I Attempted a DIY Alignment on the Yugo

I was once taught by an old school mechanic friend to use two long (~8ft+) straight things to set toe - he laid them on the floor, against/parallel to the front wheels and measured the gap between the two with a tape measure. We got it close enough as my tyres are still happy and the car doesn't try to throw me into ditches ;) Thanks for the vid!

Saladman

I think I will do this same process with the foden. The camber is not adjustable, but I know I need to check the toe angle. I have adjusted it several times, this process will be better than what I have been doing. The back axle needs checking too, since it moves around when adjusting the chain tension. Thanks for the video, some great, easy to DIY ideas.

While I have got some use our of that little lathe and made some useful parts, it's pretty crap. The biggest problem is a pretty big lack of rigidity. The motor is also torque less at slow speeds. If I did it over again, I'd start with a proper sized used lathe. That'll be $1000-$2000 just to start out unfortunately. Like Eric said, it's pretty expensive to get into. It doesn't seem to be like woodworking where you can get started with a drill, circular saw, and a can do attitude

Aging Wheels

I got into metal working soley from watching youtube. Had no experience with it, started watching various machinist youtubers, and then bought a mini lathe and mill. It's an amazing skill to learn, but it is fairly expensive. Check out Abom79, Oxtoolco and This Old Tony on youtube.

Eric Greenberg

Here's a protip that I learned from Adam Savage: When you get hot glue on your skin, you can avoid a burn by quickly rubbing the glue to spread it out. That distributes the heat over a larger surface area, and the heat won't be concentrated on one part of your skin.

Michael Dunn

I have to say, Daddy Doug was right: This really is the second best car channel on YouTube.

Sebastian Sonntag

Neat to see the mini-lathe in operation. I'm hoping for an eventual video on it-- metal working is something I'm interested in and know little about. Especially theoretical-precision stuff like that. Also, I use the crap out of my wireless hot glue gun.