I love your enthusiasm Alec! I wanna know how your camera helper person isn't always busting out laughing during filming?! I appreciate your seamless and smooth transitions between a metric measurement in one segment, and inches in another. Nice work bud!
Alec, when trying to untwist a long piece of metal, get one section untwisted to your control (the flattened area) then clamp the piece at the newly straightened portion and repeat up the blade. Every time you try to untwist the section above a straight section, you introduce twist in the lower portion.
It amazes me how much you remind me of my uncle. He was a machinist who did blacksmithing and bladesmithing recreationally and had pretty much the same energy when he was making things and teaching. He also had some teaching jobs at his local technical college. We lost him extremely suddenly in 2007, I now have his turn of the century 200lb Peter Wright anvil, my own forge and a semi-usable 2x72 belt grinder as well as a partial woodworking shop that I haven't been able to set back up for a few years now. I discovered these videos two days ago and I've been watching nonstop, it's been bittersweet. If he were still with us I can guarantee he'd be a ravenous fan of your work, I certainly am. I've become a lot more committed to getting all of my gear set up and running again and learning to make damascus so I can one day leave a miniature anvil and hammer where his ashes are in California.
I cannot express more of my gratitude to your patience, Alec. I’d be swearing constantly through out entire process I’ve seen, but you kept your cool. Thank you.
Alec, one thing I REALLY appreciate is that you include your mistakes in your videos. Time and again, you prove that you are still learning and that, through relentless effort, you can still end up with a very polished end product.
Ah! the blade is twisted. Time to use the flame torch. Ah! the blade isn't center. Time to use the flame torch. Darn! It's been raining today. Time to use the flame torch. I got some new sneakers today Time to use the flame torch. XD
Dude I’m almost 30, and watching your work just makes me happy- no matter how stupid it seems at the time, the work is always worth it, Thank you for the inspiration and thank you for your continued amazing drive!
dude wtf. I feel with you. My dog was put to sleep today. I hope you can spent some time with your dog, even if it is just a little. I imagine they ll keep Hawkins some good company.
Honestly as someone training to be an EMT in the U.S(I take my national boards in May!), thank you so, so, so, much for putting a link to a trauma kit and tourniquet in your description. It would also help to train all your friends and crew in how to treat some traumatic injuries that are possible in a workshop like yours. Being prepared is an amazing thing, but knowing how to save possibly yours and or your crews lives is a honor like no other. Human life is precious and thank you for just taking the time to show that in your description
Thank you so much for your videos Alec! Watching you try all these things for the first time has inspired my to make my own knife for the first time ever. It went way better than i could have ever imagined. I would've never given it the time of day if you hadn't have made these videos that you do.
Straight out of "The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries" comes Maxim #43: "If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky."
Love your channel. Been watching a lot of your vids recently. Just wanted to say on the point where you talk about getting things right first time. I don't think that even the most experienced people will do that when building something new - something I experience all the time making software after nearly two decades, but I love the sentiment of always trying to do better, learning more and find it inspiring. Keep it up Alec!
It is nice to know that I am not alone. I am making a recurve knife out of an old rasp and I cut the knife to length with my bandsaw after forging with no issues. An inch away from that cut I needed to notch the handle and it is unexplainably hard all the way up the side of the blade. I have tried annealing it, bandsaw, dremel tool till it died and now finally angle grinder. I love your vids Alec.
Dial indicator tip....when you measure something with the indicator get it as close to perpendicular to the part as possible. It will give you a true distance measurement and maximize needle deflection when you are doing a comparative measurement like you did on the surface grinder
Hello Alec, I am an 18 year old knife smith in Florida and honestly watching you is what got me started as I've been watching your videos for a long time. I have made my knifes to the quality of being sellable and I love me some Damascus but I have an issue finding customers. Any suggestions?
for kris style blades you typically forge in the bevels first, get them more or less to where you want them, then heat and make the curves and fix any distortion that the bending has caused...
I was often that person. The rule I knew was : if you have a difficult job, find a lazy person to do it and instructs all others to 'do what that guy does, do it the way he does it'. A lazy person will usually find the easiest, most efficient way to do a job.
Ashe Faelsdon I used to walk around with a combat knife on my belt when I was an edgy teen but I had legitimate self defence concerns since I had enemies in a small town. My point is I'd feel a real lack of freedom if I wasn't allowed to do that.
I love these videos as it shows even though what you do is so difficult and the end results usually turn out brilliant it shows u are still learning and have the confidence to admit mistakes.
+Alec Steele You should NEVER hit your measuring-surface/place/table with anything; it could de-calibrate the whole thing and thus all future measurements.
TechnocraticDreadnought Not exactly certain they type of precision he really needs for his work. I think the goal is visually straight, flat, level, etc., rather than truly straight, flat, level, etc.
TissuePaper I know it may not be really necessary for him, to some degree; but... As the master-craftsman, who trained and mentored me, said to all his apprentices(rough translation, and he sometimes said it in varying ways):"You can only do a good job if your equippment is in order/well kept/maintained/NOT misused and calibrated!" XD
Alec,there are whole books written on moving steel with heat. If you practice abit you can heat a desired area and cool it with a wet rag to move the area immensely.
Hey Alec. With all these modern machines and tools you are using now to get extreme precision, you should get a CNC and just start forging Damascus plates and then using the CNC to cut out a desired object based on the flow of the Damascus pattern of the plate.
I used to draw kris daggers like this in middle school. You start by using a compass to make your center line along the entire length of the blade. You then mark off equal distances along the center line with a compass every half centimeter. At each of these points, you make a straight line that is perpendicular to the curve of the center line at that point. You then mark on the perpendicular line your tapering width on either side. Connect the dots and smooth out the outer curves of the blade profile. I generally drew a thin blade that started to taper at the last third of the blade, but the technique is the same for marking out a full taper.
Alec, could you show us around your "gallery" or wherever you store your finished work? I would love to see that: your first work, your improvement and the whole collection. If you did that already on Instagram then pls do it here as well because I don't have Instagram. Anyway, keep entertaining us, you are doing a good job!
As far as i know he don't have a gallery per said, not even in Instagram, but on his main site he as some fotos that you might find interesting: alecsteeleblacksmith.com/past-work/
Yes i know, a lot, lot more, i've seen all the videos since he had 13 years old, even really old stuff in Brian Brazeal shop like this: static1.squarespace.com/static/561bf9e7e4b06530bb65b33b/t/58191362e4fcb5b11482b2f7/1478038382688/13+year+old+alec+steele?format=500w ruclips.net/video/-uQnQbDX698/видео.html Like you, i really hope that he would someday made a gallery of all of his work so we can, in a easy way, admire his talent.
i'm thinking it could be ground flat in reference to the handle by placing shims along the blade to hold it up the correct amount before you engage the magnet table . that way the blade won't bend down toward the table and you can get most of the twist and bend out . Maybe .030 off each side ?
The only way to do things right first time is to make mistakes hundreds of times before. Keep going! Your work its incredible! Greetings from Argentina!
Remember, in the heady days of Blacksmithing, your man here intends to be a Bespoke Blacksmith. If you head down Saville Rowe looking for a man who can make you a suit, you find chaps who can do this with cloth.Bespoke tailors. They have chaps with half Alec's skills who can only make giant scissors making them giant scissors (cloth shears for tweed) making said shears, being called master craftsmen. "Bespoke" means "I asked for exactly what I wanted, and a master craftsman made it". I've been watching for a while, and I watch a lot of other smithing channels. You're bespoke Alec. You young chap.
Alec, you need to write down some basic project processes, to govern most projects, and to ensure that you avoid the larger problems whilst doing projects. Being aware of a future problem is going to ensure you try and avoid it or are keeping on an eye on it and are aware to correct it later!
Alec I have a challenge for you, take one of your past projects or even the one you are doing now and recreate it. But the twist is only do it the way it would have been made during their time period. And then see how close you can get it to the original product. You don't need to create your own steel, but use only tools that they would have had access to. Just and idea, and I am sure it would be good video series.
Love seeing you make mistakes and generally mess things up. It's life in action. Keep making mistakes and while (in general) mistakes aren't fun, enjoy them as best you can a learning experience. Good work :-)
"When you're a beginner like me"...... Says the man with almost ¾ of a million subscribers and his own amazing workshop 😂😂. I love how humble you are, always learning and always wanting to improve yourself.
You should try mounting the camera on the surface grinder bed. that way the piece you are grinding will be stationary in frame instead if the grinding stone. PS. love your videos.
Alex can you do a series where you try to re-make a sword from your earlier days like the pirate cutlass and see how you have progressed? Also I have just started to make my own knife thanks to your vids thanks for the inspiration!
think you should make something for AvE to see how snookum it is or some other kind of collab great job as always, cant wait for more of this kris style blade :D
since you discoverd that you can move steel with the flame alone, I think it would be rather intresting to see you practicing flame straightening on a not so intricat piece and it probably is a nice skill to have for the things you do. I once had the honor to witness a master welder straightening a big welded piece with the torch after welding during my aprenticeship.
I seen a few of your videos and just started to follow you and got to say I love your videos there very educational love what you do keep up the good work can't wait to see what you posted next
Well good sir, you do realize that many out there have had issues similar to yours with the twisted blade and get nowhere in the end because we keep flying by the seat of our pants. lol great work none the less Alec.
there is a concept in design where you should never try for 100% perfection because it is not humanly possible and thus all flaws are equally visible however if you leave one thing that stands out as part of the design then it draws the eye and the minor imperfections go unnoticed
You crack me up man! I'm sure your overflowed with suggestions, but here's a couple more I would love to see you make anyway: Gurkha kukri; gladius. Not nearly as intricate as a rapier or kris dagger, but cool blades.
Just a tiny but of methodology and machining skills added to your skills will add so much to your work and stop u from screwing up and redoing your work
Who is your camera person and editor? These people are supporting you so well, especially video editing, sound mixing and selecting BGM (sync with hammer blow), wonderful teamwork
Great progress Alec...why don't you make a horizontal quenching tub for the bigger projects.. that would've saved you a lot of trouble with the rapier.
If you haven't already Alec, you should make a new t-shirt with "when in doubt pound it out" with possibly a hammer striking an anvil. That would be really cool
Looking amazing! Remember to keep to your resolution and clean up! Just saw the surface grinder goop and wondering if it's sorted out or hiding in a corner :P
As a Glassblower, I use Oxy / propane torch, my second stage flame pops often when I get the fule ratios wrong as well. It makes me jump out of my seat.... and i know its coming!
I love your enthusiasm Alec! I wanna know how your camera helper person isn't always busting out laughing during filming?! I appreciate your seamless and smooth transitions between a metric measurement in one segment, and inches in another. Nice work bud!
Thank you sir! 😀😜
I couldn't agree more, one of the most underrated and most enjoyable people to watch on you RUclips
Alec, when trying to untwist a long piece of metal, get one section untwisted to your control (the flattened area) then clamp the piece at the newly straightened portion and repeat up the blade. Every time you try to untwist the section above a straight section, you introduce twist in the lower portion.
It amazes me how much you remind me of my uncle. He was a machinist who did blacksmithing and bladesmithing recreationally and had pretty much the same energy when he was making things and teaching. He also had some teaching jobs at his local technical college. We lost him extremely suddenly in 2007, I now have his turn of the century 200lb Peter Wright anvil, my own forge and a semi-usable 2x72 belt grinder as well as a partial woodworking shop that I haven't been able to set back up for a few years now. I discovered these videos two days ago and I've been watching nonstop, it's been bittersweet. If he were still with us I can guarantee he'd be a ravenous fan of your work, I certainly am. I've become a lot more committed to getting all of my gear set up and running again and learning to make damascus so I can one day leave a miniature anvil and hammer where his ashes are in California.
I cannot express more of my gratitude to your patience, Alec. I’d be swearing constantly through out entire process I’ve seen, but you kept your cool. Thank you.
Alec, one thing I REALLY appreciate is that you include your mistakes in your videos. Time and again, you prove that you are still learning and that, through relentless effort, you can still end up with a very polished end product.
Ah! the blade is twisted.
Time to use the flame torch.
Ah! the blade isn't center.
Time to use the flame torch.
Darn! It's been raining today.
Time to use the flame torch.
I got some new sneakers today
Time to use the flame torch. XD
9:50 that transition was great!
Dude I’m almost 30, and watching your work just makes me happy- no matter how stupid it seems at the time, the work is always worth it, Thank you for the inspiration and thank you for your continued amazing drive!
I really like how you don't skip showing us the actual work that goes into your projects
My dog's being put to sleep tomorrow and your videos are keeping me sane, Alec. Your work is really appreciated. Thank you for what you do.
dude wtf. I feel with you. My dog was put to sleep today. I hope you can spent some time with your dog, even if it is just a little. I imagine they ll keep Hawkins some good company.
WyeRider oh dude... random online stranger HUG
Aww jeez man. Sending my love to you. They'll both keep him company. I've been giving her so much love today
Thank you so much
Tough break bud. I feel ya.
Honestly as someone training to be an EMT in the U.S(I take my national boards in May!), thank you so, so, so, much for putting a link to a trauma kit and tourniquet in your description. It would also help to train all your friends and crew in how to treat some traumatic injuries that are possible in a workshop like yours. Being prepared is an amazing thing, but knowing how to save possibly yours and or your crews lives is a honor like no other. Human life is precious and thank you for just taking the time to show that in your description
Alternate title: How I can't be bothered to light up the forge and thus end up using up all the oxygen I bought within a day :D.
Thank you so much for your videos Alec! Watching you try all these things for the first time has inspired my to make my own knife for the first time ever. It went way better than i could have ever imagined. I would've never given it the time of day if you hadn't have made these videos that you do.
Straight out of "The Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries" comes Maxim #43: "If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky."
Ah, Schlock Mercenary, where would the world be with out you.
Seventh Tennant of Marine Corps Combat: If it looks stupid but works, it isn't stupid.
Love your channel. Been watching a lot of your vids recently. Just wanted to say on the point where you talk about getting things right first time. I don't think that even the most experienced people will do that when building something new - something I experience all the time making software after nearly two decades, but I love the sentiment of always trying to do better, learning more and find it inspiring. Keep it up Alec!
Your enthusiasm in the face of obstacles is awesome AF. Keep having fun bro.
i dont care basically about blacksmiths trade, but the production quality and all the character got me hooked. keep it going Alec! love your content.
It is nice to know that I am not alone. I am making a recurve knife out of an old rasp and I cut the knife to length with my bandsaw after forging with no issues. An inch away from that cut I needed to notch the handle and it is unexplainably hard all the way up the side of the blade. I have tried annealing it, bandsaw, dremel tool till it died and now finally angle grinder.
I love your vids Alec.
Dial indicator tip....when you measure something with the indicator get it as close to perpendicular to the part as possible. It will give you a true distance measurement and maximize needle deflection when you are doing a comparative measurement like you did on the surface grinder
once again u are doing an amazing job on such a complicated blade, keep up the great job
I think your the best on RUclips you don't shy away from making mistakes in front of your subscribers
Hello Alec, I am an 18 year old knife smith in Florida and honestly watching you is what got me started as I've been watching your videos for a long time. I have made my knifes to the quality of being sellable and I love me some Damascus but I have an issue finding customers. Any suggestions?
Oh yeah! This will be yet another installment of greatness! Thank Alec!
for kris style blades you typically forge in the bevels first, get them more or less to where you want them, then heat and make the curves and fix any distortion that the bending has caused...
My teacher used to Say that lazy people do it right the first time so they dont have to do it again
I was often that person. The rule I knew was : if you have a difficult job, find a lazy person to do it and instructs all others to 'do what that guy does, do it the way he does it'. A lazy person will usually find the easiest, most efficient way to do a job.
Lmao... My grandfather's words... How to be a hard working lazy man, do it right the first time. That way you don't have to go back and fix it.
Work mart and the back you save will be your own.
My boss used to tell me to be aggressively lazy😀
There was another guy named Peter, affectionately known as Pete Repeat.
I was able to buy a blowtorch when I was 16. But I couldn’t buy a zippo lighter.
Much less a knife in the UK... However! I can make one.
Ashe Faelsdon I used to walk around with a combat knife on my belt when I was an edgy teen but I had legitimate self defence concerns since I had enemies in a small town. My point is I'd feel a real lack of freedom if I wasn't allowed to do that.
There was a crooked man, who walked a crooked mile, he carried a crooked kris inspired dagger-sword thing, and wore a crooked smile.
I love these videos as it shows even though what you do is so difficult and the end results usually turn out brilliant it shows u are still learning and have the confidence to admit mistakes.
The quality of the videos is so high, we need 4k now. I'd also love to see your series on Netflix or Amazon Prime then, for that full quality glory.
Love your vids Alec. the only blacksmithing channel i can watch without my partner getting completely bored haha
Good luck with this project Alec. You're an awesome craftsman and we know you gonna figure it out
+Alec Steele
You should NEVER hit your measuring-surface/place/table with anything; it could de-calibrate the whole thing and thus all future measurements.
TechnocraticDreadnought
Not exactly certain they type of precision he really needs for his work. I think the goal is visually straight, flat, level, etc., rather than truly straight, flat, level, etc.
TissuePaper
I know it may not be really necessary for him, to some degree; but...
As the master-craftsman, who trained and mentored me, said to all his apprentices(rough translation, and he sometimes said it in varying ways):"You can only do a good job if your equippment is in order/well kept/maintained/NOT misused and calibrated!" XD
@@TechnocraticDreadnought I agree with you. Visually straight often means technically straight as well.
I like the attention to detail you put in everything you do
"This is an extremely dangerous piece of equipment" he says as he punctuates his sentences with gestures around the shop with said piece of equipment
And that's why I love him
Wooooo, thanks for inspiring me and many others who dream of a career in both film and blacksmithing!
Just finished part 2 and then part 3 so today is a good day. Keep up the great work
Alec,there are whole books written on moving steel with heat. If you practice abit you can heat a desired area and cool it with a wet rag to move the area immensely.
19mins and already 2400 views, love this channel
Your episodes are like chicken soup for the soul on a rough day Alec !! Keep at it fellas !!
Hey Alec. With all these modern machines and tools you are using now to get extreme precision, you should get a CNC and just start forging Damascus plates and then using the CNC to cut out a desired object based on the flow of the Damascus pattern of the plate.
I used to draw kris daggers like this in middle school. You start by using a compass to make your center line along the entire length of the blade. You then mark off equal distances along the center line with a compass every half centimeter. At each of these points, you make a straight line that is perpendicular to the curve of the center line at that point. You then mark on the perpendicular line your tapering width on either side. Connect the dots and smooth out the outer curves of the blade profile.
I generally drew a thin blade that started to taper at the last third of the blade, but the technique is the same for marking out a full taper.
Wow, you are one persistent young man. You never give up.
can you please make a t-shirt that say "I Don't Make Mistakes.. O.K We Made A Mistake!"
After watching your video I gather enough courage and inspiration that I m going to put together the IKEA closed I bought last year
Thank you alex 💪💪💪
Luv your vids Alec. " If you do things right first time, it makes it much easier"
Anyone else drool when Alec surface grinds cause the coolant looks like mountain deew
Alec, could you show us around your "gallery" or wherever you store your finished work? I would love to see that: your first work, your improvement and the whole collection. If you did that already on Instagram then pls do it here as well because I don't have Instagram. Anyway, keep entertaining us, you are doing a good job!
As far as i know he don't have a gallery per said, not even in Instagram, but on his main site he as some fotos that you might find interesting:
alecsteeleblacksmith.com/past-work/
jctaylor1967 Thanks, but checked that out already and if you follow the videos you know that he has done so much more :)
Yes i know, a lot, lot more, i've seen all the videos since he had 13 years old, even really old stuff in Brian Brazeal shop like this:
static1.squarespace.com/static/561bf9e7e4b06530bb65b33b/t/58191362e4fcb5b11482b2f7/1478038382688/13+year+old+alec+steele?format=500w
ruclips.net/video/-uQnQbDX698/видео.html
Like you, i really hope that he would someday made a gallery of all of his work so we can, in a easy way, admire his talent.
i'm thinking it could be ground flat in reference to the handle by placing shims along the blade to hold it up the correct amount before you engage the magnet table . that way the blade won't bend down toward the table and you can get most of the twist and bend out . Maybe .030 off each side ?
22 minutes and 40 seconds later i only got one thing to say. Demonstrate the torch pop!!!!
Can confirm: it is scary as hell the first time. My metalshop instructor had to demonstrate it to us so we all didn't panic.
Snobblight that's what I want as well!!!!!
liked before watching, thats the normal thing to do with Alec videos, he never disappoints, even if he's just cleaning his shop lol
The only way to do things right first time is to make mistakes hundreds of times before. Keep going! Your work its incredible! Greetings from Argentina!
Remember, in the heady days of Blacksmithing, your man here intends to be a Bespoke Blacksmith. If you head down Saville Rowe looking for a man who can make you a suit, you find chaps who can do this with cloth.Bespoke tailors. They have chaps with half Alec's skills who can only make giant scissors making them giant scissors (cloth shears for tweed) making said shears, being called master craftsmen. "Bespoke" means "I asked for exactly what I wanted, and a master craftsman made it".
I've been watching for a while, and I watch a lot of other smithing channels. You're bespoke Alec. You young chap.
Absolutely loving this series !
So much inspiration in your videos.... thanks, I really appreciate the work and the positive attitude!
Entertaining as ever Mr. Alec. I look forward to seeing how you grind this one.
Alec, you need to write down some basic project processes, to govern most projects, and to ensure that you avoid the larger problems whilst doing projects.
Being aware of a future problem is going to ensure you try and avoid it or are keeping on an eye on it and are aware to correct it later!
Alec I have a challenge for you, take one of your past projects or even the one you are doing now and recreate it. But the twist is only do it the way it would have been made during their time period. And then see how close you can get it to the original product.
You don't need to create your own steel, but use only tools that they would have had access to.
Just and idea, and I am sure it would be good video series.
I had stumbled across one of your video's 3 years ago, so happy i found one again
love how this one is coming along. next sword you should try is a Chiljido. that'll make for some fin and interesting episodes.
Finally! Been waiting and refreshing the the past 2 days
Love seeing you make mistakes and generally mess things up. It's life in action. Keep making mistakes and while (in general) mistakes aren't fun, enjoy them as best you can a learning experience. Good work :-)
Loving the camera work, shout out to your camera guy/gal
"When you're a beginner like me"...... Says the man with almost ¾ of a million subscribers and his own amazing workshop 😂😂. I love how humble you are, always learning and always wanting to improve yourself.
9:52 best editing on this channel so far
bravo with the sound/video sync up at 9:50 !!
You should try mounting the camera on the surface grinder bed. that way the piece you are grinding will be stationary in frame instead if the grinding stone.
PS. love your videos.
Alex can you do a series where you try to re-make a sword from your earlier days like the pirate cutlass and see how you have progressed? Also I have just started to make my own knife thanks to your vids thanks for the inspiration!
Love the determination for perfection.
Miss yesterday video
Alec going 'Augh I made a mistake!' is me in every situation.
think you should make something for AvE to see how snookum it is or some other kind of collab
great job as always, cant wait for more of this kris style blade :D
since you discoverd that you can move steel with the flame alone, I think it would be rather intresting to see you practicing flame straightening on a not so intricat piece and it probably is a nice skill to have for the things you do. I once had the honor to witness a master welder straightening a big welded piece with the torch after welding during my aprenticeship.
Idea make forged puzzles, Locks etc. More milling and hammering....less hand sanding.
Add Sand blasting
I seen a few of your videos and just started to follow you and got to say I love your videos there very educational love what you do keep up the good work can't wait to see what you posted next
Well good sir, you do realize that many out there have had issues similar to yours with the twisted blade and get nowhere in the end because we keep flying by the seat of our pants. lol great work none the less Alec.
there is a concept in design where you should never try for 100% perfection because it is not humanly possible and thus all flaws are equally visible however if you leave one thing that stands out as part of the design then it draws the eye and the minor imperfections go unnoticed
You crack me up man! I'm sure your overflowed with suggestions, but here's a couple more I would love to see you make anyway: Gurkha kukri; gladius. Not nearly as intricate as a rapier or kris dagger, but cool blades.
You're a pro Alec Steele! You're no noob!
Some advice Alec put your gastanks outside for your safety .nice video 👍. Pat from Belgium 🔨
Ah, that frustration. Could be worse... could be raining in the shop..
Just a tiny but of methodology and machining skills added to your skills will add so much to your work and stop u from screwing up and redoing your work
Who is your camera person and editor?
These people are supporting you so well, especially video editing, sound mixing and selecting BGM (sync with hammer blow), wonderful teamwork
I would have absolutely lost it if I had that much trouble doing something. Nice patience! Haha
Great progress Alec...why don't you make a horizontal quenching tub for the bigger projects.. that would've saved you a lot of trouble with the rapier.
Sooo.......you can’t wait to start on another kris? 🤯😂👍🤙
You’re a riot, Alec !!! Hammer on dude. 🔨
Extraordinary presense of self, Alec, Il let yesterdays "not gonna post a video today" attitude slide, this time! 😃
If you haven't already Alec, you should make a new t-shirt with "when in doubt pound it out" with possibly a hammer striking an anvil. That would be really cool
I need to remind myself to like your videos man, I don't do that enough. thanks for the videos man!
Wow so much effort! But the video turned out great!
Anyone else catch him on Outrageous Acts of Science last night. Cool to see him on TV. :)
what is this "TV" thing you speak of?
I understand, I don't watch much TV but that is one show that I still find interesting.
I did and congratulations to him
Looking amazing! Remember to keep to your resolution and clean up! Just saw the surface grinder goop and wondering if it's sorted out or hiding in a corner :P
As a Glassblower, I use Oxy / propane torch, my second stage flame pops often when I get the fule ratios wrong as well. It makes me jump out of my seat.... and i know its coming!
Maybe a ceiling mounted projector would help you visualize your measurements while you work
Now you know how I feel when I braze on HVAC systems! Except I'm using acetylene
"Play with the fire throwing thing" love it
I was always told that if you’re not making mistakes, you’re not making anything. That being said, we always called re-work “The Twice is Right Show”.
Was bored till now!! Thank you!
You should do a scimitar next! That'd be lovely to also see in a damascus pattern
the torch is causing the problem alec its heating one side more then the other so when ya try and make it straight it cools warped remember the rapier
The very very first frame is awesome
This is the best ever thing on the internet!