. With this arrangement I could reduce the risk of a miss-step leaving me with a file sticking out of me. Also, (and I'm aware that you know this, so my apologies in advance) on must keep the file in motion and not just rely on the turning of the part to get the cutting done. I have actually seen guys with plenty of years in front of a lathe that did not get this. Once again, thanks for the very good work.
Thanks Ido'.. and good tip! I have in fact tried that quite a few times but the muscle memory just wasn't with me and it felt more dangerous than doing it the other way 'round. Old dog / new tricks. I completely agree, however.
This Old Tony is
Words can't describe how great this channel is. Absolutely brilliant production, ideas, and humor. This Old Tony also avoids all the bad youtube tropes and delivers excellent content in the best humble dad joke style. I love it! I don't machine anything but find myself re-watching these videos over-and over again. Kudos TOT, i really dig your style and elaborate time-travel-slipping-on-banana-peel jokes. Seriously nobody does this stuff so good.
Dear lord! How am I just now discovering this person? He's like ClickSpring with a sense of humor!
Exactly! gotta love him
clickspring creeps me out.
Lobotoman He'll put you to sleep if you aren't careful
Forward PhysX I will generally use Clickspring to put myself to sleep when I'm having troubles with the same. His stuff is incredibly relaxing to watch.
Not just a sense of humor, but an actual grasp of it.
My grandfather used to tell me, if you like skin care, metal work is not for you. But if you feel you may need all your fingers in the future, no rings in the shop. The fact that my grandfather was 8 and a half fingers was quite persuasive.
Great job Tony
Your grandpa was 8 and a half fingers? So the rest of his body was missing??
@@taunokekkonen5733Grandpa must've learned sign language before the accident. Silver linings
Brilliant stuff tony!
Tony. I'm addicted to your new vids. Keep up the great work man!
Thanks Mr. Click.. your videos ain't so shabby either. ;)
Am I the only one who read that comment in an Aussie accent?
Look whos talking. Between the two of you theres certainly plenty to think on.
@@coastalintegrated Boy you must be going through some serious withdrawal.
As an old woodworker, I really appreciate the work you go through in the world of metal. Watching you create this part was fascinating. Keep up the great videos mate!
Well, that was disappointing. I was not bored at all. How am I supposed to sleep now?
It just made me want to go down to the workshop and lock myself in for a few hours.
@@cod4madass I don't have a workshop, but now I want to build one.
Phenomenal stuff. Sheer badassery. Love this channel. Great videos Tony, hats off. I have been in the trade as a CNC machinist for the last 20+ years and you're as good as anyone I've seen in the wild. Appreciate the hell out of your sharing this grooviness....
Absolutely outstanding video! Machining, comedy AND time travel.. I watched this with ear buds while having my morning coffee and my wife gave me "the look" a couple of times when I laughed out loud. Thanks for making my day. Fred
Thanks Fred!
If u see this, after 2yrs......i m in LOVE with ur EDITING, machining & of course the amazing "insane level of Humour" (I don't know whts tht mean) out of a dry & sour subject....... Hats off. RESPECT.
Your machining skills are insane and the amount of quality editing you put into the video is just as good. Very nice work.
Thanks Thunder!
I know nothing about machining, but I can appreciate the craftsmanship. Simply amazing.
My wife groans when she hears your jokes. It is my understanding that that means you're doing it right. :)
My wife just gives me that look. And mentally says why are you getting your material from these guys on UA-cam
As long as we get the jokes who cares
I suppose the jokes are exactly to accommodate for wives.. ain't them?
In Russia there is such expression Clever fingers! But here even it does not transfer your unreal ability and skill!! I watch your video with an open mouth and without moving! Low bow to you!!
35min well worth watching! Your videos never make me think "I want my time back" ;)
The ones that do make you wish that.. i go back in time and delete them. ;)
Thanks Stefan.
(I know I'm a year late but I needed to make a witty reply)
I usually DO want my time back after watching his videos. That way I can watch them again.
Both thank your spied supreme author! #repent #reveal
Another awesome build man. I have been in the hospital for over a month and I cant tell you how much I appreciate these videos. Incredible projects and you crack me up, I really need that. Thank you very much.
You sir, are a kind of rare people. The kind that we need more of. Thank you for this great video!
Outstanding job! I was a machinist and then a tool maker for about 22 years. Made some crazy stuff but don't think i would have attempted this!
Yo... Tony! Your videos are so genuine and honest and unaffected. My hat's off to you. I just love their sense and character. Great, brother! Thank you. I love 'em and have learned so much. Then, thank you again.
Thanks Rubba!
I'm sure you was a movie director or a Bridgeport in your past life...
Some off the best content on UA-cam !
I appreciate your time and effort to educate and entertain us
You are setting the standard both for machining skill and content creation. This is a brilliant video.
he needs his own TV show
Thanks JohN!
I really miss these longer videos that showcase such a journey combined with you being you, your legendary video editing, and your always amazing finished products.
I love how you take such boring subjects (looks like his puns are contagious 🙄) and made amazing, educational, and entertaining videos out of it! Thanks for another well done video!
Thank you l really enjoyed watching a true Machinist create a precision tool..as an old Machinist myself I understood everything you did.. your final product came out beautiful..
Congratulations. I know that boring head will last forever
as precision tooling always does...Ed from Colorado
You literally inspire me tony. Not even joking when I say that. I have been going to the votech for the past three years and I am soon to be machining for the navy. You help me out and you make learning more enjoyable and entertaining. Thank you for doing what you do man.
Im moving into a position at work where i will be using a fly cutter to surface optics lenses and I was turned onto your channel by one of our engineers and this has quickly become one of my favorites. TOT you are awesome, I love your videos and i cant wait to see more
Picked up your channel while in Covid lockdown, those weeks where not wasted!
This one is pure art, I have much to learn and am looking forward to making many of my own mistak.. TOOLS, many of my own tools.
Thanks for your excellent work!
"never put off till part 2 what you can cram into part 1, yo."
- Benjamin Franklin 1836
I love your humor.
What, you havent ground a bottle jack into a 3 jaw? Its easy, it even lubes itself, saving on cutting oil and coolant
You do crack me up Tony wonderful sense of humour specially like the falling over part. Hilarious. That boring head turned out gorgeous Tony. Wish I had your skills buddy. Specially like your cnc. Very cool
Abom would have stretched this out into four, 40 minute videos. I've only just discovered your channel and I'm currently binge watching them. Your sense of humour is great 🙂
Abom would have justified 4 videos by making a Wohlhaupter UPA copy,so there, that's told yer.😂
Not really but thanks as ever for your valued input.
I had no idea what a boring head is, so I had to go and watch another video about that, so I was adequately prepared for this one. :)
I've never done any machining in my life, but I love this channel, and enjoy every video.
It doesn’t get much better then this! Well done, thanks for sharing your talent with the world.
I just happened to come upon this video, and I must say, I enjoy your method of teaching. It’s always much more pleasant to learn when the videos are well put together and “the passion” shows through. The humor is just the cherry on top of it all. I appreciate you. Keep it up!
Thanks Debo!
Like most people wait for the next episode of GoT i wait for these. Thanks Tony, always a joy watching your videos!
Thanks Longrange.. and less people die here, too. :)
I've watched this and just about all of your videos multiple times. They are so nicely put together and pleasant to watch! Keep up the great work Tony!
The most amazing part of this video to me is the part where the dovetails fit perfectly. So. Ducking. Satisfying.
And if you wear the right shorts, you can hide your. Ducking. Quack by sitting on it! 😜
I enjoy machining as a hobby and your videos and mastery are a pleasure to watch. On of the best on UA-cam. Keep up the great work!
I just want to take a moment to voice my appreciation for the effort that went into making these self future references, because to me it feels like a lot of things to keep in mind (or on paper) to stay consistent.
I have zero use for a boring head or any of the other tools you make yet I love watching them all. Great work
Brilliant stuff! Quality in everything: Humor, editing/production, the tool itself ... Stellar! Keep it up!
That intro absolutely freaked me out. This is the first time in over 10 years of me watching youtube that I’ve been the victim of those “just say a name and hope it gets one of the viewers” jokes. Well played, Tony.
Haha it was not one of those times, sorry.
He was "making fun of" Adam of the channel Abom79 here on youtube.
These are some of the most entertaining and educational machining videos I've run into. Well done sir! :)
Thanks heaps Tony for using Metric units in your videos, as someone who really doesn't understand the barley grain/thumb width system, it helps me understand whats going on.
Your videos on the lathe usage make me want to go out and get a lathe, be 30 years younger living in today's world.
Being a female in a mill in the 70's, 80's, and even 90's was not very practical...but I sure do LOVE all sciencey, matchy, and working with my hands just like and guy....
Can I use you time machine?
It's never too late to accomplish your dreams
Heck, you owe it to yourself to give this stuff a whirl. The only worthwhile thing you can take from this world is joy.
As an older machinist (who still turns the wheels by hand) I enjoy your videos, Tony.
RE: Nicholson files and the changing quality over the past few years, Nicholson moved much of their manufacturing south of the United States a few years ago. I was die-hard Nick, Heller, Grotz, and now Nicholson is out of my good graces. They may have saved some money moving to Mexico, but they are losing professional tool users.
34:02 I'm sure it is plenty sharp. You just need to slow the feed, increase flutes or(best solution) grind or file some relief into your engraving bit. If it is one of those one flute points Ive seen you make, the problem is no relief. Without relief, you are pushing the round backside of the cutter against the work for a full 180 degrees after the cut- that tends to push the material out of the way.
Going back and watching your older videos (still great videos) I appreciate the effort you've made to increase the production quality! Great stuff
I do love how Tolkien started the hobbit, all those dwarves gathered in Bilbo's machine shop, and then Gandalf showed up and did some single point threading on Bilbo's lathe. An all time classic. :')
How do you think Sauron made the ring?
@@clairekholin6935 a forging lathe probably. Too small for full size industrial ring rolling.
You have another fan, Tony. I don’t have any tools or quals for machining, but I love to watch, listen and learn! Best wishes!
Yeah, wonder why you don't have a million subscribers - real a master piece you did there !
Nice video ideas/editing too !
I was curious about the same thing, this is studio quality!!!
excellent thanks so much
He's almost at a million now!
Just had to work on it for a bit longer lol
Every single time I get a chuckle out of the cutting shenanigans. Never gets old
Dude. Traveling into the future to measure up a tool you haven't made yet in order to save time is one thing. But borrowing the tool itself? That's gonna get someone hurt.
These videos are so good they should come with a disclaimer for loss of sleep. I've learned more about tools in the 3 weeks I've been watching your video then I knew existed.
I've never seen footage of you actually using the saw. I'm beginning to believe you may not have one and actually use some strange machine that your hiding
He uses a hacksaw by hand but is too embarrassed.
21:52 the legends are true. He had a bandsaw before the Start rite
okay, the wooddruff (misspelled) cutter may have been doable with a large bolt, but making a 3 jaw chuck from a bottle jack LOL that I had to comment on that, thanks Tony!!! I love your videos!!! you must have one hell of a bench grinder.
old tony thinking "that clickspring guy is taking too many of my viewers.......better engrave some bronze....."
Your videos inspired me to buy a lathe and mill to get started. Just picked up a Logan 922 and an old Benchmaster vertical. Wont be doing anything close to what you are doing but I can't wait. Thank you for your channel.
@thisoldtony, dude you gotta help... I can't stop watching your videos. Seriously, I've been through everything like 3 or 4 times. Especially this one and the espresso pot build. If you have more start to finish machining projects, this guy would love more. Thank you for the content. Literally can't get enough.
You do very good work, Tony! I enjoy your videos. Thanks for showing us what you did to produce such a fine-looking tool. My life is too short to make tools. I'll buy 'em.
You have some AWESOME talent! Thank you for sharing! I LOVE your videos!
Thanks!
Rather than a lathe file invest in a tube sander with a large selection of belt grits,you can get a super accurate finish.Great videos as always Tony.
Using the boring bar like that- genius. This might convince me to start making my own boring head...
Great video. What a different feel over other machinists. It's like the video quality like clickspring, only with a laid-back feel. Well, almost the quality...
EDIT: I'm only halfway through the video and I'm really feeling making that boring head now. The way you're doing things is so ingenius, like using the pins to measure the dovetails. I've never seen that before but I feel like can use it later.
Thanks Anand!
It always amazes me watching people with the skills and equipment to manufacture their own things. Need a new precision tool, you make it. Need a new coffee machine, you make it. As another who strongly favours quality I usually spend a lot of time researching exactly who to buy from, possibly even as much as it takes to make the tool. Until I magically get the skills needed from one of Tony's cut scenes I'll just have to sit on the outside watching and wishing. And even though I'll likely never use it I've learnt a massive amount which is a real testament to your teaching considering the most I'd ever done or cared about until now is premade Ikea kits.
For a boring head it was quite an exciting build.
An excellent vid. I think machinist schools should have this project for their students as there are several complicated ( but nothing impossible ) steps to go through. The end product is beautiful ( like a swiss watch ) and practical too. Thank you.
You know you've made it as a machinist when you machine your own machine parts, because the machine parts you've got aren't quite good enough to machine with the way you want to...
And when you have to go to the future to get the part you made to make the part you need.
I enjoyed every minute. Like everybody WOW! Everything went together like good wine! Also I never worked in your field, I am more of a self thought welder, I just dream about having your talent every time something breaks that require machining. Awesome, you have a great talent, I watched your videos and enjoyed them very much.
Tony you're likely the funniest machinist on youtube!
What a great project and incredible video! This is some of the best stuff on UA-cam. Thank you of taking the time to make it.
A comedy, Sci-fi, instructional video. Yeah, you don't see those every day.
That almost looked "store-bought"!
Beautiful work, sir.
Thanks for sharing!
Not too bad for a time traveling blind person. Love your videos and in my humble opinion... you are constantly improving and should be on the same level as some of the UA-cam five year olds filming in their parents kitchen very soon. ;)
But all the envy aside... educational, funny, interesting... just awesome... I'm loving it! Please keep on going and keep educating us completely blind guys.
Thanks Frank!
love your videos Tony...As others have countless times mentioend...the information, the humour, the process' being broken down so a layman can get what you're doing...much appreciated...
I've bounced between hobbies for years...metalwork has always been one of them though...usually out of necessity...
Now it's out of love...While I don't have anywhere near the gizmo's n neat tool doodads you have...I'm slowly collecting things to make more things...each project a little more refined than the last...
thanks for being a very real, very awesome inspiration
I have an Aldi drill press you can borrow, 'cause I've been watching you, and I think your'e ready to work with the good stuff.
Got here cuz Ave sometimes makes mention of TOT in his vids. He wasn’t kidding, you’re really pumping out some great content! All I know about machining I learned on UA-cam but...mad respect! Im subbing!
great job man, great video, that jab at Abom hahahaha
Ya I laughed out loud at that part too!
Yeah. No so much a jab as they usually are, more a good buddy type fun jab with a smile.
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Going through these old videos and hearing my name in the first 10 seconds was very odd. What a way to get me focused lol
It’s a call to action fellow Adam
I honestly find that metric is much more reliable when you travel more than 240 years back in time.
Ive been hunting around for some 20 minute videos to watch, and marching with some light humour feels like a hot meal right now.
"And just like every other great story in history, ours is gonna start at the lathe..." 😂😂😂
Brilliant video. In today's incredibly fast-paced engineering world its so relaxing to watch you resort to the the ole-timey ways.
"I'll put a link in the dooblydoo" (guess what channel brought me here :D)
EEVBlog! ;) Glad to have you macbeth, pull up a chair.
This Old Tony +1 for trying, but nope, it's that guy from Canukistan, AvE. I'll make sure I check out EEVBlog since you mentioned. Good craftsmanship man, and excellent editing. Quite the pro if I may say. Solidworks even.. wow. Wish I could smell that coffee at the end tho, going to hunt for a cup!
Thanks for the videos!
AvE and Abom coincidentally also brought me here! What a sweet part Old Tony
Ave sent me as well
FYI, the term "dooblydoo" for referring to the video description was actually coined by John Green of the Vlogbrothers, several years ago, it's not originally an AvE thing.
Funny, of all the crazy, fun words he makes up, that one wasn't his :P
Thanks for the tips on time travel. I have been working on my own time machine and was wondering about Metric vs Imperial. I was leaning toward Metric but after watching this video I am sold solid on Imperial for anything related to time travel!
Don't know why you're still using that old analog time travel machine. They're all digital now. Better resolution.
Mike, there's just something about the warm feel of the analog units. You can hardly find them now what with all the hipsters buying them up!
When an analog machine runs into trouble, it can wind down safely using the residual space-time momentum left in the flywheel. When the digital units run into trouble, they just go haywire and everything comes to an abrupt halt. The last thing you want to see when you're barreling along at 2500 years per microsecond is a BSOD. Also, resolution isn't an issue, really. In theory, analog has effectively unlimited resolution, all the way down to Planck time. Just how well you can get things calibrated is all in the pre-jump indicating.
@@davel6683 And remember -- all of that digital technology could not have been developed if it weren't for the pioneering efforts of the analog guys. Er, uhm... unless the digital guys did it first, and then jumped back, and... er... uhm...
Phreadrick Hejrick you're actually you're both correct and wrong. Both the digital and mechanical ones were around first. And it doesn't really matter anyways
While the digital one are very easier to use and are far more precise stopping down to milliseconds. But when they went wrong oh boy they went really wrong and having what's left of your scattered across space-time isn't what I'd call a good time. The universal positioning clock is also more precise so you're less likely to end up in the middle of space because you forgot to check your mechanical clock and now your solar system is millions of miles away and you're stuck in the vacuum of space. And the digital ones have a time-space memory that stores your last previously used space-time position you you can return a few milliseconds after you initially leave very few analog ones have this feature and the ones that do are only accurate down to an hour to a few minutes.
But the drift on mechanical ones makes them easier to use, in case you don't know, some mechanical ones allow you to shut off a specific part of it to allow you to slowly drift closer to real time it's more precise then a flat stop on a point in time manually but still not as accurate as a digital one. Also mechanical ones are cheaper, easier to maintain, and when they get broken are a lot easier to fix than the one that requires a theoretical physics degree and some level of mastery over software.
In the end it's all personal preference and the rise in popularity with the digital ones is purely because time traveling is becoming more mainstream and people that help maintain and fix them are becoming more common as a career choice now. And because of that it's more convenient for a lot of people just to bring their more precise and digital time machine into the shop for someone else to maintain or fix.
Anyways back on topic both time machines came into existence at the same time when someone used a digital time machine to go to the future to steal a mechanical time machine and someone used the mechanical time machine at the exact same point in space time to go to the future to steal the digital one. I hear they're planning on making a hybrid system time machines sometime in the future that might either be better than either current option or worse. And guessing by the fact nobody stole it from the future yet it's safe to guess worse.
Hi This Old Tony, just wanted to say I like watching your videos. Probably a favorite for me. Thank you for the knowledge and the laughs. God bless you and your family.
Tee shirt "Every great story in history started off with a lathe"
I bought a 75 mm Chinese boring head, but (the magic word), what a piece of junk (like 70% of all other stuff I bought). Firstly, it had 0.35 mm play between the slide and adjustment screw. Secondly, its imperial. I already designed a new boring head which I now will build. The markings on the setting screw will be a challenge. Unfortunately I don't have a nice CNC machine like you brother. You did a great job.
Your videos are frikkin brilliant. I work in the motion picture industry and your camera angles, lighting, and editing is superb. Your also a funny bugger, so that helps too. I'm just starting out in the machining world, and youtube is a great resource for me, a lot to aspire to. I'm quite amazed at what you are producing in these videos. As a footnote, I have a DRO exactly the same as yours. Sadly the manual is in chinese english, and I don't understand almost anything. I'm completely unable to input any subdatums etc. I just Zero everything and keep everything else on paper. Slow :(
I had no idea I'd be interested in machining but dang man, your stuff popped up in my suggested video and now I cant get enough!
This channel is great! It's like a mix of Clickspring and AVE!
Plot twist: CS and AVE are spin-offs! Thanks Myadler!
+This Old Tony I had a feeling.
Both CS and AVE are much loved and admired cave buddies however they are naught but pretenders to the machining genius of TOT
You had me thinking until you went to the CNC. Very beautiful work. Thanks for filming/reording the project.