Metal Is Still Cooler Than Wood.

Today, my class got cancelled, so I spent the whole day in the shop. They started me off milling a 1" thick plate os steel to approximate square, then put me on the surface grinder. I have never worked a surface grinder before. This tool fucking rocks, and it's potentially disastrous if not used correctly, which makes it even more exciting. With this tool, one can grind a surface down up to .002" (about half the thickness of a sheet of paper) at a time with an accuracy of up to .0002" They also showed me how to get a piece of metal PERFECTLY square, and make it look like a fucking mirror. I feel like I'm learning more in the shop than in my classes. I love this shit. It's like disney world every day.

The first half of the video is the milling machine, the second is the grinder. The grinding vid is much slower than usual, as I was using one hand. ;)