In an effort to sort out the wealth of knowledge that we have in our hundreds of YouTube videos (and some gems from other channels) I am creating a list of them and categorizing them into groups to help you along your purchasing/learning journey.
Check out these videos when you are ready to start making chips but aren’t sure how.
Basic
Video List - PathPilot
Tormach CNC Lathe: Setting Work and Tool Offsets
Cutting Your First Part on a Tormach Lathe
Tormach 8L Lathe - Tool Offset Setup
Overview on the Types of Drill Bits
DRILLING 101 - Skills That Are On Another Level
Tormach’s Beginner Guide to Lathe Tooling - YouTube
Workholding for Round Parts: Samples of Chucks, Mandrels, Collets and more!
Toolholding
Tormach 15L Slant-PRO™ - Turret and Gang Tooling Overview
Tormach 15L Slant-PRO™ Quick Change Overview
How to Install Turret Boring Bar Holders on the Tormach 15L Slant-Pro Lathe
Touching Off a Drill on the Tormach 15L Slant-PRO Lathe (Part 1 of 2)
Touching Off a Drill on the Tormach 15L Slant-PRO Lathe (Part 2 of 2)
Tormach 15L Slant-PRO Turret Overview
More
Cutting an Industrial-Style Air Hose Coupler on a Tormach Slant-PRO
ID Boring & Threading on a Tormach 8L CNC Lathe with Fusion 360!
Tormach 8L: Turning Aluminum, Brass, Steel, and Titanium!
Conversational
Turning a Top with Conversational Profiling
Cutting Stainless Steel with PathPilot’s Conversational Profiling
Advanced
Custom Code for the Tormach Lathe - Using the Ez Puller and Automatic Collet
Customizing Your Lathe Turning Tools
Cutting a Mystery Material
How to Change Spindle Motor Pulleys on Tormach 15L Slant-PRO CNC Lathe
Making a Parts Catcher for the Tormach 15L Slant-PRO Lathe
Turning Metal Threads in Stainless Steel
I will continue to update this list as we make more content and I encourage you to post in the comments with other videos that helped you on your CNC journey.
In the mean time, check out the other video lists in this series:
- Chapter 1 - Preparation/Machine Selection: Check out these videos when you are thinking about buying one of our machines.
- Chapter 2 - Install: These videos cover the machine and accessory installation.
- Chapter 3 - Getting Started: These videos are intended for those that are new to CNC machining and need a little help understanding what you are doing.