Hey. How ya doin? Having a good weekend? Not a lot going on here, but picked up an old bench metal shear and (finally!) a universal vise. They needed some TLC. Don't we all.
A general rule of thumb for determining shear capacity is if the excursion needed causes the operator to fart you’ve found the upper limit. A shart is a clear indicator the material is too thick.
Steady on lads. You can't be knocking Old Blighty about erm, erm about nuts and bolts. I mean there is more to us than just that, like erm, for instance, erm sausage and mash . . .
@Jas Whitworth created standardised threads, when every thread was different but copying Whitworth's lead would would never have done, it would have been in defiance of competition!
There is only one thing on the internet more exciting than a new ToT, and that's the ever so rare Clickspring video. I don't even think that it's more enjoyable, just that it's rare
I was gonna take my kid to the park last minute then this came out just as he finished putting his jacket on. The odd thing is im still thoroughly enjoying it over the deafening cries.
Moto Z Important lessons don’t pick when they need to be taught. 30 and going to the park that late in the afternoon and crying? I smell someone who didn’t have nap time
heh, i used to take flak for sitting and watching How It's Made with my son when he was about 2. beats mickey mouse clubhouse any day. this is also the same kid who spontaneously constructed a winding bridge out of about 50 chairs just so he could walk on it.
stop motion isn't all that bad if you have things set up for it. a camera with remote namely. I love watching this on this channel, kind of a throwback to some of the cartoonish stuff i watched growing up.
Spectacular fit...I was known for spectacular fits, I would fall down on the floor and herk and jerk - foam at the mouth. I'd wait until a small crowd would gather then get up and say, "I feel much better now", then walk away. Great video Tot, thumbs up.
Cast iron and that 400 year old oil smell, I could actually smell it through my screen! I don’t know how you did that but you should patent This old Tony smell-o-vision
Man Tony! Nobody makes more entertaining machining TH-cam videos than you. I was really admiring your patience on the stop motion work at the end of the video. That sequence was so long! It must have taken you hours to do just that. Impressive. Way to go ToT !
The brace you welded to the shear was a mistake. if you look at one of these shears from the back the body is made of a single large plate formed into a S shape this S shape tends to straighten out under load forcing the blades closer together. This is designed in to keep the shear tight during heavy cuts rather than opening up. Your brace effectively blocked this feature by bracing across the S at the back of the shear. Judging by the size of the shear I'd guess it would be happy cutting 3/16 or 5 mm material.
It will probably not affect the pinching as the pinching happens mostly from the stretching of the "S/Z" shape at the blades rather than compression in the back, however it will giv it better torsional stability as he stated, so in my book thats a win, except for beeing able to keep at least the main part of the plate while trimming it, where the trimmings are forced away, but now the "keep" path is blocked.
Always a guy saying "dont weld...... BeCaUsE HeAt." Clearly works for the intended materials, and food for thought my big shear has more trouble with thinner material than thicker just takes alot more force but thicker is always cleaner. Edit: was responding to the guy saying chuck it for scrap, I see how it's a feature for the s shape to close laterally under heavy load. Keen eye!
Tony, I have an identical shear made by Mubea, made in Germany I think. You may want to notch your gusset, the offset allows you to cut through something like a 4 foot sheet of metal, with the reinforcement your limited to ten inches or less.
You are by far my favourite youtuber. I'm a electrical engineer, but thanks to you i startet a bit of metalworking and bought a TIG welder. Love you :)
My wife actually came into my office to see what I was laughing so hard at. "Mr. Pete was here" was hilarious! Your video skills keep getting better & better. Thank you. Yours is one of my favorite channels. Eric central Florida
This is the first time I see You rebuilding something for worse. You totally destroyed one of that shears most genial, simple and important functions - That is; cutting unlimited lengths of metal. I totally understand you had good intentions, but better trust the original makers, they knew exactly what they were doing - in opposition to many of todays manufacturers - at the time it was made: full of tradition with the highest craftmanship. Yes, it is possible to do minor improvements , like a lock for the handle, if it is not there already - for example. But the seeming simplicity of that cutter, is part of what makes it genial. With that unloadet from my heart - You Do host my favorite TH-cam channel - and I , plus friends of mine, do raise You to the skyes in appreciation. We just love Your knowledge, humor and ingenuity, very lucky to have You share it with us :)
1:00 ok so you have been doubling your money every hour for a week. That is 24*7 = 168 doubles. At the end you had an extra $4. So if you started with X dollars and ended with X+4 dollars, that means (2^168)*X = X + 4. Solving for X = 4/(2^168 -1). In other words you started with something like X = 1.06911E-50 dollars. Times must be tough Tony! EDIT: one week, not two!
Maybe it mimeographs only the last input. Not all of the contents. That means if he puts 1 cent in, 336 prints (not doubles) means 336+1 cents out. But that still doesn't add up the math, that's only 3.3 dolla. Using two cent would spin it up to 6.6 dolla. The mimeograph has a hidden fee! D:
Harlequin314159 No, no no, you all are forgetting something,..... he's somewhere that they use that STRANGE kind of money ! 😁 Just ain't no way to add it up !
G'day Tony. I've got an identical bench shears to yours and I've never had a time when I thought it needed strengthening, so be it. It is easy to cut a large sheet with the throat as it is, it's just a case of feeding the lead below the frame as you hinted but it's easy. I made a 17 drawer tool bench for my son with it which is the first video/montage on my youtube channel. My decal is missing also but I can cut 2mm mild sheet easily, 1.5 is a dream, I think the original spec was 3mm, but I wouldn't bother to try. Excellent video as always, Peter
I just love your style of jokes. They are expertly written, very funny and the delivery is always flawless. That combined with a very soothing voice and expert scriptwriting about an interesting topic I know nothing about makes your videos my favorite. Thanks for all the joy you've beought me and will keep bringing me as I watch amd rewatch your videos
Hi Tony - I have a bench shear out of the same factory as yours. Bought it for $60 new in 1978. Like you I figured it would be more useful with fence and table - I also put a couple of half inch T bolts above the fence to hold material down when cutting. I have used mine to cut lots of 2'' by quarter flat bar with no problems. I believe it was called a quarter inch bench shear when I bought it. I would post a photo but can not work out any way to do that. I really enjoy your videos - I am an engineer who started life as a toolmaker when people still filed holes (I like your filing machine!) So Hi from Australia.
Odd I'm the only one to know this. But it's quite obvious with that shear being that old it's extremely likely the threads a .36 cubit Carpathian 59.elventeen degree ark thread with filigreed crests and precision sheepsfoot hammered split root radi. Machinery's Handbook no. 0000.01 has some good details for duplicating it without CNC. :-) Either that or one of those damn Whitworth's maybe? Great video as always Tony, and even better now since I've learned the hard way to not be drinking anything until there finished.
My MH quotes a Double D drill with a split infinitive point unless you doing the Mark V version. Then it starts getting a little more complicated. They sort of leave you hanging by only mentioning a bow drill with those expensive Travertine corrupted stone points. Needs the Noah modification to the philbert assembly for good accuracy of course, but I'm sure you already knew that.
Oh man! - At this point I'm already chuckling at the mere discovery of a new TOT video. I can't watch these with people around me any more! Luckily my wife had gone out right after I saw that this video had come up. Very nice stop motion on the vise! Also, I love restaurations of old things like that! Often they have much more character than modern equivalents, and the feeling of giving old things a new lease on life instead of mindlessly purchasing new gear is somehow very nice! I've recently restored an old coffee grinder with a fresh coat of paint, new bearings, burrs and stainless bolts, etc. - I like using it much more than I would have with a new one!
Hi Tony, you don't know how much I appreciate the fact, that you give the measurements in imperial and metric units. Thats a whole lot easier to watch as a german (and every other country). And the stopmotion in the end was just so smooth to watch :)
@@LPJMagicmusic Yes it is! I dunnit! Had to smoke a lot but I dunnit. It was purple, pink and blue with sprinkles in it. When it was dry I went for a loooonnngggg sleep and there were pink elephants.
I remember my grandfather had shears that looked exactly the same. I also know it was made by him. And it was actually mounted on an old log - with roots. All this love for DIY he passed on to my father, who later passed it on to me :)
I admit that I watch a lot of videos at 1.5 to 2x speed to get through them. Having said that, I always watch your videos at regular speed so I can enjoy every bit of them. Thank you
Propane heater, sir. It’s the only reason that I’m able to get out in my garage when it’s in the 20s. 50lb tank outside, and a Mr Heater inside. It gets up to the upper 50s in 1 hour. 20x 18 space. Costs me $40/month spending 3-4 hours a day in an non insulated detached garage. Love the vids. My 2 cents to make sure you can still make them.
Tony your channel is in the top 3 best of all time in my opinion, and I TH-cam alot, your content is right up my alley and your humor puts a smile on my face, but what I enjoy most are your vids that are 15 mins or under long. I can't wait to watch when I get a notification from your channel but rarely have 30 mins at a whack to sit and enjoy the whole thing! I guess what I mean to say is that I get more joy from watching a shorter vid than having to break it up into 2 viewing segments. I know most of what you do takes longer to demonstrate and that's the reason for the length. I won't stop watching because of it but I have to filter through some episodes because of my time constraints. Keep on doing what you do and I'll do my best to try and keep up! Thanks
Perfect timing, I was just sitting down with a sandwich. Really great vise, reminds me I scored a Craftsmen plane for $3 at a garage sale sitting down my basement needing a proper cleaning & sharpening, too. The obsession with old steel lives on! Shaun White just scored a perfect 100 pt run!
Greetings from Norway, old video, but, as an relatively new subscriber I try to watch all of them. Got to say - Love it, both the video, the rants, and the skills :)
"That 400 year old oil smell" lol, that's a perfect description, it brought back memories of my grandfathers tool boxes. Thank you for that and thank you for all you do. It's nice to have interesting things for my brain to focus on and your brand of humor work perfectly along side.
Watercooler is working great. Exceeded all my expectations for the setup. I'm sure your ears are glad for the modifications. Next questions are; Was the fan even necessary in the first place? and How does it behave in warm weather?
I bought one of these shears new back in the 80's from Enco and it has worked very well since. It was advertised to cut 1/4" plate and I have proved that claim several times, but it did seem to stress it a bit. Great tool!
Tony serious question. How many years of fatherhood has raised you to the level of dad/machinist jokes we witness today? In less then 90 seconds I was crying man.
Walked away for a second and when I came back I thought I was watching a HarryHausen stop motion training video. You went that extra mile for us. Thank you, Love your channel.
Hi Tony. I now you don't need the shears to cut long sheets, but you can do that easy when you let one side hanging and pushing. It's possible to get a good cutting. Of course without the reinforced plate on the back. I have got one similar but much better with hole and top grove to cut round and flat plate. Thanks for your's videos!
Just watching some of the classics. In almost three years since this video, I dont recall ever seeing the vise again. Could be wrong, but that doesnt happen often. 😁
I used to do all the complex compounds at the tool and die shop i worked at, and never seen that vise before. It's very nice btw, I had to make 10inch compound sine plates out a old x axis Bridgeport table with heavy duty side straps since i was doing heavy cuts on weldments or stainless and alot of very heavy copper blocks, nearly 1foot cubed. I enjoyed the complex work for a change sometimes.
Hey tony, I have a similar shear as does the old man. Mine has a curved top shear which is more for sheet metal. The old mans one has a toothed fulcrum where mines like yours. The straight shears on yours is more for flat bar. You can cut 1.8 mm flat bar no problem. Actually it’s more like whatever you can reef on the handle is the capacity. Obviously don’t cut round bar. Do put the safety hook on the handle as it might come down on someone’s head. Oddly tho, your unit has only two bolts per blade. Mine 4. As they wear/get sharpened you just shim them out with sheet. Very handy tool. Luv the vids.
My English unbranded shear is almost identical to yours. It has Whitworth threads. Mine can make unlimited length cuts as could have yours before welding a plate in the way. I have never managed to make mine deflect despite abusing it slightly. As well as steel I also cut thin plywood, plastic sheet, underfelt, carpet, drawer liners and anything else with mine. I made a quickly detachable base for mine so I can use it anywhere and also drilled holes in the bench so the same bolts can attach it there when needed.
What a very very smooth bend and welding. I'm hoping I will one day have the time to build up my own garage and get my own experience. I just love your videos man. They are informative and fun to watch. Greetings from Germany Kai
Rust-Oleum calls that "Winter Gray" it's been my favorite for years. My tools get grey paint, the repairs I make get the same grey paint, it's like my seal of approval for everything. It is a perfect corrosion preventive, it even looks good on cars and trucks. Black shows the dirt instantly, and white is always dirty, grey is a happy medium. After I painted my tool box grey, I discovered the Mercede's dealer mandated red tool boxes, so I was speared the experience of working there and dealing with their smug attitudes. I hauled my stuff from Santa Barbara to Oregon, the local Ford dealer I worked for was caught making false warranty claims, they were eventually shut down. Santa Barbara was a nice place, but, Oregon was better. This area is just like the wild west, it's where "The Ponderosa" was filmed, I don't know if Disney sold the ranch, it's now known as the running Y ranch.
I have a shear just like that one other than it has a hole for cutting 12mm or half inch round. I have cut large sheets up to 6mm thick and 10mm x 40mm flat bar on a regular basis with it since the late 80's when I purchased it new. As I recall it is made in Taiwan , I can check on that as I still have the instruction sheet filed away.
Now I want a Universal Vise! Darn you Old Tony!!!!! Of course, I have no use for one....but before now I didn't know it existed....That looks really sweet.
Tony a cool challenge for something I could use man! This on a smaller scale using aluminum to support my studio mics attachable to a microphone stand or boom arm stand. That could be very useful to a lot of people!
Brilliant idea with the strong back modification, i have an older jointed one that's never been too tight even when new (probably) and i really have no use for the jointed function, so i'll do the same.
There is nothing quite like watching someone else do the heavy lifting, and one of the benefits of relative old age is that nowadays I can get away with it.
Man, score! A small shear and a bender would both be really handy for me. Guess I just need to keep my eyes open for a deal. That vise, never seen one of those. Can't wait to see it in action!
You could make a little shelf off the end of your bench at such a height that the fixed blade is the same level as the bench top, works for me on my 12" version. The benefits should be obvious. Mine is an ex-school one and was locked with a padlock when I bought it.
5:30 DadGUM, that's a beautiful weld! Your humor and skill keeps impressing me, Tony! I just found your channel through the Alex pasta machine, but I'm enjoying going back through your catalog of videos!
Hi Tony---LOL at 13:54!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Everybody run, he saw us!
;) Love ya, Mr. Pete!
That was funny...
haha! I thought that was a shot at tubalcain!!
Mr. Pete responded in kind: th-cam.com/video/zrBGrqbR-O4/w-d-xo.htmlm28s
good catch Mr. Pete!
A general rule of thumb for determining shear capacity is if the excursion needed causes the operator to fart you’ve found the upper limit. A shart is a clear indicator the material is too thick.
Mmmm...tool cleaning.
Hand Tool Rescue hahahaha XD. Love your videos
Hand Tool Rescue Buffing the knob & polishing the shaft!
Oh man, I was thinking about your channel when he was cleaning the vise haha
For some weird reason I feel like you two are best mates in my mind; even though you probably have never met.
Is that shear necessary? You usually just use a butter knife and that seems to work just fine!
What about the Bruce Lee 1 inch punch?! - this just seems lazy! Think of your Qi man, think of your Qi
The butter knife is hard on the hands.
Yeah but sometimes the hips dont work or the arthritis acts up, and it just takes a bit too long to use a butter knife.
Yeah, what’s up with that
Im sure he can just karate chop it if it’s too much for the shear
Precision manufacturing? tedious? bolt hole you cant find a bolt for? IT BRITISH!
@Jas That about sums up Britain from an outsider's perspective.
Steady on lads. You can't be knocking Old Blighty about erm, erm about nuts and bolts. I mean there is more to us than just that, like erm, for instance, erm sausage and mash . . .
@Jas Whitworth created standardised threads, when every thread was different but copying Whitworth's lead would would never have done, it would have been in defiance of competition!
"this might not be super exciting", yet here i am sitting with my popcorn
YES !
Indeed :DD
Also agree, this video was awesome!
There is only one thing on the internet more exciting than a new ToT, and that's the ever so rare Clickspring video. I don't even think that it's more enjoyable, just that it's rare
Popcorn 🍿
I knew I forgot to get something. I better start over.
I was gonna take my kid to the park last minute then this came out just as he finished putting his jacket on. The odd thing is im still thoroughly enjoying it over the deafening cries.
Those tears just reassure you your parenting is going in the right direction. Disappointment is the hardest lesson to teach.
Lol!
Andrew Lang it is a hard lesson for sure and hes gonna be 30 this year. I should have taught him sooner.
Moto Z Important lessons don’t pick when they need to be taught. 30 and going to the park that late in the afternoon and crying? I smell someone who didn’t have nap time
heh, i used to take flak for sitting and watching How It's Made with my son when he was about 2. beats mickey mouse clubhouse any day. this is also the same kid who spontaneously constructed a winding bridge out of about 50 chairs just so he could walk on it.
Skip a this old Tony video? You don't know me at all.
Another great video. That stop motion at the end was awesome and made my stomach hurt thinking about how much editing that took to do.
Jason Hughes tell you what made my stomach hurt - the mention of kids fingers in that bench shear. Shudder! Get that lock-out pin done yesterday Tony!
I have small kids in my shop sometimes too so I immediately erased that part from my memory. Ha.
I felt the same way !
stop motion isn't all that bad if you have things set up for it. a camera with remote namely. I love watching this on this channel, kind of a throwback to some of the cartoonish stuff i watched growing up.
ryan cler I love it too. I guess I should have said how long it would have taken me to edit that. Ha.
Spectacular fit...I was known for spectacular fits, I would fall down on the floor and herk and jerk - foam at the mouth. I'd wait until a small crowd would gather then get up and say, "I feel much better now", then walk away. Great video Tot, thumbs up.
Cast iron and that 400 year old oil smell, I could actually smell it through my screen! I don’t know how you did that but you should patent This old Tony smell-o-vision
Man Tony! Nobody makes more entertaining machining TH-cam videos than you.
I was really admiring your patience on the stop motion work at the end of the video. That sequence was so long! It must have taken you hours to do just that. Impressive.
Way to go ToT !
He really is a treasure to this community
The brace you welded to the shear was a mistake. if you look at one of these shears from the back the body is made of a single large plate formed into a S shape this S shape tends to straighten out under load forcing the blades closer together. This is designed in to keep the shear tight during heavy cuts rather than opening up. Your brace effectively blocked this feature by bracing across the S at the back of the shear. Judging by the size of the shear I'd guess it would be happy cutting 3/16 or 5 mm material.
5mm? holy damn thats thick
All that welding probably pulled it out of shape too. Might as well chuck it in the scrap heap now.
It will probably not affect the pinching as the pinching happens mostly from the stretching of the "S/Z" shape at the blades rather than compression in the back, however it will giv it better torsional stability as he stated, so in my book thats a win, except for beeing able to keep at least the main part of the plate while trimming it, where the trimmings are forced away, but now the "keep" path is blocked.
Great work, love the hold down!
Always a guy saying "dont weld...... BeCaUsE HeAt." Clearly works for the intended materials, and food for thought my big shear has more trouble with thinner material than thicker just takes alot more force but thicker is always cleaner. Edit: was responding to the guy saying chuck it for scrap, I see how it's a feature for the s shape to close laterally under heavy load. Keen eye!
mer pete was here... killed me xo
He said it was at least 200 years old..
Tony makes me literally laugh out loud at least 3 times a video. That is not easy to do.
Mr. Peterson
Best comparison to Killroy ever!
Tony, I have an identical shear made by Mubea, made in Germany I think. You may want to notch your gusset, the offset allows you to cut through something like a 4 foot sheet of metal, with the reinforcement your limited to ten inches or less.
Grave digging here but the original hold down had a return spring for the lever so it remains upright when not in use.
You are by far my favourite youtuber. I'm a electrical engineer, but thanks to you i startet a bit of metalworking and bought a TIG welder. Love you :)
My wife actually came into my office to see what I was laughing so hard at. "Mr. Pete was here" was hilarious!
Your video skills keep getting better & better.
Thank you. Yours is one of my favorite channels.
Eric
central Florida
This is the first time I see You rebuilding something for worse.
You totally destroyed one of that shears most genial, simple and important functions - That is; cutting unlimited lengths of metal.
I totally understand you had good intentions, but better trust the original makers, they knew exactly what they were doing - in opposition to many of todays manufacturers - at the time it was made:
full of tradition with the highest craftmanship.
Yes, it is possible to do minor improvements , like a lock for the handle, if it is not there already - for example.
But the seeming simplicity of that cutter, is part of what makes it genial.
With that unloadet from my heart - You Do host my favorite TH-cam channel - and I , plus friends of mine, do raise You to the skyes in appreciation.
We just love Your knowledge, humor and ingenuity, very lucky to have You share it with us :)
Loving the stop-motion animation you did on the vise - 14:17 onward. Very nice work!
1:00 ok so you have been doubling your money every hour for a week. That is 24*7 = 168 doubles. At the end you had an extra $4. So if you started with X dollars and ended with X+4 dollars, that means (2^168)*X = X + 4. Solving for X = 4/(2^168 -1). In other words you started with something like X = 1.06911E-50 dollars. Times must be tough Tony!
EDIT: one week, not two!
Harlequin314159 So you're saying he should have left it another week?
DN Hunziker that would leave him with 1.5e+42 BILLION dollars. so yeah, would definitely recommend.
Maybe it mimeographs only the last input. Not all of the contents. That means if he puts 1 cent in, 336 prints (not doubles) means 336+1 cents out. But that still doesn't add up the math, that's only 3.3 dolla. Using two cent would spin it up to 6.6 dolla. The mimeograph has a hidden fee! D:
Harlequin314159
No, no no, you all are forgetting something,..... he's somewhere that they use that STRANGE kind of money ! 😁
Just ain't no way to add it up !
Ken Gamble Exactly! Tony was probably speaking in TH-cam money, which we all know isn't all it's cracked up to be.
G'day Tony. I've got an identical bench shears to yours and I've never had a time when I thought it needed strengthening, so be it. It is easy to cut a large sheet with the throat as it is, it's just a case of feeding the lead below the frame as you hinted but it's easy. I made a 17 drawer tool bench for my son with it which is the first video/montage on my youtube channel. My decal is missing also but I can cut 2mm mild sheet easily, 1.5 is a dream, I think the original spec was 3mm, but I wouldn't bother to try. Excellent video as always, Peter
I just love your style of jokes. They are expertly written, very funny and the delivery is always flawless. That combined with a very soothing voice and expert scriptwriting about an interesting topic I know nothing about makes your videos my favorite. Thanks for all the joy you've beought me and will keep bringing me as I watch amd rewatch your videos
Hi Tony - I have a bench shear out of the same factory as yours. Bought it for $60 new in 1978. Like you I figured it would be more useful with fence and table - I also put a couple of half inch T bolts above the fence to hold material down when cutting. I have used mine to cut lots of 2'' by quarter flat bar with no problems. I believe it was called a quarter inch bench shear when I bought it. I would post a photo but can not work out any way to do that. I really enjoy your videos - I am an engineer who started life as a toolmaker when people still filed holes (I like your filing machine!) So Hi from Australia.
I usually just post a Dropbox link.
Odd I'm the only one to know this. But it's quite obvious with that shear being that old it's extremely likely the threads a .36 cubit Carpathian 59.elventeen degree ark thread with filigreed crests and precision sheepsfoot hammered split root radi. Machinery's Handbook no. 0000.01 has some good details for duplicating it without CNC. :-) Either that or one of those damn Whitworth's maybe? Great video as always Tony, and even better now since I've learned the hard way to not be drinking anything until there finished.
I think i have a tap for that - but am having a hard time remembering the drill size. was it a 75/128's? or a G? perhaps a #55?
My MH quotes a Double D drill with a split infinitive point unless you doing the Mark V version. Then it starts getting a little more complicated. They sort of leave you hanging by only mentioning a bow drill with those expensive Travertine corrupted stone points. Needs the Noah modification to the philbert assembly for good accuracy of course, but I'm sure you already knew that.
Ditto
Turning Point
Yeah, what he said !
Well it's obviously a filigreed crest thread, but the rare five-start castellated dedendum variant. No wonder Tony couldn't find a bolt for it...!
The simple joy of watching a man and his tools is to gratifying.
Oh man! - At this point I'm already chuckling at the mere discovery of a new TOT video. I can't watch these with people around me any more! Luckily my wife had gone out right after I saw that this video had come up.
Very nice stop motion on the vise!
Also, I love restaurations of old things like that! Often they have much more character than modern equivalents, and the feeling of giving old things a new lease on life instead of mindlessly purchasing new gear is somehow very nice!
I've recently restored an old coffee grinder with a fresh coat of paint, new bearings, burrs and stainless bolts, etc. - I like using it much more than I would have with a new one!
Hi Tony,
you don't know how much I appreciate the fact, that you give the measurements in imperial and metric units. Thats a whole lot easier to watch as a german (and every other country).
And the stopmotion in the end was just so smooth to watch :)
Both really nice finds. Very nice restorations.
4:57 "dang tony" - 5:05 "Dang tony!" - 5:08 "DANG TONY, THEM SOME NICE WELDS"
Tony... ur welding is wonderfully nice * _ *
It is, isn't it? I keep thinking if I had those AL welding skills I would weld a bunch of pop cans into a model B-17 or Mustang.
I love periodically revisiting some vintage TOT and thinking about how thoroughly my life has changed in the last half decade.
Do a video on letting paint dry. Most of us would probably watch it :)
Mmm i don't think thats actually possible to watch..
@@LPJMagicmusic Yes it is! I dunnit! Had to smoke a lot but I dunnit. It was purple, pink and blue with sprinkles in it. When it was dry I went for a loooonnngggg sleep and there were pink elephants.
@@MrPossumeyes I can tell
As long as Old Tony lays the dad jokes on as thick as the paint I'll watch it
That stop motion of the universal vise is wild.
Loved the stop motion at the end. Lots of fun.
I remember my grandfather had shears that looked exactly the same. I also know it was made by him. And it was actually mounted on an old log - with roots. All this love for DIY he passed on to my father, who later passed it on to me :)
I admit that I watch a lot of videos at 1.5 to 2x speed to get through them. Having said that, I always watch your videos at regular speed so I can enjoy every bit of them. Thank you
Seriously, One of the best channels on TH-cam. I never miss a video
spectacular find cobber. Incredible just how good a condition both of those pieces of equipment were/are. Cheers for sharing :)
I love when some old piece of tooling still in great shape comes back into use.
Propane heater, sir. It’s the only reason that I’m able to get out in my garage when it’s in the 20s. 50lb tank outside, and a Mr Heater inside. It gets up to the upper 50s in 1 hour. 20x 18 space. Costs me $40/month spending 3-4 hours a day in an non insulated detached garage. Love the vids. My 2 cents to make sure you can still make them.
Tony your channel is in the top 3 best of all time in my opinion, and I TH-cam alot, your content is right up my alley and your humor puts a smile on my face, but what I enjoy most are your vids that are 15 mins or under long. I can't wait to watch when I get a notification from your channel but rarely have 30 mins at a whack to sit and enjoy the whole thing! I guess what I mean to say is that I get more joy from watching a shorter vid than having to break it up into 2 viewing segments. I know most of what you do takes longer to demonstrate and that's the reason for the length. I won't stop watching because of it but I have to filter through some episodes because of my time constraints. Keep on doing what you do and I'll do my best to try and keep up! Thanks
Perfect timing, I was just sitting down with a sandwich. Really great vise, reminds me I scored a Craftsmen plane for $3 at a garage sale sitting down my basement needing a proper cleaning & sharpening, too. The obsession with old steel lives on!
Shaun White just scored a perfect 100 pt run!
"Rock solid mounting makes for better times." Words to live by.
If only I had the wit of old tony, love your work,best paper cutting I've seen in a long time
Greetings from Norway, old video, but, as an relatively new subscriber I try to watch all of them. Got to say - Love it, both the video, the rants, and the skills :)
I just love watching u make stuff
My friend has this exact model of bench shear. Since it is in Poland, well... It had to be known globally.
Another great vid! Thaaanks!
"That 400 year old oil smell" lol, that's a perfect description, it brought back memories of my grandfathers tool boxes. Thank you for that and thank you for all you do. It's nice to have interesting things for my brain to focus on and your brand of humor work perfectly along side.
Watercooler is working great. Exceeded all my expectations for the setup. I'm sure your ears are glad for the modifications.
Next questions are; Was the fan even necessary in the first place? and How does it behave in warm weather?
As a businessman who is a self-made thousandaire, this channel is money.
Hey, thanks for giving new life to old tools. Great job.
Anyone else just floored by how much Tony's GTAW skills have increased? They're really looking great!
I bought one of these shears new back in the 80's from Enco and it has worked very well since. It was advertised to cut 1/4" plate and I have proved that claim several times, but it did seem to stress it a bit. Great tool!
1/4" with those, omg OO
BTW, I love your tweaky sense of humor. Rare in this bag of hammers youtube world.
Nik, what do you think about the bracing he welded on?
He's right, it will get in the way of cutting anything bigger than the blade.
Old, chunky, tight perfect clearance tools make me happy
Man what a beautiful vice. That was a helluva find ESPECIALLY if you aid anywhere close to the 100 you were talking for a Amazon deal.
Tony serious question. How many years of fatherhood has raised you to the level of dad/machinist jokes we witness today?
In less then 90 seconds I was crying man.
Walked away for a second and when I came back I thought I was watching a HarryHausen stop motion training video. You went that extra mile for us. Thank you, Love your channel.
Looks like you have your new welder dialed in.... beautiful looking welds Tony! Nice score on the shear & vice! Happy Trails
That vice looks like a tank mounted machine gun. Looks awsome! Good job on cleaning it up
Hi Tony. I now you don't need the shears to cut long sheets, but you can do that easy when you let one side hanging and pushing. It's possible to get a good cutting. Of course without the reinforced plate on the back. I have got one similar but much better with hole and top grove to cut round and flat plate. Thanks for your's videos!
I cannot even begin to imagine how tedious and time consuming the stop-motion at the end was (and very cool). Thx!
Just watching some of the classics. In almost three years since this video, I dont recall ever seeing the vise again. Could be wrong, but that doesnt happen often. 😁
Wow two great finds brought back to life, awesome 👏
I used to do all the complex compounds at the tool and die shop i worked at, and never seen that vise before. It's very nice btw, I had to make 10inch compound sine plates out a old x axis Bridgeport table with heavy duty side straps since i was doing heavy cuts on weldments or stainless and alot of very heavy copper blocks, nearly 1foot cubed. I enjoyed the complex work for a change sometimes.
Wow! Nice score, that universal vice is delish.
Hey tony, I have a similar shear as does the old man. Mine has a curved top shear which is more for sheet metal. The old mans one has a toothed fulcrum where mines like yours. The straight shears on yours is more for flat bar. You can cut 1.8 mm flat bar no problem. Actually it’s more like whatever you can reef on the handle is the capacity. Obviously don’t cut round bar. Do put the safety hook on the handle as it might come down on someone’s head. Oddly tho, your unit has only two bolts per blade. Mine 4. As they wear/get sharpened you just shim them out with sheet. Very handy tool. Luv the vids.
My English unbranded shear is almost identical to yours. It has Whitworth threads. Mine can make unlimited length cuts as could have yours before welding a plate in the way. I have never managed to make mine deflect despite abusing it slightly. As well as steel I also cut thin plywood, plastic sheet, underfelt, carpet, drawer liners and anything else with mine. I made a quickly detachable base for mine so I can use it anywhere and also drilled holes in the bench so the same bolts can attach it there when needed.
That vise turned out beautiful! Also, I wish I could weld like that!
What a very very smooth bend and welding. I'm hoping I will one day have the time to build up my own garage and get my own experience.
I just love your videos man. They are informative and fun to watch. Greetings from Germany
Kai
Don't you just love those kind'a scores..... That vise is great... Shears cool toooo....! Cheers from Canada....
Rust-Oleum calls that "Winter Gray" it's been my favorite for years.
My tools get grey paint, the repairs I make get the same grey paint, it's like my seal of approval for everything.
It is a perfect corrosion preventive, it even looks good on cars and trucks.
Black shows the dirt instantly, and white is always dirty, grey is a happy medium.
After I painted my tool box grey, I discovered the Mercede's dealer mandated red tool boxes, so I was speared the experience of working there and dealing with their smug attitudes.
I hauled my stuff from Santa Barbara to Oregon, the local Ford dealer I worked for was caught making false warranty claims, they were eventually shut down.
Santa Barbara was a nice place, but, Oregon was better. This area is just like the wild west, it's where "The Ponderosa" was filmed, I don't know if Disney sold the ranch, it's now known as the running Y ranch.
"Winter Grey" seems to contain a blue tint, sometimes I can find cans at Wal mart, but, Wal Mart is weird, I like to stay clear of that place.
I have a shear just like that one other than it has a hole for cutting 12mm or half inch round. I have cut large sheets up to 6mm thick and 10mm x 40mm flat bar on a regular basis with it since the late 80's when I purchased it new. As I recall it is made in Taiwan , I can check on that as I still have the instruction sheet filed away.
Mr Pete was here.... LOL.... that was funny, both cleaned up real nice.
200 years old. Mr Pete was here. I'm in tears . I can hardly type.
Now I want a Universal Vise! Darn you Old Tony!!!!! Of course, I have no use for one....but before now I didn't know it existed....That looks really sweet.
Always enjoy your videos. Extremely creative and entertaining
Tony a cool challenge for something I could use man! This on a smaller scale using aluminum to support my studio mics attachable to a microphone stand or boom arm stand. That could be very useful to a lot of people!
Sunday night with good old Tony! Awesome!😎
I love that I get the references to previous videos
If I wanted to skip this video, I would be upset I missed out on this excellent video!
Brilliant idea with the strong back modification, i have an older jointed one that's never been too tight even when new (probably) and i really have no use for the jointed function, so i'll do the same.
That animation on the end! So much love put into single video.
What a great find,love the spinning vice it has a mind of its owne👍
Getting out of my chair never really crossed my mind, Tony.
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There is nothing quite like watching someone else do the heavy lifting, and one of the benefits of relative old age is that nowadays I can get away with it.
"One of the things I always wish I learnt how to do - how to just let paint dry".
How fucking true is that. So relatable.
Ditto glue.
Man, score! A small shear and a bender would both be really handy for me. Guess I just need to keep my eyes open for a deal. That vise, never seen one of those. Can't wait to see it in action!
Great video, I'm always looking forward to the next one.. Thank you sir.. "Mr. Pete", That made me chuckle out loud..
That was some cool stop motion animation with the vise! These videos are awesome! Thanks Tony!
You could make a little shelf off the end of your bench at such a height that the fixed blade is the same level as the bench top, works for me on my 12" version. The benefits should be obvious. Mine is an ex-school one and was locked with a padlock when I bought it.
I love starting my day with one of your videos.
Liked for the stop motion videography of the vice in the end, thats a lot of work for a video
Congratulations on the vise; She’s a beauty!
Watched a couple of your videos now, and come to the conclusion that your channel is going to be my new "bright up a cloudy day" solution =) Thumbs up
A nice adjustable back stop. Mmmm, sounds satisfying.
Tony, great video!.....but yes I/we still would like to see the epilogue of the gears. Nice touch with the '200 year old and Mr Pete.
5:30 DadGUM, that's a beautiful weld! Your humor and skill keeps impressing me, Tony! I just found your channel through the Alex pasta machine, but I'm enjoying going back through your catalog of videos!
The shear fact of the matter is ........The man who dies with the most vises....Had the most fun! Thanks TOT
Thanks for *_shearing_* that with us - even though you really can't see through it!!
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Shear and shear alike, that's what they say 😉
Great looking welds!
Papa Tony has returned!