I don’t understand the lack of views. I haven’t missed one of your videos in years. Every one is a unique gift to the internet filled with practical information. Thanks Tom for keeping them coming. Joel......
So far the BEST entry into Project Egress... "REAL" machine work... I watched some of the NYC CNC work too, but the million people 3D printing or 3D Print and Casting the same parts... or making them from wood etc... I understand but I kinda like seeing someone actually BUILD TO PRINT... Now if I could just get customers to provide a print!
I watch everything single video you put out! I can’t do anything about others though! I wish you would put out more, even if you think it’s boring, let us decide. I personally hate hearing “I did that off camera”!
Maybe because it's summer people are busy doing other thing also RUclips not pushing certain content seems if your not some hipster driving a Lambo yer not in the line up
That's also why they probably made simplified drawings for all the creators and each part they had to do. Oxtoolco and NYC CNC probably got the two most complicated (simplified) assembly of the project. The other option that would have been ok also. would have been to use original drawings for the parts and looking on who would use the real deal drawings and who would have simplified version drawings.
I've really been enjoying this series of videos. That blueprint is really cool. We still use some blueprints that were hand drawn originally. We just use a digital copy now a days. But its cool to think about the people who originally engineered and drew them. I work in the aerospace industry. The company I work for manufactured over 120 different components for the Apollo program. Also Tom, both you and Adam Booth were a huge inspiration for me to go back to school and start a career as a machinist. It's truly changed my life for the better. Thank you.
Tom, Tony and NYC CNC really were the best parts tbh. the 3D Printed Plastic Parts just looked wrong imo. I get what they wanted to achieve with the project though...
@@billlewis9740 i wonder why they didn't reach out to NASA to get more accurate drawings, instead of reverse engineering everything. The 3d printed and resin cast parts probably weren't that accurate either
In the mid 1960s I worked in the instrumentation/telemetry "outside contractor" shop at the High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. I would occasionally fill in on some test runs for the track-side telemetry shop, and was involved in the onboard VMS (velocity measuring system) telemetry for some of the Apollo guidance system tests.
There are four channels I never miss a video from. oxtoolco, Abom79, AVE, and Tubalcain. I am a retired military guy with some chinesium machine tools that I use for my own hobby work, but you have taught me a lot.
Sorry if these aren't putting up the numbers you hoped for; I personally love these videos and I think this is some of your best content yet. Thanks Tom!
Tom, I really appreciate that you made your parts to match the originals as best you could with proper materials and likely era correct manual methods. I saw some other contributors that just faked them and or 3d printed them. That is not interesting nor cool to me. I think your parts are the most respectful and honorable to the history of the program. Thanks again.
That assembly drawing takes me back to the early '80's, when I used to draw & letter blueprints by hand. A few years later, I was using CAD, was a hell of a lot more productive in my work, but felt only a fraction of the satisfaction
Spent years in a drawing office myself and we took pride in our lettering too. CAD put an end to that so I went back to getting my hands dirty in the machine shop again, never regretted it.
Tom, please keep posting this series of videos, even if the weenies, uh, masses, don't watch them. All of your videos are extremely interesting and educational. If I knew only as much as you've forgotten about machining, I'd still be way ahead. :)
You went mad scientist on this part !!! Other ppl made parts out of wood,3D printed, plastic ect. Not Tom !! His part is capable of actually going to space !!! You took this project on like a NASA employee !!
Thanks for sharing. RUclips keeps changing stuff maybe could be them not us. Personally I work in the oilfield and can’t always view (stream videos) till I’m home. The normal time is two weeks on one week off. I really enjoy your channel and your approach on work , measuring , drafting and explanations on working from drawings. All of witch helps in my job, witch is fixing people’s screw ups in drill a big long hole in the ground. Did I mention if someone really screws up bad we all die here. It takes up to 6 hours for the cuttings to come to surface. A team of people analyze the chips another group analyze the drilling fluids
What I expect out of an oxtool video: 1. Some file work. I try to guess early in the video where the file will be used. Nailed it at 'this is the part we are going to make...'. 2. New knowledge/techniques. This time: bronze wool for plastic. ... If I could only watch one contributor it would be: Tom at OxTools! Thank you!
And rightfully so you should be very proud to have an offering in Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on permanent display!!! Can't think of a more deserving and qualified individual!
I would guess it's the thumbnail being the same other than the text. I had to do a second look to see if it was a new episode myself. Just a thought Tom. Referring to the lack of views on the last video. Thanks for sharing
I watch everything, Tom, you're easily my favorite YT machinist. I will say, the upload schedule for the last couple years has been pretty sporadic, a drop in traffic should be expected. I see it happen with a lot of channels.
I watched Adam's video of the assembly of the egress hatch. Your sub-assembly was on a very short list of flyably parts. Kudos for the great machining and documenting it.
Hi Tom, your videos are fantastic and have inspired my own foray into metal work. I knew nothing before and through your instruction, I am creating things I am proud of. The thing is, we have all been missing you! I think your viewer numbers are down because it feels like you have lost interest. I used to really look forward to your next video, but now I am not even looking for it because it is so long between uploads. It is a fantastic surprise when they are posted, but I think we are all just hoping to see more of you. Cheers, Al. P.S. this is not criticism, this is a huge fan wanting more!
Very nice work there. I have not missed a single video since your beginning, they are all great. I watch some more than once, very educational and entertaning. Thank you so much for the effort you put into them. Please don't stay gone so long. I really miss the every week videos. I know you are a busy man. Thanks again.. Richard - Spartanburg, S.C.
Most excellent. A lot of the ways I'd do the work is the same. I like the use of the markie. New stuff. Learned an awful lot from you. Thanks for the info.
In space... you have to shut the hatch correctly, wearing suits with not so flexible glove fingers. Or you don't get home. The gloves would have been designed & made & fitted & tested. Then the plastic knobs / hand grips etc., specified & made to 1 thou. to fit the gloves perfectly. Similarly the crank leverages. Apollo was the zenith of human centred design.
I think youtube is having issues, Tom. I have the bell selected for your channel and I was not notified about the last two videos. Now that I've found them - binge watch.
The drawings for the space shuttle orbiters, particularly the thermal tile installation drawings are J sized and drawn in pencil. I had the opportunity to do some lettering and drawing on some EOs or Engineering Orders as late as 2003. They are works of art in my view.
Had to chuckle at your admonition about lack of views to the guys who are viewing. Preaching to the choir Tom! 😎 I’ve been waiting for your next installment. I was beginning to think you were following the Clickspring model and dribbling the installments out once a year. BTW, I am looking forward to traveling up to DC soon to see Project Egress on display at the Air and Space Museum. Cheers, Scott
I love the way you went above and beyond to make the assembly to NASA specs. Such a pity that other parts spoiled the finished look of the door by being made out of wood and plastic. I'm not denying that the other makers have skills, but this project should have only been open the machinists like you.
Tom, maybe it's a small part, but still it's an important part. Even if they simplified the drawings, they had some tolerance issues when they assembled some of the parts.
Hmm, it's this video: ruclips.net/video/3jdF1yVBWdc/видео.html from memory it's somewhere around 1/4 of the way in and somebody mentions it more towards the end. But it's a bit too much effort for me to go on searching through that video right now :P
@@tomb7704 11:05 I just watched it. but I only heard them talk about the part once? I guess I missed it. But there's a nice article about Tom and this project here: www.tested.com/art/makers/885934-meet-makers-tom-lipton/
I had the continuous chip problem with PVC. Got a vacuum cleaner close to the cut. It just sucks the chip away. No birds nest and you can see the part.
Could you use a 'wire' (as in thread wire gauge only much bigger ...) - you would need to calculate the radius and make one up. It would fir up against the radius of the knob, and using your calculation, you could mike or caliper it - just a thought ...
Beings back memories of lots of one off plastic parts and miles of stringy junk getting in the way. Very nice piece. I wonder how many of these parts were originally made. Thanks!
Sorry the last video didn't perform so well. I watch every one... I've learned a TON from your content so thank you from this virtual apprentice from central IL. (probably slow because most trade guys are pretty busy these days). Samuel Taylor is right... don't do it off camera! even if you're doing something out of my league it's very informative to see how you approach problems that are in front of you.
i still wonder why they didn't get more proper machinists to join egress. would've been nice to have a few more precision parts. I think they missed out on some great parts by not getting guys like Abom, Keith Fenner, AvE and Edge Precision
I believe that the viewership is lower because the project is finished and most of the other makers have long since uploaded all of their videos. Maybe make fewer but longer videos.
I liked how your part was actually functional. But I wonder how tough it would be to operate that valve wearing spacesuit gloves. Seems like a bit on the small side.
The whole capsule was a bit on the small side. There is a reason that astronauts were limited to 5 foot 9 (as best I recall) in that era. I would have trouble getting thru that hatch with my street clothes on, much less a very bulky space suit of the era.
Very nice and satisfying to watch, Tom. What was the original material called out for the part? Monday-morning quarterbacking, but I'd be concerned with that little knob being a single point of failure for opening the hatch; if it melted or got ripped off in excitement you'd have to remove gloves and/or get some tools to retract the pin.
I think that Tom may have developed some reservations about his association with this "effort" due to the participation of some low-skill level contributors. Adam Savage always looks like he just woke up from a stupor about ten minutes prior.
I was feeling the same way. Comparing Tom's parts crafted to the plans using the right materials to many of the other parts seemed unreal, like a craftsman compared to a hacker.
Hi Tom, you mentioned views being down on the last video. I think I might have an idea why that is. All the egress videos have the same thumbnail image, so when some of the viewers see it they’re like oh, we’ve seen that! Without looking at the number of the episode. I would suggest putting up a different thumbnail for every video. For example a shot of the machined part or an interesting frame from within the video. Hope this helps, best wishes from Belgium!
I don’t understand the lack of views. I haven’t missed one of your videos in years. Every one is a unique gift to the internet filled with practical information. Thanks Tom for keeping them coming. Joel......
I agree with you; however, it seems the RUclips algorithm rewards consistent uploads otherwise, views suffer.
So far the BEST entry into Project Egress... "REAL" machine work... I watched some of the NYC CNC work too, but the million people 3D printing or 3D Print and Casting the same parts... or making them from wood etc... I understand but I kinda like seeing someone actually BUILD TO PRINT... Now if I could just get customers to provide a print!
I watch everything single video you put out! I can’t do anything about others though! I wish you would put out more, even if you think it’s boring, let us decide. I personally hate hearing “I did that off camera”!
Maybe because it's summer people are busy doing other thing also RUclips not pushing certain content seems if your not some hipster driving a Lambo yer not in the line up
Samuel, I agree,
@@pbmachines972 It's not summer in New Zealand, so I'm quite happy to stay home and watch Tom's videos ... :-)
This is insane how your part is way more complex than most of the other ones. A real testament to your skill.
I noticed that too. They obviously put some thought into who could handle such a complicated part.
That's also why they probably made simplified drawings for all the creators and each part they had to do.
Oxtoolco and NYC CNC probably got the two most complicated (simplified) assembly of the project. The other option that would have been ok also. would have been to use original drawings for the parts and looking on who would use the real deal drawings and who would have simplified version drawings.
I've really been enjoying this series of videos. That blueprint is really cool. We still use some blueprints that were hand drawn originally. We just use a digital copy now a days. But its cool to think about the people who originally engineered and drew them. I work in the aerospace industry. The company I work for manufactured over 120 different components for the Apollo program. Also Tom, both you and Adam Booth were a huge inspiration for me to go back to school and start a career as a machinist. It's truly changed my life for the better. Thank you.
I watched the assembly video on Tested, your parts are the most beautiful!
This is exactly what I was going to say.
Tom's part fit without any fudging.
Adam really liked the valve too. Tom and Tony's parts looked so much better than all the 3D printed stuff.
Tom, Tony and NYC CNC really were the best parts tbh. the 3D Printed Plastic Parts just looked wrong imo. I get what they wanted to achieve with the project though...
@@billlewis9740 i wonder why they didn't reach out to NASA to get more accurate drawings, instead of reverse engineering everything. The 3d printed and resin cast parts probably weren't that accurate either
Been waiting for another video Tom. Thank you for teaching me a tremendous amount Sir. You are a valuable asset to this community
Well said HEADDYNAMICS
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In the mid 1960s I worked in the instrumentation/telemetry "outside contractor" shop at the High Speed Test Track at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico. I would occasionally fill in on some test runs for the track-side telemetry shop, and was involved in the onboard VMS (velocity measuring system) telemetry for some of the Apollo guidance system tests.
Robert Bailey that’s very cool you got to do and see all that! 👍
There are four channels I never miss a video from. oxtoolco, Abom79, AVE, and Tubalcain. I am a retired military guy with some chinesium machine tools that I use for my own hobby work, but you have taught me a lot.
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@@michaelmiller3648 Completely agree
Sorry if these aren't putting up the numbers you hoped for; I personally love these videos and I think this is some of your best content yet. Thanks Tom!
Tom, I really appreciate that you made your parts to match the originals as best you could with proper materials and likely era correct manual methods. I saw some other contributors that just faked them and or 3d printed them. That is not interesting nor cool to me. I think your parts are the most respectful and honorable to the history of the program. Thanks again.
That assembly drawing takes me back to the early '80's, when I used to draw & letter blueprints by hand.
A few years later, I was using CAD, was a hell of a lot more productive in my work, but felt only a fraction of the satisfaction
Spent years in a drawing office myself and we took pride in our lettering too. CAD put an end to that so I went back to getting my hands dirty in the machine shop again, never regretted it.
Tom, please keep posting this series of videos, even if the weenies, uh, masses, don't watch them. All of your videos are extremely interesting and educational. If I knew only as much as you've forgotten about machining, I'd still be way ahead. :)
You went mad scientist on this part !!! Other ppl made parts out of wood,3D printed, plastic ect.
Not Tom !! His part is capable of actually going to space !!!
You took this project on like a NASA employee !!
Thanks for sharing. RUclips keeps changing stuff maybe could be them not us. Personally I work in the oilfield and can’t always view (stream videos) till I’m home. The normal time is two weeks on one week off. I really enjoy your channel and your approach on work , measuring , drafting and explanations on working from drawings. All of witch helps in my job, witch is fixing people’s screw ups in drill a big long hole in the ground. Did I mention if someone really screws up bad we all die here. It takes up to 6 hours for the cuttings to come to surface. A team of people analyze the chips another group analyze the drilling fluids
What I expect out of an oxtool video: 1. Some file work. I try to guess early in the video where the file will be used. Nailed it at 'this is the part we are going to make...'. 2. New knowledge/techniques. This time: bronze wool for plastic. ... If I could only watch one contributor it would be: Tom at OxTools! Thank you!
Your part was the crown jewel in this assembly.
I always love seeing the form tools in action and of course your attention to fine detail and top notch craftsmanship.
the care and attention you are showing to the details of these parts is magnificent.
I missed you so much these past weeks. Please more videos. I love them all. They sure loved your build on Egress and I did too.
And rightfully so you should be very proud to have an offering in Smithsonian Air and Space Museum on permanent display!!!
Can't think of a more deserving and qualified individual!
I would guess it's the thumbnail being the same other than the text. I had to do a second look to see if it was a new episode myself. Just a thought Tom. Referring to the lack of views on the last video.
Thanks for sharing
I agree!! I was just about to post this sentiment. Let's see some beauty shots of these beautiful pieces!
Fancy seeing you here Steve
Adam could NOT get over your piece.
I watch everything, Tom, you're easily my favorite YT machinist. I will say, the upload schedule for the last couple years has been pretty sporadic, a drop in traffic should be expected. I see it happen with a lot of channels.
I watched Adam's video of the assembly of the egress hatch. Your sub-assembly was on a very short list of flyably parts. Kudos for the great machining and documenting it.
Super clever method of using the parting tool to set a known diameter. As always, learned something new. Thanks Tom!
Nice work Tom. Love the color.
Hi Tom, your videos are fantastic and have inspired my own foray into metal work. I knew nothing before and through your instruction, I am creating things I am proud of. The thing is, we have all been missing you! I think your viewer numbers are down because it feels like you have lost interest. I used to really look forward to your next video, but now I am not even looking for it because it is so long between uploads. It is a fantastic surprise when they are posted, but I think we are all just hoping to see more of you. Cheers, Al. P.S. this is not criticism, this is a huge fan wanting more!
Very nice work there. I have not missed a single video since your beginning, they are all great. I watch some more than once, very educational and entertaning. Thank you so much for the effort you put into them. Please don't stay gone so long. I really miss the every week videos. I know you are a busy man. Thanks again.. Richard - Spartanburg, S.C.
I appreciate the amount of care you put into simple parts like this
Have watched each episode multiple times.
Definitely in a league of it's own. Well played Tom.
The finished [complete] piece is just so damned beautiful for some reason. I want one. Dont know why but I do.
It kills me that you don't get more views! Your knowledge and skills are so fun to watch! Can't wait to see the rest of the videos on this assembly
Most excellent. A lot of the ways I'd do the work is the same. I like the use of the markie. New stuff. Learned an awful lot from you. Thanks for the info.
I wish they would do another "Project xxx" but with the docking probe. I have always been fascinated with that piece of hardware
I love the precision work, even on the simplest thing like a plastic knob.
In space... you have to shut the hatch correctly, wearing suits with not so flexible glove fingers. Or you don't get home. The gloves would have been designed & made & fitted & tested. Then the plastic knobs / hand grips etc., specified & made to 1 thou. to fit the gloves perfectly. Similarly the crank leverages. Apollo was the zenith of human centred design.
I think youtube is having issues, Tom. I have the bell selected for your channel and I was not notified about the last two videos. Now that I've found them - binge watch.
Nice work Tom. J size brings back memories of table cloth sized drawings!
Crazy to imagine, I have my office plastered in D size drawings and I thought they were big!
The drawings for the space shuttle orbiters, particularly the thermal tile installation drawings are J sized and drawn in pencil. I had the opportunity to do some lettering and drawing on some EOs or Engineering Orders as late as 2003. They are works of art in my view.
23 minutes gone by in a flash! Lovely work.
I enjoy all of your videos Tom. I'm inspired to try my hand at learning machining in my home shop, which is currently under construction.
That drawing is a work of art. Well done hand drawings are a pleasure to use.
Great attention to detail Tom
Had to chuckle at your admonition about lack of views to the guys who are viewing. Preaching to the choir Tom! 😎
I’ve been waiting for your next installment. I was beginning to think you were following the Clickspring model and dribbling the installments out once a year.
BTW, I am looking forward to traveling up to DC soon to see Project Egress on display at the Air and Space Museum.
Cheers,
Scott
Simply amazing , thanks Tom
I love the way you went above and beyond to make the assembly to NASA specs. Such a pity that other parts spoiled the finished look of the door by being made out of wood and plastic. I'm not denying that the other makers have skills, but this project should have only been open the machinists like you.
good stuff. im only 43, so hard to relate to the moon landing, but the content in your video is gold! thanks heaps for another video
The power of the mind guiding matter towards a desired function . Thanks again, Tom.
Project Egress is the reason I found and subscribed to your channel. Thank you for making these videos enjoyable to watch.
I love watching you work!
Post more content. I've watched all your videos multiple times and have learned a tremendous amount from you. Thank you.
Tom, maybe it's a small part, but still it's an important part. Even if they simplified the drawings, they had some tolerance issues when they assembled some of the parts.
*As always, i so very much enjoy your humor and deft craftsmanship.*
Great series! Please keep sharing!
Adam seemed to be damned impressed.
Thanks for the video Tom your work is top notch. Too bad you didn't make the whole hatch! What an amazing series that would be
Excellent! I’m always learning from your videos. Love to see new stuff on your channel!
Nice job on the knob ! Cheers .
I like that on the recent Tested video the amazing quality of your part was called out twice :) great work!
Do you have the time stamps on the Tested video? Cheers
Hmm, it's this video: ruclips.net/video/3jdF1yVBWdc/видео.html from memory it's somewhere around 1/4 of the way in and somebody mentions it more towards the end. But it's a bit too much effort for me to go on searching through that video right now :P
@@tomb7704 11:05 I just watched it. but I only heard them talk about the part once? I guess I missed it. But there's a nice article about Tom and this project here: www.tested.com/art/makers/885934-meet-makers-tom-lipton/
Thanks for taking the time to reply, will check links
This is great! Awesome work on every part.
fascinating build and typical Lipton beautiful and skilled work
Love see your setups and approach.
great to watch a true craftsman do his thing!
I always enjoy your videos Tom, also liked your nice bio over on the Tested.com page for project Egress.
I love it. Thanks, Tom!
I had the continuous chip problem with PVC. Got a vacuum cleaner close to the cut. It just sucks the chip away. No birds nest and you can see the part.
Love the videos Tom please keep them coming
Thanks for the latest video in the series.
Adam said it's so well made it could go on the real thing.
Awesome work as always thank you
I love this series...more, please!
Beautiful work! Went back and watched part 3 must have missed the notification on it.
Always fun to watch you go about your work. Interesting project so far. I haven't watched the final assembly video yet.
Excellent video.
Adam Savage loved your part! Thanks for your vid.
Aaah, the Guru is back...
Could you use a 'wire' (as in thread wire gauge only much bigger ...) - you would need to calculate the radius and make one up. It would fir up against the radius of the knob, and using your calculation, you could mike or caliper it - just a thought ...
I had mechanical dawning in the 80's just think if that was going to be my major I would have to learned it twice
Great work as always, very enjoyable watching, thank you. Matty🇦🇺
Still watching all of the oxtoolco videos.
Beings back memories of lots of one off plastic parts and miles of stringy junk getting in the way. Very nice piece. I wonder how many of these parts were originally made. Thanks!
The master at work!
loved the video keep em coming
Tom what ever happened to the printing press project ??? Great video as always.
Very nice Tom, them finicky little parts can be a booger to deal with.
Nice work Tom, looks like your drill chuck is running out.
ATB, Robin
Thank you very much for your great videos Tom.
Can you or anyone else tell me where I can get the drawings you showed?
Sorry the last video didn't perform so well. I watch every one... I've learned a TON from your content so thank you from this virtual apprentice from central IL. (probably slow because most trade guys are pretty busy these days). Samuel Taylor is right... don't do it off camera! even if you're doing something out of my league it's very informative to see how you approach problems that are in front of you.
The drafters that made those drawings were real artists. They did it right because erasing was a pain compared to changes in CAD drawings done today.
That looks like a wilton vise similar to steve summers trashcan vise!
Nice detail.
Thanks for the video.
i still wonder why they didn't get more proper machinists to join egress. would've been nice to have a few more precision parts. I think they missed out on some great parts by not getting guys like Abom, Keith Fenner, AvE and Edge Precision
Yes AvE and his haas. I think the hatch woud look more like somthing serios without all those 3d printed parts, they just look like crap
I believe that the viewership is lower because the project is finished and most of the other makers have long since uploaded all of their videos. Maybe make fewer but longer videos.
I liked how your part was actually functional. But I wonder how tough it would be to operate that valve wearing spacesuit gloves. Seems like a bit on the small side.
The whole capsule was a bit on the small side. There is a reason that astronauts were limited to 5 foot 9 (as best I recall) in that era. I would have trouble getting thru that hatch with my street clothes on, much less a very bulky space suit of the era.
Very nice and satisfying to watch, Tom.
What was the original material called out for the part? Monday-morning quarterbacking, but I'd be concerned with that little knob being a single point of failure for opening the hatch; if it melted or got ripped off in excitement you'd have to remove gloves and/or get some tools to retract the pin.
I hope this episode is a more of a tasty treat that the last one
Tom, ru sure u no what a tasty treat is??
The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice
Finally another video of an another part
It was kinda disappointing that there was this, and then there were parts made out of particle wood with tolerance of +/- an inch.
I felt the same way. Some of it was rather shoddily constructed. Overall, a grade "C".
Absolutely. I wish others had taken this seriously.
I think that Tom may have developed some reservations about his association with this "effort" due to the participation of some low-skill level contributors. Adam Savage always looks like he just woke up from a stupor about ten minutes prior.
I was feeling the same way. Comparing Tom's parts crafted to the plans using the right materials to many of the other parts seemed unreal, like a craftsman compared to a hacker.
Ah, the same idea as participation point. We are all winners.
Thanks
Hi Tom, you mentioned views being down on the last video. I think I might have an idea why that is.
All the egress videos have the same thumbnail image, so when some of the viewers see it they’re like oh, we’ve seen that! Without looking at the number of the episode.
I would suggest putting up a different thumbnail for every video. For example a shot of the machined part or an interesting frame from within the video.
Hope this helps, best wishes from Belgium!