I learn more from my failures than I do from the successes. In my lifetime I've had many successful projects but they didn't all turn out like I'd hoped on the first go around. I applaud you sharing your failures and believe it says something good about your character.
Might also be an A+ on those stick skills! The arc looked & sounded pretty consistent while he looked away, raised his hood, lowered the hood & while continuing the bead! Never seen that done before, BRAVO!
Regardless of the catastrophic failure , those T- shirts make me believe that you're problems are less than the majority of voters Thanks for the lessons
I love the shirt. My thoughts are not worth a penny. LOL Zack you are definitely a man who knows how to clean a torch tip and adjust it. I see welders that still do not know what you demonstrated. Many do not know that Oxy-Acetylene is a process of burning or oxidizing and not melting and blowing.
That was good Zach, raw uncut footage of trial and error creations with what you have lying around. Having built many machines over the years myself I know success comes after many failures. Remember, you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs!!
Your T-shirts are awesome. “I’m here because you broke something” is absolutely my motto. It’s why I have my own business. Perfect!!!! I once charged a customer $2,500 hundred dollars to program a valve actuator on Christmas Day. He said “ it only took you 30 minutes, why so much?” I said well sir, you called me because it was an emergency and you didn’t know how to do it and It was a holiday. Keep up the great videos Zach. 👍
Thanks for another great video, Zach. I really enjoy watching your ingenuity at work and creating such interesting machines. You are a gifted machinist. Yes trial and error is a virtue from which one learns and becomes better over time. It's neat to learn how to handle these situations and make the best of it. You always do a great job. Keep up the great work.
Ok with me, to end the video here…, but holy cow..! Glad you are ok. That could have been a disaster when that cylinder decided to lose its’ head. Look forward to see your fab’ing up a new piece. Thank you sir.
congrats! Always fun to watch a learning experience. Also built a press once sadly the steel wasnt strong enough. 100Tons ist very difficult to contain if you dont have the right steel profile.
Its funny, for electricity you need licenses, certifications to work with it, years of on the job training, due to the risks. But hydraulics, anyone can setup a system or dig into something that could kill/maim them. There's literally tons and tons of force in hydraulics. Im not saying there should be more licensing bs, i just think hydro is underestimated sometimes. Just be smart. Glad he wasn't hurt.
@@ctdieselnut Not professionally. Any decent company is going to have PE licensed engineers designing that stuff. Your legal staff and insurance company are going to slap you silly if you tried selling hi pressure systems that are redneck engineered.
Well Damn. I love this channel. We have so many projects to finish eventually it’s great. RUclips security Kinda like job security. Zach is 💯100 carat. Zach for President 😂❤❤
When building things, you need to add in the Fudge factor... When working with hydraulics, you should add 20% for the fudge factor, Good luck building a new head, and don't forget to machine in the holes to retract the cylinder... 2 inch material should be enough, but again add in a 20% fudge factor... Great video as always, be good and try to be safe...
Adjustable pressure relief valves are your friend, I managed to split a gear pump case when it dead headed, similar to your situation. Lessons we learn from.
At least that confirmed that the motor has enough power and the pump makes enough pressure. Now the question is... ...how many armchair expert are going to say that pumps only create flow and not pressure? 😁
Your welds put a side torsion upon loading...try backing at the rear bc you have so much "back / rear loading" , hope I did not lose you. It works great until you start receiving the back forces from whatever you are attempting to compress. Your design requires perfect parallel or torsion is created
Perfect video , you need a steel plate with a pair of steel all thread bars up to a bar through the old eye on the top so the force isn't applied to the cylinder end
Zach, if you could get a steel supplier to saw you off enough 12L14 round bar to make your packing gland out of you will not need a brass or bronze bushing, Crome rod will run good against the 12L14 and it machines like butter
Hi Zach, Really enjoy your videos as they hit real close to home for me. I have a couple of shallow producing leases in Texas that produce around 1/4 to 1/2 b/d of light sweet paraffinic oil with very little water. Its an older field and as such I have some wells that need to be plugged. You mentioned in an earlier video that when you plug well you use poly pipe and I was wondering if you could show a video of that being done or if you could show how such a rig is built . Thanks for what you do and try to stay out of this heat as best you can.
I think I would take a section of pretty thick steel plate and weld it to the back of the "arms" and then weld it to the back of the i-beam as well to help spread that load out. That's a lot of pressure you are planning on building and I figure the more square inches of weld to spread that load over the better. Especially with the leverage that's going to be generated on the front side.
Okay you got me, I saw a comment that just pissed me off lol 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that was before I watched the video, well done, well done. I like watching what you do 😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅😅
My father had a sayin' when he made something that failed... "It was a good idea, just wasn't worth a damn!" I'm sure you'll get that sorted out. On the good side, all that raw steel shouldn't rust for a while...😁 Have a goodun'!
Welding that cylinder barrel length wise is a big no no. That could have split right into your face, your lucky the cast packing gland broke like it did. Just buy a cylinder with a pin or pin boss at both ends. Your plan makes a nice looking press but the assembly sucks. Your oil pump jacks are very educational. Good video's.
Also remember when using an oxyacetylene torch rust and other contamination prevent good heating. You need good heating and clean parts as best as possible to get a good cut, and its also about health and saftey. Look up oxyacetylene flames, when you are cutting let the blue flames tickel the steel, when you start to see it melt a little the press the trigger of the oxygen and watch how you instantly turn the cutting area to rust, 😊😊😊😊😊
When welding and repairs try to use higher grade welding wire like in the 89 to 100 thousand of tensil strength, trust me it will save you some trouble 😊😊😊😊
Haven't finished the vid but first clear mistake is the way your connecting pieces won't stand up to very high loads from the cylinder. Joints should be cut-in then fitted together then weld around the joint just to keep it from moving but the weld shouldn't be bearing the load.
I personally wouldn't have deadheaded the cylinder. It would NEVER receive this pressure in operation. This press will always press down but just lifting the rod for the next press. I might be different but I would NEVER go down to the Titanic in the operation which recently imploded. The viewport which was the lowest value component was found perfectly whole. These people died so fast the hit was like diving into the ground with a jet fighter at supersonic speed. It is called no pain. When commercial aircraft impact the ground the cockpit personnel are cut off in mid sentence. The one most aware of what is happening starts whistling just before death, so if the captain suddenly starts whistling pull up on the control column until he stops whistling.
Hey Zach, are there any other oilfield guys on RUclips that you recommend to watch? I'm a chemical guy but want to learn as much about other aspects as I can. Thanks!
What is the diameter of the round you need to make the new cap? I have a lot of cut offs around here and would be happy to slice off a piece and send it your way. I see you have a lathe but if you need me to make it a specific size I can do that for you.... Reply here if you would like me to do so... Steve Watkins At Work on RUclips.
Hi Zach.Gads you can make something out of nothing, love the t-shirts to bad for all of us peons out here that guy has put the screws to so many people.Can hardly wait for the next video, never a dull moment on your videos...........take care
👍Saturday night with Zach, doesn’t get any better than this.
Hahaha
Zach thanks for the video and Happy Independence Day to You and the rest of your fan club out there!
I learn more from my failures than I do from the successes. In my lifetime I've had many successful projects but they didn't all turn out like I'd hoped on the first go around. I applaud you sharing your failures and believe it says something good about your character.
Thanks.
A+ on those torching skills, Zach! You win some, you lose some. Thanks for a good laugh!
Thanks.
Might also be an A+ on those stick skills! The arc looked & sounded pretty consistent while he looked away, raised his hood, lowered the hood & while continuing the bead! Never seen that done before, BRAVO!
I dig your videos Zach and the hilarious shirts too. Watching you fabricate is really cool, even with the hiccups that come with building things.
Thanks.
Wasn't expecting that at all. Could've been real nasty. Looking forward to getting her back up and seeing if anything else fails dramatically!
Hydraulic guy here. Welding a cylinder housing will make it out of round... hone can fix it though if it's not too bad.
It's got a 1/2 wall barrel. I bet it didn't move much.
@@TheZachLife 1/2 is pretty beefy. Your probably right as long as you didn't weld it with 6010.
Awesome Zach , the only thing that surprised me about this video is that you didn't have a piece of 2 inch plate steel laying around , LOL !
Hahaha
Regardless of the catastrophic failure , those T- shirts make me believe that you're problems are less than the majority of voters
Thanks for the lessons
I love the shirt. My thoughts are not worth a penny. LOL Zack you are definitely a man who knows how to clean a torch tip and adjust it. I see welders that still do not know what you demonstrated. Many do not know that Oxy-Acetylene is a process of burning or oxidizing and not melting and blowing.
Thanks, Exactly
That wasn't the catastrophic failure I was expecting....lol.
Request for a walk-around on the Firebird!
Hahaha need to.
That was good Zach, raw uncut footage of trial and error creations with what you have lying around. Having built many machines over the years myself I know success comes after many failures. Remember, you can’t make an omelette without breaking eggs!!
NO !!
Don't weld that cylinder !!You're going to warp the crap out of the barrel.
Btw,
You should've used a cylinder with a limit bypass valve.
Your T-shirts are awesome. “I’m here because you broke something” is absolutely my motto. It’s why I have my own business. Perfect!!!! I once charged a customer $2,500 hundred dollars to program a valve actuator on Christmas Day. He said “ it only took you 30 minutes, why so much?” I said well sir, you called me because it was an emergency and you didn’t know how to do it and It was a holiday.
Keep up the great videos Zach. 👍
Hahaha thanks.
Thanks for another great video, Zach. I really enjoy watching your ingenuity at work and creating such interesting machines. You are a gifted machinist. Yes trial and error is a virtue from which one learns and becomes better over time.
It's neat to learn how to handle these situations and make the best of it. You always do a great job. Keep up the great work.
Ok with me, to end the video here…, but holy cow..! Glad you are ok. That could have been a disaster when that cylinder decided to lose its’ head.
Look forward to see your fab’ing up a new piece.
Thank you sir.
Love watching your progress, keep it going, cheers from Jacksonville Florida 🌞
All I could think of Zack was that Kurtis of CEE down in Australia could make the part.
I watch them sometimes.
You are awesome. I love the shirts. It happens no matter how hard we try.
congrats! Always fun to watch a learning experience. Also built a press once sadly the steel wasnt strong enough. 100Tons ist very difficult to contain if you dont have the right steel profile.
Thanks for this.. I wanna make a forge press, and while I have enthusiasm, I lack an engineering degree.
Thanks
Failure or not, you're still part of the 1% of mechanical geniuses who are even capable of building something like that. Nice work bro.
Thanks.
Dude I love these videos, but you have to start selling merch you have some of the best tee shirts ever.😂
I know. haha
Love these videos of yours, I'm third generation California oil patch worker, Taft/Belridge Ca. We love you your content out here!
Dang Zach, I'm just glad you didn't get hurt! That's one of those moments that could've been very bad.
Its funny, for electricity you need licenses, certifications to work with it, years of on the job training, due to the risks. But hydraulics, anyone can setup a system or dig into something that could kill/maim them. There's literally tons and tons of force in hydraulics.
Im not saying there should be more licensing bs, i just think hydro is underestimated sometimes. Just be smart. Glad he wasn't hurt.
@@ctdieselnut Not professionally. Any decent company is going to have PE licensed engineers designing that stuff. Your legal staff and insurance company are going to slap you silly if you tried selling hi pressure systems that are redneck engineered.
You still did a great job! This is all to be expected in the development progress.
That was very interesting Zach. Thanks for sharing.
Love your videos sir. Thanks for taking the time to make them.
I really dig your inflation shirt! Keep on keeping on man.
Well Damn. I love this channel. We have so many projects to finish eventually it’s great. RUclips security Kinda like job security. Zach is 💯100 carat. Zach for President 😂❤❤
Hahaha yep lol
You must never sleep as your mind is always in high gear...................Great stuff Zach , keep it up
Hahaha I do not lol.
Great video and fantastic home made press. Love your T-shirts. Thanks for another informative upload.
When building things, you need to add in the Fudge factor... When working with hydraulics, you should add 20% for the fudge factor, Good luck building a new head, and don't forget to machine in the holes to retract the cylinder... 2 inch material should be enough, but again add in a 20% fudge factor... Great video as always, be good and try to be safe...
Stan at S&T Steel may have what you need . He also has a water jet.
Adjustable pressure relief valves are your friend, I managed to split a gear pump case when it dead headed, similar to your situation. Lessons we learn from.
Love the Biden T-shirt. A man of many talents Mr Zach enjoy your videos.
Been watching your channel for quite sometime… love the shirts you wear.
Love your videos keep them coming YOUR a hard smart working man
Its called a relief valve Zach.... 🤣🤣🤣
I was just thinking of making something like this yesterday so nice to see this uploaded.
Made me jump when it went 😂😂
Hope you can fix it well mate!
Wow I have never seen a ram fail like that. You will get it figured out.
Your engineering skills are better than mint
Never a dull moment! Unless you try, you won’t ever know if it’s a bust or success!
i love looking forward to your videos zack you are awesome
Thanks.
At least that confirmed that the motor has enough power and the pump makes enough pressure. Now the question is...
...how many armchair expert are going to say that pumps only create flow and not pressure? 😁
Hahaha yep.
Plenty of good info on building presses on the net.
That was one explosive gland end!
Your welds put a side torsion upon loading...try backing at the rear bc you have so much "back / rear loading" , hope I did not lose you.
It works great until you start receiving the back forces from whatever you are attempting to compress.
Your design requires perfect parallel or torsion is created
New viewer, love the videos man. Cheers!
Awesome, Thanks for watching.
That's a heck of a press
Can't wait to see it in action
Perfect video , you need a steel plate with a pair of steel all thread bars up to a bar through the old eye on the top so the force isn't applied to the cylinder end
i have a 5x18 cylinder off some kinda frontloaded and looks newly rebuilt.. you pay frieght and its yours.
Thanks, Im going to just fit this one.
Very enjoyable. Didn’t think that was the way it was going to end, other than that setback, it’s looking great , 😅
thanks
Well that is an otherwise good looking press design. Hope it all comes together
Zach, if you could get a steel supplier to saw you off enough 12L14 round bar to make your packing gland out of you will not need a brass or bronze bushing, Crome rod will run good against the 12L14 and it machines like butter
good info.
Hi Zach,
Really enjoy your videos as they hit real close to home for me. I have a couple of shallow producing leases in Texas that produce around 1/4 to 1/2 b/d of light sweet paraffinic oil with very little water. Its an older field and as such I have some wells that need to be plugged. You mentioned in an earlier video that when you plug well you use poly pipe and I was wondering if you could show a video of that being done or if you could show how such a rig is built . Thanks for what you do and try to stay out of this heat as best you can.
Yeah, Its a company we hire but if i plug a well I can show the set up.
I think I would take a section of pretty thick steel plate and weld it to the back of the "arms" and then weld it to the back of the i-beam as well to help spread that load out. That's a lot of pressure you are planning on building and I figure the more square inches of weld to spread that load over the better. Especially with the leverage that's going to be generated on the front side.
Can’t wait for part 2 👍👍
Not how I thought it was going to end, you had me laughing.
Great video 👍😊🇬🇧
enjoy your videos and thanks for also posting the road bumps / hi from Canada on Canada day
Thanks.
Great video
love that shirt Zach
Lol things happen can’t wait for the next video buddy thanks for sharing have a great 4th
Thanks You too.
Okay you got me, I saw a comment that just pissed me off lol 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 that was before I watched the video, well done, well done. I like watching what you do 😊😊😊😊😅😅😅😅😅😅
I can't wait to see the home made t-shirt press...!!!!
Hahaha
21:48, the haunted laugh of a man who knows he should be bleeding.
That was great!
Successful failure! It's what I call a learning opportunity. Once the kinks are worked out it'll be a great tool to have.
Not sure I'd call that a fail, a setback yes. Can't wait to see it working.
Oh, and the T-shirts, I love those shirts!
Enjoyed the Video
Looks like you have the knowledge and talent to build a submersible to go to the Titanic! My i suggest a name for it……..something like maybe, Titan.
Cool Press!
Thanks.
Ouch, build back better!
Hahaha
Love all the shirts
My father had a sayin' when he made something that failed... "It was a good idea, just wasn't worth a damn!" I'm sure you'll get that sorted out. On the good side, all that raw steel shouldn't rust for a while...😁 Have a goodun'!
Hahaha
Welding that cylinder barrel length wise is a big no no. That could have split right into your face, your lucky the cast packing gland broke like it did. Just buy a cylinder with a pin or pin boss at both ends. Your plan makes a nice looking press but the assembly sucks. Your oil pump jacks are very educational. Good video's.
You sir would fit right in around here
Like your shirts.
Well it was looking good.
Nice
Also remember when using an oxyacetylene torch rust and other contamination prevent good heating. You need good heating and clean parts as best as possible to get a good cut, and its also about health and saftey. Look up oxyacetylene flames, when you are cutting let the blue flames tickel the steel, when you start to see it melt a little the press the trigger of the oxygen and watch how you instantly turn the cutting area to rust, 😊😊😊😊😊
P.s.s. it's a neutral flame you want 😊😊😊😊😊
Man, that's a pretty funny result.
Stay cool, nice video.
When welding and repairs try to use higher grade welding wire like in the 89 to 100 thousand of tensil strength, trust me it will save you some trouble 😊😊😊😊
P.s. 80 to 100k 😊😊😊😊 hope you get this 😊😊😊😊😊
Jesus. that was something.
Haven't finished the vid but first clear mistake is the way your connecting pieces won't stand up to very high loads from the cylinder. Joints should be cut-in then fitted together then weld around the joint just to keep it from moving but the weld shouldn't be bearing the load.
I personally wouldn't have deadheaded the cylinder. It would NEVER receive this pressure in operation. This press will always press down but just lifting the rod for the next press. I might be different but I would NEVER go down to the Titanic in the operation which recently imploded. The viewport which was the lowest value component was found perfectly whole. These people died so fast the hit was like diving into the ground with a jet fighter at supersonic speed. It is called no pain. When commercial aircraft impact the ground the cockpit personnel are cut off in mid sentence. The one most aware of what is happening starts whistling just before death, so if the captain suddenly starts whistling pull up on the control column until he stops whistling.
Dont care you did good just remember any weld repairs just make sure you do the higher tensil strength 89 to 100 thousand... 😊😊😊😊
Hey Zach, are there any other oilfield guys on RUclips that you recommend to watch? I'm a chemical guy but want to learn as much about other aspects as I can. Thanks!
I second this.
I will be posting oilfield content as it comes to me
@@diesellivesmatter cool beans. Thank you sir 😎
Better to happen now than when you have it finished and are standing in front of it using it. Glad you weren't hurt.
What is the diameter of the round you need to make the new cap? I have a lot of cut offs around here and would be happy to slice off a piece and send it your way. I see you have a lathe but if you need me to make it a specific size I can do that for you.... Reply here if you would like me to do so... Steve Watkins At Work on RUclips.
Thanks for the offer. I've already got a piece found. I subbed your channel. Ill check it out later. Thank's again.
Your teeshirts are pricless.
Use a shaded lens, save your vision.
Hi Zach.Gads you can make something out of nothing, love the t-shirts to bad for all of us peons out here that guy has put the screws to so many people.Can hardly wait for the next video, never a dull moment on your videos...........take care
Thanks.
All the different shirts lol!!!
strongest t shirt game on web
lol
Love the T shirts where do you get them from?
Most come from amazon.
I have to admit what failed was not what I was thinking would let go. See ya in a couple weeks. cheers
Hard work looks good should be awesome when you get her ironed out 😊