The Best Mill Tip You Will Ever Get --WATCH THIS ENTIRE VIDEO--

Joe please write a book on your tips and tricks

I knew where you were going when you gripped it on tall parallels. You got me unawares when you put the single short parallel in. But it's simplicity is the key to the elegance. I'm telling you, man. You have the ability to make the complex understandable, and simple. WELL DONE!

You are the absolute best teacher....I would say you missed your calling....but obviously you are teaching...
Me no less....how do I say thanks.

I've done this technique for 30 years . Thanks for showing people that common sense still works .

so I'm in my sixties and decided to get a lathe and mill. If I had my days again I would have started there. It's guys like you that allowed me to learn these skills and I'm very grateful. Your skill level is amazing and such a good teacher.

That dead blow mallet you used to tap the part looks like a Snap-On with the interchangeable heads. I have one and I love it!!!!!
I almost tapped myself in the forehead with it after watching this!!! I can’t believe I didn’t think of this system!!! Wait a minute, yes I can. This is why I subscribed years ago, you are by FAR the best teacher I have ever had!!!!!
Thanks Joe!!! You never fail to “unloosen” my mind from the box!!!!
Love it.
Cheers 🍻 from Ontario Canada 🇨🇦 eh? 😆

Joe, you've done it again! Thanks from another Aussie. I don't have any formal training as a machinist, but who needs it when people like you share their insights and experience!

Superb. The ‘universal’ use of a climb cut is terrific - so simple and so effective. I am not a machinist, and my wife thinks I’m crazy to watch these videos. She may be right, but I really enjoy understanding how things are made. Thank you!

My copper wire just called the Russian mafia. They do not appreciate such productivity improvements, Soviet style was slower, and better for the labor force. Seriously, Joe you are some treasure chest of tricks!

You're right, "why didn't I think of that." I think you're selling yourself short being happy if this is the only thing we take from your videos as a palm-to-the-forehead foundational technique, but this is definitely one of them. I got more than one pttf ideas: 1) grabbing the material shallow distorts accuracy less, 2) creating the flats & squares right up front, 3) using the one Parallel off the one cut parallel & working from there, 4) reducing burrs by cutting inwards. Last, but not least, "real shops use air." I've been cautioned several times to not use air. I do so, but I've always felt guilty, that using air would force debris into the nooks of my machinery. I've only assuaged my guilt by keeping your videos in the back of my head, knowing you do it. "Time is money," & can't tell you how much money I've wasted on the dumbest of cuts. Watching your videos is like putting money in the bank.

Having never touched a milling machine or a lathe for that matter, till I bought them, I have learned on my own for several years...
... Then..
Joe P comes along... I think I learn more here then anywhere else...
At 66, I enjoy these videos very much...
Thanks....

Fantastic! Don't understand why nobody else uses this technique. It's so simple and efficient.

I was a toolmaker for 45 yrs before I retired. I never saw this method until now. Wish I had, it does look foolproof. Great Video!!

I've been machining for over 20 years and I find your videos very interesting. And all of them are right on and some great tricks that I wouldn't have known unless I would have watched your video. I tell new machinists all the time to watch your videos very informative. Great job!!

Please don’t ever stop making YTs. Thank you for so willingly openly sharing your genius.

As soon as I saw that haircut I knew this video would be a winner! Thanks for the great tips!

As soon as I saw you use the tall parallels, I could tell what you were going to do. Like, DUH!
BUT it had never occurred to me in what, 40 years! Never too late to learn new tricks.

Brilliant technique Joe. Thanks so much for sharing!

I am not a machinist, just a hobbyist, but I can appreciate what your are saying. Thanks!

Always learn a lot from your videos. In plant maintenance we rarely require such precision but increasing precision will increase life of parts so this knowledge is very valuable to me and my crew.

Old timer taught me that over 40 years ago. Works great and saves a ton of time.

Thank you Joe! I'll be using this method from now on.

I appreciate the tip. I've been doing it the "old" way for 50 years. I doubt I'll change at this point. Yes it is more efficient without a doubt.

I normally avoid videos with click-bait type titles, but I gave this one a chance because Joe is pretty good and it was worth it. Very nice tip

you mean i sat through a "that lazy machinist" video only last night pulling my hair out at how long it took him to explain squaring a block and then you drop this today ! that is awesome, i can now forget all that other long winded stuff and store this ! cheers Joe..

I had a boss that wanted me to square up 3k parts doing the 1 side at a time method,totally stupid.I wrote a simple cnc program running it the way you described.I did this a few years ago and he thought I was a genius lol.It's really the best way to do it.

As soon as I saw you run the perimeter I figured out what you were up to. Excellent time saver! Thanks for sharing.

I don't want this thing off camera for a second. Nobody's gonna be able to complain about nothing! Someone still will find something to complain about. Great information as always. Thanks Joe.

I have a very poor mill called a mill drill and I tried this and had the best results of anything I’ve tried. Thanks for the demonstration and tip.

This is how I’ve squared up blocks for 25 years but you are the first I’ve seen do it on KRplus. You are the man.

There are thousands of machining videos out there and you still upload new methods. This was a good one.

Thanks Joe taking the time to show this. I am new to using a mill and I found this to be an excellent idea. Tried it and it works for me.

you clever bastard:) this channel is so underrated!!

Joe, I've.been watching your channel on and off since when you only had a few subs :) I have yet to watch one of your videos and NOT come away learning something that makes what I do as a hobby better or easier!!! Thank you so much for the time you spend making the vids - I know how hard it can be so keep up the great work mate :)

That's another real valuable lesson! Makes perfect sense. I had noticed on my last mill project the climb mill looked and felt better on the edge cuts. Thx Joe

Thanks Joe, just tried this technique.... worked an absolute treat.

Joe used this technique to machine thousands of plastic parts to square as the axis of the machine defines the squareness and you can not tap down so easy with plastic, simple answer define XYZ without re clamping and totally agree without the climb cut your in the world of burrs! Various machine shops have shown me to dubious mill and vice combinations with cutters I would have junked but you still end up with definitively square finished components and your own square can stay out of harms way locked in your own box.
Superb filming and comments passing on gold dust technique.

Lol I don't know why I've never done this when I saw you set the part in the vise I knew exactly what you were gonna do yet I've never thought to do it that way great tip I will try this this evening 👍👍👍

Great tip! I (and everyone else who learnt it) will use this for a lifetime! Thanks Joe!

You're right...I never thought of this approach. Thanks for the information.

Excellent technique!! Thanks Joe

Good on you Joe. I think of all the machinist channels on KRplus i have had more revelations about the smart way to do things from you than from anyone else. In fact i know that is the case... Great teacher, and great machinist which helps. Thanks for the videos

Love the straight forward analytic approach on all of your work Joe.

Great video! THANKS JOE!
I watched it two times and am adding it to my KRplus saved file for future reference. I have a very small home shop and made my living, before retiring, in industrial Electronics. So this info really makes milling more enjoyable as I am definitely a novice.

All your vidéos are encyclopédia for a starter in fine mecanic on machine, thank you so much for all I have learn with you dear professor.👍😉

I'm a retired machinist and yet I learned a lot from you, thanks

Been milling for the past year on a Clausing and man I feel good watching your tips and knowing I've been doing pretty good. THANKS ALOT BUD

Excellent...I will remember this and use it next time with my students. Thank you from New Zealand.

Not only is this a much faster method, I'm certain the part you squared will be more accurately done than the other methods using wire, balls, squares, etc. It would be interesting if you put this piece on your surface plate so we can see just how parallel the sides are. I've seen other presenters struggle to get a 3 inch square block of aluminum true to within .002". Thanks for sharing your expertise, acquired via years of experience.

Hi Joe, I saw this video some time ago and went back to watch it again today as I needed to square up a block of steel for a part. It worked perfectly. I always try to give credit where it is due. I will reference this video in the next video I publish, which will show the squaring up process. Thanks again for this info and all of the other tips you have spent the time making videos for.

Love experienced people sharing what they know in a concise yet simple approach. Enjoy your channel for providing not only the “How” but, the “Why”!

Awesome...I never thought about squaring up a block this way.
Thanks Joe!

Another fantastic demonstration Joe, thanks for sharing buddy! 🤙👌

Nice to see someone who actually knows what there talking about, one of about 10% on you tube

Always a good machining tip from you, explained simply and clearly.

this has made doing this so much easier! Thanks Joe

Joe, you're an inspiration.
You and a number of others had inspired me to get a little lathe (In my apartment mind you!)
And since the start of the pandemic, i've been honing my skills in machining!
I've now been saving up for a benchtop milling machine, and I CAN NOT WAIT to get cutting!
Cheers.

id say this is once again a great learning curve. what stood out is the sequence of cutting starting centres and move outward. if one has a mill but dont use it often id guess it helps for beginners and inbetweeners like me.will surely try it thanx. got nothing to loose when trying it

Joe thanks a million for your videos, as a woodworker with an engineering shop, this is great education.

Wow. All the knowledge and a great haircut.
Thank you.

Amazing! Its so obvious when you explain it! Now i just need a mill.

Ya got me, Joe! Over 30 years and I've been using wires and BBs all this time. This is a keeper, buddy.
Glad you didn't have to unloosen anything this trip.... Woot!
Dean

Joe, I watch a lot of machining videos and yours are definitely the most informative. T O T may be funnier, but yours are pure gold.

You Sir, are a great teacher. Thank you

Great new to machinist me and my 15 year old learning alot

great tips like always thanks from all us little guys

Boy did I struggle the old way. I'm going to try this. Thank You!!

Thanks Joe. I always learn something new watching your videos. Keep them coming!

Joe, just tried this to square up some stock, why on earth didn't you show me this earlier! :-) Really enjoying the videos and your wisdom, keep up the great work. (Craig, Scotland)

Genius.

Thank you for the tips and techniques that you share. Valuable, workmanlike and appreciated.

That is truly great. The best way to square a piece of stock I have ever seen. I am going to make a montage of screen shots with notes and hang it next to my mill until I practice it a few times so I will remember it.
Bravo!

30 years a mold maker and never saw anybody do this .If I only knew!

I've been doing it this way for my whole career. Except I try to finish the profile and only leave facing for the bottom. But it's really fun to watch someone do it the old school way, cut flip,cut flip ..... . And crap it's not square, start over!

Never thought of this strategy. Thanks for sharing!

Never to old to learn.(I'm 60 y and machinist for 4y)
Keep it comming 👍👍👍👍👍

Great tip but I would add that this technique is only as good as how well you've trammed your machine's head. Don't forget that critical part!

How do I give multiple thumbs up??? Thanks Joe!

Just did this for the first time. It's a great technique. I had a really rough bandsawn edge, and it cleaned up in seconds. Thanks for tthe tip!
Carl

Priceless. Thanks, Joe.

Joe where did you learn all this stuff?!!

Now I can stop wasting lollipops. Cheers Joe.

I have used the clime cut for 30 years and it has always produced superior results. Thank you Joe.

Wow, this is one of the best milling tricks I have ever seen. Amazingly elegant! Thanks for sharing. Wish Joe & Co. a Happy New Year…

I gotta stop watching your videos, I've given myself a concussion from slappin my forehead.

The problem that arises if it's less than a stellar machine is that you're mirroring the squareness of your mill's ways and the tram of the bit. This will absolutely guarantee opposite faces are dead on parallel. But worn ways will hurt squareness and there's no error correction. The traditional method eliminates errors of orthogonality in the axis of the ways of and being slightly off tram. You are using the ways and the tram of the bit as a master reference. With a good machine, that's perfectly fine because the accuracy will approach that of a master square. Be cautious and check important features on a surface plate.

i´m always waiting to watch a new video of you Joe , thank you so much for sharing your infinite knowllege with us!

Joe,
I have learned a great deal from your videos. Thanks much for your knowledge and enthusiasm.

I hate to bust your bubble but if you use a planer gauge, a roll pin and a tenth dial indicator, your going to find out that the finished block will indeed be all over the place out of square . I made parts for Kodak Cameras that had to be dead nuts square and to do that we ONLY use fly cutters, not end mills . First off you got to tram in the head of the mill dead nuts all the way around then you go at it the way you first described with a roll pin, and you fly cut each side and check with the planner gauge, indicator & roll pin on each side and from that you know witch side is out . Maybe only .0001out on only 1 side but the indicator will find it and show it and you re cut just that side with the fly cutter just enough to clean it up on just that 1 side.

Does anyone else get the urge to answer his questions aloud with a firm YESSIR!!! ….and address him as Sarge?

I learned it this way, but from your advise, I now know also the how-not-to-do way 😊

This video should be displayed in universities regarding near-net-shape design. The back jaw of the vise and a hard stop can make this as repeatable as you would ever need for a repeatable cast part.

Why did I not get taught this 60 years ago?

Well that was a basic 7th grade metal shop tip.
I was shown that over 40 years ago. Maybe I got lucky.
Way faster and better way...
Make dovetail jaws for the vice, cut dovetails in the block on two parallel sides. Clamp the block in the dovetails and make the part. Flip part, and shave off the back side. Part is 100% finished.
You can cut a block out, all out of square but as soon as you have two dovetails cut...nothing else matters.

Cheers. Very helpful. I will use that tip making quick change tool posts for my lathes.

Nice, simple procedure. Thanks for sharing.

Great tips but what happens when stock is way off square and its a bigger peace of material and lastly tool flex

Joe fantastic.. I was so sure after you did the first 5 sides you were going to flip and do the same again. Did I miss something ?.. is it not an accurate way to do it. Yes you would have to be accurate in the vertical amounts you removed . New to this. Such great content. Hope you got out on the bike this year a little 🙏👍👍

Hell yeah that's the way it's done. I'm gonna use this whenever applicable.

Thanks Joe great idea one i definitely will remember and use !