I clean the shop after every video - so once a month ;)

Have a video window in the corner at the end of every video that shows a montage of you cleaning the shop that day. It can run while you do your post video commentary on the main video window. If we don’t see it, you’re busted for not doing your 15 minute chore.

@horbolupoo3549

6 жыл бұрын

Great idea I agree

@spila123

6 жыл бұрын

Great idea.. I don't always watch the end commentary. That would help!

Alec I have some advise for you.After 15 ish years of working out of other people's shops I have learned a thing or too about keeping a clean work environment.I'm a racecar mechanic and the work we do is messy. I spend 30 minutes each night cleaning my area and cleaning my tools. If I don't the mess I come back too after a few days is unbearable. You just need to get in the mind set of, your workday is not over till you've cleaned up.Also one thing I've noticed. Your tool organization could use some work. I spend alpt of time trying to improve the efficiency of my tool storage. It makes it a lot easier to put things away when I'm done with them.I'm also a little ocd about not being able to fund a tool. So that's helps my motivation.

Hello Alec from Toronto! My son and I really enjoy your videos. You're teaching more than blacksmithing. You're showing younger viewers that with passion, hard work and creativity you can accomplish great things. Thank you for inspiring us to (finally) set our workspace and make something. Cheers.

Alec - I have a couple of mantras for keeping my workshop tidy - “don’t walk by it if it’s not where it should be” and “that’ll do won’t do” best as always Mic at Brechfa Knives

My favorite thing that you said during this video was "There's a reason they don't call this the welding channel." I laughed so hard when you said that, it actually brought tears to my eyes. Keep up the good work and I will continue to watch...and oh, by the way Alec, don't forget to clean up before you leave.

Oh my shop is a total disaster, which is your fault. You got me motivated to clean it up and reorganize everything. Well that tripped a complete remodel switch. Took everything out started building walls, adding in more electric, putting in more light and building cabinets and work benches. Yeah not done yet and all my equipment is outside.

@zombietalion4528

6 жыл бұрын

Maybe a quick tip for keeping neat. Get a tool cart with wheels u can drag around the shop with you, and fill it with common tools you normally use, so returning tools to thier spot, go right back in the cart as soon as your done using it. This way a quick sweep at the end is..... a quick sweep! 😜

@aaronwood3540

6 жыл бұрын

Not a bad idea but my shop isn't really big enough for that. What I was saying in my post was my shop is a complete mess because I decided to remodel it. After I get it back together there will be no need to carry tools around. There will be an area specific in design for certain types of work and all tools needed will be in their designated area. Forging, welding, wood working and mechanic area all under one roof.

@DanTheManIOM

3 жыл бұрын

Me too...after these videos, decided to re-org and move stuff around...hey, cans of lacquer thinner, after 15 years, they are empty !! WTH, why was I keeping them ?

i once had to drill 56 1 inch holes in the bottom of a beams in the cooling towers of a bitumen upgrader in northern Alberta with a mag drill. we didn't have a mag drill so i took my boss's hardhat, changed the name on it to mike hunt and went to the iron worker's tool crib to sign out their mag drill (i'm an electrician). i didn't sign it back in for a couple of days, so the iron workers were calling on the radio a lot looking for ummm, yeah you got it right?

@jonathanboschman1940

6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant.

+alecsteele you should use all the metal shavings and dust from grinding to make a billet and then forge a knife/sword out of it

@Shad0wBoxxer

6 жыл бұрын

dat boy orly ive been saying that for a while now!!!!

@fourkings7897

6 жыл бұрын

I've told him to do that, but he didn't listen..

@austinscurlock3093

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like a lot of people have said this. One day he might listen.

@ferretgubbins

6 жыл бұрын

Stupid question but wouldn't most of the dust and shavings be oxidised to hell and so not weldable?

@roadsidecopimnotgivingyoum3622

6 жыл бұрын

Please do this Alec

“How’d it get so messy?” ‘Drops broom handle on ground and does other stuff’

Hey Alec right before you explained the difference between the two types of welding I was actually wondering about it, so thank you!!

@jackbasstime6070

6 жыл бұрын

same

@garethlamb6923

6 жыл бұрын

I have done several types of welding, and I must tell you, stick is pretty annoying when you compare it to TIG or MIG, even OxyAcetylene in my opinion, but it is fun. I drew a Christmas tree using stick.

@domino52o26

6 жыл бұрын

Gareth Lamb Oh god, oxyfuel is the WORST...

@adamsv3810

6 жыл бұрын

im a welder by trade. stick and tig is where the money is. especially in pipe welding. ive used every process you can do by hand. stick is like the basic of basic.. ive welded cast iron,aluminum, iron, stainless, titanium, copper, brass, magnesium, pipe and structural all the way down to food grade stainless to high pressure lines. stick is as easy as it gets and is very versatile just like tig in a way. you can do hard surfacing, aluminum, stainless, cast, mild steel. but for me i love tig. love walking the cup on some ss pipe.

@domino52o26

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Stalnaker Oh man, that gorgeous coloring, prefect stacking ability, its just sweet welding stainless. I just started school not too long ago and I'm loving every bit of it.

Remember young sir, "A grinder and paint, makes a weldor what he ain't" LOL Cheers from Tokyo Japan!

@ewan_GTO

6 жыл бұрын

The Tokyo Craftsman lol so if it’s ugly looking just grind the crap out of it....

@wesclark4402

6 жыл бұрын

I learned that adage 55 years ago when I first started working in machine and fabrication shops.

@dmaifred

6 жыл бұрын

Cheers from Kyoto! (Ok just this week until I’m back in Western Australia and my workshop) :)

@shoonger001

4 жыл бұрын

@@ewan_GTO" if you gotta grind your welds then your a Grinder not a Welder... "

Alec, since you have a hard time making yourself keep up with small daily cleanups, maybe you can buckle down enough to do a weekly cleanup? Pick a day of the week, and every week, spend part of that day to do a cleanup. Spring Clean Sundays, maybe? Do a bit of cleanup, and spend the rest of the day on a small leisurely project that makes the workshop look nicer. Maybe every cleanup day you make another hanger to display a past project?

High Gloss paint would help keep the walls in the grinding room from having that dust stick. at the very least is would aid in dusting it off. Nice job. would go so. far as to say "Fantastic!"

What I used to have my guys do, is clean the job site and the trailer first thing in the a.m. No one wants to clean at the end of the day. So they're more apt to do it in the a.m., it gets you warmed up to work, and you still start the day with clean stuff.

Great message, Alec. At the custom guitar shop at which I used to work, the luthier and I would stop work 15 min before quitting time and clean up (well... I would clean up and he'd complete the day's paperwork). Great system to keeping a workshop tidy. Cheers!

That blurb at the beginning of your weld is long arcing. Shove that thing in there, as a dude from the U.S., that looked similar to a 7018 and you want to basically have the bottom corner of the flux touching the base of the metal and slowly drag it. Also the undercut can be controlled by the angle, and the heat so turn it down and give the stick a better angle.

I really enjoy these clean up sessions. Its a nice chnage of pace from the excitment of your projects. 😃

Cleanliness. Lesson well learned hopefully, you are very fortunate to have all your wonderful tools to enable you to turnout your many beautifully crafted projects. Glad to see a gifted, talented artesian caring for the tools of his trade. I can hardly wait to see the next project, BTW, the Rapier is beautiful.

Hey Al, using the guard you removed might help cut a 90 degree cut 😂

Cleaning is one of the fastest ways to get results and it feels great. Spend 20 minutes cleaning and something looks totally different, I love the feeling. Now the idea of cleaning sucks which is why we all procrastinate with it. Coming into a clean room/shop/maker room is reward enough for the work though.

Apparently, we like you so much, Alec, that we'll watch a video of you doing most anything. Don't let it go to your head. : ) BTW, my Hell's Forge just arrived today. What started out as adding a bit of metal to my woodworking and garden projects is now getting out of hand, thanks in large part to your unquenchable enthusiasm.

@AlecSteele

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir! Thrilled to have passed on the hammering bug!

@trailruntim

6 жыл бұрын

Alec Steele Looking forward to summer when you take Jamie and your subscribers on a day trip to the coast. I've enjoyed your fun sailing videos in the past.

@danielforgedragon3446

6 жыл бұрын

Yes please!!! Link

@GrowerTalks

6 жыл бұрын

That's it, above, Daniel.

FINNALY! Someone has shown the only downside of being a maker/creator/blacksmith, cleaning. Thanks for all the vids man! Never stop!!

"Clean your workshop, bucko." -Jordan Peterson

@knifeniceguy

5 жыл бұрын

figure it out

The funny thing is, when you are working hard, you never really PLAN on stopping(at least in my case). I'll just keep going till I get to a place I feel comfortable(or frustrated) with what I accomplished, by the time I'm at a stopping point, I definitely don't feel like cleaning. Then the next day, you just want to work, so you think "I'll just clean later"..... and so the dirty cycle continues, hahaha....

@Drummerchef13

6 жыл бұрын

I have that attitude as well but my "workshop" ended up becoming a kitchen so that I have to clean before, during, AND after I work...

Nothing motivates a Man to work like a clean shop......maybe I should go clean mine. DAMN YOU ALEC!

@AlecSteele

6 жыл бұрын

Get cleanin! I'm mad at myself for making this video. I got my keys and was about to leave the shop before realising I hadn't done one bit of cleaning - back into the workshop I went!

It's taken me several years to get to this point but, when I am working on a project, each time I start work I begin by quickly cleaning up my area, and when I finish for that day I make sure to put all my tools back and give the floor a good sweep before I call it quits. Really helps to keep the shop clean.

Cleaning your workspace is the most important thing you can do, Alec. I remember when I was in high school in my woodshop class, and the last 15 minutes of class was for use to clean the shop, and I was like you, hated every second of it. I'm heading into my last year of University for my Theatre Tech degree, and now I make sure I make my workspace a clean as possible because I can't stand it when the theatre is messy. Heres the thing, It's like your both the foreman and the new guy on the job. You do your job and get it done (the new guy), only later to realize whats going on and make yourself clean your shop (the Foreman). Look at the rapier that you just made, the most beautiful thing you've made in your blacksmithing profession. The workshop should be a mirror image of it. As my Professor says, "Do it for you because that's what really matters. You know whats right, so make it right." Also think, "If a Client were to walk into your shop, what would they think?"

I have actually run myself out of a shop bc of the mess, it took me some time b4 I even realized I had done it to myself. I started out being able to pull vehicles in the shop to work on them and b4 long they were getting parked outside the front to get worked on until finally I was crawling on the grass and gravel to do stuff and it dawned on me what I had done. Took over 20 hours of working to get it cleaned back up and still can't pull things all the way in but that's bc of all the new tools and equipment I have collected.

"Shmoo". Someone's been watching KZread's favorite Canukistani Jack of all trades

@BalerManSam

6 жыл бұрын

Just be sure not to let the magic smoke out!

@Klaxz1

6 жыл бұрын

Keep your stick on the ice

Everytime i watch a video of you Alec it brings a smile to my face and makes my day better, even with a busted ankle. Keep up the good work and good luck with keeping the shop clean Nathan

Alec, I would love to see a series in which you make some sort of basic tool kit! Including: An old fashioned style cantilever tool box Hammer Posi drive/ flat head screw drivers A few basic size spanners Wire cutters/ pliers A square Junior hacksaw frame And anything else you could think of. It would be a great series to watch with a new tool getting added every episode and it would also be interesting to see how you tackle each part of the kit! Take care buddy, Adam

Something that I learned working in retail and in manufacturing that might help you in the future: everything needs a home. A place that it goes when not in use. This will make them easier to find when you need them. You can apply this to a shop, a kitchen, or even just a tool box that you keep in your car for emergency repairs. This also lets you see when a tool is missing much easier since your mind will remember the location easier. When you are working, you can place the tools where you are working or, better yet, on a cart or shallow pan so that they are right there as you need them. Give yourself 15-20 minutes before going to lunch to put tools that you will no longer use away and do a quick clean of any messes that have started, like giving the floor a quick sweeping. At the end of the day, give yourself a full hour to put every tool away and get everything clean. It only takes a light cleaning at the end of the day to keep things pretty clean. Once per month or every 3 months, do a deep clean of the shop and service of all your machines. Once per year, spend a day or two pulling everything out and cleaning under and behind everything. You will find things that were dropped or pushed behind machines and get rid of the mess that will happen in those spaces. You also should clean your lathe and mill of all chips either right after you are done using them in a project or once per week so the chips don't start to get in places that can be a problem.

@Kataclysm113

6 жыл бұрын

never did the bit before lunch, but i spent a lot of time as a teenager in my uncle's workshop, and at the end of every day he'd have a "cleanup hour" where we basically spent however long it took, which was usually more like 15-30 minutes, cleaning up whatever messes we made during the day. or rather, he spent the time cleaning up after his big projects, and i spent five minutes cleaning up my practice welding and then choose a tool box or rack to meticulously organize for the next 20 minutes.

I don't have a workshop, but now I need to clean my room.... yep, doing that tommorrow.

I did it. Thanks for the motivation. A clean shop is so much more enjoyable to work in

I love these little videos where you do small projects like this!

You're a good lad Alec. For the record I cancelled my TV licence because I watch shows like yours.

@AlecSteele

6 жыл бұрын

Thrilled to hear it!!!

@spiritusinfinitus

6 жыл бұрын

Good for you. Been TV licence free for probably 8 years now. After a few months you'll wonder what the hell you used to watch that thing for! Nowadays, all of the good, useful, enriching, learning content (like much of this channel) is online and you get to choose exactly what and when you want to learn.

Alec....dude your floor.....its actually green not the grey I thought it was!!!! Keep up the great work I look forward to seeing your videos hit everyday.

Holy moly, it is fun watching the a second time, before Alec move to Montana. I miss the old workshop.

Alec, It is fun watching you at work making things and this time cleaning up. It's nice that you helped your father out! Jack

alec, research the 5S principle. it is the Japanese version for "a place for everything and everything in it's place." it will help you keep everything clean and also organized. and reduce the chaos in your life also. lol

@apatyczny

6 жыл бұрын

Japanese use 3S... 5S is Eurppe/US.

@RussellStrosnider

6 жыл бұрын

I tried to 5S my wife's kitchen cabinets; She kicked the 6th S out of me.

@georgeschnakenberg7808

6 жыл бұрын

I use 5s now at my job and did use 6s at my last job. Difference I don't know but basically"a place for everything and everything in it's place"

I don't even want to go and walk into my shop...ill just make a new one.

Thanks for motivating me to clean my shop Alec!!

It was very satisfying watching the cleaning segment. Keep it up Alec. It really is much more enjoyable to work in a tidy workspace.

Did you clean out the bandsaw?!

Alec, wanted to say thanks for sharing your work, thanks for being an inspiration and to thank you for the tip on the O'Keeffe's Hand Cream. My hands cycle between wet and dry multiple times over the course of a work day and in the winter months I have trouble with my knuckles cracking. Since I started using the stuff you recommended I haven't had any issues at all. Keep up the awesome work!

@AlecSteele

6 жыл бұрын

That's awesome to hear!!!!

@corygage1433

6 жыл бұрын

My hands get so dry they crack and bleed. Okeefs is what helps, as long as I remember to use it.

@thenotsoguitarguy9429

6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha... After a close up of his hands a few vids back, I was going to recommend Okeef's to Alec. Sounds like we were all thinking alike.

@alt-bringer5198

6 жыл бұрын

i use okeefs to blend my own creams, the okeefs makes it stick around longer if you need food safe cream, go with udder cream, also just stay away from creams that say "non-greasy" or "quick dry" , or lists off a bunch of alchohals near the top of the ingredient list "whats that? quick drying moisturizer? na, that dosnt defeat the purpose at all"

Good on ya Alec! I myself have become more tidy after having to spend most of the day cleaning up my own mess by remembering how much I disliked having to spend so much time having to do it. And I just want to say thank you for your awesome uplifting attitude and your clean joyful use of the English language, I just had to say it as I find it so refreshing. I hope to order a T-shirt very soon. God bless you my man!

I love how you create some of the best blacksmithing and sword/weapons builds on here and then say ‘cleaning is tough’ 😜

My 6 year old son said "What I don't want to watch him clean I want watch him build stuffs!"

@AlecSteele

6 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@decrisitsaitari1515

6 жыл бұрын

I know the feeling! I watch with my 3 year old son!

Surely you know that mess multiplies like bunnies at night when you're not there😉

@Valient6

6 жыл бұрын

i can think of a couple things that could multiply like bunnies at night.

Dude, I am not a craftsman (though I wish I were). I am a musician, and every time I watch your videos it makes me want to write more music and get better, so rest assured what you got going on here on this channel is not only beneficial to craftsmen but also to anyone with a creative endeavor. Cheers from Kansas!

They dont teach forging in grade 9 but because of your videos i have asked my metalworks teacher if i can try forging. I already handed in three full pages of notes and information about the tools used for forging, parts of an anvil, a heat chart of steel and a few other things. So thanks alec for your amazing videos that gave me the motivation to start forging.

Once a week you should invite a viewer down to clean the shop for you :p

Am I going to drive half an hour to tidy my workshop on my day off because I was peer pressured by KZread? Apparently

@AlecSteele

6 жыл бұрын

😆🙏😆🙏

@117nh

6 жыл бұрын

does that make you Nicholas mClean

Alec you should be proud of how far you've came in such a short time. Much love from Texas

A clean shop, is a safe shop. Great job Alec!

Question: where do you put all the swords when you finish building them? love the videos, keep it up!

15min of cleaning in the morning. Nobody wants too clean after a long hard day of working.

A suggestion that will make it A LOT easier to keep your workshop clean, AND it will improve your health and air quality: get yourself a central suction unit for weld shops, with a debris catcher box before the filters, then a hot particle filter, a fine particle filter and a gas filter (active carbon). Run a pipe to your grinding room with a flexible nozzle that can be hooked on the machine you're using, and have that pipe run all the way to the floor where you put a box opening with a shutter right above it (open it and anything you sweep in its direction will be sucked in). Do the same for your main work shop on the side with the work bench and/or strategically place another floorbox there too. If you place the filter in the grinding room, it'll dampen the extra noise when you're working in the main shop and it will limit the transport of the nastiest dust. Sweeping the floor but not having to collect whatever you sweep is 1000% more fun and easy to keep doing every day. The debris separator box will collect larger bits and pieces (that you may want to collect for melting in your foundry) and will enhance the lifespan of the other filters. Make sure your dustfilter is heat resistant (because if you don't specify that, you'll get a woodworking filter and it'll burn and explode when sucking up welding sparks). Use it for everything that you do (sawing, welding, grinding, drilling, ... even when just having stuff in the forge) because all that stuff emits gas and fine particles. Both get filtered out which will increase YOUR life span...

I don't know why; maybe it's the projects and the things you build, or maybe its some other aura I don't get but you really remind me of my grandfather -- he had a shop of his own with some similar tools, except he worked more on like cars n stuff. He was a WWII vet that worked for GE after the war. Every now and then, I'll see something that reminds me of him, and the stuff he made. I really miss him. I found your channel only a week or two ago but it has been about all I've done. I absolutely Love the creativity and enthusiasm in all of your videos, factoring in all the cool cinematic stuff you do. I know I'm not the only one that gets a lot from these videos. You'd be surprised to find a lot of people look up to stuff like this, wether or not they know a thing about blacksmithing -- I dont. keep up the inspiring work. Cheers from the Rust Belt

Alec, your walls in your grindingroom are so dirty that they have become perfect for placing your logo on them with a simple template and some airpressure. :P

Well, I always say in my shop, that the more mess you make, the harder you worked!

@Biohazarus

6 жыл бұрын

Up to the point where it is so messed up that it makes it hard to work! (harder != better)

For all who doesn't understand what entropy is: your workshop is the best explanation for it 😎

Alec, may I suggest that you set an alarm or timer on your phone as a warning alarm so that you can get whatever you're working on to a resting point then Stop, tidy up for 15-30 minutes and then continue. You still will make a mess afterwards but not as bad as letting it go for 1-2 weeks straight! That way each day you can tell yourself, "I at least tidied up that bit of mess and there's nothing too overwhelming to deal with for tomorrow. " I, myself, have had to do that. And it has been working Fantabulously! (And, yes, I'm pretty sure that I coined that term/ phrase).

Time to hire a young apprentice, part of their job is to clean up at the the end of day.

@thetaz31

6 жыл бұрын

ya you'd think the spoiled rich kid would have some pride in keeping his free stuff clean

@BIOSHOCKFOXX

6 жыл бұрын

Who said he is spoiled rich kid?

@ThisisSoool

6 жыл бұрын

thetaz31 yeah pretty sure 90% of his shop is things he purchased by building his company from the ground up.

@thetaz31

6 жыл бұрын

Soool you seem to know little/nothing about businesses, expenses, banking, loans, hard work, time, or even percentages.. If he was 40, I'd accept your "90%"

@ThisisSoool

6 жыл бұрын

thetaz31 what does being 40 have to do with it? Just because he young doesnt mean you should discredit it

Fine! Be that way! I’m off to go clean my wood shop! Make me feel bad! I’m joking😅. But seriously my shop’s a mess.

I watched this before I went out to clean my garage/ shop. It was motivating to see it clean up so well. I just wish it could happen in fast forward!

Funny thing is, several episodes ago there was a moment you were actually sweeping the workshop, and I thought I would leave a comment commending you on how awesome it was that you kept your workshop clean, because a lot of people don't! Now the truth finally emerges! ;) Keep up the great work you do, messy or not!

The irony of he took off the part of the saw that could get you at least a parallel cut if the original end of the bar he was cutting was squared off. Oye.

@johndifrancisco3642

6 жыл бұрын

That was my favorite part!

@kansascrick3507

5 жыл бұрын

I'm a woodworker and I love a good fence. Better to use the fence than the Force. The fence offers nice parallel cuts and the Force is imaginary.

Is it bad thing if I can work better in a dirty workshop than a clean one

Hey Alec I'm a cell phone tower climber here in the U.S. I have to use a magdrill just like that almost everyday. The only difference is, I'm usually 400 + ft in the drilling into the steel I'm stepping on or hanging on. Love the channel man keep it up.

I love work, I could watch you do it all day!

HOLY MOLY ok I thought the walls required a fresh coat of paint until you removed the dust. 0_o Ok note to shelf when I make a workshop. It gets dirty and dusty.

Challenge accepted!!!

Grinding the chalk. Definetly the highlight of this video :D

Tool tip, if you don’t mind. There’s a gizmo that is a magnet on wheels used mostly for getting nails off of roads and parking lots. It works beautifully for scale, grinder dust, cut offs, etc and easy to dump in the bin. Clean up takes minutes!

Please make Drawknife I using it so much.

@Shad0wBoxxer

6 жыл бұрын

OndřejNedoma that would be nice. It would honour his starting places

Good god, I hate stick welding! I went to college to learn welding and fabrication, they gave me a nickname, "Pigeonshit."

Your small tip at 1:17 is actually very smart, and something I had never thought about before.

It really comes down to, work, tidy/put away, work, tidy, work...so on and so forth! I can feel your pain! I work in a glass shop, so glass dust mitigation is a must, not only for cleanliness but for health reasons! So every day when my timer goes off, I stop, give my shop a blowdown ,a tidy up of unnecessary tools, a sip or 12 of water and then back at it. And, of course, at least every month, a deep clean and Mega clean up!

So what you are saying is 'clean your room!" yep, Jordon Peterson has sunk his thoughts into you. Common sense is always the way to go.

Hey Alec, the workshop is dirty...

I'd really like to see you make one of your rings. I searched your channel but only found your copper ring video from 2012. It was such a departure from your more recent videos and i quite enjoyed it, you've really come a long way!

Hey Alec, you should install one of those industrial style dust separators in the grinding room. It could be a fun project to make and it would keep the room much cleaner without needing lots of filters. Pipe an intake to one end of the room and the exhaust at the other to circulate the dust and capture it. Great videos as always and I hope you keep them up!

Naturally, you need to be more careful about those black holes. I’m glad you didn’t suck the whole of Britten into oblivion.

I have a wood shop in my basement, and I am guilty of not working in the shop in over a year because the mess has become overwhelming and intimidating. This video may just be the push I have been needing. Thanks Alec.

It's funny you made a hole video about cleaning the shop up, every episode I see you working in the grinding room, I think to myself how horrible it must be to clean that place up. I do slot of woodworking and after a day or two I have to stop everything and clean up piles and piles of dust just so I can find my tools lost in the dust. Great channel man!

Love your channel! I would love to see you take on an architectural project. One with a lot of traditional joinery (mortise and tenons, collars, rivets, etc.) maybe something like a garden gate.

I work in barn. If you think your shop is dirty, you should come visit! We have a list of chores to be done once a week, once a month, and daily. This keeps us accountable for cleaning areas of the barn. By having a list, we just pick what we feel like (or have time) to do. As long as it gets done, no worries on the date or time! Great job!

love the measurements and the flying in the last video!!

The moment you sharpend the chalk on the belt grinder you got me burst into laughing! Keep ypur natural humor!

What a mess... when i'm at work i take 15 min every day for cleaning/tiding up. There is no pleasure when you start your working day in a thick layer of dust and other dirt! I'm a welder in gemany and it's nice to see you making such great things

Lol that's some impressive cleaning! I'm due a tidy, makes work and filming a lot easier, thanks for the motivation dude.

You should make a WWII Trench Knife next!! They aren’t much to look at normally but I’m pretty confident you can kick it up a notch!

A lot off people under estimate the importance of house keeping. It saves you hundreds of man hours over the long run. 30 minutes a day and a field day every Friday is all you need. Great job!

your videos are getting better and better man, ive been laughing more recently watching your videos

Stay awesome Alec! Love your work. I enjoy watching your videos every week.

Alec, I have a clean shop tip I think you'll enjoy, just like your respirator mount, being clean needs to be convenient. Get more garbage cans and dust pans to keep around the work shop. It will make doing it now much less cumbersome and therefore more fun. Hope that helps.

This is why I write software. All the pride in making something from scratch and the satisfaction of problem solving without any of the mess. Ps love the videos

You should do something with that grinding dust and with the lathe shavings. It would be cool to forge weld someting out of that waste in a close container. Great job Alec!