We all learn from each other by sharing things we know. That's the beauty of this whole KZfaq thing. (and other platforms) You share your experience in this video and I'm sure other people will learn from it. Win win.

Great vid , Thank you. All good points . I'm definitely still a beginner finding my way with good advice from others on here .

All good suggestions. Sometime back I bought a good drill set and it's been a great investment.

Safety #1. The moment you get complacent and comfortable with these tools, is the moment you end up in the ER. If it helps, put a checklist next to your machine. Regarding Harbor Freight, it's a decent place to buy a lot of low quality scrap metal. 😉 Thanks for the video, it's worth it and I'm sure it's helping a lot of people.

DEEZ great video for the home shop machinist. I am a trained tool maker and I see so many people make the mistakes you speak of. Don't buy cheap you can buy nice or buy twice. Safety is a must! Wear Safety glasses keep your hands away! Your correct the cost of the machine is nothing compared to the tooling. Ask me I know. I have done videos reviewing of tooling ......see ya this fall at our model engine show?

Something I found out too late was about R8 collets. First of all you don't need the 29 piece set that goes from 1/8 to 7/8 by 32nds. What are you going to be holding......end mills mostly. I have never used any of the the endmills ending in /16 or /32. Just get /8ths. And then don't cheep out. Runout on the cheep ones is terrible. The bottom end of them are pretty much centered but put a 2 inch dowel pin in them and check runout at the end. The bore through the middle is not straight. Spend your money on a good 7 piece set.

Deez, If you buy a set of taps and dies. Make sure they are high speed steel. Harbor freight and alot of others are not HS. They are high carbon and won't hold up to high speed steel.

Deez, thank you for this. Honest teachings and hopefully you save some of us aggravation and even money.

Your very open and honest on camera, it makes for nice vid to watch. The corner of the shop cam is cool, its framed well. Great vid mate👍👌🇦🇺

lol! While watching your video guess what commercial came on? Harbor Freight. 😂 Good video, appreciate the honesty.

You’re doing pretty good with your videos. Yes the season pros may not like them. I’m sure you’re doing things wrong. I’m sure you’re buying all the wrong tools. But there are many of us out here. Doing the same thing. Trying to expand our knowledge. And I creativity And we’re all trying to do it on a limited budget. So far I’ve spent two years of my lathe ownership learning how to fix lathes and using my broken lathe to make parts for my broken lathe and it’s been real fun. Now I’ve reached a point where I need some parts that I think of troublesome to make and the lathe manufacturer no longer has part. I need the cross slide nut, lead screw nut. I’ve also learned that not only does the manufacturer not have specifications for these parts. They’re not exactly standard parts. I think one thing you missed though was material material. It’s freaking expensive. Deez you just keep chugging along, and will keep watching. As far as feeds and speeds go. It’s all very dependent on your machine, cutting tools, and so many other factors. When you look in a manual for feeds and speeds, and you look at the spindle speeds, and the depth of cuts these specs for larger more powerful industrial machines. My machine tops out at 1600 RPM. Go look up the speeds and feeds for say half inch material or a half inch carbide flute they use in a Mill not even close I have learned with my machine with most steel. I need to push that 1600 rpm all the time until I get to larger diameters or softer materials like cast iron. It’s all fun like you say be safe. I have been buying specific tools as I need them for projects.

Love the top five videos! keep it up!

Not to mention the material (stock) cost and other hardware needed.

mmm, money. I think there is a point with these kind of hobbies where they need to start paying for themselves if you want to take them further. Hopefully the subscribers will add up on the videos enough for that. I find my hobbies like this take forever. Buying piece parts to build things can take me years as I wait for enough cash to buy the next piece of the puzzle. Sometimes by the time I get to the last piece the first piece is out of date (doh!) Wallet is definitely a big thing with many of these hobbies, video, machining, cad/cam, computers. I should probably buy a lottery ticket. Keep on filming :)

Excellent note about safety. Rings and watches are a no-no in the shop. My wife is a retired ER Nurse, and she will explain in gruesome detail while you should do this religiously. Get insulation, heat, and air conditioning at the earliest possible moment for your workshop. Two reasons. First you can be comfortable year-round. Second, soon you will have several tons of steel in your shop. The first warm day of Spring when you open the door everything in the shop will be soaked with water droplets, leaving rust on all your precious machines and tools. I heat a 400 square foot shop with an old Sears 3500 watt heater and a small 220v window AC. Costs about $30 a month. I would differ a little bit about Harbor Freight drills, taps and dies. Starting out I would buy the mid-grade high speed number, letter, and fractional drill set as well as the high-speed tap and die set. They're not too bad. As you break or use them up you can buy industrial grade individual replacements from companies like Travers Tool or McMaster Carr. You will soon realize that many of these tools are rarely if ever used. I have letter drills I bought in a set in the 1960s that I have never used. In the end, the box the tools came in is about the most important bit of the set. For reamers make a stand from a block of wood to hold the reamers and buy them individually as you need them. You can get a chucking reamer over night in the exact size you need from McMaster Carr. Sizes less than 1/2 inch aren't very expensive. Yard sales and estate sales are your friend. Often you can find good quality Craftsman tap handles and die handles. Drill indexes are common and if they are missing drills, no problem, you have a drawer full of American made drills from other yard sales. Many people don't realize that drills can be resharpened and sell them for pennies. They often don't know what precision measuring tools are. Last year I bought a set of what appeared to have been an almost never used Lufkin micrometer set , 0-1, 2-3, and 2-3s for $20. Learn stuff and people will marvel at you Cheers from NC/USA

Hi deez, if we're all honest we all made the same mistakes. It took me a few years to bite the bullet and invest in some mitutoyo tools and other stuff. Drill sets, parallels, collects etc ,all worthwhile in the end . Like you said buying the machines is just the start acquiring the tooling stings the wallet.

Great video, thanks for sharing. I'm currently trying to wade through all the bench-top mini lathes out there trying to choose the right one to purchase. Perhaps you could share your thought process on just how you decided on the brand and model of lathe that you chose.

Hi dezz ,p.s I started in this hobby 8 years ago and there's always something new to learn 😊