Man that was a guy who didn't mess around, he seemed to be answering most questions before Alec finished asking them.

@JosephMcPhail

2 жыл бұрын

That's almost 40 years of experience.

@abrenos3744

2 жыл бұрын

that's why English are still impressive, their craftsman are amongst the best on the planet

@Mtbambeno

2 жыл бұрын

I would say he is a very busy guy that is used to answering questions from employees as well. He knows his business in more ways than one.

@greymoonz1

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, a show runned by 2 persons who got a incredible passion for their work... Damn that was enjoyable.

I love his passion, even 3 generations in you can see how much he lives for what he does. Also RIP his inbox after saying he needs more people to work in the foundry XD

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You 🇬🇧

@sathos

2 жыл бұрын

Haha one day of apprenticing will filter a lot of that - foundry is good, honest but really hot and hard work, I have every respect for these guys and the work they do!

@DesertFernweh

2 жыл бұрын

@@sathos for real. I have mad respect. Business that size you know they are averaging 12 hours days and those are hard hours. You have to be passionate and a little crazy. Still I wouldn't mind giving it a try. My middle age body might have some objections.

@timhyatt9185

2 жыл бұрын

it's definitely "blue collar work".....the kind of job you need a shower when you get home. but it's the kind of work that BUILDS things...it's a foundation trade that lets all the rest of industry do it's thing. Definately a job to be proud of. If the pay is decent, and all that, it would be a good trade to have...

@Dr_Monitor

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I'll work there if I can get a work visa to live and work in the UK.

If you're making a series out of this kind of thing, you should come and visit the John Taylor bell foundry in loughborough, working from the Loughborough site since 1859, its the oldest bell foundry that still operates to this day! They've cast some of the largest bells in the UK, inculding the 'Great Paul', the heaviest chruch bell in the UK. They also do a great tour of the site for general public! Would be good for them to get a bit more publicity as they’re having to restore some of the building as it’s started deteriorating, and as it’s a grade 2 building, it’s going to be a difficult and costly repair.

@strafehelix

2 жыл бұрын

well he said episode i'm sure they'll be more also vie been to the John Taylor Bell foundry Unfortunately didn't think of them until now for work experience

@natsterjam

2 жыл бұрын

Would love to see that! Sounds brilliant.

@Ben-uj6qk

2 жыл бұрын

I was just going to say that! I'm a bell ringer myself. It's clever how they do it with clay and a alloy of tin and bronze. Everything is also super size so the crucibles are massive, the furnaces are massive. They often cast bells over 300kg up to 3 tons to it's pretty big stuff!

@joelaw728

2 жыл бұрын

I live less that 2hr from Loughborough, definitely going to go there

@markchisholm2657

2 жыл бұрын

And of course even more famously the 'Hells Bell' for ACDC.

Thanks for coming to our foundry Alec, it was great to meet you.

@ilovemyidevice

2 жыл бұрын

@Yo ming That's my Dad. Very passionate about the industry :)

@SoulDelSol

2 жыл бұрын

@@ilovemyidevice your dad seems like a good man! 👍

@victoriaeads6126

Жыл бұрын

You guys have an amazing setup! If I lived in the UK I would absolutely ask to come visit. Maybe one day......

BIG Thank You to East Coast Casting Co. or allowing us to take a virtual tour of their facility.

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

@@Google-McGoogle Your welcome’ Hopefully more to come 👍🏻🇬🇧

Very cool, I bet these guys were stoked to have someone touring who actually knows a bit about their trade. Keep em coming!

@rattymahatty8456

2 жыл бұрын

It was nice to see some mutual appreciation.. 😃

@lordsathariel4384

2 жыл бұрын

my grandfather was a engineer for 50 years a bit more round about but when i was getting in to small scale casting and smithing he said most committed people he has worked with are foundry workers and smiths who make and repair tools like he knew a guy who would cast all the replacement parts and tools for his whole workplace which means he casted from what i can gather lathe parts standard handheld tools motor's and all sorts it's insane what some of these people can make I can cast a ring they can cast a goddam bottom half of a car and wind turbine it's a mad difference in scale gotta respect them cus if i make a mistake al burn a workshop down or myself if they do well danm i wouldn't wanna get touched by that 60kilo molten metal gotta have nerves for a job like that

I'll bet Alec was also a very rewarding person to show around as he's just as keen. The passion and interest from both of them was so clear. Great to see two people so invested in their field

Amazing video! Would love to see more like this.

@kacperp1036

2 жыл бұрын

Yoo make and create my guy Love the stuff you make

@AndiNewtonian

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@Jamz306

2 жыл бұрын

I could have easily have watched an hour long video of this place. Really fascinating! That guy really knew his stuff!

@TomFerguson1

2 жыл бұрын

Would love more Videos like this but he will split it up into a 10 video series 😆

@goldcd

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Seemed odd that a foundry would have instagram - but then I've been happily watching blacksmithing on youtube. I guess next week it'll be ship building on TikTok - I look forward to it.

I feel the owner was excited cause Alec was able to have intelligent conversations about all situations and showings. This makes for good content, it shows the connections between two people that enjoy the same things, great video

I worked at an aluminium factory some years back. Made car parts for Mercedes, Ferrari, Rolls and others. I was in the sand core mold department, so unfortunately I never actually got to witness the pouring of the alu. Made the sand cores, sent them off to casting, got them back later in the day and put them in "The Vibrator" to shake out the sand before sending them off to grinding. Was hella work. Mad restecp to these lads!

I love the older guys enthusiasm even after 37 years doing it

@jerod5636

2 жыл бұрын

You want to see any crusty bastard on any job light up? Show a genuine interest in their work and an appreciation for what they do. It might take a while but in my experience they always come around, no matter the trade.

This is one of the many reasons why I like watching your channel Alec. I am very interested in blacksmithing but I work in a foundry. I work at Charter Steel in the USA, we make high quality steel mostly for automotive, aircraft and more. Our mill does 60 tons an hour through the melting division.

Man love how excited the gent was to show you and how informative he was. Made it easier that Alec had some knowledge and could translate a bit to simple terms. Glad his viewers also have some knowledge too! Good video man. Love from Cali city folk.

I pour metal for a living as well. Different alloys but I love seeing how other places melt and pour.

This is a wonderful episode. My grandfather used to own a large tool and die shop in Wisconsin. This episode brings me back to my childhood. Metal has been in our blood for three generations. It is stuff like this that excites and motivates myself to continue the practice in the media I have come to respect and cherish. Thank you Mr. Steele

@johnhobson9165

2 жыл бұрын

Many years ago, I worked at a small foundry in Oshkosh. This video brought me right back there.

@josephgarza8062

2 жыл бұрын

Having metal in your blood has to be incredibly painful.

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

👍🏻🇬🇧

@samuelmartin865

2 жыл бұрын

As a Wisconsin born, third gen handcraft hobbyist, this comment brought me great joy.

@meanderriver347

2 жыл бұрын

Feels great seeing this stuff around, just about to finish college in a couple months and I'm on the lookout for jobs in the casting industry in Wisconsin/ Midwest. Sounds like I'm the fresh blood they're looking for to keep this amazing industry strong!

I love videos like this where the point of the video isnt to be in front of the camera but instead its two peers, for lack of a better word, just talking shop and getting into the super niche and technical stuff what just goes completely over my head

I love how excited he got when Alec knew answers he didn't expect Alec to know lol

@adrianreyes3864

2 жыл бұрын

The guy seemed thrilled that Alec answered correctly on why is there a sand on the floor. Lol

I love how Alec is kind of in front of the man showing him stuff and he's touching things and opening door and just barely able to contain himself. It's like he got his own golden ticket to Wanka's chocolate factory... Lucky bastard 🤤

@timhyatt9185

2 жыл бұрын

if you're blacksmith, there are few things you'dlikely find more interesting than foundry work. pile a bunch of different bits of metal, melt them down, then make something useful out of it; it really is almost like alchemy in a way.

Great to see a local norfolk business doing highly skilled stuff👍

I used to work for a company that had an aluminum foundry on site. Whenever I had spare time I was over there watching molds be cast or metal poured. Love it!

I've been pouring metal for almost a decade now and still am taken aback by how mesmerizingly beautiful it can be. Seeing metal being poured should be on a lot of bucket lists.

Honestly probably my favorite video on your channel. The amount of living history there is incredible.

This gentleman not only knows his STUFF, his well-earned family pride also shows clearly. I love learning about places like this. I truly hope that his descendants are still giving tours like this in another 100 or 200 years!

Love it Love it Love it We need more of this. It's so desperately sad that we losing so much of these skills in the UK. East Coast casting are to be congratulated for getting new blood into the industry.

Great tour Alec, thanks for sharing. Cool kettle bells in the back ground at 4:00.

Been driving past this amazing place for 15 years and never new what an amazing place it was. Massive respect to them and Alec for showing it to the world!

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You 🇬🇧

This was so dang cool! It's always incredible getting to watch someone who has been practicing a trade for decades talk about what they do, but my favorite thing was definitely how excited he got every time Alec figured out how/why something was done.

Promoting a British steel foundry, this is what built Britain in the industrial revolution, and now, it will rebuild Britain again. Thanks, great vid.

This type of compagnies makes Great Britain Great!!

I loved that Chris the boss was so excited to talk about the Business. it made it easier for him because Alec has an understanding of metal and the enthusiasm that both of them had gave a great Video

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your message 🇬🇧👌🏼

My high school had a foundry and have made many a thing or two. Made a brass billet and turned it into a cannon with a 3/8 bore that shot a steel ball bearing about 1/4 of a mile. Great fun!!!!!

This is absolutely one of the coolest videos I've seen on your channel. I do I.T. work for an Iron mine in southern Utah, so its really cool to see how all the materials are mined from the ground, crushed into a powder and then shipped off by train to foundry's and refineries like this to be made into actual metal. (: Neat stuff!

Brings me back to my internship for my bachelor of materials engineering, just in a similar size foundry. Great to see the passion and craftsmanship going on there!

do more of these like way more... this is a show id watch on tv everyday.

"We work hard, we play hard." *Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) plays*

I know about Alec Steele from his blacksmithing vides, but he really seems to be in his element as a presenter in this video. Simultaneously curious and informed, enthusiastic as well as reserved when the topic at hand demands it, he is quite engaging. I will go looking for more content like this. Great presentation!

As an apprentice turner in the late 60's, with my best friend and next door neighbour being an apprentice pattern maker, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pleased to see this fantastic foundry not only still in business after so long, but actually thriving. Well done to Chris too, for being very friendly and approachable - not aloof like some in such a specialised industry might be. Regards Mark in the UK

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You Mark’ Appreciate that’ 🇬🇧👍🏻

In 1978 I had an opportunity to work as a school leaver at a foundry near Stirling and to date it has been the most exciting and challenging job I've ever had. I loved and still love that experience.. This vid brought every chill, smile and memory back as clear as day. Thanks to you Chris and as always to you Alec for the entertainment

Some interviews on youtube with business owners can be awkward but you two work great together.

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

🇬🇧👍🏻🇺🇸

Fascinating place! Dominic Chinea made a video here too, casting parts for his Ranalah wheeling machines

Love to see a foundry! Good old "we know" we always use!

Man this takes me back to working in an aluminum foundry during college

Thats so cool that RR uses such a small shop for their manifolds

I'm not a tradesperson by any stretch of the imagination, nor a maker, but these videos are awesome!

@Illure

2 жыл бұрын

Hear hear You need to do more interview/visit of other people's business or shops. It's really cool to see people talk about their work and passion. You can tell the guy was really happy to talk to someone that is a business owner and works with metal.

Love this showcase of a backbone industrial processe, more please!

This made me happy! Worked in a small pattern shop in New York State in the 1970s, made patterns and coreboxes for iron, brass, and alumni(I)um foundries, did some aluminum & brass casting in our shop. Most patterns were made of gorgeous mahogany. All those businesses have been gone for decades.

This fella is so happy to speak to a young fella and share, I love it

This was a real blast from the past, a tool making apprenticeship with Ford, pattern shop, casting plant, fettling etc brings back fond memories of the skills and work of talented craftspersons. A great video, keep them coming. cheers

This is so cool! Amazing to see talented craftsmen like this is still in existence.

This was fantastic to see! Glad you went literally to the route of your craft

East Coast Casting, thank you for introducing us, I enjoyed the video immensely, I do miss your old way videos but I realize you've become so busy.

so cool to see people who know what they're doing. greetings from Sweden

I work in a foundry in stoke called Goodwin steel castings, we do castings up to 50 tonne, I primarily do dimensional inspection and pattern making

As someone who has worked in the iron foundry business for over a decade, it's always interesting to see other foundries. There are a few differences, but a lot of similarities in what we do. Keep up the good work!

@mattc3152

Жыл бұрын

Where do you work?

Such a nice humble guy that's excited about what he does. Love it. You can tell he loves what he does. Very cool fellas

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

Great video and what a tour guide! Loved his personality and obvious love for what he does. Pride in one’s work is a vanishing art.

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You 🙏🏻

"Manifolds for Rolls-Royce Phantom" easy as kiss my hand. Next! So much wow.

It was great to see what some of us do as a hobby but on a mass industrial scale 👍👍

The fact they do castings for Cosworth is incredible, They would only use the best of the best!

I just love how the two are just vibing together about this topic! Really cool

My Grandpa was a Master Mould Maker in Birmingham, during WW!!. He finished work then fought fires at night and rescued people from the Blitz.

Welcome to my workshop 😜

@Hellsong89

2 жыл бұрын

Not bad series really, going trough all the old school trades like casting etc and see how those have been modernized and what it takes. Really surprised they didnt have full protective gear, but guess they pre heat their molds and dont have problem with steam exploding molds.

Never hesitate to film a tour to any of such sights. This type of content usually does really well.

Amazing foundry, I loved this tour. You sometimes forget we still have these fantastic skills in this country.

Businesses like this make me so happy.

I work industrial maintenance and one of my joy is seeing the monstrous pieces of equipement mankind is able to make.

That is so awesome, looking into the behind the scenes of such an old industry is an incredible opportunity!

Foundries might be "old school", but where would we be without them... We often look past the starting point and focus on the end. Like Alec said, everybody drives a car, but nobody realizes the effort that goes into something like the casting, nor the machining...

This foundry and that guy were both amazing! Great to still this is still going going on in Britain 🇬🇧

nice to see another foundry as a foundry (iron/ductile)worker

I once worked at a foundry in the Midwest, USA, and I wish the owner had this guys love of the work. If he did, I might have stayed! That's the type of business owner that keeps employees: he shows obvious love for his work and sincere enjoyment of his craft and his company's craft.

A power factor correction unit is more about maintaining the power quality that they are pulling from the grid not about storing energy... this is needed to protect all their equipment and keep their grid safe

@ShalomBrother

2 жыл бұрын

It also saves a hell of a lot of money on the electric bill!

@asdqwe4468

2 жыл бұрын

It's about them having inductive loads. Industrial customers are usually charged for the reactive power they draw from the grid. Reactive power is necessary. In a way he's right in saying they store the energy. But it's stored for a short time. Because reactive power doesn't get converted to heat, it's flowing back and forth between the load and the grid during every cycle. To keep stress from the grid you add a capacitor bank (that's variable according to your load). This way the grid provides the real power while the reactive power oscillates between your capacitor and your inductor.

@johnnycahill8283

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry just posted above .ya pf is for the energy supplier as if they have poor pf then it costs the supplier more to produce it

Fantastic! My dad used to work in the John Williams foundry in Cardiff until it closed. This brought back a lot of memories

Love the casting process, and its all here, waterglass and co2 moulds, pattern making, thats what my grandad did, , draft, sand on the floor, dont pour over bare concrete it can pop. de-gassing aluminium,What an amazing libary of patterns. . Lived near Keighley in W Yorkshire for a while, Metcalfe Castings cast my clock bob with type metal from a local scrapyard after my attempt split the mould, didn't weight it enough. That was a real pleasure to see around East Coast Castings, a UK company making high end precision parts. Wind turbine gear boxes ?

Promoting British business and making a really interesting video at the same time? More like this please!

I always get excited to hear the good old Norfolk accent, that is very dear to my heart, on a channel with 2.3 million subs, many of whom are across the globe. Its incredibly unique and many, including experienced actors, struggle to nail it down!

This is a genuinely cool video! Thanks for arranging to take us along with you, and huge thanks to the guys at the foundry for allowing Alec to bring us along! Also, really cool to see the interaction between Alec and the owner. Really respectful discourse!

for any one interested in the truly epic vies and English wheel... look at lambco machinery, and yes that IS the biggest production vice ever made

Brilliant! Great to know there are people with real passion for the work.

Thanks for showing this. Imagine a similar operation prior to induction furnaces!

Me: wonders why Alec visits a foundry Also me: Ah he's wanting a custom made anvil How long will it take for Alec to make a pattern and have it cast?

@fredvanbuskirk7096

2 жыл бұрын

Or maybe a vise

@Broadpaw_Fox

2 жыл бұрын

You must be sorta new here... He did the run of Alec Steele anvils last year. They sold out very quickly... 😀 **edited because autoderp** why it thought 'sorta' should have been "sleepy' I'll never know...

@rx323bug

2 жыл бұрын

36 part series 😂

@hanelyp1

2 жыл бұрын

@@fredvanbuskirk7096 An anvil with attached vice. :)

@Bridgercraft

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps a UK based source of the Alec Steele Anvils? So those of us in the UK can actually buy them? Nudge nudge, wink wink.

Thank god for young men like Alec.

@UkDave3856

2 жыл бұрын

I'd rather thank his parents for doing a great job in raising him

@joshuagibson2520

2 жыл бұрын

@@UkDave3856 very good point.

2:15 That's a bit not how PFC works, but yeah it's great for energy efficiency (:

I think that was Blacksheep's vice pattern! Only person I know who has stuff that large cast in the UK!

Thanks Alec, that was an awesome tour of their setup!

Back in the 70s I was employed at a foundry that could melt 40 tons of iron in an hour! two water cooled hot blast cupola furnaces continuously tapped into hot metal receivers . Of course being in the UK it no longer exists!! I'm very impressed by the fact that the owner looks very 'hands on'.

Thankyou so much for this Alec and for putting the spotlight on a company like this - truly giving back to the crafters that keep everything going

What a great old foundry! Its nice to see places like this still in business for such a long time! Thanks for sharing, Alec! I live about 5 miles from Nucor steal plant in the USA. I can hear their induction coils ramping up power at night. And see the awesome glow in the sky and clouds when they pour the steal. I guess they have a smaller foundry close by, now they make specialty high tech metals. Might be Aerospace stuff?

Woohoo! Traditional casting! Beautiful!

We need more of this. Content like this is a breath of fresh air compared to your last years worth of videos imo

Need to get a tv show going, similar to dirty jobs but focused on makers! Make it happen man!

Your enthusiasm was contagious! Would love to see more off site tours!

id be so proud to make parts for cosworth. so awesome.

This kind of industry is what made our country (UK) great....and our methods of production were adopted by the world, Don't let our country's heritage die, support it and promote wherever possible....love these heritage videos Alec keep them coming.

Fantastic little brake from your workshop to visit a very similar trade! Loved every second!! Great content, thank you Alec for taking us around a little know craft!! 👍🏻👍🏻

Alec, if your interested in foundries, there's one in Sutter Creek, California, an old Gold Rush town, that is the LAST WATER POWERED iron foundry in America, Knight Foundry. It's history is absolutely amazing, and they are totally worth checking out!

This was very nice. I love Chris' laidback yet professional attitude here. Would be cool seeing more such videos about things related to your craft.

@eastcoastcastings

2 жыл бұрын

Thank You

I would love to see some aluminum casting done. This stuff so interesting. I recently watched a guy and his son making anvils in Australia. It's just like this shop, and also family run

Nice to see a video with substance to it again.

This was truly an incredible video Alec. Thank you for giving us this look into this foundry operation. I would love to see more.