Get your parts to run true in a non adjustable chuck. YOU MUST WATCH THIS!

That was a good suggestion Joe. I'used a lathe for 73 years now and I can still learn something new. Thanks, Bill

A lot of these videos are quite old but still and always will be relevant. Thank you for showing all your tricks. To be honest, I think I got a better education on YouTube than I could have gotten at any course I could have taken. YouTube has turned into a bunch of snowflakes the last few years, yet is SUCH a valuable tool to learn and educate yourself. YouTube is ONLY valuable because of content creators such as yourself. Thank you so much Joe. I bought the machines, never having laid a hand on one in my life. Now I'm making parts for a customer and have paid for my machines many times over just from him alone. I even built my own rotary phase converter using YouTube and practical machinist forum. I can't say enough how much I've learned from you and other machinists online. Take care buddy.

Ive never used a lathe, I dont own one, but this video was so well produced, recorded, edited and explained that I watched the whole thing.... title should be changed to "How to film a "how to" video. Good stuff.

Fantastic idea again Joe!!!! 👍👍👍 only wish I had a boss/lead an like you Joe 55 years ago. As an apprentice toolmaker many moons ago, we had no leadership to speak of. We had to stumble around discovering ideas like this by ourselves. The boss knew exactly what he wanted part to do, but had no idea how six of us apprentices were to make it. We were left to our own devices. Most all of the newbies quit working as it was very discouraging working for the company. Only two of us were toooooo stupid to stay, but we thought ourselves an awful lot……..

You made a nice collet, more accurate than most store bought ones. Thank you, you're the best.

I cannot believe I have not come across your channel before, just seen it in the past few days and I must say your videos are fantastic! I love watching machinists and learning about machining on youtube, but some of the others can be quite.... wordy. You get to the business, show what is needed and not a bit more! That is the way to do it! You don't let interruptions stop you, and you don't even mention them, just pause, start again and keep going, you do not waist a second! You give enough information that even a beginner can understand the concept, but can educate even those with experience. Thank you for your videos, you are doing an amazing job!

Thanks. I chuckled with fond memories of my Dad, a tool maker for his working life, showing me this technique. He is still making chips with is south bend 13" and Bridgeport J Head Miller. The chuckle came when Joe blew the chips off the lathe. I could hear my dad scolding me to be careful not to blow debris into the ways, under the carriage and tail stock wipers. Appreciated your video for technique and in appreciation of my dad.

I thank you very much. I am a beginner machinist & have used substandard tools my whole life, to try and accomplish tasks the tools weren't meant for or are in too poor a condition to do so, so I find cataloging tricks like these to be very useful. "just get the right tool" isn't always possible or worth the effort.

Thanks for this Joe! It took me about two hours to actually get it to work. But I am rank green hobbyist with used Taiwan lathe and have been teaching myself. It has been a struggle , moving my lathe and setting it up on my back patio , wiring it , tramming it , leveling it and tramming it again. Crashing it , rebuilding it , bearings, tramming it again . Making it run true has been a big learning curve but I keep on keeping on! After shimming the closest my three jaw chuck has been about .009 and I am thrilled. Now with your collet/bushing trick I have repeated consistiently .003 everytime with my rudimentary and very limited tooling. Occasionally I have measured .001 surely the tolerances of my measurements have alot to do with just how precise I can consistiently achieve. I have bushings for 1" , .875 , .500 and .257" Just to get repeatability at this tolerance has been a major step forward. It is a painstakingly slow process but now that I have the bushings made the setup moves right along it my production of simple parts

Thanks for the video Joe. I am a home machinist with a knackered old 1950's lathe. This trick will be very useful to me. I do not have the money or space available to upgrade my machine. Thank you again for taking the time and trouble to share your methods. Best wishes from England.

I’ve been a filter and turner for over 50 years and still learning tips from your videos they have been a great help keep up the videos Thanks for posting Joe Regards John

Great videos, I am completely self taught machinist, I’ve been a welder/ fabricator for 20 years. Got into machining about 7 years ago. It’s been very educational to watch your stuff. I can make some great parts by hand but learning these type of tricks come in really handy. Kudos and thanks

Whoever does not understand the usable value of the procedure shown here, is not aware of how much he has to learn!

You work so fast and effortlessly that the lathe seems like a part of you. Great job.

Thank you so much for taking the time to do this video. My dad was a machinist for 40 years; 30 of it at Kaiser Steel in Fontana, CA. back in the day.

Superb method for us home gamers with knackered old lathes. I commented when you first posted this, and have used this gem several times since. Once again , Thank you Joe for sharing your knowledge and experience.

It’s a great person who’s willing to share his vast experience and expertise. Thanks very much.

Thanks. You just proved there’s a solution to every problem you just have to find it. Or hope someone else does and posts it on YouTube.

Joe P is the best. No nonsense, straight-forward solutions to common problems. Joe solved my issue with this fix. Great work Joe and thanks for answering my email on this issue.

Custom collet of sorts. Neat trick Joe, I like it