100k Subscriber Giveaway Winner Announcement and Shop Update

[@marktime48]

The high school is the real winners, getting community support from a well-established professional machinist to encourage them to learn and grow into the trade. Great to hear that support.

[@greglaroche1753]

Thank God there are still schools that teach basic shop skills.

[@gagasmancave8859]

Well done on the 100000 and to the winner

[@mikep1085]

Josh.. GREAT JOB for the donation to the high school program!! Thats awesome. Also good news on Conner sticking around for a while! 😎

[@edsmachine93]

Congratulations Bernie. 👍 way to go! Josh, nice giving the tools to the Highschool machine shop.👍👍

[@StuartsShed]

Isn’t that the truth? And it never stops. They say owning a boat is expensive - it’s nothing compared to machine tools.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Boats are a good investment in comparison. Lol

[@StuartsShed]

Literally every single new job needs some different tool. Or so it seems. Or else you live with running inefficiently. And I’m just doing it for “fun”.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

@@StuartsShed I am finally at the point of being well tooled, but there is always one more thing I could use. Maybe a 96" Starrett caliper. Lol

[@donteeple6124]

Amen !!!!! They say BOAT means bring on another thousand,,......well they never have been a good machinist then !!!!!!

[@ironworkerfxr7105]

B.O.A.T = BREAK OUT ANOTHER THOUSAND.🎉🎉

[@davidcashin9194]

Really nice gesture donating the tools to the high school "may the force be with you".

[@jasonhull5712]

I didn’t think they were even teaching any shop classes anymore. Glad to hear they are!

[@michaellehmann280]

Kudos to you Josh for donating to the local High School! To many schools have eliminated shop classes.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

I'm super supportive of what Mr. Tischer is trying to do here. Such a great thing for the area.

[@jrmintz1]

Great! The schools turn out our future.

[@BrucePierson]

That Spooner High School shop sounds really fantastic. When I was in high school, I did metalwork and we only had lathes, a shaper, bench grinder and a forge from memory. I don't recall a drill press, but there may have been one. Nothing like what SHS has and will be having. Good on them for having such a variety of good equipment for students to learn on. That's great that you are donating more tools for them.

[@tetedur377]

It was what we call now "middle school," but back then it was just school. We had metal shop and we had wood shop. We had a forge, a stick welder, and an ox-accetalyne setup up, and that was it. We could learn to stick weld, cut, and braze, and that was pretty much it.

[@lewerim]

Congrats, Bernie...

[@hasletjoe5984]

Congratulations Bernie! It will only get worse as your learn you need more and more stuff! Nice Gesture Josh!, thanks for the video.

[@carlbyington5185]

Good on ya Bro.... Even with hard times, helping others, well, you know, it comes back tri-fold :) Thanks for the content.

[@gregoryskaggs656]

Paying it forward to the local school is an awesome gesture. So much has been lost to the tradecraft education in the last few decades. Great to see you helping them.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Couldn't agree more!

[@frankerceg4349]

Thank you Josh!

[@orangetruckman]

Congratulations to the winners. Keep it going Josh 🤘🏻

[@brian_2040]

Totally awesome what you are doing for the kids. You sir are a great person.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

I try

[@ypaulbrown]

well done Josh.....I think your gift to the school and Bernie was the correct one.......

[@rexmyers991]

Congratulations to Randy! Good luck in your new career.

[@billpuscas5228]

Josh, You know where I stand on teaching the next generation this great trade we have. I sent you a check to go along with what you are donating. You made my day when you said you were doing something for them.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Thank you Bill.

[@russtuff]

Congratulations! Also, I'm excited to see some saw mill content as it's what led me to find your channel.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

I'm hoping to get sawing soon. Been hectic in the shop lately

[@terrycannon570]

I can certainly agree with the cost of tooling. When I bought my Clausing 5913 the additional tooling that came with it exceeded what I paid for the lathe pluss the tooling that came with it. Thanks Josh. Congrats to you and the winner Bernie.

[@nobuckle40]

Congrats all around! Congrats again Josh on the sub numbers. Congrats Bernie on winning the give away. Hat's off to the Spooner High School for doing the best they can at continuing the trade.

[@bheckel1]

sometimes the best machines are on Wisconsin surplus auction. I have seen some not very old machine equipment for dimes on the dollar. It would be cool if the state could just reallocate those machines to districts trying to build their shops.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Unfortunately government doesn't use common sense when it comes to financial decisions. Sell it for pennies, just to buy it again for a premium.

[@delalima]

amazing job you are doing

[@SuperJaXXas]

Love it, it's all about the kids, what world will they build?

[@tomstckel4489]

Congrats, love to look your channel 🙂 100 K wow

[@TalRohan]

cool idea for spooner highschool and excellent comment from the winner... I can defintely agree with the crazy amount of peripherals you need ...blacksmithing is just the same.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Absolutely!

[@TalRohan]

@@TopperMachineLLC Also cool that Connor will get to hopefully finish up the diggy caterpillar thing too...brainfog I cant remember what its called right now lol

[@TopperMachineLLC]

@@TalRohan Dragline crane. And hopefully we can get it crawling again soon.

[@TalRohan]

@@TopperMachineLLC lol thankyou, I am sure between you , you have the necessary super powers

[@BrucePierson]

I just got my new 100 square foot personal home shop set up last year and my 90 square foot wood shop set up this year. I'd been accumulating tools for years and finally got things set up. It's made doing small jobs at home so much easier.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

That is awesome!

[@rupunzel6299]

Well deserved 100K award.. content and ways of working as presented represent the realities of a working machine shop. The other high cost item for any machine shop is Metrology ala measuring tools and assuring they are measuring to reference standards. One single out of cal measuring tool can ruin/scrap a pile-O-parts. Folks new to venturing into starting a machine shop tend of focus on the machine tool often not realizing the cost of tooling and cutting tools which are consumables and measuring tools can easily adds up to FAR more than the cost of the machine tool.

[@dillydallydollcomachineand8246]

Congratulations Bernie 💥💥💥💥 Thank you for supporting the trades 💯💯💯💯

[@marcmckenzie5110]

Congratulations Bernie Janssen! Welcome to the hobby that makes deep sea sport fishing off of Venezuela look like small change!!

[@gusviera3905]

Well done, Josh. You don't just talk the talk...you walk the walk. And you are doing your part to help ensure the fundamental skills of this profession are not lost in the rush to AI and CNC. Nicely done. And congrats to all the well-deserved winners. Cheers.

[@kimber1958]

Once again, congratulations on the hundred thousand. Look forward to seeing you in the future.

[@le3045acp]

oh and condradulations ive been a subscriber since i watched your first video

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

I'm surprised to hear that the Spooner high school doesn't have more shop equipment. In the 1960s when I was going to high school, the school shops were very well equipped, mostly with government surplus equipment produced for WWII. Machines had brass tags stating that they were still owned by the US government and on loan to the school. This was a way to make certain that there would be people to operate the equipment if needed like they did in WWII.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

When they built the new school, most of the stuff was scrapped. The shop teacher at the time didn't see any future for these skills. The new shop teacher has done amazing work to restore the shop to what it should be.

[@benbusfield6498]

Awesome 👏 work and dedication and awesome idea for getting the students involved with this as well 🎉you rock keep up the amazing work wonderful content and teaching students and us as well 👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Thank you.

[@swanvalleymachineshop]

Nice one 👍

[@geckoproductions4128]

Congrats on 100K subscribers! I hope it's putting a little jing in your jeans. +++on tooling costs. Mr. Pete told me years ago as advice to a new apprentice that you should if you can but another tool you NEED every payday. I would add, try to buy HIGH QUALITY tooling and avoid the cheap stuff. I have found that you can often find the good stuff gently used at a fraction of the new price. Last thing, buy high quality tool boxes. Don't waste money on the cheap stuff, you'll regret it. BTW: Josh, I'm a bee keeper in South Texas too...14 hives & counting

[@MrNeverseeme]

I WON!

[@mikeslayer5926]

congrats to the winners , and the locals who won some endmills to crash up , ....hey, how well does your H.F. cyclone attatchment for the shop vac work ??? thanks for yer answer and yer helping the local machinists out Mike

[@TopperMachineLLC]

It works surprisingly well. I use it for one nasty lathe job, doesn't plug up the filter on the vac.

[@ellieprice363]

I have a H F cyclone attachment for my shop vacuum. It’s mounted on top of my Dewalt with a remote hand switch to turn it on and off. 99 percent of the chips and dirt stay in the top red bucket. The filter stays clean. It’s a true marvel the way it works.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

@@ellieprice363 very old technology, that can't be perfected on in modern times. Keep it simple!

[@alanm3438]

Thanks for the video. I could not use the tools but what a great idea to donate them. I am glad that you are so willing to help your local school out. Thanks again for all the work that you put in to making the videos. The news reports a lot of stories of bad people doing bad things. Watching you restores my faith that there are still good people out there. I look forward to seeing your work on the steam engine and on the saw mill.

[@ron827]

More power to Connor on his commitment to the Armed Services which I think would do a lot of our "lost" some good. I was drafted in 1968 and my Army experience was good for me even at the age of 26.

[@donteeple6124]

Congrats to Bernie !!!! Josh , maybe you can figure out a way we as your subscribers can donate $ to help support those local shop kids, and/or maybe even set aside $ for a nice shop gift for Connor for all he has done with the channel. Don

[@TopperMachineLLC]

That is a great idea. I think just using the paypal donate would be best.

[@ByteOfSilicon]

@@TopperMachineLLC How about setting up a gofundme account for them?

[@gregsullivan8956]

Morning

[@CoreyChristensen-bj2hf]

Didn't know Starrett made an imperial fraction dial caliper. Great...now I need one real bad...

[@TopperMachineLLC]

I was surprised also. Thought it was a great item for someone.

[@donteeple6124]

Thanks!

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Thanks Don. I will add to the school fund.

[@BrucePierson]

Good news that Connor will still be there for a a couple more months to help with work and your own projects. Great to see a young man doing something useful with his life. So much teen violence and criminal activity here in Australia, it's really bad. It's a big problem that they only get a slap on the wrist for serious crimes and let out on bail to re-offend.

[@patrickspencer4360]

Best wishes to Connor, Army Vet, 1968 Korea and Vietnam. Since he will be out of high school how about an introduction with him about his future.

[@patrickbeaumier8616]

👍👍👍

[@theoriginalbubba1036]

Congratulations! Could you keep it down about tooling cost though, the wife might hear you...

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Lol. She will figure it out.

[@transmitterguy478]

Josh, it was your awesome good looks that got you 100k subs! You are like me, I bet when you go to Wally all the women run away because you are so good-looking.🤣🤣 Congratulations, nice job, keep up the good work, I love the variety of your videos.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

Lol. I don't know about that, but it would make sense.

[@wald-meister6705]

Now that you reached the 100k subscribers no videos nomore?

[@le3045acp]

as a hobby machinist the tooling is the most expensive part i agree i will always say that a tool made by the big american name brands that cost 235 bucks same tool from china 9 to 13 bucks i will always feel the american manufacturers are extreme price gougers i know thw quality is much better and i would always rather buy american but i have both and ive been using chinese turning tools that are over 30 yrs old with no issues the inserts are the key but you will never get me to believe if china can make the tool for 10 bucks there is no way the american companies cant make and sell the same tool for 30 to 40 bucks and make a profit and at 30 to 40 bucks many more people would spent the money with the american companies but at 250% higher us middle lower class just cant justify it same goes for starett and other machinist tool manufacturers they can do better but they are all greedy the vernier caliper you bought used should cost about what you paid new but i know some will disagree but i worked for industry and i know what kinds of profits american companies make 2 examples a loaf of bread you buy for 3 or 4 bucks only cost the manufacturer 6 to 8 cent to produce and the bag cost 5 cents or ladies panty hose they are abour 10 cent to 15 cent according to what packaging is used so i know a little bit about cost to make verses actual selling prices

[@le3045acp]

oh and the cost to make prices were after all the overhead and materials used to make the product including salaries for the workers involved in the production

[@bobhudson6659]

Hopefully Conner turns 18 before we go so we can see his face.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

We discussed this very thing. He wants to keep his identity private. In case he wants to go into military intelligence, is the biggest reason.

[@candyjanusch3716]

@@TopperMachineLLC military intelligence is that supposta be some kinda joke? or oxymoron or something like that? no disrespect to connor meant or implied his choice is honorable to say the least!

[@TopperMachineLLC]

@@candyjanusch3716 anything is possible. But I get your point. No intelligence in our government.

[@wald-meister6705]

Now that you reached 100k subscribers no videos nomore?

[@TopperMachineLLC]

New video today. I said in the video my workload didn't allow for filming right now, and needed to get caught up.

[@hinz1]

BS, tooling collects along the way, getting a working, not worn out machine that makes good parts, is the hard part.

[@TopperMachineLLC]

I've been doing this 25 years, helped set up a few shops for other companies before starting my own. The machine is the cheapest part of the whole equation. Just try buying.measuring tools for everything you will need will break you. Just my boring mill, cost me 10x what I paid for it to add all the tooling and accessories.

[@donteeple6124]

I 10000% agree with Josh, The machine is the easy and less cost part, all the incidentals and tooling add up quickly and absolutely easily surpass the initial cost of the machine by 3/4/5x...We've been doing this a longggg time, its BS you're thinking the tooling doesnt cost as much.......