A Machinists Path: Tom Lipton

Tom is metal worker and machinist currently working at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab with scientists and physicists developing and building machines to use in scientific research. Tom also has a YouTube channel Oxtoolco and is the author of several books about metal working.

0:00 intro

1:33 The machinist community

2:15 Machinist education

6:22 Tom's background

11:07 Clorox

12:20 Thrasher magazine

15:04 A great opportunity

19:37 Lawrence Berkeley lab

23:00 Physics & machinery

27:53 Tom becomes an author

32:15 Tom's YouTube channel

36:52 Where to find Tom

YouTube: OxToolCo

Instagram: oxtools

Books:

https://amzn.to/3nl61G9

https://amzn.to/35fFZhm

https://amzn.to/3njyjRz