When Cody and his Dad work together you really get to see how Cody’s love of recycling old machinery into built from the ground up equipment to sate his minds need for scientific enquiry comes from. Ranchers and farmers are never given enough credit for their intelligence and resourcefulness. Cody and Dad are a dream team 👍

Cody and his Dad will rule the world during the zombie apocalypse.

What a great dad! You are very lucky to have him! 👍 May you guys have many more great times together! ✌️

You're very lucky to have such a handy dad.

Welcome to another episode of Cody'sDad.

We want an X-ray of the powdered ore

That is one sweet mill. Would have loved it back when I was making firework compositions by the bucket.

"wearing those safety goggles as a hat?"

Codys father being a Ron Swanson.... This explains so much.

Props to your dad, he’s a good welder. Probably an all around good man, too, no doubt.

Your father did a great time lapse. When are we going to see the Cody's Dad KZfaq channel? ☺.

I remember working with my dad like this - Like your dad, he could take junk that was laying around and turn it into cool new stuff. I learnt to do the same - gotta think laterally. Cheers Dad. I miss ya xx

I love how a science channel can have as many subscribers as a gaming channel. This channel is awesome!

Its cool to see father and son working together, great vid

Props to your old man rocking a swanson! Btw, you should make som sort of "funnel" for pouring the material and the balls. You already have the bolts for the door, which could be re-purposed as bolts for the funnel? I imagine that it's just a matter of some scrap metal and some welding, and you're golden :)

The sound of the farm generator is hypnotic, it's sending me back to sleep (not in a bored way, just in a "weird things make me sleepy!" kind!!)... :P

Tbh it really doesn’t matter what I’m doing, once a new video from Cody pops up, I’m watching it.

Your dad is so nice. I want him to be my second dad.

It is easy to see where Cody gets his "hands on" approach to solving problems.

Who knew Cody's dad had such a glorious mustache?!

I’m amazed by how little grey hair your dad has for having you as a son. You both still are great though!

Ball mills can be used for making gunpowder, now you're gonna get demonitized :(

i think this is one of the best videos youve ever made. I loved it from beginning to end. especially how you and your dad worked together. put him on your channel more often

It's really great to see you and your father taking on projects like this together. I can tell he's proud of you.

Those are some weird looking baked beans

I tried making thermite only out of rust and aluminum foil. It turned out amazing and worked extremely well. A ballmill is a really useful tool. The only problem when running it over a longer period of time is that it is using quite a lot of energy... Great project!

I hope you cherish the time spent with your father as much as I did... My father passed away 3 months ago, and this reminded me of us building an air compressor out of a chrysler air conditioning compressor and lots of scrap parts :-) Well done Cody and father :-)

Great to see you and your dad working together. He's done a fine job with you. That ball mill will be grinding 100 years from now.

Yep, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree... (My dad was the same way, taught me everything I know. I wish I could still ask him stuff.)

The real question is, will it blend?

Nature took millions of years to put all of that together to make the rocks and Cody takes three hours to pull it all back apart. Loved the video, fun watching you work with your dad

It's awesome working with your dad I love them collaborations. Enjoy every second with your dad thank you for sharing peace out

To get that loose belt sorted out, a good way is to have a third wheel rest on top if it under its own weigh, only need to connect it to a hinge!

He should start his own channel.. Cody'sDad.

You and your Dad are so incredibly clever, it leaves me in awe the amazing things you guys make with stuff from around the ranch and around your house, reusing things that other people just throw out to make useful and helpful tools, you have no idea how much I appreciate the stuff you do!

Watching you and your pops work together restores my faith in humanity. Willing to work, make their own tools, and generally cool as can be. Tell your dad I said the world needs more like him..... and you.

Always happy to see another upload from you :D

Ah, a nice way to spend a break from 8+ hours of yard work!! Awesome! Perfect day, really!

It’s cool thinking that Cody’s dad was with his dad when he was a boy learning and doing these things as well. Now it continues.

It's so cool to see your dad get just as excited as you about the ball mill and the Calcite Vein. I wish my dad was like that! Cherish and love that Man Cody, not too many like him around anymore! Great Vid Cody and Dad! Keep it up and make sure to include your dad in some more videos!!!!

Cody could you give us a tour of your garage and ranch?

I made a miniature ball mill out of an old printer and a tin can. Runs on 12V and works like a charme for years now...

This is genuinly nice to watch. A dad like that warms my heart, great role-model!

I really love the time-lapse videos you add at the end of each episode. That in conjunction with the audio clips really brings it all together.

Build a hopper that bolts to the opening... Will make filling much easier.

Cool seeing you work with your old man.

Seeing you and your dad in action, it makes sense as to why you're so creative and machine-savvy.

Just found your channel. Taught my dad how to arc weld to help in a reengineer or a 30" trommel. Didn't finish it before his cancer took him but this project reminded me of that. It was good to think about.

"Remember when River had his tail go through the motor?" - Only at Codys house.

wish my dad made quality video's for me to put on youtube!!! lol... cant wait to see what you guys do with it great work y'all

When Cody's dad grabbed that giant Bush's Beans can my respect for him multiplied by 100x...

It's awesome to have channels like this on KZfaq and it seems since the site is changing, so much of the community is kinda focusing more and more on what they love to watch. Just makes a stronger support for Cody.

Cody, can you extract and recover the minerals in mineral water? I would really like to see how much you can get from a few liters 😁

Cody, you are one cool cat. Good video man!

I love how your dad genuinely asks for your opinion on the build details.

That is a real treat to be able to do projects with your Dad that is AWESOME!!!!! I miss those days but I have the memories -Two thumbs up!

Hell yeah! I can't wait to subscribe to the Cody'sDad channel!

Thumbs up for Mums & Dads!

Fantastic result scrap yard engineering that crusher. Thanks for sharing mate

Things like this should be put into space soon. Stuff like this could bootstrap mining on Mars or Moon. Cobble together some solar arrays, a electric furnace, a ball mill, some robots. Then you got ingots of mixed metals. Maybe add some sort of metal sorter/filtering to purify the ore. AFAIK this hasn't yet been done. If this is miniaturized I could envision a compact cube 1x1x1 meter which has all of this built in and just drop it on the Moon and slowly build an army of this miner cubes. And from thereof build larger facilities and even habitats.

Sounds like you get your electricity from an old 1910 CP engine/alternator. As vid progressed, I seen your yard, and my sorta joke made more sense. Then,.. The Mine! That old engine noise just must be an old gen set. Am I right? Maybe if I watched more of your vids I would know. Your place would be heaven for me, nothing better than lots of cool things to do. I have a good bit of heaven here where I live too, but on a much smaller lot.

What the heck is a ball mill? Guess I’m gonna google it or watch this video. Keep it going Cody :) Ok got it lol

Another outstanding episode. Always enjoy your videos. I see where you get some of your ingenuity and work ethic. Really enjoyed the video of you guys rebuilding the bulldozer also. Glad you included the mine in this one (I missed the mine). Thanks for sharing.

Never seen anyone cut so well with a torch before. Folks, before we had cnc, computers, etc, people like Codys Dad helped build the world with their hard-earned skills!

Never been so early love from india been watching you for 4 years

What's the techno song name playing in the background?

This is timeless, I’m looking to build one of these and the thought you have provoked for me Cody is awesome, thank you 🙏

I love my dad, but when we worked together we'd argue constantly and get very little done. You guys work great together. Nice to see this.

Have you considered adding lifters to the inside to get more impact into the crushing process, it could help significantly.

I loooooooove you, Cody! 💚💜💙💛

So it runs in the family eh? You guys are awesome, It is always nice to see father and son engaged in projects and having fun together! Cheers from Brazil.

Big thanks to your dad for filming the start of yet another awesome ending timelapse! :D

Cody for President 2038

Hey Cody, can you do some videos on that old hit and miss engine sometime? Also you might want to make a removable slide hopper that will give you like a big funnel to pour that material into so it will load the mill quicker. You could just slowly pour the bucket into it instead of going a pitcher at a time.

You really have something special with your father, never forget that. Also thanks for the time lapse of the build, much appreciated!

Great video...love seeing Father and son working as a team... cheers

Make a chute for it so you can load ore easier.

There’s 104 days of summer vacation

This is the true American dream. Owning some land, exploring the land. Building cool things and learning things. Time for Cody to get a 1 hour segment a week on netflix

Love the father and son project! Thanks Cody

Wow, first time I've seen you have a family member in one of your videos!

When will your fusion reactor finish?

Boy i always love these build videos of yours, always shines up my day when i see a new one

WOW your dad recorded the work he did in a very usable way as well! So great to see your dad so supportive of you in so many ways.

Since no one tells me the name of the song at the end when I ask (it's in plenty of C'sL vids), I'm gonna just tell the world what I call it in my mind: Cody'sLab Ending Theme Song #1 (There's at least 2 others).

PAINT IT PLEASE !!!!!!!

I loved the time-lapse at the end there. It hasn't occurred to me that you could make a drum like that, but it totally makes sense!

Hey Cody! This is one awesome video!! Me seeing you and your dad making that ball mill together and going to the mines makes my heart warm. I wish all the best for ya'll!

I came here to complain about exposed belts.

so you have codys lab and codys blab what about starting codys dad?

Love these types of videos. Great content cody!

Loving the shop talk between you guys! Keep up the great work Cody, regardless of what KZfaq do you have support!

I see that your dad has a mustang 2 in the background is it a 1978

So why not just put a door on an electric cement mixer? They average 28-30 rpm and can handle hundreds of pounds, with the added bonus of being tippable to empty. Would it be because the motor may not be able to run as long as required for a ball mill?

Father-son projects can be bit of roller coaster rides at times but I've never regretted any I did with my dad.

I love this Channel I came because of the videos on mercury refining and stuff and turns out this channel has so much more to offer..

Could you do a short video about the little motor that is often heard chugging away at the ranch. What does it power?

Cody, have you ever heard of an Ayam Cemani chicken? (Everything about them is black, even their bones! But not the eyes) My mom has 2 and they are broody, and OML, it is funny yet scary. You go to take their eggs and they come bolting at you, screaming, heck, they are the true velociraptors!!!

Nice build, simple and effective. Thanks for the video.

love to see new videos from you all the time. i want to support you one day