Brilliant! Polish Engineers have an excellent and well-deserved reputation!

@chrisdavis3642

6 ай бұрын

Yes! I've worked with em on turbines.. power plants.. They're really good cooks too 😎

Proof that the engineering and production manufacture of Tigers was nothing short of an epic effort.

As someone now retired from a lifetime in mechanical production engineering, I found this a fascinating episode. Amazing work guys 👍

@madmick3794

6 ай бұрын

As a former fitter machinist I totally agree and wish I had a tenth of this technology and 20% of the skill on show here at my former work place.

@aaron___6014

6 ай бұрын

Thank you for your service/contribution.

What absolute legends. They are well on their way to make a tank that's been out of production for 80 years from scratch.

Wow, my mind is completely blown. Absolutely phenomenal work those guys are doing, can't believe such an operation could exist in our world!!

@johndowe7003

6 ай бұрын

its sad tbh, you literally couldnt make this in america without some jabroni company wanting a few hundred thousand. in poland it can probably be done for 10k or less. america used to be the ironworkers paradise but now you have to go to eastern block or china to get anything manufactured. its difficult to even find a manual machine shop, let alone a good one

@fastmoverfixer2089

6 ай бұрын

Yeah and all the SKIILED work men are dyeing out as well@@johndowe7003

@royalblood2405

6 ай бұрын

​@@johndowe7003America doesn't have manufacturering

@johndowe7003

6 ай бұрын

@@royalblood2405 that's what I said.

@ThomasMulhall

3 ай бұрын

@@johndowe7003 Haha! Jobroni company! California would shut down any firm that even hints at making real man's machinery, unless you're a Silicone Valley billionaire...

It is amazing how much the 3D scanning tech has advanced in the last decade. About ten years ago my second cousin was in France scanning WWI cave carvings and other tunnel art so that they could be reproduced with high quality 3D prints. This allows museums to display these rare and unseen pieces of history to a wider public, as many of these WWI tunnels and caves are horrifically dangerous and inaccessible to ordinary people. The process back then was far more time-consuming and required precise set up and careful imagining using a fixed laser scanner, and the memory it took was immense, and often necessitated them to burn the images to Blu-ray discs for storage. The fact that they can render the parts with a handheld device so quickly is mind-blowing.

At the rate these Polish geniuses are going, inside of 20 years you'll be able to email them and they'll just 3-D print an entire tank for you! Outstanding work!

What a amazing posting! As a 72 year old - I’m quite “BLOWN AWAY” by what 3D scanning and CMC machines can do! And the trained professionals (humans) who are controlling the step by steps! Panzer Farm - you guy’s ROCK!!!

Give these guys some matchsticks and sellotape, they could build a spaceship ;) . Fantastic what you guys achieve. These tanks in pieces is far more educational and interesting than a finished unit with nothing to see.

WOW !! in fact, Scanning + 3D concept + a lot of Tigers fans all around the world ! and you can produced the "King" ! again....please reserve me one ! all my best wisches for final steps ! great ideas with moulding, I do same but in 1/6 scale process !! Good Luck Friends !

That's a tank restoration engineers wet dream right there! I could see it in Beau's eyes lol. Great episode Kirk. I'm sure you could edit up a single long ( like an hour lol ) episode of your visit to Panzer Farm, Poland and I'm pretty sure it would go down a storm with many, many views from all over the world.

What a great series, those guys at Panzer Farm are amazing. Using totally up to date tech to bring these machines back to life ...wow

Amazing, the guys at Panzer Farm take restoration to a whole new level. From a historic point of view, the amazing 3d renders of all the parts will be an incredible archive for future historians learning how these machines worked. When you think that we are down to just a handful of Tigers, with only one running, it means that once these parts (engines et al) are available, it will be possible to make several more operational. I was pleased to hear Daniel say that they are building some parts to order and some spares for stock. I am sure setting everything up for one production run, it is just as easy to make 10 as just one. It reminds me of when the Littlefield collection commissioned torsion bars for their Panther. They were able to team up with a group from England and make enough for multiple Panthers with spares in one production run. Smart, efficient and important to do for something so extremely specialized.

@quentintin1

6 ай бұрын

yes, tho right now there are two running Tigers, with the tiger 1 of Bovington, but also the Tiger 2 at Saumur by the way Saumur recently anounced the project to have a full restoration of their Tiger 1 to running status, so in the not too distant future, there might be 4 tigers up and running

@uzivatel56

6 ай бұрын

@@quentintin1Tigers are multiplying.

@quentintin1

6 ай бұрын

@@uzivatel56 nature is healing

@wojo44frompl

6 ай бұрын

@@quentintin1 If I'm not mistaken it's Tiger I Project from Saumur that allowed Panzer Farm to take closer look on gearbox and other elements of drive system. BTW there is also ongoing restoration of Tiger II in Switzerland. Thing is that it's not known about current state (% of completion).

@quentintin1

6 ай бұрын

@@wojo44frompl it's probably right, not like there are a lot of projects around for making tigers run about, even less complete drivetrains to examine and i had genuinely forgot about the tiger II in Switzerland, iirc it's for a German museum right? and afaik there was no official plan to make it able to motor under it's own power, just make it nice again but it's been a while since i checked progress on that one so i could misremember things

Being a cnc machinist and programer for 40 years until 6 years ago when I retired, totally impressed, can not believe how for it has come and I worked in a state of art company in the plastic mold industry, Totally impressed.

Panzer Farm is something beyond belief. What they are doing for the Panzer community will help the collector / museum to preserve working history and heritage for generations.

Although the german panzers are symbols of oppression and instruments of an utterly criminal state, I admire these polish guys for their workmanship

Transmission - an engineering marvel. And I noticed the comment “and our other clients.” With enough money, virtually no part for any machine (cars included) need ever be unobtainable. Thanks for the Polish edition.

I am just blown away by your reporting on Panzer Farm. They are awesome!

After watching a few of these videos, especially the ones of enthusiasts in Poland, a country that really suffered during the war under German occupation, I asked my mum, who was there and lived through it all, and came through it though only just at times... I asked her what were her thoughts of these machines as they came through her city, some to stay? Her reply was a simple, "We tried not to get shot at or killed and got out of the way!" She added that she didn't spend much time admiring the engineering of the vehicles. I guess you had to be there to fully appreciate that point!

The complexity of these German tanks and armoured vehicles amazes me. No wonder they couldn’t make enough and were out produced by the Allies.

A M A Z I N G ! ! ! ! It's like Jurassic Park for tanks!!!! Can't wait for the next installment. Thank you.

Wow, those guys have so much precision kit, I am in awe. The jigs and fixtures are works of art and the CAD, together with the CNC machinery, is awesome!

As a mechanical engineer type, this episode is my favorite. That Tiger I gear box with 1,200 parts is crazy complicated! That 3D scanning technology is pretty amazing. Just think, back when these things were made none of this technology existed and all the parts and castings were made with such precision! That'll be pretty awesome when you get that Tiger a runner... will be one of only a few in the world! Panzerfarm is a top notch outfit.

What a great calibration to make the Aussie Tiger run!! Eat your heart out Bovington,lol...

Hat's off once again to the Panzer Farm , what an extremely incredible team of knowledge they and their associates have ! I just wonder if anyone is documenting and making template's of the individual armor plates on these various tanks etc. , as it would be possible to produce exact copies of these rare machines in the near future , even from milder steel or aluminum , for others to enjoy ! Reproduction is a good idea , for all to enjoy ! Thanks again for all your professional , hard work guys !!! 👍

This is quite a professional industrial enterprise.... Not some rinky dink garage. Very impressed with the lads in Poland.

My god this is a dream job for a machinist, fabricator or engineer

Incredible! If you get your tiger rolling it will be only the second runner in the world!

Cant wait till they build a full on tiger. Thats insane.

Welcomw to Poland m8s! :) I hope you had a great time here :)

absolutely insane that it takes so much to replicate these things in modern times and they did this all by hand over 80 years ago....

Excellent work and a brilliant insight to the world of modern reverse engineering. When you combine this with the latest Additive Manufacturing techniques, it really is incredible the items we can reproduce relatively easily and affordably, at least in a small batch run. We have a lot of engineering capability right here in Cairns and as a Mechanical Engineer I've worked on very similar projects in the recent past, from 3D scan, to model, to optimisation/fine adjustment and prototype/batch manufacture. Always happy to lend a hand if the team need any help :) As an aside, it still blows my mind that Engineers in the 1930's designed such complex machines using only their wit, hand calculations and a set square. Truly incredible, and kudos to the team at Panzerfarm for bringing these marvels back to life.

Mark Felton said that a Jagpanzer is being restored to running condition in Australia. I wonder who would be doing that?????

@philmenzies2477

6 ай бұрын

Just watched that episode a few hours ago. I doubt he was talking about some backyard operation 😉

@paulorchard7960

6 ай бұрын

???🤔🤔🤔

@bobkohl6779

6 ай бұрын

I WOULDN'T BOTHER WITH Felton. He's buried in his own BS and gets sloppy with history

@billyponsonby

6 ай бұрын

@@fallschirmjager0000I agree. Felton knows his audience and his content is tailored to suit. Facts and balance are secondary.

@billyponsonby

6 ай бұрын

Yep. His story are like those War Picture Library and Commando books we used to read.

Wow! To see modern technology being put to such use is just astounding. Many thanks for sharing this trip to Panzer Farm. Really exciting to see the prospect of another running Tiger 1 in the world. Already started saving my pennies for a trip in the future!

@lysanderkrieg5474

6 ай бұрын

It's more astounding that old engineers made it happen without todays tech.

@laurisikio

6 ай бұрын

But from where does Panzer Farm get their funding for all this?

@quentintin1

6 ай бұрын

@@laurisikio like they said they do work for themselves, but also do take work from others (private collectors and museums), for which it is safe to assume they are paid so a chunk of the money must come from here, the rest is probably through donations by private individuals

@quentintin1

6 ай бұрын

yes, recently, Saumur also announced their project to make theirs a runner too on their YT channel (it has a full original drivetrain, just hasn't been run since the 80's) so that would make it 3 tiger 1s soon to be runners, with two having an original drivetrain and the 3rd a high quality accurate replica what a day for WWII fans

@uzivatel56

6 ай бұрын

@@laurisikioAustralia

Thank you for an excellent video. Panzer Farm is an impressive operation. As a side note, I watched a video or two on the reproduction Tornado steam locomotive project in the UK. There was a young Polish engineer on the project who later set up her own engineering workshop and supplied precision machined components to the Tornado project.

The idea of "3" running Tiger I's Bovington French Tiger I Aus-Armor Tiger 1 In working/driving order: just amazing 😊😊 👍 👍

@EyeOfTheRaven77

6 ай бұрын

...and Panzer Farm😊They have also been building such a tank for several years.

@edwardbrophy9749

6 ай бұрын

@@EyeOfTheRaven77 Awesome! Didn't know that?

@EyeOfTheRaven77

6 ай бұрын

There is a mention on Facebook and several threads on thematic forums. There are not many photos - only fragments of the turret, armor, wheels...but they like to work in silence

What a wonderful episode. I’m just stunned. Great work.

Hello from Poland

WOW!!! Panzer Farm has taken up the mantle for every tank restoration outfit world wide😍🤠 A tip of the hat and a hearty “hell yea” to Panzer Farm!

What could be better guys! A collaboration with Poland, and Oz where World War relics are just a bit thinner on the ground. Good luck with that and enjoyed your highly informative video. Don't know you manage to keep 'em comin'.

Credible and believable.

They're restoring a King Tiger in Switzerland too, it's gonna be in running condition, those guys there are magicians

Just commenting to boost the algorithm as this video diservs more views

Brilliant work by those Poles. And their English is great, too!

THIS video is a treasure trove for the Die-Hard Armor Lover! What a Fabulous wealth of Drool-inducing tech details, 10 minutes worth(from about 6:30 to 16:30 in the video) of nothing but details of CNC work to duplicate a Tiger I Transmission gearbox. Holy BUCKETS, fellas, this is IT!

and they have designed that all on paper 80 years ago, thats insane

@stephenyoud6125

6 ай бұрын

And the vehicles using these modern made parts will be more reliable, with better more consistent materials and no slave labour sabotage.

@hanssmidt12

6 ай бұрын

@@stephenyoud6125 better they will be more reliable, i hope modern technology will play a good role

@Niels_Dn

6 ай бұрын

Yeah and with no computer 😅

@hanssmidt12

6 ай бұрын

@@Niels_Dn yes on paper is with no computer

@johnsherborne3245

6 ай бұрын

I expect there were hundreds of draughtsmen working on the design. Period photos of most major engineering companies have huge drawing offices. That so much of that can be replaced by CAD is part of why computers are so ubiquitous.

No wonder they lost the war. Bet the thousands of T-34 s were no where close to being this complex. Great video

One day, there will be a Tiger made from completely new parts.

May God keep the Polish guys from Panzer Farm and you healthy for many years to come! For us it will be a blessing as well, we will see a lot of rare vehicles alive once again! Keep up the great job you are doing! Greetings from Romania!

I have an after school war gaming club that I am attempting to turn into a STEM focus as well. We are getting into 3D printing. My students and I are astounded by your content. This video is going to blow their minds.

A very humble team, yet an integral piece in the worldwide interest of keeping these pieces going. A steel wheel Tiger I would be an amazing addition to running history

Polak potrafi :-)

Been looking for this vid for a month, finally found it. Love to see more remanufacturing or at least parts of other tanks.

This is so impressive. Educated, skilled, and dedicated people can work miracles.

These guys are great! The effort they take to preserve history is next level.

These guys do great work. Very impressed. My thoughts on these parts in the war. No wonder the germans lost the war. Waaaaaaaay overly complicated

Hard to believe that nearly 80 years since WW2 ended, parts for Tiger tanks are still being manufactured.

As an ex-foundry moulder when I hear someone say cast steel and cast iron. My blood gets up.

So, if I hit the lottery, I guess that I am going to call up the gents over in Poland and order myself up a brand new Tiger 1. Actually, it would be fun to order this as a set of castings that I machine myself. That this is even close to a possible thing to do is mind blowing. But then, all it takes is money, the machine systems to manufacture the parts are common and the tools such as the 3d scanners have been improving over the decades. Still nifty to see it in action.

I’m sitting here in my kitchen watch this video so amazed by the expertise and skill of the guys in panzer farm. The look on Beau’s face reminds me of look on a child’s face when they open their presents on Christmas Morning.

I take my boys to air shows here in the U. S. A. Because you have to hear / feel these Great War birds to appreciate them. For the same reason - making tanks run and drive gives a level appreciation that’s impossible otherwise. Keep it up🤠😎

I'm tempted to ask Panzerfarm to whip me up a brand new Tiger. What a great place with really great people who know their stuff, thanks Aus Armour for highlighting such a cool shop!

So one day we could actually order a 1:1 scale model from PanzerFarm? 😉

That you might have a running Tiger 1 in 2-3 years is awesome.

Kolejny ciekawy odcinek. Okazuje się, że można ożywić te uśpione Mastodonty 😊. Tego życzę ekipie z Australii 👍. Pozdrawiam serdecznie z Polski 🇵🇱

Absolutely amazing video, to see Panzer Farm using the scanning, 3d software, and the machining centres, so as to produce the cores for castings. Also the jigs they've made to allow production of assemblies, Inc gearbox oil manifold. Fantastic.

I ❤ Panzer Farm can they adopt me ? 😂

The engineers who originally designed these tanks back in the day would be amazed to see such dedication and craft applied to recreating and preserving their work.

Where would we be without computers and the people that know how to use them to reproduce these parts. Bravo Panzerfarm!

Workshop Wednesdays are the highpoint of my week. As a military surplus collector I am thrilled to see the great steps being taken to not only preserve and restore, but to also document the processes for those that follow. So much trade and industrial knowledge has been lost to history, but seeing efforts like this in motion is a true joy! Thank you all!

Man I can't wait to see the Tiger running!!! Please not years, but weeks.

I see why the Germans couldn't make enough of them. What a complicated tank. Wow.

What a bunch of awesome dedicated engineers they are. You have to go back again Kurt, looked like you barely scratched the surface.

It's amazing what they can replicate know. Hopefully with what panzer farm are doing more tanks and vehicles can be save an brought back to life.

Thank you to both aus armor and panzer farm for your passion in preserving history. It's one thing to read about and see pics,but to stand in front of these iron giants and witness them in action is truly sensational.

Technology is badass!! So are you!!!

Truly amazing technology here, it's almost like watching magic. I'm not old by any means and can remember rooms filled by draftsmen sat at their drawing tables working hard all day long. Now all of that is about as relevant as a steam locomotive. Damn, this is like watching magic by comparison. On the negative side, I was shocked to hear that the environmentalists have made it impossible to operate a steel foundry in most of Europe and Australia. What the hell are we doing ? No wonder everything cast is coming from China and India. We sold our soul to save what exactly? This channel is the best thing on KZread, makes Wednesday worth waiting for. 👍🏼

It must be remembered that although there was incredible technological progress during World War II, many of these iconic engines and mechanisms had some drawbacks. That's why later models and modifications were created. There were also production limitations resulting from both technical limitations and the economics of war - saving materials. The Tiger engine also had flaws. Modern tank engines have also been modified for many years, and it turns out that they are reaching the end of their development capabilities and something new has to be designed. Greetings from Poland.

Those model track links would sell like hot cakes as souvenirs

Thanks Kurt, you and Beau must be in awe of the team at Panzer Farm. This series has been brilliant, but I have to wait 7 days for my next fix. I love Workshop Wednesdays. Cheers

Beautiful Tiger in Australia ! But it miss some zimmerit ! All late Tigers had that !!!

I can't wait for the world to get its second working Tiger 1.

I'm always fascinated by manufacturing. To think of that Tiger being designed and manufactured 80 years ago without computers, CNC machines and other modern manufacturing tools is something else. It's no wonder most manufacturing companies had tens of thousands of workers to make everything needed to produce the tanks.

Kurt's pronunciation of "Schwimmwagen" (in the previous Panzerfarm video) is spot-on! Highly commendable, since it's next to impossible for a non native German.

Great work and giving the opportunity of Tiger tanks in museums to become mobile once more...Fascinating engineering. Thank you for sharing.

Fabulous Fabulous Fabulous

What’s more incredible is an engineer designing all that with pencil and paper back in the day

This makes me wonder; how was it even possible to build the original tanks during the war? So complex and engineered, it's really astonishing. And by the way, thank you so much for this series!

@FirstDagger

6 ай бұрын

That is the reason they were so expensive, and keep in mind huge factories and hundreds of people worked to develop and build them.

@MichalKaczorowski

6 ай бұрын

This is why the Germans were so far behind in production. Americans were pragmatic. E.g. in the Sherman, they installed (depending on the version) a modified aircraft engine or modified car engines combined in a multibank.

Was für ein wahnsinnige Aufwand. Aber es lohnt sich.

Amazing the Team at Panzer Farm, so impressive the work they are doing at reverse engineering and new documentation not to mention production of new part, restoration jobs around the world should get alot easier for alot of people Great Video, thank you for showing us this amazing place and people running it

4:30 I feel like they shoud be casting their own company ID and the current year in their parts!

Another great episode… did I really hear them say they were working to 0.02mm tolerance with their reverse-engineering? I’m no engineer but that seems amazing! Combine those 21st-century skills with the craftsmen we saw in the previous episode and I see why this partnership is going to be epic!

@westmus

6 ай бұрын

The 3D scanner they use are also very expensive.

Great video I watch every Wednesday

As we as a people gain technological advancements, anything can be resurrected. Panzer farm and the Australian Tank Museum show us the way forward. I can’t wait to see formerly rusted hulks drive in a live museum!

These Guys are the real deal when it comes to manufacturing components and using the latest computer laser comparater ,This is most interesting to me after working in a CNC machine shop for Years and Knowing how tight the tolerances are

This is so great. Since kid I was always thinking: "If we have all the cool technologies better quality materials etc. Why can't people do some reverse engineering and make new spare parts for the old tanks like tiger" And you just announced that! It's like either you reading my mind or I'm reading yours. Amazing video.

It was very nice for me, to see designing with my former work tool, CATIA-V5. 😊 We use it for tool design in Automotive, also all the machining takes me back to my time as a toolmaker, I am very happy, that nowadays we work together with polish factories in tool making, they are also on the top, like Italian, or German ones.

Wow the Panzer farm guys are really awesome. All the Aus armour vehicles will be runners

Excited to one day have a second running Tiger, especially in summer camouflage.

@misdangered4326

6 ай бұрын

I think there’s 6 or 7 on the way (maybe more). Some will be sooner running sooner than others

All the technology these guys use in amazing. But to put it into context, it was all done by hand and brainpower back in the day. THAT is phenomenally amazing.

@trajtar

6 ай бұрын

By hand? No. In a huge factories, with hundreds of engineers and thousands odlf workers. All those engine, transmissions and other mechanical part designs were outcome of decades of industrialization of the west. Don't make "bare handed geniuses" out of our ancestors (well, more or less "ours"), this is just not true.