A mangled hammer head (well, any hunk of steel really) from you guys would be an amazing little keepsake for your fans and reminder of a glorious era. I hope you reconsider selling those amazing paperweight, souvenirs, or any other fun noun other than hammer head that would make you feel better about it :)
Mr Stelter is not only very good in his craft, many of them.. but he is also very good at explaining things. The man has the gift of gab. Editing on this vid is good too. Progress on so many fronts. Awesome vice and killer project.
@@Tjkrusinski After a full restoration of a Fairbanks Powerhammer Will bought, covered by 9 episodes, it suffered major damage while in the process of loading it on truck when it fell over onto the concrete.
you're thinking of things with three legs, not triangles. They won't wobble if the floor is uneven. They will not self level the top though. if you want it to be easy to level, cut a hole near the point of each corner. Weld a nut and use a bolt through it to adjust the height of each corner until it is level. This will also essentially give it 3 legs keeping it from wobbling.
I made a rack for my angle grinders with 5/8 rod welded to a 1/4 X 11/2 X20" flat iron , just stick the handle over the rod to hang the grinder. Just space the rods for hanging. screwed to the wall.
MIG gun liners are always supplied long. You cut to length after installed as it’s good pre rice to blow them out with compressed air occasionally. I see to use a roll of MIG wire a day for 20 years and only changed liners if they got kinked. If you get a lot of dust tir a piece of shop rag to the wire before it Enders the rollers. It’ll act as a wiper for the wire. Never use rusty wire
For a quick fix on liner sometimes all it takes is to blow some compressed air through them. We do that often at work in the field when it's not possible to go to a shop and get a new liner
Hi Will If you put a quick connect fitting in the middle of that triangle when you want to move it you just hook up shop air and move it across the shop floor with one finger. Maybe next time.
@@Seelenschmiedeat 10 psi you would only need 88 sq.in. If that triangle is 24x24 it is 288 sq. In. If he has 50 psi continuous shop air he could lift 14400 lbs.
It's not just Europe that uses centimeters instead of inches-it's pretty much the rest of the world that uses centimeters. It's almost only in the U.S. ang G.B. that stick to inches, but you'll probably catch up one day in the U.S. 😊
Actually, American Engineers (like me) have to be equally proficient in BOTH systems and have to convert back and forth constantly. One thing about converting completely to Km/Hr is changing all the road speed limit signs!
Try running some mineral spirits through your mig liner. They get gummed up and sticky inside. I use an athletic water bottle with the straw thing on top.
Will wasn't kidding when he said plasma cutting is messy. I did some cutting in my friend's shop, and the brand new filter in the air cleaner got clogged with rust. Everything you cut out of your steel goes into the air as iron vapor.
I like that the si system is european only. Inches is theese days only used in usa liberya and myanmar :) It was a solid stand though in both measuring systems🎉
"Did I Over Build This Vise Stand?" No, in fact, I think you should have melted down a bunch of tungsten and poured it into the stand. Then it'd be EXTRA stable.
Vice stand looks great Will! I have to ask; were those hammer heads faulty or are they in good shape? Because i was planning on buying a hammer from the Alec Steele Co shop before it shut down, and i was never able to get one. Is there any way to get one of the heads you have left over if they are in good shape?
You should use those hammers to make things. It would be good videos showing how you dont always need new steel. You can make tools and Damascus knives with them. Or pick up where he left off and sell some hammers with your name on them. Saving you alot of time and money just adding your own touch to them.
I enjoyed this channel for the high quality craftsmanship and fabrication processes related to bladesmithing - sad to see that 90% of these videos are just shop/tool updates, product reviews, or clickbaity "watch me squash this stuff" cash grabs. Would be cool to see you refocus on making knives/blades!
Great stand, however i'd have done one thing differently. The base under the front of the vise, i'd have extended the base forward for stability sake. I know its heavy but if you ever have to hang anything off the front of the vise it will help stop it from tipping.
Hold up, that sand looked wet - or am I trippin? Also, I want one of those hammer heads! Also, again, did you just weld over bondo?! And no oil for reaming them holes out?? And it weighs almost 900 fuckin pounds!? This video is blowin my mind. Seriously though, given the geometry of that stand, it would look amazing as an Art Deco piece. Would only take a few more hours of welding on features to complete the look (you could even braize some features on to bring that classic color in), It would be worth it to get to look at a beautiful Art Deco vice stand every time you walked into your grinding room, and hey, you could get another video out of the same stand!
A lot of em would have been wanted despite being classed as failures. They would have been perfectly fine as tool blanks, even just built up with weld and heat treated softer.
The hammer heads were mostly mangled or were scrapped for various reasons, they’re not fit to be sold or given away
So sad😢 I would love a little project hammer to get into blacksmithing
A mangled hammer head (well, any hunk of steel really) from you guys would be an amazing little keepsake for your fans and reminder of a glorious era. I hope you reconsider selling those amazing paperweight, souvenirs, or any other fun noun other than hammer head that would make you feel better about it :)
@@mynefield agreed!
@@mynefieldagreed! Id love one just as a keepsake
Damn... oh well
Oh my goodness… seeing all those hammer heads going into the sealed sand pit of doom killed me!
An absolute waste. He could have handed them out to visitors or sold them.
At least scrap them. That’s a lot of money just sitting there. Rocks, dirt, and concrete would have worked.
What a damn waste.
i would buy a couple of those hammer heads even if there rejects, means i can practice grinding hammers for when i try make a couple
@@AndyFromBeaverton i don't know if he even accept visitors at his workshop
triangles sit flat on an uneven floor if they have 3 feet. not necessarily if they are a flat plate.
3 points makes a plane. The one definition I remember from geometry.
Petition for Will to sell old hammer heads for a second life to those who might really love one, rather than use for scrap
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Buy one, support them, and you get a free hammer 😂
Someone is going to be really confused in 150 years when they open up that stand for fun
It hurts to see all those hammer heads that never made it out to the wild. I’m sure they were quality control failures but still.
Mr Stelter is not only very good in his craft, many of them.. but he is also very good at explaining things.
The man has the gift of gab. Editing on this vid is good too. Progress on so many fronts. Awesome vice and killer project.
Great your using Alecs old place, hopefully hes cool about it and knowing his old Montana shop is in safe trusted hands with you Will!
I’m pretty sure Alec sold it to him… unless it’s rented idk
@@LittleGreyWolfForgeit’s being rented per his earlier episode
@@samdahlandsonsforge shit I just spread misinformation😂
That’s nice
no will is squatting and he has stolen all of alecs stuff
Alec owns it, Will is leasing the shop and tools from Alec.
What does a novice blacksmith have to do to get ahold of one of those old rusty alec steele co hammerheads?
Dude, same. They were way out of my price range when they were released
because of friend he worked with alec
@@linuxstreamer8910 your response makes no sense.
@JustaKobold sorry read your comment wrong
Hard to believe it's been 3 years since the "Fairbanks Powerhammer incident".
Still WAY TOO SOON!!!!!!! Stop with that! It still hurts my heart.
what happened?
@@Tjkrusinski He dropped a beautiful power hammer and smashed it to pieces. It was on Alex Steele's channel a few years ago. So so so very sad.
@@Tjkrusinski After a full restoration of a Fairbanks Powerhammer Will bought, covered by 9 episodes, it suffered major damage while in the process of loading it on truck when it fell over onto the concrete.
Rule 1 of internet blacksmith club, is we don’t talk about the power hammer.
Now there's a well engineered vice stand 😎👌
This is the best thumbnail ever
That vise is a better anvil than my anvil!
you're thinking of things with three legs, not triangles. They won't wobble if the floor is uneven. They will not self level the top though.
if you want it to be easy to level, cut a hole near the point of each corner. Weld a nut and use a bolt through it to adjust the height of each corner until it is level. This will also essentially give it 3 legs keeping it from wobbling.
I like to live by the thought that nothing is ever overbuilt!
I made a rack for my angle grinders with 5/8 rod welded to a 1/4 X 11/2 X20" flat iron , just stick the handle over the rod to hang the grinder. Just space the rods for hanging. screwed to the wall.
Great job guys. Thank you 😊
MIG gun liners are always supplied long. You cut to length after installed as it’s good pre rice to blow them out with compressed air occasionally. I see to use a roll of MIG wire a day for 20 years and only changed liners if they got kinked. If you get a lot of dust tir a piece of shop rag to the wire before it Enders the rollers. It’ll act as a wiper for the wire. Never use rusty wire
For a quick fix on liner sometimes all it takes is to blow some compressed air through them. We do that often at work in the field when it's not possible to go to a shop and get a new liner
Really cool! Nicely done!!
Looks great bud
Hi Will
If you put a quick connect fitting in the middle of that triangle when you want to move it you just hook up shop air and move it across the shop floor with one finger. Maybe next time.
That would be a hell lot of air pressure to get that thing off the ground...
@@Seelenschmiedeat 10 psi you would only need 88 sq.in. If that triangle is 24x24 it is 288 sq. In. If he has 50 psi continuous shop air he could lift 14400 lbs.
0:27 "that's just how the world works. Probably." 😂
It's not just Europe that uses centimeters instead of inches-it's pretty much the rest of the world that uses centimeters. It's almost only in the U.S. ang G.B. that stick to inches, but you'll probably catch up one day in the U.S. 😊
Actually, American Engineers (like me) have to be equally proficient in BOTH systems and have to convert back and forth constantly. One thing about converting completely to Km/Hr is changing all the road speed limit signs!
Try running some mineral spirits through your mig liner. They get gummed up and sticky inside. I use an athletic water bottle with the straw thing on top.
Very cool!
Great job gentlemen! An interesting design and execution of the idea.
Will wasn't kidding when he said plasma cutting is messy. I did some cutting in my friend's shop, and the brand new filter in the air cleaner got clogged with rust. Everything you cut out of your steel goes into the air as iron vapor.
I like that the si system is european only. Inches is theese days only used in usa liberya and myanmar :)
It was a solid stand though in both measuring systems🎉
"Did I Over Build This Vise Stand?"
No, in fact, I think you should have melted down a bunch of tungsten and poured it into the stand. Then it'd be EXTRA stable.
2:47 the metal sounds like the start of the Mario theme lol
Dang you right
u can never over make anything, ai was a machinst for 40 years the bigger the better, love you and ur cute
That would have the perfect project to hone ones stick welding skills...
Nice job, you can never overbuild a vice stand, but.........................................................................🤣
Great update 2x👍
7:45 - try new 3M Cubitron 3 discs , crazy fast , also Norton Blaze is rrrly good
"Triangle self level."
That is only when you have 3 points of contact. If you look at the final shot, the edges already lifted off the floor.
I know they got their own video ... but damn, I love those jaw covers
I would die for one of thoes hammers and your throwing them away pretty much.
Do you have messenger or anything I could direct message you by chance
They're all rejects- mishapen or otherwise flawed and unsellable.
send will an email asking how much to post one to you , be proactive good sir
I already cut the steel....Hahaha. I have a jeweler's bench made out of 3 inch angle iron. It weighs in at HEAVY.
I was worried about the tops pointed corners till you wrapped it with the banding. That will soften any blows to the legs. Cool design.
Vice stand looks great Will! I have to ask; were those hammer heads faulty or are they in good shape? Because i was planning on buying a hammer from the Alec Steele Co shop before it shut down, and i was never able to get one. Is there any way to get one of the heads you have left over if they are in good shape?
Yeah I wouldn't mind one even if it was wasn't perfect
YES
Could you sell a hammer head or two as "scrap?"
11:50 that look 😂
From the looks of the H-beam and it’s the same way we right on them. Angle as well looks to be Nucor-Yamato product
You would need 3 points on the bottom for it to be stable.
You should use those hammers to make things. It would be good videos showing how you dont always need new steel. You can make tools and Damascus knives with them. Or pick up where he left off and sell some hammers with your name on them. Saving you alot of time and money just adding your own touch to them.
The sand of Boy Scouts sure looked wet. I hope that you dried it before putting it in the base.
its not sealed or undercoated so that wont matter and it will take a centaury or more for the rust to get through that steel
Cookies made from Girl Scouts are tastier than sand made from Boy Scouts.
aww. I wanted one of those hammers, and got on a mailing list for one, but never saw a response that any were available.
My European mind is still chuckling at you using a 13/16ths drill bit to drill 3 foot holes...
Ultimate weight for that. FRUITCAKE! :D
hey will, I could really use some kustom hammers like the ones you are using as ballast.... I know im not alone.
Doing bondo and paint before welding is certainly a choice
Nice!
How about some paste wax or ceramic coating for the top of that new stand?
I put a grill cover on when not in use. Or something like that.
Hay Will is there anything wrong with those Alex hammer heads. You would think you could put handles on them and sell them off.
The highlight of the video was hearing Will make a mom joke.
Someone get that man a shop humidor. To take over the world with.
I dropped out of college too Will.
Its a small detail, however, I would have liked to see the 90s opened/spread to meet the H beam cleaner so the bondo wouldn’t have been necessary.
10:57 nah... I'd just take a 22 mm drill to fit the M20 bolts 😇
id buy a hammer head for decoration. Even if its mangled and not worth using as a tool, i think its cool
12:00 Can you weigh your powerhammer?
Aww man. I’d still pay for some of those hammer heads! Any chance they would go up in as-is condition or something?
6:08 you've never used Bondo before? You don't say😂
So is it an H-beam @1:24 or is it an I-beam @2:04?
Seeing those hammer heads like that felt kinda post-apocalyptic for some reason.
Dusting off the yo momma joke. 😂😂😂😂😂
Is four inches a lot?
Could I buy a few of those old hammer heads?
How much to buy one of those hammer heads? Seriously… I have always wanted one and my son and I would love to restore it and make a handle for it.
I'd like to have one of those hammer heads!
Hi from Slovakia
Thanks for the warning but my brain is still mush after that
Internet: That bench vice needs a stand.
Will: YOUR MOM'S A VICE STAND!
OOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
Anyone knows what the date 11-16-24 right in the end stands for?
Blasphemous throwing all those Alec Steele hammer heads into the abyss. Those should be sold as is as a you finish project. I certainly want one.
That looks great, I am guilty of overbuilding myself, the heavier the better.
Why were so many of those hammerheads left behind after Alex moved on? Were they quality fails or just unsold stock?
I enjoyed this channel for the high quality craftsmanship and fabrication processes related to bladesmithing - sad to see that 90% of these videos are just shop/tool updates, product reviews, or clickbaity "watch me squash this stuff" cash grabs. Would be cool to see you refocus on making knives/blades!
i thought you would pour the dry sand through a hole and a funnel in the top of the stand so it was easy to move
Yes.
What is the difference between an H-beam and an I-beam?
man i wouldn't mind buying a couple of those scrap hammers
A your mom joke 😂 classic
Is the old truck dead? (Beefy stand, btw)
What do you mean can't comprehend, it's just 13/16ths of a standard imperial bannana
What kind of Cigar Will? I gotta know….and can I buy a hammer head?
Gday mate
I would have used bondo...I would have melted lead onto it instead just like how the old school body repair/car builders do
so there is a saying: Bondo and Paint make me the Welder I aint. Well i couldnt do it better so it applies to me too.
Triangles won't wobble... if they have 3 feet. A flat triangle on the ground doesn't have the same properties.
i wish i had 1 of those hammer heads. sweet stand tho.....
4:12 made a rookie mistake there will. Should have tacked it together first then gone back and done the heavy welds.
Overbuild? - depends what you wanna hold.
hold a brdige? nah
hold angle grinding yeah maybeee~
Great stand, however i'd have done one thing differently. The base under the front of the vise, i'd have extended the base forward for stability sake. I know its heavy but if you ever have to hang anything off the front of the vise it will help stop it from tipping.
Hold up, that sand looked wet - or am I trippin? Also, I want one of those hammer heads! Also, again, did you just weld over bondo?! And no oil for reaming them holes out?? And it weighs almost 900 fuckin pounds!? This video is blowin my mind. Seriously though, given the geometry of that stand, it would look amazing as an Art Deco piece. Would only take a few more hours of welding on features to complete the look (you could even braize some features on to bring that classic color in), It would be worth it to get to look at a beautiful Art Deco vice stand every time you walked into your grinding room, and hey, you could get another video out of the same stand!
You probably should of sanded and degreased the surface before adding bondo so you dont have to worry about separating later.
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What happened to the truck build?
I have questions about the hammers. Are those really all failures?
Failures, Rejects, Crap, Junk, Trash. Something like that, yes
A lot of em would have been wanted despite being classed as failures. They would have been perfectly fine as tool blanks, even just built up with weld and heat treated softer.