Video: Making a tailstock dial indicator stop

This short video shows you how to make a dial indicator stop for a Grizzly G0602 lathe that can be easily adapted to other lathes.  The stop is used with a magnetically mounted dial indicator to very accurately measure depth when drilling or boring.

You may find this video worth watching even

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A Southbend movie about single-point cutting tools

I’m posting this video for a couple of reasons.  First, I often enjoy watching movies from this era and I thought some of you might too.  More importantly, it contains knowledge that is still true and useful more than 70 years later.

Neil Youngberg “PROFESSIONal”

I’m not going to try to describe what this video is about except to say you may enjoy it if you like working with metal or tools.  I recommend watching it in full-screen if you can.  The cinematography is beautiful.

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Video: Centering a 4-jaw chuck

This is probably the best video I’ve ever seen showing how to center a piece of round stock in a 4-jaw lathe chuck.  I am wondering about one thing though.  Some of the commenters on YouTube refer to centering the chuck the “normal” way.  Well, what is the “normal” way?  This is

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