Matt- I don't know if you read all these but I thought you'd like to hear: I used the tips from one of your older vids when you were building the cage in the mongrel to fab up a cage for my neighbor's dirt track race truck. Long and short of it is on his very first time out he rolled it at around 65mph into the wall. Thankfully he is fine, the cage held, and he went on to nearly win the main event that evening. So, thanks for the tips! You helped save his life, and definitely taught me a new skill.
Getting closer Matt, with kids and wife health issues, and the current issues around the world, everyone should feel privileged that you are still able to produce vids, thanks again.
I second this comment The kids don't stay small for long enoff. I missed alot of time watching my kids growing up always working iv got a granddaughter now and I drop everything to spend time with her. 👍 👍 👍 😜 🏴 🦄 🎣 😁 🤞✌️
Great vid Matt, nice hearing you say how well behaved your children have been, that’s because they have been brought up correctly by their loving parents!. Best wishes to your wife hope she is recovering from her slipped disc ok (painful) 👍
Hope your wife gets better soon - a slipped disc sucks for sure. “If my kids were like that, I’d look for a job on an oil rig” lol that’s the best thing I’ve heard all week
The limitations of the plasma cutter are shown when cutting aluminium alloy and this is why opted for a water jet cutter instead. The outer skin is an oxide layer and has a higher melting point than the inner material so by the time the outside melts the inner is like molten jelly and it sputters everywhere and gives a messy cut and wrecks consumables. Most laser operators not happy cutting alloy for this reason. Water jet produces no heat and holds a way tighter and neater cut with no heat affected zone and no debuting required. Cool thing is it can cut glass fibre,carbon fibre, plastics, wood and pretty much most other things! Love the way it can compensate for any cut taper and can cut holes close enough to finished size for most fabrication work. Reconditioned cutter with 8x4 table cost just a little more than plasma cutter and maybe slightly more costly to run but way way worth it!. Next step will be a fourth axis to do tubing and box section ends.
My Mum slipped a disk once in a while, the remedy was a hollow core door sans the hinges and hardware slipped under her side of the bed, me M & P swore by it, hope your misses gets better soon. The kids must be loving the chocolate cake for breakfast. lol
Nice one geez. All the best to you and the missus. I've slipped a disc or two on many an occasion. Just one tip, DON'T LET ANYONE OPPERATE ON HER. Oh and get her down to Pilates asap. Keep going son.
If you use neat washing up liquid on where you want to bend aluminium and heat it till it turns brown it's the correct temperature for anealing! Apparently!
Been a while since you did this one Matt did chortle at those last folds maybe if you had folder to stick in the vice for the small bits that get left til the end...Always learn summit' from your self, Cheers..
Nice work as always. Intresting comment on making your hobby your job. I didn't and have always regretted it. Job security is ok but dull. The best cure for a slipped disc is pushing a hoover along, that's the advice I gave my wife.
Should of done the mounting bolt holes on the battery tray like key holes then you wouldn't have to remove all 6 bolts completely to remove the battery.
It's looking good Matt , it's never easy with family especially when you're self employed , I've been through all that . I've now got grand kids which is more fun ??
I think I bought the expensive motorsport specific red version of this battery. Still very good especially combined with the expensive trickle charger with the pretty lights.
Am glad you have big shoulders Doing all at home ain't easy hope your wife is fealing better soon 😘 your work is awsome as always 👍👍👍😜🏴🦄🎣😁🤞✌️ Ps another thing off your to do list 😁
As you say when a hobby becomes a job it spoils it why? Because a hobby is something to do to escape from work, a release from the rigours of life but if it becomes a job....what do you do for that release, do your hobby which means more work not less, which in the end spoils what the hobby was meant to be in the first place. There are some that do both well but they are few. For us mere mortals, keep healthy and keep the two apart if you can.
Yeah running yer own business is tough enough but being the only employee too, now yer in full send, even if the missus helped with some of the book stuff, thats where we're at.
The exploding bit is regards to "submerged cutting", which is done with some CNC cutters, bubbles of hydrogen being trapped under the plate and igniting, you don't have that type of cutter, I'd put water in the tank because of the smoke, fumes and dust you don't want to be breathing. I cut a lot of aluminium on mine and the dust kick up is disturbing without water. Also a v-fast cutting speed and maybe a lower air pressure or turn the plasma down a bit ( yes all counter intuitive) will hep with a cleaner cut. Plasma cutting aluminium is just a case of blowing away molten metal, unlike cutting ferrous metal which is a chemical reaction forming slag, "Yes two completely different process's"
I replied to Richard Smith about bending aluminium, but forgot to add that another reason you may have got a crack is that your brake finger has a really small radius. Something that small would really only work on 0.012" or so. For thicker material just put some steel sheet in and bend it around as far as it'll go and then put your aluminium in under that. Try googling bend radius chart to find out the minimum radii for different material. Aluminium can get expensive. And most important, best wishes to your wife.
Interesting, back in the day we used to go for a big battery, so we didn't have to run an alternator on the motor, same with the fan - no fans, ran two or 3 radiators. Enough to keep it cool for a race, then hose them down between races to cool them off. The little bit of extra weight wasn't much of a penalty for getting rid of the horse power suckers!
does your folder allow enough height to put some box section in it? On mine i can raise enough to insert box section then bend off that as a platform meaning i can bend opposite ways like you needed... just a thought if it raises enough.
Put black marker pen on you aluminium then heat until it just start to disappear. Let it cool then fold it. Always works for me. What thickness aluminium will your plasma cutter cut?
Hi there, I am looking into using one of those batteries to run my Porsche 356 replica running a 1.6 beetle engine, do they cope with the alternator charge circuit etc, any risks of over heating ..Cheers
The stress factor of hobby to work arrives when you sign a lease AND have to travel hours to get to work. Ideal solution is a 12000 sq foot workshop house, a child old enough to hold the camera and a wife with a well paying job... Would facing the battery terminals towards the rear not be more appropriate, for excess? An air gap between battery box and ecu would be advantageous with heat cycles etc.
I'm an aircraft structures guy, so I feel compelled to offer a little free advice ,and yes I know what that's worth.Really you should never bend with the grain, even in "O" condition , it will eventually crack. What should be done is rotate your piece 45 deg. so that none of your bends are with the grain. And while "O" is easier to work with, unless it is heat treated it doesn't have the strength neccessary for a battery box. Unless of course it's so thick that you might as well use steel 🙂.
never heared that about cutting alumium over a watertable....learn sumting every day i guess wonder if filling the watertable with a layer of sand will help any of the dust flying up during cutting dry , it will prevent the plasma jet and the slag from hitting the bottom of said table
Will you go back to making things with hand tools in your videos, like you used to do? We don't all get a free computer operated plasma or can afford one.
I see your point here dude, but Matt's stepped his game up, why would he hand craft that item when he can smash it out in a quarter of the time on the plasma table? I too will probably never have the space or money to buy 1, but I don't begrudge matt the luxury. He's still shown us the principle of the box, how 1 would cut the shape and fold it in 1 piece, the skill is transferable to hand tools with some thought.
I do agree with you there. Many original viewer to his channel liked his hand crafting skills and his explanations of how to do things. Now he's just another sponsors slave. But i don't begrudge him either. Just don't forget those that helped build his channel.
Hi Matt, just wondered if you’ve done any calculations on weight distribution up to now? I guess moving things around such as the battery (& other heavy items) could have a positive effect on the final handling of the car?
I'll be honest, not liking where you're locating that box. As for the hobby thing, it's true. Hope you've applied for any grants available and go for the bounce back loan too. Stay safe.
If it was spelt Aluminum then your pronunciation would be correct. But here, where your language was invented, it is spelt Aluminium. So that’s why it is we say it that way.
@@stephenbartlett8289 We Yanks say it in jest to our cousins in the U.K. ect. I can assure you I'm Welsh-Irish who was born in the states. Me Nan and granddad migrated here in the 1940's. Look at my username. It's the same spelling used on my birth certificate. You and I are cousins from across the pond. FYI, we're both correct. ------> *Aluminum and aluminium are two names for element 13 on the periodic table* In both cases, the element symbol is Al, although Americans and Canadians spell and pronounce the name aluminum, while the British (and most of the rest of the world) use the spelling and pronunciation of aluminium. Origin of Two Names The origin of the two names may be attributable to element's discoverer, Sir Humphry Davy, Webster's Dictionary, or the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC). *In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy identified the existence of the metal in alum, which he at first named "alumium", and later "aluminum."* Davy proposed the name aluminum when referring to the element in his 1812 book Elements of Chemical Philosophy, despite his previous use of "alumium." The official name "aluminium" was adopted to conform with the -ium names of most other elements. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary used the "aluminum" spelling, which it maintained in later editions. In 1925, the American Chemical Society (ACS) decided to go from aluminium back to the original aluminum, putting the United States in the "aluminum" group. In recent years, the IUPAC had identified "aluminium" as the proper spelling, but it didn't catch on in North America, since the ACS used aluminum *The IUPAC periodic table presently lists both spellings and says both words are perfectly acceptable* www.thoughtco.com/aluminum-or-aluminium-3980635
Hope the wife gets better soon
My old teacher always told me, if you make your hobby your livelihood, you need to go find yourself a hobby.. Great stuff Matt!
or a new perspective. do what you love for a living, and you never work a day in your life.
@@StanleyKubick1 If that we're true, rockstars and professional sportsman wouldn't complain.
Matt- I don't know if you read all these but I thought you'd like to hear: I used the tips from one of your older vids when you were building the cage in the mongrel to fab up a cage for my neighbor's dirt track race truck. Long and short of it is on his very first time out he rolled it at around 65mph into the wall. Thankfully he is fine, the cage held, and he went on to nearly win the main event that evening. So, thanks for the tips! You helped save his life, and definitely taught me a new skill.
You are a great teacher, that is why you're Children are so good.
Awesome work Matt, although I was expecting a “Like a Glove!” When you slipped the second cover over the battery. 🤣
I really appreciate the way you show the trials and include the "test version" showing what went wrong.
Sorry to hear about your missus send her my best wishes that she gets better soon.
Nice video. Words of wisdom about turning a hobby into a job. Nice battery box, thanks for including the first attempt. Mahalo for sharing! : )
Getting closer Matt, with kids and wife health issues, and the current issues around the world, everyone should feel privileged that you are still able to produce vids, thanks again.
Battery box looks great but what time you spend with your children is Prime Time so enjoy you will not have that time again love the content mat. 😎
I second this comment
The kids don't stay small for long enoff. I missed alot of time watching my kids growing up always working iv got a granddaughter now and I drop everything to spend time with her.
👍 👍 👍 😜 🏴 🦄 🎣 😁 🤞✌️
looking good there matt, the car is really coming along nicely now.
Great vid Matt, nice hearing you say how well behaved your children have been, that’s because they have been brought up correctly by their loving parents!. Best wishes to your wife hope she is recovering from her slipped disc ok (painful) 👍
That's what I like about your vids. when you get it wrong you say so. Most would just edit the video.
Welcome back. Family comes first. Agree about turning your hobby into your job.
"If I had kids like that, I'd be looking for a job....
....on an oil rig..." 🤣
Looking great, every vid gets exiting even a battery tray, means we are getting close to seeing this thing move under its own power!
If you had a plasma cutting channel. I would watch it
Hope the wife gets better soon. Be glad you got her.
Well done Matt, great job as always,she's starting to come together.👍
Hope your wife gets better soon - a slipped disc sucks for sure. “If my kids were like that, I’d look for a job on an oil rig” lol that’s the best thing I’ve heard all week
Fam comes first bruv, hope the wifey is healing fast. 🇬🇧👁
Thanks for the update, Matt!
i'm praying that your wife recovers quickly. Hang in there. I'm sure you're very proud of your kids. 👍👍. Nice result on the battery box too!
The limitations of the plasma cutter are shown when cutting aluminium alloy and this is why opted for a water jet cutter instead. The outer skin is an oxide layer and has a higher melting point than the inner material so by the time the outside melts the inner is like molten jelly and it sputters everywhere and gives a messy cut and wrecks consumables. Most laser operators not happy cutting alloy for this reason. Water jet produces no heat and holds a way tighter and neater cut with no heat affected zone and no debuting required. Cool thing is it can cut glass fibre,carbon fibre, plastics, wood and pretty much most other things! Love the way it can compensate for any cut taper and can cut holes close enough to finished size for most fabrication work. Reconditioned cutter with 8x4 table cost just a little more than plasma cutter and maybe slightly more costly to run but way way worth it!. Next step will be a fourth axis to do tubing and box section ends.
Catch 22 is actually a great film!
Appreciate the honesty.
Nice job on the battery box and the family, well done Matt.
All the best to Mrs Urch! Nice battery box Matt.
My Mum slipped a disk once in a while, the remedy was a hollow core door sans the hinges and hardware slipped under her side of the bed, me M & P swore by it, hope your misses gets better soon.
The kids must be loving the chocolate cake for breakfast. lol
It seems like everything you do, you do well. Nice
Sweet little battery holder 👍. Those dry cell batteries are excellent, mine holds charge for years
Beautifully neat job, as you always do. Those Rivnuts are brilliant. Cheers.
I like the technique,could be used to make a whole vehicle!:)
To prevent cracking you need a larger bend radius. If you dont have the tooling, bend a bit of scrap over what you have to increase its size.
Nice one geez. All the best to you and the missus. I've slipped a disc or two on many an occasion. Just one tip, DON'T LET ANYONE OPPERATE ON HER. Oh and get her down to Pilates asap. Keep going son.
Awesome 👍🏾👍🏾 hope you are able to find new wheels as well and get him going soon 👍🏾😀
Nice work again brother !!!
Nice video Matt! All the best to your family! :-)
Great video dude!
I may now be trying this with our shop Arclight CNC plasma table instead of ordering a new battery try for my C1500
If you use neat washing up liquid on where you want to bend aluminium and heat it till it turns brown it's the correct temperature for anealing! Apparently!
Great video 👍 don't have to bend full 90° to get the other bends.
Been a while since you did this one Matt did chortle at those last folds maybe if you had folder to stick in the vice for the small bits that get left til the end...Always learn summit' from your self, Cheers..
Nice work as always. Intresting comment on making your hobby your job. I didn't and have always regretted it. Job security is ok but dull.
The best cure for a slipped disc is pushing a hoover along, that's the advice I gave my wife.
Good advice 👍
Lovely job.
Great job again there Matt 🏁🏁
Nice video Matt.
The clap is back. Woot woot
Should of done the mounting bolt holes on the battery tray like key holes then you wouldn't have to remove all 6 bolts completely to remove the battery.
Keymod
Nice job. Thank you.
It's looking good Matt , it's never easy with family especially when you're self employed , I've been through all that . I've now got grand kids which is more fun ??
cool. mounting the battery and ECU together ensures that you'll need a new ECU if the battery catches on fire ;)
You'd need new underwear also... 😆
Good stuff!
Hope your wife gets better soon Matt
I think I bought the expensive motorsport specific red version of this battery. Still very good especially combined with the expensive trickle charger with the pretty lights.
Am glad you have big shoulders
Doing all at home ain't easy hope your wife is fealing better soon 😘 your work is awsome as always
👍👍👍😜🏴🦄🎣😁🤞✌️
Ps another thing off your to do list 😁
Haha job on the oil rig...good one
Getting there matt , just havent got it yet .
Rat Rod Bob.
Woo hoo! Nutserts! My new favourite thing 🤪
As you say when a hobby becomes a job it spoils it why? Because a hobby is something to do to escape from work, a release from the rigours of life but if it becomes a job....what do you do for that release, do your hobby which means more work not less, which in the end spoils what the hobby was meant to be in the first place. There are some that do both well but they are few. For us mere mortals, keep healthy and keep the two apart if you can.
Good work Matt. Your voice sounded really flat at the end. Hope you're ok and still enjoying the build
Yeah running yer own business is tough enough but being the only employee too, now yer in full send, even if the missus helped with some of the book stuff, thats where we're at.
The exploding bit is regards to "submerged cutting", which is done with some CNC cutters, bubbles of hydrogen being trapped under the plate and igniting, you don't have that type of cutter,
I'd put water in the tank because of the smoke, fumes and dust you don't want to be breathing.
I cut a lot of aluminium on mine and the dust kick up is disturbing without water.
Also a v-fast cutting speed and maybe a lower air pressure or turn the plasma down a bit ( yes all counter intuitive) will hep with a cleaner cut.
Plasma cutting aluminium is just a case of blowing away molten metal, unlike cutting ferrous metal which is a chemical reaction forming slag, "Yes two completely different process's"
I replied to Richard Smith about bending aluminium, but forgot to add that another reason you may have got a crack is that your brake finger has a really small radius. Something that small would really only work on 0.012" or so. For thicker material just put some steel sheet in and bend it around as far as it'll go and then put your aluminium in under that. Try googling bend radius chart to find out the minimum radii for different material. Aluminium can get expensive. And most important, best wishes to your wife.
10:58 heat it while it's not on top of the steel so the machine doesn't suck all the heat from the torch😄
Interesting, back in the day we used to go for a big battery, so we didn't have to run an alternator on the motor, same with the fan - no fans, ran two or 3 radiators. Enough to keep it cool for a race, then hose them down between races to cool them off. The little bit of extra weight wasn't much of a penalty for getting rid of the horse power suckers!
I assume you're talking about Drag racing?
does your folder allow enough height to put some box section in it? On mine i can raise enough to insert box section then bend off that as a platform meaning i can bend opposite ways like you needed... just a thought if it raises enough.
what software were you using for your template? seemed simple and easy to use.
how do you control the plasma? when to fire and when not to?
Can I ask what program you use for your drawing of the parts
Put black marker pen on you aluminium then heat until it just start to disappear. Let it cool then fold it. Always works for me. What thickness aluminium will your plasma cutter cut?
Do you add length to make up for the fold cut lines?
I need one of these for exact same battery only problem is in New Zealand 🇳🇿
Hi there, I am looking into using one of those batteries to run my Porsche 356 replica running a 1.6 beetle engine, do they cope with the alternator charge circuit etc, any risks of over heating ..Cheers
what program do you use to design for the plasma ?
12 minute mark was a missed opportunity
The stress factor of hobby to work arrives when you sign a lease AND have to travel hours to get to work. Ideal solution is a 12000 sq foot workshop house, a child old enough to hold the camera and a wife with a well paying job... Would facing the battery terminals towards the rear not be more appropriate, for excess? An air gap between battery box and ecu would be advantageous with heat cycles etc.
Hi, nice job. Would you sell an unfolded battery tray to me?
I'm interesting in that battery so an unfolded tray would be ideal
Another one wanting a unfolded battery cage would be better than the old clamp and a zip tie that I’m currently running 😅
looks good , have you got room for a cup holder between battery & handbrake ??
What cad software do you use?
Unless you are using “O” annealed aluminum it will tend to crack if you bend with the grain direction.
I'm an aircraft structures guy, so I feel compelled to offer a little free advice ,and yes I know what that's worth.Really you should never bend with the grain, even in "O" condition , it will eventually crack. What should be done is rotate your piece 45 deg. so that none of your bends are with the grain. And while "O" is easier to work with, unless it is heat treated it doesn't have the strength neccessary for a battery box. Unless of course it's so thick that you might as well use steel 🙂.
@@glanzaguy9187 That is a GREAT tip. Thanks for sharing with all of us.
It will use much more metal but when longevity and safety is involved...
never heared that about cutting alumium over a watertable....learn sumting every day i guess
wonder if filling the watertable with a layer of sand will help any of the dust flying up during cutting dry , it will prevent the plasma jet and the slag from hitting the bottom of said table
Are there any big changes you do on the cutter when switching from steel to allie ??
Like speed ,gas , cutting tip, or is it in the machines program??
Will you go back to making things with hand tools in your videos, like you used to do? We don't all get a free computer operated plasma or can afford one.
I see your point here dude, but Matt's stepped his game up, why would he hand craft that item when he can smash it out in a quarter of the time on the plasma table? I too will probably never have the space or money to buy 1, but I don't begrudge matt the luxury. He's still shown us the principle of the box, how 1 would cut the shape and fold it in 1 piece, the skill is transferable to hand tools with some thought.
I do agree with you there. Many original viewer to his channel liked his hand crafting skills and his explanations of how to do things. Now he's just another sponsors slave.
But i don't begrudge him either. Just don't forget those that helped build his channel.
Take it easy
Quality Matt!!!! good job. Why move the battery? Longer tails I think. Must be enough room in the engine bay.
Looks great, what are those rivets you're using? Are they available in different sizes?
They are called rivnuts or nutserts and yes you can get them in various sizes.
Word of advice,once you bend Aluminum it stays bent,and is very hard to change the bend, I know you know that,just passing it on.
Hi Matt, just wondered if you’ve done any calculations on weight distribution up to now? I guess moving things around such as the battery (& other heavy items) could have a positive effect on the final handling of the car?
I like cars as a hobby but want a career in hgv Mechanics opposing car mechanics as I like hgvs and can keep cars as a hobby
Matt. If I were to email you picture of something to be coit from really thin ally sheet could you give me an estimate for rough cost?
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hang on to that last nerve.mate.i know the rigors of back problems.my wife.a few years in arrears,now.hang in there.
try cutting a rectangle rather than just a line for your fold lines.
I'll be honest, not liking where you're locating that box. As for the hobby thing, it's true. Hope you've applied for any grants available and go for the bounce back loan too. Stay safe.
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If it was spelt Aluminum then your pronunciation would be correct. But here, where your language was invented, it is spelt Aluminium. So that’s why it is we say it that way.
Al- you - mini - um
@@stephenbartlett8289 American spelt is spelled. Lol spelt is chaff from wheat.
Cheers!
@@stephenbartlett8289 We Yanks say it in jest to our cousins in the U.K. ect. I can assure you I'm Welsh-Irish who was born in the states. Me Nan and granddad migrated here in the 1940's. Look at my username. It's the same spelling used on my birth certificate. You and I are cousins from across the pond. FYI, we're both correct. ------> *Aluminum and aluminium are two names for element 13 on the periodic table* In both cases, the element symbol is Al, although Americans and Canadians spell and pronounce the name aluminum, while the British (and most of the rest of the world) use the spelling and pronunciation of aluminium.
Origin of Two Names
The origin of the two names may be attributable to element's discoverer, Sir Humphry Davy, Webster's Dictionary, or the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC).
*In 1808, Sir Humphry Davy identified the existence of the metal in alum, which he at first named "alumium", and later "aluminum."* Davy proposed the name aluminum when referring to the element in his 1812 book Elements of Chemical Philosophy, despite his previous use of "alumium." The official name "aluminium" was adopted to conform with the -ium names of most other elements. The 1828 Webster's Dictionary used the "aluminum" spelling, which it maintained in later editions. In 1925, the American Chemical Society (ACS) decided to go from aluminium back to the original aluminum, putting the United States in the "aluminum" group. In recent years, the IUPAC had identified "aluminium" as the proper spelling, but it didn't catch on in North America, since the ACS used aluminum *The IUPAC periodic table presently lists both spellings and says both words are perfectly acceptable* www.thoughtco.com/aluminum-or-aluminium-3980635