Milling a Metal Scriber 

Having done videography and instructional videos in the past, I'm amazed at how consistently good your presentation is. Everything from your camera angles (clearly framing the items), to your clear voiceovers (most people struggle with audio), to your expert editing is top-notch. I wish you could do a course on how to do a course! Well done again!

Wow!!! I have never seen anything like that in all my 44 years of machining!!!!!!! The whole removal of headstock like that!!!

I see a few of my favorite RU-vid shop mavens using this scribe.

I just had a funny experience with this video. I am subbed to the Make: channel and while sitting in a boring meeting I clicked on this video in my feed and started watching it with the sound off. It didn't take long for me to think "Somebody at Make: has been watching Chris on the Clickspring channel". Imagine my surprise when I scrolled down to the comments and saw Chris replying to all the comments! I still haven't listed to the video, but Chris, your style is so distinctive and as always is a pleasure to watch. Scott

In high school and junior high I took woodshop for 6 years. I loved it, so much I skipped machine shop classes. I have regretted that ever since. You have inspired me to save up for and keep and eye out for a good deal on a lathe to experiment with. I am suspecting that my love of woodworking extends to machining precision parts as well. Thank you for the inspiration. I enjoyed the video very much. Ironically, I wasn't sure I even wanted to watch someone make a silly scribe. Boy was I wrong. Your teaching style is fantastic! More videos please about simple tools I didn't realise I needed and will use frequently.

I love how he shows all the alternative methods for folks who don't have the required tools. I think it's just that little touch that makes his videos more enjoyable.

There is something very satisfying about hearing someone with an australian accent using imperial measurements! Nice video!!

Wow! The zero rake on brass cutting tools was a real wake up for me. Thanks!

So glad you got this partnership Chris! Hopefully this helps you keep up your amazing work!

That is... a bloody stunning looking piece of sculpted metal. Just, outstanding. Bonus points for being easy to fix, too!

At first I was skeptical about the homemade bit, but seeing it work, I am impressed and will probably use that trick in the future

I made one last night, my wife ordered one immediately. So I'm making another one today. This is a really simple, useful project. I used grey scotchbrite to put on a brushed finish. It feels right in my hand. Great idea, and a useful tool. Thanks man!

never miss a Click Spring episode, great work!

When I know that I will see another Clickspring video, a big smile appears onto my soul and I associate it with a comfortable cinema chair and a good expresso coffee. Thanks

I have absolutely no use for one of these scribers but after watching you make them, I WANT ONE!

stunning photography and explanation

Love your videos Chris!

Clickspring is amazing. I'm glad they've got him producing custom content for them, it sucks me right in!

This was well explained! I'm just about ready to pull the trigger on a Grizzly Micro Metal Lathe.

Hi, I'm working my way through all of your video's. They are excellent. This one should enspire many people to get into turning/machining. You have a wonderful way about you my friend ☺

I made such a metal scriber a year ago. It works perfectly.

I'm a fan of Make because of Diresta, ILTMS and now Chris from clickspring is here too! Congrats Chris, your videos are simply amazing!

Very nice video Chris! Love the detail and image quality, also the cleanness of your workspace and the sharpness of your tools, great!

Alec Steele recommended your channel so glad he did.. just the project I was looking for !!! Well made video thanks !!!

I saw the thumbnail and said " that looks like click spring tool." Lol great vid. Love your work!

didn't know cris made videos for make, loving his videos, i am even a patreon subscriber :)

Thanks for the idea! I just made one from an old 1/2" x 6" bronze bolt. I knurled the section above the taper, and domed the other end. A #16 sail maker's needle made a sturdy and sexy tip: sharp point, strong, and TRIANGULAR in cross section.

Just finished making one. Love this scribe! Great project

Every time I see the quality of your tool grinds Chris I swear I'm going to spend more time honing my tools😀

I am not a machinist by trade but I always enjoy your videos. Thanks

Another amazing video thanks a lot. Every time I come to see your videos get to learn so many new things .

I do not have a machine at homes or care to own this tool but this video was still very entertaining. Thanks

This clarifies a lot of things that I've seen in other turning videos! Thank you!

Great to see you getting more notice, Chris! Your main channel is criminally underfollowed considering the quality of your videos! Keep up the amazing work!

Another beautifully made video with superb content!!! Thanks for sharing your work, on Make: or on your own channel!

I love Clickspring he is my favorite youtuber in this category

These videos make me really wish I had a legitimate reason to buy a lathe.

Awesome video and project! I loved your lathe!

And...now I want a lathe.

Such a cute little lathe! Maybe it will grow up soon and help finish The Antikythera Mechanism.

Thanks for getting me on to this channel...awesome.

That looks like something you would buy out the shop

Totally enjoyed watching this, great job

Very nicely organized and described.

I must say this one is so beautiful!

Nice project, and - as always immaculate video quality.

For people who are new to lathes: Be careful with the way the lathe turns. The tools are designed to cut a specific way (the ones in the video are designed to cut upwards, so the workpiece has to move downwards). When you cut towards the center like at 2:55, try not to move past the axis of rotation. In this case it's not that much of a problem with HSS, but tipped tools (typically made from boron nitride) are very brittle and won't survive anything like 6:44 or 7:40.

lovely video and great production value.

Clickspring is an amazing channel! I've watched all of Chris' videos, some of them more than once.

Great videos. Just made a couple scribers (one for me and one for my brother) - really useful tool! Enjoying the clock series - keep up the good work

Woohoo....I took the plunge and made one today. Works (and looks) great! Now I just need to figure out how to make a safety cover for this - that fits well and looks cool too.

Beautiful, makes me want to make a set of custom darts :)

Love your videos as always Chris! Such wonderful quality. I'm a relatively newbie and I think one of the "problems" with this beginner video is the need for the special cutting tools. I have yet to try my hand at making them, so it would be great if you could do a tutorial on that too so that newbies have a class act to follow!

Something about this video, maybe the yellowish orangeish shading, but makes your eyes feel comfortable while watching. And the really hight quality is just gorgeous. It's an orgasm for eyes :D By the way, amazing work.

Now you get my recommendation to anyone in the machining world for lining up center height for cutters using center in tailstock!!!! No more silly tools!!

Finally made mine today. I am learning to use a haas tool room lathe and the was the perfect project to make. Took maybe 30 minutes and thats with learning a new interface

Beautiful to watch, imagine my delight when I discovered a Clickspring video in disguise!

just a tip i used a tungsten tip, just used abit of tungsten from my tig welder and stays sharp

great photography!

At first I thought it won't be exciting but after 3 minutes I liked the video. ;)

A little tip on finishing, at the end, when you don't want to have jaw marks on the part, is to have something like paper around the part, where it contacts jaws. might get slightly off center, but at finishing, doesn't really matter.

8:10 I made this into some darts. They grip very good and work well

I've been making that drill bit for years as a watch maker

The lathe used is a Sherline brand. Too small for my purposes, but a really nice machine by the looks of it.

Really great video! I especially valued the tip about the spear point tip. I often make my own drills to get the exact size for tapping holes. I have just been putting a bit of a notch on the end of some silver steel with a dremel. Also great tips on the cutting tools! Please make lots more!!!

* Turning a metal scriber Love Clickspring's videos

Great video. As soon as I started watching it I started thinking his voice is very familiar then I realized it was you Chris of Clickspring. Keep up the good work glad to see you may be making other types of videos.

With some additional changes this would also make a beautiful pen.

This is a fantastic, well done video. It makes me want to get a metal cutting lathe!

those aussie electric sockets are so cute

Make: This is one of the best make videos in a long time.

Awesomely filmed and narrated as always. Your precision with the lathe is just beautiful to watch. I'm already a subscriber, and I'm happy to see you got covered by Make, this should give you a bit more visibility, you deserve it so much! Cheers from Italy, keep up the good work. P.S. - nice aussie accent

I now have a hundred projects I didn't know I needed to do!

This is sweet. I just subscribed to this guy the other day! Now he's got a Make video, I guess I know how to pick em! :D I'd really like to see more educational/project videos like this!

Chris, Amazing what some left over cut offs and a few pennies worth of string will do after some time on a couple thousand dollars worth of machines LOL. Thanks for sharing with us as always keep safe.

good machining tool......and a wonderful scriber.

That scribe flexes so much in other videos

Great video! One thing I would have done differently is adding a set screw to the bottom so you can easily remove the tip to sharpen or replace it. It would also be nice if you milled a flat somewhere to keep it from rolling away from you and hitting the floor (which could snap the tip off as well). Anyway looks like a fun project!

you could add a set screw to hold the pin. so you dont have to heat it over and over to change the point. still a fun project.

Nice done!

If I didn't have a carbide scribe I made nearly 30 years ago. I'd be all over this.

I want to buy a metal lathe now just to make one of these scribes. Nice.

That would make a nice looking pen.

This guy is a born teacher!

Sweet, great idea, Think I might make one with a screw on cap to protect the needle tip just need to figure out a design where the screw thread won't make using it less comfortable.

hi Chris, just found this video. sorry i missed it. nice shop made tool. Jeff

What about drilling a tight fitting hole for the needle, the heating the brass to expand it slightly, then having it grip once it cools again (can't remember the engineering term)

This also a very useful tool when tying fishing flies.

Good to see you on make clickspring

"So you've just bought your benchtop lathe", yeah, I'm afraid I did and I blame Clickspring for it!

great starter project

Better than a sewing needle. Use a similar length of TIG welding electrode. It's Tungston. Hard as stone.

Thanks for a great tutorial !

5:19 As a bonus, after drilling the hole, you can use the 'needle bit' as the point. The female voice at the end is too "splash of cold water". Same goes for the rest of the vids on Make:.

ill offer some advice, drill the hole slightly smaller than the needle and heat up the brass to get it to expand and that hole will get bigger, insert the needle and cool, it should clamp the needle without any adhesive and be much stronger, then just re-polish.

I like all your videos but this one is great as something I might one day achieve on my own (I know a guy with a lathe). One thing that might make it easier for me and perhaps others is to mention dimensions in metric. This could just be in the text description as mentioning both inches and centimeters could hurt the flow of your talk. Good luck on this series as well as your clock making project!

why isn't this video on your clickspring channel? I haaaaaaang for your videos. your teaching style is fantastic, patient and very clear as to how to achieve the set objective. Do you have another channel? thanks Chris

Nice job !!!

Nice video.

Thank you very much. That was really informative. You can make a custom designed pen too, I hope 😊. Thanks again