Another Thread Cutting Video?!

Dude, I work in IT and have never even operated a lathe, yet I love watching whatever you do in your workshop. It's pure relaxation therapy for me.

That carboard demonstration for 29.5° was one of the clearest explanations I've seen for any subject ever. Brilliantly done.

These videos honest to God have gotten me through some of the toughest times in my 19 years of living thus far. These videos always make me smile, as well as give me a ton of insight into how a accomplished and efficient engineer thinks. Plus that wing Chun reference at the beginning with the martial arts brought me back to watching old Chinese martial arts movies as a kid. Keep being great Tony, never change.

I don't have a lathe. I have relatively no interest in thread cutting. But this was really entertaining and I learned some stuff.

The arts and crafts are the best explanation I've ever seen for this concept. Good work man.

When you thought you already saw all of ThisOldTony's intros and you get this one 😵

It was 6 years ago that I have watched this video and went down to my shop and cut my first thread! Thanks Tony!

I don’t have a Machine shop or lathe of any sorts, but after watching this, I’m very confident in my thread cutting ability.

Man I remember watching this video when it came out. It’s still just as good and the jokes are just as funny today. Love the vids Tony! ❤

I started my time as an apprentice in 1946 at fitting and machining and of course went to Tech collage to learn the trade. I had not worked as as a turner but spent most of my engineering days as a universal grinding machinist. My nephew asked for help to restore a 1921 Benz car and I purchased a new small lathe to do some turning as well as being called to machine a couple of threaded parts. My old Tech days came to the fore and I recalled just how easy it was to cut a thread. Training well learnt. Carl Bliim Woy Woy Australia now 90 years young.

Thank you for using the cardboard illustration. That really helped me understand the purpose of setting the cross slide to half of the thread angle. Great video as always

Watching again and I still think "all the arts and crafts" was totally worth the effort. It made what seems a complex process much easier to understand.

I’m a field mechanic and I especially appreciated it when you said “weld it into your chuck... whatever it takes, whatever it takes.” EXACTLY.

I'm a hobby machinist and do not have the advantage of formal training or an apprenticeship to draw from. YouTube has become the medium that I learn on. With that said, this is the best and simplest explanation of how the compound rest is used in thread cutting. Your paper stop action is a direct hit on my visual learning style. Thanks for taking the time to create this video, it answered many unanswered questions I had about cutting threads on a lathe. Your humor is always welcome and adds to the video, please keep them coming. Thanks Tony!

I know this is an old video but I wanted to thank you nonetheless. Oddly I am an accomplished CNC machinist and recently got a manual lathe. I find it therapeutic and fun. I have been dreading threads on a manual lathe as I am so used to my CNC precision. Thanks to this video and about 20 scraps of aluminum I am now fairly competent with threading manually. Don't ask why I would elect to manually thread when I have a CNC - all I can tell you is that it is therapy for the soul. Thanks again Tony!

Thanks for the cardboard/craft bit, now I get why you adjust the top slide.

I find your humour very funny, your videos extremely entertaining and what I learn in the process a bonus. Thank you.

"Tony", thank you for the effort you put into these videos !! Explaining the way you do, and the added "visual effects", truly clarifies what you are trying to convey to us..... Recently bought a lathe and have been looking at MANY "How To" videos. Yours are among the best !!

Catching up on some older vids. As an avid watcher - possibly a fanboy - I want to say that I appreciate your channel/vids a whole lot. Thank's, man.

Just bought a lathe and turned my first piece of round stock. After years of watching this old tony I am pretty much an expert on the machine. (Only lost one finger to the chuck when spinning it up the first time but I can only count to 5 so I’ll just use my outher hand)