Belt and Suspenders! Now here's a man who knows how to keep his britches in their place.

Dan, for the sake of humanity, I hope you have at least a dozen apprentices, so that maybe half of your irreplaceable knowledge is not lost when you finally can't carry on.

This new version of the "shop tour" video, now in HD with good sound, is an absolute treasure! Thanks Dan and camera person (editor, etc) for creating it!

Hello Mr Gelbart, from reading all the comments I see that many like myself would love to see the design of the mechanism that moves the adjustable chuck in the two axes of motion. Thanks for putting out such high quality content!

For those wondering if they're crazy, I believe this is a re-upload of a video posted last week. The previous version appears to be deleted. The video quality and audio were quite poor. This is fantastic. Also just in general, wonderful content. I could watch Mr. Gelbart explain things to us for hundreds of hours. Knowledge goldmine.

I'm not jealous, I'm in absolute awe! It's not the workshop so much as the man who built it. This is a glimpse at a lifetime's knowledge. Dan is a true master. Quick edit to say, after watching this video I couldn't resist a bit of research into Dan's background story. It makes as fascinating reading as the video and is well worth it if you really want to understand how he built all of this.

Thank you for releasing a high def version of this. It is a 1000% improvement on the first version. Definitely has to be one of the worlds finest workshops.

That foul mouthed Canuck sent me. Beautiful shop. Thanks for the tour.

We love you Dan Gelbart!

Dan , brother please make 1 video of the green box with all the screws and cool stuff so we can see all the cool stuff. You got scale screws that look like bolts . I gotta see a close up . (Drawer by drawer. Nice and slow.) Thank you for everything its greatly appreciated. The shop is top notch.

I'm a simple man. I see a notification of a Dan Gelbart video, I click it.

"What if I wanted to drill a hole through this dust spec?" Happens on the daily.

When I was young and didn't know what I wanted to be when I grew up, I first became an electrician, then I thought that I wanted to become a metal artisan, so I became a blacksmith, then Thought that I wanted to become a watchmaker, now I am both a micromechanic and a watchmaker and have made a working tourbillon watch movement, and now I finally know what I want to be, I want to be Dan Gelbart!

Dan Gelbart is one of the few people i'd like to see live forever. This level of knowledge with humility is rare and precious. Thanks for sharing Dan!

Legend has it the house itself is just a studio apartment.

How can a man with so much desire for tight tolerances ever tolerate also working with wood? Thank you for your workshop tour!

"Let's say I want to drill a hole trough this dust speck" - Greatest machine shop quote I ever heard on KZfaq :D

am I dead and in heaven? 2nd Dan Gelbert video in a year? you spoiling us!

A place where you could eat, sleep, work, tinker and get away from your wife. Absolutely overwhelmed. Thank you Dan.

Nothing but respect. I love the total overkill of using a laser welder to tack-weld nuts in place.

I could have happily watched a few hours of that

Dan you’ve just made a lot of my heroes look like Boy Scouts.

Thanks for reupload. Now I have an excuse to rewatch this shop tour. This time in glorious HD :) Edit: It is actually rerecorded! Even though structure of the video is the same, but description of each machine is slightly different. This is even better, I could watch whole video series by Gelbart just about jig borer.

What a wonderful treat. Mr Gelbart is, I imagine, too modest to know how extraordinary he is. One of the great communicators in the precision engineering field.

The most amazing thing about all of that equipment is the wizard that knows how to use it all. What a treasure of a human being.

I am speechless, this is possibly the best personal shop I've ever seen, just the sheer precision thoughtfully placed into every object in there speaks magnitudes of you as a person! You are like the final evolution of the little demon sitting on my shoulder during every project, pleading with me to make my part just that much more precise and hunt down a few more zeros, however... you actually got there, everything in there allows you to actually get to that level of precision reliably. Hats off to you sir, for you have built the home shop that every engineer and machinist around the world has wet dreams about! Thanks for this fantastic tour Dan! I am now going to go sit in my shop and ponder a few of my life choices... and potentially invest in a bit more granite.

This is the type of guy any young man would appreciate having in his life. They just don't make them like this anymore. Amazing talent, incredible knowledge and a work ethic made inconel. Good on you sir.

This is a very lovely video Mr.Gelbart, thank you for a tour of your workshop! I hope you have many happy days ahead. I was always wondering when you'd upload again! I'm glad you did, :) thank you

Who, besides the Mac bunch, would give this right to repair fella a thumbs down? Please, Dan, say you're training a few wizard apprentices so this old school attention to detail isn't lost. I don't know what else to say that's remotely worth saying other than you are amazing. Thanks for the tour.

This is such a nice shop, thanks @AvE for sharing

Mr Gelbart, document your unique, invaluable and vast wealth of knowledge of this topic, for the current and future generations.

I'm so glad you made this with the improved video and audio. I suspect the like of your facility will never be seen again.

Much better audio than the other version... How humble are you, being such a genius!!! Thanks!

Glad you redid the video, I saw things I didn't see the first time, and the sound was much better. I guess there will be a second part since it was shortened.

Nothing beats coming home from a boring day's work and seeing a new Gelbart video. Thank you

Within the first 10 minutes of the video, I realised I love this guy. It upsets me that I don't know anyone personally to send this video to, who would also share my admiration.

You have a gift for explaining why some processes are important, and also a fine sense of humor and perspective for the maker mindset. Please keep producing more videos to educate makers for the future. Perhaps even hire a production team to produce a full course. The 'team' might also be a school that produces fine educational resources.

Great job on the audio and video upgrade. Hope to see more soon.

This level of quality and diligence is what makes the world go round. We have an expectation that trains won't derail, airplanes won't fall out of the sky, your stove won't burn your house down and your TV won't electrocute you all thanks to Mr. Gelbart and others like him.

I could listen to you for hours, thank you for re-recording and adding more details in as many of us asked for.

When you see people like this you can only imagine the knowledge that has been lost over generations as each generation moves away from the last.

I know Dan is a busy guy, but I would love for him to show how to build some of the tools he's made. Especially his little spot welder, looks super useful!

Hey Mr. Gelbart. Glad to see you’re still commenting here. Want you to know just how much i’d Really appreciate seeing some new videos. Anything. We’re desperate here don’t make us beg

I had to look up the definition of a arcsecond. That is actually BONKERS. For those of you who, like me, havent heard of a arcsecond before: First you need to know what a arcminute is. A arcminute is a angular measurement equal to 1/60th of a degree, thats 1/21,600th of a turn. an arcSECOND is 1/60th of a arcMINUTE or 1/3600 of a degree or 1/1,296,000 of a turn... If were to turn that rotary table one arcsecond every second it would take you roughly 3500 years to do one full rotation.

I whatched both versions of the shop tour there are a few new informations in this one. Thanks for the nice video. I would be very interested in the lathe chuck atachment with the ground and papped disks. I just can't imagine how they acually hold together to keep the rigidity. If you could show us a sketch it would be awesome. Same for the electronics of the spotwelder a schematic would be very nice.

Hello Mr. Gelbart, Thank you very much for taking the time to create this video and show us around your workshop... Take care. Paul,,

I love it when KZfaq recommend such unique videos.

I am indeed impressed by your workshop. Moreover, Im awestruck by your knowledge. We should all take adopt your commitment to excellence. Thank you. Please continue with the videos as they are educational and inspirational.

I wish you were my neighbor... My wife would have to ring your door every day to bring me home

What a really interesting man, he has probably forgotten more than I know or ever will know.

I would have loved to have served an apprenticeship under this guy.

Mr Gelbart thank you for sharing this with us I know your Time is valuable and you in no way need to do this. This made by month

As an inventor, I can see how spending one day working with Dan would produce all sorts of inventions

hooray more shop tour content! Thanks so much for making these videos :)

Can you please provide details on building the lathe chuck centering mechanism for the novices that might be interested in building it for themselves

One of the greatest minds in both engineering and machining highly under appreciated, I’m glad there’s a higher quality video of this tour!

As I was wishing I could have looked over Dan's shoulder when he was starting out, I thought of Ca Lem. Similar breed of cat... crazy smart, meticulous attention to detail, works hard, and humble. I wonder what that kid will come up with in 50 years! Dan, your video's are like gold! A lot of us are on the edge of our seats every time you put one out!

I wasn't ready for this.... I wish he was my neighbour growing up

The audio is excellent! I wish I had someone to learn from 30 years ago just like Dan Gelbart!

Dan, I'm so glad to see you making videos again. Your knowledge and skills are invaluable, and I really appreciate you passing them down.

His “dirty” room is vastly cleaner than my bathroom and kitchen.

Dear Dan, I would love to see a video about your life and work over the last 50 years. PLEASE consider making one. Thank you so much!

Very nice video, Dan. First time I visited your channel. It's like taking class from a favorite professor. An engineer, craftsman and teacher all rolled into one. You undoubtedly are getting a lot of new viewers via AVE's belt and suspenders comment. I will check out your other videos. I'm sure you'll do well if you keep making videos of this quality as they can be very inspirational to a broad spectrum of people. Some KZfaqr's are entertaining but it is good to come across someone that is well rounded and able to teach not only a lot of different crafts but also life skills. An example of the later is to work hard with what you have and be resourceful to acquire or build what you need.

Hey Dan Gelbart I’m a 23 year old Industrial Mechanic from Norway, who loves to dive to the deepest depth of everything related to what you do. I wish I could steal all of your experience and knowledge and build on that, I wonder how that would turn out when I reach your age. This was my first video and I will go look at all the others so you can teach me more of your knowledge. You are perfect for my life. Keep up the fantastic work and share what you have learned :)

I love that you are posting again, keep the videos coming!

I'm in awe. As part of a younger generation, i have huge respect for your knowledge and accomplishment. I learned a lot in those 36 minutes. Also, just a very charismatic accent!

Thank you for updating the shop tour, any video you release is a must see and always very educational. I wish you had more time to make videos documenting your thought processes and methods. Your understanding of many disciplines cross pollinates to make brilliant connections. I understand your working as a researcher and producer and am sorry you are not training hundreds of people in your methods, only so many hours in a year.

Incredible. Dream shop and a man who knows what he's doing.

This is by far the most impressive workshop I have ever seen. The level of detail is just mind boggling. I can only hope to achieve 10% of the knowledge that this man carries with him

Please consider doing a how-to on building a spot welder like that! I would love to see how you did it, especially the electronics.

This amount of precision, knowledge made me cry.

Thank you for sharing, Dan. You are a blessing to us all.

We never tire of your uploads, and each is a treasure of information. Please upload as much as you can find tolerable. It enriches the world with your knowledgeable explanations and demonstrations. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much Dan for again showing us your magnificent obsession. Much better audio. I smiled all the way through!

Never tired of your stories and pills of knowledge. Thank you Professor. Standing ovation.

Thank you for reshooting with a much better quality! Very interesting, and one can tell that all this equipment serves a purpose and really gets used. A question: Does the diamond wire saw (32:45) use a loop of plated wire, or is it a long length of plain wire spooled from one drum to another plus some diamond slurry?

"at this size it just adds decoration"

Dan, thank you so much for making these videos. I've been working in hardware prototyping for the past 10 years and I keep coming back to your videos finding new things that just blow my mind. Hope life is treating you well!

I'm just barely smart enough to appreciate how incredible this is...yes, the equipment is top shelf, but more so the man who assembled it and uses it. Amazing.

Fantastic tour! Just received your Rapidia metal 3D printing system for our R&D shop at work and excited to get it up and running on Monday. Thanks for making the dream a reality, Dan!!!

doesn't seem even 100 years is long enough to accomplish what you have. absolutely amazing.

The worst part was when the video ended!!! Absolutely blown away! I’ve gotta try the camera microscope thing on my mill!

This man knows everything.

you fixed the audio! thank you so much. a beautiful video i learned very much

This is insane... My jaw kept dropping at all the thought and intention that went into this. It would be quite the experience to set foot in a workshop like this, let alone own it! Well done!

I'm not a religious man, but I think he could be God and he has just shown me heaven.

I just love how he explains things. Wish my teachers in school was as easy to understand.

Mr. Gelbart, I worked for Kodak in Dayton OH where you gave a demonstration of various, historical printing techniques about 15 years ago. I am glad to find you on KZfaq after all of these years. Thank you for your teachings.

I once considered myself an intelligent man, I was wrong. Hat tip to you sir, I am in awe of your creations and abilities… you inspire me to create further.

What a wonderful man. Wonderful to see a true engineer in his natural habitat.

What a fascinating man and a fascinating workshop. Workshops can be a metaphor for life: deciding what you wish to do and setting out your stall to do it to the standards you're happy with. In a workshop like his, measurement and control are taken seriously for the best results. It would be great to spend a day or two talking with him. He does inspire me.

Impressive precision equipment in your workshop, and only a highly specialized person like you to use the resources they offer, thank you for your willingness to show, thank you!

I've watched this over ten times and i've learned something new each time. This man is my hero.

A dream shop, it’s comforting to to know the brain behind it passes the knowledge on, many thanks for your time to let us see your Engineering shop. All the best wishes to your health.

Thanks for redoing this video and explaining some more things! We all love seeing videos from you so keep them up!

Flame add decoration! I need to remember that one….

I would give anything to talk with this man for a few days he is the man I would love to have the knowledge he has picked up in his life

a KZfaq channel I am most thankful for

That carburizing oven is genius. That solution saves a lot of expense and complication.

"let's say I want to drill a hole through this dust speck".....