FINISH THE FLINTLOCK!!!😎 By the way, of which do you have more; vises or anvils? Keep the aspidistra flying!

“I’ve got the hammer killer” damn I felt that. Every time I think about that I can hear the sound of that power hammer hitting the ground, followed by you crying NOOOOOO!!

It’s amazing that in this day and age, in today’s America there is young generation of craftsmen that take pride and joy in making quality things! I’m following your channel since the day you left Alex to take your own path and It makes me happy to see it grow

Love your appreciation for tool history, restoring and using older equipment.

Please finish the Flintlock! That would be an amazing project

Cool tour love to see the flintlock finished

I love how Will is trying to justify all the (duplicate) stuff in his shop with some practical reason, but we all know he just loves to buy and own old heavy chunks of steel with history.

Yeah i wana see that flint lock finished!!!

Finish the flintlock!!! That's beyond amazing

Great video, I love the appreciation of old tools and machines. FINISH THE FLINTLOCK!!!! 👍

It's been said before, and it'll be said again... Will, you are a man of many vices.

Please do the finished video of the flint knock pistol, because ive got one very similiar that needs restoring, so i would like very much to see your approach to that. Thanks!!

That is an amazing idea with the flintlock! I wanna see that!

Finishing the flint lock would be sick! Also a matching Kentucky long rifle???

Will Stelter Gun and Blade Smith sounds like a heck of a brand name! But it would be super interesting to see you work on the flintlock

Anyone else wanting to see Will do a 100% mill produced knife? Because I think that would make some great viewing!

I would love to see that non-gun (gun) finished

Looking forward to this! What a perfectly timed upload, just got on the train for my morning commute. Thank you for your consideration!

Will, your enthusiasm for your machines, tools, and craft is infectious! I always enjoy your restoration videos.

Definitely need a flint lock finishing video!

Oregon is great! Thank you for coming to the state I live in. The history you have and know about your shop tools is something that needs to be passed on. Thank you so much for caring!

If you don't got it. Get The machinery Handbook. It's more valuable then you'd expect, considering it seems your less comfortable with the machining side of things. Also surface grinders have every grit you can imagine I've never heard of it being switched to belt and I'm surprised you aren't more inclined to get a tool cutter grinder, you could use that as a surface grinder as well as use the various vices to get very cool shapes and angles you couldn't get otherwise. Also you can sharpen lathe and mill tools obviously as the name implies or even shape carbide.

Incredible tour in your shop just amazing

Did anyone else catch the Legend of Old Gregg reference at 15:39? 😂😂😂 this brings me so much joy!!

This is excellent. Thanks for walking though it all.

Very good video William. Informative, interesting and I like your enthusiasm for the shop.

Love it. You have years worth of awesome videos worth of stuff just working in the shop fixing up the shop! Go! Ready.

Ooo you should get a grounded hazmat locker for those chemicals and have it away from any hot work. And an eye-wash station!

So proud of how far u have come in such a short time 4 a young fella just amazing inspiring even 4 an old fella from working with Alex to your own shop and more importantly being a journey man amazing bro I'm not 1 to leave a comment to often think it's my first time on this channel but I have been watching u for some time well from the beginning u r a top young man will ill be happy if my kids grow into half the gentleman u r keep up the grind obviously it's pays off in the long game oh all how could I forget your finishing skills on a blade are second to none 😀

Great shop Will! The period pieces are outstanding!

Can't wait to see the vise restorations!

I really enjoyed that. It's awesome to see how you and your business has grown. Thanks for showing us around and taking us along for the ride ! Looking forward to the surface grinder !! :D

Speaking of a surface grinder, my grandson and I started making him a large sword out of a chunk of 1/4" flat stock I had laying around. Someone had been using it as a floor scraper, I think. I wanted to put a fuller down the middle of the blade, but am very limited in the tools I have at hand, so I was trying to figure out a way to get a nice, clean, straight cut with an angle grinder. The solution I came up with came in the form of a two-drawer, chromed, heavy wire insert for kitchen cabinets, that a neighbor had given me. The unit is pretty heavy, with good, smooth, roller-bearing drawer slides. I was able to clamp the angle grinder so the disk was protruding down through the top drawer, with the sword clamped to the top of the bottom drawer. By using thin spacers under the sword, and the travel of both drawers, I was able to grind a perfect grove the entire length of the 3' + blade. I think with some creative clamping, I'll be able to flatten it and grind the primary bevels as well. It's not a 3 ton chunk of cast iron, but with some bracing, it does a surprisingly good job. Sure beats weeks worth of hand-filing, or the butcher-job I'd make of trying to free-hand with a grinder. Love and envy your old iron, and your passion. Keep up the good work.

It's fun to see you get excited about your craft and the "toys" you own.

Great video again Will. Thank you. 👍😁

Lovely update, Will. I’d love to see you finish up that pistol. I have one my grandfather made.

You are such a spring of knowledge about these machines, anvils, hammers and all of that stuff. Love the way you honor the past on your channel. BTW Definitely finish that flintlock!

Great video as always!!!

Great shop tour! Love the tools and their history. I'm a woodworker, and have a similar love of tools and especially Vises. I use both woodworking vises and machinist vises. I'd love to find a blacksmith's leg vise that I could afford, I do some metal working, and I think it would be a great addition to my tools.

Thx for the tour bud, nice shop you've put together!

That was a fun -Shop- vise collection tour.

Loved the details you provided on the old machines.

Love shop tours!

Things look great in the shop. I like that you have the right tool for the job. You definitely need to finish the flintlock. Such a wild barrel construct.

I would love to see you finish up the flint lock. That would be awesome!

What a great work space you now have Will! Well done 🤙

Finish that flint lock up! Its Beautiful

Love your shop and your passion! I love your approachable personality in your videos. Reach out next time you come to Maryland!

Enjoyed the video! Always find it inspiring to see other people's shop setups

First FINISH THE FLINTLOCK , PLEASE! So awesome to listen to talk about the machines and there history, love watching your videos , so glad your still smithing Will ! inspiring!

I'm all about watching you finish that pistola!

Will, thanks for not just glossing over the cross and scriptures you have written on the wall and actually pointing them out. This takes a level of courage in our political environment. Thank you.

Awesome shop Will! I love the style and functionality

You have a shop and museum mix. I love all the old tools!

Gosh Will, I was going to say that you were a little shy on vices over there!! Good thing you mentioned it at the end! LOL

Alright, lets see more of the FLINTLOOCK!

I could spend hours and hours just looking at everything in this shop... also FINISH THE FLINTLOCK

Very cool shop video, I would also love to see a video on that flintlock that looks sick!

Yes finish that up. Be fun to watch.

Thank you for sharing you expertise.

NIce workshop! Love to see more about that vice!

This is the couch,….. it’s for sitting. Seriously love it. Amazing shop.

I recently got a 16inch swing- 72inch bed 1940's south bend lathe. i got it in working condition at a machine shop closing auction for $300. It also came with a massive boring setup that weighs at least 300lbs. The owner of the shop personally sourced the lathe by himself at 14 years old in 1943. they made bearing washers for aircraft during WWII. I still haven't run it because it isnt moved to its permanent place and we dont have 3phase in the garage.

Heck yeah finish that flintlock!

Feels like we know your shop inside out now Will. Look forward to seeing your next video.

What a killer shop. Working my way to a shop a lot like what you have.

Lmfao! I love how you called pump cart a hammer killer! 🤣

Will, you gotta finish the flit lock!!! I am so envious of your shop, it seems like its a time capsule already.

would love to see the flintlock finished

Hey Will, I was born in 1946. That makes me the same age as your Reed 108! Keep the aspidistra flying! Paul

Definitely finish the flintlock. neat mechanisms.

Really enjoyed this. I love your vice for vise of all sizes and types. Vise count of 9, and I am sure there are more.

Hey Will, I was wondering if you could also do a little behind the scenes "Here's what we currently use to film / edit our videos." that you can periodically give us an update on every so often. It would be interesting to see too. Obviously, your focus is on the hardware you work with and well, the media creation aspect of your KZfaq business is part of it too. Love your videos!

Will, with regard to the blown phase converter for you lathe. You can replace it with a properly sized VFD for a fraction of the cost. You can even buy them now that will turn 240 volt single phase in 240 volt 3 phase. Just a thought.

Love your lathe and Bridgeport. I picked up a 1960’s Clausing 10x36 lathe a few years ago. Super machine. Love machines from that era. Your shop is a hacker space dream. Just need a fiber laser.

At your age you are super blessed to have a shop like that. Well done.

Shop is looking great Will, I love a shop tour video, no need to clean up just for us viewers ... lol

Will. You should check out the B.A. Vander Sander. It's a disc sander with a tilting disc. The disc goes vertical and horizontal.

Awesome shop

Looking forward to that flintlock bro

Finish the pistol and then forge a Tudor style cannon to go with it. Yes, the English in the Tudor era forged their cannons instead of casting them. They were smaller and couldn't take as large of a charge, but they were cheaper and I think you could forge a small one very easily. Something smaller than what is historically accurate, but it is for firing off blanks for fun, not going to war with the French and Spanish.

excellent vid sir

Great video Will! And I prefer a bench vise over a post vice any day of the week

As an ongoing joke you could put up a small sign on the front of the shop reading "VISE SQUAD". If someone asks if you spelled it wrong, tell them,"You need to step inside." Finishing the flintlock is a good idea IF it doesn't keep you from more knife projects.

Yes finish the flint lock please would like to see that thank you

Great content thanks for sharing

"...I got the hammer killer..." Pfffffffhahaha, that one caught me off guard! 😂😁 But I can still hear the scream as this massive chunk of metal tipped off the pallet mover and shattered on the asphalt...👀

I LOL'd when you made the comment about Steve Schwarzer and the vise!! 😂😂

That Flintlock is awesome, please finish!

This Boy from Montana whacking around with Alex in England has come quite some ways. Respect. Keep going.

This is the way

Awesome video! I love to see how someone has a working shop setup to work best for them. Maybe I'm OCD or just annoyingly organized, but I want to organize your shop more than you have it. I know, I need help ..lol

I want a full flint lock series! That would be awesome.

Finish the flintlock!!

You have more vices than I have hammers. But seriously though you have a dream shop it's amazing that you've been able to accumulate that many amazing tools at your age. I know it doesn't come overnight and that you've had to work to gain the skills required but definitely an amazing blessing

#ViseNerd Seriously, great tour, Will, it's always great to see your updates. FINISH THE FLINTLOCK!

" ...its good to have bench vices.. everywhere." no idea why that was so funny :D

“Hey look at this vice! Hey have you seen this vice?! This vice is super heavy!” I love to see will keep it up

A note on that motor, The rpm is technically the same, motors come in a fixed amout of speeds due to the 60hz of the power. the amount of poles a motor has determines the speed and the rpm on the motor you have is likely the no load speed where as the origional listed the load rpm. Great job will, love your videos. I used to live in spokane now im in NY

We want to see you finish that flintlock, please 👍. AND see you make a knife on the milling machine alone, too - just for the fun of it.