I really like that one of the top comments on most of Alec’s videos is about an appreciation of Jamie’s craft, Alec does an amazing job in front of the camera but the fact people enjoy Jamie’s work too is heart warming.
There's an absolute stonker of an edit done by Jamie. Track down the video where Will made a knife in his garage early lockdown. From memory I think I was a Damascus video. But yeah, so so good
Alec is the probably the best civilian Belgian Malinois owner I've ever seen, they are NOT easy dogs to have as pets. Nothing against them, but as Alec said, they're high drive working dogs with a ton of energy. Side note: Crazy is an absolutely gorgeous dog. Well done, Alec, I love that you're making something for Crazy! -a veterinary technician and dog trainer, I work with my local municipal police department's K9 unit in a veterinary technician capacity so I know Mals and GSDs, and I'm very impressed.
@@cleverusername9369 that is what I'm saying 👍 I'm rather envious of my friends Mal it can get beer out of the fridge or cool box 😳 most the Mal owners I know chose them because the German shepherd breed has been completely ruined
Hey Alek, quick tip with cutting nylon one of my mentors taught me a way back: use HSS instead of carbide. preferably a duller/radiused bit. just manage the heat and it'll be cutting much smoother
@@greevsy01 I don't agree with that. Rule of thumb as softer the material duller the cutting tool. Dull=blunt=radiused . Hence why you have to "manage the heat" because a dull cutting tool will cause a lot or friction. This is not exactly the same but think about side clearance and rake angles when cutting aluminium or copper compared to cutting something a lot harder like stainless steel.
@@haydnupfold73 @Wayne Beck. Gentlemen, Gentlemen, Gentlemen... using your own method to get to a finished (respectable looking) usable part is no need to squabble over semantics. When tooling polys or any light weight (non-combustible or volatile) just break out the high power shop vac. 5k miles of nylon string in a 5 gallon bucket.
Well at least if there's any dog that won't be immediately scared off by the noise of the treadmill it's going to be one that lives in a metal fabrication shop! I'm intrigued to know if either of them will run on it.
It's always good practice to take the chuck tool out of the lathe. If you were worried about the wheel coming out of the lathe you could have used the live center for the extra security. Keep up the good work I love the content!
I taught my dog to run on the treadmill when it was too cold to go outside. One night I'm putting in some miles on the treadmill and he decides he's joining me. I ended up on my ass and he had a nice run lol
Alec, while the runout you ended up with on the nylon wheels is probably fine for a dog treadmill, another method you could have used to turn them down would be to mount them in the lathe on an axle using the installed bearings. That way, the turned edge of the wheel would be concentric with the axle and bearings. You would need to use a lathe dog (or similar) however to keep the wheel rotating with the axle instead of spinning on the bearings.
For a high energy dog, Crazy is able to be very calm and quiet, + she's super cute! I am looking forward to the rest of the build + more dad jokes + more bloopers and amazing editing!
A friend of mine had an idea for a doggy treadmill years ago and I laughed at him. He also thought about having various scents blown at the dog’s face for their enjoyment. Now I’ve got egg on my face.
you were right to laugh at him. Leashing your dog into a treadmill is the PEAK of human laziness and lack of proper care for your animal companion. No debate.
With the latest videos I have the feeling Alec is back in his old shape. I Love it! Its great humor, great learning and you can clearly see his skills improving over all these different projects.
A dog will always love you no matter what. As Alec is ready to part with a few thousand dollars of material, parts and man-hours, I believe that this dog is equally loved in return, no matter what. Thank you for sharing both the build and the testimony to this wonderful friendship.
Dog Gone! To stop a belt pulling off a pulley, dome it's running surface to the middle, might appear counter-intuative but the tighter centre continues to pull it back to true. Just ask an old steam shop engineer
Thank you for the comment - what do you think about the effect of needing to straddle a belt between two convex pulleys would have? My worry is it wouldn’t be able to self centerr on the convex wheel as it’s on the edge of the belt not the center?
@@AlecSteele I'm not sure how running a belt on 2 convex pulleys would work, to be honest. Your current set-up should work, but will require both axles to be exactly parallel to each other and perpendicular to the frame. No pressure! It might be worth designing something into the build where you can adjust the axles fore and aft to compensate for any run-out on the belt.
@@AlecSteele I don't think straddling a full belt with only pulleys on the outside edge, especially with a dog-sized load on-top of said belt will work whatever the shape of the running surface now I think about what you're attempting to do with the trolley wheels... But I'll wait to watch your build, I'm sure you'll figure out how a treadmill works lol
heads up, when you use those combo bits (drill, thread, and countersink). its really easy to snap them when you hit the threads after going full tilt for the drill aspect, be aware!
Your editing and use of music soundtracks is still one the very best on TH-cam! Your work is interesting and gorgeous too, but I just wanted to say that
A treadmill for dogs........ FANTASTIC!!!! We just use to use the human style treadmill for our first dog and he loves it. Looking forward to the rest of the build 👍👍👍
If you have a wheel you want to turn, just machine a boss for the bearing, with a threaded hole on the end, put the wheel on the shaft, and tighten a cup that sits on the wheel's wall. You can use a holesaw for the cup. This also helps with stringing, since you can cut thicker cuts and make it easier, even without using the proper plastic tooth.
Always a pleasure to watch you build / forge. Your skill set keeps growing and building on itself. This looks like a great WTF, why not type of build. Useful and fun. Love the sound editing on this one. Hope you and the family are doing well.
put a shopvack just above the cutting tool, where the stingy nylon flies away, it will suck the "filament" right in. You won't have a single piece of plastic in your shop. + it's super satisfying to watch.
We have 3 of those dogs, active I mean, which wear themselves out, kind of. Somehow running around all day with each other, still leaves them with more energy then I could ever have at the end of the day. Lab and GSD just don't stop.
I had to turn acrylic once. Didn't notice until a half hour in that my arm was bleeding from being sandblasted by tiny Sharp chips. You have my sympathies Alec
I was just few days ago searching the interwebs to some plans for dog treadmill, and I cannot believe that you are making one. I also have a malinois and during the winter we can't really go outside every day because it's very very cold, I think I'm gonna be doing this treadmill for her, Thanks Alec
Hopefully my design works otherwise I wouldn’t follow what I did 😅😅. I’m in the same boat as you, hard to get the dog exercised enough with how early it gets dark in the winter 🙏🏻
@@AlecSteele Let us know before I order rollers and all the materials if I should just bite the bullet and buy one 😂😂 Yeah 4:30 it's already dark, hopefully they stop changing hours and leave it at summer time
I'm a wood Turner, and I frequently do resin in my work. I love playing spiderman 🤣 The pohl barn productions does a lot of resin projects. It's fun to watch.
Metal will usually shrink down the middle of the weld joint. So adding a super thin shim or two in between your blocks and letting it cool while clamped should get you the results you are looking for. Preheating the whole area that you are welding is another way to help.
If you manufacture "soft jaws" for the lathe out of a softer metal you can just cut the jaws with a normal tool to make it perfectly hold your part. It's how these precise holds are done at volume.
Machining nylon is fun. Use a sharp hook with a long handle to grab bits of the swarf and pull it away to break. Cut from inside to outside. Compound moves away from work piece.
Alec, when you've got your bars tacked at 200mm gap, tack some bits of steel across at both ends, tack your second upright bar then weld it, cut the bars off when all is cooled. Then for second frame just clamp it all down to the first frame and tack it up and weld
@@joernforbest693 Oxypropane might get _too_ hot. I think a regular MAPP torch would work just fine and have a smaller risk of permanently warping the part.
@@richardmillhousenixon You are right but only if you hold it to long at one point. I´m using this method daily at my job and from experience you have to drag the torch roughly twice as fast as the welding gun. If you do it wrong the carbon in the steel burns of an the steel starts melting.
@@joernforbest693 If the metal gets yellow hot, it will warp quite significantly when cooling. A MAPP torch is quite good at getting somewhat thin metal to a dull cherry red without too much risk of overheating it
This project reminds me of a fun history fact. In the 18th century there was a dog specifically breed for turning meat over a fire, it was called a Turnspit dog and walked on basically a treadmill or big hamster wheel that was connected to a mechanical rotisserie, aka spit roasting.
Jamie has outdone himself in this one, the sync and the pitch on the center punch and the welds. OMG. AWESOME
I really like that one of the top comments on most of Alec’s videos is about an appreciation of Jamie’s craft, Alec does an amazing job in front of the camera but the fact people enjoy Jamie’s work too is heart warming.
I know. That editing made me chuckle.
It would be great to see a video on Jamie editing a video! 🎶
@@saginawdan he did actually do a live stream ages ago and posted it to YT. I don’t have a link but I’m sure you’ll find it
There's an absolute stonker of an edit done by Jamie. Track down the video where Will made a knife in his garage early lockdown. From memory I think I was a Damascus video. But yeah, so so good
Alec is the probably the best civilian Belgian Malinois owner I've ever seen, they are NOT easy dogs to have as pets. Nothing against them, but as Alec said, they're high drive working dogs with a ton of energy. Side note: Crazy is an absolutely gorgeous dog. Well done, Alec, I love that you're making something for Crazy!
-a veterinary technician and dog trainer, I work with my local municipal police department's K9 unit in a veterinary technician capacity so I know Mals and GSDs, and I'm very impressed.
You should see some mals I know I would say they are similar to border collies in drive just way smarter
@@BadlydrawnBen 100% agree. Border Collies are unbelievably intelligent, but Mals are scary smart.
@@cleverusername9369 that is what I'm saying 👍 I'm rather envious of my friends Mal it can get beer out of the fridge or cool box 😳 most the Mal owners I know chose them because the German shepherd breed has been completely ruined
Maligator! 😬
Alec is a high drive person so such a dog suits him very well.
I love how when he was measuring her she was just standing there with cardboard in her mouth lol.
If you've seen her previous appearances on the show, you'd know that Crazy is crazy for all things cardboard.
Postal packages beware...
What's so cool about that? I don't understand.
Hey Alec you should collaborate with the HoofGP and try your hand at making a hook knife. 👍
Yes I think that'd be a great idea
That would be awesome! Good idea
It can be made out of Damascus
Yes indeed.
Those are illegal I'm some areas
Please tell me you'll be adding wheels and a 2"x72" sanding belt off the side of this thing.
personally i think it should power the powerhammer
at least a 3" belt to get some more working area to slide work side to side to keep sharp without wearing a spot on the belt
This. Absolutely this, although one dogpower might not be sufficient to grind steel
@@TheMegaross91 horses produce more than 1 hp on average, i bet you crazy makes way more than 1 dogpower haha
@@TheMegaross91 gears can make it possible
Hey Alek, quick tip with cutting nylon one of my mentors taught me a way back: use HSS instead of carbide. preferably a duller/radiused bit. just manage the heat and it'll be cutting much smoother
A more radiused tool sounds like a good idea. Wouldn’t it be good to keep it sharp because the nylon is soft?
@@MawoDuffer yeah as a hole sharper the tool is better least what I was told
@@greevsy01 I don't agree with that. Rule of thumb as softer the material duller the cutting tool. Dull=blunt=radiused . Hence why you have to "manage the heat" because a dull cutting tool will cause a lot or friction. This is not exactly the same but think about side clearance and rake angles when cutting aluminium or copper compared to cutting something a lot harder like stainless steel.
@@haydnupfold73 @Wayne Beck. Gentlemen, Gentlemen, Gentlemen... using your own method to get to a finished (respectable looking) usable part is no need to squabble over semantics. When tooling polys or any light weight (non-combustible or volatile) just break out the high power shop vac. 5k miles of nylon string in a 5 gallon bucket.
@@PC-vu6nz That.. Is genius
Alec: "Ehhh, I don't want to bother with putting on the four-jaw chuck."
Also Alec: _fabricates parts to hold his piece in the three-jaw_
Well at least if there's any dog that won't be immediately scared off by the noise of the treadmill it's going to be one that lives in a metal fabrication shop!
I'm intrigued to know if either of them will run on it.
Malinois have no fear.
Pretty sure Alec's about to become a dad, because dad jokes like those don't come from nowhere!
Your name tells me Skandinavien danish? And if halløj
New house new baby......so the saying goes.
That’s true, when I became an uncle the uncle jokes came up
to be fair, Alec has used Dad Jokes off and on, but you have a point, his dad jokes are improving
@@tomclarkson6078 better than New House New Spouse, although they havent been married that long so new-ish LOL
It's always good practice to take the chuck tool out of the lathe. If you were worried about the wheel coming out of the lathe you could have used the live center for the extra security. Keep up the good work I love the content!
since there's a bearing in there you might get away with a dead centre
@@jonathanshaw6784 You're totally right. Either would have been sufficient!
would have gotten a steel rule across his palms where I work😂 Seeing Alec scared of the spinning wheel really makes me appreciate my larger work more
Alec: “May become one of my most accurate fabricating projects to date!”
Says the guy who, not too long ago made a mountain bike from scratch…
Yeah, I forgot about that 😅😅
The centre-punching to the rythm of the music was just MUAH! chef's kiss
I taught my dog to run on the treadmill when it was too cold to go outside. One night I'm putting in some miles on the treadmill and he decides he's joining me. I ended up on my ass and he had a nice run lol
The wheel-puns had me laughing out loud haha 🤣
you mean they had you lol?
@@stormwallwarrior6095 Exactly 😄
@@gf1829 Yeah, he was certainly on a roll there with the puns!
I wheelie enjoyed them too!
Not me...I got tired of them.
Alec, while the runout you ended up with on the nylon wheels is probably fine for a dog treadmill, another method you could have used to turn them down would be to mount them in the lathe on an axle using the installed bearings. That way, the turned edge of the wheel would be concentric with the axle and bearings. You would need to use a lathe dog (or similar) however to keep the wheel rotating with the axle instead of spinning on the bearings.
For a high energy dog, Crazy is able to be very calm and quiet, + she's super cute!
I am looking forward to the rest of the build + more dad jokes + more bloopers and amazing editing!
A friend of mine had an idea for a doggy treadmill years ago and I laughed at him. He also thought about having various scents blown at the dog’s face for their enjoyment.
Now I’ve got egg on my face.
you were right to laugh at him. Leashing your dog into a treadmill is the PEAK of human laziness and lack of proper care for your animal companion. No debate.
It’s the small things. I was super excited about the drill/tap/countersink bit. Had no idea those existed. That’s awesome.
"All my problems in life can be solved by buying things and receiving them..." Ooof, wasn't looking for a personal callout there Alec
i hope people appreciated the Wheeley and Pulley puns, so elegantly mixed in at 4:50
Hello friends 👋
I'd love to see some friction drilling in your thiner tube steel. It's such a cool process to watch
The sync on the punches was one of the most satisfying edits I've ever seen.
My god you have a fantastic editor syncing everything up to the music
I was just about to post the exact same thing. And this is far from the first time he's done it.
With the latest videos I have the feeling Alec is back in his old shape. I Love it! Its great humor, great learning and you can clearly see his skills improving over all these different projects.
As someone who used to do plastic machining, use a shop vac to deal with the strings
The music and editing for the wheel assembly was excellent 👌
So cool. Really admire what you've done Alec. Love watching your stuff.
A dog will always love you no matter what. As Alec is ready to part with a few thousand dollars of material, parts and man-hours, I believe that this dog is equally loved in return, no matter what. Thank you for sharing both the build and the testimony to this wonderful friendship.
Alec definitely has a favourite when it comes to his dogs.
I love this. Malinois are my favorite dog breed and metalworking is my favorite hobby. This is such a good idea for a video
Dog Gone! To stop a belt pulling off a pulley, dome it's running surface to the middle, might appear counter-intuative but the tighter centre continues to pull it back to true. Just ask an old steam shop engineer
Came here to say the same thing.
Thank you for the comment - what do you think about the effect of needing to straddle a belt between two convex pulleys would have? My worry is it wouldn’t be able to self centerr on the convex wheel as it’s on the edge of the belt not the center?
@@AlecSteele I'm not sure how running a belt on 2 convex pulleys would work, to be honest.
Your current set-up should work, but will require both axles to be exactly parallel to each other and perpendicular to the frame. No pressure!
It might be worth designing something into the build where you can adjust the axles fore and aft to compensate for any run-out on the belt.
@@AlecSteele I don't think straddling a full belt with only pulleys on the outside edge, especially with a dog-sized load on-top of said belt will work whatever the shape of the running surface now I think about what you're attempting to do with the trolley wheels... But I'll wait to watch your build, I'm sure you'll figure out how a treadmill works lol
As a dog trainer with a Mali I love what you are doing for your dog! Keep up the good work!!
I’ve seen how this plays out in Rick and Morty. Soon enough your dog will find a way to create power for itself.
Real British humor. Its so good. The use of puns and jokes has been incredible since you went back to the UK.
Alec, this is the stuff right here!!!! I feel a golden era for the channel with the awesome stuff you've been doing lately!
So so so so so happy to hear that 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
Terrible puns, and that metal shooting around the shop. I love it!!!
this is gonna be an interesting one
I love how alec's humor has evolved as hes gotten older, absolute pleasure seeing this lad work
Jamie, your editing is SUPREME! 💚💚💚
heads up, when you use those combo bits (drill, thread, and countersink). its really easy to snap them when you hit the threads after going full tilt for the drill aspect, be aware!
I love the editing on this one great job!! favorite part: 9:03
Pure poetry
Dogs + Forging in one video?! Oh yeah!
I too have an insane German shepherd.
Is she a German shepherd or a Belgian malinois? Crazy, either way...
Your editing and use of music soundtracks is still one the very best on TH-cam! Your work is interesting and gorgeous too, but I just wanted to say that
He totally would have done everything in one video had the springs not been wrong lol
That punch edit was freakin awesome!!!
I am not sure what this video is gonna be but I am sure that it will be 😊
Hey you could hook that upto the workshop power and crazy could power the whole shop while she runs !!! FREE ENERGY! 😂😂😂
I love how this channel has gone from tongs to swords to a doggie treadmill
A treadmill for dogs........ FANTASTIC!!!! We just use to use the human style treadmill for our first dog and he loves it. Looking forward to the rest of the build 👍👍👍
Wow keep up the good work 🙏🏻😁
Ive been looking for a proper video of the calibre for about 6 years now...thank you so much!
Alec! Stop and start the power feed when you're cutting nylon to avoid the swarf getting so long
Was gonna mention that. Although with the volume of material he needs to remove it was always going to be a hassle
Hey congratz Alec, at 6:43 you just made yourself some yards of nylon fishing line! Go catch some food with that!
Can we take a moment to address the fact that THERE ARE ZERO GOOGLY EYES ON ANY POWER HAMMERS
What a beautiful pup!
Perfect 🇧🇷
If you have a wheel you want to turn, just machine a boss for the bearing, with a threaded hole on the end, put the wheel on the shaft, and tighten a cup that sits on the wheel's wall. You can use a holesaw for the cup. This also helps with stringing, since you can cut thicker cuts and make it easier, even without using the proper plastic tooth.
“I don’t think we’re trying to commit rocket surgery here.” That’s my favorite quote.
About to say the same thing
I have this breed and I think this will be PERFECT! Well mine will only be a treadmill not a treadmill generator. Thank you for sharing it!
Rocket surgery 😀
I just.... 'sigh'... Jamie. You are an artist. Minute 9 was just... Chef's Kiss.
I miss yogo
"Worst case scenario we die" xD that was so nonchalant it had me in stitches, I'm stealing it.
What happened to the golden lab ???.
Nothing - she usually spends the day with Mrs Steele while I'm at work with this dog!
Those welding shots were crazy! @camera brand/camera person
excuse me, would this not be the perfect project to do with someone who can actually do engineering, like furze
Always a pleasure to watch you build / forge. Your skill set keeps growing and building on itself. This looks like a great WTF, why not type of build. Useful and fun. Love the sound editing on this one. Hope you and the family are doing well.
who came from the tiktok comment 😭
don't you dare think the "wheely interesting" pun went unnoticed.... it was definitely appreciated XD
omg the cardboard piece in her mouth looks so cute 0:45
steel, fabrication, welding, some engineering puns and a cute dog. you earned my sub
I'm surprised someone so young and not dog sport oriented has such a good malinois. Bravo to you man
put a shopvack just above the cutting tool, where the stingy nylon flies away, it will suck the "filament" right in. You won't have a single piece of plastic in your shop. + it's super satisfying to watch.
7:23 we can all see the pure joy on your face xD
We have 3 of those dogs, active I mean, which wear themselves out, kind of. Somehow running around all day with each other, still leaves them with more energy then I could ever have at the end of the day. Lab and GSD just don't stop.
I had to turn acrylic once. Didn't notice until a half hour in that my arm was bleeding from being sandblasted by tiny Sharp chips. You have my sympathies Alec
I was just few days ago searching the interwebs to some plans for dog treadmill, and I cannot believe that you are making one.
I also have a malinois and during the winter we can't really go outside every day because it's very very cold, I think I'm gonna be doing this treadmill for her,
Thanks Alec
Hopefully my design works otherwise I wouldn’t follow what I did 😅😅. I’m in the same boat as you, hard to get the dog exercised enough with how early it gets dark in the winter 🙏🏻
@@AlecSteele Let us know before I order rollers and all the materials if I should just bite the bullet and buy one 😂😂
Yeah 4:30 it's already dark, hopefully they stop changing hours and leave it at summer time
I'm a wood Turner, and I frequently do resin in my work. I love playing spiderman 🤣
The pohl barn productions does a lot of resin projects. It's fun to watch.
"Tapping" to the rhythm of the beat. Good one Jamie
One of Alec's best ever. Can't wait to see if Crazy will run or just stand there.
Metal will usually shrink down the middle of the weld joint. So adding a super thin shim or two in between your blocks and letting it cool while clamped should get you the results you are looking for. Preheating the whole area that you are welding is another way to help.
7:21 the time Alec was thrown a surprise bukkake party. You should have seen his face. Everybody came
Is it just me or is this the funniest smithing/crafting/building channel in youtube?
I laughed at every bad joke you guys made :D
If you manufacture "soft jaws" for the lathe out of a softer metal you can just cut the jaws with a normal tool to make it perfectly hold your part. It's how these precise holds are done at volume.
Commenting cause I wanna see more adorable pup and part 2!! 😍
man, how can someone NOT like this.....awesome and beautiful doggo lad.
what a good pupper ❤️
Ooof, those dad jokes were way too under appreciated
Breaking chips: just plunge groove every 10mm, then feeding across the diameter, the chips will disconnect at the grooves
I think we need more dog projects!
That dog bark came at a really inconvenient time, I missed what Alec was saying about the nylon Laything
Excellent editing on this one!
Machining nylon is fun. Use a sharp hook with a long handle to grab bits of the swarf and pull it away to break. Cut from inside to outside. Compound moves away from work piece.
Jamie's editing is on point :)
Now all it needs is a TV in front and some VR goodness for walkies!
Alec, when you've got your bars tacked at 200mm gap, tack some bits of steel across at both ends, tack your second upright bar then weld it, cut the bars off when all is cooled.
Then for second frame just clamp it all down to the first frame and tack it up and weld
Also an good idea. Heating it on the opposite side of the weld with an oxy-propane torch would work as well.
Awesome idea!!!!
@@joernforbest693 Oxypropane might get _too_ hot. I think a regular MAPP torch would work just fine and have a smaller risk of permanently warping the part.
@@richardmillhousenixon You are right but only if you hold it to long at one point. I´m using this method daily at my job and from experience you have to drag the torch roughly twice as fast as the welding gun. If you do it wrong the carbon in the steel burns of an the steel starts melting.
@@joernforbest693 If the metal gets yellow hot, it will warp quite significantly when cooling. A MAPP torch is quite good at getting somewhat thin metal to a dull cherry red without too much risk of overheating it
Hi, welcome back to the workshop! today i'm gonna try to exploit my beloved pet
This project reminds me of a fun history fact. In the 18th century there was a dog specifically breed for turning meat over a fire, it was called a Turnspit dog and walked on basically a treadmill or big hamster wheel that was connected to a mechanical rotisserie, aka spit roasting.
Alec is slowly becoming a mad scientist and I'm excited about it