The auto-focus on the broken lens glass was the absolute cherry on top of a great video

A bender is one of those tools that you never think you need that much, but once you have one, it becomes the most handy cord hanger in the shop. I did recently spend about $200 on materials and 8+ hours of my life building a bender to avoid paying $350 for a new one, but the two bends I used it for were totally worth it.

Dear Mr. Tony, Sir! I am normally not wont to comment on videos from worldwide celebrities with more than a million viewers, however, you have played such an important role in my recent post-surgery recovery that I have no choice but to express my heartfelt gratitude. Six weeks ago I had a titanium knee installed into my left leg (I had to have it done locally after Stefan refused to do it, and Adam didn't even respond!) and the only way I survived six weeks in a rehab clinic was to watch all of the videos you have published in the last 9 years. I am 80 years old and a retired research scientist, secretly disappointed that I did not become a machinist/tool maker, and your videos helped heal me, both physically and psychologically. One slightly sad side effect was the fact that the nurse who regularly came into my room to bring me pills and good news stopped speaking with me when, for the fifteenth time she saw me sitting mesmerized in front of my laptop watching a pair of hands waving about. It was a small price to pay. Please accept my gratitude for your endless efforts to entertain and educate and for allowing me to join you in your garage. Greetings to you and your son from central Germany.

haha there must be something in the air, i knocked my camera done the tunnel hole, cam survived but lense did not.......was an expensive few seconds

Hey Tony, one thing about your videos that I've *always* appreciated... your attention to volume equalization/normalization (not sure which is the correct term here). It's super annoying to constantly have to fiddle with the volume while watching a KZfaq video because parts of it wake up the neighborhood while other parts are too quiet even at max volume. Your videos are always volume-constant from start to finish... no fiddling required. Regardless of what method you're using, you're doing it right, and it's much appreciated by your viewers.

When the world is ending, this is what we all needed, thank God he's still got his hands

Tony: "I don't know if this is adjustable" Schaublin: "Eveything is adjustable"

"The primal urge to fix often overpowers my financial prowess." - This Old Tony 2022 I know the feeling.

A tip: if you put a UV filter on your lens, it can be sacrificed for the accumulation of angle grinder dust in place of your lens. $15 instead of $500.

That bolt at 16:37 made me laugh out loud. Nice to know it doesn't just happen to me everytime!

Rule of thumb with tripods is that if it didn't cost at least 10% of what the equipment it's holding up cost, you're doing it wrong. Can only drop that $4000 camera once on the concrete shop floor :)

TOT's still out there, bendin' the rules. So glad you're back with us, Tony... you were really missed.

The only man on the internet who can get a twenty minute comedy set out of bending metal

new camera looks great! 😎 The Pasta bending machine looks promising 👀

I would say that the UB-40 is far superior; especially with a glass of red, red wine

Ending reminds me of my escapades with the shop class bender. I learned about work hardening of aluminum, shear strength, and gravity all in one convenient package 9.8m/s feels a lot faster when it takes you by surprise. Shop floors with odd blocks lying around also make cheap chiropractors.

NEW BENDER??? If John DiMaggio isn't voicing it I'M NOT WATCHING!

YAY OLD TONY!!! You’ve been missed my friend!! Always a better day when ToT puts a video out!

Only a true craftsman worries about audio sync, matching the voice to the waving hands. Love your videos Tony!

12:52 the battery drill manufacturers want you to stand your tool on the battery, so it will tip over, fall on the floor and have the spindle bent. This is why they stand so nicely on their batteries. I've seen this happen three times at work. Spare yourself this experience, lay your Milwaukee on its side.

That scene with the cardboard stressed me out way more than expected

I watched 23 minutes only to find out it won't put 90° bends in wood. You got me again Tony.

As a professional audio engineer -- your audio is absolutely fine. Honestly, I never even noticed your audio. Like, I notice there's audio, but -- you know what I mean. I don't find myself rewinding because something was garbled or the gain was fucked up. Keep doing it your way. No need to have one extra thing to worry about in the moment, let alone later.

Ah yes, the joys of Ali Express. :) Cheap, but I’d still need the entire workshop to fix it. Awesome video as always Tony!

Had a similar one of these about 20 years ago from Princess Auto in Winnipeg. The machining of the fixed jaw was not square and made all the bends twisted on flat bar. Took it back to exchange it and found all their stock manufactured exactly the same. Got my money back. Never looked back.

I remember that Stefan said when you buy a Chinese tool you are buying a project. The "positive" stop on the other bender looked like an add-on plate, maybe a project you could do after the surface gauge?

I’m pretty impressed with how easily you bent the rules. And I laughed so hard at your final bend results! You sir are a genius!

Tony, This was one (if not the one) of your best videos. The comedy and education you provide is of great value to all of us! Thanks so much!

BRB, going to get my welding mask for those porcelain hands

That jaw is notched out because that notch saves material, and when they nested it on the laser/plasma it resulted in a higher part nest.

The primal urge to fix often overpowers my financial prowess... boy, do I identify with that! Great video, Tony!

I really appreciate how you went out of your way to empathize with the people who made the bender. You're awesome, thank you.

You had me at "cold as a tiches witty" I will use that at every opportunity and I will make sure you get ALL the credit. Great stuff

If you think about it the right/left threaded adjustment is probably correct, you just have to account for it being upside down when manufactured.🌏🏯⛩🉐️

Benchtop bender has a certain ring to it!!! Oooh the after delivery cleanup, I just can't help myself deburring metal and plastic castings, especially handles when you get that sharp lip that irritates, the hanging thread even The chinesium PCBs with slightly ragged edges that cut like razor blades - just a couple of scrapes with a file .... Swapping the steel screws for stainless, a drop of grease and refixing the rubber grip to stop the edge curling. All part of the pleasure of getting new stuff. When I got married my wife caught me using the un-glazed ring you get on the bottom of cups to gently smooth the corner of my ring that was digging in (also good for final polishing the edge of a sharp knife!).

I'm not a machinist or even a garage mechanic, But I love this channel It's great to see you posting again. I look forward to every one.

It does really tie the room together dude

Don't worry about the handle angle. I'm sure that it will be way different after that hollow tube bends like a pretzel.

As a Swede I do appreciate the 40mm sound! I mean, if it would be something like 6385,25/755885 inch or 74 gauge…or I don’t know…65 seconds sound…I would be all confused and would have to convert the sound into mm…And then I would have to sync a separate sound file. Thank you for all your hard work and consideration!

Good tip about checking the pivot point, I need to do that to mine as soon as I get the chance. I have always wondered why I constantly have to adjust the moving jaw so that it does not lock up. Also, for anyone buying something like this: Do not expect the mounting hole pattern to be square and symmetrical. I had mine accidentally turned 90° when I marked the holes and thought "a, doesn't matter, it's a square". Spoiler: It was not a square, and I had to "move" two of the holes.

I've gone through all the various audio issues and settled on my own pre-amp as I couldn't trust my little Canon mirror-less. I'm totally with you on the separate audio track. It seems like a minor roadblock on paper, but is super annoying in practice.

This man sense of humor and camera work is amazing. I had a teacher once tell me if you could make someone laugh while they’re learning they’re 10x more likely to remember it. I be learning a lot. Salud compadre 🍻

Great to see you again Old Tony, love your work, keep it up!

Nice to see some action with the old machine again. And a post from you always makes the day.

It's not often that I notice camera changes before they're pointed out, but *holy shit* ! Not just the crispness, but the steel table now looks like steel and not like sepia-toned* steel... I mean the old color palette had its charm, but this is a pretty big improvement *to be clear, I never noticed the off-color table before, so it's not that bad, just in retrospect the color change is so clear I could tell from memory

The small details in your videos are so good. The very subtle music as you were machining the angled piece. Just bravo. Always makes my day when you upload. Thank you. 😊

Loving these videos, such a cozy feel to it and fun watching you make an "meh" product better by improving the small details. Cheers Tony.

Having used cheap tripods for photography for years, I understand your situation. Eventually, I decided to get some professional tripods. What a difference. No more heart-check moments when you notice your camera/lens combo doing a back flip when you thought it was locked down. Keep up the good work!

It's a beautiful day when ToT uploads

Man, I didn't know I needed this until you posted it. I've spent so much time doom scrolling and watching depressing news, but this was a sorely needed treat! I genuinely love your content. The auto focus at the end got me good to. Cheers.

TOT vids are always a treat, the slick off the cuff one liners are classic. Thanks man, after a crappy day, coming home to a TOT offering makes the days worth of crap disappear.

9:08 was a real laugh-out loud moment for me, you are a master of physical comedy sir

Your humor is always on point, never change Tony.

I feel like making the world's beefiest tripod would be within the skillset of ToT and would make a fun video.

Good to have you back, was starting to do repeats of the old ones, just like watching TV. Audio is perfect BTW, what, pardon no thank you I've just been. Keep em comming, great videos

always a good day when a new ToT video drops.. thanks for the chuckles Tony :)

I LOVE watching your videos. They're somehow like a hilarious yet informative stand-up sketch show, and the subtleness of some of your jokes is spot on 😂

I think they may have measured the top of the fixed jaw in imperial degrees and the bottom in metric degrees when they manufactured it.

Thanks Tony ✌ for your 3 year old video on sine bars. Figured I would comment here on your most recent video. Hoping you would be a bit more likely to read it. Great practical uses for the dreaded trigonometry. 😅 I was a math nut as a youth. Took intro to Algebra in summer school between 8th grade and freshman HS. ... Algebra I in freshman. Plane and Solid Geometry the following summer school. Then Algebra II Trig in Sophmore year. Sophomore year was awesome because there were 5 varsity Senior cheerleaders in the class. My instructor asked me to personally mentor that clutch of ding ding beauties so they could pass the class. Best class ever 💕 Made friends with all but one of them. But on the down side the varsity football jocks caught wind of me and went on vendetta against me. 🤕 The ladies stepped in and read them the riot act. Thus saving me from a few black eyes 🤣🤣🤣🤣 That was over 45 years ago and I still love math for what it gave me as a young man 😄 Moral of the story : Math can be dangerous ... Yet wonderful 🤣🤣🤣

Aahhh, good ole’ Wisconsin! I was born and raised here! I bet the Uber driver had no idea of the amount of celebrity they were chauffeuring about! But then again with never seeing your face in a single video only the voice would tell you and AvE apart! The secret is the beer, cheese and brats make us a hardy bunch when dealing with the cold. Hope you partook in those lavish indulgences! Great video as always!

Love the video, just a couple of things. I rewound like you said four times, but you never moved the camera. Second, I think the angle was measured in metric, that might be why it was a wonky value. Last, I always found taking videos with a still photo camera was weird. Yeah you can change lenses and stuff.... and you get great quality... but it is expensive! I tried taking video on my Pentax K1000. A 36 exposure roll runs out in a couple of seconds. Let's not talk about developing costs! I will stick with my video camera for videos... if I can find some mini dvds.

According to AA, machinists in recovery must mill their own chips (sobriety tokens).

You know you are the only channel I have my notifications on for, every one of your videos is like a masterpiece I can just keep watching

These shots are absolutely stunning. Please keep it up

I recently went on a bender, too, Tony. It took me much longer to re-engage with society. Glad you're back!

This year is already saved. Regardless what happens with russia or covid or whatever…this old Tony uploads regulary again it has to be good! Greetings from germany

Brilliant... many thanks to who ever shot and edited this video.

The urge to fix is a powerful master. Have a JD2 pipe bender and ring roller but missing a bar bender and just get terrible results from MAP heating and hammering. Fantastic insight into the likley manufacturing shortcuts and how to remedy them. The universal bender rabbit hole becons me. SBG-40 ? This summers hanging basket frames will be the best ever. A pleasure to watch.

I feel your camera pain, Tony. I've dropped two $800 cameras right on their face (also attached to a tall tripod) within the last 2 years. The first one didn't survive, and the second one now has glitches and requires a kung fu death grip to adjust the focus/exposure ring.

I think this is the best and most informative video you have released today! Wondrous.

Hey BT.. just wanted to say thanks. Been watching you for years, suddenly, after watching your vid one night, i finally bothered my arse to level up my lathe. I had nooo idea a cast iron bed could twist so far.. After almost 2 years it took less than 30 min's to get a virtual zero along a 15 x 330mm drill rod. I thought my ways were more out than that. So i tested it with a 19 x 60mm tight clearance fit... s**t the bed - sub 2 mics with a 12mm steel boring bar. Un*******believable. 'Til that moment I was in boring taper hell, you da man To' - live long, cheers 🍻

Tony, greetings from Wisco (via Poland at the moment)! As always, I really enjoy your videos, from the topics to the humor and yes, to the editing.

I laughed way too hard when that bolt fell in that hole 🤣

Great video Tony. It made me laugh when the bolt fell into the cam-hole. That stuff happens to me all the time! Have you considered duct tape and pool noodle bumpers for the cameras on tall tripods? Another idea is to tether the top of the tripod to a cleat or other overhead structure. take up the slack in the length of the leash, so if you bump the tripod, it won't tip over. I've seen it done and it's super effective if you have the overhead supports.

I love the way you make your content, you are amazing! keep it up! :)

Bravo! The best command performance by a pair of hands ever! 👍👍

Well, TOT, proves what I always thought - you're two steps from going around the bend. Keep up the good (and entertaining) work.Just don't go pasta 90°.

I love this guy! The subtle comedy bits he sneaks in are hilarious!

"The primal urge to fix often overpowers my financial prowess" -too true LOL@ bending "the rules".

so nice to have you back have not laugh this hard in months

Can't say I've ever been disappointed or annoyed by the audio in your videos, and while the pre-amp version does sound slightly 'cleaner' it's definitely not enough of an improvement to justify all the extra work. The environment you're recording in seems to make much more difference, and you're always smart about when you record and how you treat audio when recording operating machines. Overall, do whatever you feel is easiest, because if it's what you've been doing previously, it already sounds great. Thanks for all your work, always love seeing a TOT video pop up on my subscriptions list!

10:07 ... Maybe they thought you'd immediately use the bender to put a 90* bend onto the handle. Oh, wait ...

Ur videos never never cease to make me laugh. It makes for a good day..thank u

Another great video TOT, good to see you back! I have been making stuff in the garage for years but I only started recording my projects this year. I'm quite new to this recording and posting on KZfaq stuff. But, I do like it, and I hope that people learn from my videos as I have done from your videos. All the best.

Honestly audio is great. It has a '' I'm in the garage with you'' feel. Idk about others but feels nicer than pro audio

My wife just spit out her drink and started laughing at me because when I received my This Old Tony Notification, I let out a very loud Yeehaw!!

I'm a tool builder; I don't use them, I just build them. TY for showing me a tool that I will not build, use or buy. Best wishes for a great New Year.

We switched to Davinci Resolve a couple of years ago for our channel from adobe. We are really happy and the free version of Davinci does almost everything you would want. We eventually upgraded to get faster render speed. Anyway. Love your channel and recommend Davinci. It's worth the relearning time.

Man this made my day. I was using my blow torch to remove my iron curtains after Russia invaded Ukraine and I needed a break.

Oh... that explains why the 40mm version was popular back in the 90s with the red red whine.

It's good to have you back. thanks.

You are a great Videographer, and a good entertainer. Thanks for showing this.

Yeah, those newer Milwaukee tools are pretty sweet. Do love the 1/2" chuck, esp for those hole saw arbors and step drills that are >3/8", which are pretty common in my world of electrical construction. Oh and the video looks and sounds great. Always a good day when there's a new TOT video!

End a Sunday with TOT? Perfect!

Laughed too hard at the "rewind and watch again" bit. Thank you, Tony

Great to have you back Tony.

Always a good day when This Old Tony posts a new video.

2:28 Holy crap, I have the exact same 12 inch ruler in my bedside table.

I love your sense of humour Tony. Great video as always

Great video, thanks for the chuckles Tony.