Machining 101: How to drill a square hole at home without special tools.

Holy shit he's talking like a normal person!

Such a nice, relaxed and well spoken man. I hope he makes it big doing more of these interesting tool videos.

Not sure who this guy is but what did he stick in a vice

This can’t be the same guy.

This technique has been kept quiet for too long. I'm glad somebody finally broached the subject.

Man it’s crazy to see the difference in your channel from then to now. We’re so proud of you; you’re all grown up now.

Somehow, AvE talking like a normal person is weirder than the episode I just came from where he's machining a potato.

Voice sounds way different from now. Also less schtick. :)

2:23 "I'm a little short on patience today" - yeah, we saw that when you ran that drill into the metal, like there's no tomorrow.. lol :D

"Summer Teeth". I love this guy because he's always teaching me the fandango slango.

I used to do metal work before my accident that disabled me. I have to say that your videos are some of my favorite videos to watch, thanks man.

I saw nothing wrong in this video. I can't believe the comments on here. AvE good job. People need to know feeds and speeds and the different cutting compounds available out there. The fact the drill was smoking proves you had a cutting compound on. The drill wasn't too fast for a 3/8 diameter. Belt driven drill presses always sound faster than they are really going. Also the drill bit never changed colour, the chips were silver and didn't turn purple which means you weren't cutting anywhere near too fast. I could brag about my credentials and certificates and pieces of paper too. It's what you can do, and what you really know, that proves your true abilities. Natural talent and innovation will always be worth more than a shitty piece of paper, this is why you can machine without a certificate for a living.

I already had a brooch borrowed from my grandma with a nice figure of a cat like animal on it. It did not produce acceptable results and Grandma was not happy either. Please be more specific with instruction before condemning your viewers to distressing and difficult situations. (Great video really)

Could u please do a video on skinning cats ?

You're the Bob Ross of metalworking. I'm pretty sure I couldn't replicate anything you're doing but it sure makes me feel good about myself.

When I was 18, in 1978, I got a job at a small 30 person manufacturing plant, (there used to be a lot of those), one day a month I needed to broach a couple hundred parts, we used an arbor press with about a 2 ft. long handle on it. It was hard as hell to force that broach through, I started with the handle almost straight up, a little forward of TDC, I had to hang onto the handle, and let my legs drop out from under me, it took all my 180 lbs. to get that broach moving, that was the easy part, because that was only about halfway through, keeping the handle going to get the broach the rest of the way through was the hard part, it was a hell of a workout, and I'd be covered in oil. I'm sure there is a machine doing that now.

This must be the baby Yoda version of AvE.

I love your videos man. Thanks for showing us how to do seemingly complicated things with everyday tools! As my grandfather said "It ain't rocket science... well, unless it's rocket science."

I was using a rotary tool, i feel like a tool now.. I owe you years of education watching these videos. God bless 🙏 and, thank you for making learning interesting!

Wow. I saw this 7 years ago, watched it again today. It reminded me why I started watching. Amazingly, he didn’t end the video with “keep your stick on the ice” like I was expecting! Of course, the “new” end phrase will forever be expected from now until the earth stops circling the sun! The fact that he literally used a vice in this video really left me wanting to hear the send off phrase!