once this is done you better make a tiny Damascus billet with this bad boy

@ethannutting

5 ай бұрын

Please do that sounds amazing

@christopher.m.estelow

5 ай бұрын

Would be amazed if he could do it.... great suggestion!

@Whytho2000

5 ай бұрын

A copper damascus plate would be cool to see again.

@Ugly_German_Truths

5 ай бұрын

like making a whole set of Fondue forks?

@rowwalsh101

5 ай бұрын

Or a tiny Swiss army style knife

Man those KiwiCo kits are getting pretty complicated.

@piccalillipit9211

5 ай бұрын

HAHAHAHAH

@carolbuzelim

5 ай бұрын

Is for little 25+

Kits like this should genuinely come with enough castings to make 2 whole machines just to accommodate for the failure rate.

@daniwalmsley611

5 ай бұрын

But all that comes in these kits is the castings, if you want 2 drtd of casting just buy 2 kits, you even get second set of drawings in case you spill oil/marking fluid/hot beverage on them

@molkio4075

Ай бұрын

@@daniwalmsley611it’s 400€ so buying two kits is a little expensive

You know he’s really working when the work table has pizza on it.

@Pez_Destroyer

5 ай бұрын

11:31 for those who didn't see it!

@2dcutout

5 ай бұрын

It's like he's been watching Stay Tuned,

Please Alec, remember to mark the alignment change on your (blue)print. Gonna suggest it'll be blinking important...later. Also good to see the gray stuff being challenged like the old days..

I love this "heist movie" editing style of lining up the audio of the planning phase with the video of the execution phase

So it's basically technics for engineers with fully equipped workshop that have spare time and energy to make brute casts work. Great business model!

@bobedwards8896

5 ай бұрын

such a HUGE amount of people that meet those specs! brilliant

@rus0004

5 ай бұрын

There will be people out there doing this all with a file.

@sjv6598

5 ай бұрын

No. I made one of the Stuart stationary steam engines in my shed. I’m neither an engineer nor have a fully equipped workshop 🙂

@Kenionatus

5 ай бұрын

Not engineers, machinists. Engineers are the people who design the parts, machinists are the people who figure out how to actually machine them.

@robm.4512

5 ай бұрын

@@Kenionatus…And then there’s people who straddle both disciplines. I know a number of Engineers who are excellent Machinists and a few Machinists who are excellent Engineers. I started out as a Machinist and took additional courses over time to qualify as an Engineer. In later years whenever I got a fresh young “qualified” Engineer the first assignment he or she was given was to spend as long as it took to produce a 21.5mm cube out of 25mm bright steel stock, using hand tools, all surfaces lapped to a 1200 grit stone with a tolerance of 0.05mm on all faces. The final step was then to drill and tap M8 holes perpendicular and centred to all surfaces. Once they’d achieved that they had the joy of repeating the exercise in Aluminium. It was exactly the process that I went through when I got my first job out of college. The value of it was that it kept them out of my hair and within the realms in which the toolmakers, machinists and fabricators held court….Which educated the victims handsomely, encouraged elements of rightful fear and respect for the skilled tradesmen upon whom they would rely and it gave them a far better understanding of the materials and techniques that they were largely unfamiliar with upon departure from their Universities. They also got to hear about all of the things that really cheese off a skilled tradesman about Engineers, like being given badly dimensioned drawings of impossible to produce parts, unnecessarily specced in tricky to work materials and requiring ridiculously fine finishes and insanely tight tolerances for no fathomable reason. They also then forever had a pair of desk ornaments with which to fiddle during those times when thinking through a problem. It made them much better, more useful and more popular Engineers. Those that the senior toolmaker quietly let me know were worth keeping stayed with us for years. The others were quietly and as kindly as possible let go after a reasonable period, unless they showed a spark of useful talent for writing BOM’s or compliance documentation or something of a similar nature. We had a happy, productive and cohesive workforce from top to bottom as a result. We also achieved truly exceptional successes in our very specialist field. It’s an old fashioned approach, but it produces respect for skills and knowledge in both directions that is often lacking in industry these days.

Can we all recognize that Jamies editing is some of the best work on youtube!

Can we all please appreciate how flippin cute Crazy is in her sweater and snuggled up in a ball? ❤

Congrats on the peck broach! That is indeed one of the things you can use the bridgeport for and is the only way that you can make that feature properly.

@AlecSteele

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Phew! Glad I was on the right track 😄

Imagine just how much work went into making these before power tools were available. Really makes you realise how skilled engineers/blacksmiths were.

Alec really is the prime example of why we have multi year apprenticeships with a mix of school and practical education here in Germany. You can kinda somehow mostly figure things out yourself, but having the basics down perfectly makes everything so much more simple, reliable and efficient.

@taitano12

5 ай бұрын

That's pretty standard for apprenticeship here in the States too.

Oh Alec! I've shared this with several of my steam engineering friends and they've all been mumbling about it (which is a good thing!!) and figuring out how they'd do it. You're apparently on the right track and I agree! I'd love to send some photos of the girl I work with and her plans, but not sure how to. You are doing great and my steam friends with a LOT of knowledge behind them are impressed.

>Name is Steele >Is a blacksmith Do writers still expect us to take this seriously?

@matheuswohl

5 ай бұрын

been asking myself that for a while now

@bobdole4916

5 ай бұрын

The writers fixed that by having his dad be a carpenter.

@Ugly_German_Truths

5 ай бұрын

Wait until he buys a tool from REMINGTON :D

@LittleGreyWolfForge

5 ай бұрын

he doesn't have a writer lol

@aedeatia

5 ай бұрын

Look up "nominative determinism" for more fun examples!

The metal tab of the morse taper is just there to remove and install the drill its only held with the taper. I've seen some where the taper gave out and the tap's done afterwards.

@dazrich20

5 ай бұрын

This isn't the first time hes said this, got a qutie a few drills stuck in the sleave

@bedabene

5 ай бұрын

@@dazrich20 last time i commented aswell and even got a like from him didn't last though but thats what we're for

@AlecSteele

5 ай бұрын

Ahh my bad!! Thanks for the correction!

@bedabene

5 ай бұрын

@@AlecSteele Your Welcome! The power hammer build is an awesome series so far!

No experience or time is wasted if you learned something positive and/or constructive from the process.

When it is done bring the tiny sword maker back!

A fractal vise could help with holding weirdly shaped things! Could be a video series to make one?

9:33 why is the behavior of the fluid lubricant here so satisfying?

If you're gonna do a lot of centering I'd recommend a radial dial indicator... BUY MORE THINGS! Also, if you make a broach, you can actually give it a steeper angle with multiple steps so you can take off multiple chips per stroke. You only needed 2 slots so this wasn't a big deal of course. Love your content.

@jetfire5991

5 ай бұрын

​@@samgriffiths8928 Commercial broaches have more cutting edges because you usually use them on a press (which usually aren't designed for precise movement in the X and Y axis like a mill) and thus need some kind of die to hold the broach in place in order to not wander around, or have other features to align themselves in the workpiece. In order to cut down on operation and setup time, broaches are designed to cut the shape in one operation, so you only need to use a single die, or if the broach is used to get a full profile (like internal splines on a bore for power transmission for example), the previous stages of cutting edges act as the die to handle alignment. In Alec's case, the part was firmly mounted in the vice, and the mill's quill acted as a die, and because you can precicesly adjust the relative position of the quill to the workpiece on a mill, he only needs a single cutting edge and can just shift the broach in small increments to simulate the multiple stages of cutting edges.

08:40 - A 'Bobby Duke Arts' refference "Hmmm I like thayat"... EXCELLENT! 👌😉 😎🇬🇧

I love miniature models and diy kits but this one…at this point you could also mill everything out of raw material and use your own dimensions while saving on tools and time :D

i love how his humor has evolved with his audience. like 6 years ago when i was watching him make katanas there were almost no dirty jokes because he knew he had a younger audience, but now the show is half bleeps.

@ASTR0C4T

5 ай бұрын

"UTTER MORONISM" sent me 😂

"If that thing runs once done, Alec is a magician of chaos!" But, I know it will run. The future has been recorded already. We got a chaos magician right here! :D

I can't be the only one who gets a lil excited when Alec says "time to make a tool"

4:22 the flat spot does not do anything for stopping spinning, its all based on friction in the Taper ; The flat bit (TANG) is to allow the ejection of the drill. I can easily Prove this if you wish, I have quite a few drills that have lost friction in the past and have remvoed the meat of the tang in seconds, but still function fine with a good shove.

@heckin_dinosaw

5 ай бұрын

Was wondering if anyone was gonna bring this up

Just 80.000 pieces more to prep for assembly. This is gonna be a 420 part series, strap in bois

15:16 “Jamie, does this remind you of anything?” 😂😂😂😂

I fully understand the insanity of crafting something to exactly what you want and knowing it works and can't waiting until I can execute it. That was a lot of 'ands'. Either way, kudos, never stop with the utterly insane goal of completing everything for which you strive. Love the passion, keep going.

The epic puppy montage really brought this video up to top tier.

I have the PERFECT idea. What if you make some Damascus handcuffs when you're done with this series? Great content

Love the bobby duke art „i like that“ ❤

Helpful tip - when milling the 'mouthpiece' and clamping it in the left hand side of the table vice, use an equivalent piece of material in the right hand side of the vice to equalise the clamping pressure on the workpiece. May have been why the 'mouthpiece' shifted when you milled the first and second face.

Watching Alec make a steam engine kit vs watching Quinn make a steam engine kit is like the difference between aggressive "Good Enough" and "Must be Perfect"

Loving the dramatic dog content, truly why we're all here!

My friend the tool that makes life easier when picking up a round hole or boss is a coaxial indicator. 100% worth it no breaking your neck looking around the whole mill.

I _love_ the epic napping music. What a doggo!

It's amazing how much work Alec gets done when his cameraman isnt there.

For the 7/8 hole, if you don't have a drill bit large enough you could always bore a hole with a 4 jaw chuck on the lathe. Use the DRO or a center punch to drill the center through hole, then indicate off that hole to center it in the lathe.

One thing i love about your videos is you every now and then run into some problem or challenge, and you just, *make a new tool.*

In all my years of watching Alec, I think this is the first time I have ever heard him curse.

The milling nerdery, especially the DRO functions are really good content.

I really love seeing you use the other functions on your machines. So many buttons and abilities ... I would have gotten lost for weeks just playing around and finding out what they all do.

the Crazy + Ball sub-plot...

The Bobby Duke Arts reference at 8:40 was legendary. I want to see a collab.

I love the amount of effort and attention to detail that went into this, for what must be an incredibly low-volume product.

It's nice to see all the things I've spent this whole year studying being applied in a machinists environment, even if it is in imperial ahaha

It's a shame that you are no longer in North America. I'm sure Quinn from BlondieHacks would have loved to play with the big machines and she could have helped you with your setups and reading the drawing. She builds these casted models all the time and is a tremendous machinist.

U should have had that hole wire or spark eroded. It would have also made another awesome video on the insights of other metal working machines 👍

Doggos story arc of getting the ball was definitely Oscar worthy

The high speed cutting intermixed with footage of the dog in the bed, brilliant.

I can't believe you broached with the Bridgeport... So cool!

I, for one, appreciate the dog pics :)

A project like this is why you need a small boring head rather than buying an expensive set of imperial morse taper drills just to get one 7/8" that's likely to drill a hole slightly over 7/8".

Love your musical editing. perfectly on the beat.

Hey Alec, I have been watching your videos since you were in your first little shop. I enjoy the work that you do, and the success that you have earned. Keep up the good work and thank you for your videos

That whole PCD discovery/learning was really satisfying.

man, your attention to detail, and the discipline behind your hard work are outstanding brother. as always.

I mean.... 2 parts down! Can't wait to see what part 756 looks like, but I feel this is a long journey!

Alec you should make a Infill hand plane after this project is done

Great work Alec! I love the projects you take on, and not everyone is perfect, but we love your videos!

I finally fitted a DRO to my lathe 2 weeks ago ... can't believe i've gone 20+ years without one

The sequence with the dog looking at the ball, and then having the ball was fantastic.

While this video is a cool project in and of itself, is also an amazing example of a perfect example of an answer to, "why does x cost so much? You could make it yourself?" "Yes, but you spend a ton of time and buy a ton of supplies and tools to do so" lol

Some would say that add transition was ultimate.

you need a coaxial indicator. these things are sooo useful on the mill

Glad to see you remove the 2nd parallel on the second milling operation, you obviously heard me!

Alec, its been 5 and a half years! Is there any opportunity that you would re-create a classic "Forged in Fire" challenge? Love the videos!! ❤ ❤ ❤

I remember doing similar projects in high school metal shop in Kalamazoo Michigan 1970.

The most important part about this project isn't the project itself. It's the fact that once you'll be finished, you'll have done several ops you've never done before. You should buy other kits as well and make those too. One kit that would strike your fancy AND give you a useful tool in the shop would be the one that Adam Savage did (actually, there's two). Either his vertical file machine or his adjustable jeweler's vise (he details where he got the plans in his videos). Both are staples of young machinists (and by young, i mean inexperienced, you can start this journey at any age). Both of those kits are very well made and the final item is very useful in both instances. I have the vise and it's basically my go to with any fiddly project that needs nutty angles to work on, including electronics (a good mod for it is teflon jaws).

Hey, Alec! I recommend The "inheritance machining" channel so you can improve your machining skills.

you reminded me of a younger version of Adam Savage from the mythbuster's at the end, been watching a bit of his KZread channel recently with him playing about with mini lathes and milling machines and the way you got excited was exactly like him

Silver and demming drills can be used in the milling machine in a r8 collet

IIRC there's one company that makes casting kits like these that will do free exchanges of parts if you break or screw up on a piece. You ship them back the boogered bit to toss back into their foundry and they send you a new rough casting to start over on. Cast iron is great to machine, easy, low stress (on the machines!), and fast. It's also easy and fast to hog off too much metal in the wrong direction...

1:59 When surfacing to make sure it’s all square, try scribing ink over the surface after the first cut, that way when it’s all removed you’ll know it’s flat and not angled.

Wow! Rock On Steam Punk Guy! Steam rocks, and to see a young guy machining steam things... Excellent! You should visit Keith Rucker of Vintage Machinery in Georgia in the U.S..

I'm really digging the purple diacom

It would be a great oppourtunity to put plates on the outside of the steam hammer with engraved decoration similar to what you would find on a top of the range shotgun, so its not only built by you, but engraved by you,

The maligator clips are the best

I was really surprised at the end there with the lack of innuendos... then Alec said " Jamie does this remind you of anything?"

the tang on a taper drills only purpose is to help eject the drill from the sleeve. the tang will just twist off with enough torque.

Cool and complicated project, keep at it!

awesome episode! I like how your outros are short, I can see your video 'til the end

How is anyone suppose to ever realistically build this. You need a full shop and then some. Amazing work though!

@MrBrutalMachinee

5 ай бұрын

So far it seems to be possible to do with hand tools and electric drill, so yes it's possible but slow without same kinda workshop. These kinda projects and sets are for people that absolutely loves to do these kinda things so possible customers are kinda low too.

@betaich

5 ай бұрын

there are a lot of hobby machinists out there who don't have a complete workshop and do it, one of them here on youtube is blondihacks, who is currently building a whole real fire steam lokomotive model, previously she build model steam engines, boilers and other stuff also from rough castings or stock material. >Figuring how you can do a thing with the machines you have is part of the fun.

@twostroke350

5 ай бұрын

Don't underestimate how much time some people are prepared to spend with hand tools. Machine tools are a good way of making mistakes more quickly and with less scope to remedy them.

@MrBrutalMachinee

5 ай бұрын

@@twostroke350 Exactly like Steele demonstrated on this video, wrong direction for the cut 😂

Great to see so many tools and techniques being learnt. Just don't forget it is rotated!!! Maybe draw the correction on the drawings.

Let’s hope nothing gets dropped this episode

Brilliant work on that broach 👌🏼

Love these project series

most impressive part of the video is the Belgian Malinois resting

Y'know, it seems like Alec could've just machined this thing from scratch with the same amount of effort.

“Are you kidding me bro” had me dying

What if that oblong hole was oriented the way it was for a reason? Idk the stresses going through that part but it might have a material stress or structural intention.

@evancosentino607

5 ай бұрын

Engineer here... based on the drawings he is probably going to be okay. The hole is shaped like that (as far as I can tell) mostly to prevent rotation on the hammer part. My only concern is that those curves were also oriented in the direction that was most likely to "bind" if the hammer section applies a little transverse force. He could probably fix that by rounding both parts or adding a bushing or something.

@user-neo71665

5 ай бұрын

My guess is the hole was shaped like that to allow certain movement in the hammer going up and down normally with a flywheel on the top. Rotated 90 degrees it is gonna bind up and not move at all or he is gonna have to bore that hole out so much it's gonna have a ton of slop. Doesn't really matter since this is just a model but it would on a full sized machine. These kinds of models are fun but just because they are small you can not rush them and skip buildng the fixture plates and stuff to make sure parts are aligned correctly. The smaller a part is the more mistakes compound later on. If he wants it to work he is gonna have to slow down and think about things other than pumping videos out for views. Otherwise he is just gonna machine a real costly paperweight.

@christopherpayne6228

5 ай бұрын

@@user-neo71665 First of all, half of us are here to watch Alec make mistakes in all sorts of new and inovative ways, its part of the charm of this chanel. It's a learning experience for both him and us. Watch him figure this (what you said in the second part of your comment) out in part 19 or whatever he draws this out to.

God I love this project it’s so cool seeing all the machining knowledge you have

Oh boy, this is shaping up to be a 15+ episode series. All the mistakes are gonna bite his ass, somehow, at some point. It's ggonna be Awesome!! :D

I had to watch part of this twice because I was too focused on the "Will the sleepy doggo get the ball?!?" subplot.

Loving the build Alec!

Really enjoying this project. I do like watching a bit of engineering.

I would love to see you make or upgrade a fractal vice like Adam Savage did. Love your stuff mate!

You could just drill a .5” hole and machine a couple shims for the flats, then just tack weld them in on the ends

Seems like you would do well to get a conversational NC mill instead of the DRO. They arent that hard to learn and they can make your life much easier. Highly recommended.