Rudy Kouhoupt – Fundamentals of Milling Machine Operation

The basics of milling on a vertical milling machine are covered. Included are outline, plans and directions for a project to practice your new skills — an excellent fly cutter. (2 hours). Rudy Kouhoupt was a columnist for The Home Shop Machinist and Live Steam magazines for 24 years. He also contributed articles and plans to Popular Mechanics magazine for more than ten. He was a consummate machinist and a superb teacher. Rudy has always been a proponent of the Keep-it-Simple method of machine and tool design and machining style. You will learn much from his approaches.