actually a artists eye we had a guy who was a opearator but would fill in when tool maker was gone..he hated it but we noticed his tooling had better clearances and overall looked better

What's this education bashing all the time? An engineering degree is just a tool like any other, it doesn't hurt to have it.

I forget if it was when my brother was doing his master's degree, or when he was doing his PhD, but whichever he was sent an a placement to a small engineering firm. As tradesmen do in the eternal trade v academia fight, they set him about doing some work for the sake of taking the p*** out of him. This was a particularly difficult job they had been struggling to do. It was only when Eddie returned a couple of hours later, job completed to perfection, he told them that he was a time served fitter and turner. He had in fact been the apprentice of the year at a very large company at that time. Besides now being a university lecturer Eddie still works as a consultant for the company he was sent to amongst others. They now acknowledge that Eddie's knowledge, usually out of reach of smaller companies, has helped keep them in business in tough times. In fact some of the work they are now capable of making has enabled them to grow. All three of us, my siblings and myself, have both a trade and at least one degree. I have the least academic training with just a law degree, prior to taking it I was a chef with my own successful catering business. Of course academic and trade qualifications are different, but one isn’t superior to the other and both are needed. I do think here in the U.K. we have lost sight of how important trade qualifications are. When I left school in '76 leaving school to go into an apprenticeship was an achievement to be proud of. Somehow that’s been lost, which I think is very sad. I watch what some people achieve in this type of video and I'm totally in awe of the creator. That is for the craftsmanship, but also for the knowledge that goes into creating a machine like this.

@@computername The degree doesn't make you an engineer. I know a lot of "engineers" with a degree, that just lack the way of thinking for an engineer. And I myself do have a mechanical engineer's degree. Things done on this video are beyond stuff many "engineers" with a degree can perform. Most notable the careful planning and thinking through of various variables and understanding how this would affect that - causation. A degree doesn't make you anything if you already don't have that something in you, it just makes it official.

@@markharris5771 This is what I think too. In my country it's also very important to have the paper, the degree, to get a job. Otherwise you will be overlooked for. But, problem is, real talent is lost in the making, cos there might be a lot more competent people out there for the EXACT job, but for a reason or another they just don't have a degree and in most cases they don't even want to bother for one also for various reasons. Schools are not for everyone and that doesn't mean they are less competent or intelligent. Master - apprentice structure would still be very potent for various fields of professions. Not all, but still many. There are various levels of engineering for example and for some this would work well and for some not as well. Problem in today's world is we want to standardize everything and it doesn't work on craftmanship. Sorry, English is not my mothertongue. Hopefully the message carries out.

Was thinking the exact same thing! Amazing what someone with a little imagination and the right scraps can do!

@@kevinm3751 absolutely correct

same here...top

Robert Burns Same,35 years.It is indeed a masterpiece.I'd favour the one he built from 'scrap' over some Chinese 'crap' anytime .

Robert Burns his machine looks bether than moste store brougth desktop lathes

no scrapyard, try ebay!

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If you are aware of machinebuilding industries near you, then you could go and check with them to find a suitable scrap pieces for your needs. Am i right @Rolandvanroy

I want to live near this guy. The scrapyards in my city are pure crap.

I completely agree with you! I had never seen something so pleasan to be watched!

What David said... Best DIY build on UKposts!

@@januarioqueiroz3122 what more could we say. amazing job and thank you

My lathe was made out of popsicle sticks. For my first project I turned a #2 pencil that I use to write letters. Not only does my lathe turn light wood, it also turns heads. All my friends want a lathe like mine, but the doctors say they cant have sharp objects. I keep my lathe in my head so no one knows about it. Please don't tell the doctors or they will shock me again

no shit. you get what you paid for.....

No kidding. Bigger?! How do you figure?

@@ciprianpopa1503 thats what she said

Yes, me too

Learnt? Learned. Now you learnt something.

@@humblehombre9904 I think you should stick to being a Humblehombre.

What do you mean? You can use an arduino for the scales?

@@CarbonGlassMan He means that it's possible to make a poor man's DRO with all the values on a single display rather than 3 individual displays.

@@CarbonGlassMan Those (cheap) calipers have a opening where you can attach a micro controller and read the data. Example: ukposts.info/have/v-deo/inmlZG5-gX5jqnU.html

@@jcota2003 Yup - and lots lots more. - 4 reasonable NEMA32 stepper motors makes a poor man's NC lathe - A CNC control board and you have a poor man's CNC lathe - AThe Rob pointed out, the limit is your imagination

Think you could use an arduino to read the calipers and put the data as a feedback loop into a PC based CNC program? That way they would act like glass scales.

Big lathe......out to keep the little man down.

Idiots brainless.

times 10 xD

there is always a huge knob

Ahww, yealousy. Isn't that just nice? Hmmm, that pure envy. Love it! 😂😘😉

Instantly throws keyboard Lmaooooo

I've found that sort of thing at my local junkyard/weird stuff getting place. You want the secondhand dealers that buy job lots from a city, that's where you find the good stuff.

"With a box of SCRAPS!" (c)

I really can't say that building a lathe this way is making it from 'scratch' or even scrap. All these parts were fine!

Metals stockholders usually have all sorts of stuff on their offcuts bins. You might need to wait for the right stuff to appear. Where I live the boat builders have all sorts of steel offcuts 6mm to 12mm or more. But they are usually mill finish so would need work to smooth and parallel the opposite faces. The local scrapyard is not much help as they have stopped all scrap sales to general public due to covid.

It's not just intelligence, it's about being incredibly methodical.

Also bellows, you know