It is little things like reading the comments and then amending the Workshop Wednesday episode, that makes you stand out from the crowd. No-one is belittled, and all those with limited knowledge of mechanical items get to understand how things actually work and why items are made like they are. Top marks go to all of you for allowing us to enjoy the ride!

I watched the original version but will happily watch this too. Congrats on your Tiger 1 super cut getting 1 million views and for your channel getting 75k subs, well deserved for your excellent channel

Well I knew what torsion suspension was but whats dumbfounding to me is that you guys take completely wrecked armor and make it whole again driving and all. Masters of your trade. I’m a welder and if I wasn’t in the states I’d be applying for a position to bring these beauties back to life!

2 Workshop Wednesday Videos for Australia Day, Nice .... (it's not a repeat, it's a different version) ;)

I don’t know how the guys do this ‘hot work’ in the North Queensland heat in the middle of our summer! They persevere with patience and skill anyway- a sure sign of dedication to the job. Keep up the great work guys!

All good Kurt … watching hard work can be tiring😅!

The technical explanation at the beginning, very informative for those that didn't know already. More of this please, when appropriate.

That was very nice of you guys to re upload the correct version. Can’t wait to see the next episode 😁

Thanks for working on Australia day to reupload this episode.

The patience involved here is impressive. The time it took to do one of these now has to be done another 5 times.

I think these last couple videos have finally cemented for me, in lasting, visual sense, how torsion bar suspension actually works. I think I had looked up diagrams before but I kept forgetting, except I knew it was more advanced than leaf spring and more widely used than the Christie suspension. But this time I think I'll remember HOW it actually works!

I did wonder where the usual introduction was from you Kurt 😁 I'm currently building an SdKfz 250 Ausf B here in the UK and watching these great episodes always gives me inspiration to continue with my own project 😎

Thanks for another video Kurt 👍

Found your channel a few months ago…never realized just how much work and knowledge you need to have to restore a tank. You guys are awesome

Love the way the boys explain everything - as a modeller of 1/35 armour, it really helps no know what that little bit of plastic really is and how it works!

These videos are just not long enough! I could watch for hours! I go back through and rewatch older videos!

That was a great deal of hard graft Beau, and plenty more to do as well !

Yay I get it watch it again lol

I'll make sure to watch this all the way through again! Not that I need much convincing!

Been binging on your videos for a few weeks since I discovered your channel. Totally impressed by everyone's work including the quality of your videos and commentary. In particular, efforts to help all of us understand what is happening. Many thanks from Canada.

ill just watch it again

Karl at the factory knew someone would be restoring those torsion housings and greased those dust cover screw threads in 1944.

Does make a bit more sense now... Though watching the previous version was fascinating... The intro ties it all together. Thanks

Sitting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and I am fascinated with this channel.

I hate getting caught up on this build, now I have to wait for new episodes along with everyone else. A GREAT restoration series, gents.

ahhh i have a torsion bar system on my truck. This is a gem of a little channel i always loved tanks as a kid

Great, thanks for the extra info 👍

Missed my fix last Wednesday. Catching up now. Love it

You guys have so much patience.

The second upload with the extra little bits of information was really good. I’m glad you reviewed your original. I don’t think many people do that 🙂.

the intro helps and makes it better

Implacable , determined, all with good humor. This work states more about the workers than the tanks.

Sweet double tank fix.

Bo is a beast on the tools, cheers go the same to everyone else!

Thanks for the clarification Kurt. Not a mechanically minded person but now I understand better. Keep up the great work guys.

Straya Day y’all!!

Kurt, 1981 called and wants those shorts back.!

Greetings from the UK. Great films. Keep them coming.

"At least there's no torsion bars in em" had me in stitches 😂

The immovable object meets the irresistible force! Love your press.

Love your work 👍

Awesome as usual !! Love your workshop Wednesdays ! Cheers Phil in England

I have watched every episode of the strug 111 reconstruction and loved every second of it, if beau keeps swinging that hammer like he does he’ll be able to enter the MR Universe comp lol ,the whole crew do a fantastic job putting the broken jigsaw puzzles together so that people can see magnificent though destructive and dangerous machines that our ancestors saw in real action , all the best from Tassie

Nice little add-on

Watched the first upload but dropping a comment Love all the work here!

I loved the “at least there’s no tortion bars in there” slow motion sound bite as they’re trying to remove the seized tortion bars 😂😂

Thank you for the nice intro !. I thought this was the same as previous post.🤔

Simply amazing

Happily watched it again. Great intro. Keep up the great content!

Thanks for the re-edit/re-post Kurt@OzArmour .

If there's a text/video available which explains how these german Sturms ended into Australia, I'd be deeply interested. Algorithm threw me here.

And yes vw,s have tortion bars front and rear!

As interesting as the vehicles are, the problem solving with the restoration details ends up being a surprise MVP.

Wow...such dedication..

This was lovely. One of my favorites.

Great work and excellent presentation.

Can I purchase some of those torsion bar stubbs? Im a blacksmith and would love to make something out of a piece of German WW2 armour!

how did you know I dont have a clue about what you guys were saying in the previous video?! lol

It's great learning all the little things here that makes a big difference in understanding how these tanks functioned and the make up of the tank, I eat this stuff up, the design of the torsion bar suspension was something else very clever

Thanks for the video! Lots of hard work today, but looking much better! Stay with it!

love these series!

Great job as always

Beau sure earned his pay this time. You should start a Buy Beau a Beer (or whatever drink of choice) fund for him and the other guys. I bet you'd get plenty of donations. 😀

Nice into Kurt.

Great work. Great show. thanks

Excellent videos. Really like to watch. Would really like to visit. Thank you. Keep videos coming.

Really interesting content and what dedication to rebirthing erstwhile scrap.

Old M60 tanker here. Breaking a torsion bar was our single worst maintenance nightmare, even worse than throwing track. Always needed lots of heat and sledge work...Same exact tech in the M60 suspension as the Stug.

Bloody love the editing on these, pace is perfect

This stug was built in a hurry and never intended to last long. Blown and then up left in a bog for decades this stug was very well built.

It's not Workshop Wednesday without the Intro!

How did I miss this :(

Thanks!

Had me hyped up for next episode until "Reuploaded" =(

Nylon swing arm bushing. Thermoplastics have 15x or so greater thermal expansion than steel. If a bushing is in a closed gland and heats, it will bulge or split the gland. The fix is axially split the bushing -which has no tangible effect on its bearing ability- but allows for expansion. In the Stug’s future duty I don’t think bushings will give problems, but a bushing would on a road wheel. Cheers D

Good on yer!, needed the context.

Watching this kind of restoration is trully mesmerising - better than an action movie. What is name of the band playing in the background - I'd love to listen to more of their stuff. Greetings from Poland

Kurt, outstanding job on that Intro, I would have broken into "Dem Bones" lyrics about halfway through . . . 🙂

22:20 “Should I turn the tap on now?” 😂

I just had the torsion bar suspension apart on a d22 Nissan Navara . Child’s play compared to this stuff. You certainly need a certain amount of mental resilience encountering all the obstacles you do

Great job with the reload, I love to see the details and real hands on work you carry out, all your guys are really talented. Would it be possible some time to show how the welding is done, not speeded up, do they call it Christmas tree welding?

I gave some advise last vid or two. I don't like doing it because I know watching this and I am living in past history. Sure as hell I see you guys doing what I suggested, which makes just another peanut in the peanut gallery.. LOL. I watched 1 - 16 yesterday.

great intro Kurt, it's better with your intro, for sure !! Great Metal Basher, that Beau !

At the 14:00 MINUTE Mark Beau says " The Process is the Same.." and my imagination took over. At that point in my mind I see the Workshop set up with a Row of Work Tables and everyone from the shop sitting with the same parts to clean singing to the music from the cartoon "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" -"We are Santa's Elves ..."! I just had to share this!!

Спасибо! Ждем продолжения.

wow. grueling one

Nice improvement on he vid

Who needs a gym membership when you work on armour.

great reload, good to have the extra bit of intel of the torsion bars, i have often wondered how much loading these torsion bars can put up with, all that twisting, i play with CVRTs they weigh well under 9tons at their heaviest and wonder what they put up with, i've seen the odd broken one, but what does it take to actually break it - great vid

Good German steel. I found that on very old volkswagens

it was a good thing that the German vehicles were so complicated and overengineered, built so differently from US vehicles, that made the logistics and repairs more difficult this came from each manufacturer being in competition with the other !

Another wonderful video guys- I'm SO glad you decided to document the work there in this fashion; it's something I've always wanted to see, and look forward to WsW every week. I asked this once before, but I know you get a ton of comments on every video, so it's easy to miss things I'm sure- but I really wonder about the issue of heat treatment and your having to really heat some things to disassemble them- how do you deal with that? Heating to cherry red and beyond will destroy a steel's temper, so do you have to have things re-hardened? And if so, how do you know what hardness it should be? That sounds like hard-to-find information- unless you just test it and see; but then that seems like a lot of work as well.

Somebody buy poor Beau a STIFF DRINK at the end of the day - he deserves it !

Always look forward to my weekly tank restoration fix with you guys. Got to ask when you heat up the metal to get a bolt or something out does it harm the integrity of the metal?

Lol, I can no longer say either workshop or Wednesday without sounding like you mate. And I am a 66 year old Texan.

Why don't you use an impact wrench for small screws to unscrew? Btw: great work and a lot of fun watching your videos!

👍👍👍!!!

I'd like to see how the torsion bar mounting that was mishapen,ie,the flanged mounting and the crushed casing on the torsional bar aperture are repaired or reconstructed....

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Have you guys ever tried an carbon arch air gouger for gouging out large old welds, or cutting penetration grooves for welding? Or do you find the plasma torch is sufficient for all your needs? Just curious.