What’s the largest part you’ve ever machined? Share your experiences and tips for working with oversized components in the comments below!
@aaronbaird35334 ай бұрын
That was pretty satisfying to watch. It's been ages since I've had a project that involved any serious chip making. Then again, I don't miss getting burnt by the blue meanies. 😂
@hersch_tool4 ай бұрын
Dang, I love seeing and hearing that old Monarch run. Everything about it just seems to be smooth. They really don't make em like they used to. Hands down one of my favorite channels.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@hersch_tool thanks. But I somewhat disagree. The Lion Lathe performed almost as well for being a new machine. There are a few who still make great equipment, but very few.
@CothranMike4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Josh, does the Lion have helical gears? But I get your drift.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@@CothranMike no, but nobody does that anymore. Too much cost.
@dutchgray864 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLCEven in the good old days only some of the great lathe makers did helical gears. Machine tools just aren't built the same today, largely because the just don't need to be.
@derekcomer48584 ай бұрын
The finish on the shafts is fabulous, and I’m always blown away by the efficiency of the cutters. Another great video, thank you Josh 😊
@michaelandersen75354 ай бұрын
Really stunning surface finish. I've never turned 1045 before but maybe I should. It'd be really hard to get that on 1018
@earlmiller6093Ай бұрын
Bruh… nice finish… your a mad machinist… I watch a lot of your vids. Thanks
@andrewking48464 ай бұрын
Love seeing the old lathe in action, making some great chips, and great work. Good job.
@ValiRossi4 ай бұрын
@9:38 Wow that finish looks really good.
@joselrodriguez59994 ай бұрын
you really nailed the speed/feed on those bars, such a nice finish even on the heavy cuts!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Loads of experience.
@greglaroche17534 ай бұрын
I’m envious of the great finishes you can get with the lite cuts you are making with inserts. I guess it’s the benefit of having a big and ridged lathe. Thanks for the video.
@patverum90514 ай бұрын
It also helps that the lathe is RIGID.
@johncrisman5764 ай бұрын
Beautiful piece. Love the relief using the round cutter. I hope that you film the process of refreshing the Bridgeport. Looking forward to it.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
It really doesn't need much. Spindle bearings are about it.
@rexmyers9914 ай бұрын
Yes - please record to rebuild.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@rexmyers991 we will see. Depends on what gets in the way between now and then, and how big of a hurry I am in to get it back in production. These videos at least double a production time sometimes upto 5 times longer.
@RalfyCustoms4 ай бұрын
I'm just catching up with this Josh. Happy days buddy, love me some Monarch action
@dutchgray864 ай бұрын
That 1045 was cutting beautifully, lovely chips.
@GardenTractorBoy4 ай бұрын
This was great to follow along with. I always learn a lot from your videos, thanks
@TheAyrCaveShop4 ай бұрын
Beautiful finish on those shafts.. Thanks for sharing Josh !
@Dalbayob694 ай бұрын
The way you set up that steady rest will give a few machinists a heart attack 🤣 Especially Abom79. By the time you finished your first part he’d be still loosening his lows and tightening his highs.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Steadyrests aren't rocket science. Get it set up and get the work done. You're generally only facing and centerdrilling anyway. Why waste all day indicating unless you have to.
@ellieprice3634 ай бұрын
A heavy dose of OCD will drive anyone crazy. Some have more, some have less. Just get ‘er done to print tolerance and full customer satisfaction and they’ll keep coming back.
@davidgibson57564 ай бұрын
The human eye can be remarkably calibrated, especially if this is something you do often. Just line it up against a surface by eye.
@georgetarabini65524 ай бұрын
Take care not to hurt yourself, good video, great chips
@alanm34384 ай бұрын
Thanks for the video. I am glad that you are making progress; that was a big job with heavy parts. It always good to see you.
@number26644 ай бұрын
The taper in that first rough cut I think is the tool heating up and getting longer. The second cut had more stabilised temperature. Good job!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
You are correct, it is between the material and tooling. Thermal expansion is a real issue to deal with. If you understand it, easy to overcome.
@Mike.Lehmann4 ай бұрын
Another great video Josh. Love the way that 1045 was turning!
@mfc45914 ай бұрын
Some nice chips with good colour there, your customers should be glad that you actually care and get it done right...the first time.
@edsmachine934 ай бұрын
Good morning Josh. This was certainly a very nice project. Very nice machine work.👍👍 The 1045 TG&P definitely looks like good material and machines nice. Thanks for sharing the process. Have a great weekend. 👍 🇺🇸👍
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thanks! I love working with that material.
@edsmachine934 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLCThanks Josh.👍🇺🇸👍
@gusviera39054 ай бұрын
Yep, showing us how it's done. Thanks for letting us look over your shoulder and see you in the next one, Josh. Cheers.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
I don't know about that. It could be done many different ways.
@CothranMike4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Josh, folks like me enjoy the way YOU do it, the way your machines work, with you at the controls!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@@CothranMike thanks.
@wallbawden55114 ай бұрын
Another great job of just getting it done for sure nice finsh one the shafts there Not a fan of Ancherlube but it works for some The mill needs a rebuild you say can't weight till you show us that one Cheers from North Queensland Australia
@b.malnit89834 ай бұрын
Thanks for the tip with the anchorlube.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
You're welcome, it's the best stuff around.
@scottfarnham27174 ай бұрын
Nice work, Josh! A very satisfying job for a machinist.
@randydobson18634 ай бұрын
Hi Josh & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Josh & Friends Randy
@robertfish66174 ай бұрын
“ If you take too much off you’re screwed!” That cracked me up. Run the video backwards for a couple of seconds and watch the metal jump back on. That would really mess some people up! Love your work.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
That would be funny. But I'd still be out a bunch of money.
@davidmosscrop23744 ай бұрын
Great video. Those shafts machine sooooo well! That’s a big keyway!! I will be interested in watching you refurbish that Bridgeport?! Hint. Have a great week Be Well
@nobuckle404 ай бұрын
Always so satisfying to watch.
@billdunlop86834 ай бұрын
Nice job Josh, They have a fantastic finish, I admire your confidence checking for burrs with your thumb while piece is rotating, Did that once and spent 3 hours digging a little one out of my thumb, It was the last time I did a substandard chamfer on a piece of metal. Experience is a wonderful teacher. lol
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
If you watch, I only do that after the final hit with a file to ensure it's good. And I never apply pressure. Just a close touch. If I get any feeling of sharpness, it doesn't go out the door. Customers will refuse work with sharp edges.
@billdunlop86834 ай бұрын
Thanks for the reply Josh, yeah, I was young and inexperienced and didn’t pay attention. All 3 reasons for in shop Surgery.
@dcraft12344 ай бұрын
It's amazing what some companies will let out the door. Mostly stamped sheet, stuff is razor sharp!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@@dcraft1234 I won't let sharp or garbage out the door. Probably part of the reason I'm the last one in my region.
@terrycannon5704 ай бұрын
I like the idea of thinning the anchor lube with water. I have been adding tap magic and it still dries out. I did not know it was water based until I heard you say it.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
The whole reason I like anchorlube so much is the smell in hot cuts, it isn't burning oil. And it doesn't smoke up the shop. Mixing tap magic negates those qualities. .water keeps those qualities
@fichambawelby26324 ай бұрын
Another excellent job, Josh! Congrats!
@davidbarnett.23134 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@@davidbarnett.2313 thank you.
@chrissmith5134 ай бұрын
You do Amazing work 😊😊😊
@ianlangley9874 ай бұрын
Always good to see some heavy machining and good chip control. Often in long cuts like that the corner of the insert in the cut will heat up to dull red. Maybe next time your making a cut like this check it and film for the viewers if you can. It always amazes me that the cutting edge can still cut ok under these conditions. Thats why if you use coolant have a good supply flooding over the work piece other wise with spasmodic splashes of coolant will course thermal cracking of the insert and failure will follow. Hope you all follow. Cheers and keep up the good work. Ian
@Narwaro4 ай бұрын
I commend your workmanship Josh. I own a CNC-only machine shop, but only 30-40 year old CNC machines. We only make extremely precise parts in extremely tough materials including heat treatment. I feel a lot of the pain that you feel. Sure, cutting edge machines would probably be a little faster, but the same level of precision and same controls etc. would cost millions to replace because they also all take the same tooling.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Just to replace my big lathe with a cnc would be expensive. But then slower as I would have to spend time programming. Since most of what I do is only 1 or 2 pcs, so if I had CNC, I would lose these same jobs to a manual shop based on cost. Funny thing is that I have a large customer base of CNC only shops that have kept me very busy the last couple years.
@MechanicalAdvantage4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Curious. How long to do you think it would take to program this job in CAM software?
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@@MechanicalAdvantage longer than I'm willing to spend. Not worth my time.
@MechanicalAdvantage4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Well, if you are wondering, it shouldn't take any more than 5 to 10 minutes.
@patverum90514 ай бұрын
Watching this late at night, tomorrow I'll be behind a lathe doing the same stuff the guy is doing..(Like many here?) , so am I nuts or what?
@seldendaniel88194 ай бұрын
Excellent and inspirational!
@TheFoxGuyBarry4 ай бұрын
You are a professional.
@ypaulbrown4 ай бұрын
such beautiful 1045 tgp material to work with.......have a wonderful day our friend in Spooner, Paul in Orlando
@billbutler81414 ай бұрын
I love your videos! Some time ago I inherited dad's old Atlas/Craftsman 12 inch lathe and have been slowly working on "tightning up" things that show wear from age, even replacing broken gears in the threading gearbox. My little "garage machine shop" had a nice addition of a desktop mill with digital readout which has convinced me that the Atlas should get digital in the future! I was wondering about the chips that are produced, especially as you are milling the slot in this video. you clean them out with air pressure which seeming spreads them all around the shop! Is there no way to setup a vacuum system around the cutter to keep the chips out of the work and the shop cleaner? Maybe it is more trouble than it is worth. I do try to hold the vac hose end near the "cutting in progress" on the mill to reduce the splatter of chips! The mill is a great addition to my little shop. One of the first things it produced was a replacement part for a Russian made Bayan (Russian Accordion) that otherwise would have been sent back there for repair. The original part was made from aluminum sheet metal with 90 degree bends to make feet. with age the bends cracked and broke making the instrument un-playable. I suspect that my milled part will outlast the $30,000 instrument! There is one important lesson that I have learned from you, BlondiHacks, Kurt at CEE and others and that is you can never have enough tooling and accessories for your machines!
@donanything68164 ай бұрын
Wow! What a keyway! Thanks for the video.
@russellslater36754 ай бұрын
Good to see you get another customer!!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
This of from a long standing customer.
@russellslater36754 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Opps I thought you said it was.
@frankerceg43494 ай бұрын
Thank you Josh!
@larry30644 ай бұрын
Very nice work Josh. Beautiful finishes.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@wizardind32034 ай бұрын
steady rest .100 at a time THAT'S SOLID
@billgilbride79724 ай бұрын
Amazing finish that lathe produces.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
All lathes could do this. Just takes practice.
@randydoolitle68674 ай бұрын
Thanks Josh: Great Work
@kentuckytrapper7804 ай бұрын
Great video Josh, keep'um coming.
@StuartsShed4 ай бұрын
Fabulous! Inspiration on a Saturday.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
@jonstaszak24264 ай бұрын
Another awesome job!!
@bdove79394 ай бұрын
Great job. I really like your channel
@mikeking74704 ай бұрын
Beautiful finish on that shaft.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Surface finish is key.
@wmweekendwarrior11664 ай бұрын
Good stuff
@Andy-Gibb4 ай бұрын
Thanks for posting regards from Townsville Australia
@ypaulbrown4 ай бұрын
Josh, you need a cold beverage after this....thanks so much.....Paul
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thanks Paul, I'll definitely have a few after this.
@b.malnit89834 ай бұрын
Love your videos. Love your machines as well.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thank you, I appreciate the support!
@richardabner94204 ай бұрын
another awesome video!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@jerryglenn73234 ай бұрын
Mr. Topper you do quality work
@stephenbridges27914 ай бұрын
Nice finish on the shaft.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Surface finish is key.
@alandawson28134 ай бұрын
Hello Josh, been looking forward to the next installment. From kiwi land.
@Randysshop4 ай бұрын
Good job Josh.
@therealspixycat4 ай бұрын
Hi Josh! Can you explain how to properly set up a steady rest? You run the risk that the work piece wiggels out if it is not on center right? So how do you make sure that the workpiece is exact on center at the tailstock end? Thanks!
@danielgriffith76944 ай бұрын
Excellent machining process 👍
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thank you! I appreciate you watching.
@paulsto65164 ай бұрын
Good show !
@BrucePierson4 ай бұрын
I'm sure the DROs on the machines would make your job so much easier than reading scales all the time. How did you get along without them in the past?
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Just fine. Actually, it didn't speed me up that much. I had all kinds of little tricks and techniques to accommodate not having a DRO
@BrucePierson4 ай бұрын
Sounds like a big job coming up on the Bridgeport with the refurbish. Hope you do a video on it, it sounds like it will be interesting.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
It won't be too bad, but may be a ways off yet. Too much to keep doing.
@stevechambers91664 ай бұрын
Nicely done josh👍👍👍
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@ragnarironspear17914 ай бұрын
Brilliant as always 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻🇬🇧
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it!
@ddblairco4 ай бұрын
thank you
@ColHeat4 ай бұрын
Suggest uncut milling for your final .003" cut - better finish and slightly longer tool cutting edge life
@ypaulbrown4 ай бұрын
back in 1997 0r 98, when I had gotten my first real lathe, a 14 x 48 Clausing 6913, I was at the scrap yard and found some 1045 round bar.......[2] 1 15/16 [2] 2 15/16 and [2 ] 3 15/16, all TGP and in their cardboard sleeves.....20 feet long..... well, I thought that would be some great stuff to learn how to make things and use the lathe....... so I called my pal with a Ford F 600 flat bed, [he wa a real machinist] and got him to come and check out the stuff and help me haul it home.....I only had a Buick Station wagon the time ..... I gave the yard $500 for the lot.......and talked them into cutting the bars in half.....I think that the 3 15/16 was still 430 lbs at 10 feet... I gave my buddy some of the material, he ended up buying some more off me....and I had a lot of fun, I cant imagine what that material would cost today..... sure wish I still had some of it, but when I moved form NC to FL, I had to leave it..... cheers, Paul...
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
It's not cheap anymore. That was a great score for you back then.
@ypaulbrown4 ай бұрын
Josh, you were looking like one of those ' Cookin show hosts' when you were showing how you thinned the Anchor Lube..... glad it was not Martha Stewart........maybe the Cookin' Cajun' Justin Wilson.......
@weird16003 ай бұрын
could heat loading be part of the taper?
@howardtoob4 ай бұрын
What's the gold center drill? What's the brand that you prefer? Thanks for another great video!
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
TIAN coated. Whatever is cheapest but of good quality and origin.
@florianv1024 ай бұрын
Mr topper , i am just an Archer but your lathe is showing an Indikation of in balance caused by your tailstock or the livecenter - maybe round 4/10000 mm ?
@ljackson82204 ай бұрын
Nice
@de-bodgery4 ай бұрын
I've never tried anchor lube. I use tap magic for applications like this.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
I have some tap magic, but the smoke from it makes me sneeze violently.
@de-bodgery4 ай бұрын
What keeps your steady rest screws from migrating? I don't see any kind of lock ring to keep them from turning on their own.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
There are lock bolts.
@de-bodgery4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Thank you for replying back so fast. I'm half way done watching your video.
@de-bodgery4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Next time you do a QA video please show how this works on the steady rest screws. Thank you.
@tonyn31234 ай бұрын
Well, you have done everything all wrong again! Just kidding from the remarks from last week's video. I am not a machinist at all. I worked in a totally different field of work but love to watch machining and learn. I have also been told by some that my means or methods in my realm is all wrong and should do this or that differently. All my projects were successful and still functioning, so I can retire in peace and feel good about my work. I enjoy your videos. Thanks.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Surprisingly, nobody complained yet. So now I'm sad, nobody to block from the channel. Lol
@kimber19584 ай бұрын
Hey Josh, what kind of windmill can you plunge like that mine all would need a center hole because they don’t cut all the way to the center just trying to learn more about thank you Kimber
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
You need center cutting end mills
@richardabner94204 ай бұрын
on video at 16:00 you said you were making a 3.00” relief section. From my perspective it looks like it’s atound 5.00”. are you dure ins 3.00”? im sure you are but it looks more. im envisioning a 3”x5” index card heldd against it. if i envision the 3.00” end against shaft it appears to me > 3.00, if i flip card to 5.00” end it appears in my mind about 5.00” shaft relief. im probably wrong but it looks different. What is the shaft diameter again ? thank you
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Optical delusion. It is 3" of relief, or the part would be scrapped. 3.437" diameter
@richardabner94204 ай бұрын
Great thanks. I will show this post to my wife explainkng why i need to replace the non calibrated tv monitor screen. 🤣
@2xKTfc4 ай бұрын
Being that I am not a machinist (at all!) 10:05 made me pause. Maybe I missed something, but as far as I can tell you didn't change the depth of your cut at all. Then how in the world did the shaft get tapered? It can't be that the axis of the spindle and the race of the head are ever so slightly off, because then you couldn't get anything straight and unlike at 12:10 it would never have cleaned itself up. 🤔
@ellieprice3634 ай бұрын
He used an accessory known as a taper attachment. It was an ideal way to do this job.
@ccrider53984 ай бұрын
Were you using a titanium coated center drill? What is your opinion?
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Yes, they were not a lot more than uncoated and so worth trying.
@de-bodgery4 ай бұрын
Nice...no chatter out at the tail stock. I always have some flex out there on the far end that makes a smooth cut problematic.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
I had an issue recently with chatter. My live center went bad. I generally replace them every year, just the cost of doing business.
@de-bodgery4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Yes...I bought a new one for that reason as well. IT didn't seem to make much difference and why I say it must be flexing in either the bed or the tail stock causing my issues.
@KW-ei3pi4 ай бұрын
Great job. Why not a 7/8" end mill to cut the keyway? Thanks
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Rigidity, or the lack thereof. It would cut oversize in the BP.
@ellieprice3634 ай бұрын
End mills will always push away from climb cutting and pull into conventional cutting. To minimize this effect remove the bulk of material with a smaller cutter and finish with full size. Otherwise the keyway is likely to be oversized and out of tolerance.
@BrucePierson4 ай бұрын
Is there a reason you have the top slide on the lathe set at an angle or was it just left that way from the last job?
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
For threading. It stays at 29.5° all the time unless I need something else.
@littlewingpsc274 ай бұрын
When you go to center drill the shaft, it looks like the fixed drill bit moves off center slightly as it hits the shaft material. Is that due to the flex in the bit, shape of the drill bit tip, or due to the tolerances of the bit mount and slide rails of the lathe? Also, how straight does the shaft stock come from your supplier? Maybe it is an optical illusion, but as you start spinning the shafts they don't appear to be fully straight, or is that just due to how they mount in the lathe, hence the steady rest device you use? What causes the taper? Why when you cut say .200 you get small chips but when you were cutting .020 you get long thin ribbons of material? What dictates the chip "size"?
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
The drill will correct itself for any deviation from center as long as it is not too much. The drill could break if it's too far out. I don't indicate the steadyrest for this kind of stuff as it is not necessary to be dead on. TGP is turned ground and polished, it is perfectly true. What you were seeing is light reflecting off the differences in cleanliness of the bar.
@pforbom18444 ай бұрын
When you dilute anchorlube with water why don’t you get rusting on your mill and vice?
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
I clean ot up.
@gofastwclass4 ай бұрын
Making it look easy again. Experience pays off. Why do you use the step pulley heads on your Bridgeports? Do you see any benefit compared to the variable speed version besides simplicity? Mine is a variable speed head but that is what I lucked into when shopping. It was the right price, in decent shape and about 30 miles away.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@gofastwclass I never liked the variable speed heads. Too much to fail. Longevity isn't there. I've rebuilt several over my 25 years.
@gofastwclass4 ай бұрын
@TopperMachineLLC Makes perfect sense. Mine works well for me, but I'm a hobbyist doing hobby stuff. When I need a real machinist, I know how to find you.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@@gofastwclass I don't know about that. I'm really hidden in this desolate region of northern woods. Lol
@dutchgray864 ай бұрын
Mine is a variable speed head which is fine for what I do, but If I was using it hard to make money like Josh does I would have a step pulley head as well, they are less trouble and belt changing doesn't much more effort or time.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
@dutchgray86 the only disadvantage to the step pulley mill is it is only 1HP.
@VetvsWorld4 ай бұрын
Got some Anchor lube to use with my bench drill press sometime ago. ✊🏻 A weird observation: It smells nothing like I thought it would have. Kinda nice actually. 🤣 Question though, is the thermal expansion you refer to a known variable? Meaning, if this is X steel so I can expect expansion of x.x thousands? Just wondering for my own edification.
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Yes, thermal expansion can be calculated and planned for.
@VetvsWorld4 ай бұрын
@@TopperMachineLLC Thx.
@wavetwo21714 ай бұрын
Did you check runout after machining the keyslot? Most of the time it bends. Atb and keep making chips ;)
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Generally don't have much problem with 1045 doing that. 1018 can/will
@glennbarker2224 ай бұрын
Nice work. Just curious though, as they are idler shafts, why are they keyed? (I realise that this isn't your design, just wondering if you know why they are like they are.)
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
No idea. Just the way the customer designed it.
@dutchgray864 ай бұрын
I guess they want to make sure the sprockets can't spin on the shaft.
@edswider93094 ай бұрын
Josh I guested you indicate off camera
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Most people don't care about the setup. Some things don't need indicating, like the steady rest for a simple face and center drill operation.
@ColHeat4 ай бұрын
UPCUT (correction)
@Frank-Thoresen4 ай бұрын
As an European with the metric system I really don't envy Americans with the customary system. Must be hard to keep all those numbers in line 😄
@TopperMachineLLC4 ай бұрын
Inch is so easy! Not trying to sound mean here, but the rest of the world calls us "Dumb Americans" yet they can't understand our simple measurement system or language. Lol. Again, not trying to be a jerk, just pointing out the obvious.
@nickwarner81584 ай бұрын
Its pretty easy to do, trying to visualize something in metric is a pain for me and pretty much everyone in the US. I'm used to looking at a bolt on something and knowing if it needs an 8 or 10mm wrench, but when I get out a tape measure to build something its in inches and feet. Only thing we use the metric system for in American society is selling drugs.
@beyondmiddleagedman72404 ай бұрын
I so prefer to work in Imperial over metric. It is truly easier. At work everything is in mm's and a total pain to have to do the conversion to an understandable distance in my head for everything.
@panda3d1804 ай бұрын
@@nickwarner8158 and mortar shells
@jackgreen4124 ай бұрын
I just don't understand. Use metric measuring tools when necessary. Just go with the flow. BE FLEXIBLE OR FRUSTRATED.