Vertical Mill Tutorial 1 : The Basics

[@jimmycricket5366]

Love this... There is none of that secrecy nonsense with this chick... She *wants* to help people, she has a passion to help and that is special.

[@richardhunter9995]

I've been a machinist for over 30 years. Love the way you're doing these tutorial vids. Simple but informative. I would recommend these to anyone just starting out either as a career or just in their home shop.

[@Blondihacks]

Thank you! That means a lot coming from an actual machinist. I just play one on KZbin. 😊

[@squirrelrobotics]

I started training to be a machinist this school year, Quinn's videos have no doubt given me an edge over many other people in the class and taught me tricks that have saved me hours of work.

[@mohamedshinaishin2822]

Please what can you say about this job being +30 exp .. hope this message finds you well sir

[@en2oh]

@@squirrelrobotics only a small number of your classmates are going to bother to follow a channel like this. Your deserve the advantage you get! Excel with pride!

[@majormitchell1]

No B/S. No finger wagging with pencil and focused selfies, just a very informative presentation that informs the viewer of the obvious pitfalls that await the novice machinist and self professed expert that are invaluable. Thank you. I look forward to future presentations, Quinn.

[@bvcxzgt5451]

Your special effects are approaching TOT level. Sometimes your humor is, too. I'm not sure the world is ready for where this is going!!!!

[@mikeinigo2728]

At 72, I'm finally able to fulfill my passion for machining. Recently took a 12-week course, and now can use the shop as I please: quite the benefit. BTW, I am a retired aerospace structural engineer/sheet metal fabricator/military structural mechanic. Also a pretty good woodworker and hobby gunsmith. All that was lacking throughout those 5 decades of experience was access to lathes and mills. Now I am good to go and with your generous help, I am progressing quite nicely towards my first lathe or mill purchase. BTW, you crack me up. Humor is the gift that we humorous humanoids spread about the urf freely, or however much people are willing to pay in premium milky smooth stout. Carry on!

[@ronin2167]

I'd like to take a course myself, but there are none around here that teach night classes.

[@pyxlated_void4719]

DUDE!! I am in great need of someone like you. I'm on a high school robotics team and we are currently "Attempting" to learn how things work but are failing miserably😅. We don't have anyone who knows how to do this stuff. Also, your job must have been awesome, I hope I get to go into the aerospace industry some day!

[@anmarcaver6745]

I can't believe anyone gave this a thumbs down! This was a great intro to vertical milling. I do a lot of manufacturing in wood, plastic, and textiles and am expanding my knowledge in metal, so am doing the research into what tooling I need to build my shop, and all of your materials have been wonderful. Thanks!

[@13tucker45]

Long time watcher/subsciber, but I just got a free G8689 Grizzly mini mill and only had to tear it apart and replace a gear and clean the heck out of it to make it work! I thought I'd end up with a lathe first, but here I am! look forward to learning what you have to teach.

[@davefyffe6607]

This is internet gold, right here. Extremely informative and delivered in easy to understand language (and some cheeky humour). Thank you for posting this stuff!

[@tomassmith5461]

I've been machining for 26 years and love your videos. I appreciate your humor as well

[@petewoodhead52]

Thank you, I have zero milling experience and found your channel, thank god! I appreciate your organized presentation method and making it layman friendly.

[@Omegasupreme1078]

This was exactly the sort of presentation that makes the internet a useful thing. Excellently done.

[@NiNa-g1o4r]

Im an English teacher and my students are trainers for apprentices. I needed videos in good to listen to English to teach them (and me) the right words to use. These videos are awesome!

[@handsofrhythm3415]

Cats and dogs living together, mass hysteria!!!!! You're the best. Thank you, fantastic level of explination.......and honesty.

[@pazlo51]

You continue to impress each time I tune in. Direct. Economy of words. Super Explanatory. Do's and Don't's -- with why's and why not's. And always with the right measure of humor. You are the Go-To Teacher for anyone curious about adding chips to their DIY diet.

[@Blondihacks]

Thank you for the kind words, and for watching! ☺️

[@mhaager2]

Just bought a mill to add to my Lathe. Being a self taught amateur with no background in the trades this is a heaven sent and excellent tutorial series. Love your style and practicality. Thank you STI much.

[@prsearls]

Excellent. I learned some important points. I'm not a machinist or likely to become one at 80 years old but I find machining fascinating. Some of my favorite KZbin channels are about machining. Yours is particularly enlightening for me. You give clear and important information along with your excellent demonstrations. Thanks!

[@Razorphil]

Outstanding video, simple to the point with no bull. So many creators can learn from you. I tell people daily about poor information given on youtube...... You are an exception hands down.

[@FredFred-wy9jw]

I have 3 mill vices, don’t bad mouth the swivel bases .... they are great for holding down the tarp on my wood pile, paper weights on very large stacks of old newspapers and emergency wheels chocks ... so keep them under your workbench... but push them in far enough in so you can’t kick an injure your toe! :-) Ps great intro the mill and milling

[@Blondihacks]

😂 Well put!

[@denislamadeleine1181]

I'm considering getting a mill for my home shop and just found this series. So far I gotta say I have learned a bunch from this first video. Thanks for plain English, common sense instruction. I will continue with this series.

[@johneric3886]

I never heard the word ergo before!!!! You are just full of knowledge. With a delightful personality that is beyond belief!!!

[@bicivelo]

So happy you have a mill basics series! I took machine shop in college but that was a million years ago. I just rebuilt a little rong fu rf-30 and this is so helpful. Thank you!!

[@kjell-olovhogdahl6557]

Easily the best milling / Machining video I have watched so far! As a wannabe but still a nubie I need this "how you put on your skates" before I can even learn actual "skating". So I thank you so very much for this :)

[@michaeljohnson-li5nn]

Interesting and informative introduction to vertical milling. I particularly liked the safety reminder at the start of the tutorial. Many years ago I worked for a fabrication company who had a subsidiary workshop that undertook refurbishment on steam locomotives. One particular guy really loved working in this environment as he was a huge steam train enthusiast. He was so keen to start work that he went in early each day to start work on various projects. He mainly operated a large vertical boring machine that was used to rough machine castings. Unfortunately, as he was working this machine he was somehow dragged into the machine table and suffered fatal injuries. The workshop did had rules that no one was to work alone unsupervised. When the rest of the employees arrived it was too late to help this poor guy. Moral of this story is machine tools do not take prisoners! My boss at Rolls-Royce has a saying that everyone arrives in good health at the start of the shift and everybody leaves work in the same state. Wise words.

[@rob5763]

Not only are you very knowledgeable but funny also. Laughed out loud when you tossed that draw bar wrench on the floor. Good stuff.

[@johndunbar2393]

It's a mix of educational and 80's slap sltick comedy, one liners! I'm not a beginner per se, but I like your style, so I will watch the videos anyways! Great job laying it all out there, in plain simple terms beginners can understand and follow. Keep it up!

[@Blondihacks]

Thanks! If any of my comedy is actually funny, that's just gravy.

[@osumo]

As someone from outside the machining world, this channel has been absolutely fascinating and informative! Love your work Quinn!

[@Blondihacks]

Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@randywl8925]

Special effects budget oh Lord. 😁 We're only a minute in to this and I'm already cracking up. 😁

[@jimsvideos7201]

My regards to you for all the work getting the different angles; I know that alone takes up a lot of time, never mind all the other work it takes to make a film like this!

[@Blondihacks]

Thank you for appreciating that! Camera setups are most of the work in some of these videos. 😅

[@TherealLumpendoodle]

I have a small bench top mill, and when removing the milling cutter, I have found a way to replicate the ‘third hand’ effect. Being of the more ‘opulent’ in the bosoms area, I find that resting/supporting the end of the mill spanner on the said bosom, while the left hand takes care of the milling cutter work well. I knew they would come in handy one day.😇

[@potatopobobot4231]

I would like to learn more about these bosoms please

[@DavidLindes]

Hahaha, glad they could be useful to you! That's great. I'm envious. :)

[@girliedog]

The best part about having a woman explain this is the brevity of words, I love how Quinn gets right to the point. Thanks for doing this series, I need this.

[@DavidLindes]

"omit needless words" - a man too few other men ever bothered to listen to? :D

[@elgallodecente1472]

Honestly I admire you a lot, you are my workshop teacher, I send you a Great congratulations Quinn!!!

[@BernhardHofmann]

Finally, a machinist who knows her stuff and doesn't make me feel like an idiot because I don't know what makes a mill so much better than a drill press for milling. Please don't stone me when I come out and say I'm a woodworker. So much of this is new to me, but I just love the precision of metal work. Watching your videos has taught me so much about this amazing hobby.

[@richardhunter9995]

It helps if you say you work with organic composite materials. :-)

[@Blondihacks]

Or as AvE would say, "carbohydrate foam". 😄

[@ADBBuild]

[throws a stone]

[@diamondgrove3620]

Thank you, Quinn, for your excellence in instruction with machine operations. The experienced machinist may lose patience with the amount of detail your incorporate in your material but for the beginner (and a few of use who are just a little more advanced) your material is extremely helpful. Good job ...

[@msdefensearms]

I've gotta say that I wished that I would have known of you and your channel a while back! I am self taught from hanging around and working in a Automotive Machine Shop as a kid. I am now working as a Certified Welder/Fabricator/Mechanic (heavy) and Machinist for a State Entity. You are amazing to say the least! I've learned quite a bit from watching you. Thank you and keeping coming, please!

[@jasonchalkhorse9951]

Hello Quinn I just bought my first mill!!!! I first fell in love with Milling machines when I was at school in worksop class. Over the years Ive only had need for a Mill a few times as I didn't finish my tool making aprentership and went a different path. Ive had a lathe that is as old as me for a while now but at age 54 I'm a maker again and finally I have a Mill. It is used and came with nothing but a damaged spindle. It took me a day to repair the spindle but now its fixed and I'm Milling. Your tutorial is brilliant. Thank you. Sadly I can't do the patron thing just yet. (hay Ive got a Mill to support!) Please know you have fans down here in Australia.

[@gadgestlab]

I am going to take vertical milling classes in a few days. In preparation I started watching tutorials on milling. I am glad I clicked on yours because they are the best that I have watched so far. You are funny, clear, concise and blonde. What more could one ask for when learning new things. Definitely subscribing to your channel to binge watch more of your videos. Thank you for sharing your videos, knowledge and jokes with all of us.

[@Blondihacks]

Aww thanks! ☺️

[@wilkbor]

This is the single best video on a mill I've seen on the internet.

[@leanettealvarez3338]

as a female starting in the machining community im glad to have discovered your channel. i have a hard time following most videos because of background noise or they move to fast and forget the little things. this was very helpful and infromative i appreciate your humor as well! im just as weird

[@Blondihacks]

Yay! Welcome! I think more women would like machine shop work if they gave a shot, and that’s one reason I started this channel. Thanks for watching!

[@elcidbob]

Another awesome channel for you to check out is ThisoldTony.

[@Bob_Adkins]

Hands of TOT, voice of Kim Kommando. How could anyone not subscribe?

[@jhbonarius]

Got my new mill yesterday! Now a really NEED to watch this series. My first challenge is assemble the mill. The table alone is ~200lbs and laying on my workshop floor... no space for a crane. The rest is parts of each over 100lbs... edit: and no friends nearby :P

[@Blondihacks]

Very exciting! Lifting that heavy stuff is a real challenge. 😁

[@mikewasowski1411]

Just got a second hand mill and now waiting on tools to arrive for first chips. Thanks for a comprehensive beginners series. Best one out there I reckon

[@ClearlyCero]

Oh my good lord, this video was such a Godsend. I was having issues changing my chuck and realised it was because the chuck was still wedged and as I had removed the drawbar there wasn't anything causing the counter force needed to push out the old chuck. Absolute legend.

[@Handleyman]

Don’t hold it against me but I’ve only just found your channel. Very very helpful. I’m subbed!

[@1111Syl]

Thanks!

[@radardoug]

I set up a small machine shop in my garage when I retired and I bought a Precision Matthews 835 mill (their tiniest knee mill). I got the same vise that you have and that rotating base didn't last a week before I chucked it onto a bottom shelf where I never bend over and look at. Can't put a high enough price on that vertical real estate. I just bought a Phase II rotary table and it is really tight now.

[@Blondihacks]

You said it! After a couple of years, I finally got an operation this week where the swivel base might come in handy, but I may use the rotary table instead to avoid disturbing my vise. 😁

[@keganboddy8598]

"Run of the mill" that is such a T.O.T comment/joke! Awesome! I really enjoy your videos, entertaining, informative, funny! Thank you all the way from South Africa.

[@hollywoodcontrols5152]

@Quinn Great tutorials! @16:20 you clearly need 3 hands to loosen the drawbar and extract the tool. And you grip the drawbar and spindle from opposite ends, yet the top of your spindle has 2 flats you could use. Tormach has a spring hinged fork at the top that you flip down to lock the spindle. With that, you need only one hand to loosen the drawbar. For me, left hand grips tool while right loosens drawbar and taps top of drawbar with plastic hammer releasing tool into left hand. You could do a project to make a similar fork for the top of your spindle column. You wouldn’t have to grow a third hand for tool changes! But you would need an interlock to keep from starting the machine if the fork is locking the spindle! The Tormach has an interlocked door enclosing the drawbar that cannot be closed with the fork in the down position.

[@aporiac1960]

I recently discovered your channel. You're a bit weird, but educational and entertaining so fine by me.

[@Blondihacks]

Don't worry, once you get to know me, you'll find that I'm a lot weird.

[@NiHaoMike64]

Pretty much all tech girls are "weird" until you get to know them. :) Quinn is actually one of the less weird ones...

[@aporiac1960]

@@Blondihacks "once you get to know me, you'll find that I'm a lot weird." lol. Looking forward to it. One thing is for sure - you have extraordinarily good communication skills.

[@andyZ3500s]

@@Blondihacks weird is probably better then what male machinist are. They are like case hardened steel. Hard on the outside -- soft on the inside. 🙂

[@rb6662]

Not weird to me. You are much appreciated

[@richiej2640351]

I’ve programmed cnc mills/lathes for 15 years now and I still love and cherish the times I get to do some work with the manual machines

[@brucewilliams6292]

Agreed on the DRO; For the amount of time we have available in the home shop the DRO is very worth it. Thank you for the videos.

[@jasonchaney5382]

This is coming along at just the right time. I'm getting a little mill from a friend in a couple weeks. Notifications are now ON!

[@Blondihacks]

That's great timing 😁 I can try to answer any questions you might have once you get started.

[@jimh6189]

Wow, I'm only 3 minutes in and already I'm thinking, "This is a perfect video for a person who needs the basic information". Very much appreciated.... And at the end: Hands down best video you can watch if you are just coming up to speed with milling machines. I've been researching this for about a month now and I can say that this video is perfectly concise, pertinent, and will save you hours of groveling about the net looking for information. And even better... more videos ahead!

[@kylewalker1703]

I am so new to this and you have totally made me feel comfortable with moving forward and purchasing some of these machines

[@PTwyford]

Stumbled upon your video and I'm now an instant subscriber. An amazingly thorough and well reasoned but surprisingly quick intro. I cannot believe you don't have many many more subs. Thanks!

[@Blondihacks]

Thank you! Just gotta wait for that KZbin algorithm to show my videos to people.

[@robertoswalt319]

Nice video Quinn. You have a great way of presenting the information.

[@soundrew]

Many of my machinist friends disapprove of cutter retention made with painters tape. They say black gaff tape is much more durable. Seriously, this is just what I needed as a newbie who just inherited an EMCO FB2. Thank you.

[@HPD1171]

my milling machine came with the same stupid square nut for the drawbar and my technique was similar except i made a knob that press fits over the square with a couple M5 grub screws to lock it in place. the knob can be easily spun by hand for quickly changing collets and a 14 mm hex on the top so i can use the same wrench that i use for my vise and t slot clamp set. so the only 2 tools that need a permanent home at the mill are the 14mm wrench and the spanner to hold the spindle.

[@tienphan9255]

Cảm ơn bạn!

[@davfew]

Thanks Quinn, I have a Sherline vertical mill and never knew what people were referring to when they mentioned the quill. Looking forward to the next in the series.

[@Blondihacks]

Glad I could help!

[@toms4123]

What a great no nonsense, humerous, entertaining and informative presentation. I hope to find more..

[@fepatton]

Looking forward to future episodes! My knowledge of the lathe and mill come from short interactions with a couple of friendly machinists at a shop our company did a lot of business with. They were very helpful, and they even gave me the run of a Sharp knee mill with a barely working ProtoTrak, but this feels like dedicated time with an expert, and I've learned so much with each video. Love your sense of humor too. :-)

[@Blondihacks]

Awesome- welcome to my channel!

[@jlc9616]

This channel is quite a find, what a gem. Congratulations and thank you from México.

[@Blondihacks]

Gracias por las amables palabras! (That's the limit of my Spanish- I hope it was okay 😀)

[@cramersclassics]

Extremely well done Blondi. Clear, concise and entertaining with humor sprinkled on top. As a budding hobby machinist I can't wait for more. Bravo!

[@sharplinespecialties-timot1156]

Hi Quinn, I have been through the complete mill series as well as the lathe series. I recently purchased my lathe and my mill from PM. I am trying to surface off the top of a 15" chunk of railroad iron. It has been used so I imagine it is work hardened pretty well. Based on what I looked up, it is a medium carbon steel. I tried to surface the first couple hundred thousands with a new Carbide 5 insert cutter 2" wide. I tried a lot of different speeds and feeds for this but it seemed to run best at about 700 RPM and a pretty slow feed rate. I don't know how to measure the feed rate as I am using an X power feed and was on just a little above the slowest. The finish is like a mirror but I think I must have dulled the cutters since it started making a bunch of sparks as it cut. I stopped and then went through another dozen videos on speeds and feeds. By the way, by DOC was just .020 per pass. Everything I have calculated based on so many different ideas was to be about 500 RPM and a deeper cut. I can turn my inserts over and finish the remaining portion but would like to get your thoughts on depth of cut, RPM, and how fast to set the feed rate. Is there a way to read the feed rate from the DRO? It is certainly changing the X axis as it goes.

[@toc1955]

Thanks for uploading these videos. As a hobbyist I have had to learn all from experience, your videos are an extraordinary help on how to use these machines. Congratulations!

[@nevetslleksah]

Thanks for making the video. A set of stub screw machine length twist drills comes in handy when vertical height is at a premium.

[@Blondihacks]

For sure! Shorty drills are a great investment on a small machine especially.

[@markkoons7488]

Thanks, Blondi, 75% of what I know about vertical mills I learned from you just now.

[@Anonymouspock]

I remember watching the NYC CNC video on a "power drawbar" for their Bridgeport which consisted of a ugga dugga gun on a slide, which was pretty interesting.

[@FredMiller]

Best hobby mill tutorial on KZbin! Thank-you Quinn

[@schm4704]

11:03 I like your sense of humor (and the timing of the jokes). Well done!

[@btstwitterupdates3790]

I'm here for Tech class- thank you!

[@robertpilcher3702]

Very well done! You explain things in a very clear and understandable way! Thank You! OH and "Dogs and Cats living together"!! I know I will enjoy all of your videos based on that one comment! I had to pause the video while I laughed ! Love it! Looking forward to watching the rest. Great Job!

[@ludovikboden4408]

My new favourite yootoob channel. How come it's taken so long for the dingbat algorithm to throw you into my feed? Maybe you could move onto illuminating that little mess, once you have the time.......??? Thanks so much for your clarity, wisdom and wit, you're definitely up there with the best educators on the planet. Keep on keeping on, doin whatcha doing, please, please, please..

[@Blondihacks]

Thank you and welcome! Yah I dunno how that algorithm works. It’s a mystery.

[@jessestites2098]

Oddly enough, I work for JACOBS. And am learning to use some old manual machines for interesting tasks, I had a lifelong tool and die machinist father and it makes me happy using these tools finally but I unfortunately lost him before we could have our fireside chats about how to do it all. So I can't thank you enough for these videos!

[@tomasclasson]

I actually do some milling on an old floor drill press. It's a very sturdy Swedish Arboga E100 from the 50's or so, 1.8 m (6') high, weighing around 130 kilos (~300 lbs) plus the milling table at around 65 kgs (150 lbs). I don't have a drawbar but have modified a MT3 milling collet so that it doesn't fall out. I obviously can't take very deep cuts but 0.2-.25 mm (8-10 thou) in steel works. I most likely can't do anything that requires really high precision but it'll do for now. Also, the lower bearing for the quill is a conical roller bearing and the upper a ball bearing, so it _should_ be able to take quite a bit of sideways load. Oh, almost forgot: Thank you for these really good tutorials!

[@fredgenius]

I got a very similar mill, slightly larger I think. Word of caution for buying R8 tooling (@12:23), there are actually two drawbar thread standards, 7/16-20, and M12. Always worth checking when you buy R8 tooling. Greight vid though, thanks!

[@banjo7987]

When I was in grade nine I had a machine shop teacher that we all made fun of. He was a 70 something, Italian man that had done his apprenticeship in Italy. When he came to the school he had a lathe and a drill press; from that he built every other machine in the shop. As I said, we made fun of him, and it wasn’t until it was too late that I found out that he was a tool and die maker who could speak seven languages. What we could have learnt! His first assignment was to have us take a piece of steel rod and file a flat reference face with the final objective being to create a square piece of stock. I can still hear him every time I pick up a file “You filing like dis.” and he would demonstrate. He would check our work and invariably he would say “Santo nome, boys, boys boys.” . At this point he would take our piece over to the grinder and true it up; all we had to do is put a couple of file strokes on it and we would be done. But no, we would file away until the piece was cupped and twisted “Santo nome!” Eventually we got to go on the lathe and we made a bottle opener and a plumb bob. I still have my plumb bob. I have had it for 50 years and when I look at it I think of the missed opportunity, but also the skills that Brother Colleto gave us. Quinn, thank you for your excellent videos, I am grateful for the opportunity to revisit my days in Brother Colleto’s machine shop and see what it is that he was trying to teach us. Big shoes to fill, but you do it admirably. Now all you have to do is work on your Italian, Russian, German, French, Spanish, Swiss, and Dutch, English you have.

[@Blondihacks]

I’ve got the French already, but the rest will take some time. 😅

[@richardperry8218]

Great job, love this series and all your videos. Had a good chuckle over Step One in drawbar tool technique. One suggestion, try a 3/8" breaker bar instead of a ratchet... less fiddly for the KISS crowd. Invariably, when I pick up a ratchet, it's set for the wrong direction. I coated the handle of mine with Plasti-dip, so once the tension is off of the drawbar, it's super simple to just move the breaker vertical and twirl it in your fingers to thread/unthread the drawbar from the collet. As a bonus, the rubber coated handle is the perfect weight for tapping the drawbar to release the end mill from the collet without having to reach for a hammer. Keep up the good work!

[@Blondihacks]

Thanks for watching! I chose the ratchet specifically because it is much quicker for me. The draw bar on this mill is very fiddly and needs a lot of turns. The ratchet is quick, and it’s the SnapOn style with the thumb switch to change direction, so very quick for me there as well. To each their own though!

[@JustJimWillDo]

English is your second language? Go you! I wish I was anywhere near as fluent in my 2nd language as you are. I'm really looking forward to this new series. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@MikeBramm]

She said "Engrish", which is a common term used for the poor grammar found in manuals that have been translated from Chinese to English.

[@JustJimWillDo]

@@MikeBramm Ah, thanks. The old ears ain't what they used to be.

[@genecarden780]

Another good video. Zero backlash on a worm gear? Come on Quinn!😂😂 It sucks that everything you say on KZbin gets scrutinized. 😜 Love the fact that you provide lots of really good info at the same time not taking yourself too seriously.

[@ralphdempsey2874]

Your vidoes are fantastic and so helpful for a beginner like me. Thank you for all your hard work in making them!

[@orangerubicone]

Thanks for confronting the drill press death mill fallacy in the first 5 minutes, well done!

[@ragnarokbladeworks]

I've had my mill for over a year, and I legitimately had no idea how to pop the jacobs chuck out, so i've been using that to hold everything. I've gotten away with that. But I appreciate these videos immensely.

[@DudleyToolwright]

This would have been a great video for me to have watched when I was starting out. I probably made most of the errors you mentioned. In my old age I prefer learning with words over experience.

[@prenticeemler7709]

I really enjoy how you present the information in your videos, your doing a great job,and making it fun to listen and watch , I could see you as a high school shop teacher , students would love you 😁,

[@codyconrad7333]

This is great!!! Making metal parts is one on the most satisfying endeavors.

[@jacobjames1171]

I was running a lathe Friday and thought of you. I then decided to roll up my sleeves. Safety first. Cheers

[@terrellgreen4221]

Your videos are amazing. I knew, the first time I saw you. I just graduated from school. Getting started soon

[@brianheaton5521]

"Cats and dogs living together." Nice Ghostbusters throwback.

[@simplec6]

Dang, I'm in milling class in college and I have never had a class or seen a video that clears SO many things up, in such an easily understandable way. THANK YOU!!

[@Blondihacks]

Awesome! Glad I could help! 😀

[@pbc1951]

One of the best for Newbee on a mill, you answered a lot of my questions.... As I have never had a mill or use one yet.... Thanks.... Very informative video.... very well put....

[@rickpalechuk4411]

Thanks for the new series Quinn. Always a joy to watch and learn from you. Cheers

[@dwp1970]

Just started to learn about machining, this video was perfect, on to the rest of the series. Thank you.

[@jeremys7621]

Absolutely outstanding video. Very well done. Informative, well planned, easy to understand and extremely helpful. I'm so glad I stumbled on your channel. Keep up the great work

[@trevorbaker2225]

This old timer loves the digital read out.

[@dragonwing4ever]

a video on adjusting the gibs in the table would be very handy, i just bought my first mill second hand but came with a brand new table. its very tight and hard to turn and i haven't had much luck playing with the gibs

[@bengad.1724]

As a maybe future hobbyist machinist your videos are very good!!! Thanks for making them.

Why do I watch you, all you do is burn holes in my pockets, you are a manufactures dream. Now I want a a mill with all the accessories.

[@Blondihacks]

I should be getting a kickback from....someone. I need to speak to the marketing department.

[@EldarKinSlayer]

A lathe is the ONLY machine tool that can replicate itself. That is why it's the King.

[@guloguloguy]

THANK YOU, FOR ALL OF YOUR HELPFUL, AND INFORMATIVE VIDEOS! FYI: I HAVE A "TEKNATOOL NOVA COMET 2, WOOD LATHE, (WITH 3, & 4 JAW CHUCKS), THAT I'M CONSIDERING TRYING TO COME UP WITH A WAY TO ATTACH A COMBINATION OF "LINEAR SLIDE STAGES, (TO MAKE IT POSSIBLE TO SECURELY HOLD SOME TYPE OF TOOL HOLDER, AND, TO ENABLE MICRO ADJUSTABLE MANUAL FEED, IN TWO AXIS, AND, I HOPE TO ACHIEVE ENOUGH PRECISION TO BE ABLE TO TURN SOFT METALS, BRASS, BRONZE, ALUMINUM, PLASTICS, AND MILD STEEL, (TAKING GENTLE CUTS, BY MANUAL ADJUSTMENTS). I ALSO HAVE THEIR BENCHTOP DRILL BRESS. WHICH HAS A A MT2 SPINDLE. I'D LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SECURE A MT2 TO ER11, OR ER25 COLLET HOLDER, AND TO BE ABLE TO DO LIGHT MILLING CUTS, SAFELY. ....DO YOU HAVE ANY THOUGHTS ON THESE GOALS?...