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  • Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024

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  • @Crewsy
    @Crewsy 5 лет назад +22

    Yay. Vince is back. Which means more videos of his build. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @reh3ddoes
      @reh3ddoes 5 лет назад

      Ya um, I could've used a warning or something, because I about had a heartattack from excitement! :)

  • @kellerrobert80
    @kellerrobert80 5 лет назад +1

    You look terrific for 55 years old!

  • @burtvincent1278
    @burtvincent1278 4 года назад

    Work fascinates me. I can lay back and watch it for hours.

  • @darththursday9152
    @darththursday9152 3 года назад

    Multi talented with loads of patience.. I'm impressed.👍

  • @biglakehotrods381
    @biglakehotrods381 5 лет назад

    Looking good. Bead roller and shrimper stretcher are on my list. Glad to see that English wheel is half decent.

  • @dukeallen432
    @dukeallen432 4 года назад

    How videos should be made. No BS No selfies. Just the facts, speeded up when needed yet not loosing info. Well done and thanks for sharing your skills. Will subscribe.

  • @wayne1959
    @wayne1959 5 лет назад +4

    very enjoyable to see a young guy DIYing mate..Thanks for sharing and well done.

  • @peterpocock9062
    @peterpocock9062 4 года назад

    I loved the way you made the hollowing block, I bet it works too.

  • @hasletjoe5984
    @hasletjoe5984 4 года назад

    What a true craftsman of stuff! Just found this channel, now I can go binge watch!

  • @MasterBo39
    @MasterBo39 5 лет назад +14

    Consider sectioning a wood rolling pin into multiple wheels. Then you can use your lathe to make any profile you want. The wood might not last long, but it will serve well enough for the limited use you have in mind. More Epa used similarly would work better and longer but cost you more. Anyhow, keep up the good work. Bo.

    • @Nathanm7977
      @Nathanm7977 5 лет назад +3

      great ideal or if he has access to a metal lathe make his own that way

  • @schwartz664
    @schwartz664 5 лет назад

    That's what I love about Harbor Freight, you can get a workable tool, that can be reasonably modified, for a small cost, and have a great tool, for a fraction of the cost.

  • @ARMALPEEd
    @ARMALPEEd 4 года назад

    I love your circle template enlarger. Don't know how many times I could've used one.

  • @morrelljw
    @morrelljw 5 лет назад +5

    Just an amazing skill set. Love all your builds. 👍🏻👍🏻

  • @namtech425
    @namtech425 5 лет назад +1

    Oh man.. So many skills. Much respect.

  • @DarkestVampire92
    @DarkestVampire92 5 лет назад +2

    Happiness is a new video from Macro Machines you didnt expect.

  • @marcijunebug
    @marcijunebug 5 лет назад +3

    Just discovered the channel! Looks like good times ahead! I’ll be watchin’!👍

  • @mobydickguitars3077
    @mobydickguitars3077 3 года назад

    Amazing work. Well done!!!!!

  • @andrewwilson8317
    @andrewwilson8317 5 лет назад

    Some great work. Rather than bolt to the floor I have made my machines mobile and use a chain and turnbuckle to anchor them firmly to hard anchors in the floor. This allows the flexibility to configure the shop to suit the different jobs. This means that things like the shrinker/ stretcher or plannishing hammer can be stored out of the way as not needed every day but the space is needed. Can you fill your English wheel with shot or sand? Dampens out any vibration and that's a good thing.

  • @davidthompson5108
    @davidthompson5108 4 года назад

    I admire your ability to make what you need with your own tools. I need to start thinking that way too now that I have a powerarc welder and a bunch of other tools that I can use.

  • @jamesmaroon6161
    @jamesmaroon6161 5 лет назад

    Good to see ya back at the shop. Got an idea about that English wheel. Put a straight bar, inside the frame. Cut 2 45 degree angle on that bar. That way you don't have to weld it to the ceiling. Great use of that old seabag. Got a few of those myself. Great ideas all the way around. Another great video. Have a great weekend buddy

  • @fredfeldmann1182
    @fredfeldmann1182 5 лет назад

    A few decades ago, I heard some one say that when you buy one of the Taiwanese tools which were flooding the USA, you were really buying a kit - it seems things haven't changed. Now, I appreciate that wisdom when I look at my bandsaw and see only the castings remaining from original. Nice vise, by the way, respect it.

  • @futurenewmedia
    @futurenewmedia 5 лет назад +4

    Now that’s a hell of a lot of messing about but man did I enjoy it 👌 Great skills 👍

  • @aaroncornforth2638
    @aaroncornforth2638 5 лет назад

    Good to see you back on the car!

  • @toboldygo5823
    @toboldygo5823 2 года назад

    You should drill a hole at the front of the crack in the mallet so it doesn’t keep cracking. I do that with plexiglass to stop the crack from propagating😳👍🏻✨ you do beautiful work✨

  • @denniscliff2071
    @denniscliff2071 2 года назад

    That is what I did with my HF English wheel. I fitted a hardwood strut from the top front of the frame, up to a ceiling joist. The base of the machine is fastened to the floor. For the frame to flex, the house has to be lifted up.

  • @vettepicking
    @vettepicking 5 лет назад

    My friend was one of the best metal shapers known. He taught the best . He showed me that you need to choose soft grade of alum and anneal it to get the best shape. Rip harry

  • @jasonbickford4283
    @jasonbickford4283 5 лет назад +1

    Summer break .....gonna be pretty awsome summer can't wait for all your videos

  • @tjkoker
    @tjkoker 5 лет назад +1

    Well done my friend. Your skillset is unsurpassed. I look forward to seeing more of your projects. They bare inspiring. Great Job. The car is coming along nicely.

  • @lomsomesGarage
    @lomsomesGarage 5 лет назад +2

    Glad to see your summer return if you're HF store is like mine they didn't have the lower anvil set for there English wheel so I'm looking into other sources for them or I'll make them my self on the lathe if I can find some suitable metal glad to see the project moving forward

  • @andrewvitale2700
    @andrewvitale2700 5 лет назад +1

    Good ideas and great job cant wait to see into the future.

  • @HotRodDad
    @HotRodDad 4 года назад

    Grassroots, budget building, and good basic fundamentals. Excellent video. Looking forward to seeing more. Very well done young man. Subscribed

  • @MikeyMack303
    @MikeyMack303 5 лет назад +1

    You have just got yourself a new subscriber! Nice work! Looking forward to watching the progress on the speedster!

  • @michaelsilva2171
    @michaelsilva2171 4 года назад

    Very nice work. regarding the English Wheel, that's the kind of stuff you do when you're a young man. At my age I like things mobile. I would have done the less stable "spine ' method you spoke of.

  • @busmirror
    @busmirror 5 лет назад +1

    On your complex compound curves, I recommend you take the temper out of your stock by scribbling on the panel with a RED Sharpie then heat with a soft flame from a propane torch until the red vanishes. It makes forming way easier and they'll be no fractures or work hardening. Carry on.

    • @leehaelters6182
      @leehaelters6182 5 лет назад

      busmirror, thanks for tip! What temperature is that indicating? Why red only? Other colors, other temperatures? These are cheap version of Tempilstik?

    • @busmirror
      @busmirror 5 лет назад

      @@leehaelters6182 The temp is around 350 to 425 degrees, well below melting point. It's likely your raw stock is 5000 grade, plenty of stiffness but still workable. Keep plenty of acetone handy, wash your work frequently as it oxidizes immediately. I assume you'll be riveting, a good source is JayCee Rivets they have everything. www.rivetsonline.com/ Important! Use only aluminum, leather, or plastic mallets. No steel....ever! www.hammersource.com/

  • @aussiejas6599
    @aussiejas6599 4 года назад +1

    Watched this again Brat, Great video.

  • @ronmac541
    @ronmac541 3 года назад

    Dude you have amazing powers of observation ! keep up the killer work on your speedster...i subscribed and will follow you to the end !!!

  • @johnaustin6649
    @johnaustin6649 5 лет назад +4

    As always a great video. Glad to see you back in the shop.

  • @jonathanw4942
    @jonathanw4942 5 лет назад

    Looking forward to your progress!!

  • @TheFlatlander440
    @TheFlatlander440 5 лет назад +7

    Nice work so far mate. Quick tip for your stump and mallet, wipe it down with some boiled linseed oil to not only preserve it but to inhibit it from checking and splitting. Just a thought bud. Looking forward to seeing more vids on your Indy race car. Cheers!

    • @derangedmetalworks9489
      @derangedmetalworks9489 5 лет назад +2

      If he peels the bark off of it, it will help to keep it from rotting away on him.

    • @TheFlatlander440
      @TheFlatlander440 5 лет назад +3

      @@derangedmetalworks9489 True, and he can also char the wood with a torch after he removes the bark and that will preserve it. It's a Japanese technique called Shou Sugi Ban and has been used for centuries in Japan.

  • @vilasboas0306
    @vilasboas0306 5 лет назад

    Gostei da ideia 👍. Usar a ferramenta adequada facilita muito o trabalho. 🇧🇷

  • @mongomay1
    @mongomay1 3 года назад

    Making an English wheel out of I-beam and having different radius die wheels for the bottom looks like an ideal design option to build your own English Wheel?

  • @ChristopherSmith-bh4sz
    @ChristopherSmith-bh4sz 5 лет назад +1

    Just added you to my hero list! Subbed!

  • @larrysullivan6536
    @larrysullivan6536 4 года назад

    Brilliant this guy knows what he’s doing I can’t wait to see more he is the business love him larrysullivan in London cheers

  • @mtdewchallenger
    @mtdewchallenger 5 лет назад

    Quite a handy fella !! Good work !

  • @theeddies
    @theeddies 5 лет назад +1

    Awesome video man. Really nice work. I can't even imagine how long it took you with that speedy stitcher but barring an industrial sewing machine that was totally the way to go. I do have one recommendation from experience. Strip the bark off your log. Insects will find there way in there and make a mess of your hard work. All the best and you have a new subscriber, I am not sure how I have not found you before.

  • @CarswithNash
    @CarswithNash 3 года назад +1

    Excellent! I found a link to your channel on Ron Covell‘s channel, I sub’ed instantly!👍

  • @Unity_RC
    @Unity_RC 5 лет назад

    I enjoy your videos a lot can’t wait to see the project

  • @stevefield3377
    @stevefield3377 5 лет назад

    Worth the wait. Great jobs again!

  • @Ricopolico
    @Ricopolico 5 лет назад +7

    Ah yes, the enthusiasm of youth. Never lose it. And watch your ankles when they're around the bottom corners of that frame.

  • @georgespangler1517
    @georgespangler1517 5 лет назад

    You can get a set of 6 wheels from jeggs are northern tools for 165 dollars,,,I'm getting them for my harbor freight English wheel,, I'm very happy with mine also, can beat it for 230 dollars, same one 3 other companies are selling for 500. Where do you think the flex is coming from? I was going to weld gussets on mine.

  • @cw4608
    @cw4608 4 года назад

    My nephew can’t stack dimensional lumber by size. Too sheltered, now he is a jobless adult. Way to be resourceful young ma, you are a asset to your country

  • @dirtydsrc
    @dirtydsrc 5 лет назад +2

    Oh so exciting. Gunna be sweet when you start shaping that metal.

  • @280zone
    @280zone 5 лет назад

    Watching this I wondered why you haven't fabricated a funnel :) Always amazed by your wide range of skill sets.

  • @sd0427
    @sd0427 5 лет назад

    Excellent video, great innovation.

  • @TheMetalButcher
    @TheMetalButcher 5 лет назад

    Smart to use the shop for strength. That mallet is very nice, I'm a big fan of Ipe. Did you coat it with boiled linseed oil or anything?

    • @MacroMachines
      @MacroMachines  5 лет назад +1

      yeah i put a light coat of linseed oil on it

  • @bombaydan
    @bombaydan 5 лет назад

    Great video thanks

  • @MLFranklin
    @MLFranklin 5 лет назад +1

    Pretty cool channel. Keep up the good work.

  • @dwmfty3111
    @dwmfty3111 5 лет назад +5

    I think you're talented enough you could make the lower anvil on a metal lathe .
    Awesome job

  • @whatnowstinky
    @whatnowstinky 5 лет назад

    this is an impressive build, looking forward to following it the rest of the way.
    i have to admit I'm jealous of both your workshops and your skills.
    can i make a suggestion. it might be an idea to bow out the flat sides or pinch the bottom of the body, just a little. either way, adding a slight curve to an otherwise flat panel will give it more strength and stop it drumming as much at speed. plus it will make the body look less slab sides and more professional.
    it would mean you will need to add a little crown to the boat tail side panels but you have an english wheel.
    if you run into radatior size issues with the narrowed grill and need to go back to the original wide version, simply adding a false extension to the grill shell down between the frames will give it the visual effect of being deeper and narrower. it could also lead into a nice rounded belly pan.
    a thing you see a bit on the british inter war race cars, is the passengers side "door" cut out is much higher than the drivers. it gives them a tough purposeful look imho.

  • @glenncpw
    @glenncpw 5 лет назад +3

    I can (I think I can ) see a metal lathe in the background - it took me approximately 4 hours on the lathe to make each of the dies for my english wheel - from memory I also had to make a ball turner too, in that adventure.... Good luck with your endeavours, also cheap bearings on ebay for the dies....

  • @Good-Enuff-Garage
    @Good-Enuff-Garage 4 года назад

    wow what an ambitious project, man you are amazing ! and it's funny how you raised the English wheel 7" I did the same with one of their stupid rolling red carts, I'm 5'11" and it was back breaking trying to work on that stupid thing - awesome big vice by the way!

  • @Bettinasisrg
    @Bettinasisrg 5 лет назад +1

    Great video, and so many skills a lot of us grew up learning but are lost today. The only thing, I was pulling my hair out when you were sewing(?)

    • @jameseastwood4984
      @jameseastwood4984 4 года назад +1

      I think it's perhaps too thick for a conventional machine, but if you have access to a professional grade upholstery type machine, then yes I'm with you!

    • @TheJunkFarm
      @TheJunkFarm 4 года назад

      @@jameseastwood4984 I've been procrastinating and putting off a *few* projects "until I get a better machine" and now watching that realize I'm just being lazy :) and can also save a few hundred bucks just doing it by hand...

    • @jameseastwood4984
      @jameseastwood4984 3 года назад

      @@TheJunkFarm can't remember what I wrote now. But a little bit of progress every day is always a great idea. It's dark now in London by 4.45pm, which is little depressing, but I've fixed a water hose leak on my 2 litre 100D2 Bristol engine. So I feel good about that.😊

  • @landyfox8976
    @landyfox8976 4 года назад

    Fantastic thank you 👍🏻

  • @MultiChaga
    @MultiChaga 5 лет назад

    I guess I would have returned that tool and made my own but very solid!

  • @FordFracture
    @FordFracture 5 лет назад +13

    Kid your pretty handy ! If you cant buy it build it and make it better !

  • @forthwithtx5852
    @forthwithtx5852 5 лет назад

    This is going to be pretty awesome!

  • @roberthowland4503
    @roberthowland4503 5 лет назад

    Very impressive nice job keep doing what you are doing

  • @ronaldnickell6110
    @ronaldnickell6110 4 года назад

    Don't know about your H.F., but the one near me, has a set of additional wheels of various sizes, for of course, an additional amount of money. Good video!

  • @larryneyii2162
    @larryneyii2162 5 лет назад

    Great video!!! Good job !!!

  • @donovangregg5
    @donovangregg5 5 лет назад

    Can’t wait buddy!!! I know you’ve been in school, but been looking forward to the summer break so we can see some progress on this build!!!!

  • @destro513
    @destro513 5 лет назад

    Carve a small dish in the stump to make shrinking tucks

  • @tristantruebody9793
    @tristantruebody9793 5 лет назад

    really cool channel I always get new ideas when I watch your videos.

  • @lennym1273
    @lennym1273 5 лет назад +2

    Peal that bark , it will last longer and look neater. And the last time I saw an English wheel at Harbor freight it came with more then one small wheel you might want to check it, might just be missing from your box...

  • @rbmwiv
    @rbmwiv 4 года назад

    What if you welded a piece of metal I the middle that ties into the arm with the bolts. Seems easier than a rod to the roof.

  • @deannederhoff
    @deannederhoff 5 лет назад

    It was all good for sure.one thing I would have to suggest to you or anyone else is the way you did the English wheel to the ceiling.make sure that's where you're gonna wanna keep it.i mean it wouldn't take much to grind the welds and redo it but more of a hassle though if ya ever did move it.maybe like a screw jack if ya wanna do it this way or 2 more steel straps going from top towards the low back end for more rigidity. Just a suggestion.but otherwise hell youre thinking is damn good.i subed to your channel now for sure.love how you did your sand bag and the tree stump for that.great job.
    Will like to see that car to when its done.that will be sharp and a lot of good hard work and long hours.rock on man

  • @splashpit
    @splashpit 5 лет назад +2

    I'm subscribed , so want to see how this roadster turns out !

  • @newjerseybill3521
    @newjerseybill3521 5 лет назад +2

    You know, tomorrow for some unexpected reason, you are going to need the chainfall trolley on the other side of the new supports. Murphy's law. :)

    • @aussiefarmer8741
      @aussiefarmer8741 5 лет назад

      I thought the same. I would have made it removable, how often do u use an english wheel really, After the build, not much. Its his shed so who am I too judge.

    • @newjerseybill3521
      @newjerseybill3521 5 лет назад +1

      @@aussiefarmer8741 it sort of is, it is welded to the english press, but not to the overhead rail. Remove the 4 bolts into the deck and the whole assembly can be moved out of the way.

  • @michaelsnyder7442
    @michaelsnyder7442 4 года назад

    I admire your resourcefulness. But on the sandbag, I would go with leather, it will last longer.

  • @impactajuvenile
    @impactajuvenile 5 лет назад +1

    Ok who’s the one idiot that disliked all the hard-work this guy put into this vlog? Jerk!!!

  • @stevesloan6775
    @stevesloan6775 3 года назад

    Commitment bolting that sucker to the roof.
    Its going to work, but id still like to see seasonal change plotted out.

  • @PALM311
    @PALM311 5 лет назад

    Maybe an eye bolt attatched to the top of the English Wheel and another attached yo the bottom with a Turnbuckle between the two to adjust the tension?

  • @mohitjoc25
    @mohitjoc25 4 года назад

    Really i love...this vedio

  • @VanishingNomad
    @VanishingNomad 2 года назад

    Where do you get the money for all of those marvelous toys!?

  • @TheCalvinSkinner
    @TheCalvinSkinner 3 года назад

    What a legend. What do you call that sewing technique?

  • @boydsargeant7496
    @boydsargeant7496 Год назад

    Great episode! What is that sewing tool called?

  • @amaurif8777
    @amaurif8777 2 года назад

    Um dos melhore videos show 👋👋👋

  • @curtisvonepp4335
    @curtisvonepp4335 5 лет назад

    Right on track with your Retro Fit's i have some H. F. tool's Beeftup to SAVE 💰🙌

  • @OuroborosArmory
    @OuroborosArmory 5 лет назад

    Nice... however.. I would like to point out these things called scissors. Might be eaiser than a box knife :). Fun to watch you make your tools

  • @naberville3305
    @naberville3305 5 лет назад

    And I also forgot he can also make quality time lapse videos. Honestly your video style is one of the best. And I'd like to know what kind of set up you have for recording and editing. I'm rather interested in starting my own series for my new project. I just traded my 39 Buick for a 71 volksrod. Huge step down but the engine rebuild for that straight 8 was getting absolutely ridiculously expensive.

    • @MacroMachines
      @MacroMachines  5 лет назад

      All I use to film is a go pro and a tri pod

  • @BoxcarsGarage
    @BoxcarsGarage 5 лет назад +1

    I've got the same hf eng wheel and will do mine the same....also I have a few leather bags to do like your canvas one. Nice vid

  • @leop9021
    @leop9021 5 лет назад +57

    You obviously don't need any advice on how to fabricate. However, I'll offer you some related advise. Enjoy as much of this as you can right now. I didn't know it back in 1985 when my elders told me, but they were right - this is going to be one of the greatest points of your life so enjoy it as much as you can. Overnight you will have finished college, got a wife, maybe had a few kids, bought the corporate BS that if you work 24hrs a day that you will become the CEO, and worst of all by far writing a check to your uncle Sam every April 15th for what you thought was going to be hot rod money. By the I, nor any of us for that matter, have any idea where your tax money goes, though we know it never seams to benifit those of us that pay it, and politicians are always claiming they need more of it from us! 😬
    Not to say that graduating college, your wedding day, nor the day your son, or daughter are born are not epic days mind you. Its just that each one of those epic days will mean less and less time down in the shop. So don't be in a rush to do all that stuff either.
    P.s. Btw, Dont be in a rush does not mean that you should have a seven year old child when you are 51 years old. Kids are still great at that age, but your lower back might not think so. Don't ask me how I know that! 😄😄😄

    • @MrGuy-cp1gt
      @MrGuy-cp1gt 4 года назад +4

      And if a man discards the pig junk ladies he is on his way. A man that finds a good woman finds a good thing , remember GOD gave you legs and a brain to run from a FALSE MATTER/ MATER.

    • @guillermonieri4203
      @guillermonieri4203 4 года назад +3

      Leo P, you are 100% correct in your advise. It was very nice of you to offer it to the young man; the young ones that subscribe to his channel might pay good attention to it and benefit greatly from it. Notwithstanding my age, 72 years old, I thank you.

    • @oldamericaniron5767
      @oldamericaniron5767 4 года назад +3

      I’m 64 and the previous advice is absolutely correct. Life is meant to be enjoyed and treasured. I always tell young folks don’t do anything stupid but grab every opportunity to experience life. I started flying when I was 58 and my elderly Father-in-law said do it when your young because you can’t when your old. Best of luck in all your endeavors and enjoy them to the fullest.

    • @254tom
      @254tom 4 года назад +3

      Very true. I have an old car, a 1937, I have had for almost 30 years, and I keep putting it at the bottom of my list. I have figured, in 3 months I can start working on it. Oh wait, I have other things I "need" to do. Time slips away before we know it. I am 66 and see the last 34 years have passed in just a few years. 66 was along time away when I was 32. Now 32 was just yesterday.

    • @leop9021
      @leop9021 4 года назад +2

      @@254tom You best start on that 1937 this year!

  • @TG-LGreen
    @TG-LGreen 4 года назад

    Would welding gussets on the inside work, or does that limit how big of parts u can roll

  • @billiondollardan
    @billiondollardan 5 лет назад

    If your content is always so cool I'm subbing. Keep up the fun stuff! edit: thanks for not adding stupid music to this

  • @AJ-ri5ee
    @AJ-ri5ee 5 лет назад

    Thank you! Really appreciate it!

  • @timhale501
    @timhale501 4 года назад

    I would do a fold over seam I got a thrift store leather purse and filled it with sand, I will make some smaller bags

  • @rizalardiansyah4486
    @rizalardiansyah4486 5 лет назад +4

    Wow, didnt expect you to have so many skill. Keep up the nice work and you'll see the subs going higher

  • @amaurif8777
    @amaurif8777 2 года назад

    and aluminum plate, which is 1mm thick?

  • @weswagnon
    @weswagnon 5 лет назад

    What aluminum alloy are you using? 1100? Source?
    Looking forward to your build!

    • @slick1rick1
      @slick1rick1 5 лет назад

      Aluminum goes by 4340, 5356, etc numbers for alloys thereof. Where did you get 1100 from? I don't believe that would be an alloy of Aluminum.

    • @weswagnon
      @weswagnon 5 лет назад

      @@slick1rick1
      Yep, most commonly used aluminum alloys are 6061, 7075, 2024, etc. 1100 is "commercially pure" aluminum, and hard to find. Here's a link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1100_aluminium_alloy. I just learned about it last weekend, in a fabrication class taught by Evan Wilcox, who uses 1100 exclusively for fabricating motorcycle tanks and other shaped parts.

    • @MacroMachines
      @MacroMachines  5 лет назад

      3003 H14

  • @Taco_Syndicate
    @Taco_Syndicate 5 лет назад

    LMMFAO! I do hope you figured it out, aluminum will generally do what it's told 😉

  • @FACEBOOKS-WBDS
    @FACEBOOKS-WBDS 3 года назад

    THIS GUY IS TOTAL "TROPIC THUNDER" "I'll build a tool,to make a tool, to make another tool!"