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!!!
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!
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 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." :)
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!!!
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!
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 ..
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 :)
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.
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!
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!
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.
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.
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 👍👌
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 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
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.
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"
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.
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).
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!
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.
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!
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!
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 the workshop tour Paul, I'd really like to know more about your modified Bench Drill. And just when you thought you'd eliminated confusion, here in Australia both the Nickel-silver & 45% Silver are sold as straight rods.
We will do an overview of my variable speed drill press in the future.. Yes, there is confusion about the "silver" types of rods, hope it's all straight in your head :)
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.
Paul you have a nice touch. I’m a mad Ducati round case nut from Australia. So projects. It’s nice to see other dedicates to bevel drives. My ultimate dream is 860 desomdromic top end on a round case bottom end a friend who is mechanical engineer over here does a plain big end conversion updated oil pump and all. Saving bucks. Old bikers never die they just get recycled. Regards Gulley the mad Aussie.
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
Hello again Paul , I asked Acke Rising from who I have three frames; CBX , HRC VF 750 and a Vincent , about the odd looking Bimota yokes , he had no idea but relayed me to Eric Lundin , who used the same idea on his TZ250 frames in the 80ies…..the idea is to maintain trail during full braking , thus making 4 a somewhat less exiting, hair raising.... racing experiene…., when calmer one does better laptimes….
Yes, a lot of ideas were tried years ago. I always liked the Elf single sided swingarm bikes.. their name will come to me. In theory it's all great, but where are those designs now?
@@paulbrodie YEP was a Haslam Fan!! Well , my every day bike is a rather modified Yamaha GTS With Triumph swinging arm (if single sided in one end ,had to do the same in the other....), and tucked in front end, thus shortened some 90mm!! Still eeerily steady in fast bends with lengthwise repairs or white lines ....turned into a delightful sports bike , even if lacking some in the ooomph department....
Very beautiful shop, congratulations! I wish I had something similar one day. By the way, you did not include anything about your TIG welding set up. Anyway, I enjoyed the video very much, as all of yours. Thanks a lot. Regards from Spain.
@@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?
I'm not sure we could do a whole video on drills and end mills. If you buy good quality and take care of them they will last a long time. That's my experience.
Not sure if it's enough for a whole video. I made that mod in the early 90's. Pulleys cost me $400, then I bought the acme thread and a nice handle. It was a bit of work. Thanks for watching!
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.
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?
@@Dsm152 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
Canada’s Allan Millard ...... Total genius !
Thanks Nick! I think his name is spelt Allen Millyard... 😉
@@paulbrodie That’s the guy Paul !
@@nicksmith7552 Yes!
I am stealing every one of your park stand modifications. Thank you.
You are most welcome.
That twin race bike is very wild.
I think you must be referring to Ruby Racer!
I love all of yours creations Sir
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!
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...
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!
Thank you, excellent video.
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...
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 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.
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!
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 :)
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 ..
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.
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 :)
Enjoying your videos.
Thanks for watching :)
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!
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!
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!
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
Love the super custom carburetor plug😎
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!
So very nice
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!
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..
Paul I really enjoying watching your videos fantastic 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Eric that's a lot of thumbs up... Thanks for watching!
That Tom Ritchie belt sander looks a lot like a miniature version of a crankshaft grinder.
Covergent evolution is a real thing!
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 :)
Thank you for the inspiration, and the tour. 🙂👍
Thank you for a lovely experience.. So informative. A true gentleman also.
Nick, thanks for watching!
Amazing! We’ll done Paul!
Sebastian, thank you!
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!
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!
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 :)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I want to be you when I grow up!
Thank you for sharing 😊
Wow...so much information to process here. Same with all of Paul's other videos. Amazing work, craftsmanship and knowledge!
Thank you John.
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
I'm amazed at how clean and organized your shops are.
Great looking setup
What a rare treat, thank you.
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
Amazing, what an absolute champion you are, sharing your incredible knowledge in a unique and generous way. Thanks mate
Thank you Murray... 😉
You are awesome!
First rate in every respect. You've reminded me of the fixtures that, competition motorcycle parts maker, Harry Hunt used. Very cool.
Thanks John.
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 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!
Thanks Paul!
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!
Love your videos and talent Paul, thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Very nice shop you have here and enjoying the videos. You have a great way of communicating
Thank you Benji.
Great shop. Love all of the shop built tooling/jigs.
Mike
Thank you Mike.
AMAZING!!! so many answers in one video, thank you!
The man is so talented, it humbles me.
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!
Thank you for sharing Paul. I enjoy your meticulous approach to building.
19:40 I love that little machinist tool box! I have been waiting for my Dad to hand his Kennedy down to me :)
Nice shop tour. I learn something every time I watch your videos. Thank you and greetings from Belgium.
Belgium, thanks for watching!
What a fella, what a shop! Loved it!
Thanks Paul. Excellent as always. I really look forward to your videos.
Thank you Pete.
Nice shop!! 👍
Thank you for taking the time to share a brace of inspirational ideas and views of a smallish and yet outstanding workshop.
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!
A great shop tour, thank you!
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 :)
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!
Oh WOW!
I found the Flashback Fabrications website!
I’d still like to see videos covering your Excelsior and Aermacchi projects.
They are coming up. Please be patient.
LOVE the shelf !!
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!
Facinating tour, thank you. Never seen such a well managed workshop.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks Michael.
Muchas Gracias !!!!!!!
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!
Wow ! thanks a bunch for this Paul and Mitch !
Ah oh yes! I love this!
Thanks for the shop tour. Love all your fixtures and gauges. You are a true craftsman.
Thanks for watching!
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 🤞🏽
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!
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?
Nice tour and as always lots of learning going on. Thank you.
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!
Thanks for the workshop tour Paul, I'd really like to know more about your modified Bench Drill.
And just when you thought you'd eliminated confusion, here in Australia both the Nickel-silver & 45% Silver are sold as straight rods.
We will do an overview of my variable speed drill press in the future.. Yes, there is confusion about the "silver" types of rods, hope it's all straight in your head :)
Brilliant.
Great tour, Just love the tools and equipments
I've got high hopes of seeing a frame builder doing a little dance now.
Andy, such a dreamer.
Thx for sharing
Thank you and GodBless..
Thank you DarkSoul.
Thank you so much Paul for this video! I really appreciate it
Its a dream.. thx for showing from Germany
If it's a dream, does that mean I'm "Living the Dream"? Thanks for watching!
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.
Paul you have a nice touch. I’m a mad Ducati round case nut from Australia. So projects. It’s nice to see other dedicates to bevel drives. My ultimate dream is 860 desomdromic top end on a round case bottom end a friend who is mechanical engineer over here does a plain big end conversion updated oil pump and all. Saving bucks. Old bikers never die they just get recycled.
Regards Gulley the mad Aussie.
Gulley, thanks for watching and commenting.
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 :)
Hello again Paul , I asked Acke Rising from who I have three frames; CBX , HRC VF 750 and a Vincent , about the odd looking Bimota yokes , he had no idea but relayed me to Eric Lundin , who used the same idea on his TZ250 frames in the 80ies…..the idea is to maintain trail during full braking , thus making 4 a somewhat less exiting, hair raising.... racing experiene…., when calmer one does better laptimes….
Yes, a lot of ideas were tried years ago. I always liked the Elf single sided swingarm bikes.. their name will come to me. In theory it's all great, but where are those designs now?
@@paulbrodie YEP was a Haslam Fan!! Well , my every day bike is a rather modified Yamaha GTS With Triumph swinging arm (if single sided in one end ,had to do the same in the other....), and tucked in front end, thus shortened some 90mm!! Still eeerily steady in fast bends with lengthwise repairs or white lines ....turned into a delightful sports bike , even if lacking some in the ooomph department....
@@kimeldiin1930 I have a friend in Seattle who also owns a GTS...
Very beautiful shop, congratulations! I wish I had something similar one day. By the way, you did not include anything about your TIG welding set up. Anyway, I enjoyed the video very much, as all of yours. Thanks a lot. Regards from Spain.
Spain, thanks for watching!
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?
Mitch and Paul, can you make a video about drill bits, and end mills, etc? I want to get better tooling for my dads mill and lathe.
I'm not sure we could do a whole video on drills and end mills. If you buy good quality and take care of them they will last a long time. That's my experience.
Great video Paul! Such a nice workspace.
Amazing shop and tips. Will you do a video in the variable speed mechanism on your drill press?
Not sure if it's enough for a whole video. I made that mod in the early 90's. Pulleys cost me $400, then I bought the acme thread and a nice handle. It was a bit of work. Thanks for watching!
I would watch that video too!