The manufacture of those wheels from scratch is seriously impressive!

That's serious attention to detail. I expect nothing less than that from the father and son duo of Glen and Beau! True craftsmanship! What it must be to work so closely with your dad doing the job they clearly love.

I think the original designers would be impressed and happy you've gone to all the work to make it right, and the original builders were amazed you took the time to show what they had made!

Shows the value of engineering skills. We need to make kids aware that these skills are essential even in a digital world to manufacture and maintain industry and stuff we need.

My band teacher was out so me and my friend decided to watch this series during band class

What a brilliant demonstration of technical trade professionalism!

My Tuesday Night is complete now that I've gotten my "Workshop Wednesday" fix!!! Once again, Bo is an true magician!!! Excellent work!!!

Every time I watch one of these videos, I am amazed by the level of skill and knowledge these guys have. True master craftsmen.

Fascinating stuff….especially your explaining how the later model Stugs’ idler wheels have no bearings. Loved the fabrication. Again theYou tube highlight of my week.👍

All of that metal straightening has turned Beau into a hydraulic press artist!

Quote of the week, “should be right to make them, easy” Seriously impressive workmanship.

I so look forward to these every week. True artisan’s that I could watch work for hours. Thanks again for sharing the process to bring them back to life.

The two factories mixing parts was not common until the last year or so of the war, when stresses on manufacturing because of allied air raids and other related factors after D-day meant that an 'all hands on deck' approach was used just to get the vehicles out of the factory (temporary of otherwise and into the line. This meant that whichever factory had a majority of parts remaining shipped them to others to keep things moving. In the field, this of course happened even more often with running repairs.

Every week, every episode is an improvement from the former. All of you have something wonderful to offer the process! This is a HUGE deal for many of us "That holds the history of the War Machine" sacred and those who aren't aware of it, YET! I have included my teenage sons on the weekly episodes and they are able to digest AND appreciate the craftsmanship! For a dad, to be able to share in this type of work ethic and also the production quality of the video.....gives them motivation and a better understanding! Thanks Again!

Bloody awesome!! Love how the idler wheels were textured to look like castings. Beau is a wizard!!!

I absolutely love this channel, with the machines you people bring back to life, you are so lucky to have a job like this. Keep the videos coming.

The enthusiasm and skill on display at Oz Armour is always fascinating to watch. I've added cast texture to my 1/35 scale model M4A3 Sherman so it was really cool to see cast texture being added to a 1:1 scale Stug!

I love the fact that you don't have commercial breaks with a little bald guy sitting on a tank begging for subscriptions, patreons, donations, and merchandise purchases. You guys really outshine Bovington in nearly every way. All you need is a David Fletcher clone curmudgeon!

Kurt, i've said it before i know but Beau is incredible at what he does. Really enjoy watching that young man work.

He used stick welding to join old to new because the stick electrode has a closer metallurgy with the hardened steel and more FLUX to deal with impurities in the cast steel. That is also why he preheated the steel to allow for the grain structure of the steel to not be as large and brittle.

Nothing says defeat like no bearings. LOVE the Jeopardy music BTW.

Amazing fabrication! Not only are the new wheels perfect re-creations of the originals, but Beau and his father demonstrated perfect knowledge of the sequence of steps to make them.

Lots of people waffling about the accuracy of your return rollers in my circles. They are not an exact known type to us, but if they were found with the vehicle you made the right choice. And did a great job too. We are searching through the wartime StuG images and will get back to you if we find evidence of Miag/Alkett crossover with these or these at all. Great job as always.

This is some seriously impressive fabrication skills. Kudos to the guys

Love the cheeky little #simplegermantankdesign 🤣🤣🤣 As always another brilliant episode fellas!

The standard of boilermaking and fabrication is just amazing

Why not make pattern and core and cast replacements? You had to do all the machining anyway and it would probably be quicker to make the pattern than all that fabrication work. As a bonus, you could offer replacements to other restorers in exchange for parts or cash.

The spare parts situation was so dire, due to the need for new tanks and the lack of capacity that many vehicles were cannibalised by the crews, if they needed a part rather than risk being without a vehicle, they pinched it off any wreck they could find. I have seen pictures of vehicles with three different manufacturer and spec road wheels on one side, as they say needs must. Guy I used to work with said "anything but fighting as infantry, they died too fast", he was a Tiger driver, sadly long gone now but told some great stories.

An astonishing series, watching again✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻

Love these videos. I watch them over and over, the guys are sterling, excellent problem solving CRAFTSMAN of the. First order.mkeep them coming!

Great job to Bo and his dad on this week's episode can't wait to see more

Give the man a wheel hub......and he can build the rest of the tank around it! Amazing work!

No Kurt, our minds were NOT going there until you said something. :P

I play Tank Mechanic Simulator while watching these

What an awesome Craftsmenship.....one Part new and the other Part History ! MIAG is still existing. My Father was a Miller and MIAG build the legendary Red Rollergrinder standing in about every Mill in Germany. More peacefull than Parts for a Tank......

You fellas are fabricating wizards.

I have been a student of armor all of my life. I have a huge library of books, many from the 70's purchased by me as a boy. I have a huge model library with over 50 model tanks most German WW2 era. I have 5- 1/16 scale remote controlled tanks, but have only been in an M4A3E8 Sherman one time as a child! I will hopefully be going to drive tanks this year before retiring into Mexico at 60. I have loved armored vehicles all of my life and just wanted to say thanks for safe guarding and restoring all of these precious old pieces of history!

Wensday is not anymore just Wensday midle of the week. Its Workshops Wensday. Keep up the good work you made. I love youre skills and time you spend on that Tanks. Thanks for sharing that with us.

Late war Germany had major problems sourcing materials due to disrupted shipping and allied air raid bombings. Sharing parts between factories had to take place in order to get things delivered. There's also the chance that an older MIAG Panzer III that was converted to a StuG III by Alkett kept the MIAG return rollers (and vice versa) if they were in good order. Late war Germany didn't waste any parts if they could due to pressure and lack of almost everything (metal, rubber, copper, paint etc) but they never traded precision for faster production, unlike the Sherman and especially T-34 production, and that's why Germany could never match the volume the Allies had. They did simplify many parts and designs throughout the updated variants from feedback and repairs, but mostly due to manufacturing lead times. German tanks were often too complicated which made field repairs problematic and lengthy, but since Germany didn't focus on getting one or a couple tanks/tank destroyers right they made new models instead and started from scratch each time and although they had more advanced and powerful tanks than the Allies, they didn't have the numbers... StuG III Was designed and built by Alkett alone until February 1943 when MIAG (Muehlenbau-und-Industrie AG) joined in building the Ausf. G. variant. The change to all metal road wheels came in November 1943 due to lack of rubber shipments to Germany. In 1944 173 various Panzer III's were converted to StuG III's from damaged/old Panzer III's and it's here a mix of manufactured parts would have appeared as well. I don't know the serial number of this StuG III chassis but it should be possible to track down where and when it was manufactured - or converted?, with a bit of luck.

Oh yes, yes we do. Great work adding the texture 😊

This has become my most favourit weekly show on KZfaq... awsome craftsmanship as always..👍

It is amazing what you do to get this piece of history back on the road. All the guys do a great job but Boh ( i dont know how to write his name propperly ) is outstanding. The Passion and the Look for details and precision is very very good . ( a bit German in a positiv way ) Geetings to the Crew Take care Best wishes from Germany and the Harz mountains Yours Frank Galetzka

Fantastic episode! Beau shows just what a master tradesman is all about.

Forgive me for being late to the party but you guys ar Aus Armour are amazing. What wonderful craftsmanship!

Fantastic attention to detail, a pleasure to watch. The aging on the new idlers was a great touch, good call Bo. the mount assembly mix could have been a field repair since the mount patterns are the same and wheel centerline s are close. Keep up this great work mates.

Using a dial indicator to check the run-out of return rollers really? Lol! Ridiculous precision - I love it! So much work though? My mind is blown by your work yet again! - Why should I be surprised at that any more though? Don't hate me for suggesting this, but it may have been 'easier' & quicker to perhaps make a mold & actually cast new rollers & then machine them? I dunno; I guess you'd need another entire workshop to do that ay? Anyway, it's all wonderful to watch. My tv is just taking up space & collecting dust these days. Great work from all of you. Professional narration from you too Kurt. Just the right amount! Thanks to all.

Just fantastic work. As a detailed loving, OCD guy, this viewer appreciates all the details you share. I heard this a lot from my Dad as a kid. "God damn it son, if you can't do it RIGHT the first time, don't do it at all!" lol. Nothing is more disappointing than to watch someone fix something on KZfaq while they do half assed work. Ugh. I loved the parts being chucked up on the lathe to get them dialed in further. There's a video on KZfaq about what happened to all the German armor after the battles and the war. It's was quickly cut up, shipped across the channel and melted down in England. The same happened in the USA with returned bombers and other aircraft. I'd wonder how much German Armor is still in the rivers/lakes and mud bogs in Russia and the other countries the Germans invaded. My bet is more than we think. Keep up the great work and thanks for sharing it with us.

That was some amazing fabrication on the wheels. Extreme attention to detail and original esthetics. Awesome job guys.

Seeing photos of tanks in the field with mixes of different production runs of parts is commonplace. Anecdotally wrecked tanks were stripped for parts which were put back into service on new or rebuilt tanks. Surely one of the other tank museums that has original vehicles should be able to comment?

As the war progressed and spares became harder to get, parts were probably scavenged off other vehicles. We did it when I was in the RAF, ribbed parts from one aircraft to keep another flying as there wasn't a part readily on hand.

Although Alkett and MIAG were the primary Stug manufacturers, it is also possible (in fact very likely) that they had smaller foundries working as satellite suppliers, so finding Alkett parts on MIAG Stug or vice versa is likely more common than you'd imagine. Just look at the Tigers, although built solely by Henschel, there are countless variations of Mantlet casting due to different foundries supplying the castings. Both factories, as well as field workshops also repaired damaged vehicles, so it is also possible that during a service they have swapped parts from another vehicle, perhaps even simply due to wear.

My Grandfather was a Blacksmith foreman at the Islington Railway workshops so I am mightily impressed with Beau and dads work

That was amazing, your detailed work is outstanding, and just like when you have to build something new, well all I can say is unbelievable, you are a very talented craftsman. A pleasure to watch you work...

Master metal forgery. Produced with more skill and care than the original items. Well done! Regards Colin.

This is detailing and everything that goes with it that is so appreciated by fans like me, no one else shows the important engineering details that's involved in restoring these vehicles. It also puts you in the mind of engineers who designed these things too. I loved every second of this video. i could watch Bo and all his highly skilled colleagues all day long working on these restorations / remaking of these ww2 armoured vehicles and gives us all an appreciation of the skill and costs involved in the making of vehicles when they were new. MORE ! MORE !

Bo is a genius

Absolute mastery!!! When Bo cut up his reproduction wheel to save the original. Wow!!

The swapping of parts between the war time factories, here in the States, was VERY common. There was actually an office at the war department that monitored supply shortages and overages at the various locations and supplemented where needed.

Magic, Sheer Magic! So Much Talent! Thank you for Sharing it with us.

Every week I’m completely blown away by what the boys achieve in reconstructing these vehicles. I can’t imagine what they’re going to do next. Fantastic!

from what i've learned over the years is that all german tanks had parts comming in from anywhere and everywhere and then one company would assemble all of them into the comlete tank. in this case it was Allket that built the tank and magi that supplied the part. the gun would come from a different company again as would the engine, all the electrics from different companies, etc etc. (there is a nice Chieftain video out there where he goes around a PZ IV with Hillary Doyle who explains all of this even better) on this stug ... Awesome job yet again gents keep it up and greetz from the Netherlands

The raids on the Schweinfurt factories really made for noisy tanks. Putting several 10s of tons riding on metal on metal is murder on machines.

Gobsmacked again by that attention to detail!

Mixed manufacturers were very common on German vehicles. Components like return rollers and other driveline pieces would be farmed out to private manufacturers to a specific pattern and then shipped to the plant doing the final assembly.

fantastic effort , and the attention to detail. always look forward to seeing Kurt Glen and Bau on Wednesday. keep it up guys

hi there from good old germany 🙂love to watch your wonders, that you do in every single restoration, great and very special craftmanship, be blessed and protected in your doing... shalom greats christian

BTW love the attention to detail, the needling of the steel to get a cast look brings warm feelings to a scale modellers heart!!

Love watching these brilliant blokes at work. Keep up the great videos.

A master class in engineering. Thanks to all for making and sharing your achievements

I love the engineering and craftsmanship! I could watch all day!

Interchange of serviceable parts between Mk111 hulls ,etc was a common event ,especially in rear area repair depots where seriously damaged vehicles were cannibalized to provide immediate replacements for less damaged hulls . The units 3 ton spares trucks could only carry enough small fast moving replacements for a limited number of tanks , so if you had a shot final drive on tank 111 and 333 had the turret blown off - 333 was cannibalized for drives and what ever. Ditto for rollers , track , etc - different manufacturers of the same part was irrelevant , as long as it fitted .

Bo Is the Man!!

Quote of the week. "Pretty bad condition)...Mate it's totaled lol. Anyway If I recall correctly the Reich imported a lot of it's Ball bearings from Sweden. ( As did Britain via the so - called Ball bearing run), So as the situation deteriorated cutbacks in production/ Man hours, simplicity and as you said 'Life expectancy' would all have been factors. Love the way the Rollers were ....weathered to stop them looking too good. Thanks fellas - another brilliant fix - many thanks.

I hope you guys have a video reel running with the build highlights next to each exhibit. Would really help visitors appreciate the amazing work you guys have put in.

Felt good spinning them i'd guess. Just love these. Great work

Awesome stuff! Three things I love is armour, metal fabrication and welding. Keep it coming!

Being one of the last series produced, Krupp would have used any spare available so you might find alkett or other manufacturers castings being used on the same vehicle. A lot of the running gear parts were interchangeable to ease maintenance in the field

Fantastic work. You might consider lost foam casting, where you make the part from styrofoam, embed it in special sand and replace the styrofoam with hot metal. This was not available in 1945, but might help you today.

The wheels absolutely excellent, amazing, incredible 😀. Congratulation to Master! 👍

Wow lost for words what a incredible job you guys do , I’m very impressed by those wheels Greetings from Perth

Excellent metal work skills on display. I love watching you guys work

what a fantastic amount of work, attention to detail , skill, and craftmanship ❤

Amazing how that little bit of "weathering" made them look cast. I never would have thought of that.

Great stuff. Not sure if you're aware of this but your videos were mentioned by Andy's Hobby Headquarters about 2 or 3 weeks ago. He's a big fan of them. I look forward to seeing the StuG in action one day.

Every one pressed to depth first try. You really got in the zone there eh?

Fantastic as always.

Bo is my hero!

Thanks, guys! Absolutely amazing work!!!!!!!

i was watching the chieftain video with Hilary Doyle and he was also talking about subcontractors and supplying between the different company's as they were not making all the bits under one roof , and battle parts were so sort supplied that tank crews did what was needed to fix there tanks . just like the previous chat

What talent. Your family has. Very impressed.

The level of art being shown is breathtaking. Congratulations

Well done Beau - The new return rollers look awesome!

wow the is impressive workmanship to build new return wheels and even fix some to use as much of the original pieces as possible... truly enjoying your work

Bo and his Dad are a great team 🙂

Really nice fabrication !!!!!

Outstanding work as always !.I really didn't know that Miag roller did not have any bearing at all !. I have two types of Miag rollers in my collection and one has two ? bearings in it. I thought the other one must have at least one inner bearing in it !. It is surprise to know Germans made so many variations for their equipment. Also I know there are some types for Alkett six holed return rollers does exsist. I think mix use of these rollers may have been caused by a field repair work not from the factory. I have seen battlefield photos of some Stgs with mix use of steel and rubber roller on them.

Somebody get this guys a plasma/laser cutter, rotating welding table, a 6 axis CNC milling machine and other tools they need to do stuff even better.

True craftsmanship

Always look forward to another vid! I try to recommend and mention your channel as often as I can to other communities that may be interested; the work you do is always beyond impressive.

I'm absolutely impressed that you guys paying so much attention about all details like to make new steel look like casted. That makes me a jaw drop down on my knees :) I have to admit that your channel is my the most favourite one and I impatiently waiting for new episodes. A huge thumb up from Poland.