Vertical Mill Tutorial 1 : The Basics

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[jimmycricket]

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.

[richardhunter]

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.

[majormitchell]

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.

[bvcxzgt]

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!!!!

[davefyffe]

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!

[Omegasupreme]

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

[handsofrhythm]

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

[tomassmith]

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

[NiNa-gor]

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!

[tucker]

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.

[anmarcaver]

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!

[petewoodhead]

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

[randywl]

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

[johneric]

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

[FredFred-wyjw]

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

[jimsvideos]

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!

[rob]

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

[pazlo]

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.

[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 YouTube channels are about machining. Yours is particularly enlightening for me. You give clear and important information along with your excellent demonstrations. Thanks!

[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!!