ThatLazyMachinist. Great beginners videos.

[Larry$]

I've watched, at one time or another, almost everyone of the channels mentioned in these posts. I mostly watch videos while on my exercise bike trying to drive down my blood sugars.
Much to be learned, I keep notes from many of the videos, but rarely look back at them. I do like Marc's (that lazy machinist) sense of humor.

 

[SouthernChap]

The real kiss of death (for me, anyway) is content creators who have obviously taken inspiration from other channels without leaving the proper credit. At least one channel mentioned in this thread used to do that, and I will not watch their vids, period.

Are you referring to the nonsense about Quinn releasing a video about making springs where the video followed the technique detailed by Kozo in his A3 book (notably, after she had already released a significant number of previous videos explicitly following his book with full credit) and failed to mention in this one particular video that the technique was from the Kozo book?

I mean if you're not, my apologies.

If you are then, I think your standards for moral perfection are just a teensy bit too high for my tastes.

 

[SouthernChap]

I do like Marc's (that lazy machinist) sense of humor.

I don't know, but I suspect it's a particularly French Canadian humour

 

[CJ5Dave]

I wish all these videos moved a bit faster. The humor, personal info, etc. puts me to sleep before the useful info shows up. I was up and the info I was watching for is gone.

 

[Shiseiji]

I wish all these videos moved a bit faster. The humor, personal info, etc. puts me to sleep before the useful info shows up. I was up and the info I was watching for is gone.

Often I just click the gear and run them at 1.75 or 2X. FWIW my biggest peeve is people who don't show where they are going at the beginning. Hate having to go to the end to understand what they are making.

 

[Shiseiji]

Pedagogiwhat now?

MrCrispin the one with the magic tricks and butler?

TOT and Stefan are different sides of the spectrum so to speak. I would love to make videos like that, but both of them and inheritance machining must be independently wealthy or retired.

I barely have time to post my meager progress I’m my threads let alone perform and edit video.

I would probably throw in pratfalls like the Indian/Pakistani electric guy who is always getting shocked.

Stefan worked for a large typical German "stay for life place". In the past year he left that and now runs his own shop. Inheritance machining left his job as, I forget what type specifically, an engineer. His wife is a professional cinematographer. She supported his leaving his day job and pitches in. It shows. Picked this up from them, guess I just happened to catch the ones where they mentioned all this.

 

[Shiseiji]

Well, that's a relief. Whilst I doubt that Joe is a card carrying affiliate member of the National Organisation of Women*, I'd rather hope that he'd not dismiss someone who seems to be a reasonably talented hobby machinist and an effective YouTube teacher in the way that I've seen in some comments in his video.


Ah, perhaps a little clumsily worded (but ultimately not incorrect, Quinn is an amateur and Joe is a professional and the machine tools they have access to are very different in capability), which could be perceived as patronising, so possibly the reason why Quinn banned him from the comments section on her videos.

If this is the case I guess I'd not judge Quinn too harshly for her overreaction. She's shown fair to middling guts putting herself out there in the hobby machining community which is dominated by men and, like most previously male dominated technical pursuits, not famed for its sensitivity. Some of the comments she gets on her videos make me cringe and those are the ones that haven't been deleted. It's probably easy to get peeved when someone like Joe makes an apparently patronising comment. Eh, hopefully, at some point they'll shake hands and have a beer. We're all after the same perfect surface finish after all.

*first US women's organisation I came across that would do to humourously illustrate my point. I know nothing about the organisation, so please don't read it as me supporting or for that matter, mocking them.

I don't watch every thing Joe Pi puts out, but I recall some pretty snarky remarks over using cyanoacrylate adhesive for work holding and it was very clear he was talking about Quinn. To me it simply came across as unnecessary, condescending, and disappointing. Made me think of the Practical Machinist forum 10 years ago. I've read some of his comment responses that were very dismissive and "I'm the pro, yada yada." that were simply disappointing. Enough so I don't bother taking the time to read the comments at all.

 

[SouthernChap]

I don't watch every thing Joe Pi puts out, but I recall some pretty snarky remarks over using cyanoacrylate adhesive for work holding and it was very clear he was talking about Quinn. To me it simply came across as unnecessary, condescending, and disappointing. Made me think of the Practical Machinist forum 10 years ago. I've read some of his comment responses that were very dismissive and "I'm the pro, yada yada." that were simply disappointing. Enough so I don't bother taking the time to read the comments at all.

Yep, he definitely seems like someone that if I were trapped in a workshop with, I'd want a decent supply of my meds.

There's enough really good content on his channel to make it worth checking to see if he has a video on any given subject, but I wouldn't ever subscribe, and I don't ever read the comments on his videos (don't tend to read the comments on YouTube videos much anyway). He strikes me as someone who's fallen for his own hype.

Y'see, I suspect MrPete and Joe Pie share a fair bit of world-view (one that doesn't exactly chime with mine, to say the least) and both present a fairly gruff, 'no-nonsense' personality, but at heart, it seems to me that MrPete is a man of kind, decent and humble character. Joe Pie? Not really seen that in him, so much.

 

[RaisedByWolves]

Sorry man, did a little word smiting for you....

I’ve spent more hours on mandatory after action safety interrogations than I care to think about due to people doing dumb things.

Wasn't meant to be funny.. .. just sat through a few myself, they generally lead, in my experience to over reaction because safety tends to be reactive rather than proactive.

I've become pretty well versed in tying these things up when they venture off into the realm of the ridiculous.

Weve finally pushed EHS

I don't watch every thing Joe Pi puts out, but I recall some pretty snarky remarks over using cyanoacrylate adhesive for work holding and it was very clear he was talking about Quinn. To me it simply came across as unnecessary, condescending, and disappointing. Made me think of the Practical Machinist forum 10 years ago. I've read some of his comment responses that were very dismissive and "I'm the pro, yada yada." that were simply disappointing. Enough so I don't bother taking the time to read the comments at all.

Yep, he definitely seems like someone that if I were trapped in a workshop with, I'd want a decent supply of my meds.

There's enough really good content on his channel to make it worth checking to see if he has a video on any given subject, but I wouldn't ever subscribe, and I don't ever read the comments on his videos (don't tend to read the comments on YouTube videos much anyway). He strikes me as someone who's fallen for his own hype.

Y'see, I suspect MrPete and Joe Pie share a fair bit of world-view (one that doesn't exactly chime with mine, to say the least) and both present a fairly gruff, 'no-nonsense' personality, but at heart, it seems to me that MrPete is a man of kind, decent and humble character. Joe Pie? Not really seen that in him, so much.

Not sure if the specific instances being referred to, but this generally comes from a lifetime working in shops.

The term “**** off” is widely used for these situations “in the shop”and really no one is worse for wear inside the shop, but it really doesn’t translate well to civilian life.


The crazy glue thing works well enough even though I was initially a skeptic, but it does have a dangerous downside so maybe that’s his issue with it.

If you get the glue hot while machining it will flash off and the fumes are horrible, hazardous and could lead to an accident.

It’s a tool in the toolbox, but should really be used sparingly.

 

[SouthernChap]

Not sure if the specific instances being referred to, but this generally comes from a lifetime working in shops.

The term “**** off” is widely used for these situations “in the shop”and really no one is worse for wear inside the shop, but it really doesn’t translate well to civilian life.

When I was working in my first proper job, back in the 90s, doing a mixture of writing production and incident tracking software, writing pretty much 'ladybird book' level PLC control routines, plant networking install and maintenance and a bit of general IT support ("Hey...compudah guy!") for Cosworth, I had occasion to walk into the maintenance tech's cage and there, about 10 feet off the ground was the newest apprentice, cable tied to the cage in cruciform position. Apparently, he'd been playing up again and the technician's patience had finally worn thin.

Now, this lad was a pain in the arse (he'd spent two weeks shadowing me, and I spent more time during that fortnight trying to get 10 minutes work out of this surly little scrote than actually teaching him anything; he wasn't even entertaining or funny in the way some teenagers can be) and his dad who also worked there had only very reluctantly got him an apprenticeship position there.

When his dad walked by, back from the company canteen, and saw him, he just shook his head and asked the technicians "what did he do this time?". To be fair, the lads did get the little oxygen thief down out of respect for his dad, but later on I overheard his dad having a word with him quietly saying "If you're going to insist on being idle and swing the lead, you have to at least learn to get along with people and have them like you!" Those words really stuck with me (not that I successfully practice the wisdom, I'm an aggravating arse if I'm honest!).

Thing is though, that was in a production facility. I've learned a lot from Joe Pie and have a metric crap ton of respect for his abilities but frankly, I don't think I particularly like the guy.

The crazy glue thing works well enough even though I was initially a skeptic, but it does have a dangerous downside so maybe that’s his issue with it.

If you get the glue hot while machining it will flash off and the fumes are horrible, hazardous and could lead to an accident.

It’s a tool in the toolbox, but should really be used sparingly.

Superglue can be very handy but like you say, it's suitability for workholding is dependent on the scenario.

Maybe Quinn knows, given the hobbyist machines she has, and the low tool pressure she will be limited to, that she's unlikely to heat up the part where that might happen; I don't know but she seems to be pretty switched on about safety.