Hi Joe, It was a pleasure visiting with you last week and getting the shop tour. My father was very impressed with the machines, tools, layout, cleanliness, products and most important, you. He really enjoyed talking with you. It's been many years since he was in a shop, guessing almost 50 years. I wanted to surprise him with the visit. On the 4 hour trip back home, all he talked about was you and the shop. For the next several days he referenced you here and there. I have been trying for about 10 years to move his shop from the cramped garage to a much larger room in the back of the house. After seeing your shop, now he wants to move. :) So our next project is to get that room ready. More lighting, more electrical outlets, level out the floor, AC, and so on. We plan to make another trip to visit the machine shop supply (Candy store) some time. Again thank you for your hospitality and looking forward to seeing you again. BTW, the products you make are incredible and VERY well made.

Thanks for introducing me to threading away from the chuck (5 years ago). I love your videos. Easy to watch and always informative.

Joe , I am a beginner at 65, love the time I spend with my lathe. Just wanted to say thanks for your generosity in sharing your knowledge and experience

A prayer for your friend. I hope he beats this cancer and it never comes back. Love watching and learning from you. I have used your center finder gauging system and it is so easy and on point. The reverse threading is pure genius.

Joe, also never apologize for trying to help someone. It's your channel, under your control. Do what you feel is best. Helping other people is never to be apologized for. You're doing an awesome work. I actually have more respect for you now, because of your concern for your friend Joe.

Best of luck to your friend; I lost someone close to pancreatic cancer 20 years ago. Prognosis is better than it used to be... And I like your new hair cut and stubble regardless. It suits you. Thanks the deburring tip. That's a good idea.

I have a suggestion. Do not apologize for taking a break in your video releases. We are busy so we don't notice. When you apologize it's a momentary downer. It's the positives that made us subscribe and make learning from you a fun experience.

Hadn't watched this video in a while. Gutted to hear Joe D. passed. Here's to seeing him again one day. Thanks, Joe P., for all you do!

Joe, I'm a recently retired machinist. I worked in the trade for 35 years, mostly job shops in my younger days. Spent the last 10 years or so doing field machining mostly in power plants. I just discovered your KZfaq site recently. I really enjoy watching you demonstrate some of the finer points of the trade. Keep on posting, please.

Hey Joe, Thanks for showing this again, I went out to shop after you showed this the first time and will never go back to the old way of threading again! My thoughts and prayers go out to the DeCarlo Family and to you for being a true friend! Best Regards, Ray

You have changed the way I look at threading! I do a lot of thread cutting on pipe and shafts (internal, external, left and right) and I have been using your method of threading away from the spindle since I saw your first video on it. Huge help for a younger guy trying to get comfortable in his first real machinist job! Thanks so much! -Louis

Joe, I lost my business partner out of Rockwall,TX about 2005 from pancreatic cancer and my heart goes out to his family and you as his friend. I know it's been some time now but God Bless you Brother, ALWAYS...Keep it turning my machining brother.

Joe, I CUT 18 TPI ON A 10EA, 48 L X 1.25 D X .065 W. THREAD WIDTH .400 X .083 D. I GROUND A 60 DEG. 1/2" CUTTER BY HAND AND USED YOUR TECHNIC TO CUT THREADS. AT 83 YEARS I DON'T GET TOO EXCIDED BUT WHEN I TOOLI WAS LIKE A 10 YEAROLD AT CHRISTMAS. I HAVE A TWO OLD HIGH SCHOOL BUDDIES THAT WERE/ARE TOOL AND DIE MAKERS AND SHARED YOUR TECHNIC WITH THEM. I AM A SELF TOUGHT CHIP MAKER AND RESTORE /MODIFY 1928 TO 1960 FORD STEERING GEARS, DOING THAT SINCE 1972. I WATCH YOUR VIDEOS A LOT AND REALLY APPRECIATE THE WAY YOU EXPLAIN THE PROCESS AND TRY YOUR WAY. I HAVE A VERY WELL EQUIPT SHOP, AND AVERY UNDERSTAND WIFE. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR EXPERTISE. GREG EDWARDS-- GASTON, OR

Good on you Joe for the haircut and supporting your mate. Saying a prayer.

Joe,please do not ever stop producing these fabulous video's!!!

Mate, your videos are bang on. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us. Unfortunately I didn't have a decent tradesman to learn from whilst I was doing my time.. But thank God I have youtube and real engineers willing to teach. Bless you brother. Thanks all the way from NZ

As always, a very well done video. Please don't apologize for 'soliciting' help for your friend! People can't pray and support others if they are unaware of their needs. I applaud your friendship and recognizing you've got 12K internet fans / cyber friends here, just because we haven't had the pleasure to meet in person yet.

I think You are a greate teacher, superb teaching video. Today I believe The DeCarlo family has in You the best of friends. Our prayers for them and You.

Prayers for your buddy, I HAVE TWO FRIENDS RIGHT NOW BATTLING THE SAME PROBLEM. Thanks for your great videos.

Your a wealth of knowledge. I pick up maybe 1/2 and come back as often as needed as a beginning machinist. Thank you so much.

This makes it so easy. You are doing a great service You ROCK Thanks, JOE

Thanks again Joe for your method of cutting an internal thread. I appreciate your help !!!

Hi Joe Have been watching your vids for ages now picking up on stuff i learnt and forgot from years ago but principals remain. I have just received my new lathe and the stuff that you are turning out is inspirational to me.i can’t wait to get started again.

Thanks.. I watch your videos regularly... I feel sorry for your friend... My prayers for his recovery and wellbeing... May God bless him...

Awesome video Joe...I've been a machinist for 30 years and this is a great one. Last job I had was in a hydraulic cylinder repair and rebuild shop..Alot of reworking..Thanks

God bless him. I'll put him in my prayers. My father had pancreatic cancer 17 years ago, and sadly it was discovered after it had already advanced to stage 4-5 and he sadly lost his battle. I'm sure Joe knows that this is one cancer you never want to be diagnosed with.Not that you ever want to be told you have cancer by any Doctor. But there have been advancements in the years that have past since my dad passed so hopefully Joe's was caught earlier and that will certainly give him a fighting chance.

Awesome job you have helped me by giving me more confidence at threading internally, thanks a lot. I look forward to seeing more of your teaching. God Bless

May your friend recover completely! It is a great learning experience and a pleasure to see your work and to hear your narration.

Good to see you back Joe - prayers for your friend. Another great video.

Best wishes to your buddy, From across the pond. here in England. great video. Don't worry about the time between your video's When they arrive they are worth waiting for. As an amature its great to see a pro like yourself taking your time to show us how it's done.

Joe P., thank youfor your great teaching techniques. You have given me courage to do threading and especially so since I can do it away from the chuck. I may even crack my knuckles and chuckle.

Thank you for sharing this method. I see the beauty of it. It certainly takes the stress and variation out of process.

You and your Buddy are in my prayers and thank you for the teaching videos you show what to due. Again thank You and God Bless

Don't ever be ashamed for supporting your friend Joe, his family and him are in my prayers. And thanks for tip, I'll try and use it when I can.

Razor sharp reflexes on that thread. I haven't seen a thread done that way before and without an undercut or even at that manual speed incase the tool picks up. Interesting video and always a pleasure. Thanks for sharing. 🇬🇧

best of wishes to your buddy. and thanx for putting your common sense approach to machining into easy to follow and understand videos. please keep it up

thought you were on KZfaq longer than that, figured I stumbled upon you in the later days, turns out I've been watching since the beginning.

You’re a good friend Joe. Thanks for the great videos!

You are a master. Your tutorials have helped my Gunsmithing skills.

Thanks Joe! TrueType hope your friend gets better! Lost my mom to cancer last Thanksgiving so I understand his fight. Keep on, keeping on!

Thanks, Joe. You teach me so much. Very much appreciated.

Thanks for the video!!!! I am just a hobbyist and I learn a lot from you. Greetings from Paraguay, South america. Best wishes for you and your friend!!

a Another great video. I wish you were my machine shop teacher when I was at school. your tutorials and demonstrations are great. Thank you. All the best from Australia. You and your friend will be in my prayers for a long and healthy life and friendship.

Hi, I've had a lathe for years but never cut a thread because of the info available! You have made me want to go out and cut some now! Thanks you are a star!!

Another Great Video, Joe! Keep up the great work! I learn a lot from you. I also have learned that you are one outstanding human being, too! Wished that there were more just like you in this world, buddy.

Great videos! They are good and informative instructions that get to the point quickly. Great tips and tricks too. Please keep them coming.

Thanks for showing this method. I use the “backwards way” whenever I can. I figured this out yers ago when I had to thread up to a shoulder. I found out that I could see the chip coming off of the tool. And everybody knows that a better finish happens with a high surface speed. One thing though, the entry chamfer is better when it is 30 degrees off axis rathe than 60. In my shop now, most machinists I’d thread from the inside. It is a whole lot easier.

LVLY. we were doing threading this way 30 years back. nice to see after 30 years.

Great tip, when I get access to a lathe in which I can do this I am going to give it a try. Positive thoughts for your friend and his family.

Thanks Joe for another wonderful video

Just want to say thank you. I have taught myself how to run a mill and a lathe I only have a small hobby lathe and mill using books and videos like yours thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I just wish I had found out how much I enjoy this when I was younger my career path would have been a lot differnt.

thanks for the tips and our prayers go out to your buddy.

Your're a good man Charlie Brown! Best wishes to Joe. And you look good with the short hair. Very informative for an amateur machinist like me.

Nice work! Attitude makes a huge difference when battling a disease or recovering from an injury. Sending some positive thoughts and healing energy your friends way.

Prayers for your bud/family....it is true grit to fight cancer! Thanks for the tip/video.....lots of lessons

Backward internal threading is the best and I learned it from . Thnx ❤

This tips are gold! Thank you!

As always good sensible advice. Thanks Joe. Hope your friend gets better, I've followed the link on your site.

Hey Joe, you are a good man, wishing you and your buddy all the best from the UK.

Great show of support for your bud, also great video looks fast and great way of threading. Prayers for Joe and family God Bless Ya Dave

Thanks Joe another great vedio I ran a old South bend lathe with a Screw on Chuck.To not run into The bottom on a blind thread, I Made a stop with a inside battery , A push button and a small lite. The light was set to come on when The threading tool reached the end of the cut. Crude but it worked , you had to pay attention and be Quick !

Great information! I am getting ready to do some beefy acme threads and I will do it this way to avoid a crash. Thank you.

hey Joe,,,,,! Thanx Bro,,,,,!!!!!! Just made a 5c draw bar out of a 1" SCH 40 black pipe. - Used this technique. No problems at all. Beats the hel lout of threading TO a hard stop.. I'll never do it any other way as long as I live. Thank you fo passing this great Toolmake info on (Hope the young kids ae watching and paying attention) Steve Fom Cleveland.

Prayers and best wishes to your buddy.

Absolute amazing, i will never thread the old way again. Thanks

Excellent tip video.

I hope your friend can beat this soon. Prayers from Down Under. Thanks for another confidence building video.

This is pure gold thanks Joe

Love those "rainbow finishes" on Alum. with good tools and rigid setups!

Thank you. Really interesting to see how this is done.

This is a great hint. I had some 1" AL tube I needed to thread internally at 24 TPI. Using this method I completed the thread with a good fit in three passes at 460 rpm. As long as you can hit your number the speed is not too important. Particularly helpful is you can control the length of the thread very closely.

Joe. I know its some months ago since this video came out but hoping for the best for Joe and his family. Also yourself. You've got a good style and I never fail to pick up a new trick or tip with watching. Here's one that will make your hair go grey. Internal Metric threading 1.75 to a shoulder. Compound at 29.5 deg. Threading away from the chuck as you like to do and with disengaging the half nuts on every pass, then resetting and engaging the half nuts with the entire gear train right back on track for the next pass. I know you like a challenge.

I wish the very best for your friend Joe. thanks for making your informative and well produced videos and sharing great information.

Great video, Joe. I'm gonna try that with an internal Acme thread.

You are right. Thanks for the comment.

very interesting videoJoe.enjoyed it.see you next time.

Nice tip, like the head cut. Thanks for the great videos

Awesome video! Prayers for your friend

22:30 remember Joe, you ran across the crest with the tool... that flattened those crest... Thanks, you are awesome.

Your a great friend and teacher joe,

I had to do a 1.5"-12 thread inside a 1.5" deep hole in a 4 x 6 part with the hole offset. This worked great? Pre-Drilled hole to 1" to have something to indicate with in a 4 jaw chuck. Thanks for the video. I am a new believer in threading away from the chuck.

great video, good information. it is very nice to have a friend like you, so thoughtfull to help out, my prayers are with your buddy.

It looked right so it must be right, thanks Joe

i've learned more from you than from my machining school teachers in two years =D

after buggering up several parts ... i tried your idea............wow ! ! to say i was over the moon .would be an understatement !!! keep up the good work.. regards laurence

Such fascinating work, the master makes it look EZ

I like your stuff! Good job.

Joe, the head looks good. That's the way I keep my head. I'm bald on top so it looks better that way. Plus I like the way it feels. Girls like it too. Keep the videos coming. You've been very inspirational to me, a nubee.

last july 2016 I lost my brother to pancreatic cancer. he lived 8 weeks after being told he had cancer and had 4 weeks to live. in january 2017 while caring for my ailing mother I started to bleed myself ended up in the ER where I was diagnosed with bladder cancer myself. I firmly believe the same bladder cancer I have is what turned into pancreatic cancer in my brother due to him not catching it in time. the moral is if your a white male who ever used tobacco products of any kind get tested for bladder cancer it could save your life. I had surgery on feb14 2017 valentines days to remove my cancer. I'm not completely out of the woods yet. I hope your friend can pull through this all I can offer is prayers as I'm unable to work currently myself. I have a video on my channel that addresses my cancer after I was diagnosed. I think its wonderful for you to ask for help and prayers for your friend. a couple people have helped me out and its funny the one who has the least gave the most. be blessed always enjoy your video and I like the new hair style!

Thanks Joe! My old lathe had a thread on chuck so was terrified to try threading with the spindle running in reverse. I have a part I need to make and am going to try this on the new lathe!

Hi Joe. I know this is an old thread, but I wanted to thank you for it. You and I have 'spoken' a number of times - I am the professor at UT who lives in the Austin area. In any event, this video just saved me from the 'pucker factor' many times over. For fun, not commercially, I am making my own 'fancy' muzzle brakes, and they need internal threading (3/4"-24 or 5/8"-24) to a shoulder. Most people just use a bottom-tap, but I have always felt like that was 'cheating' when you had a lathe :) In fact, all of the 'old hands' who do this commercially just recommend a bottom-tap (if you don't have a CNC) since they say 'small diameter internal threading is too difficult for many people on a manual lathe'. However, this method makes it super-simple. I actually don't understand why everyone doesn't do it this way, since there is no downside that I can see. I recognize that for external threads, there is a (potential) downside to the 'upside-down' method that you advocate - namely, that lathes are designed for downward pressure on the tool-holder, not upwards pressure. There is also the 'awkwardness' of mounting your tool upside down. Neither is a deal-killer, but I can at least see the argument against. However, this internal threading technique has none of those issues and is just dead simple. Plus, if you rotate your compound clockwise to the 29 or 29.5 or 30 degree angle, you don't have to plunge cut the threads. This is a great technique and there is simply no reason why someone should do it the other way. Thanks again.

This is such a great tip. Thank you for posting, greatly appreciated.

Very clear instruction and excellent videography. I'll be trying to master this way of threading. I know that the body can be an enormous test, sometimes overpowering the mind, but it sounds like your dear friend Joe is not letting it control him. Get well wishes and prayers for recovery from me, here in Greenland.

Watched previous then MADE SPINDLE / CHUCK lock for late 1800's Seneca Falls 'Star' lathe.. TEACHER keep up the good work...

Dude, you do this so well the movements of the machine look cnc. It will be a long long time until i can run at that level.

Thanks Joe !..... I was wondering how you went about doing internal threads going out with the carriage ! now I know !!! you taught me something....Again ! thank you ! ( just so you know, I only thread external threads with the tool upside down and in reverse.... it is so much easier and has no worries about it ! thanks again ! ) Bob.....

Thanks for the video Joe keep them coming

Well done Joe! Regards Johno

Good look Joe. I was always terrified of crashing the lathe when threading and this is a great solution. You still have to have quick hands on the half nuts with the chuck spinning that fast!

good . have to try it some day.may not be that easy. but i will try it . thank you sal.