U Tube

Oh, I watch Joe Pie as well as several others.

U Tube to me is a bit like the telly, loads of rubbish but gems as well. I follow a couple of posters on the CNC side, whoes video's were grest in helping build and set up my 3018 CNC router when I bought it, and again this year when I upgraded to a 4040 router, Yes, theres some product placement, but no more annoying than long advert breaks on the telly!

He comes on here from time to time

I see you are trying to avoid trouble Dave....

Too long is otherwise known as too much waffle. Just try getting away with that in the workplace.

Some do, usually the difficult bits to achieve or hard to film

It isn't the workplace.

As I do make YouTube videos I know and talk to other people who also make YouTube videos. Some people like things that count as waffle, like how's the family etc and some don't Some people like long winded explanations and some don't. You can't please everyone.

One thing that does fail consistently is a dull voice and delivery. Unavoidable when you start, but as you progress most people improve delivery.

Hello,

I saw some videos by Mr Crispin and was impressed.

There was one by Abom 79 where a dog came to visit him while he was busy on the lathe.I cant find that video any more.Does somebody remember that one and give me a link?

Tank You Hubertus Fischer

Delivery is important for any presentation. Don't be the presenter that kills all interest in the subject just by opening their mouth.

The only place for showing every cut on a piece of stock is for the I've just a bought a brand new lathe and have never even seen one before market. Every body else knows it's tedious standing in front of a machine twiddling handles to make a piece of material smaller. Watching somebody else do it is torture, unless there's something important about it - a new tool, better workholding, why using/not using power feed is important etc. Images that aren't clearly lit and in focus don't belong in your video. And put the camera on a rigid stand.

Think about what you're going to say before you even touch the camera. Have a list of the points you want to make so you don't repeat or yourself, ummm and aaah all the time. If your piece is complicated then write a script, and do a voice over. Do a voice over for all your action shots, so you can be understood.

Gimmicks are what make the best most watchable You-tubers. The viewers decide what is a good gimmick, NOT you! And the 45 second montage, with your cousin's granddaughter killing a violin over top, that you put at the start of each film? Delete it, along with the lists of your subscribers, donors and begging requests for new ones.

Nick, don't dispute what you say as regards working metal on YouTube.

Also what you say may vary from what you have in mind when you start a project, but you should have some idea of what you are going to say. For gimmicks, it is about personality.

As for lists of patrons etc, if someone is paying for a video, then people will mention them. (Not all, some people don't) but that is normally at the end. The economics of making and funding videos dictate giving credit for sponsors.

I’ve just stumbled across Barton Dring

He seems to know his stuff [mostly CNC related] and has a nice civilised style of presentation.

MichaelG.

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I haven't found many YouTubers I subscribe to to be pushing stuff. My go to list is

Blondihacks - she has #notsponsered as a catchphrase

This old Tony

Clickspring

Artisan makes

Inheritance machining

Keith Appleton

I watch a few related 3d printing ones too, but I haven't seen that much shameless advertising

Clickspring makes some good videos but like many others I get fed up of him making small items of tooling and then not showing them in use.