Building CUSTOM Dog Crates for my Belgian Malinois and Golden Retriever!!
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If you're looking for another cool project, I'd like to recommend a "Dolchstreithammer" (not least because it will be funny to hear you try to pronounce it). It's a type of warhammer in the shape of a fist holding a spike or rondel dagger, where the narrow end of the spike forms the spike of the hammer and the broad end forms the face. It seems like most real examples were made by casting the fist in bronze around the iron spike, since the shape is fairly complex. It would be fun to have another casting project, but it would also be a tremendous challenge to see if you could forge the shape out of a single piece of steel.
That sounds awesome I'd definitely watch that.
Yes
I would watch the video to see him pronounce that
Welcome to part 34 of building that thing, we’re just getting started on hand sanding
His casting equipment is in the US also he already made a fist hammer, if I remember correctly... sooo it would be nothing new. Just a combination of 2 things he already did
I’m always making dog cages as part of my job cause I’m a welder and I found the best way to stop the rattle from the sheet steel is to put silicone around where the sheet touches the SHS and that will take out 90%-100% of the rattle
God bless you, Jamie, for always syncing the action in the video to the music. It never fails to be extremely satisfying.
Great work all! keep it up!!
Yeah, he makes the videos so much more fun!
AAA editing
I’m always happy to see one of the top comments being about Jamie’s craft! Had to pause to come and comment…
i loved the Bollywood style music. that was awesome
Agreed. Glad this is one of the top comments, it's always one of my favorite parts
it's so insane to see Alec grow this much in the past few years. I remember back when you were on Barker street, talking about the rain in a vlog. I'm profoundly proud of you.
I love these types of videos. I know there are folks that just wanna see you make another pretty damascus sword, but I really like seeing how your creative mind goes when you're being challenged tackling a new type of project.
That editing to the music was subtle but nonetheless top notch. I noticed your hard work. Bravo sir, bravo.
Try putting a thick rubber washer between the metal at each pop rivet. Should be enough to stop the contact and also deaden any sound.
if you really want to use steel, you needed to press a form in it to minimize flex. If you ever look at large vehicle panels with no support, they typically have an "x" pressed into them for rigidity...
Yes, the divider definitely needs some bead rolling for strength. Good thing it’s just riveted so it’s removable.
for the rattling youll need to either caulk the seams to dampen it, or crossbrake the metal such as you would see in air conditioning returns. id have done both personally, but if the wood works it works
Alec, just a thought but have you considered adding “emergency” doors to the top? That way if you are in a side impact crash that means your door doesn’t open you can still release your dogs. Hopefully never needed but maybe worth the modification?
Good idea, probably unnecessary tho.
New cars are insanly solid made, to ensure safety for the passenger.
If the impact during an accident would be so hard that it deforms the whole car (side and floor panels) AND this massive crate made out of realy solid steel - there will probably be no dog left to safe.
I think he has tools handy to cut that open, doesn't look that difficult to get into
Yeah, once we have dogs, in a crate, in a car, and still have to worry about an emergency door...
In a crash that bad, emergency responders will have tools that can cut open the car itself. Those tools should work on the crate too.
The ending is absolutely perfect, close the door, tap the van, Sam and Jamie hijacked the channel. haha
I image they get along nice. Locking Alex up and hijacking his channel seems fun.
I love this project as I just spent the last three months working on a rear seat delete and removable. folding floor surface for my old Mini Cooper so my dogs can go on car rides. Nice work and love any content that gets doggos on the screen.
I would suggest putting some of the 1/2 gray foam antifatigue mats on the floor for them to sit on 👍👍👍
Hey guys glad to see ur expanding your content.... Alec I your ever worried about warping from welding tubing you can put a block of wood on the ends of the pipe and drill them together
Well at least you have a nice rivet gun now :D
Man ever since I’ve seen one of your videos a year ago I can’t stop, and I’m pleased of how much work you put into your work! Thank you and keep it up
And if you would also use primitive forge would be cool
Why you want me to send emails 🤣
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The Hinges you install 1x the length of the hinges down from the door to the center of the Hinge.
Bsp. Hinge: 200mm long
Position: Mittle of Hinge 200mm from the corner of the Door.
I watch Alec because I'm amazed what he can do with forging. But I'm sure glad to see him doing something that I do on a daily bases and he finds it difficult, like building a metal door with hinges and a latch. It makes me feel kind of good about my abilities.
Amazing! With all what he build within the years he is so joyful with successfully building a lock. We all need that passion for what we do!!!! Great Job!
Fun project! A basket top to the crates would be an excellent way to stow gear (etc). Will the door opening into the interior of the van be a problem, as the way must be left clear for the door to swing open, and the dog to get in (it looks like you're carrying a good amount of training gear and equipment.) Keep doing what you do!
If you still wanted to use the wood or for future projects bead roll on the surface it will add rigidity which will negate some of that bounce and noise.
The editing on this video was top notch. Big props to how ever did this amazing work. Cheers.
The metal is always going to be louder than wood, but if you want to quieten the metal dividers down you should cross fold the metal first. Adds some rigidity to stop it flopping so much
fusion360 is awesome, I design fishing lures (crankbaits and jointed swimbaits etc) with it and 3d print them, way more satisfying and cheaper than buying new ones every time I lose one to a snag
Much prefer that type of sponsor segment, where its a more natural flow into the segment, & shows how you're implementing it into your work.
I've been trying to model square tube frames with 360 and I believe it's a bit cumbersome. I need to model every tube model one by one (taking in account 45° cuts, it's a lot), and then duplicate, assemble, etc. It should be way easier with some sort of integrated module that would manage all this so that you just have to pick a model, set the size and orientation, and snap !
Every dog is the bestest dog. ❤❤❤
Those Milwaukee rivot guns are unreal! Work to almost perfection
Would love to see more iteration on choices you make for like material based on availability or specific material qualities Or specific tool/bit choicesAnd still temperatures et cetera
you could also put foam strip between the steel plate and the frame
props to the editor! that montage with Alec cutting up the square pipes was beautifully cut to the music!
run a line of 3M VHV tape between the sheet metal and the welded frame and knock that noise out in a jiffy.
I have been making custom dog crates for cars as a hobby for over 10 years. From my experience, you made very good choices on your project. I've used similar materials that you chose to use on your crate which turned out very nice.
If you cut the ends of each bar and 45° angles, instead of butting them up end to end, the corners would be much stronger.
That's awesome as always, Alec! 👏 But how do you open both doors at the same time? One is facing the sliding door and the other is facing the wall? 🤔
Alec welding without a welding mask! What a lad
Any plans for Jamie to drop a powerhammer off a pallet jack? That's the main content I watch the channel for. Additionally, I also don't care about wood.
I work with that mesh all of the time tac welding it is plenty strong for what your doing👍
*screams in excitement* I MADE A DOOR!... Gotta love Alec and his enthusiasm, this is why I watch all his videos
Really enjoy your videis, even though i dont have a van or a dog haha.
i love Fusion 360 and i'm still amazed in this day and age that they give it away free for none commercial use.
Fusion 360 is a brilliant piece of software, using as part of my engineering degree and its worked a charm, still need to try the parameters or parametric modelling for myself.
1:18 shout out for the editing, brilliant 👍
Next time to take the wobble out of the sheet metal and to make it more rigid you can bead roll it, it will take out the flex so no sound
You can try it out on the other ones you need to make
by all means alec these videos of you making everyday tools and things are great... but we need a big sword or knife build soon!
Can you share where you got those hinges from? I've been after some sturdy weldable hinges for ages, and those look sweeeeeet.
I've seen you build tools before. I challenge you to build a FRACTAL VICE (or vise)!!! Awesomely cool tool which I'm sure you could use
A bead of RTV around the steel panel where it meets the metal would quiet it down a bunch.
Cool project! Surprising lack of dog tax, show us the pups!
Put a bead roll in the steel sheets to strengthen them and keep them from flexing.
alec if you get a worp in steel hea the steel on te side you want it to go you might know it already but its a tip for people as well that dont know it
Great cage Alec, don't have to worry about the weld mesh, I made a cage for my 6x4 trailer, and its only tacked on the mesh, and its been 10 years strong, and if you silicone between the flat steal and the cage, then rivit it together, 👍🏼👍🏼🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘Cheers from Melbourne Australia
Angular support will allow the doors to shut when the cage is torqued.
Why weld more then needed?
Remember folks always weld every seam you can see as you dont want any moisture to get into your workpiece. Welding all around ensures the longevity of your workpiece!
Would you do complete welds on every piece as it's built,
or would you get it completely built with tack welds, and then go over it and weld all the visible seams all at once?
@@DH-xw6jp Tack weld everything. Once its done you can start welding everything together. This way you get way less warp into your build!
The riveting was riveting, but my favourite bit was timelapse of trying to put some plastic sheets on the walls and floors. :D
Soo... I assume the van has doors on both sides, correct? otherwise the opposing door concept would've been kind of impractical. Tho I haven't seen many vans with 2 sliding doors.
Great concept overall tho and love the attention to detail
my thoughts exactly! 🤔
All the stellantis vans have double sliding doors as an option. Its fantastic to have.
Ive done the whole dog decoy thing. It is a blast. Even with the bite suit, I would leave the training with black and blue arms. It was still worth it.
How do you go about finding somewhere to do the training
@@rowdy7819 depends on your location. But contact your local police station, and see if they’ll take volunteers.
@@bendulany ok
Did Simone Giertz help set up your paint booth outside? I thought she was in San Fransisco?
Great job on the crates! Flush mounting the screen is better for all the items that will be resting on or near the edges of the crate to prevent them getting nicked or dented on protruding welds and wires.
Thanks for sharing, keep up the great work!
More than likely it's Mrs Steele (did they have the marriage yet? I remember the making of the engagement and wedding rings but not whether the wedding has happened and I cant tell because Alec wears a silicon ring in the workshop).
Unless Mrs Steele secretly IS Simone 🤔🤔😲😲😲😲😜😜
Alec should make A Roman shield as the Roman’s used the shields to reflect light at the enemy’s in combat to blind them as gun fighters are the opposite
Jamie did an awesome job tying the music in with the video! Nice job on the kennels!
Hey mate, you might consider adding some carpet to the bottom of these so that the doggos don't slip around everywhere as you drive :)
@Alec Steele might it have been a good idea (if possible) to heat treat the wire mesh to strengthen it?
1:15 Damn, the sound editing is on fire today! Good work Jamie.
Your buddy at Fireball Tools makes some awesome right angle squares.
I think a lot of cars add divots and bends to flat panels to make them more rigid so they don't have that flexy wobble sound going down the road. If you look at the floor-pan of a car it will have a variety of individual bumps... I'm not sure what they are called, I'm sure they have a technical term though.
never fully weld a part of a job , tack the whole job together square it brace it then fully weld , will ensure the job stays square
I love all the care you put into your dogs, well done
I just had a thought. Not sure if Alec or anyone else has ever tried to make Damascus using concentric rings or tubes of steel, perhaps with powdered steel as filler or maybe tried taking 2 different types of sheet metal, welding them together and then rolling it so that it has a spiral side profile and making Damascus out of that.
0:50 I can see you are viewing in "Parallel Perspective, this mode is designed for straight on views from front, sides, top... as it aligns everything directly in lines so that you can have clean views... but when you rotate it to any other angle the further away parts, that should be smaller, become bigger. Notice how the furthest corner is actually bigger than the closest corner. To fix this problem change your camera view mode to "Perspective." This is standard 3D view like in video games.
Project idea how about a dog nail trimmer built in the stile of Japanese pruning shears blued steel with leather wrapped handles.
Gonna need you to fab up some rated for giant alaskan malamutes. My Romulus has yet to find one he cant destroy in a week.
Fusion 360 rocks! My go to cad software!
Besides your fantastic balcksmith career, you could also share videos from you training dogs!!
He does on his Alec Steele Canine channel
I love the videos!! I want longer ones!! 😅
Custom van/car crates are awesome BUT you have to remember, that they might hurt your dog in rear-end collisions. Maybe take some tips from Variocages?
What's the motivation behind getting the diesel version of the van? I know the market is a bit behind in the UK and your electricity prices are stupid right now, but the electric version of the van has so much lower running costs that i'm saving money on my brand new one over keeping my paid off 2016 expert.
Hey, not related to your video, but I know you love technical projects. I had the idea you could try and make a butterfly style safety razor with custom blades.
Alec, a window in the central wood would be good so the dogs don't feel alone.
As is they can hear each other but not see each other.
Good build. 😀👍
As a weirder what u do there is to stop it worping is u tack one side then u weild the opposite side cause the tack stop it from warping as u weild the other side
This is awesome bud, it looks like a lot of fun you're having with your dogs. Great video
Maybe you should try your hand on TIG welding which uses less heat with a better bead
the only thing i would suggest is drill a hole in the bottom on the cage so that any pee will run out the bottom and it will make it easier to clean too
Id like to see Alex weld a backet underwater.
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Lovely job 👍 but I want to see it again but with some "squear tubing miter joints..." 😍🙏
Could you make a channel lock pliers to please. That would be awesome!
Wondering if he put the hinges on both the same way or an opposite directions. Both the same way you could lift the door off opposite directions. It'll never come off
On thought I just had having seen a number of different styles of Police dog vans that you might find useful - Have you considered making it so that those 2 that you're planning on having at the rear of the vehicle could also be placed on top of the front 2 - That way you have the option to either have them in the rear, OR have them on top of Yogo/Crazy's cages? Then you can choose what configutation to use depending on what else you might need to fit in the back of the van along with the dogs
Why no compound mitre joints? They would work really well for this project.
Ive got that same Ryobi fan, top notch!
Looks like you could use a FireballTool fixture table! :D
Yes! I thought he could use some of their welding jigs.
use a boom mat on the sheet metal. like in old cars boom mat with deaden the sheet metal rattling
Just curious, why did you end up with one door opening to the side and one to the back? I would think it would be easier to have them both open to the back, especially if you were going to add other crates later on behind those.
To take the rattle out all you need to do is put some foam between the metal
Very inventive. This video was a 'crate idea'!
This is why you tack everything and then weld and move to another area to avoid over heating and warping
I wanted to see your dogs in the crates!
As an apprentice my first welding job was fabricating a jig to make dog cages almost identical to those. Then I made 200 of them...ahhh to be young again
Anybody else remember when Alec was an actual blacksmith? I miss those days.
Honestly spent too long wondering why you had doors on both sides until I realised the van has dual sliding doors! Never really considered that such a thing existed 🤣
Same here! To be fair, in his initial plan he said the main priority cage would be in the very back and the one towards the front (by the sliding doors) would be removable. So of course we assumed this was the priority one he was working on (which would require doors facing out the back.). He either changed his mind about where he wanted the main cage or screwed up and made the wrong one first, lol.
Yep I was confused too but you just catch a glimpse of the passenger side door being open when he opens the back doors near the beginning. (I also though that the dogs were going from a nice clear floor to having to lay over a frame piece when he started measuring up the doors on the side)
I'm not sure most vans of that ilk have doors both sides so I hope he doesn't need to change it any time soon. Having to open both side doors to load the 2 dogs just seems a faff too.
& As pointed out further down the comments if for any reason 1 side door is unable to be opened you can't access the dog on that side so an access hatch between the 2 sides would have been worth including.
God, I cannot watch people use parallel projection in 3D modeling software. It hurts my brain.
We spent hundreds of years mastering perspective in drawings and paintings and photography, and now that 3D modeling software is readily accessible all that is out the window.
Good luck Mr. Steele.
Have you ever developed a gear tooth with just a compass and set square on a drafting board? You have got to admit that it is a lot easier with cad
@@paulhawkins6415 I never said it wasn't easier lol. I just can't stand Parallel projection. I am a SketchUp user myself. Been with them since Sketchup 5.