Originally Posted by
atomicmill
Hi Marv, I agree with you. My original idea was only to showcase the fabrication process of my solutions to some problems, or particular implementations of some common-ish tools without focusing on explaining them, and I do enjoy seeing the chips fly around and "reveal" the part underneath. But I understand my wants may not match the audience needs, and in retrospective, I do feel that I missed several opportunities to communicate more things with the video. I'm still trying to find a good balance, and these kind of feedback is much appreciated, so many thanks!
Regarding the actual device, I've used the DTI on a bar approach up until now, but it always felt clunky to me, bumping the tip over the edges of table slots and blocks or something. The tramming square gets rid of it, and allows me to continually observe the change in the spindle axis orientation as I rotate the head, without having to pause to give the indicator a spin (as you said, I should've put this stuff in the video). Price is not a particular issue with these tools, I spent like $5 in metal and fasteners. I had the indicators already, so they're not really an extra expense, and I can remove them from the square and use them somewhere else when needed. They also do not have to be matched, unless you want them to be zeroed at the same position in the dial.