MIT Videos for Machinists In Training

[Bolster]

These MIT training videos were recommended to me on another forum, thought I'd alert the GJ crowd. They are high quality, and have enough length and detail they're actually helpful. You can DL them easily, too. 1.5 gigs of free education.

http://techtv.mit.edu/collections/ehs-videos/videos

Covers layout, drill, grind, mill, lathe.

If you're inclined, please feel free to post up any high-quality videos (or online texts) on machining you're aware of.

 

[Quint]

Definitely IN for later! Thanks!

 

[lametec]

Some old South Bend videos from the 40's:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080202075122/http://www.shinyobjectdesign.com/staff/paul/sbvideo/

 

[Joe B.]

Great, now I can put MIT on my resume! I'll save this link for when I have some free time.

Thanks!

 

[Bolster]

Some old South Bend videos from the 40's:

http://web.archive.org/web/20080202075122/http://www.shinyobjectdesign.com/staff/paul/sbvideo/

These are great...thanks for posting them.

 

[Stuey]

Saw that a while ago and watched a few of then. Excellent stuff! I bookmarked it but keep forgetting to go through the other videos!

 

[jk47]

Awesome vids, I downloaded the set. I've been looking for for something exactly like this for a while.

Thanks

 

[oldgoat]

Actually they seem more like for the garage work. Any decent size machine shop has long ago moved to CNC and away from the conventional equipment. Even the dial calipers have gone digital. I do miss those days of just running conventional equipment instead of CNC stuff.

 

[Bolster]

Exactly right Oldgoat.

I downloaded probably a dozen videos and two dozen online books today, and burned myself an almost-full DVD of machine shop knowledge.

 

[Daddy_Rabbit]

Actually they seem more like for the garage work. Any decent size machine shop has long ago moved to CNC and away from the conventional equipment. Even the dial calipers have gone digital. I do miss those days of just running conventional equipment instead of CNC stuff.

You would be amazed at how much of the current flight hardware that NASA squirts into orbit each year is still being machined NOT on CNC equipment but on 40-50 year old manual equipment that was used back during the Redstone / Nike and later Apollo / Saturn days.

Seriously.

 

[Bolster]

My machinist prof told me that for one-off and custom, manual is often faster than CNC.

Virtually every project I touch is a one-off, so I have no particular interest in CNC. I do envy CNC's curve cutting ability, but will try to make do with a rotab.

 

[Vinko]

Any decent size machine shop has long ago moved to CNC and away from the conventional equipment.

Surely this is too much a blanket statement. There's a use for the manual stuff. Some basic set ups and simple things that need to get made, for instance, with a lathe (W&S or Southbend) work great (and efficiently).

 

[Shadowdog500]

WOW!!! These are great videos. I've only watched a couple of them so far and picked up a few extremely good tips.

I cant wait to try the double sided tape and live center trick on my lathe.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Spam16v]

where's the first time lathe use with the exhaust tubing set on light speed video?