FIXING A 1900's STEAM HAMMER! Pt. 13
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My name is Alec Steele. I am a blacksmith, amateur machinist and all-round maker of all-things metal. We make videos about making interesting things, learning about craft and appreciating the joy of creativity. Great to have you here following along!
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This is my current favorite series on youtube.
Same
Hell yeah it is
U need to watch better stuff.
Same
Like what@@archerdavidson6066
Just a reminder. These long 10+ part videos are wonderful! Please never stop!
on the fence about that...
@@marksmallman4572 watch it any way or wait for the shorter projects.
@@marksmallman4572 I shall pull your leg and shake the fence for as long as is neccessary to get you off it. On my side.
This has been my favourite series you've done for a very long time. I REALLY hope that you do a build project using this steam hammer once it's finished. That would be a great story
even better if it was just a small little thing that would be better to just do by hand
something about understanding the history of the machine and trying to repair its worn out and damaged parts is so interesting because you are forced to go with the flow and come up with ways to fix it. always excited what you will do the next time. also it seems that the steam powered train visit has been a huge help. let him come over for a live demo when the steam power hammer is fixed.
This
Hi Alec, been trying to keep up with your videos. The steam steam power hammer series have been great.
I saw your nail making video, and you talked about lubricant for the nail header.
I'm my work we use something we call "dry lubricant" (we also use it on some of our steam engines) it's graphite powder in a spray can, works great for hot applications.
Still use the tools we made together back in Norwich, couldn't be happier with them.
I work with tungsten disulfide powder a lot as a dry lube, which works excellent as well! :)
@@maria_animates Molybdenum disulfide is also used in a lot of high RPM applications, like the insides of power tools.
Could you use lock lube? It's pretty much just straight graphite powder, so that the innards of the lock don't get gummed up with grease and rust.
@@isaacperkins9603 probably, i would have to test it to be sure, i think you could do worse than that.
I thought you'd never top the making a zippo lighter series, then you did it with the damascus socket wrench, and now you're doing it again with the steam hammer. I'm looking forward to these videos each week, please keep it up. Also the backing music was unreal on this.
@@fleacircus4408 obviously now he needs to make a full size Damascus power hammer from scratch
You gotta check out his cavalry sabre series with Will, that was something else. The end result was absolutely gorgeous.
Each one is getting significantly bigger. What's next, making a damascus steam engine?
You need to contact Keith Rucker at vintage machinery. That company has tons of donated schematics and drawings of all sorts of old machinery. He may just have one for your machine
i like the jazz as apposed to the stress music
I really love the choice of music when forging and fabricating is taking place, the jazz just reminds me of old movies and what not.
I love your longer video series, but this has to be the best one. I always look forward to your content, and I have since the days when you first got to Montana! Keep up the incredible work and cheers to Jamie as well! Love the video work!
Thank you so much! 🙏🏻😄
4:25 On top of these, I'd also highly recommend Pferd grinding discs and cutoff wheels. They last ridiculously long and the abrasive really bites well. Been using them in my shop for the past few years and haven't looked back since
The smooth lathe jazz moment was phenomenal. Love this series!
Im loving this series... im not a mechanical minded person.. i work on computers.. but this blows me away.... !!
I honestly am loving this, as I already have a hobby of restoring old tools, and while it’s frustrating to not see it come to fruition in one video, I do enjoy being able to watch a relatively short video that breaks the entire project into little pieces. It allows you to show us in detail all that you’re doing, and you don’t have to gloss over any steps to shorten things up. Can’t wait to see you bring the steam hammer back to life!
I woke my wife up laughing at the "I call these the Pythons." lmfao.
I love the progress Alec!!! You’re really plugging along on it and I can’t wait to see it take its first heat!
The smooth Jazzy music at 10:40 Feels like a sessamie street/Mr. Rogers"lets see them make some cool stuff" Public TV sequence. Gets me right in the nostalgia.
this grinding pad is bread and butter of grinding on ships I worked on, very good for getting rid of rust without taking too much material off
For "square" features you can drill a hole in the middle of a square section and put an appropriately sized collet in for the round bar. Mill your feature and just rotate the whole assembly in the vice 90 degrees for each new feature!
The music while on the lathe is top notch, please more!
Alec, I haven’t watched you in a couple years but I’m glad I came back
Hey Alec, I watched all the episodes of this series in one sitting. What a wonderful and professional job, if I may say so😅. I'm eagerly waiting for the next episodes. Keep up the good work, and good luck. 👍👏
Alec, it is truly amazing to me how much you just love any kind of stimulating problem-solving project just for the sake of it. Putting such an incredible amount of work and research into something, and you’re seriously planning on just giving it away so that others can learn from it. Absolutely remarkable. Loving this series, can’t wait to see what’s next 🤘
The knowledge you gain, and the knowledge you pass on through these videos is excellent! I always enjoy your longer video series. With all the garbage content online; your videos scratch my brain just right. Thank you, from a long time subscriber!
Can’t believe I just binged 4 months of Alec’s life in a couple days lol. It is now only right to diligently follow the remainder of the series. Can’t wait!
I can't get over the jazz. Perfect music choice
Wow the jazz music is great with the machining montages! ❤
There is no Series right now, that I click the new Videos faster on, than this one. Awesome work dude
Very cool music change. The jazz was interesting.
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Since you have an oddball collection of knowledge, I’ll pass one of my obsessions on to you. Powder welding would serve you well I think. Maybe not often but instead of having to make some of these new parts you could potentially salvage them by adding millimeters of material back to the piece itself with one of those little rigs. Since you have almost one of everything else already. Might be something right up your alley
I love how he can say "spread the load from hammering..." without laughing and in the same vid doing the "oh yeah" joke :P
My god Alec, the amount of frustration you have to navigate with each and every piece you need to fix or make for this machine, i don't think it really hit me until this video :D Not knowing whether its intentional, whether its a weird fix back then, or if its just wankydanky! Wonderful to follow the process though!
Loving the series.
Have you thought of doing a vlog channel to show some of what you do when you’re not in the workshop. I think it would be especially interesting to see what sort of stuff you get up to with your Belgian Malinois.
My favourite thing to watch on a Sunday
It’s Monday my dude
A@@bensthebest aaaaaaaAAAAAA- Wait wrong day.
@@bensthebest I very nearly posted ‘ah wait’, but thought it was a bit much
lucky fish, has all the toys an engineer could ask for. Well done on this project btw. Love it.
feel like we are back to old alec! love it!!! no crazy over production, back to the british boys with Jamie like the good ol days, Its got me watching again anyway!
The jazz that kicks in @10:33 is just *_
I enjoy the learning and restoration of old equipment.
hi alec great video , i am not a valve expert but looking at the that gose into a plate with the array of circular holes i think this is to mave the vale a balanced valve as the steam presure holding the valvw in the closed may be excesive to overcom the valve movement from the atomospheric out side the valve .
hope this helps
I’m thoroughly invested in this steam hammer, which is funny cause I woodwork. 😂
I saw a video from a lad younger than you talking about engineering tolerances. There are entire tables filled with tolerances for different sorts of engineering fit. This applies to everything that you're machining.
His channel is called Works By Design, and I think you need his second video about making a pick proof lock.
*BEST THING YOU HAVE EVER DONE...!!!* Love this restoration series...!!!
This is the only thing on social media that doesn't send my blood pressure through the roof .. but I still miss your old shed from back in the day 🖖
Have you ever stopped and think how am i going to power that thing ? Since you dont have a 1915 factory steam plant ?
Most likely he will use compressed air.
I’ve seen them used with compressed air, but need a constant lubrication system
That’s next series. “Restoring this 1915 steam factory” slated to be some 3000 part series.
@@odd- Lubrication is not a problem but where will you find a giant compressor to run this thing?I doubt you can buy one with that many cfm in harbor freight !
@@odd- Apparently the originals would let oil boil into the steam feed so that it lubricated the parts as it went through the system. He might be able to just add some sort of atomizer to the compressed air feed to create a similar effect, though presumably you would have to find some way to recirculate it or collect the dirty air downstream
This is another perfect shop class with what to do and *never* do, with rare mistakes too. Many thanks.
lol @1:44 sometimes they are too cute and gotta rile up the dog 🤣
"That's what's on the workbench today" followed by the jazz piece made that section feel like a Bob Ross moment.
I love that jazz I wonder what it is called.
Always a fantastic video if we get to see Crazy Steele.
Great music choices, Jamie! 🎶
Always a good video where you are machining stuff brand new :) thx for the video
I have been BINGE watching this series of the past day and a half! I can't wait to see the final product!!!
Got back into your channel at the beginning of this project. My 9-year-old daughter is obsessed with how this turns out. She asks every day if a new episode is out.
We've been going through older episodes and projects in between. You might be helping create another lady blacksmith.
I love the switch to Jazz as opposed to the usual Hard Rock (maybe as a Jazz for Machining, Metal for Blacksmithing?) but its funny considering musically they're backwards to the metalwork. (Jazz you can improv, Metal is usually all practiced and structured)
Love the cinematic shots!
Alec is fixing a old steam tool so that he can make new tools.
Join on this 4+ month journey! ⚒😄
One day, I hope you sit down and put together a mega-cut of start to finish a project. That would be awesome.
just what i was thinking
Glad im not the only one that makes random sounds to dogs when playing 🤣
Soo much work it gives me anxiety! haha your efforts are inspirational! thanks Alec!
the graphite rope is called gland packing, was used to seal propeller shafts on boats where the shaft passed through the hull, no longer used, modern tech has replaced its use, in your case keeps the steam in, and not the water out!
I'm going to be sad when this series ends. Absolutely love it.
I desperately want to see the final result with the thing working smoothly, but I also don’t want the series to end.
I do enjoy your weekly shows .. amazing to see how your skills and episodes have evolved over the years...I wish you the best!
devolved
What a journey! We need a Jammie vs Alec arm wrestle
teasing a maligator mid project is bold. instant bite sleeve break demanded
You should etch the top and bottom dies with your name. "Made by Steele Foundry 2024" Add your name to the thing, you rebuilt it.
The highlight of the Episode was Alec talking to his dog.
I might be a bit biased as I did move out at the beginning of the year and missing my hounds terribly.
Its comming along quite well.
There's some strong "James May - The Reassembler" vibes in this one. With more fire and pounding.
Nicely done. Really looking forward to some actual hammering action in the near future :-)
Super cool! Wish it was something that could be manufactured... I'd love to buy one.
For the bugs, recommend Brut cologne or Vanilla Extract. The bugs don’t like the smell. Cheers
Around 4:20 if you replace the inner spindle nut with a 5/8" id washer the fiber disk will sit inside the guard on the grinder.
Great problem solving episode, is there a plan for sweeping the floor some day? Looking forward to seeing the bronze valve piece get made.
Can't wait for the next project. Building the Steam Thingamajig for that thing to run on steam.
Looking good. Im so keen to see how it all works.
Challenge to you, do the same to the model one hehe
keep it going
If you're ever in need of a change, I saw a really old set of fully forged chess pieces a while ago which looked amazing. Would be fun to watch you design and forge your own chess set!
I'm really enjoying the series it's like old school Alec Steele 👌
Hello Alec Steele this is fantastic series, keep up the great work! very cool 👏😎
You and colin fuzz are the best makers on TH-cam and ill die on that hill haha
So glad we are back to regular weekly videos. I worried for a while your content would tail off with all of the stuff you were doing on the side. Good on ya mate! Love this series, no death screams please!
Good times, interesting stuff 🤔 nicely done.
Let’s Gooooo!!! New steam hammer restoration hammer drop!!! These make my week! Thanks Alec!!
Pretty cool to watch you un-fudge over 100 years worth of bodge-job fixes on this machine
Alec has moved into the realm of theoretical blacksmithing/machining.
I can’t wait to see that bad boy fired up!
This episode gives me if Sherlock Holmes was trying to solve fix a steamed power hammer vibes lol good on ya.
What’s up Alec? Thanks for always making such great content ❤
love this series
Absolutely love seeing this come together
I think that the bored holes are partly to provide a cushion of steam/air for the piston top ASWELL AS create an air-barring for the rotating-brass-holding-thinga-mcdoo
“We need to make a key”
Everyone - cut bar stock…
Alec - cut round bar, light forge…
Ooooh yes, love the jazz in this one!
To put this work into context and realise that there were not a lot of machines capable of the levels of precision of today.
Alec. Consider going to school or getting an apprenticeship in the steamworks/boilermaker industry. I think you would be thrilled to do it and end up becoming an educator. 😊
Great job. Thank you 😊
I can't believe you're gessing how the machine goes together! Either you document in detail when you take it apart or you make sure you have detailed original drawings. I would say. But I guess that is part of the charm of your channel, and I get that and I like it too. :-) Another benefit of your method is that you learn more.
Good luck finding "detailed drawings" of a tool from the 1900's. I'm assuming very early 1900's. Probably didn't exactly ship with a users manual.
part of the issue on this one is decades of successive bodge repairs that its not clear what oem configuration actually was anymore with no original drawings available and some bits were missing or already in bits when it was found, that steam buffer(?) pipe is one of the missing parts and the valve assembly was one of the more dire areas for the bodgework so theres just a lot of guesswork for whats missing or worn
The little insects Jamie had on his skin are called Thrips. The majority of them cannot actively fly but are basically carried through the air by wind. There must have been quite a gust going on for Jamie to get hit by multiple of them. Completely harmless little critters :)
Harmless, but bloody infuriating. When they're around, if I step outside for only a few seconds, I'm covered. And for something so tiny, it's incredible how irritating they are.
Appreciate the hard work you put into giving us the best content possible thanks.
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Maravilha amigo,muito Top o trabalho!!!
Boa sorte sempre!!!
Amazing. Love the restoration. Keep it up!
Most definitely you guys are killing it keep up your hard work