How to resolve AdBlock issue? Adam Savage gets savage threading a bolt
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- August 5, 2020
Click image to enlargeWatch Adam Savage of MythBuster’s fame manually machine a huge bolt from a brass blank.
He faces, he cuts, he taps, he chamfers, he measures and he even wrecks, all the while explaining the basics of machining and adding some high level expertise as well.
Savage obviously has a passion for cutting metal, and it shows as he works through several problems while setting up the mill and lathe, and threading the workpiece.
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