Normally when you see ‘vintage’ instructional videos from the WW2 generation, it’s corny stuff — naive nuclear fallout instructions, or hysteric precautions against gonorhea, and things like that.
I just watched this video on turning tapers with an engine lathe and was struck by how clear and well-presented the lesson was. This was state of the art then, and today, if you want to turn a taper with an engine lathe, it’s still very high quality. Even the video “effects” (arrows and lines) are useful.
Apparently I should be thanking ‘Jam Handy Films’ for this.
Oh my. Just after posting this article, I found the following clunker that is a perfect example of everything I hate about most modern day instruction. The first first thirty seconds were literally spent explaining “hang up your bookbag, put on a coat, put on your safety glasses.” I turned it off at that point.