Another Machine Shop Video!
Added 2021-11-17 23:50:17 +0000 UTCYeah, I know most of you would like to see another drawing video- and I am working on those. :) But I'm still primarily a machinist, and I know a few of you like the mechanical stuff too.
In this case, I had some pieces of heavy-wall pipe to bore out for a local client yesterday, and since I already had the camera and a tripod out, I whipped up a quick video.
One of these days, I'll get that whole "sound" thing figured out, too. :D
Part of the reason I wanted to do a video, is this machine has been a long-term project, one I dragged home back in 2013, and only just finished- finished this past January. Several of my readers have been following the saga since fairly early on, and I thought you might be interested to see it moving under its own power, as it were.
(And, it's worth noting, at this point videos like this are still very much 'practice', learning how to frame, shoot and edit to make a reasonably interesting video. Stick around, I'm hoping they'll get better. :D )
Doc.
Comments
Nice! I’m just a hobbyist with a small lathe for turning wood and acrylics. Y’all with the big metal lathes have my utmost respect.
Karen
2021-11-22 22:26:38 +0000 UTCThat lathe is absolutely gorgeous.
Robert Ferney
2021-11-19 06:45:46 +0000 UTCMan, that's cool, Doc! One heck of a rebuild, and it's friggin' cool to see a used-to-be-junker back into full-up production! :D
Komitadjie
2021-11-18 17:23:14 +0000 UTCLove seeing an old piece of machinery brought back to life.
Lord Chaos
2021-11-18 03:14:44 +0000 UTCEnjoyed the video. Simple. clean.
jay maechtlen
2021-11-18 02:32:18 +0000 UTCDoc, I suggest you follow the path of This Old Tony - no audio but subtitles.
2021-11-18 01:35:44 +0000 UTCAs with anything, the videos will evolve as I get more experienced and get better equipment. There's a lot I need to still learn before I'm reasonably happy with these things- at the moment, I have no idea how I'd add even just sound effects (that is, ones not already built in to the editor) let alone reliably narrate, which would include things like reducing the existing sound of the clip, and so on. (It's also worth noting I have a face best suited for radio, and a voice better suited for a writer. :)
Doc Nickel
2021-11-18 00:35:57 +0000 UTCDo you ever plan on narrating the videos? Or just machinist/drawing sounds?
deefdragon
2021-11-18 00:26:21 +0000 UTCWhat a beautiful old machine! It looks like the one's we had back in the University Chemistry/Geology machine shop where I was the 'clean-up boy' in the late '60's. That's where I learned to almost genuflect in the presence of old-school machinists, the kind who would use a 24x48 LaBlond to make watch parts! Got to take a semester of machine shop back then (2 units of guaranteed 'A') in Physics Lab Techniques 101. Great days!
Walter W Matera
2021-11-18 00:09:02 +0000 UTCVery cool, man. I wish I did more machining in my Navy days, but it's always satisfying to see a turned piece of steel fit how you wanted it to.
RivCA
2021-11-18 00:04:56 +0000 UTC
