Is there an equivalent of Norm Abrams (New Yankee Workshop) or David Marks (Wood Works) for metal working?
May 12, 2012 3:09 PM   Subscribe

Is there an equivalent of Norm Abrams (New Yankee Workshop) or David Marks (Wood Works) for metal working? Specifically milling and metal turning although I'd like to know more about welding, hand work, measuring, layout, etc.

Those wood working shows got me interested in woodworking, showed the basic tools you needed and how to use them, methods of work, tips/tricks, and often presented you with projects you could make where the design work was already done (design work is hard, especially when you're beginning and metal is specifically quite unforgiving, and expensive)

Youtube or other online videos is fine. Old stuff is fine if I can find it somewhere. DVDs are fine, I don't expect to find much on TV.
posted by RustyBrooks to Home & Garden (9 answers total) 18 users marked this as a favorite
 
Best answer: The comments in this cool tools thread are good:

http://www.kk.org/cooltools/archives/003943.php#disqus_thread

Seconding the recommendation for the DVDs with the guy with the gigantic mustache.
posted by BleachBypass at 3:14 PM on May 12, 2012


Response by poster: If I've learned anything in this world, you can always trust a man with a good mustache for advice in construction.
posted by RustyBrooks at 4:13 PM on May 12, 2012


Response by poster: Oh wow and smartflix looks awesome - it's just how-to DVDs and has a big metal working section.
posted by RustyBrooks at 4:14 PM on May 12, 2012


Best answer: This guy is pretty good but every so often gets a little to "you kids and your video games" grumpy old manish for my tastes.
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 5:44 PM on May 12, 2012


Response by poster: Nice, I watched through all the threading ones so far, I see what you mean about "you damn kids" but he seems very knowlegable and the videos are helpful.
posted by RustyBrooks at 6:33 PM on May 12, 2012


Here's a series of videos from MIT that I found pretty informative when looking for basic machine tool operation videos. And, like others have said, they involve a mustache so should be good. (Sorry the search link puts everything out of order. I never found a page that contained just the shop videos.)
posted by highway40 at 7:08 PM on May 12, 2012


Amy Devers hosts Freestyle Furniture on the DIY network. I thought it would be another "Design on a Dime," but she manufactures some serious modern furniture using a variety of techniques including arc welding, tig welding, cutting materials with lasers and water jet cutters - it turned out to be unbelievably cool and interesting. She's also very easy to watch (nice voice for it) and learn from (knows her stuff and shares it well.)
posted by halfbuckaroo at 8:41 PM on May 12, 2012 [1 favorite]


In all fairness, if I was a retired high school shop teach I'd probably be pretty "You damn kids!" too. (But probably pretty good at first aid.)
posted by Kid Charlemagne at 9:14 PM on May 12, 2012


MachinistVideos.com has "The Best Machining, CNC, Welding and Metal Fabrication Videos We Can Find." It's a nice collection of videos from YouTube and Vimeo.
posted by 14580 at 8:18 AM on May 13, 2012


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