BUILD: Toolmaker's Clamp Thingy
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Not sure what this is called but always wanted to build one.
Mix between a handvise and a bench clamp?
Music:
Edge of Eternity by Norma Rockwell
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You knock it out of the park EVERY time!
Isn't that hard on the transmission?
But you do the same for the cricket pitch.
thanks Mr Steele!
i read this comment in a british accent
hey hey alec I've not long subbed to you :-)
Your videos have such a unique and enjoyable blend of technique and humor. Really great stuff!
2:23.. like .. what the hell :DDD
Highlight of my day. I needed a good laugh
"Baaaah"
So many questions!!!
How did you figure out the grain of the billet to get such an even split using the dowels? Did you have to grave both sides of the billet to get the cleave so even?
When your cat shat the rods did it make a lot of noise? Which was louder, the rods or the bearings? Does feeding the cat full fat milk help?
btw Great RnD on plastic printed circuits Ben
I now measure in cats
I'd be more worried about maintaining all your extremities after the 2000 RPM belt of spinning death.
Hi Colin!
Oh... I should swith into cats from hammers.
+colinfurze
fur•longs
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I prefer "Bobs", because it's always so close by!
Dear Old Tony
This is the first video of yours I have ever watched
Being completely unaware of your state of the art, world class dad joke shenanigans
You have no idea how much 2:25 onwards left me dumbfounded for solid 15 minutes
Thanks-ish I suppose
I just wish he told us what kind of wood he used because so far I've tried pine, oak, and rosewood to no avail
@@scottmartin7717 iron wood
@@undeadzombie7271 oh darn thanks, I'll give it a shot ;)
@@scottmartin7717 If you use walnut in the left pin and cedar in the right pin it works ok, just don't get them mixed up or you'll take out an eye.
Me too I also like the melody in the background
These vids always make me chuckle... the ending of this one had me laughing loud enough that i was asked to be quiet during sermon...
Watching metalworking videos during sermon, peak spiritual energy right there.
Good to see you got him on the tools from a young age. A bit of welding a little grinding never hurt anyone. I have been trying to get my own cat interested for a while now too.
Ever welded in the rain? Me neither but I heard it Hertz when your glove is damp.
Well, once when I was a kid I ground off the tip of my finger on a bench grinder, so...
you got 9 more so whats the problem just make sure to stop at the joint.
You're still here aint ya :)
@@Papperlapappmaul yeah i was abouta say lmao
👏👏👏
I thought you were a fake account because your not verified but when I went on your account it was you why is youtube so stupid at verifying people I’ve seen channels with under 5k subs and they were verified
@@jb42jb
It's because the pasta maker collaboration wasn't verified by the Italian Pasta Authority.
Pat Bubba ah makes sense
Todays italian word of the day is pasta ill use it in a sentence:
"Hey luigi , pasta sauce! "
You know you have a good friend when you mention This Old Tony's RUclips and they love it too
I can normally figure out your little metal cutting tricks but that dowel edit took me longer than I'd like to admit... Awesome.
Hey Tony, been watching your videos for a while now, and between you, Jody and Mr. Booth, I went ahead and taught myself TIG welding and bought a cheap little lathe, watched all you guys' videos over the past 5 years, thinking I'd just use the skills to make stuff for myself and maybe family members. Turns out there's nobody around here that weld aluminum or manually turn metal, so my cheap welder and chinese import lathe have made their investments back many times already, although pretty much all of it has gone back into tooling and precision measuring equipment, and I love doing it to relax, everything about it is so meditative and a nice change from the attitude I'm used to having to have at work (at work I have to make sure things are done FAST, with welding and machining I can calm down and make sure it's done precisely).
Having spent a lot more now on precision measuring devices, I have to say I'm pretty impressed with what cheap import machines are capable of these days. I did split my first 4-jaw chuck in half from overtorqueing (I deserve a free Abom Torque shirt) it but with their prices I guess you can't always get the best :P I do have an old Starrett depth gauge from my visit to New Hampshire last year, missing the 2-4" range, but for how little of my work is imperial it doesn't matter too much. I'm European so I hardly ever take them out except to just admire them. Thank you for all you've been able to impart in terms of knowledge, I hope you keep it up for many years to come. Next I'll have to get myself a milling machine, when the hobby budget allows for it.
I miss the video of you building the hydraulic press, I'm all for curating your video history but I really loved watching that one :(
Nice! that's the way to do it!
No, getting a reply from you, that is the way to do it. (sorry if that sounds like creepy deification I'm just trying to emulate your every way of being nothing weird)
Revealing the secrets of CAM?!? (cat assisted manufacturing),... the SME won’t be pleased
What about CAD? Child Achieves Dampness.
Society of Meowing Engineers?
the wooden sticks made me think harder than they should
That's essentially how you split granite, and they're both carbon based, so... seems legit
I want to believe it
I....I still don't know
@Calvin Schuster my brain knows its fake its my spirit that wants to believe😂😂
The key is in choosing the right wood so the metal splits along the scribed lines.
A well thought out and professionally made design. Made easily and with no expensive tools. Please thank your son for me.
No expensive tools,? 😡 Ain’t a milling machine expensive? I must be using the wrong tool supplier 😁😳🏴
I was talking about his son's design.
@@jimlepeu i think its CNC not milling
@mass 😂🤣
@@decristion CNC Mill
I've heard of sweating bullets, but never casings... Fascinating
Much less unfired brass sans primers no less!
not gonna lie, the kid's design looks more efficient
True
*Pchit Pchit Pchit Pchit Pchit*
@@Bayn86 this comment is underrated
I agree
haha
That turned out so beautiful!
Yours was good too, Tony.
Your sense of humour is just as good as your abilities. Amazingly put together. Thanks This Old Tony
Perhaps your best work,the dialogue was outstanding!THANKS!!!
We all have our vices in life, but the boys seem a little young to be developing them!
The apple does not fall far from this old tree !
I would say that vises are one of the least dangerous vices. ;)
As a dad, that ending part had me crackin up!!!! Hahahahaha! Great video man
Would my greyhound make high speed steel?
Feed him the right things and he'll make a whole bus worth.
Would it be rolled round stock if you used a circular track?
High five on that one....
i feed some to my mate and all i got was tool steel
I ate some myself, I was s***ing bullets for a week. It might be a species thing.
TOT you are truly amazing, I have no idea what you do for a living but I am always amazed at your editing, cinematography, comedy writing, drawing/drafting, cad design and machining skills..i mean by my calculations those are like 67 different hobbies you've mastered.
He oviously slings dope
holy shit that was funny!😆😆 almost choked on my snuff spit laughing🤢
my guess is stay-at-home dad
"And you know what? your calculations would be right" read in Tony's voice. XD
"Tony's" voice.
Genius filmmaking and mesmerizing machining, as always.
And machine-gunning
I think he was sweating bullets
This channel is always at it's best when your building "Thingies" - BRAVO!
You should do more of these collabs. An outside perspective brings more depth to subjects.
If only ToT was the one that wrote that comment...
Thanks for the Pro Tip for the left hand tap, does it also work for Allen keys? I only have the L - shaped ones, not the ┐ shaped ones that are mentioned in Ikeas hierographs..
You must have gotten one of the packages meant for Australia.
Yes, but you need to flip it both horizontally and vertically.
No, that's not the Flip transformation, that's just a Rotate. It's in the same menu though.
@klblaz - Remember that Australia is on the other side of the International Date Line from Sweden. Australia IS flipped both horizontally and vertically from the factory.
Magic left hand tap trick! Nothing up my sleeves!
Always exceeds my highest expectations. The cat and your son did steal the spotlight but your editing is remarkable.
I went through my cats litter tray and made a clamp with the contents, it was sh!t though.
did you not use the magnet
You went through your cat's mail, her *letter* box.
You should have tried harder....cat poop.
😂
*shit
That's quite the machine gun, blowing the spent primers out consistently. Might make sure the firing pin isn't overtraveling.
Also check the bolt face with particular attention to the firing pin hole.
If it is oversized time for a replacement part or a rebuild.
Could just be hot loaded as well. Maybe try backing the charge down a few grains.
That would be ToT working hard, sweating bullets my friend
There is a chance that TOT could be primer actuated blowback operated, which would leave his brass without primers..
You mean sweating casings askjacob.
Oh Tony, if you are a handloader and have intentionally NOT made a reloading channel, I should thank you, you have done me a great service. Less time spent damaging my eyes by starring at my phone equals more time at the bench. Thanks for sharing only just enough addictive content for us to enjoy periodically.
I'm not ashamed to say.... This one made me cry a little bit...
That wet wooden dowel trick is such a forgotten art!
Classic TOT!
👏👏👏
Thanks JimmyD! I saw your axe vid pop up, looking forward!
When I saw Jimmy banging the axe and pick together in his video today, I was expecting a reverse T.O.T. karate chop!
Вау, давно на Вас подписан, приятно удивлён увидить Вас тут в коментариях.
@@proDIViner Translation: Wow, I have been subscribed to you for a long time, I am pleasantly surprised to see you here in the comments.
Because of you....I'm no longer a video lurker. Up until a few weeks ago I didn't watch much on RUclips & definitely didn't think anything was worthy of me spending the time to comment on or even subscribe to (kind of a social media introvert you might say). Then I stumbled on one of yours & now think I've probably watched all of them. Great job on all aspects of your work, I enjoy watching & learning laughing with each one. If you're not a teacher, you should be. This is coming from the self-taught CEO (Chief Everything Officer) of a custom woodwork home-based business. I'm not sure how or why people spend all the time making these videos, but I'm pretty sure money's involved somehow. It's obvious that money isn't you main focus because you don't stop every 30 seconds to promote a sponsor; something which I feel taints the value of the information as well as kills the fun factor. Regardless of how it's done, I hope you make millions along the way. Cheers
Thanks! Your videos are like a dessert. I am an accountant who has never done any metal working. (using a hacksaw to cut aluminium does not qualify). But I save your videos as the last thing I watch on youtube before turning off my computer. They have a magical way of making me feel as if I have somehow done something great, or have become a better man. dont know why- but Thanks for that!
Another accountant here. I play around with woodworking, but this was amazing!
Hey, you can actually do a lot of really cool stuff with a hacksaw on aluminum. Add a file and a decent vise, and you'd be amazed at what you can accomplish.
"using a hacksaw to cut aluminum does not qualify." No, but it is a start. Nobody is born a machinist, we all have made whopper of mistakes. The question is: Can you learn: Just what you did wrong, what could I've done better to avoid the problem. How could I do this in the future, be faster, have much better RESULTS, and avoid the BOZO(s.) If you can analyze the ongoing situation, your well on your way. Now go out buy a vise, and get started, have fun, and don't look back. :-)
Just in case anyone reading this, and is not familiar with who or what is / a Bozo. It was a TV Series: "Bozo the Clown { played by Robert Renish} (1959-1962.") Yes I'm old enough that I did watch it back in the day in BLACK & WHITE TV, when it was the only option.
Find a local maker's space and take a few classes!
First off, A Big Thank You for your service to this country. Oorah / Semper Fi Marine.
Always a good laugh with TOT. Even when you have watched the same video three times already. Thanks for sharing
Ok.. first time watching one of your vids.. I thought the wood split was serious.. I was like.. wtf
I think I sub
fooled my son too, just now.
Doh! I had to remind myself that it was a TOT production!
This is how people used to split large boulders in the olden days
@Micah Campbell It's a joke; soaked wooden pegs will prise apart some rocks, but not steel.
Probably iron wood
The announcement I keep hoping to hear: "Coming this summer! The first all-machining feature length film, 'This Old Tony'! Be prepared for time travel, metal cutting shenanigans, delightful plays on words, and projects guaranteed to entertain. Featuring an all-star cast of mills and lathes, both CNC and manual, and of course...Tony's hands. It's all in there, including cameos from his little shop helpers! Coming in October of this year! (No pineapples were hurt in the making of this film. Well, maybe one.)"
Your video editing is good enough and your content is good enough that I'd pay for the DVD pre-release!
Now, which movie trailer voice actor would be best? Don La Fontaine or John Leader for that epic movie trailer feel, or we could go with Nick Tate or Mark Elliot for a more family friendly, light hearted feel.
Take my money!
I think ToT knows Alan Alda
I gotta say your a genius when it comes to editing. You sir are one of the best creators out there. Really enjoy your videos and the way you present them. Bravo!
Well done. You and the dazzling young man teach and entertain with the very best… regardless of category.
Hands down the best editing work on YT.
I've had a seriously sh*tty and long day at work, I've also felt ill from waking up (I feel seriously hungover, Which I wouldn't mind so much if I'd actually been drunk in the last 4 years. :( ). So because of all that I've been so very close to physically ripping customers heads off since clocking in this morning. I've come home really late (Still feeling moody as hell) and see that you've uploaded a video. Half thought I couldn't be bothered to watch this tonight, But did anyway........... I'm glad I changed my mind. I'm not saying that this one video's turned my psychological view of the world into a warm fluffy panorama of unicorns, Bunny rabbits and rainbows........ But I don't quite feel like I should skin my boss alive, then rolling him down a hill in a barrel full of broken glass, Razor wire and salt anymore, So that's a positive thing...... Right?
Anyway, Love the finished result, it looks very professional (Not that this surprises me of course, After all, It was you that made it. :) ). It's got that look of classic solidity that tooling USED to have. The kind of tool that (Hopefully in the VERY VERY distant future) will still be perfectly usable when you leave it to your son.
Also, Have to say, This video was probably the funniest one of your's I've seen in quite a while (And that can't be easy due to how high you've set your own bar in the past), So thanks for taking the time to make them, And thanks for brightening my day.
I read your whole comment. I can related whole heartedly. Sometimes I just want to burn the world to Ash...
Then I watch a video like the ToT has presented here & I'm better, not great, but better.
Reman Great reply. Funny and well said.
You are welcome to skin my ex-boss alive, then rolling him down a hill in a barrel full of broken glass, razor wire and salt any time you like. In fact.. I have a little list...
Reman1975 you have said it so well, all I can say is drink more water and sleep longer
Yes...I agree....sometimes your my hero of the day, never stop to bring the sun to us!
Sven from Germany...
Instant classic 👌👌 great job on the vise but your jokes were purfect😂😂😂
JD Brewer lol @ purfect
I love when people’s hands grow from the right place, and nature has not deprived them of a sense of humor. 👍👍👍
Puzzling my fellow-residents: giggling madly in the lounge at 4 a.m.
Thank you for brightening and enlightening our days.
I have a blacksmith cat too. Every time I make a loud noise he makes a bolt for the door.
If you can teach him to make nuts for the door too, you could start a business!
Which gender is it?
Cow Rocket thing is. My cats have all been de nutted though...
Nobody on RUclips makes me laugh & learn so much. You have a real talent and I look forward to every new video keep up the excellent work! That ending make me laugh so loud I almost woke up the Mrs at 4am. 😂
I can simply not believe that those wood pieces could shred that huge piece of metal !!! Truly impressive technique !!!!
Love every second of your content Tony!! Keep up the great work my friend!!😊👊
Thanks!
Brilliant device, and brilliant ending. I nearly spit my drink out my nose. I know next to nothing about machining, but I LOVE your channel!
You win. Son trolling you at the end... priceless.
Your sense of humor is the same as your knowledge of machining, mechanics, etc. LOVELY !
Man alive, honestly the best chuckles of my day... Your content is great keep it up!
Thanks JB!
A tip that I picked up from my old shop teacher is that you can just mount your cat directly in your tool holder and cut out the middle steps.
Or mount it in your 3d printer....
You are aware the rod diameter will get bigger when the kitten grows up?
OMG. That translates to either more tooling time with out Tim Taylor or, gasp. LARGER contraptions.
And a bigger spray bottle.
I use the same spray bottle on all of my cats regardless of their size.
To determine the size of the extrusion, you take a telescoping bore gauge and...
Scored good results in influencing the extrusion size by wisely choosing different sizes of that additional pepperoncino; works with kitten of both sexes and a fully grown tomcat to date;
@@manfredschmalbach9023
I wonder if a ghost pepper would have resulted in a faster extrusion but a weaker, less hardened metal.
No matter how hard a day, I always chuckle and gain something from your videos. Thank you Sir.
Nice build Tony! I always learn some neat tricks watching your videos, but for some reason, most of them never work out the same way when I try them.....
@Keith, To be fair your cats are belt-shaft driven and probably follow the old inch standard.
Entertaining, especially when the kid makes the "simple version". Two thumbs up!
thanks!
This Old Tony...Apart from the great projects, I would like to thank you for your inspiration on maintaining the spacetime continuum. During my thesis I used so many test indcators that time started moving back and forth...Had to do some clever editing like yours, in order to not be my grandfather when I graduate!
Still watching and loving these videos! Thanks for all the effort and sharing with us Tony!
I just love your videos. I just used two dowels and a water spray to break down a big block of carbon steel ! Thanks for the tip 😁
It's amazing what old science can do, you'd never expect it to work in today's day and age, but sure enough old ways hold true!
Its polyethylene glycol, the wood takes it up much better than water
With straight water, you'll only be able to split aluminium, and maybe leftover pizza
Sharing the wooden dowel wedge trick with the world seems nothing short of irresponsible.
It's the same for large boulders. He didn't show how to score the breakage line, so the secret's still safe. TOT, that was close... maybe too close.
To score that line it's very simple, just use a glass scoring knife, but not the regular kind, you need to buy the one with the diamond blade that doesn't come cheap y'all...!!!
I had to explain to my wife....
I've tried 12 different methods since this video came out and still haven't figured it out. Blew up the SE section of my lab in the processes.
That wooden peg trick is so neat it blew my mind. I wanted to have a go at it because it looks like it might be of great use for some projects of mine so I tried driving out to the hardware store looking for one of those glass scoring knives but ended up heading back home a few miles into my drive after I got pulled over for having a bad turn signal. I don't want to drive until I get my car fixed so I decided to try looking on amazon but no luck. I was also told that I might just be low on blinker fluid and to try that first to see if it solves the problem. Anyone have any suggestions on where else I might look to find those things?
I'm in awe at the quality of this video. Keep up the good work Tony!
You work so hard you sweat bullets, you are a man of many talents.
Happened upon this video and laughed. Thanks. BTW, my late father was a die maker and would have been impressed with the quality of the workmanship. Oh, not yours (you needed a cat's help), but of your little one's.
Dear This Old Tony,
Thanks for giving me hope for my garage.
:)
This one is kinda extra special to me. Perhaps it's you building with your boy at the end something more worthwhile than many a pile of craps outta first year engineering students like I used to be. Very well done, and great project all around.
My son and I really enjoy these videos.
Your kitten's adorable. Though I suspect that using it as a metal extruder and letting it roam your workshop might cause it to grow up to be a cyborg.
you are the one who inspires me to choose and be creative in this job
i am just a student but i do something nice because of you
thank you from morocco all of the time ♥
This old Tony...I'm tired of you film makers masquerading as DIY-home machinists; so stop it (please don't, it's one of the few pleasures I have that make life worth living).
the older you get the more tools you aquire. If i would tell my younger self what i tools i have and what i leared to do i bet (he=i) would not believe it.
Be patient, spend all your free money on tools, and one day you wake up in your own "DIY" factory ;D
Watching ToT's videos after so many years is still a pleasure 😄
Sweating bullets, God it took me a minute. You are by far the weirdest you tuber I follow. Enjoyed every minute.
Oh, I thought it was making fun of the fast-forwarded sounds and how it sounds like a machine gun
Ashley Lee honestly who knows with this guy
only problem is that those are casings :(
I didn't get sweating bullets till it happened the second time
It wasn't "sweating bullets", it was the sound being similar to gunfire, as noted below, in both cases.
Wow, that's the ticket. the WORK not the Talk, A picture is worth a thousand words, and a thousand words can, at times, respectfully, detract from the video. Kudos to T.O.T.!
I love your videos tony and the humor is priceless
sam robinson - not if you use Patreon !!!
Touché
Best part of the video your son in the shop goggles just interested in what dad's doing and hangin out! The work holding bit was nice too
I am not gonna lie, that kid Will take over your audience once he learns to edit and upload content
Are we really sure the kid isn't really the mastermind writing the script?
I love your sense of humor, especially making ball bearings out of cat droppings. Made me belly laugh and I don't do that often enough. Thanks
Bloody Brilliant!
How do you seemingly have an endless supply of kittens? I suppose you've got plenty of bar stock requirement...
Thanks for another great build and video, I'm sure hoping your son will follow in your footsteps, He will have a huge advantage with your expertise and years of tools acquired. Dream come true if he just will realize what he has..
That's how you make STOOL steel!!
Groan
that's accurately accurate
Yes, and if you overfeed the cat and give it lots of prune juice, you won't ever have to buy cutting fluid, either.
Can you recommend the best type of cat for brass?
Siamese or Egyptian. The fur colors give clues to material produced. Likewise, the Snow Leopord leaves titanium behind.
Meow type of cat works best...
@@mikes2381
No wonder they're on the endangered species list. They are so essential for the American aero-space-millitary-industrial purr defence.
A yellow cat?
Grey for steel, orange for copper, white for aluminum, calico for bronze... I have a book. Titanium ?
Two of my favorite all time content creators collaborating?! This old Tony and TOT!!! Can't wait to see this!
he's not easy to work with I'll tell ya that!
This Old Tony well, he seems to be some what of a protectionist. Maybe just try to accept his talent, possibly pick up a few tricks and techniques for future videos, and above all just have a good time - isn't that what it's all about?
Old Tony, you definitely have a gift. Was mesmerized by your simple but effective machining skills and the little comic bits were, in the end, friggin' hilarious. Really enjoyed the video.
I wonder how big a part you could get out of a great Dane?
1-1/2" for sure
But it would be a longer wait time, and it wouldn't be vibrationally hardened to be artificially denser than what you get at home depo.
A brand new pick-up truck
Well. I happen to be Great, and also a Dane. You will NOT get me to go on THAT diet though!
You could get the block from a Chevy Vega, but it takes a lot of aluminum shavings and five habernero peppers. Also, you have to bribe the ASPCA not to watch the video.
Love your video style. The only human sound being your kids laugh at the end made for such an interesting vid to watch. The most complicated thing I’ve ever crafted is the birdhouse I had to make in shop class but your videos are so entertaining and educational it’s giving me an itch to make things
this is the coolest thing i have seen in a while! i slowly catching up with your work-i am blown away man!
Flipping brilliant! Your son is flipping brilliant!
I wish my dad was as good at expressing love and affection and making time when we were younger as you are
Великолепный юмор! Большое спасибо за доставленное удовольствие!
Cheating by using a kitten, *again* - we've seen that trick before, Tony! ;-) Inspirational as always.
Where was the first instance?
Oh man!! Having a mounting post that swivels is BRILLIANT! That is a fantastic clamp. Nice job.
I really enjoy your videos, and this one is my favorite so far. Love the cat food and litter box bit and the end was genius. I appreciate your skills, talents, and sense of humor! This video deserves an award!
I think the wood splitting the steel would have worked faster had you put it into the freezer Tony. Might have saved you a day or 2 of waiting.
Now what could you feed the cat to get gold nuggets? 🤔
Titanium nitride coated drill bits
Chicken nuggets. Comes out molten
lead and some philosophy
that's what the goose is intended for
That begs the question; what do you feed the goose
Stop watering the kid! Look at the size of him already! Great video, again.
Thats a bonsai technique....the kids actually 30.
@@scottleft3672
So that is what my mum did ... could never figure out why I am 44, and only 5'2" ...
@@josephstlouis
Badadumching ...
and remember don't feed it after midnight.....
@@scottleft3672 LOL!!
This channel always gets a laugh or at least a smile. Good job Tony, you rock. Kids and cats help for sure.
The chilli was for heat treatment. 👹🙀🙀
At first I didn't get it, but then I was wondering, which pepper do you use? It can't get too hot, or it will cause loose stools steel.
@@A_Man_In_His_Van or Sheet Metal
@@TuckerMade lol right! At first I was wondering if nobody got the joke, but at least someone did. Cheers! Keep yer brick in a vise!
I was expecting spicy bronze.
Carbide causes constipation.
First I have to say I loved the build. Secondly I laughed when you were tapping in roll pins and the camera showed casings hitting the ground at your feet! Great content.
he was sweating bullets!
You make excellent things and excellent films about things. It is increasingly difficult to work out what it is that I am enjoying more. This troubles me.
This old tony has shown me so many great tips and tricks over the years, I would have never considered using wooden dowel pins as make shift steaks to split that steel so close to perfectly... will try that from now on.