Such a cool project! My Great-grandfather was on a train almost to New York to ship out to WWI when the war ended in 1918! When they got word about the war's end, they put all the soldiers on another train heading back home to Texas! Man... using that rail track for this project is so flipping awesome!
MARTIN THE ROBOT MACHINE RETURNS!!! I knew “he’d be back”. It’s what robot machine’s say when they leave important people. His shirt proves he’s a robot. It’s exactly what a robot would say.
Just received mine and a friends along with the 50 cal center punches. BROOOOO! From the packaging to the product these are the absolute coolest gifts I could have ever got for friends. Thank you so much for the quality work and the excellent videos. I know it’s way more work than most people will realize, and it’s very much appreciated! Much love from Texas.
Tim you stole my heart with this one. Wow. Just ordered one and so happy to be getting one of the first! Following you since the beginning, and just seeing where the production quality of your videos has gone has just been amazing. Hello from just over in Sudbury Ontario!
I have one similar to the lighter you made, it belongs to my great grandfather, full brass body, "1911 England" is etched on it's bottom, the only difference is that the striker wheel is mounted on the top of a brass tube containing the flint and the spring, the tube is then inserted into the lighter from the top which makes it removable. Enjoyed the whole video. . Greetings from India. .
I collect Trench Art. I clicked on this video because I was hoping to perhaps get some ideas about how to repair some of the trench lighters that I have at home. Not far in, I cried foul because those things were made, by hand, often with improvised tools, by people that were doing it out of boredom in between bouts of mortal terror, and this is not that. Surely, this is nonsense! It wasn't. The amount of care and attention that you put into these is beyond question. I'm beyond impressed. Well done. It maybe wasn't what I thought it could be, but it's bloody fantastic. Carry on, please.
As always Tim your aesthetic is impeccable. I’m also always impressed with the way your mind works around tooling. You’ve gotten incredibly good at building a great system of tools over the years I’ve been watching! Keep The Forge Lit
I love the design and historical elements. I would still like to see a version that allows for one-handed operation so you'd need to devise a system that allows for the removal of the cap and a detention system. A simple thumb-post off the side of the cap could be pushed up and off the lighter and in that post could be a cord or chain that attaches it to the lighter's body. That might require both hands to re-cap it though or some dexterity to manipulate the chained-cap back on. As a "trench lighter", one-handed operation would seem useful, maybe even necessary. But clearly there's a whole century of invention that 's taken place to address these issues but straying from this form factor. I hope to see you evolve the design while maintaining the original spirit. I'm sure you'll figure it out. Cheers.
This is going to make an amazing Christmas gift for my friend and myself once a couple of checks hit the account. Love the look and the bulk to make it a bit less flimsy than the ones sold elsewhere. Something i am willing to spend that extra money on knowing it wont break easily if at all.
I am soo excited you did a pre order, im JAZZED to finally own something youve made here in the near future, ive been looking for a good lighter. This shall take the cake im sure.
I remember learning about zippos and not just how they’re made but tips and different ways you can make em work. You can stack the wix within the saturated cotton differently. You can tweak your wix twine as well. From material and how woven tight it is.
Tim this lighter is epic! So happy to see this video in time, immediately ordered one. Greetings from a Dutch blacksmith, will keep the forge lit in the future with this awesome piece 💪
That's an awesome deal. I'm in the US that beautiful piece of art for around 150$ is an awesome deal!! I just found my Christmas gift. Awesome lighter and one day I'll get my hand on a beautiful black hawk hatchet
As soon as it dawned on me that this was not just for you, but an actual product, I paused the video and rushed to your website. So glad I got to grab one. I'll have to figure out once I get it whether it's a gift or a gift for myself :) edit: Uhhhh what Martin?? OK def a gift for myself these are something special.
Need this. I carry an Exotac TitanLight and it’s machined so incredibly well that it’ll hold fluid for…? 8 months plus? With very little evaporation. However, it’s a little too large for every day carry, and, while I certainly appreciate the functionality and the aesthetic, the latter leaves a little bit to be desired. Along comes this badass piece that essentially checks all the boxes for me. Hitting the site now
Don't put yourself down as a machinist. I was impressed. All those ex-centric holes and surfaces - it looked GOOD (and unreal) when you turned that. 👍👍👍
An absolutely beautiful design Mr. Tim. Loved this project, keep up the amazing work and happy early thanksgiving! Not sure if Canadians celebrate but hey happy happy anyways!
Is the windscreen also acting as a heat sink, drawing enough heat from the flame that it is inhibited? You did get it to work by allowing more air to reach the flame so it is no longer an issue. Most commercial lighters use stainless steel which is a relatively poor conductor to protect the flame. It is a beautifully wrought idea. Thank you for sharing.
Im currently studying to become a mechanical engineer, I felt like an engineer developing a product for the first time watching this, keep up the good work 💪🫡
BTW, I bought one of your knives.. Holy, it's Niice! Definitely buy one if you're going to use it for work. it's better than anything else I've seen for the price and even better than ones for a lot more too.
We can still make steel without radio activity, it's just much more expensive than regular steel. Also... there's tons of old cars and trucks, ships, all sorts of steel from before 1945 is around, it's really not that big of a deal.
Modern steel making processes that inject pure oxygen into the iron instead of atmospheric air like the Bessemer process does eliminates the issue of the steel giving off background radiation as long as it is new virgin steel being made and not being blended with any recycled iron. Also, the laboratories are not that interested in getting pre atomic steel for experiments becausethey are not doing experiments on the steelnor with the steel, and if they are they know it isnt that hard to get the small amounts they need. It's the instrument companies who are interested in "low background radiation" steel, "pre atomic" steel being one of the sources of that. Reason being, you don't want your instruments putting off radiation if you are trying to read radiation levels, so the cases and stands and everything else they make they want to use "low background radiation" steel. Universities don't need pre atomic steel, but some laboratories at some universities need instruments made with materials that don't introduce unnecessary background radiation. The companies that build the tools and instruments that read radiation levels need it more than colleges and universities, and there are multiple ways to get low background radiation steel now days that don't involve reworking pre 1945 scrap steel. As already stated, moden processes that inject pure oxygen into the iron eliminate the issue of radiation being introduced into iron during the steel making process. Another fun fact, the amount of atmospheric radiation is now getting down near the "pre atomic" levels, so it won't be long before even new steel made using the Bessemer process will be the same as "pre atomic" steel.
Bro, your workshop is one of the coolest looking ones I have ever seen! How did you get all of these machines, and what about that rust, holed table thing?
The table is called a acorn or platen table, it has the holes so you can use special hold downs etc for building things. I should do a video on it sometime... Thanks!
You made an amazing product here Tim, and for a good price. I don't smoke or have much need for a lighter, but I still want one. Will Stelter is making cigar ash trays, yall should collab on a gift set 😅
Also your first design looks fine, just take off some brass to create a bit of distance to the flame. That way the brass doesn't take the heat away, that the flame needs to keep going.
You guys are crushing this! 💥Thank you! 🙏 🔥
Tim. That lighter is Sick!!!!
Sold out before I even saw the video. Rats.
Is available now.
@@TimothyDyck content get one of the first round, but ordered for the next. Great product
Ordered after watching the video on Nov 16 but didn't pay attention if it was preorder or first batch, any way I can know? @TimothyDyck
Gorgeous !!! Beautiful product!!!
Thanks Alec! Appreciate the kind words. Keep the forge lit! 🔥
Did you have fun making the pen?
@@TimothyDyckwould love to see you two make something cool together 😊
Such a cool project! My Great-grandfather was on a train almost to New York to ship out to WWI when the war ended in 1918! When they got word about the war's end, they put all the soldiers on another train heading back home to Texas! Man... using that rail track for this project is so flipping awesome!
Thank you for sharing this story, thats so cool to hear.
MARTIN THE ROBOT MACHINE RETURNS!!! I knew “he’d be back”. It’s what robot machine’s say when they leave important people. His shirt proves he’s a robot. It’s exactly what a robot would say.
What kind of machine? I could say that my body is a machine, but it is a machine that turns downloaded PDFs into unread PDFs.
First time I’ve ever bought anything on TH-cam. Super happy with the purchase
The offset drilling was mesmerizing
Just received mine and a friends along with the 50 cal center punches. BROOOOO! From the packaging to the product these are the absolute coolest gifts I could have ever got for friends.
Thank you so much for the quality work and the excellent videos. I know it’s way more work than most people will realize, and it’s very much appreciated!
Much love from Texas.
Definitely the first time I've seen anyone use a lathe as a broach :D
Alright, now we need one the size of a Coleman Thermos!
That’s an awesome idea! It would be flame thrower! Haha.
Martin showing up is always like Christmas
Tim you stole my heart with this one. Wow. Just ordered one and so happy to be getting one of the first! Following you since the beginning, and just seeing where the production quality of your videos has gone has just been amazing. Hello from just over in Sudbury Ontario!
First time I see you, that lighter is so gorgeous that I just picked one blindly, plus very pleased with the low fees to Italy, cheers!
I have one similar to the lighter you made, it belongs to my great grandfather, full brass body, "1911 England" is etched on it's bottom, the only difference is that the striker wheel is mounted on the top of a brass tube containing the flint and the spring, the tube is then inserted into the lighter from the top which makes it removable.
Enjoyed the whole video. .
Greetings from India. .
this is honestly really refreshing video style, no trending songs or timelapse, its a long form video with minimum commentary i like it a lot
Just got mine today! Couldn’t be happier with it. Heirloom quality for sure
Man some of those lathe shots, especially the offset hole drilling, chefs kiss 👌 so satisfying! Well shot, sir. 👏👏
I don’t know what Martin’s been doing while he was gone, but I know he’s been working out. Holy hell those arms!
I was able to order one, can’t wait to get my hands on it!
I collect Trench Art. I clicked on this video because I was hoping to perhaps get some ideas about how to repair some of the trench lighters that I have at home. Not far in, I cried foul because those things were made, by hand, often with improvised tools, by people that were doing it out of boredom in between bouts of mortal terror, and this is not that. Surely, this is nonsense! It wasn't. The amount of care and attention that you put into these is beyond question. I'm beyond impressed. Well done. It maybe wasn't what I thought it could be, but it's bloody fantastic. Carry on, please.
3:19 O.........K......!! That is definitely the most inventive tool setups I have ever seen!!!! 😂😂😂
That lighter came out looking fantastic!!! 👍👍👍👍👍
I see Martin is as vocal as always. Great to see him
So stoked to see Martin. Man!!!!!!!
*Timothy Dyck* Bravo well done, thank-you sir for taking the time to bring us along. GOD Bless. (( Ordered mine, thank-you ))
Martin! Hi! It's very good to see you! I hope you & your family are well! Wow, Martin!
This lighter idea is excellent, Tim!
As always Tim your aesthetic is impeccable.
I’m also always impressed with the way your mind works around tooling. You’ve gotten incredibly good at building a great system of tools over the years I’ve been watching!
Keep The Forge Lit
Beautiful! A gorgeous design and build.
Nice job using the lathe as a broach. I always like to see tools used in a way that was not intended.
Very cool project! You aren’t just a blacksmith Timothy, you are an artist 👍
Stellar work as usual! Put in a order for 1, looking forward to when it ships. Thank you Tim
I love the design and historical elements. I would still like to see a version that allows for one-handed operation so you'd need to devise a system that allows for the removal of the cap and a detention system. A simple thumb-post off the side of the cap could be pushed up and off the lighter and in that post could be a cord or chain that attaches it to the lighter's body. That might require both hands to re-cap it though or some dexterity to manipulate the chained-cap back on.
As a "trench lighter", one-handed operation would seem useful, maybe even necessary. But clearly there's a whole century of invention that 's taken place to address these issues but straying from this form factor. I hope to see you evolve the design while maintaining the original spirit. I'm sure you'll figure it out. Cheers.
Lighter looks amazing. Gorgeous craftsmanship.
Just bought one! very cool lighter!
Man, you guys did an excellent job. Top-notch product.
Beautiful job on the lighter. I think building a trench knife to match would be amazing.
This is going to make an amazing Christmas gift for my friend and myself once a couple of checks hit the account. Love the look and the bulk to make it a bit less flimsy than the ones sold elsewhere. Something i am willing to spend that extra money on knowing it wont break easily if at all.
Ordered one, can’t wait to get it in my hands 🙌
Wowow so many lathe techniques! Beautiful close-ups
You DEFINITELY took the parts to the right guy for machining!!!🤯
This place absolutely killed it…!❤💪🏼🔥🔥🔥👍🏼
That's amazing! Got my order in before i finished the video. Those are incredible looking
I am soo excited you did a pre order, im JAZZED to finally own something youve made here in the near future, ive been looking for a good lighter. This shall take the cake im sure.
Great idea and beautiful craftsmanship as usual.
Absolutely love it and i have to have one. Ordered as a little Christmas present for myself.
I remember learning about zippos and not just how they’re made but tips and different ways you can make em work. You can stack the wix within the saturated cotton differently. You can tweak your wix twine as well. From material and how woven tight it is.
Ordered! Keep up the great work, Tim.
Can’t wait for these to ship
Super slick!
Tim this lighter is epic! So happy to see this video in time, immediately ordered one.
Greetings from a Dutch blacksmith, will keep the forge lit in the future with this awesome piece 💪
Awesome! Thank you so much!
That's an awesome deal. I'm in the US that beautiful piece of art for around 150$ is an awesome deal!! I just found my Christmas gift. Awesome lighter and one day I'll get my hand on a beautiful black hawk hatchet
love the video, thoroughly mesmerizing first few minutes. Gorgeous lighter.
👏 epic product launch❤ well fricken done👍and a great way to showcase how much R&D actually went into it👍 so cool
This is the best ad-read I’ve seen. 👍
As soon as it dawned on me that this was not just for you, but an actual product, I paused the video and rushed to your website. So glad I got to grab one. I'll have to figure out once I get it whether it's a gift or a gift for myself :)
edit: Uhhhh what Martin?? OK def a gift for myself these are something special.
That's the coolest video I've ever seen.
Need this. I carry an Exotac TitanLight and it’s machined so incredibly well that it’ll hold fluid for…? 8 months plus? With very little evaporation. However, it’s a little too large for every day carry, and, while I certainly appreciate the functionality and the aesthetic, the latter leaves a little bit to be desired.
Along comes this badass piece that essentially checks all the boxes for me.
Hitting the site now
Still waiting for mine to arrive, ordered it on November 25th. Maybe it is built when you order. Can’t wait to get it in my hands.
Very cool combination of old and new! I bought one!
Super cool. I ordered one immediately
This is absolutely beautiful. Maybe my favorite piece from you so far.
Always worth a like! Keep on trucking man.
Threaded sleeve is huge, these sometimes get loose over time and leak fuel so that was a great addition.
Hell yeahs, the TerMartinator!
Holy crap, welcome back to the forge Martin. Also i must have one of these lighters
It’s beautiful!
I am gonna buy one please notify before they go on sale so we all ready to buy man amazing craft my boi🎉 my favorite Blacksmith
Preorder is up!
I just bought 3 lighters thank you for making these.
Don't put yourself down as a machinist. I was impressed. All those ex-centric holes and surfaces - it looked GOOD (and unreal) when you turned that.
👍👍👍
That is a beautiful lighter. You did such a great job :D
Been a long time since your videos have popped up for me. I saw a short about these lighters and had to check it out.
An absolutely beautiful design Mr. Tim. Loved this project, keep up the amazing work and happy early thanksgiving! Not sure if Canadians celebrate but hey happy happy anyways!
I love this. Thanks Timothy
Needs a larger flame hole. More space for the air and fuel to mix. I had a similar problem
Incredible video, jealous of your shop
i was thinking, man i wonder what Martin is up to. then he appears. 😊
I am so happy I stumbled onto this video, incredible work! Subscribed!
That’s a piece of art.
Master machinist/CADCAM programmer here and I love this 😊
Great job man
Beautiful & inspirational!
Is the windscreen also acting as a heat sink, drawing enough heat from the flame that it is inhibited? You did get it to work by allowing more air to reach the flame so it is no longer an issue. Most commercial lighters use stainless steel which is a relatively poor conductor to protect the flame. It is a beautifully wrought idea. Thank you for sharing.
Very good looking lighter
Im currently studying to become a mechanical engineer, I felt like an engineer developing a product for the first time watching this, keep up the good work 💪🫡
Quality Idea L00Ks Stunning ... And Ya Mate Martin PoPs In Quality ... All The Best With It...
peace
BTW, I bought one of your knives.. Holy, it's Niice! Definitely buy one if you're going to use it for work. it's better than anything else I've seen for the price and even better than ones for a lot more too.
Beautiful design. Only change I'd make is an O ring on the lower sleeve so no chance of leaking in your pocket
These are great, so bought one! Keep on thinking these things up, very creative and love your thought process?
My birthday being only a few days away, having 1 of these lighters would be too cool. I need 1.
Dude, if you've got steel from before WWII, you probably want to touch base with the physics department of a large university.
why?
Because steel without radioactive inclusions (from nuclear weapons testing globally) is needed for modern physics experiments.
We can still make steel without radio activity, it's just much more expensive than regular steel.
Also... there's tons of old cars and trucks, ships, all sorts of steel from before 1945 is around, it's really not that big of a deal.
Modern steel making processes that inject pure oxygen into the iron instead of atmospheric air like the Bessemer process does eliminates the issue of the steel giving off background radiation as long as it is new virgin steel being made and not being blended with any recycled iron.
Also, the laboratories are not that interested in getting pre atomic steel for experiments becausethey are not doing experiments on the steelnor with the steel, and if they are they know it isnt that hard to get the small amounts they need.
It's the instrument companies who are interested in "low background radiation" steel, "pre atomic" steel being one of the sources of that. Reason being, you don't want your instruments putting off radiation if you are trying to read radiation levels, so the cases and stands and everything else they make they want to use "low background radiation" steel. Universities don't need pre atomic steel, but some laboratories at some universities need instruments made with materials that don't introduce unnecessary background radiation. The companies that build the tools and instruments that read radiation levels need it more than colleges and universities, and there are multiple ways to get low background radiation steel now days that don't involve reworking pre 1945 scrap steel.
As already stated, moden processes that inject pure oxygen into the iron eliminate the issue of radiation being introduced into iron during the steel making process.
Another fun fact, the amount of atmospheric radiation is now getting down near the "pre atomic" levels, so it won't be long before even new steel made using the Bessemer process will be the same as "pre atomic" steel.
These are awesome.
Thanks for use of four jaw chuck 🎉🎉😊😊
Order placed..hopefully get to the uk before Xmas.
pretty hecking awesome man !!!!!!
SILENT MARTIN !!! 👍
Very cool!
Can someone please remind me why the 1918 train rail is so special? I love the lighter! Looks awesome!
Love it! I’m gonna have to buy it
Bro, your workshop is one of the coolest looking ones I have ever seen! How did you get all of these machines, and what about that rust, holed table thing?
The table is called a acorn or platen table, it has the holes so you can use special hold downs etc for building things. I should do a video on it sometime... Thanks!
You made an amazing product here Tim, and for a good price. I don't smoke or have much need for a lighter, but I still want one.
Will Stelter is making cigar ash trays, yall should collab on a gift set 😅
Suggestion bro, try make wrought iron Macbook docking stations! that'd sell! I certainly would buy one!
Also your first design looks fine, just take off some brass to create a bit of distance to the flame.
That way the brass doesn't take the heat away, that the flame needs to keep going.
I have a 1928 Harley motor you can have to make lighters from. All I ask is for a lighter from it. Also have a few classic car frames that would work.
I collect lighters, mostly Zippo's. But I'd love one of these!