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[jubbaronny]

I’m a time-served Turner with 37 years experience, and that was as hilarious as it was anxiety inducing. You reminded me of my first week on the job.

[travisshrey]

This is actually an amazing advertisement for this unit. Using totally incorrect tools and cutting speeds it still gave a decent finish and didn't self destruct.

[threegreencharms]

Dude that was the most hilarious set of lathe operations I've ever seen. Using a parting tool in auto feed to take like a quarter inch of the diameter of a steel rod that is hanging out of the chuck like 20 feet, not between centers, no support, no coolant, just full warp 9. That sound was hilarious! I almost shit myself when you continued to stand there. Hahaha great job dude! Hilarious.

[Astrolavista]

When I saw 347K subs I thought this guy must be really good and knows his stuff! Well I can tell you as someone who operated and programmed CNC lathes for a number of years, this guy did literally everyone wrong! Turning down with a parting tool, turning down a very long billet without supporting it between centres, NO COOLANT! He's also taking massive cuts for such a tiny little lathe. It's actually a testament to the poor thing that it didn't immediately break! I'll just assume this isn't the guys thing, and he's actually really good at something else?

[myleswillis]

Got to hand it to the little fella. The Proxxon took that beating like a champ😂😂.

[johnclarke]

Really impressed with the quality of that chuck, hanging on to such a long unsupported steel bar turning a heavy cut with the wrong tool and no coolant! My Chinese CL 300 would have spit that bar out at the first tool contact. It’s a good looking mini lathe, would have liked to have seen a demo of the chuck TIR, and tailstock alignment with locking details.

[userwl]

I'm so envious. You managed to get a different chatter sound on every cut... 😉

[leonm.]

At least we learned that these lathes are very durable. But it was taught us the wrong way.

[alun]

Oh, how I wish I had even a fraction of this level of blind self-confidence.

[chuckhole]

Lessons learned:

1. Use a parting/cutoff tool for a straight turning operation.
2. Never use the tailstock w/center on long pieces.
3. Never use lubricant.

[robertdavies]

It's thirty eight years since I used a lathe but I remembered the tail stock and coolant.

[HepauDK]

As a trained fitter with hundreds of hours behind a lathe (Colchester), this video was *very* hard to watch! So much was done wrong that I don't even know where to begin.
"Oh look, the key won't stay in the chuck when I let go of it". Yes, excactly, that's a safety feature meant for dummies who doesn't realize what damage that key can do if the machine is started with the darn thing in there! First rule of opperating a lathe: Never EVER let go of the key/wrench when it is in the chuck. It should be like glued to the hand!!!
And if you intend to use highspeed bits on a regular basis, you really need a tray and a coolant supply. Running those bits without coolant will murder them FAST.
And the last thing you want is to sharpen a bit right before making the last pass...
Neat little machine though.

[davidt]

It helps if you know the basics of operating a lathe before using it. Love how he stopped the rotation while the cut off tool was still contacting the workpiece during his last cut. This will be a return to Amazon for your next purchase.

[duanedrouillard]

The lathe is much smarter than the operator

[arthurmorgan]

This was more difficult to watch than execution videos.

[norsebavarian]

Well I have been thinking of buying this model. After seeing it take that abuse I have no doubts about buying!

[gsilva]

Love how the lathe dropped the center tip when it realized it wouldn't be used...

[bobsradio]

It was an itsy bitsy, teeny weenie, yellow polka dot lathe. Remember that song?

Things I would have done differently, in order:
1. Learn what I was doing
2. Put the workpiece farther in the chuck
3. Face off the end of the workpiece
4. Center drill the workpiece
5. Extend the workpiece from the chuck as need
6. Secure the workpiece with a live center in the tailstock
7. Measure diameter of workpiece
8. Turn down to desired diameter in small increments.
9. Try to remember what you have learned.

[polakis]

Support long shafts with the tailstock in order to reduce vibrations. Of course use the right cutting tool and cutting oil. These machines are very delicate and you have to be careful in order not to ruin them and to make them last. Proxxon has very expensive replacement parts.

[gregrichard]

Drill a center hole on the material
Then support the job by a center. Then cut material