FIXING A 1900's STEAM HAMMER! Pt. 12

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@sparrowriver7916 Ай бұрын

Never thought I'd be into a series about fixing a steam hammer.... yet here I am again and will continue watching till the end

@silverspine1854 Ай бұрын

yes me to

@LongBean7 Ай бұрын

It's just so fucking awesome

@drinkmorecocacola Ай бұрын

remember all those people being humongous lames about the sponsor that gives us a free program to watch on youtube? they should all be flogged for their horsesh!t opinion

@SimonBauer7 Ай бұрын

i went from a guy fixing an old pdp 11 computer (usagi electric for anyone curious), to this, somehow completely different yet kinda the same

@EclipseAtDusk Ай бұрын

@@SimonBauer7Usagi’s got some dope stuff

@JustaMuteCat Ай бұрын

Honestly, the one thing I really love about Alec’s evolution as a content creator is how he threw away the pretense of being a macho adult and gave in to the manchild he always was. The way he maniacally laughs now is so much better than the early years of his content. Keep up the good work. And Jamie, never fight again against a lawnmower.

@kiddy1992 Ай бұрын

Going away from the yeehaw montana lifestyle helps with that. Back to proper brittish banter

@joelblair8339 Ай бұрын

Jaimee has turned from a great cameraman/editor to a great asset and friend to Alex, who is also one of the best cameraman/editors on KZfaq.

@saginawdan Ай бұрын

I agree...He's top notch 👌

@piccalillipit9211 Ай бұрын

The dirtiest grimiest editor in youtube LOL

@Argosh Ай бұрын

It felt terrible when Alex moved to the US, like leaving behind family. When he started reappearing in videos I was so happy. Despite the obvious pain Alex went through, in the end it is just like the old days again.

@piccalillipit9211 Ай бұрын

@@Argosh Can you explain that please? I stopped watching when he was in the US - it became more like a manufacturing channel than a forging channel - what did he go through?

@Argosh Ай бұрын

@@piccalillipit9211 I don't believe that he ever fully explained what happened publicly. My understanding is that he tried to go big on the whole store and production thing but it failed. I assume that he and his wife decided to move to the UK after all, so he unwound the business in the US and now is back to what the channel used to be. I can only imagine the financial and personal strain that he went through. He clearly had a vision and for some reason he couldn't get it to work. I hope he is happy anyways, even if he has to do the creative equivalent to dirtywork to pay the bills for now.

@jonathanschubert9052 Ай бұрын

I'm glad to see the Lamp of Damocles still around, not that you have anywhere to offload it

@bilijoful Ай бұрын

lamp of daamocles, good one dude XD

@OperationDarkside Ай бұрын

This lamp should stand in Times Square for art purposes at least once. Lighting traffic for one night and one night only.

@googleuser859 Ай бұрын

I noticed a huge lamp like that in Durham down by the river. It's apparently called lampounette and us an art installation 🤷

@erik81subaru Ай бұрын

You should make your own brass plaque to go on the power hammer. Saying "Restored by ______ 2024", or something along those lines

@MeriaDuck Ай бұрын

8:30 with so many references to square I was expecting a square space segment, but we were already past that 😂

@bartolomeothesatyr Ай бұрын

The time lapse shots of the milling of that bottom die block from a fixed perspective relative to the block were supremely satisfying to watch.

@falty6949 Ай бұрын

Jarrow Metal Industries Ltd used their machinery to produce 500lb armour piercing bombs in WW2! There's some great imagery online of their facilities from the 40's and 50's, so cool to think of the life this thing has had.

@theGolde Ай бұрын

If there were 158 episodes of this series, I would watch every last one of them. Keep em coming, Alec!

@TechnicalGamingChannel Ай бұрын

The amount of precision required to properly restore the hammer really explains a lot about how messed up it was thanks to all the repair jobs it's had over the years.

@helplmchoking Ай бұрын

Yeah it's been around long enough that all the little repairs, which were probably all fine on their own, add up to a bit of a mess

@DasGanon Ай бұрын

The definition of "Square" will turn you insane or a machinist. There are no other options.

@caitlinomalley80 Ай бұрын

thing is, I know that even alec has used power hammers where they weren't perfectly square on all surfaces of the dies, so why it suddenly needs to be now is baffling to me.

@TechnicalGamingChannel Ай бұрын

@@caitlinomalley80 If you're going to go through this much effort to restore a machine, you might as well do it properly at the start so you don't have to fix it later...

@The_Keeper Ай бұрын

@@TechnicalGamingChannel Indeed. If you're gonna do something, might as well do it right.

@piccalillipit9211 Ай бұрын

*LOVE THIS RESTORATION* please do more of this type of content.

@joshuanicolai4776 Ай бұрын

I don't think Alec give himself enough credit the drawings, his mechanical understanding, and ability to visualize how something works and make it in the really world takes a lot of intelligence

@nicholasviney5975 Ай бұрын

I think a certain cameraman and editor deserves a bonus, he's an asset to the shop

@CNC-Time-Lapse Ай бұрын

I got all 20 of my nails! They are awesome! Thank you, Alec and Jamie!

@tw1st3dw1ll7 Ай бұрын

One of the top content creators on YT, watching him grow over the years has been awesome.

@jussihamalainen6920 Ай бұрын

yeah almost looks like adult now, how the time flies

@drinkmorecocacola Ай бұрын

it would be funny if you were one of the people commenting about the sponsor being "bad"

@MeriaDuck Ай бұрын

Until the better halp sponsorshipsl last week.

@markustorma4210 26 күн бұрын

My engineers heart is totally hammering for this series. Looking forward to see more solvable problems. Once you get the thing working, please make a separate video on hove it was built 100-years ago. How the different steam shafts make the thing to work... would be fascinating to understand

@Uberfoxbob Ай бұрын

You know, the Spiffing Brit has worked with both Linus Tech Tips and local computer shop. Might be worth reaching out and seeing if you can get a computer built for CAD with all of the fabrication you're doing.

Ай бұрын

Very jazzy indeed...

@Bro-trust-me Ай бұрын

OnShape is probably also an option, since it's browser-based.

@therealsourc3 Ай бұрын

@@Bro-trust-me OnShape is very limited and the pricing model is the worst of all the paid CAD softwares I've seen, if you don't want your designs publicly viewable you have to pay $1500 a year per user, which is 3 times more than a standard hobby Fusion 360 license, which not only has CAD, but also CAM and simulation. Best on the list is Solidworks, which has the Maker subscription for $150 a year.

@JackNormalMemes Ай бұрын

He could get a CAD capable PC for like £300 if he was savvy about it. Which im sure he could afford.

@mehmehmehmeh Ай бұрын

Bro i use OnShape (and fusion 360) on a 15 year old cpu with 6gb of ram. There isn't any "CAD PC" anymore. Any secondhand pc you can buy is a cad pc.

@Roo2398 Ай бұрын

I know nothing about a power hammer, let alone a steam hammer. I've never even seen a machine like this. Yet I'm finding this series so interesting. Keep it coming. Looking forward to next Sunday already.

@Kaelygon Ай бұрын

Can't believe this series has made to 438! At weekly uploads it has been 8 years but it feels like it has been just few months Edit: correction. 8 years, not 36 years.That'd be at monthly upload rate

@bilijoful Ай бұрын

What

@larswilms8275 Ай бұрын

Yes, I grew up with this series. And now my children are watching it. It has been a blast.

@michaelterrill4950 Ай бұрын

This proves Alec and Jamie are immortal.

@alexnosheds Ай бұрын

“It’s been 84 years…”

@gauseb Ай бұрын

It's literally part 12 of this series. What are you talking about.

@tilkka_ Ай бұрын

To be honest, I love this content and watched it fully. Way more than fast 10min condensed clips yt recommends ppl to make. These series were the thing that got me hooked to your channel and I love that we get to enjoy them again. Hope you will find a good damascus project, maybe a set of blades, that you can make from all the left overs!

@michaelanderson2166 Ай бұрын

Very efficient at cleaning springs, must have a lot of spring cleaning practice.

@acyour Ай бұрын

I sure miss the Sword Builds that took months to finish

@TheArmase Ай бұрын

Make a suit of armor out of the shavings ... always love watching you make armor. We have seen so many swords, blades, and tools (and they are awesome too).. but only a few things of armor. I absoloutly love seeing all the steps, and little things that go into armor making.

@Benjamin-rq1fi Ай бұрын

Dude... Making those chips into a bar then into sheet steel would take absolutely freaking ages.... Please go for it Alec! I've always wanted to know middle age techniques for making sheet steel.. most of the armor making content I've seen starts with modern sheet

@TheArmase Ай бұрын

@@Benjamin-rq1fi exactly!!!!! It would be an amazing series.

@trentgay3437 Ай бұрын

Canister Damascus?

@TheArmase Ай бұрын

@trentgay3437 interesting... how does one design a pattern for Damascus from shavings, and then have it translate to the final form? Going from shavings to billet to bar .. then it has to be flattened, AND THEN it can finally be shaped into armor!?!? And imagine the gilding he could do. The engraving, the gold inlays, and jewels .. lol .. I would watch every second if I could.

@Benjamin-rq1fi Ай бұрын

@@TheArmase not sure you really design the pattern (at least not initially) from the shavings. You get the canister Damascus, then you can pattern it further from there. Alec has done some long time ago from nails and other things.

@Mrgigagooga Ай бұрын

6:26 "Actually worked!" The feeling of your own invention to do something perfectly! Something you thrive to experience! It feels so good no matter what it was!

@jones7399 Ай бұрын

11:08 was a little suggestive wouldnt you say 🤣🤣

@joekessinger731 Ай бұрын

Love Alec's drive to overcome and keep at it till it's done, really miss the old "blue Dyyyykum" bits, keep up the good work, can't wait to see it working in the shop

@BigDoink666 Ай бұрын

Look at Alec becoming a real machining boy. I've been a machinist for most of my life and a few years back I was really cringing at some of the ideas you came up with. But now it looks really professional and the results are impressive. Keep on keeping on.

@mchboss Ай бұрын

0:25 that Laugh😂😂😂

@thomaseskelsen1362 Ай бұрын

It's been so fun and educational, watching the restoration on this power hammer. Just wanted to say I loved the musical choices this episode ❤ and the laugh at the beginning really made my day. Thanks and cheers 🎉

@ChrisBri77on Ай бұрын

As a CAD Engineer, I adore the raw mechanical approach of using "whatever's on-hand" to figure a rudimentary datum. I think it's a bit messy and a bit wishy-washy because go only knows the tolerancing of "random piece of steel rod stock I had on-hand" but it got you within 2mm on a very complicated process. That's some good jury-rigging

@c0nn3 Ай бұрын

Why does slapping a (finished) work piece feel so satisfying?

@jasonward4480 Ай бұрын

I look forward to these videos every Sunday, they're the perfect cap to the weekend and start to the work week. Thanks and keep up the great work

@kupaN9 Ай бұрын

A second block of steel? Your juggling practice must be going well! When does the third arrive?

@Blackend16.61 Ай бұрын

I'm always really impressed with how good you are with problem solving and just the usage of your knowledge. You may not think you're smart enough at times but you're sure the hell a lot smarter than most

@granitesand78 Ай бұрын

i am so into watching you do this stuff. These machinist projects are lights out the coolest stuff you've done. I hope you've got more ideas once you're done with this one.

@imaginationingrained 22 күн бұрын

I happened to be watching this in 2x speed and the part where Alec started explaining the math of the dovetail on the bottom block was hilarious!! 😂😂😂

@roBLINDhood Ай бұрын

Absolutely love these machinery restoration projects you do! I’ve watched them all multiple times and will watch every one you do! Keep em coming!

@andypughtube Ай бұрын

I tend to draw dovetails in CAD, let the PC work out all the hard sums. If you dimension to the pins, and put that and the pin diameter as a measurement it can work out the imaginary meeting points. Also, I have used pins of different diameters to calculate the dovetain angle too. (my milling machine overarm turned out to be on a 55 degree dovetail. Very Whitworth)

@neverm0re915 Ай бұрын

That laugh hunting me till this day 😂

@swampcritterisbackbaby1740 Ай бұрын

Turn the ram back around. It is made to be rotated as part of periodic maintenance to even out wear. That is why it moves easily one way and not the other. You need to run it on the stiff side for a while.

@memorycl Ай бұрын

2mm. Two. Do you not hear the applause?! That's stunningly impressive given the spaghetti hand you've been dealt here.

@virtual_masters2839 Ай бұрын

This certainly is feeling like it’s becoming a more traditional Steele Series that will end with 50 odd episodes. And I’m here for it! 😂😍

@jackstrutz Ай бұрын

This series has been such a pleasure to watch! You're a mad man and I love it!

@bfg1637 Ай бұрын

I want an epoxy table filled with those beautiful metal chips. Great video guys

@seanryder5450 Ай бұрын

I’m in the states, and I just started a tool and die apprenticeship, I’m in die repair, so watching this is really cool and intriguing

@thenotoriuosbg7372 Ай бұрын

0:26 Alec's Spongebob Square Pants laugh is gold

@tannerbobanner9453 Ай бұрын

11:08 is crazy LMAO

@BluestedSRT4 Ай бұрын

11:26 Ain't nobody dope as me, parts so fresh, so fresh and so clean, clean.

@kschleic9053 Ай бұрын

Alec needs to do an Onshape sponsorship... I do CAD professionally and Onshape runs on my 10yr old laptop just fine. Cloud based CAD is the way to go if you don't want to buy a pro workstation.

@ninjmaster5609 Ай бұрын

The more I watch the more I appreciate your work and the work that went into this a hundred years ago

@TikiTDO Ай бұрын

It's not episode 438. I'm pretty sure it's at least episode 2,095. Here's to 2,000 more! Also, I recently got a 3D scanner that actually feels like it would be amazing for this task. A acquaintance's company called Matter and Form released the THREE scanner, and it's absolutely the piece that was missing from my shop (along with a 5-axis CNC... Someday).

@wootzmilitaria Ай бұрын

Amazing effort going into this hammer, will be very exciting to see the hammer running again

@Freeman-Dl70 Ай бұрын

As long as you make videos, and I draw a breath, you've got a lifetime viewer. I guess it's the aspiring blacksmith and the trained machinist in me that'll keep me coming back.

@DjDolHaus86 Ай бұрын

As someone who has to make a lot of non square things align I always find the easiest way is to first make the parts fit in their respective slots but leave the two mating surfaces (the bits that need to be square to each other) oversized. Once the bits are fitted, then decide which piece is going to be your datum surface and match them from there. Trying to do it all in one hit without laser scanning is all but impossible because you're constantly changing the surface angles trying to get it to fit

@rhyswilliams9138 Ай бұрын

Excited for episode 439!

@s3b_Leney Ай бұрын

1:15 did he just hang up on that guy😂

@8pplexd Ай бұрын

me and the boys get so hype when a new Alec Steele steam hammer video drops

@sarchlalaith8836 8 күн бұрын

IT'S SO FUCKING BEAUTIFUL I don't even forge wave I want this hammer... It's just such a thing of beauty and elegance

@jinglesbejankin7322 Ай бұрын

I still remember the first task my metals teacher supplied me with in high school. "Here's a file. Here's a rusty thing. Clean it."

@cameron7678 Ай бұрын

Whenever I see milling machines taking such big bites, I always hear cookie monster in my head.

@nunyabizness4354 Ай бұрын

After the steam hammer is completed - use a bunch of those 4140 chips to make cannister Damascus for a really cool, large, blade project.

@toddsmash Ай бұрын

You guys have done a bang up job. That beautiful hammer looks loved again.

@BB_Chaptsick Ай бұрын

Thumbs up given. Buy Jaime a bar of soap. Great job on this power hammer. Looking forward to seeing this come together.

@BasedBidoof Ай бұрын

So nice to see it coming together. That ocean of chips is incredible

@joepiejaapie Ай бұрын

Love the "Jamie rubbing his coil" POV footage!

@thespaztagonist984 Ай бұрын

Alec had a bad dream where he messed up the milling; so he bought a second block without actually checking if it was a dream or not.

@andrewt9773 Ай бұрын

It makes me happy to see this project didnt flop. I wouldnt have been mad at you either if you had tossed in the towel. Excited to see you finish this big boy!

@Homemadeknivesreal Ай бұрын

Great video to watch while on a plane

@Shoop83 Ай бұрын

That laugh at @0:26 should be everyone's ringtone.

@oifmarinesgt Ай бұрын

You had me laughing from the beginning. "Welcome back to episode 438". Roflmao 😅😅😅😂😂😂

@manythingslefttobuild Ай бұрын

Nice work Alec and Jamie, looking forward to part 13.

@Kopa_Malphas Ай бұрын

Bro, watching this rebuild has been amazing. I cannot wait until it's complete!

@-Kreger- Ай бұрын

Looking great. Look forward to seeing this bad boy in action.

@diegocalabria2272 Ай бұрын

so cool, this is way better than netflix ! can´t wait for the next episode witch i will like before it starts ! thank you for the content, Alec and Jaimee

@TranceMechanic7 Ай бұрын

AAAARRRRRGGGHHHH!!!! The suspense is killing me! Seeing this hammer run is going to be the highlight of my year at this point! 😆

@vollbot Ай бұрын

Greeting from Germany. I am a Tool Mechanic myself. Love ur Work and Videos. U are a OneManMachine.

@nanaki-seto Ай бұрын

Using cord is quite a easy way to set piston rings and get a piston in the bore. Use to use fishing line and even threat for small engines to do it

@snake2261 Ай бұрын

Can't wait for the "Chip Damascus" video!!

@bjmgeek Ай бұрын

5:30 Yes, we can imagine. I remember the massive scoring from previous videos.

@piokul Ай бұрын

My thoughts during discussion of the dies lining up: why not just mill the dovetail first, leaving all the excess above, then put the oversized die into the dovetail, where it is going to be, touch the dies and scribe the smaller one on the bigger one. Then just mill to the scribe lines.

@Argosh Ай бұрын

7:40 so many brilliant segways to a certain square sponsor XD

@bencgates Ай бұрын

[Jamie is cleaning machine parts] *Jamie sets up the best camera angles ever for cleaning machine parts

@miguelalmeida1213 Ай бұрын

11:08 That was one rusty spring. But with around a century of not being used it needed some good scrubbing.

@ChrisShipway Ай бұрын

This project feels like the old zweihander or other 5 million episode series

@michaeltalaganis6518 Ай бұрын

Can’t wait to see episode 500! Keep up the great work Alec!

@grumpyoldguy4817 24 күн бұрын

I wish I lived near you. That block would have been the perfect job for the 3d scanner. Keep ip the great work!

@2006Neon2006 Ай бұрын

"my 12 year old computer wont run CAD" - Sounda like Alec needs a sponsorship from On Shape ;)

@RobertGracie Ай бұрын

HAHA episode 438 xD you really trolling us there Alec!

@SteveTamasi Ай бұрын

I would like to see in your Milling Timelapse if you could include feed speed and rpm? Just a suggestion (I’m learning my new mill; more info the better for me :P) cheers 🍻

@Spikeydelic Ай бұрын

0:25 i just love that giggle you make.. its amazing

@A1BASE Ай бұрын

Mate, you need a contour gauge. Quicksmart. Super useful for transferring curves from one medium to another.

@madmax82988 Ай бұрын

Yesss another one!!!

@fabianstetzler7801 Ай бұрын

Hey Alec and Jamie, loving the series! I thought it would be a good methode to 3D Scan the body first to get the measurement and alignment then in CAD. You are probably already nicely fitted up but maybe this helps somebody :)

@Cappucini Ай бұрын

Weird Solution to the problem with the block fitting "Just Right" but in my head I was thinking you could've gotten a giant block of floral foam, you know like the dark green foam for flowers and shoved it into where the die went and then traced the fit onto your block of steel and machined it for a perfect fit. I've got absolutely no basis for this as I have not dealt with forging in my entire life but its just something that came to mind.

@theboardcrafter1336 Ай бұрын

Colin is selling his underground bunker dirt, so you should sell your metal chips from your steam hammer. It has beautiful blue colors in the metal shavings.

@1pcfred Ай бұрын

That blue tends to go away as the chips rust. Which they will do after a while.

@umpalumpia723 Ай бұрын

Hey Alec! I know a lot of your projects have you going BIG. But what if you went SMALL? Maybe you can see what it takes to make a watch! And you can buy all the cool tools involved with making a watch, like a watchmaker"s lathe

@zport1853 Ай бұрын

i can't help but wish we got a bit more progress this ep. we got the dovetail in the lower block, and that's about it. but from the amount he stressed the accuracy ig it's good he took his time.

@matheighway Ай бұрын

12:06 Jarrow Metal Industries: according to a quick bit of interwebbage, they were founded in 1937 by Sir John Jarvis, and by 1953 had become part of Armstrong Whitworth.