Machining and Casting Recycled English Pewter Workshop Magnets

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This film follows me making a number of novelty (though hopefully useful) workshop magnets. The plan was to make 36 (6 sets of 6) to give away, in the end there were nearer 50. This is the most of one thing I’ve ever made!
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I begin by machining the cast pewter bars from my previous film ( • Identifying, Melting a... ).
When my parcel of disk magnets arrives I’m reminded that “the bitterness of poor quality remains long after the sweetness of low price is forgotten”, and embark on some testing to see how good or bad they really are.
As is entirely normal for me I suffer from another case of project creep, and take a meandering detour from my machining to try directly casting the molten pewter.
When it comes to assembly time I realise winter has crept up on me and adapt my mini mill’s rust prevention heater to warm things up.
Finally I make a tubular cutter to prepare the foam insert for the presentation tin.
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Why pewter? Why not! I’ve machined wood, plastics, various brasses, bronzes and copper, steels, cast iron, titanium and anything else I can get my hands on to play with. Part of the fun of my hobby is seeing how different materials behave, and what can be achieved with benchtop tools in the home workshop.
Any imperial conversions are ballpark at best, just so non-metric viewers can keep up.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Machining Pewter
02:16 - Magnet Tests
04:13 - Adhesive & Prototyping
09:07 - Mould Making & Casting Pewter
16:30 - Cleaning, Polishing & Buffing
18:22 - Warm Box & Magnet Assembly
20:53 - Presentation Tin Preparation
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The polishing compounds I used (in order of appearance) in the film are (no affiliation):
Yellow: Dialux Jaune Compound
Green: Menzerna 439T Pre-Polishing Compound
White: Dialux Blanc Compound
Red: Dialux Rouge Compound
Yellow: Menzerna P175 Superfine Compound
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My thanks go to ‪@JimTaylor42‬ for getting me started on Design Spark Mechanical, which I've used for the 3D visualisations.
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Manually subtitled for accuracy - Press the CC button
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Shot: HDC-HS700 1920x1080 50P AVCHD
Edit: FCP7 ProRes 422
Mic: DR-05

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@phylippusvonhohenheim3232 4 ай бұрын

The foam hole cutter and air extraction was pure genius. In fact, this whole project was pure genius. Thank you for sharing

@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian 2 жыл бұрын

The foam hole cutter and air extraction was pure genius. In fact, this whole project was pure genius. Thank you for sharing 👏👏👍😀 Happy new year to you. Looking forward to more inventive content . 😀

@SeanBZA 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, that cutter is great, as I have used a similar style of cutter in the past, that had an ejector in the chuck so you could clean it out. 6.3mm hole, and a lot of work on the cards that had been punched out to 4mm, too small to use. Took about a month to finish the lot off, using spare time here and there.

@krieghound3931 6 ай бұрын

It's amazing watching someone who's capable of performing fine detailed work. I myself am not good with exact measurements. It's why I became an electrician

@westweld 2 жыл бұрын

This is a really good channel you have here

@bilbo_gamers6417 Жыл бұрын

Your content reminds me of Clickspring a lot. There's so much attention to detail and care that goes into your work. It's all so clean. Very admirable.

@venksb 2 жыл бұрын

I am a big fan of this channel. Although, I have never worked with lathes and the other machining stuff, the detailed explanation, along with the lessons you have learnt while making this, helps ordinary people understand how things are made. You have a wonderful problem solving mind, I love that the most, tools are secondary, the thought process is so much more important. Thanks so much and I look forward to your future videos. I have watched every one of them.

@TheRecreationalMachinist 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words 👍 🇬🇧

@imantss Жыл бұрын

gives me "How It's Made" vibes in the best way!

@teodor103 2 жыл бұрын

Hey, I am very saddened by the fact that so few people came to watch this video. I really like Your channel. Hopefully the public will come back! awesome work.

@Pushyhog Жыл бұрын

my top 4 channel yearly, now another year to enjoy this channel 2023.

@robwgeorge Жыл бұрын

Wonderful presentation. I have to admit. My favorite bit was using compressed air to "extract" the foam plug. Well played.

@F1DesignUS 2 жыл бұрын

The air gun trick was cheeky and genius!

@Jims-Workshop 2 жыл бұрын

Really interesting project and very well presented. The ejection of the foam plugs was indeed genius, as was the use of the silicone tubing as a collapsible mold so it wouldn't get stuck. Thank You!

@Jacksparrow4986 Жыл бұрын

I love that you discovered pewter. Being able to recycle failures at home feels like an awesome learning environment and making stuff from basically scraps, energy, tools and time must be awesome. More pewter (or other stuff that can be reused at home) content please, cheers from germany!

@azizabdullah8993 4 ай бұрын

I enjoyed watching you make molds. I wish you would do practical courses and attend this course.

@mrporridge2304 Жыл бұрын

Aye, agree with Andrew... I think the "pop" when that first plug came out is the most satisfying sound I've ever heard hahaaa! Great little project showing lots of techniques to achieve the same outcome. Your inventiveness when using everyday items is ace... well done! 😎👏👍

@campbellmorrison8540 Жыл бұрын

Love the foam cutter. Very nice finish. Im impressed that cardboard tube would stand the molten pewter, Im going to give that a go as I have no rod and it looks like fun. Cheers

@reaper060670 Жыл бұрын

Great skills on the lathe mate.. I really enjoyed this video.. The craftmanship u showing here is phenomenal bro.. Love to see this on YT

@rowandunn2403 2 жыл бұрын

I don't comment all that often but seeing your foam cutter with the port to blow air in was beyond clever, keep up the great work!

@traxxgoingwild Жыл бұрын

Lovely execution. A real pleasure to watch what you come up with.

@robertmanssen5261 4 күн бұрын

Bloody lot of work.

@oldcomps 2 жыл бұрын

Really great video as always, your video's are really enjoyable and I love your perspective on the things you do, I only wished there were more.

@artisanmakes 2 жыл бұрын

Really going above and beyond. I really enjoyed the video and I'm looking forward to what's coming next.

@chopper3lw Жыл бұрын

I can't imagine this being done more exquisitely.

@sucreglass 2 жыл бұрын

And yet another fantastic video, thank you so much for all the efforts you put in your projects, it's always a real pleasure to watch it.🙏

@mrrgstuff 2 жыл бұрын

Really good video and lots of useful techniques demonstrated. Interesting to see how well the reclaimed pewter cast and machined. I had wondered if it was suitable for a project I have in mind, and it looks like it is. Thanks 😀 👍

@KazeshimaD 2 жыл бұрын

Such a great channel you have here. I love the relaxed but detailed presentation style, reminds me of Clickspring.

@SwissplWatches Жыл бұрын

That was epic, thank you for sharing!

@jimsvideos7201 2 жыл бұрын

Lovely work! Thank you for all the ideas and the time you put into sharing them!

@IBWatchinUrVids 2 жыл бұрын

Quite an interesting project. It also made me realize how little free time I really have >.>

@lumotroph Жыл бұрын

Beautiful video!

@CraigsWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video, and excellent fridge magnets. I like the way you think, and all the smart ways of solving problems you came up with. Very enjoyable. Cheers! Craig

@daveschroedersworkshop4479 2 жыл бұрын

I was just watching Rustinox. He showed your sticker and mentioned your attention to detail. Hence, I searched for your channel, watched this video and have just subscribed. Very nicely done! Now I have to go through the older videos as well! Looking forward to more content.

@TheRecreationalMachinist 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for dropping by. You'll always be welcome!

@nefariousyawn 2 жыл бұрын

I dig your style. Thanks for sharing!

@stephanc7192 Жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@MidEngineering 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of interesting stuff going on in this very nicely produced video!

@mikoro88 2 жыл бұрын

All around very nice! I mean, the video as well as your craftsmanship is of pristine quality! Very enjoyable:)

@howder1951 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, loved it.

@gregwmanning 2 жыл бұрын

That was really interesting Merry Christmas

@edpopelas2844 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video!

@frvo 2 жыл бұрын

Love your videos. 👏🏼❤️

@jkelectrical Жыл бұрын

You are nutty! Great Video.

@TrPrecisionMachining 2 жыл бұрын

good video

@TheKnacklersWorkshop 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Matt, A good video... got me thinking about a couple of things... Have a great new year and I look forward to watching more of your videos in 2022. Take care. Paul,,

@TheRecreationalMachinist 2 жыл бұрын

Wishing you all the best Paul

@joell439 Жыл бұрын

Your a very good man 👍😎👍

@JohnJones-oy3md 2 жыл бұрын

I sure hope there's a card in each tin with a QR code link to this video. It would be a shame for the recipients to be unaware of what was involved in making these.

@pakiw2 Жыл бұрын

This foam sands very well. I use that as fancy foam for sympathetic noise dampener underneath strings of headstock of a guitar. Still can't find its name to order bigger sheets of it I had to source it from shipping boxes, hard hats ))

@AlHackel 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the imperial measurements. While I work in metric almost as much as imperial my brain is still wired to default to imperial.

@Chucking 3 ай бұрын

That was a bit excessive! However I loved every minute of it

@jayc6159 2 жыл бұрын

For the last bit I would have used 10mm EVA foam and cut it with my glowforge, but there’s many ways to skin a cat 🐱

@TheRecreationalMachinist 2 жыл бұрын

I had to Google Glowforge. Looks like a cool machine! Thanks for watching 👍 🇬🇧

@TracyNorrell 2 жыл бұрын

I would like to know more about how you reuse your cuttings, please

@TheRecreationalMachinist 2 жыл бұрын

They just get melted down again, ready for re-use. Thanks for watching!

@SeanBZA 2 жыл бұрын

Yes if you make sure to keep the cuttings separate from other cuttings, simple enough to melt them down again. Lead alloys are low melting point, so easy to recycle using simple equipment, plus you can filter out the dross and slight impurities using some stainless steel mesh, held well above melting point of the alloy, as a filter to catch them. If the contaminant is brass it will simply dissolve in the alloy anyway, though you can make the allot a lot harder by putting in old battery plates that contain Antimony, which will make it a lot less ductile, but much easier to machine, and also improves the ability to withstand small dents.