Hey Lucia, As a 58 year old engineer I absolutely love what you are doing here. Cool designs, quality engineering and up-cycling where possible. What a range of skills you have mastered coupled with superb videos. Most of all you are demonstrating that the joy and satisfaction that comes from engineering is not just "men only" it is for everyone. Excellent work.

I’ve never seen anyone create like you do, how you machine every surface, how you cast your own billets to machine, you are freakin awesome!

Wow, that's honestly one of the best built grinders I've seen so far... Starting with using your scraps and not grapping back to stock material, makes this one unique... Also it's always a pleasure to see people master their craft, so all thumbs up to you Lucia! Though I'm a little bit jealous for your workshop... 😉

okay when you said you were gonna make a belt grinder... i really wasn't ready fro you to literally every single part from raw materials. this is amazing and you're my hero.

I have been watching plenty of videos of belt grinders because I want to make one for myself, and hands down this is by far the fanciest. It´s so cool and complicated in fact, that i won´t be able to make something that complex. This isn´t a DIY, this is highly professional work, and you can definetly be proud of yourself!👍

Ive seen alot of belt grinders but never seen anyone cast there own rollers. Im impressed

That is really impressive I have to say , such nice quality workwomanship... I love seeing women who are not scared of doing engineering .

These videos are fun! I love how quickly you can get the point across for what you're doing without having to listen to a half hour of angle grinders through a headphone. Your shop is lovely too, that lathe looks beautiful!

YOU ARE ABSOLUTLY AMAZING LUCIA!!! I just came across your channel by accident, a very good accident indeed, because there was metal involved, only watched a few minutes before I subscribed, now I'm hooked! Amazing attention to detail as well! Top-notch videography too! Your belt grinder build is flawless! Watching here in Missouri, the heartland in the USA. Your machine & tool arsenal is...well, what all of us metal fabricators drool over, you have every machine one could hope to ever own (at a home-small business) shop. Thank you for sharing your skills and craft with all of us out here, I can't wait to see more! I'll probably click on your videos and binge all night with a good cabernet. I've watched many welding, metal working, casting, machine shops on youtube but you Lucia, are the only one that actually cleans up after yourself as you work! Great job and very impressive!

It's awesome to see you do things I used to do all day. I'm glad the art of manual machining is still here.

I've watched so many diy belt sander videos on KZfaq. From plywood frame to waterjet cut steel and everything in between. This is one of the best by far !! Can't wait to see what you come up with next !!

Greetings from Whidbey Island, Washington State, USA. I was directed here by Homemade Tools. I subscribed after watching for about three minutes. You are an exceptionally talented and skilled metalworker. Additionally, the videography and editing are of the highest professional quality. I look forward to watching many more videos of what's happening in Lucia's Workshop.

Tres classe bravo, superbe travail impressionnant

Lucia I’m happy to see a woman with nail polish to this kind of work,amazing. And by the way. Great work

You ve made your grandfather proud. Keep up the good work. 😊

You are so talented! I can't wait to show your videos to my daughter Alessandra. She is only 4 months old, but when she is older, you will be such a good example of what women are capable of. Thank you for doing what you do.

Nice design, finished really well. Nice editing You are a skilled metalworker/fabricator. It is also really nice to see a woman who is focused on the project, and not trying to show as much skin or wear the tightest clothes as possible. Keep up the great work!

Wow, Lucia! You've got the tools, and you clearly know how to use them. I've seen commercial machinery that isn't as well-built as yours. Nicely done. 👍

I'm a machinist with 35+ years of experience. I bow in front of you. Keep up the good work.

It's like a Burr King Belt Grinder I had for Knife Making. It cost me $1500 back in the 80's and I loved that tool . They are around $2400 now and I sure wish I had mine still. With the Baldor Motor they last forever. I took it apart to ship it and lost some of the parts and it was never the same. I should have left it intact. Great work ~ You are the shopsmith's dream girl and I wish you well. The Burr King Knife Maker I think that was it's name and they still make them. Aloha ~

You know it’s going to be a great channel when the video artistry matches that of the metal working creativity. You are my people, Lucia. 🤙🏼

A great build, and great production values (as you're hearing from everyone else too). I'd love it if you could include a bit more content about your processes, design, techniques etc, to provide a bit more practicality to the great shots. Keep putting out the content :)

While many women and even men may not see industrial tools up close in their lifetime, I am very happy to see women who are among the most professional in manufacturing. I like very polished metals and I am happy that this interest is shared by many people. Good luck .

The editing work is as good as the machinist/welding work here. Bravo. Fun to watch.

A lot of things to like - the editing pace is just right, the way each component turns out bevelled and clean, the fact that you started with raw materials. Great work! Just about convinced me to invest in a milling machine... just need the space.

Beautiful work. My dad was a Machinist. I am a retired bodyman. Your work is beautiful.

This probably seems excessive to someone who doesn’t know that if you wanted a grinder of that quality you’d pay ridiculous prices… better to make one yourself exactly how you like it and save a bit of money! Also, you get the satisfaction and enjoyment of knowing you made it each time you use it! Amazing work!

Хорошо продуманная идея и крутое воплощение в жизнь)) приятно наблюдать за процессом🙂

Well that is nice to hear, your grandfather must have been a very meticulous machinist, judging by his shop! It is also nice to hear you will be carrying on for him. it is rare today for young people to do what you are doing, I think a lot would sell off everything and get the newest I Phone. Good luck I will be waiting for your next project.

Úplne perfektné , práca, precíznosť , poriadok, spracovanie videa, samotný výrobok a v neposlednom rade aj krásna žena.

As a retired aircraft instrument designer I am so pleased to see a gal who is competent around machine tools as you are. Great video Lucia thumbs up.

Amazing job! It almost invites me to create my own belt sander. Your design skills and aesthetic are really impressive, it looks like a consumer product.

This is very impressive craftmanship. I've been spoiled in my professional life by being able to get things laser cut from CAD, but seeing you do this the hard way scribing profiles is impressive.

I love how you can change the angle of the table or remove it for bigger pieces. Best belt grinder I've seen.

First rate work. Your shop has everything you need and nothing you don’t need.

I find the projects you do totally fantastic well thought out designed and engineered, the paint job at the end along with the colour selection really finishes it off you are a very clever established engineer ( not to mention very pretty ) thumbs up

Awesome video and great project. Video technique was great with all the special effects added to it. You should be proud of the capabilities displayed and the quality of the project completed. I too was directed here by Homemade Tools and expected to see a cute little girl parading around the shop. What a pleasant surprise, you got talent for sure!

Well this is the first time the you-tube algorithm worked! I don't know why this was recommended but it was mesmerizing!!

Ну какая же умница! Отдельное спасибо за работу на советских станках. Смотрю - душа радуется!

I love a woman with skills, and you clearly have them! Very well done project, well shot, and well edited. Kudos all around! :)

Wow. This is excellent. Both the project and the video. You have a great eye for design and the skills to execute. That is a dangerous (in a good way) combination. A lot of folks can weld and machine, but the imagination to conceptualize and the mechanical intuition to pull it all together stems from some innate talent. Also, loooove your flamingo gloves!

Making EVERYTHING? WHAT the heck did I just stumble onto the best secret on KZfaq? Like literally, making your own wheels? Amazing! I can already tell i have lost the weekend to watch all the other videos.... Great job!!!

Very nice job. Have to say, as well, that is one clean workshop

This is awesome - a proper build from scratch and it looked, and worked, great! Clearly a LOT of thought and skill has gone in to this. The actual quality of the video (editing, music, etc) was very good too - I'm subbed to see what else is in the workshop :) The only additions I'd like to see to the grinder is a means of dust extraction (invaluable in my experience), and if I'm being really picky a small LED light to clearly see what you're working on

Wow! Excellent video - both your skill and the editing…thank you!

I’m so thankful for your grandpa. Without him, we wouldn’t have gotten to see you 😊. Awesome build!

Very impressive! Both he metal work and the production quality...

Very nicely designed and built belt sander, as pretty as its builder.

This is amazing content. The best "home built" belt grinder I have seen on KZfaq, period. You are incredibly talented and earned yourself another subscriber 👍

Projeto maravilhoso, ferramentas maravilhosas, vídeo muito bem feito. Parabéns!

Holy cow this was not what I expected when you said you were going to make a belt grinder. I expected the same old sharpie pen and grinding disc cutting I've seen on dozens of other channels. My gosh you machined all the brackets and the adjustments and even cast the wheels?!? I bet that thing weighs 75 lbs. My hat is off to you ma'am, that is the finest hand made belt grinder I have ever seen. So glad this showed up in my recommendations, you have a new subscriber. 😎👍

It is so nice to see a woman in the metal shop. Now that I know that it was your grampa's shop, I know where the older machines came from. The older machines were built to last and were not made from sheet metal and plastic like today's machines are. You just can't beat cast iron, bronze, or solid steel, especially for milling machines. I liked the sequencing of the video, though I wouldn't mind seeing the entire build. You have yourself a new subscriber! My father was a welder and taught me how to Tig-weld when I was twelve yrs old. He had a huge welder mounted to the back of his pickup truck and would drive it to different jobs. We would take trips to the junkyard with a bucket and fill it up with interesting machine parts to make into animals that I loved. I miss Dad. I'm now 60 and own several welders myself. I am saving for an expensive plasma-cutting machine! I do woodworking primarily, but started 10 yrs ago to incorporate metal into the furniture I build, and love the creativity that comes with the two. PS: What region of Italy are you in?

I’m glad you did this awesome project I learned a fewer new things ❤

Simply beautiful. Grinder looks awesome too 👍

I'm very impressed of your engineer skill, if I had 50% of your skill had I been happy your grandfather must bee proud and happy wiht you have done to the old shop.

Beautiful,strong and highly functional.. Excellent work woman...

Fabulous work! The grinder turned out really nice.

Nice to see for a change not only mini lathes like on other home shop channels, but some more substancial machines from "good old times"... Plus great content, presentation and creative editing. Why are there not more subscribers? Edit: as there are a number of recent comments, I suspect the algorythm has finally found you :-)

Great craftmanship, great skills, amazing video editing. I just wish you'd TALK a little more on what you are doing, but still watching it is a pleasure. Thank you!

Impressive skills! Excellent design,fabrication, machining, and welding!! Just right amount of detail. This video and the machine should be displayed in a prominent place in a museum of fine art!!! Splendid.

Lucia incredible grinder and I enjoyed the way you format your videos. I saw this on the Homemade Tools and I’m always looking for ideas to improve my grinder. Keep up the great work, I subscribed to your channel and will be looking for more of your videos.

Great work. Looks awesome. Did you crown any of the pulleys? From what I can see in the video they all look straight cut. It helps belt tracking a lot. Edit: Nevermind. I spotted the crowned pulley at 11:10. Good stuff!

I can't begin to guess how much you have to know to get to the point where you're designing and fabricating your own tools. Bravo!

And all you need is a well-equipped machining workshop and if you have all this gear the project is child's play. Always good to see someone skilled in the use of CAD.

Just beautiful creation. From casting your own billet to cutting and machining to perfecting all surfaces. So talented!!

Lucia i am a machinist fabricator, electrical engineer, cad designer and inventor. I am so impressed with what you do. I have been doing it for years and i have never come across someone so well rounded as what i see you do. I am always learning and i have learned better ways to do things from you as well! I love to watch your videos. Very few people have the ingenuity skill and mechanical mind that you have. I have been inspired by your videos, and i love that you show the real process especially when parts dont always work right the first time. Its so gratifying to see the process of creating something from nothing that you just dreamed up and seeing the satisfaction on your face when you turn it on and it’s working. You are amazingly talented. If you ever need help or advice programming electronics to control your machines or engineering hydraulics and you get stuck please shoot me a comment i would love to help. thank you for making these videos!! -Isaac

Hello from Southern California USA. I have spent 47 of my 59 years in the metal fabrication construction building business, you’re as good as they get! I have always believed that women are better in our industry than men because woman can multitask & think from both sides of their Brain at the same time! BTW- I own an Everlast welder also. I subscribed and hope you do a lot more videos very soon, you are fantastic & WE can learn a great deal from you!!!

All that craftwomanships, welding, machinery, welding and... still have nice nails! Lucia I love this. So inspiring! Keep it up. What an amazing skills!

No improvement needed, looks stunning. The belt grinder does as well!

love the grinder! I also like how you showed your mistakes, and that you fixed it and finshed the grinder!

I've been a fabricator for 35 years and I gotta say I'm quite impressed 👍

The individual parts you fabricate are like little works of art in their own right. Once assembled, we are left with a lovely looking belt grinder...it's brilliant. Impressive editing on the video, a very clean workshop, and truck loads of skill.

I wish my workshop was so well laid out, and tidy, and colourful. Thank you for giving me something to aim for :)

Gloves protect the fingers well, but rotating machines can leave you with no fingers to protect. You can wrap the glove around what you are holding and have your hand on the outside of the glove. Stylish and functional grinding machine you built, very good.

glad to see some proper welding and not tacwelding with a electrode like u see on alot of diy channels

This is my first time here and you are a maker extraordinaire. From forging metals to the machine and welding work, you are awesome. Thanks for the video.

Such talent, skill and patience, all the things i can do from auto mechanics, too construction, fixing just about anything out there, but was never shown how or given the opportunity to learn how too do the components necessary to build a quality machine/equip like that, and at 52 years old, i regret it everyday, i wish i had someone i could go to too learn those skills, but i absolutely think you are a magnificent designer, welder and fabricator, because too build and put together something like that with the tolerances so minimal, and to go together so flawless is something i would give almost anything to learn, hats off too you, 👍👍👍

Your husband or boyfriend most be the happiest man on earth!!! Great job!

Beautiful! Incredible work!!! Only things I would add is a drop down belt guard, and a catch bucket to fill with water right under the first wheel to minimize dust and cool parts. Again, just amazing work!

Hello, I am Hossein from Iran, you are really a lioness, I am proud of you and you are the greatest teacher

I like the casting of aluminium into a billet and then to the lathe to extract the parts from those cast slugs. I have that much in mind for my sander. Also though a wider belt. I think you may have had a thoroughly good time making this tool. It's fantastic too.

The best belt grinder built on the internet. Thank you

Great job Lucia! And thanks for including the mistake moment. We're all human.

Excellent video. I am a shop teacher and looking to inspire more girls to get into the shop and take some classes. I have shared your channel with them.

No advice - but I enjoy watching a creative process - great work! I look forward to catching up on your previous work and watching future videos!

Lucia, nice work and well presented. Keep it up!

Really great work and result!

I have seen a few belt grinders made but I've never seen anyone else cast and machine their own wheels, very cool build and editing. Thanks for sharing

Very impressive design, toolmaking and fabrication skills, it was a pleasure to watch you work.

Thats some engineering went into that project! mind blown!

Fantastic video and a great project! Others have already said it all really and I agree with them! The one thing that eally stuck out was recycling your workshop waste aluminium and then using it on the project.

I love it! Not only the belt grinder (which is great) but also the video edition! Thanks for sharing!

Great videos, awesome projects. I think all the is missing is a voice over. it would make it super interesting. thank you!

That crowned tracking adjustment pulley is a key to making it work so well. Excellent video.

Great build! Beautiful shop!

From one toolmaker to another....you rock!

Extremely impressed watching you build this belt grinder. Good job Lucia.

very well done, like how you show the clips of assembly progression in still shots of it coming together really neat

Hi from Australia. I work in a engineering shop so impressed and thank you for sharing.

I have seen many similar videos of this projects in past but your video is best among them,specially all those little details!!!!