Excellent videos and humbling.

Stefan Gotteswinter is worth a look too.

Phil

Will YooToob vids one day replace magazines???

I find that the biggest problem with them is "can they be respected".

i.e. If a noob picks up the idea that they want to become a model engineer, how on earth do they know that what they are watching on Yootoob is anywhere near close to how they should go about it?

Now if ME&MEW were to have a Yootoob channel . . . . . . . !

For me, as a noob, I'm following "This Old Tony", Abom79, Blonidhacks, Learning Turning Metal (Our own Andrew Whale), Ade's Workshop, Keith Appleton… loads of great content.

I'm not sure any are teaching bad habits, I think it's a chance to look at all the ways it "can" be done, and then choosing a way that I'd like to follow. I think some things just don't make sense until you have your own tooling… take milling for example, Blondihacks has a great video on setting up the mill, and the tramming thing I kind of got, but last night I saw first hand why it's important on a piece of metal I was machining

Lots of great content.

I think you have all named everyone I watch.

Watching their videos does however fill me with a sense of ability that I quite clearly don't have yet but practice makes perfect.

Look for his videos about the 'Wrong Foo' mill

Others of interest:

Geoffrey Croker, Mustie1, Abom79, BigClivedotcom, Rolingmetal, Mark Presling, MrPete222, Randy Richard, Nick C Colyer, Steve Summers, Vortecks (builds insane electric bikes!), myfordboy, outsidescrewball, ROBRENZ, James Kilroy, Winky's Workshop, Halligan142, The Backyard Machine Shop, Old Iron Lover, Everett's Workshop, BasementShopGuy, etc.

No wonder I get nothing done!

John

Mr Crispin is awesome. His new workshop looks like it's going to be incredible. I believe he's also a machinist at Rolls Royce aero engines.

I’d like to add another member here who has an excellent youtube channel. His name is Craig and he’s making a loco as we speak. His youtube channel is no23mk2

As this thread has been resurrected (ie it has become ‘current&rsquo, I think the mods need to delete some of the youtube advertisers (of cheap rubbish from china) who promote items which now should come within the terms of the CoC.

I can see one name mentioned, who is ‘sponsored’ by one particular supplier of cheap rubbish (reject items as well as likely surplus goods).

I didn't resurrect this thread for this whingeing crap ! I didn't want to start another youtube video thread either – i just thought this channel may provide some entertainment or education for those who wish to watch it .

What happened last year or the years before i don't care about as this is out of my control and i was really hoping for a more positive reaction from my post .

And just for the record i now double check that any links to youtube or any website that i provide do not or have not done any reviews that would be in contradiction to the COD on this forum .

Whinging crap? My post was there to indicate a problem with the CoC, not your particular posting. But if the cap fits…. as they say….

JB clearly considered the point relevant and has removed a link, to at least one you-tuber, from this thread.

There is now no excuse (in the future), when someone transgresses the CoC on this point, to quote this thread as mitigation – because it contains links to inappropriate “employees’ of cheap rubbish sellers on internet selling platforms.

I particularly avoid those cheap sites that sell rejects or surpluses – unless I can afford to throw the items away if they are carp. Especially as their customer service is virtually non-existent. Advertising ‘through the back door’ has been oulawed on the forum. We now have a more level playing field for the good UK suppliers – even if the unit costs are, unsurprisingly, a little higher.

Perhaps you think that some of the forum advertisers/sponsors were whinging about the cheap competition from the rubbish suppliers? They were not – they were complaining of the free advertising on the forum afforded to these outlets – those who were often supplying unsafe (by european standards) kit – particularly wrt electrical safety/testing.