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10-08-2008, 04:16 PM
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|  Smartflix.com Videos
So has anyone else rented videos from http://www.smartflix.com ?
I rented the series "Lathe Learnin'" (found under "Metalworking"). So far I'm very much enjoying it, it's teaching me a lot (considering I've never run a lathe before  ). I'm thinking of getting a milling machine video as well. It is essentially a lot of tips/tricks/hints being passed down by a professional machinist. My only complaint about this particular video is, for example - threading on the lathe. You can see what the machine is doing, but you can't see which levers / knobs his hands are pulling, or how/when he's engaging/disengaging the drives. But that's pretty minor, overall, the video is good and well organized (although it's "home brew" quality).
They have videos on all sorts of technical topics, from machine work to welding and nearly every point in between.
If you have rented a video, what did you get, and was it worthwhile?
It's not dirt cheap (the Lathe series of 5 DVDs was $43 or so), and you only get to keep the video for a week (which is pretty dang short when the whole LL series is about 7 hours plus). But overall, I think the Smartflix site is worth checking out if you want to learn about 'stuff' and don't have a good resource locally to turn to.
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10-08-2008, 10:46 PM
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10-12-2008, 12:23 AM
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nice...but 7 days????
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10-12-2008, 03:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Camaroholic  threading on the lathe. You can see what the machine is doing, but you can't see which levers / knobs his hands are pulling, or how/when he's engaging/disengaging the drives. | Most lathes have a data plate next to the levers that tell you what settings to use for threading, etc.
If not, the instruction manual most definately will.
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10-12-2008, 08:29 AM
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Yes, mine has a plate for threading, no problem there. What I'd like to have seen is how/when he engages the automatic feed on the carriage, reverses things, etc. He did talk about the threading dial, even vs odd TPI, etc, but never showed when he actually engaged it. I guess it'd have been hard to do on video, but it'd be one of those things that could be easily done 'in person'.
I just started using my lathe this weekend, now have a pretty good feel for the automatic feed, but still have yet to try my hand at threading. | |
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10-13-2008, 08:42 AM
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Originally Posted by 01ssreda4 nice...but 7 days???? | Oh yeah, I forgot about this.
Yeah, 7 days.  I actually got a late notice from them (on the day they received my videos back). I missed that in the 'fine print', I figured it would be a month.
7 days is just enough time to rip-n-return. Not that I would encourage such behavior, but their policy might.
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