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Machine Shop Reference Materials (Videos, web sites, sources for tools and materials)

This is a list of good resources for machining information and training. 

 

  • Blondihacks: 

    Quinn runs a great YouTube channel that has a lot of great training video on manual machining (lathe and mill). Blondihacks

She has a great playlist for lathe training: Lathe Skills

There is also a milling playlist: Mill Skills

In the lathe skills playlist are great videos on measurement: Calipers and Micrometers and Snap and Depth gauges

  • Joe Pie:

Joe has are good channel with a lot of great short videos covering milling and lathes. joepie221

  • NYC CNC

John Saunders runs this channel. He stated 15+ years ago by buying a Tormach CNC and putting it in his tiny garage. He has built a multi facetted machine shop business. His content from 6-10 years ago covers using Fusion 360 and the Tormach CNC machines. nyccnc

John also runs a site called ProvenCut and is a great resource for Tormach speeds and feeds: provencut