Self taught and world famous. I came across your channel from following MotoGP, and seeing your Moto 2 frame building video. Then found out that you're Canadian as well, and that your only a days drive away! Seeing your sir name Brodie, it didn't dawn on me until I came across another of your videos that show your bike frames. BRODIE!!! I used to be big into mountain biking, and have seen your frames. Seeing you work on bicycles and motorcycles is fantastic. I am currently working on an MV Agusta F4. I crashed a couple of summers ago at Area 27. After that, I looked at the bike and said to myself, "Well, now's the perfect time for me to start the project." I'm making my own fairings (and winglets) from composites for it. The nose and side fairings are going to be one piece. I'm going to make the fuel cell, tail section, and subframe all one piece. Eventually I'd like to make a carbon fiber swingarm, and plenum box, and a titanium frame for it. Have you worked with building titanium frames before? I've been following your Aermacchi build and love the work that you've done with it. Some questions as I've watched through those episodes. Why do you not put the tube in the tire when you mount it? I have a hard time doing it the way you do. You're spot on to end mounting the tire at the valve with tubes. On tubeless, I start at the tire alignment dot to keep it from rotating away from the valve as I mount it. You said that you got the CB450 front end from a salvage yard. What's the name? It's really hard to find old parts for motorcycles up here, unlike the US. I was going to ask you where you raced, then I saw the WMRRA. Thought you might have been racing over there in BC. Your steering tube that you brazed. Is DOM tubing a special grade? During my welding apprenticeship, I've only seen numbers, sometimes with a letter at the end to specify the composition of the metal. And the brazing that you did. I'm not familiar with torch brazing, but tig brazing. Silicon bronze has upwards of 60,000psi tensile strength and aluminum bronze upwards of 100,000psi YS and good wear resistance. Are these similar for torch brazing? I've worked on several old bikes with the loose ball bearings like yours, and a little surprise that you didn't use tapered roller bearings since you built your frame and steering tube. Why is that? And then you built your own engine! I've been thinking of how I'd build one myself, from the same area as you've built yours too. A v-twin, but really would like to figure out how to do a compact radial 5 or 7. Would you share your method and how you went about building your engine? Sorry for the long post. You're doing exactly the stuff I want to do, and have a vast amount of knowledge that is so hard to find, and even harder to have shared. Could I get in contact with you to learn from your experience? Or possibly come to your shop on a long weekend to learn from you? I'll buy you and Mitch a coffee 😁
Wow! Certainly not the shortest set of comments I have come across. But thanks for writing. First, I also watched the Moto 2 frame building video, but that was someone else, not me... That's great you are doing composite work on your MV. No, I have never made a titanium frame, or fork. I guess I could put the inner tube into the tire first, but I didn't. The Honda 450 front hub came from a US salvage yard that had it listed on Ebay. Not cheap. DOM (drawn over mandrel) is very nice seamless steel tubing that strength wise is about halfway between mild steel and 4130. If I remember brazing bronze is about 70,000psi. On the Aermacchi I wanted to use the stock headset bearings. They look right and never gave me any trouble out on the track. If you want to see how I built my Excelsior engine, it's all on my website: www.flashbackfab.com I'm not teaching Framebuilding 101 because of Covid. I fall into the high risk category, so no shop visitors except my small circle of friends, sorry. Thanks for watching!
Paul is being very humble when he talks about the Exceslior motor...he neglected to mention that he built it from scratch... He is Canada's version of John Britten or Brooke Henry... Amazing!!!
Thank you sooo much for sharing all your ideas with us in this very relaxed and humble manner! These ideas and impressions are invaluable for me and I'm not even planning on doing anything frame related anytime soon. What you show us and what you embody is something to strive for - I want you to know that!
Thank you for making a well produced video. You have given me some ideas that I will be able to execute when I need to. I have a Bridgeport and two metal lathes. You are right that you can make so many different things. When you are passionate about what you love doing it makes it easier to teach. You are an amazing fabricator and teacher!!!
Oh man, we need a 45 min video entirely dedicated to Ruby 2.0, I was pausing and zooming in non-stop during that section of the video! There is so much to see there... great video overall!
More of a car guy here, but I've been bingeing your MC vids this Memorial Day holiday. Lots of great insight here into what works. Thanks for taking the time to share!
It annoys me that RUclips has only just now recommended your channel. Back in the 90's and early 2000s I had a deep passion for mountain biking and always wanted to build my own right down to the frame, but I didn't have the skills. Many years later I have drifted away from cycling (rock climbing and woodworking are the games now), but I still find this stuff fascinating. Thanks for the videos!
Thank you for the shop tour. Two things I admire: your ability to visualize the work-holding solutions (making the jig is the easy part!) and your attitude - you always seem to be so pleased and content to be in your shop. And, it just wouldn't be a Paul Brodie video without "That's a pretty good fit." :)
21:12 I tried cutting a miter in a piece of 1/2" conduit yesterday just to try. I've been playing with conduit thinking of making a stand for a dog bed that lifts it up to the height of the window sill. This window is particularly low but we have small dogs. First I made a jig to weld nuts onto washers, then I made a jig to hold a nut/washer straight into the end of a piece of conduit for welding, this way I could attach threaded feet and have it thread in straight. Doing it this way made it possible to have a nice clean looking end on the conduit with a nut attached on the inside, there but out of sight. For the miter I had to make a jig, but then I did it and I had used the wrong hole saw so it wasn't a good fit, i needed to use 1/8" larger hole saw. Now I see your setup and realize my miter jig is all wrong. It probably doesn't help that my cheapo drill press flexes the table when I push down on the arbor. But now I see a solution from your video. I appreciate you sir, thank you for inspiring me. This video I learned you do a lot of alignment stuff by eye too...learning this actually boosted my confidence a little so thank you for that. I appreciate your content, thank you for sharing.
Michael, thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, when you miter you want everything to be as rigid as possible to get the best results. Having a flexy table is not good. That's great you are trying new things in your shop!
Dear Mr. Paul, I had three days off, because of the pandemic and I found your channel here... I watched almost all your videos... I'm more a woodworking amateur but I like to learn any craft from enthusiastic teachers. It has been a pleasure getting to know you a little .... thank you for your time and passion in transmitting your knowledge to the extended audience... All the best, Max.
I am a self taught manufacturer who builds panniers and racks for adventure motorcycles. I can very much relate to your shop as all of the required jigging/layout/final product, had to be invented by myself as needed. I call this process 'Make it happen engineering' lol Although I am not particularly interested in bikes, I do enjoy seeing how another manufacturer approaches his craft. Thank you.
I love your brand since the 90`s when I started mountain Biking, discovered your videos 1 month ago and they are so perfect, you are so kind and gentle, always happy. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Found what I m looking for. Paul Brodie voice sound, the atmosphere that he makes in his videos makes joyful all the guys that spending time in Garages and need just a little push to continue their dreams of making stuff, to be creative and to infect some other young souls. What a teacher ... look how cool he is ..
Hello Paul, My hats off to you, the word that comes to mind is "Prolific". To spend a lifetime doing what you love and to rack up the numbers of builds, projects, and tooling that you've created is amazing. To have the focus that you have so as not to get bored with one thing and also not to move onto another career or medium is very uncommon. You've built a great shop, have amassed such a fine collection of tools and machines and are almost entirely self taught. It is a pleasure to watch your videos and to learn new ways to do things that I've done too but differently. Thank You, Paul Maselli "TheMobileBoatwright"
Awesome prep work. I myself love making and setting up jigs and fixtures for machining as well. I thank you on behalf of everyone that are learning how to do repetitive parts. Congrats nice shop and shop layout, it is nice how the 5’s are reflected in your mine. Nice setup for JIT and Lean Manufacturing, I hope dig into the manufacturing techniques I just mentioned so Cnc machines and AI don’t hurt them much, in fact they can use it on their favor. Thanks again Sir.
I see an old (antique?) phone on the wall. I have exactly the same phone in my shop. I don't see a lot like that. My father spent decades working on telephones starting in the early 1950s. My shop phone (non-functional) is a tribute to him. It's fun to see the same one in your shop.
One of my trials riding buddies gave that phone to me. He worked at the phone company for 30+ years. Very heavy phone; made of Bakelite. Mine is non functional too :)
Appreciate you all making these vids. It is great to see all the tools made out of necessity. I have been a mechanic in some fashion or another for many years and love seeing the shop borne tools.
Thank you for sharing, i love your shop and you videos. I think this is one of the best youtube channels around. I own a 1 person bike shop in belgium , but i like to build stuff like my own tools , stands, jigs , .... Its true, if you have a mill and lathe , and some imagination, you can build a lot. Love your humble and down to earth approach. keep up the good work
Great content Paul I started watching you due to your Excelsior motorcycle connection, I restore 1920s bikes here in the UK so find your videos very interesting, I can't help looking past you're self and into the corners of your shop at the surface grinder, lathe, mill, bandsaw, etc. Thank you for sharing your skills with us it's appreciated 👍👌
I agree with your passion for Aermacchi. I competitively raced RD350LCs and TZ750s; I was lent a Race prep Aermacchi by one of my mates and it was the sweetest ,easiest handling and most predictable race bike I ever played with. Like a pair of hand made italian leather shoes - maybe not the fastest bike but just pleasant, comfortable and fun. Thanks for the tour.
I sure had a lot of fun on my Aermacchi. I was always nipping at the heels of the slower Vintage 750's. That's great you got to ride one. Thanks for watching!
One of my favorite new channels. Thank you for the tour, Paul! You are correct; if you mske it yourself, it's SO much more satisfying. Maybe Santa will bring me a mill and lathe for Christmas this year (I thought he was going to last year, and the year before that, and the year before that).
I finished reading your book last month and finding this channel has been a real treat. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to more of your videos!
love your Videos and the dedication to making things that do the job! Just bought a little mill and refurbished an old broken lathe i get for next to nothing from a community workshop and fixed it. So now I can build something more precise than a tallbike. Really like your videos. Greetings from Germany.
Just came across your channel, and I love it. I'm not specifically here for bicycle/motorcycle building, but I definitely have more interest in it now. You display a lot of great fabrication techniques and tools that I appreciate as a hobbyist. You deserve more subscribers!
Thank you Paul and Mitch for sharing your knowledge. It is very inspiring. I transformed the pony stable into a workshop, ready for some DIY framebuilding. All the best from the Netherlands. Gr Carl
Another great video. I have the lathe and the Bridgeport mill with the DRO ( Digital Read Out). I also have the Oxy/Acetylene setup with the Victor torch, the Henrob torch and the Mecco Midget torch. Also have the Mig welder and the Miller STL tig and stick machine. I have a complete woodworking setup in the shop. I have the Oneway woodturning Lathe from Canada. It turns 24" over the bedways and 9' 3" between centers. I've turned a lot of big porch posts with it over the years and have turned 49" in diameter on the outboard headstock end. I invested about $10,000 into it and it has paid for itself many times over. I've enjoyed building the recumbent bikes a lot. Having some of the same kind of tools and same interests, this is one of the videos I have enjoyed the most from you so far. I loved seeing all the tools and all of the jigs you have built over the years. We are only limited by our imaginations and mine can get pretty crazy some times. Thanks for sharing the shop with all of us. From Louisiana here. Dan
What a pleasure to see your shop and work! I wanted to add that the Yamaha GTS1000 has a frame similar in concept to Ruby Racer: you remove the engine from the right side after you take off a section of the frame.
So much to comment on....Thank you for the tour and sharing your world with us! Inspirational as well as entertaining and always educational. So glad I found your video’s. Oh, one thing I would comment on was you did not speak about your table for bike blueprints....not so much the table itself, but the print making process. Probably another video or series just by itself, but most of the video’s I’ve watched with you bike building, it is used extensively.
Greetings Paul from South Africa- Thank you Sir For sharing your Knowledge and Expertise with us all here in the Interweb so freely. Truly inspirational as always, getting closer to getting set up to build some Bicycles, mentioned a while ago in the comments section regards your Variable speed Drill Press you commented on of my late fathers conversion of his press with a VFD, used to have a lathe yet that got snapped up by the sharks very shortly after his passing, so need to replace that sucker and find my self a good reliable and true second hand Mill. Been attending local trade school learning to weld Arc, MIg, TIg still got Torch to complete at the local trade school that facilitates the Corporate Mining client Skills programs, discovered they offer Week long practical short courses in the various areas of welding mentioned above for a good price and the Practical instructors an absolute Gem. Cant wait to sink my teeth into my first build in the distant future.... Thanks to your Expert, Inspiring content here on the You Tube...My coffee contribution to Mitch and your self is way overdue ......
Hello Nicholas in South Africa! I hope you do get your shop setup and you build some bicycles. Using your hands to create. That would make me very happy :) Best wishes for Canada!
Hey @paul brodie would you consider doing a more in depth video on your elevator? I'm designing my own right now and would love to know more about how you did yours. I need mine to lift my motorcycle projects up to the second level so I feel our needs are probably pretty similar! looks to me like you made your own C-channel tracks by stitch welding 3/8, or maybe 1/2 steel plate. What was the reasoning for that instead of using C-channel, or even an i-beam? Then bolted to your floor and a couple spots it looks bolted to your wall framing from what I can tell. Is the platform running on rollers in the track? Very cool project. Please show us more!
Mark, the elevator is already made, so there is no way it would fill up an entire episode, sorry. From what you wrote you basically have it all figured out. 1/2" cold rolled, stitch welded, because it's more accurate than C-channel or I-beam. Thanks for your comments.
Hi again Paul@@paulbrodie - one more question if you don't mind. What process did you use for welding the 1/2" cold rolled for the elevator tracks? I can see the heat marks on the back side, so the weld must have bit in nice and deep. I was thinking stick welding, but it's hard to tell. I know you typically tig on your channel, but wasn't sure if that would be suitable on such thick steel. Did you have issues with the tracks wanting to close in/warp as you went? I was thinking of placing some spacer blocks between the two pieces of flat bar, welding, then pulling them out once the welds cooled or something. Cheers
Hi Mark, I used the Tig welder. 3/32" tungsten and an .045" rod. The amperage was a little over 100, if I remember correctly.. Didn't have any issues with warping, it all stayed pretty straight. Happy Holidays!
I was watching a vid on welding up a top fuel rail dragster and they had the whole 20 foot or so completely fitted and tacked up before starting. They got two tig guys and started from one end and both guys worked on opposite sides welding the same joints at the same time and walked weld joint to weld joint evenly to the other end. More useless info for the memory banks. P.S. you have the cat that ate the canary look down perfectly.
@@poreektik1320 I have some hand made forms for small stuff. You saw the shop tour; I have the bender for making S-bend seat stays..And if you've watched the videos, I have made a couple of noodles, bent regular seat stays, and bent the ICR for the quill stems. You get the idea?
Self taught and world famous. I came across your channel from following MotoGP, and seeing your Moto 2 frame building video. Then found out that you're Canadian as well, and that your only a days drive away! Seeing your sir name Brodie, it didn't dawn on me until I came across another of your videos that show your bike frames. BRODIE!!! I used to be big into mountain biking, and have seen your frames. Seeing you work on bicycles and motorcycles is fantastic. I am currently working on an MV Agusta F4. I crashed a couple of summers ago at Area 27. After that, I looked at the bike and said to myself, "Well, now's the perfect time for me to start the project." I'm making my own fairings (and winglets) from composites for it. The nose and side fairings are going to be one piece. I'm going to make the fuel cell, tail section, and subframe all one piece. Eventually I'd like to make a carbon fiber swingarm, and plenum box, and a titanium frame for it. Have you worked with building titanium frames before?
I've been following your Aermacchi build and love the work that you've done with it. Some questions as I've watched through those episodes. Why do you not put the tube in the tire when you mount it? I have a hard time doing it the way you do. You're spot on to end mounting the tire at the valve with tubes. On tubeless, I start at the tire alignment dot to keep it from rotating away from the valve as I mount it. You said that you got the CB450 front end from a salvage yard. What's the name? It's really hard to find old parts for motorcycles up here, unlike the US. I was going to ask you where you raced, then I saw the WMRRA. Thought you might have been racing over there in BC. Your steering tube that you brazed. Is DOM tubing a special grade? During my welding apprenticeship, I've only seen numbers, sometimes with a letter at the end to specify the composition of the metal. And the brazing that you did. I'm not familiar with torch brazing, but tig brazing. Silicon bronze has upwards of 60,000psi tensile strength and aluminum bronze upwards of 100,000psi YS and good wear resistance. Are these similar for torch brazing? I've worked on several old bikes with the loose ball bearings like yours, and a little surprise that you didn't use tapered roller bearings since you built your frame and steering tube. Why is that? And then you built your own engine! I've been thinking of how I'd build one myself, from the same area as you've built yours too. A v-twin, but really would like to figure out how to do a compact radial 5 or 7. Would you share your method and how you went about building your engine? Sorry for the long post. You're doing exactly the stuff I want to do, and have a vast amount of knowledge that is so hard to find, and even harder to have shared.
Could I get in contact with you to learn from your experience? Or possibly come to your shop on a long weekend to learn from you? I'll buy you and Mitch a coffee 😁
Wow! Certainly not the shortest set of comments I have come across. But thanks for writing. First, I also watched the Moto 2 frame building video, but that was someone else, not me... That's great you are doing composite work on your MV. No, I have never made a titanium frame, or fork. I guess I could put the inner tube into the tire first, but I didn't. The Honda 450 front hub came from a US salvage yard that had it listed on Ebay. Not cheap. DOM (drawn over mandrel) is very nice seamless steel tubing that strength wise is about halfway between mild steel and 4130. If I remember brazing bronze is about 70,000psi. On the Aermacchi I wanted to use the stock headset bearings. They look right and never gave me any trouble out on the track. If you want to see how I built my Excelsior engine, it's all on my website: www.flashbackfab.com I'm not teaching Framebuilding 101 because of Covid. I fall into the high risk category, so no shop visitors except my small circle of friends, sorry. Thanks for watching!
@@paulbrodie Thank you Paul for the information.
Canada’s Allan Millard ...... Total genius !
Thanks Nick! I think his name is spelt Allen Millyard... 😉
@@paulbrodie That’s the guy Paul !
@@nicksmith7552 Yes!
Paul is being very humble when he talks about the Exceslior motor...he neglected to mention that he built it from scratch... He is Canada's version of John Britten or Brooke Henry... Amazing!!!
Yes! I followed that closely in blog form back then.
He built the engine from scratch? Completely?
@@Daniel_Martin152 Yes. There are no surviving Excelsior bevel drive OHC engines so... Check out Flashbackfab.com. It’s truly amazing what he’s done.
The Eccentric Hobbyist thank you! Very cool
@@836dmar Bookmarked the link, I'll never get anything done with all the interesting stuff to look at
That twin race bike is very wild.
I think you must be referring to Ruby Racer!
Thank you sooo much for sharing all your ideas with us in this very relaxed and humble manner! These ideas and impressions are invaluable for me and I'm not even planning on doing anything frame related anytime soon. What you show us and what you embody is something to strive for - I want you to know that!
Thanks Jann, Very kind words. Appreciate your thoughts...
I love all of yours creations Sir
Thank you very much!
Thank you for making a well produced video. You have given me some ideas that I will be able to execute when I need to. I have a Bridgeport and two metal lathes. You are right that you can make so many different things. When you are passionate about what you love doing it makes it easier to teach. You are an amazing fabricator and teacher!!!
Thank you Bluesman! Appreciate your comments very much...
I am stealing every one of your park stand modifications. Thank you.
You are most welcome.
Thank you, excellent video.
Thank you very much!
Oh man, we need a 45 min video entirely dedicated to Ruby 2.0, I was pausing and zooming in non-stop during that section of the video! There is so much to see there... great video overall!
Yes we will spend more time on Ruby... Patience!
More of a car guy here, but I've been bingeing your MC vids this Memorial Day holiday. Lots of great insight here into what works. Thanks for taking the time to share!
Jimmy, thanks for watching and commenting!
It annoys me that RUclips has only just now recommended your channel. Back in the 90's and early 2000s I had a deep passion for mountain biking and always wanted to build my own right down to the frame, but I didn't have the skills. Many years later I have drifted away from cycling (rock climbing and woodworking are the games now), but I still find this stuff fascinating. Thanks for the videos!
Nick, our channel is only 2 years old, so don't be annoyed. Thanks for watching!
I could watch a version of this that is 3x as long. So interesting and well paced.
Thanks for watching!
I could too, but not with the annoying background music!
Thank you for the shop tour. Two things I admire: your ability to visualize the work-holding solutions (making the jig is the easy part!) and your attitude - you always seem to be so pleased and content to be in your shop.
And, it just wouldn't be a Paul Brodie video without "That's a pretty good fit." :)
Yes, I do like spending time in my shop. Thanks for watching!
21:12 I tried cutting a miter in a piece of 1/2" conduit yesterday just to try. I've been playing with conduit thinking of making a stand for a dog bed that lifts it up to the height of the window sill. This window is particularly low but we have small dogs. First I made a jig to weld nuts onto washers, then I made a jig to hold a nut/washer straight into the end of a piece of conduit for welding, this way I could attach threaded feet and have it thread in straight. Doing it this way made it possible to have a nice clean looking end on the conduit with a nut attached on the inside, there but out of sight. For the miter I had to make a jig, but then I did it and I had used the wrong hole saw so it wasn't a good fit, i needed to use 1/8" larger hole saw. Now I see your setup and realize my miter jig is all wrong. It probably doesn't help that my cheapo drill press flexes the table when I push down on the arbor. But now I see a solution from your video. I appreciate you sir, thank you for inspiring me. This video I learned you do a lot of alignment stuff by eye too...learning this actually boosted my confidence a little so thank you for that. I appreciate your content, thank you for sharing.
Michael, thanks for watching and commenting. Yes, when you miter you want everything to be as rigid as possible to get the best results. Having a flexy table is not good. That's great you are trying new things in your shop!
Dear Mr. Paul, I had three days off, because of the pandemic and I found your channel here... I watched almost all your videos... I'm more a woodworking amateur but I like to learn any craft from enthusiastic teachers. It has been a pleasure getting to know you a little .... thank you for your time and passion in transmitting your knowledge to the extended audience... All the best, Max.
Max, thank you for watching our videos. Appreciate it!
I just enjoy this stuff. You are such a down to earth and common sense guy. I really appreciate your content and your work. You amaze me.
Thank you.
Enjoying your videos.
Thanks for watching :)
You have the shop of my dreams, Paul. It's good to know this stuff isn't just bought, it's put to good use 👍
Thank you Andre. We will be back when the time is right 😉
Thank you for a lovely experience.. So informative. A true gentleman also.
Nick, thanks for watching!
I am a self taught manufacturer who builds panniers and racks for adventure motorcycles. I can very much relate to your shop as all of the required jigging/layout/final product, had to be invented by myself as needed. I call this process 'Make it happen engineering' lol Although I am not particularly interested in bikes, I do enjoy seeing how another manufacturer approaches his craft. Thank you.
"Make it happen engineering" sounds good to me!
@@paulbrodie I can see that we approach issues very much the same way..
I love your brand since the 90`s when I started mountain Biking, discovered your videos 1 month ago and they are so perfect, you are so kind and gentle, always happy. Greetings from Rio de Janeiro, Brasil.
Brasil, thanks for watching... we appreciate it!
Found what I m looking for. Paul Brodie voice sound, the atmosphere that he makes in his videos makes joyful all the guys that spending time in Garages and need just a little push to continue their dreams of making stuff, to be creative and to infect some other young souls. What a teacher ... look how cool he is ..
So very nice
What a rare treat, thank you.
Love the super custom carburetor plug😎
Hello Paul, My hats off to you, the word that comes to mind is "Prolific". To spend a lifetime doing what you love and to rack up the numbers of builds, projects, and tooling that you've created is amazing. To have the focus that you have so as not to get bored with one thing and also not to move onto another career or medium is very uncommon. You've built a great shop, have amassed such a fine collection of tools and machines and are almost entirely self taught. It is a pleasure to watch your videos and to learn new ways to do things that I've done too but differently. Thank You, Paul Maselli "TheMobileBoatwright"
Thank you Paul. Very nice comments!
Great video and great timing as I am at UBI in Oregon for the steel frame welding class! 🤠🤎🚴
Are you using an automatic fluxer? Or are you doing Tig?
@@paulbrodie I took the brazed class last year, but this class is steel TIG welding.
@@GeneSimonalle Right on. Hope you are learning lots.
Amazing! We’ll done Paul!
Sebastian, thank you!
Thank you for sharing 😊
I've had the privilege of cleaning that shop for the great man, all the best Paul
Leon! Yes, we tore down an Excelsior motor. Can't remember which one!
Amazing, what an absolute champion you are, sharing your incredible knowledge in a unique and generous way. Thanks mate
Thank you Murray... 😉
Paul you are not a human you are super extraordinary you are a god of engineer where were you of all this years thank you for sharing your knowledge
Thanks Mel. All these years I was mostly hiding in my shop :)
Paul I really enjoying watching your videos fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Eric that's a lot of thumbs up... Thanks for watching!
Awesome prep work. I myself love making and setting up jigs and fixtures for machining as well. I thank you on behalf of everyone that are learning how to do repetitive parts. Congrats nice shop and shop layout, it is nice how the 5’s are reflected in your mine. Nice setup for JIT and Lean Manufacturing, I hope dig into the manufacturing techniques I just mentioned so Cnc machines and AI don’t hurt them much, in fact they can use it on their favor. Thanks again Sir.
Thank you for watching and commenting :)
Great looking setup
The man is so talented, it humbles me.
Hi Paul
Thanks for this video I learnt a lot
Maybe you can show us the rest of your shop sometime?
Thanks John. I did show most of my shop so there's not really a lot left that I didn't show... 😉
@@paulbrodie ah ok
thanks for teaching me more useful info
You are awesome!
I see an old (antique?) phone on the wall. I have exactly the same phone in my shop. I don't see a lot like that. My father spent decades working on telephones starting in the early 1950s. My shop phone (non-functional) is a tribute to him. It's fun to see the same one in your shop.
One of my trials riding buddies gave that phone to me. He worked at the phone company for 30+ years. Very heavy phone; made of Bakelite. Mine is non functional too :)
Appreciate you all making these vids. It is great to see all the tools made out of necessity. I have been a mechanic in some fashion or another for many years and love seeing the shop borne tools.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Thanks Paul!
I'm amazed at how clean and organized your shops are.
Wow...so much information to process here. Same with all of Paul's other videos. Amazing work, craftsmanship and knowledge!
Thank you John.
Thank you for sharing, i love your shop and you videos.
I think this is one of the best youtube channels around.
I own a 1 person bike shop in belgium , but i like to build stuff like my own tools , stands, jigs , ....
Its true, if you have a mill and lathe , and some imagination, you can build a lot.
Love your humble and down to earth approach.
keep up the good work
Belgium, thanks for watching!
Great content Paul I started watching you due to your Excelsior motorcycle connection, I restore 1920s bikes here in the UK so find your videos very interesting, I can't help looking past you're self and into the corners of your shop at the surface grinder, lathe, mill, bandsaw, etc.
Thank you for sharing your skills with us it's appreciated 👍👌
Andrew, you're not the only one checking out my shop... thanks for watching!
Thank you for the inspiration, and the tour. 🙂👍
Nice shop tour. I learn something every time I watch your videos. Thank you and greetings from Belgium.
Belgium, thanks for watching!
I was curious about the Ruby motorcycling, but figured I'd pestered you enough on bicycle stuff :-)
We will get to Ruby, there is other stuff to go through first :)
Thanks for the shop tour. Love all your fixtures and gauges. You are a true craftsman.
Thanks for watching!
Thanks Paul. Excellent as always. I really look forward to your videos.
Thank you Pete.
What a fella, what a shop! Loved it!
Very nice shop you have here and enjoying the videos. You have a great way of communicating
Thank you Benji.
AMAZING!!! so many answers in one video, thank you!
Thank you for taking the time to share a brace of inspirational ideas and views of a smallish and yet outstanding workshop.
Thank you so much for sharing this. I want to be you when I grow up!
I agree with your passion for Aermacchi. I competitively raced RD350LCs and TZ750s; I was lent a Race prep Aermacchi by one of my mates and it was the sweetest ,easiest handling and most predictable race bike I ever played with. Like a pair of hand made italian leather shoes - maybe not the fastest bike but just pleasant, comfortable and fun. Thanks for the tour.
I sure had a lot of fun on my Aermacchi. I was always nipping at the heels of the slower Vintage 750's. That's great you got to ride one. Thanks for watching!
Just want to say i really impressed with the shop tour..the best craftsman are fussy ones!!...also mitch does an excellent job with the video work
Hey Paul. Haven't seen any new vids lately and wanted to check in and see how you were doing?
Mike
Hey Mike, I had a rough time with my transplant, but I am slowly on the mend. Mitch and I will return!
@@paulbrodie good to hear Paul. Thoughts and prayers go out to you during your recovery.
Mike
Great shop. Love all of the shop built tooling/jigs.
Mike
Thank you Mike.
Nice shop!! 👍
One of my favorite new channels. Thank you for the tour, Paul! You are correct; if you mske it yourself, it's SO much more satisfying. Maybe Santa will bring me a mill and lathe for Christmas this year (I thought he was going to last year, and the year before that, and the year before that).
Some times you just have to buy things for yourself. Make it a priority, you won't regret it :)
Facinating tour, thank you. Never seen such a well managed workshop.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Michael.
Thank you for sharing Paul. I enjoy your meticulous approach to building.
Brilliant.
A great shop tour, thank you!
Thx for sharing
I finished reading your book last month and finding this channel has been a real treat. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Looking forward to more of your videos!
Thanks for watching!
Love your videos and talent Paul, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
love your Videos and the dedication to making things that do the job! Just bought a little mill and refurbished an old broken lathe i get for next to nothing from a community workshop and fixed it. So now I can build something more precise than a tallbike. Really like your videos. Greetings from Germany.
Germany, thank you for watching. Good luck #makingstuff!
Just came across your channel, and I love it. I'm not specifically here for bicycle/motorcycle building, but I definitely have more interest in it now. You display a lot of great fabrication techniques and tools that I appreciate as a hobbyist. You deserve more subscribers!
We are slowly getting more subscribers. Thanks for watching!
Love the sink drain plug on the carb LOL
Yes, that came from Home Depot.
@@paulbrodie whatever works, not everything has to be super wazoo
I can’t thank Paul enough for sharing his inspiration!
You could buy us a few coffees :) Thanks for watching!
LOVE the shelf !!
Wow ! thanks a bunch for this Paul and Mitch !
Muchas Gracias !!!!!!!
Thank you Paul and Mitch for sharing your knowledge. It is very inspiring. I transformed the pony stable into a workshop, ready for some DIY framebuilding. All the best from the Netherlands. Gr Carl
Thanks for watching!
Its a dream.. thx for showing from Germany
If it's a dream, does that mean I'm "Living the Dream"? Thanks for watching!
really cool, RUclips just recommended your channel. I might be late to the party but I think it's going to be fun!
Thanks for finding us!
Ah oh yes! I love this!
19:40 I love that little machinist tool box! I have been waiting for my Dad to hand his Kennedy down to me :)
Great shop tour and explanations of the things you do. Love your fixture building.
Thank you.
First rate in every respect. You've reminded me of the fixtures that, competition motorcycle parts maker, Harry Hunt used. Very cool.
Thanks John.
Another great video. I have the lathe and the Bridgeport mill with the DRO ( Digital Read Out). I also have the Oxy/Acetylene setup with the Victor torch, the Henrob torch and the Mecco Midget torch. Also have the Mig welder and the Miller STL tig and stick machine. I have a complete woodworking setup in the shop. I have the Oneway woodturning Lathe from Canada. It turns 24" over the bedways and 9' 3" between centers. I've turned a lot of big porch posts with it over the years and have turned 49" in diameter on the outboard headstock end. I invested about $10,000 into it and it has paid for itself many times over. I've enjoyed building the recumbent bikes a lot. Having some of the same kind of tools and same interests, this is one of the videos I have enjoyed the most from you so far. I loved seeing all the tools and all of the jigs you have built over the years. We are only limited by our imaginations and mine can get pretty crazy some times. Thanks for sharing the shop with all of us. From Louisiana here. Dan
Hey Louisiana, thanks for watching! That's great you have a good shop too :)
What a pleasure to see your shop and work! I wanted to add that the Yamaha GTS1000 has a frame similar in concept to Ruby Racer: you remove the engine from the right side after you take off a section of the frame.
I have a friend with a GTS. I will have to look a little closer next time I'm in his shop.
So much to comment on....Thank you for the tour and sharing your world with us! Inspirational as well as entertaining and always educational. So glad I found your video’s. Oh, one thing I would comment on was you did not speak about your table for bike blueprints....not so much the table itself, but the print making process. Probably another video or series just by itself, but most of the video’s I’ve watched with you bike building, it is used extensively.
There’s a whole video on the drawing process: ruclips.net/video/iDx8c7Tq4PY/видео.html
@@mitchellnurseproductions Oh cool, I missed that one! Thanks!
@@marklohnes6313 No problem!
We did a whole video on making a full scale bicycle drawing. You can find it. Just pencil, ruler, protractor, and so on... Thanks for watching!
Nice tour and as always lots of learning going on. Thank you.
That liter bike is pretty cool! Nice shop! I sent you the picture of a mock-up road racer yesterday.
Yes I remember. Thanks for watching!
Wtf is a liter?
I wanted to give more likes :)
Thank you Serdar!
Just came across your channel beautiful motorcycles and all the tools you made for the frame works is exceptional great video
Thank you.
Great tour, Just love the tools and equipments
Greetings Paul from South Africa- Thank you Sir For sharing your Knowledge and Expertise with us all here in the Interweb so freely. Truly inspirational as always, getting closer to getting set up to build some Bicycles, mentioned a while ago in the comments section regards your Variable speed Drill Press you commented on of my late fathers conversion of his press with a VFD, used to have a lathe yet that got snapped up by the sharks very shortly after his passing, so need to replace that sucker and find my self a good reliable and true second hand Mill. Been attending local trade school learning to weld Arc, MIg, TIg still got Torch to complete at the local trade school that facilitates the Corporate Mining client Skills programs, discovered they offer Week long practical short courses in the various areas of welding mentioned above for a good price and the Practical instructors an absolute Gem. Cant wait to sink my teeth into my first build in the distant future.... Thanks to your Expert, Inspiring content here on the You Tube...My coffee contribution to Mitch and your self is way overdue ......
Hello Nicholas in South Africa! I hope you do get your shop setup and you build some bicycles. Using your hands to create. That would make me very happy :) Best wishes for Canada!
@@paulbrodie 🤞🏽
That Tom Ritchie belt sander looks a lot like a miniature version of a crankshaft grinder.
Covergent evolution is a real thing!
Great video Paul! Such a nice workspace.
Hey @paul brodie would you consider doing a more in depth video on your elevator? I'm designing my own right now and would love to know more about how you did yours. I need mine to lift my motorcycle projects up to the second level so I feel our needs are probably pretty similar!
looks to me like you made your own C-channel tracks by stitch welding 3/8, or maybe 1/2 steel plate. What was the reasoning for that instead of using C-channel, or even an i-beam? Then bolted to your floor and a couple spots it looks bolted to your wall framing from what I can tell.
Is the platform running on rollers in the track?
Very cool project. Please show us more!
Mark, the elevator is already made, so there is no way it would fill up an entire episode, sorry. From what you wrote you basically have it all figured out. 1/2" cold rolled, stitch welded, because it's more accurate than C-channel or I-beam. Thanks for your comments.
Hi again Paul@@paulbrodie - one more question if you don't mind. What process did you use for welding the 1/2" cold rolled for the elevator tracks? I can see the heat marks on the back side, so the weld must have bit in nice and deep. I was thinking stick welding, but it's hard to tell. I know you typically tig on your channel, but wasn't sure if that would be suitable on such thick steel.
Did you have issues with the tracks wanting to close in/warp as you went? I was thinking of placing some spacer blocks between the two pieces of flat bar, welding, then pulling them out once the welds cooled or something. Cheers
Hi Mark, I used the Tig welder. 3/32" tungsten and an .045" rod. The amperage was a little over 100, if I remember correctly.. Didn't have any issues with warping, it all stayed pretty straight. Happy Holidays!
I was watching a vid on welding up a top fuel rail dragster and they had the whole 20 foot or so completely fitted and tacked up before starting. They got two tig guys and started from one end and both guys worked on opposite sides welding the same joints at the same time and walked weld joint to weld joint evenly to the other end. More useless info for the memory banks. P.S. you have the cat that ate the canary look down perfectly.
Yes, having two welders working in unison makes perfect sense for that job. Thanks for commenting!
So nice to see your shop in detail! Would be great to see how you tackle tube bending.
My friend Andrew @ Pacific Bending has a $100K CNC tube bender, so he gets the job.
@@paulbrodie Oh :). Do you have any bending devices at your shop at all though, for non-cnc type stuff?
@@poreektik1320 I have some hand made forms for small stuff. You saw the shop tour; I have the bender for making S-bend seat stays..And if you've watched the videos, I have made a couple of noodles, bent regular seat stays, and bent the ICR for the quill stems. You get the idea?
Thank you and GodBless..
Thank you DarkSoul.
Thank you so much Paul for this video! I really appreciate it
Very nice video
Showing your tools. Do you offer the 101 frame build course?
Thank you RbB. Framebuilding 101 is no more. We will blame Covid for that.