Educational resources

Links and information for learning new skills

Metal Working

• Blondiehacks lathe skills An excellent entry level youtube playlist intro to lathe cutting, measurement and operation theory.
• Blondiehacks mill skills Similar to lathe skills...but for the mill.
• This Old Tony General metalworking. Some welding, some CNC conversion, milling, grinding and assorted random projects, heavy on the dad jokes.

Electronics

• Building an 8bit breadboard computer An excellent deep dive into low level digital computing.
• Keysight Labs Keysight promo channel, lots of great information on bench testing techniques and information. Heavy on the fancy Keysight equipment, but excellent knowledge regardless.

CAD/CAM

• What is CNC? A high level introduction to CNC tools, workflow and introduction to feeds and speeds

CNC

• Fusion 360 CAM Tutorial for Beginners!
• Get started in Fusion 360 for CAM & CNC - Complete Beginners Tutorial
• - Making a Kevin An easy to follow tutorial on how to make a simple CNC project called Kevin

Cosplay/Crafting

• Punished Props Academy Lots of tutorials on foam work, painting and weathering, vacuforming, mold making and casting.