Machinist School ...... chip formation

Here's a highly magnified video of high speed steel cutting metal!


Click Here to watch the chip being formed>>>>

Machinist School - Change Gears

 

 

Some lathes require changing gears instead of using a quick-change gearbox.

To determine the Feed per Revolution of the Spindle, simply multiply the gear ratios and the screw pitch.



Machinist School - Mr Reese's, King of Magnets

Mister Reese's, King of Magnets ...... except they spell it "Hysteresis". It looks like hysterical but it is pronounced "Hister Reece's".

Hysteresis is a science word that means measurable delayed-effect.

Like, if you put a Reese's peanut butter cup in your mouth, it takes about 2 seconds before you realize how good it is. Then you smile. The hysteresis is 2 seconds.

With magnets, when the magnet moves past a coil, it takes the coil a little time to realize .... "Zoom! There went a magnet!"