Thanks so much, Tony. I didn't realize I was making another dustpan, but I guess it could be. In fact, I could attach a 6-inch diameter vacuum hose to the round end, and it would be self-cleaning!
ooooh do i smell another collaboration ?? shhh everybody hush two top tier humans are about to make a thing !!! may i suggest turning the maho into a hot rod transformer ? :)
I love how you’re able to: 1) Find an interesting subject, 2) explain it perfectly, 3) build it perfectly - using simple tools no less, and 4) portray it so well in video format. Talk about being multi-talented! Thanks for sharing this with us.
I love that you've been using relatively basic tools to show how accessible "strong work" can be to us entry level hobby types. I've been imagining a variety of projects to build with my son, working up to something like a skookum electric go cart with clean body work.
I have been a professional metalworker for over 50 years, and I have acquired a shop full of expensive, professional-level tools. I only recently learned that people relate much better to videos that show simple tools!
@@RonCovell What I enjoy the most, is that while high end tools make work easier or less labour intensive, your videos show that even with relatively basic tools, and without too much more effort, I can make relatively high quality work.
@@RonCovell Another fantastic video I agree with many of the other comments, great you set an example of wearing ppe, also the "simple tools" you use to show it can be done without the aid of expensive equipment, and yea that's a crazy dust pan... Looking forward to the next video ...what ever it may be.
I love that you do videos with the simple tools. But I also love when you show me new ways to use my own expansive and expensive collection of great tools. You still have more. But I'm catching up. Thank you and your crew for all the work you do making these videos.
You know what I really love about this video? There were no computers involved. Other than the welder, all of the tools were very simple and inexpensive. Anybody with a home shop could do this.
This is such a great tutorial. The pattern and the bending jig made the process so much better, and each were pretty simple to make. Years ago someone told me that fixtures, jigs, and patterns saved time and made things easier, but that hasn't sunk in until watching your videos. So many times I would try to put something together without any of that, and just flounder....or get sidetracked spending more time or money on the tools for the job than the actual job itself. You have such a good balance of that. You're inspiring me to think about the process more. Thank you!
I really am taken back years. When I was an apprentice, my master sheet metal man taught me your method to use. Been so many years and I still remember him. So sad he is not with us any more. May he rest in peace. Good day Sir.
I truly appreciate how you chose to use more basic tools and showcase the process in a way us hobbyists can replicate. It also amazes me how you can hide those welds so well. Thanks for all you do, Ron!
I did a copper smithing apprenticeship on the Rhodesia Railways in the 1970's. I haven't done any metal work for 40 years. I've just bought a Tig welder and you have inspired me to get stuck in and create a few pieces. Excellent series with clear instructions.
Very nice I just got retirement/disability. I worked as a welder,machinist, fabricator from 1971 to 2019. Nobody ever showed me that method. I sure could have used it a few times. First video of yours I have seen won't be the last. I have a small shop in a two car garage, hopefully some day I will be able to get back out there and finish the 5 or 6 projects I was in the middle of. Thanks again Bob
There is no way in H*** I would have figured that out. Wish I would have seen this stuff 40years ago. I may have had other hobbies. You are a jewel for passing this knowledge on.
I saw this video going square to round and just had to watch,and I am glad I did.You made this look so easy and the final result was perfection.You sir are a metal magic man and I appreciate everything you do.I have learned so much from you compared to how other people do things,you blow them away with ease.Thank You so much Sir.
We’re all rolling along with you. Thanks Ron. Such a pleasure to have you visit my shop (virtually through TH-cam) and provide another amazing tutorial..... 👍👍😎👍👍
I would have spent ages trying to come up with a way to scribe the outside and ended up with a far worse result. House tool was exceptionally simple as all truly smart things are. I was in awe of the simplicity and effectiveness!
@@jonasthemovie Nice for those with fast/proper Internet connection. And you "get it from the horses mouth". Like watching live TV. Or like being married versus not. Various options, will be (perceived) better, on the basis of individual preferences.
Having done a lot of machine build work in the past, your videos take me back to the shop floor and trying to show the young guys how to make anything we needed to get the job done. Because as you know you always have the parts you don't need for the job and the order time to get them is always 2 weeks after the date you need to ship what ever job your working on.... It was always fun and I loved making the parts I needed....
As an old dog now approaching my 80's - and born during THE war - it is amazing how many new tricks I am now learning. I have done many of these by intuition out in "the wild" so to speak - but this is doing it to perfection in a nice clean workshop - and with ALL of the tools I never had and many of the so called "assists" that can be bought "off the shelf" I just had to think about - and make for myself. i suppose that "my old days"{yeah yeah} education and thinking outside the box was the way we all progressed I suppose - but thank you for an excellent demonstration - I am more then impressed!
Your geometric skills and your patience really do pay off handsomely in the piece you have created. Sure was a real pleasure to watch a highly skilled craftsman of steel do his work. Thank you!!!
Ron having recently discovered your videos, I am renewed in my interest in metal. I have built hot rods and 4x4 stuff my entire life. I started sanding cars when I was 6 with my dad. He chopped Mercs and built motors and did his own paint and pinstripe. I enjoy working with my sons. 50 now and while my time will wind down, my 23 and 18 year old sons are just getting going. I have shown them your channel and look forward to doing these projects with them. You are truly an inspiration. Thank You
A friend of mine (now retired) was a second generation tin knocker. He had a patterning table with pins around the perimeter and a notebook with details for square to round layouts of various dimensions. He could reference which pins to scribe between with a straight edge to establish his lines before heading to the break. It is a joy to watch a skilled tradesman work.
This is amazing! So simple yet so effective! I've dropped my jaw, I can't find few of my teeth now, but never mind that, I've learnt something new today and that makes me happy!
Great reminder! Thank you. Very early in my engineering career I design and built both cement mixers and garbage trucks. We did it usually CAD. YOU CAN IMAGINE that the drum of a cement mixer is just a dome connected to numerous cones. I took a sizable number of designs by hand drawings and put them in CAD and then fine tuned the numbers using true calculations and added in Bend Allowance calculation depending the type of bends or rolling process. I would bet the first cement mixers were developed the same way you layed out. Good memories of creating systems and a quality product. Unfortunately it did not pay very much. Keep up the great work.
Master class on the importance of high school Math. I graduated from a Occupational Technical school and they only mandated general math. Geometry makes welding & fabricating more elegant and cost effective. This was a very elegant process to transition from a square to a round shape with some concentricity.
thank you Ron for sharing this technique, I am a young engineer with a long career ahead of me and I find you videos very interesting and helpful. You would make a great teacher. thank god for the internet. The problem I have found while doing my apprenticeship is that there are not always talented individuals to teach you the skills you need to know to be a sucessful professional. Your videos are gold and I thank you again.
Your sharing what you know, with clarity, helps my life. For most of my 74 years, I have both math laid out & trial and erred patterns for 3d fabrications in glass, wood, fabric or metal. Rollation is a fine gift I wish I'd known earlier. Thank you Ron.
I doubt there's a more Superior teacher/mentor in this profession than this Master. So outstanding skills that - anyone with "what ever" background - get fascinated!! I was once blessed with a teacher reminding of you (in woodcrafts) Ron in many ways! Thank you for sharing high valued skills!
I bought a rollation cheap from an old sheet metal shop going out of business. I have my own shop and make these regularly. It's also called a jet pattern designer (at least that's what written on the tool with the patent number), I was told it's what sailors used on ships to fabricate parts at sea. The two ends have screw on rings to hold on the patterns. They also each pivot on an axis up to 45 degrees so you can make offset transitions as well. I make them in two equal halves and munch over and punch the sides instead of welding. I can fabricate one of these in about 20 minutes.
I particularly appreciate how Ron demonstrates making/using special tools for those of us who do not have the commercial equipment that many pros can afford (and have room for). Thanks, Ron!
Being a professional metalworker for over 50 years, I do have a lot of high-end (expensive) equipment. I only recently learned that most people enjoy seeing how much you can do with simple tools!
Sorcery from a Master Magician! Just thinking , If I were only a youngster starting out but this old dog is learning new tricks from you. What a recourse you are. Thanks Ron!
Brings back memories of a fifty year career in HVAC/Sheetmetal. We used rollation mainly for oddball roofjacks and "old shool "layout for square-to-rounds and other fittings. My last two years were on a plasma table but I got the job being able to do it "old school".
@@RonCovell In third year of a 4 year apprentiship I was put on the bench doing layouts and forming of all sorts of fittings as they came in on detail sheets from the field. Mostly commercial HVAC ductwork and miles of gutter and flashings. I had an aptitude for geometry so I almost always found it interesting and challenging. It was a small shop so I got the chance to do it all-detailing, fabrication, installation. Eventually got into service, design, estimating, and contracting from my own shop.
Than you so much for making these videos... you are like the "world's shop teacher." Making sense of what math teachers cant... I remember asking my teachers how I use this or that in math classes in the real world... it just helps to see it all come together... keep up the great work. Again thank you for taking the time to make these videos
Sir, I'm going to watch every video you put up. I might not have an immediate use for the process but more is better than less. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom with us!
As years pass, I realize how little I know! A crazy side story - having suffered a mild stroke last year, monitoring my blood pressure has become a way of life. Recently I had taken my pressure and recorded it then watch one of Ron’s videos. Just for kicks I took it again, and as I suspected, the BP was lower significantly! This has happened multiple times! Thank you Ron for teaching us what could be frustrating skills in a calm and relaxed manner. Learning is better than meds!
Wow - that's one of the most interesting comments I've ever had! I'm so glad that your BP is lowered by watching my videos. Maybe they have a calming effect on others, too!
@@RonCovell The word, "Therapeutic" , comes to mind. My mother used to say, knitting bring calmness to her. She did that while watching TV and more... 🤔😁 For me, knitting looks tiring and like no fun. But being older now, I can finally see. That fun can be had in so many ways/fields. One's perception must only "tune in". Though I realise it is not always a readily available option. Like for instance, picking up the TV remote and use it.
After 43 years man and boy As a general SMW I am very impressed with this chap. The only slight adjustment I would say is the division of the bend section be done by dividers using the over arc method to divide x2 until you arrive at the 8 total. Nice work tho and a very clean and highly polished presentation of craftsmanship all round. 👍👏👏👏
Big thanks for the help!! You deserve the most choice blessings for you willingness and gentle instruction. You come off very encouraging and supportive.
Dear mr Covell. The way you teach in your videos reminds me of my late grandfather, a supremely skilled woodworker, who still had the patience to teach what he knew to those who wanted to learn. The knowledge that people like you are still in the world is, to me, a sign of hope that skill and craftmanship might not yet be lost to the ages.
Wow. Amazed again. I love the use of simple tools that anyone could have in their garage. The outside scribe idea is so simple yet I never thought of that. Thanks for sharing your skill.
Very good explanation and demonstration. I work in a machine shop with some really smart and creative old timers, might have to blow their minds with this technique.
I'm a new subscriber. Being 42 yrs old, any skillset I can develope to improve my craft is a tool I can use to increase productivity and profit for Koontz Machine. That said, personal interest brought me here.
more than 1,400 comments, more than 300,000 views ( march 2021) , it's a deserved popularity, because you teach us with grace , kindness & efficiency, best regards from France & Canada !
Great information Ron! I need to make a custom fan shroud for my 47 ford truck. This technique will definitely work thanks for sharing this in a way that an average person can perform this with basic tools.
I watch all your videos, may not ever attempt to make the same projects you work on, but I learn to apply your methods in my hobby coppersmithing projects, you and Jere are my metal fabrication online teachers.
I am constantly amazed at how little I know, how much I have to learn and how short a time I have left to learn it ! Thank you for passing your knowledge on.
Lovely and informative as always. That shop-made tool has an analogous tool in ship-building. It's called a spiling (pronounced spy-ling) tool. It's used in planking a boat. it's job transferring the top edge of the back plank to the front of the front plank so the top plank can be cut and fit the back plank perfectly. Some have off-sets for lapping of planks.
Never seen it done like that, for smaller transitions this could save time, but for larger I would use true length line method which is what I was taught
You are correct that the rollation method is only useful for relatively small objects. Nevertheless, Iots of people have enjoyed learning about this alternative technique.
I'm 15. I own 5 Muscle car's I'm rebuilding. My friends are playing video games of car racing. I'm learning from this wonderful man , how to build the real thing LOL. I own a Miller welder too. Awesome video! Thank you. Mr Covell.
This is one of those exercise pieces every apprentice would have to do, but everybody would hate it because you'd use 2mm (8th inch) stainless and the curves would never match up in radius and length. You'd also have to weld a round piece and a square piece onto the respective ends, which would warp the whole thing and burn the chrome base material beyond polish if you weren't shielding or keeping the temperature down well enough. I'd love to work with really thin metal like this, although welding becomes tricky too. Well done, Ron!
Wow, I need to do exactly this for a fire chimney project. I need to do it out of 14 to 16 gauge though. Going to give it a try, I have both a manual sheet metal brake and a press brake. Should be a fun project and a big learning day! Thank you Ron!
I hope it goes well for you. Having a brake really streamlines work like this. I did this job without a brake, just to show people who have limited equipment what you can do in a pinch!
I've fabricated hundreds of these transitions in many sizes large and small but they were all drawn and cut on cnc machines. Nice to see how the parts can be made without using fancy machines. Excellent video Ron!
Used to make square to round duct fittings by using the nearly the same method by using sheetmetal fixtures. Used a metal brake to brake the coordinates , laying them out with a scribe. Great video. Wish I would of thought of a wood fixture way back then.
Absolutely awesome Ron. Any trainers out there who are endeavouring to teach this stuff need look no further than your videos. They are the blueprint right there.
I'm looking to make a fan shroud for my '62 F100. Out of the blue, this video was magically recommended. I know nothing of metal bending and have very meager tools. About a year ago, I salvaged a stainless steel clothes dryer drum and its stainless steel cabinet. I'm going try this magic of yours then maybe, take the result to a shop for welding as needed. I'll make in two pieces for ease of installation. Oh, wait.....if I make it as two pieces maybe, no welding is needed. Hmmm I wish I had confidence. Let's see.....wish me luck!
I definitely wish you the best of luck with your fan shroud! Stainless is a little challenging to cut and form, but it's an extremely durable material.
RON I freaking love your work! Thank you for teaching this to anyone who cares. I know we have computer to machine manufacturing these days, but seeing stuff that seems complicated done by hand with such finese is inspiring. Makes me wonder how much better our lives have really gotten with these machines, or if we have just weakend ourselves for depending on something a computer. Something else I really appreciate is that your videos are practical and real, when the paint runs you don't grab the acetone and reshoot the video. I appreciate that you respect us enough to not pretend like you are master of the universe. Sometimes paint runs, sometimes we bend the metal past 90 degrees and when that stuff gets hidden, sadly, people get demoralized when they make mistakes and the professionals show perfection. Working through perceived problems is good for everyone. On a side note, watching you use those dividers made me want a pair. There was an episode of Tony's where he took us all on a date to his favorite BBQ joint and talked about some of his favorite tools. Would be great to see some of those tools you can't live without. Thanks again for the brilliant work!
Thanks again Ron. Keep up with the simple technique videos. They are a great help to those of us who have to come up with solutions on the fly outside the shop.
OMG, Ron. I first watched videos of you about 15 years ago which taught me how to TIG weld when I bought your videos after buying a Miller. Haven’t seen you in awhile. You got gray! It’s nice to know you are still out and about making great videos about very useful stuffs. Thank you!
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excellent as always Ron and that's the craziest dustpan yet!
Now you just have to make a crazier handle for it.
😆😆😆
We should tell the apprentice to grind it to a point so a handle can be fitted.
Thanks so much, Tony. I didn't realize I was making another dustpan, but I guess it could be. In fact, I could attach a 6-inch diameter vacuum hose to the round end, and it would be self-cleaning!
ooooh do i smell another collaboration ?? shhh everybody hush two top tier humans are about to make a thing !!! may i suggest turning the maho into a hot rod transformer ? :)
Love learning new things from a legend off the internet, what a time to be alive.
Yes, it's a great time to be alive!
Oh, PLEASE!!!
Awesome time to be alive :D
Some people can't afford a small brake but will have a tig welder ?
I never knew how much I needed to learn about shaping metal like this. I’ve really enjoyed these!!
Great to hear!
First Tony, now Zep? Next thing you know Jimmy will be here!
I don't know how to thank TOT for letting me discover your channel!
Welcome!!
I’m the same, if it wasn’t for TOT I would have never found you channel. I have learned so much from your channel. Thanks!
👍
I love how you’re able to:
1) Find an interesting subject,
2) explain it perfectly,
3) build it perfectly - using simple tools no less, and
4) portray it so well in video format.
Talk about being multi-talented!
Thanks for sharing this with us.
Wow, thanks!
I love that you've been using relatively basic tools to show how accessible "strong work" can be to us entry level hobby types. I've been imagining a variety of projects to build with my son, working up to something like a skookum electric go cart with clean body work.
I have been a professional metalworker for over 50 years, and I have acquired a shop full of expensive, professional-level tools. I only recently learned that people relate much better to videos that show simple tools!
@@RonCovell What I enjoy the most, is that while high end tools make work easier or less labour intensive, your videos show that even with relatively basic tools, and without too much more effort, I can make relatively high quality work.
@@RonCovell Another fantastic video I agree with many of the other comments, great you set an example of wearing ppe, also the "simple tools" you use to show it can be done without the aid of expensive equipment, and yea that's a crazy dust pan...
Looking forward to the next video ...what ever it may be.
I love that you do videos with the simple tools. But I also love when you show me new ways to use my own expansive and expensive collection of great tools. You still have more. But I'm catching up.
Thank you and your crew for all the work you do making these videos.
Skookum? You an AVE fan? 😉
Watching Ron Covell work metal is as relaxing as watching Bob Ross paint.
I was just thinking the same thing. I keep waiting for him to make a happy tree!
Lmao you hear that Ron. People want to see you bob Ross a episode and weld a happy tree
AIN'T IT JUST AIN'T IT 😎
Everybody needs a friend. 😊
This is the kind of thing that I know how to do in CAD but would never expect to be done by hand. Well done!
Well, people did make things before computers were invented!
@@RonCovell im a sheet metal worker i would lay it out by triangulation pattern develoment
Stuff like this makes you appreciate the old car fenders with all the curves and lines.
Your CAD can't make it out of sheetmetal.
How do you suppose it was done before CAD?
You know what I really love about this video? There were no computers involved. Other than the welder, all of the tools were very simple and inexpensive. Anybody with a home shop could do this.
That was the whole idea!
This is such a great tutorial. The pattern and the bending jig made the process so much better, and each were pretty simple to make. Years ago someone told me that fixtures, jigs, and patterns saved time and made things easier, but that hasn't sunk in until watching your videos. So many times I would try to put something together without any of that, and just flounder....or get sidetracked spending more time or money on the tools for the job than the actual job itself. You have such a good balance of that. You're inspiring me to think about the process more. Thank you!
Thank YOU for watching, and commenting!
I really am taken back years. When I was an apprentice, my master sheet metal man taught me your method to use. Been so many years and I still remember him. So sad he is not with us any more. May he rest in peace. Good day Sir.
My bad for not using your name Ron. Peace
I truly appreciate how you chose to use more basic tools and showcase the process in a way us hobbyists can replicate.
It also amazes me how you can hide those welds so well. Thanks for all you do, Ron!
My pleasure!
I am blown away by your 3D mind. It is like a musician´s perfect pitch.
Wow - kind words indeed!
I did a copper smithing apprenticeship on the Rhodesia Railways in the 1970's. I haven't done any metal work for 40 years. I've just bought a Tig welder and you have inspired me to get stuck in and create a few pieces. Excellent series with clear instructions.
Very cool!
Very nice I just got retirement/disability. I worked as a welder,machinist, fabricator from 1971 to 2019. Nobody ever showed me that method. I sure could have used it a few times.
First video of yours I have seen won't be the last.
I have a small shop in a two car garage, hopefully some day I will be able to get back out there and finish the 5 or 6 projects I was in the middle of.
Thanks again
Bob
Good luck with your projects!
There is no way in H*** I would have figured that out. Wish I would have seen this stuff 40years ago. I may have had other hobbies. You are a jewel for passing this knowledge on.
Well I've been called a square peg in a round hole, maybe this video well help sort that out.
I hope it works!
LoL
I saw this video going square to round and just had to watch,and I am glad I did.You made this look so easy and the final result was perfection.You sir are a metal magic man and I appreciate everything you do.I have learned so much from you compared to how other people do things,you blow them away with ease.Thank You so much Sir.
You are so welcome!
You call it a success, I call it watching a skilled craftsman effortlessly going about his business! Such a pleasure to watch. Thanks Ron
Glad you enjoyed it!
We’re all rolling along with you. Thanks Ron. Such a pleasure to have you visit my shop (virtually through TH-cam) and provide another amazing tutorial..... 👍👍😎👍👍
Any time!
Rollation is brilliant, but I was blown away by the scribing part at the end, literally outside the box thinking.
"I have to sorry"
No no wrong end its outside the tube :P
I would have spent ages trying to come up with a way to scribe the outside and ended up with a far worse result. House tool was exceptionally simple as all truly smart things are. I was in awe of the simplicity and effectiveness!
Often the simpler solutions are best!
His voice sounds like the best text-to-speech in the universe.
Brilliant format of premiering a pre-recorded video & being live in the chat to answer questions! Thanks Ron👍
I'm delighted with all the interest these videos are getting!
Why would a live chat be a better way to answer questions?
@@jonasthemovie Nice for those with fast/proper Internet connection. And you "get it from the horses mouth". Like watching live TV. Or like being married versus not.
Various options, will be (perceived) better, on the basis of individual preferences.
Having done a lot of machine build work in the past, your videos take me back to the shop floor and trying to show the young guys how to make anything we needed to get the job done. Because as you know you always have the parts you don't need for the job and the order time to get them is always 2 weeks after the date you need to ship what ever job your working on.... It was always fun and I loved making the parts I needed....
That is awesome!
Great effort and and a perfect result please keep it up
Thanks - many more videos on the way!
Ron, that is beautiful work and your Rollation™ technique is a wonderful tool for us. Thank you for sharing!
Many thanks!
I like it Ron, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Knowledge is wisdom, wisdom is powerful. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
This man is the Bob Ross of metal working ans its absolutely amazing
Totally agreed!
I am a Mechanical Technician, and I studied that method ... I only have one word for you .... perrrrrrrfect!!!! ... greetings from Argentina !! ...
Hey, thanks so much!
As an old dog now approaching my 80's - and born during THE war - it is amazing how many new tricks I am now learning.
I have done many of these by intuition out in "the wild" so to speak - but this is doing it to perfection in a nice clean workshop - and with ALL of the tools I never had and many of the so called "assists" that can be bought "off the shelf" I just had to think about - and make for myself.
i suppose that "my old days"{yeah yeah} education and thinking outside the box was the way we all progressed I suppose - but thank you for an excellent demonstration - I am more then impressed!
I truly support 'lifelong learners' like you, and often thinking 'out of the box' pays big dividends!
Ron is like the Bob Ross of the metal working world.
“ And we just add a little tack here. The fit up is beautiful!”
Thanks for the great videos.
Wow, thanks
Ha!
I just made that comment, above.
I also LOVE that there's no distracting music. We get to hear the welder fan, grinder, whatever....
Your geometric skills and your patience really do pay off handsomely in the piece you have created. Sure was a real pleasure to watch a highly skilled craftsman of steel do his work. Thank you!!!
Thank you so much 😀
Photo looks GREAT, Ron! Can't wait to watch the master at work.
It won't be long now!
Ron having recently discovered your videos, I am renewed in my interest in metal. I have built hot rods and 4x4 stuff my entire life. I started sanding cars when I was 6 with my dad. He chopped Mercs and built motors and did his own paint and pinstripe. I enjoy working with my sons. 50 now and while my time will wind down, my 23 and 18 year old sons are just getting going. I have shown them your channel and look forward to doing these projects with them. You are truly an inspiration. Thank You
Eric - it's so important that we continue the chain of handing down this important knowledge to the next generation. I'm glad you are doing your part!
A friend of mine (now retired) was a second generation tin knocker. He had a patterning table with pins around the perimeter and a notebook with details for square to round layouts of various dimensions. He could reference which pins to scribe between with a straight edge to establish his lines before heading to the break.
It is a joy to watch a skilled tradesman work.
Wow - I've never heard of that technique, but I guess if you do this repeatedly, a patterning table like that could be a great timesaver!
Ron, great techniques for many projects! "But wait there's more"! ... " TOT - Dust Pan"! ... Food Processor Funnel! .... Fan Shroud! : )
Ron: And that looks pretty good.
Me: I need another band-aid.
Good one!
"I made a tool to scribe the outside", coincidentally enough it also functions as a bottle opener.
HAH - good one!
Lol
Everything's a bottle opener (if you're determined).
@@mattgies ....how about a pretzel?
....I dare you...... 😄😄
It's so cool that there are videos like this on the internet. I will be referring to these forever.
Great - I do too!
I used to fold metal and make transitions for heating and air ductwork but what you just taught me was amazing.
Glad you liked it!
Can't wait to see this, Ron! Thank you!
Hope you like it!
@@RonCovell Both the part and video came out perfect! Thank you!
Great stuff, Ron! Thank you SO much for sharing your knowledge and skills with us!
Glad it was helpful!
This is amazing! So simple yet so effective! I've dropped my jaw, I can't find few of my teeth now, but never mind that, I've learnt something new today and that makes me happy!
Wonderful!
Great reminder! Thank you. Very early in my engineering career I design and built both cement mixers and garbage trucks. We did it usually CAD. YOU CAN IMAGINE that the drum of a cement mixer is just a dome connected to numerous cones. I took a sizable number of designs by hand drawings and put them in CAD and then fine tuned the numbers using true calculations and added in Bend Allowance calculation depending the type of bends or rolling process. I would bet the first cement mixers were developed the same way you layed out. Good memories of creating systems and a quality product. Unfortunately it did not pay very much. Keep up the great work.
Sounds like you got to work on some great projects!
@@RonCovell I had a ton of them in the past, now I live through your videos. Keep up the great work!
Master class on the importance of high school Math. I graduated from a Occupational Technical school and they only mandated general math. Geometry makes welding & fabricating more elegant and cost effective. This was a very elegant process to transition from a square to a round shape with some concentricity.
Love the videos Ron.
Great!
“Covell’s Foil Rollation Pattern Paper” sounds like a good product idea to me!
I LOVE it!
@@RonCovell I’d order a roll of it tomorrow - as long as the shipping to Canada isn’t too expensive! :-)
Art!
Thank you so much for sharing.
You are so welcome!
thank you Ron for sharing this technique, I am a young engineer with a long career ahead of me and I find you videos very interesting and helpful. You would make a great teacher. thank god for the internet. The problem I have found while doing my apprenticeship is that there are not always talented individuals to teach you the skills you need to know to be a sucessful professional. Your videos are gold and I thank you again.
Great to hear!
Your sharing what you know, with clarity, helps my life. For most of my 74 years, I have both math laid out & trial and erred patterns for 3d fabrications in glass, wood, fabric or metal. Rollation is a fine gift I wish I'd known earlier. Thank you Ron.
Great craftsmanship . A seemingly simple thing for a layman requires so much of inguinity. Thank you for sharing .
Thanks for watching!
Sir, you are a true craftsman. Thanks much for gracefully sharing your craft. I enjoy watching your method of problem solving.
Thank you very much!
I doubt there's a more Superior teacher/mentor in this profession than this Master. So outstanding skills that - anyone with "what ever" background - get fascinated!! I was once blessed with a teacher
reminding of you (in woodcrafts) Ron in many ways! Thank you for sharing high valued skills!
Wow, thank you!
What a great privelidge it is to be able to watch a true craftsman at work. Thanks Ron, I learn a lot from you.
Wow, thanks!
I bought a rollation cheap from an old sheet metal shop going out of business. I have my own shop and make these regularly. It's also called a jet pattern designer (at least that's what written on the tool with the patent number), I was told it's what sailors used on ships to fabricate parts at sea.
The two ends have screw on rings to hold on the patterns. They also each pivot on an axis up to 45 degrees so you can make offset transitions as well.
I make them in two equal halves and munch over and punch the sides instead of welding. I can fabricate one of these in about 20 minutes.
Thanks Ron..!! The nobility of the material can only be found when you love what it does. Greetings from Mexico..!!
Wow - you have a wonderful way with words!
@@RonCovell Thank you..!!
I’m in the sheet metal industry and this here has helped me a lot thank you sir!
Great to hear!
I particularly appreciate how Ron demonstrates making/using special tools for those of us who do not have the commercial equipment that many pros can afford (and have room for). Thanks, Ron!
Being a professional metalworker for over 50 years, I do have a lot of high-end (expensive) equipment. I only recently learned that most people enjoy seeing how much you can do with simple tools!
Absolutely great stuff. Easily approachable and to the point video about seemingly complex part.
Much appreciated!
I’ve never seen a transition made like that. We use the regular triangulation form. Excellent illustration I was extremely impressed.
Triangulation is the traditional way to lay out shapes like this one. I just wanted to show an alternative.
Sorcery from a Master Magician! Just thinking , If I were only a youngster starting out but this old dog is learning new tricks from you. What a recourse you are. Thanks Ron!
You are so kind!
I work in a completely different area of business but love watching the skills and art of others. I high five your sharing skill and metal dexterity.
I appreciate that!
I never knew how to do it in such professional manner. Thank you so very much.
You are so welcome!
Brings back memories of a fifty year career in HVAC/Sheetmetal. We used rollation mainly for oddball roofjacks and "old shool "layout for square-to-rounds and other fittings. My last two years were on a plasma table but I got the job being able to do it "old school".
Sounds like you have a lot of good experience!
@@RonCovell In third year of a 4 year apprentiship I was put on the bench doing layouts and forming of all sorts of fittings as they came in on detail sheets from the field. Mostly commercial HVAC ductwork and miles of gutter and flashings. I had an aptitude for geometry so I almost always found it interesting and challenging. It was a small shop so I got the chance to do it all-detailing, fabrication, installation. Eventually got into service, design, estimating, and contracting from my own shop.
Than you so much for making these videos... you are like the "world's shop teacher." Making sense of what math teachers cant... I remember asking my teachers how I use this or that in math classes in the real world... it just helps to see it all come together... keep up the great work. Again thank you for taking the time to make these videos
Glad you like my videos - more on the way!
Your genius is the simplicity. Again, it’s awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
Sir, I'm going to watch every video you put up. I might not have an immediate use for the process but more is better than less. Thank you very much for sharing your wisdom with us!
I appreciate that!
Genius at work and the best instructional video on rollation on the web, thanks for knowledge.
Wow, thanks!
Logic and methodical application, gives me confidence to apply ideas
You make it look achievable.
Thank you.
Hey, that pleases me very much!
As years pass, I realize how little I know!
A crazy side story - having suffered a mild stroke last year, monitoring my blood pressure has become a way of life. Recently I had taken my pressure and recorded it then watch one of Ron’s videos. Just for kicks I took it again, and as I suspected, the BP was lower significantly! This has happened multiple times! Thank you Ron for teaching us what could be frustrating skills in a calm and relaxed manner. Learning is better than meds!
Wow - that's one of the most interesting comments I've ever had! I'm so glad that your BP is lowered by watching my videos. Maybe they have a calming effect on others, too!
@@RonCovell The word, "Therapeutic" , comes to mind.
My mother used to say, knitting bring calmness to her. She did that while watching TV and more... 🤔😁
For me, knitting looks tiring and like no fun. But being older now, I can finally see. That fun can be had in so many ways/fields.
One's perception must only "tune in".
Though I realise it is not always a readily available option. Like for instance, picking up the TV remote and use it.
Ron, I commend you for the endless possibilities this series of videos has given me and countless others. Thank you so much.
Wow, thanks!
Never was a friend of sheet metal, I can’t believe I am not bleeding after watching the video. Wow you sir are a real teacher.
After 43 years man and boy As a general SMW I am very impressed with this chap. The only slight adjustment I would say is the division of the bend section be done by dividers using the over arc method to divide x2 until you arrive at the 8 total.
Nice work tho and a very clean and highly polished presentation of craftsmanship all round. 👍👏👏👏
Thank you so much. Bisecting the angle repeatedly would have worked well, too.
Big thanks for the help!! You deserve the most choice blessings for you willingness and gentle instruction. You come off very encouraging and supportive.
I appreciate that!
Dear mr Covell. The way you teach in your videos reminds me of my late grandfather, a supremely skilled woodworker, who still had the patience to teach what he knew to those who wanted to learn. The knowledge that people like you are still in the world is, to me, a sign of hope that skill and craftmanship might not yet be lost to the ages.
Wow, thanks!
One of the best things about today’s world is having access to educational master craftsmanship videos for free, thank you for posting sir.
You are very welcome, and I can assure you that I am constantly learning new things on TH-cam, too!
Wow. Amazed again. I love the use of simple tools that anyone could have in their garage. The outside scribe idea is so simple yet I never thought of that. Thanks for sharing your skill.
Glad you liked it!
Very good explanation and demonstration. I work in a machine shop with some really smart and creative old timers, might have to blow their minds with this technique.
Cool, thanks
I'm a new subscriber. Being 42 yrs old, any skillset I can develope to improve my craft is a tool I can use to increase productivity and profit for Koontz Machine. That said, personal interest brought me here.
more than 1,400 comments, more than 300,000 views ( march 2021) , it's a deserved popularity, because you teach
us with grace , kindness & efficiency, best regards from France & Canada !
Thanks so much, and honestly, I was surprised that this particular video got so much attention!
Great information Ron! I need to make a custom fan shroud for my 47 ford truck. This technique will definitely work thanks for sharing this in a way that an average person can perform this with basic tools.
Great - I'm glad you can put this to practical use!
I watch all your videos, may not ever attempt to make the same projects you work on, but I learn to apply your methods in my hobby coppersmithing projects, you and Jere are my metal fabrication online teachers.
Cool, thanks!
I am constantly amazed at how little I know, how much I have to learn and how short a time I have left to learn it ! Thank you for passing your knowledge on.
You're very welcome!
Only just found your content and I salute you sir. I learnt more than I expect in every video I have seen so far. Thank you.
Welcome, and I have over 75 videos!
Lovely and informative as always.
That shop-made tool has an analogous tool in ship-building. It's called a spiling (pronounced spy-ling) tool. It's used in planking a boat. it's job transferring the top edge of the back plank to the front of the front plank so the top plank can be cut and fit the back plank perfectly. Some have off-sets for lapping of planks.
Thanks for letting me know about that - I'd never heard of a spilling tool!
Never seen it done like that, for smaller transitions this could save time, but for larger I would use true length line method which is what I was taught
You are correct that the rollation method is only useful for relatively small objects. Nevertheless, Iots of people have enjoyed learning about this alternative technique.
I'm 15. I own 5 Muscle car's I'm rebuilding. My friends are playing video games of car racing. I'm learning from this wonderful man , how to build the real thing LOL. I own a Miller welder too. Awesome video! Thank you. Mr Covell.
Hats off to you for getting off to a great start so early in life!
I had just mentioned to a coworker that we'd be needing to learn how to do exactly this for a job we have coming up. Thank you for the tutorial.
You are so welcome!
This is one of those exercise pieces every apprentice would have to do, but everybody would hate it because you'd use 2mm (8th inch) stainless and the curves would never match up in radius and length. You'd also have to weld a round piece and a square piece onto the respective ends, which would warp the whole thing and burn the chrome base material beyond polish if you weren't shielding or keeping the temperature down well enough. I'd love to work with really thin metal like this, although welding becomes tricky too. Well done, Ron!
Thanks! Yes stainless, and thick stainless in particular has some unique challenges!
Wow, I need to do exactly this for a fire chimney project. I need to do it out of 14 to 16 gauge though. Going to give it a try, I have both a manual sheet metal brake and a press brake. Should be a fun project and a big learning day! Thank you Ron!
I hope it goes well for you. Having a brake really streamlines work like this. I did this job without a brake, just to show people who have limited equipment what you can do in a pinch!
I've fabricated hundreds of these transitions in many sizes large and small but they were all drawn and cut on cnc machines. Nice to see how the parts can be made without using fancy machines. Excellent video Ron!
Yes, there are many ways to layout and make transitions like this!
This series is AMAZING! ! ! Very ingenious and you are teaching it very well. Thank you!
Glad you enjoy it!
Used to make square to round duct fittings by using the nearly the same method by using sheetmetal fixtures. Used a metal brake to brake the coordinates , laying them out with a scribe. Great video. Wish I would of thought of a wood fixture way back then.
Very cool!
Absolutely awesome Ron. Any trainers out there who are endeavouring to teach this stuff need look no further than your videos. They are the blueprint right there.
Awesome! Thank you!
I'm looking to make a fan shroud for my '62 F100. Out of the blue, this video was magically recommended. I know nothing of metal bending and have very meager tools.
About a year ago, I salvaged a stainless steel clothes dryer drum and its stainless steel cabinet. I'm going try this magic of yours then maybe, take the result to a shop for welding as needed. I'll make in two pieces for ease of installation.
Oh, wait.....if I make it as two pieces maybe, no welding is needed. Hmmm
I wish I had confidence. Let's see.....wish me luck!
I definitely wish you the best of luck with your fan shroud! Stainless is a little challenging to cut and form, but it's an extremely durable material.
Still amazed how this process works. Thanks for the videos.
Thanks for watching!
RON I freaking love your work! Thank you for teaching this to anyone who cares. I know we have computer to machine manufacturing these days, but seeing stuff that seems complicated done by hand with such finese is inspiring. Makes me wonder how much better our lives have really gotten with these machines, or if we have just weakend ourselves for depending on something a computer.
Something else I really appreciate is that your videos are practical and real, when the paint runs you don't grab the acetone and reshoot the video. I appreciate that you respect us enough to not pretend like you are master of the universe. Sometimes paint runs, sometimes we bend the metal past 90 degrees and when that stuff gets hidden, sadly, people get demoralized when they make mistakes and the professionals show perfection. Working through perceived problems is good for everyone.
On a side note, watching you use those dividers made me want a pair. There was an episode of Tony's where he took us all on a date to his favorite BBQ joint and talked about some of his favorite tools. Would be great to see some of those tools you can't live without. Thanks again for the brilliant work!
Thanks for the great idea, and for your kind comments!
Thanks again Ron. Keep up with the simple technique videos. They are a great help to those of us who have to come up with solutions on the fly outside the shop.
OMG, Ron. I first watched videos of you about 15 years ago which taught me how to TIG weld when I bought your videos after buying a Miller. Haven’t seen you in awhile. You got gray! It’s nice to know you are still out and about making great videos about very useful stuffs. Thank you!
That is awesome! I'm definitely more grey than I was before, but still doing fine!
Between here and This Old Tony, I have wasted an entire Long Weekend. Cheers. Best three days ever spent.
Glad you liked it!