Years ago I somehow stumbled upon Mike and his videos. I was an aimless, early 20s/late teens kid with no idea what to do in life. His videos inspired me to take up welding. I'm almost a journeyman now, and its weird to come back and watch after being a metalworker myself and understanding everything he's doing, when originally as I watched I was completely clueless. Thanks for the inspiration Mike, and its nice to see you're the same eccentric, true to yourself fella!
@@Christian.Rivers Just gonna say, this kind of thing ALWAYS puts a book or whatever in a good light to me. I give mad respect to creators who enable other creators to create, and just seek everyone's benefit. Its the kind of honest care that tells me even if your work isn't the best, its probably worth buying just to support good behavior, and usually the work is only flawed in that human way that leads to future improvement, "Youthful creative inexperience" Alan Moore called it. Bit longwingded but seriously, good stuff.
Only just found this channel. Gutted that I could of been watching these for years..good news for me, I now have hours and hours of videos to watch back to back. Too much Michael for one day? I think not X
You've inspired me to build a spear with my father (possum problems). Since we've never done anything like this before, we started out with an old lawnmower blade as a base. Even just working on this small project, I'm beginning to realize how much time you invest into yours. Congrats on 1 million subscribers, thank you for all the advice you give, and keep having fun!
@@brandonb9452 BS! The males hunt & kill chickens and ducks. WTF! What do you think they need that big mouth of sharp teeth for when they are climbing trees: sucking eggs??
@@brandonb9452 In a place where possums eat our chickens and eat the eggs in broad daylight. A potato fork ended up being the weapon of choice previously, since it was often close by. Trust me, we never enjoy killing them. Once, a mother possum was caught in a live-trap (which was inside of the barn). She had little babies in her pouch, so at great lengths we relocated her, as we couldn't bring ourselves to dispatch them.
Seems like the effectiveness of the cut is almost completely based on the ability to evacuate the material. I think you're spot on. As always beautiful work. You deal with much pain and effort for our satisfaction. You're a true master artist of metal. You make living on this planet a slightly less arduous affair. Much love!
I think he deals with all of that out of passion...And also for a massive salary out of patreon alone, plus the money ppl pay to comission stuff from him...xD just to clarify im good with that, he clearly deserves that kinda money for his awsome work !
He vocalized my exact thoughts about the splotchy copper hilts the moment I had'em. I saw it and thought "Oh man that's gorgeous. Great texture and such an interesting look....I bet the client will hate it"
this dude has such i nice atmosphere around him, it has that same feeling of waking up at sunrise when there’s dew everywhere, and it’s not cold but a little nippy :)
Just found this channel recently; and I'll add it to the mix. I've always considered myself a craftsman of a sort who's not allowed to work with my hands, so this is a treat, like watching a football match or a movie; just entertaining as "you-know-what." Thank you VERY much.
if you go back in his videos far enough to where he was doing the TV show you will find him talking about how showers are for dorks and that he just vacuums his hair when he leaves the shop....no idea if that ever changed.
@@jamescairns8465 can't tell if you're being serious, but that TV show was largely hammed up and entirely inaccurate to who he was and his operation. It was... really weird to watch. Still entertaining I guess, but it had that very fake, obviously made for TV esque drama. Its no wonder TV is beginning to die 😂
It’s great seeing you find creative solutions to problems you encounter during your builds. That’s a hallmark of true genius, intuitive improvisation. A true artist struggles with their medium and overcomes. You are a true artist.
In all honestly, with a lot of uncertainty...watching/re-watching your videos has been stabilizing. This is an amazing gift to see. Love you, you strange man.
Everything Michael does is incredible. I love it that he is honest with his own criticism of his work and is willing to try different things. That will be worth the wait. So enjoying his work. Kudos my friend.
I’m sure I’m not that only one that skips most of the video to see the sword break stuff. But I’m still gonna take a minute to appreciate and thank Michael for filming and commentating the crafting process. Thanks Michael. I’ll binge it someday.
Man i discovered your channel last night during an insomnia driven caffeine fueled (trying to reset my sleep schedule) youtube binge at 5:30am and man your videos are addictive.
That pointed end under the grip had me worried. Every time you'd swing the blade that point would clip your leg, gut, or groin and I was worried you'd get hurt. Glad you didnt. Build looks great.
When he said that it was the bad guys sword I just hoped that somewhere in the book they end up stabbing them self with it ...it’s my favorite trope when they end get done in by their own ridiculous weapons. it seems like some authors make the weapons that way just to have a more dramatic defeat of the enemy..to have their own weapon turned against them .
seeing the time on this video I told myself no way I'm gonna watch through the entire thing I'm just gonna stay for a few minutes .. boy I'm glad I was wrong XD I watched the whole thing, I love swords and i love the metal works. you do a great job explaining the ups and downs moments. your videos are so immersive
Thank you for uploading these full vids. I'm working from home and your videos have been keeping me sane. Well, sane to whichever degree we who watch this madlad are.
I could hear my high school shop teacher screaming from across the shop in my head as he used the compressed air to clean himself off. He don't care that everybody does it, you ain't doing it in his shop. You rule Mr. Abrams.
And having finally gotten through the entire video, you explained why you don't use the cutting oil on the brass. Makes sense, and also makes sense why we never had that problem in my job, since you rarely if ever weld (or braze) things while making cabinets. I love watching your videos. I always learn something.
I've always wondered what happened to that show, it only aired for like a month where I lived and I remember there were a few other Smith's I never again saw after in any of Mike's videos. I've always wondered what happened.
Brass dust is apparently very highly combustible, I'm very surprised with the welding and sparks from grinding nothing happened. Also the brass handles just alone look like wicked daggers.
Never heard it about brass, that's crazy. I know aluminium dust is very combustible and can spontaneously combust when wet. I remember steam cleaning the crevices of an aluminium piece I was working on and it was like I was grinding it with all the dust going up
Nearly any and all forms of dust are combustible and under the right conditions... Highly Explosive :P including but not limited to Flower and Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer...
You’re a lovely man I’m 19 now I’ve been watching you since I was 13 or 14 and you’re very good at what you do and I watch your videos sometimes when I’m stressed cause it helps me fall asleep you’re videos are calming thank you for that from the bottom of my heart
I love that you did a full length video … and with your carbide cutters and brass is like aluminum so keep a bar of soap around to coat the cutters with it … just turn on cutter and just touch the soap to cutter getting it into all the grooves (you will have to reapply it when soap wears out or burns off) … then no more "gumming" up cutters
Damn this dude is an artist. Puts so much care into every facet of his projects. Even his hate of paint. When placing the gems in my first thought was "ah a bit of a shame the edges of the gems wont line up", and then he does it. Incredible stuff.
3:50 Anyone else think the camera was deliberately being leaned in for a better look at first? EDIT: Hey, Michael- fantastic build, lots of stuff learned. I have a question. You know the trick where you heat steel and wire brush it with brass to adhere brass to the steel? Would that work with brass? Maybe heat it and brush it with the end of cut-off copper wire? I'd try it and tell you but I don't have the stuff to do it.
The finger damage you mentioned (which I can relate to having done something very very similar) reminded me of the fact that you should get yourself a 'safety tie' ... perhaps a leather one which you can rivet somewhere onto your apron?
I love the look of the sword, but it would be so much better if it didn't have that silly blade pointing back at the person wielding it. You can actually see him stab himself in the leg with it multiple times during the test swings lol.
I was thinking just how strong does the author think the character using it is ? but then I saw the trailer & if the main character is genetically modified to be a soldier then bad guy who uses this sword is probably modified too .
37:36 Holy crap that's an optical illusion, I thought that the back most drill-press was raised higher than the foremost one. Then Mike sets the level on them flat and it took me like 12 seconds to realise why I felt weird looking at that image.
I've cut a lot of brass plate in the past and the best device I found for straight cuts is an adjustable speed circular saw with a carbide-tipped blade set at low RPMs. For curved cuts, an adjustable speed jigsaw with coarse or woodcutting blades works best.
Someone needs to keep Mike away from gemstones, or else buy that man a gemsetting course. The sheer magnitude of the crimes committed against the lapidary craft in this video...
I think my fetish is seeing artisans of professions I barely even know exist talk in their own language about how their mastered trade should be performed.
Hi, texture dude for games here. I work at Epic Games's scanning department Quixel, and I have been around since the very early days of it, developing a bunch of things that are now widely used in the game industry, including methods of capturing stuff like metallic damage. My father was a blacksmith and the knowledge I have from that is invaluable for that application. What usually happens nowadays is that the textures aren't as much photo-based as they are based on actual scan data of materials combined with procedural elements that automatically detect hard edges and so on based on parameters you set to create wear. I have actually blackened plates and so on in various ways in order to properly capture these types of surfaces.
That's a truly beautiful piece of Art you've made. And the material fought you the whole way through the build. You're an amazing metal worker Swordsmith.
Anyone else concerned that he seems to have possibly killed another shop assistant? We all know what happened to the painter he had chained up in the attic.
I used to work with brass a lot as a cabinet maker. Pipes, sheets, knobs, and the like. We had what I recall to be a mostly\ normal bandsaw, but with a specific blade for brass, as well as an oil squirting nozzle nearby that would periodically release cutting oil into the cut. We had an air compressor as well, so we would open a little spiggot with a valve (really cheap setup) to constantly blow air on the cutting area to clear a good amount of the brass away, but all that was mainly for the sheets we had to cut sometimes. So very long cuts. For smaller things like tubes and bits, you could just run through a normal metal bandsaw blade dry and do it very quickly with no problems. Just had to brush away the brass afterwards. Brass is a good soft-ish metal, but it also leaves a lot of detritus behind when you cut into it (as you got to see). Working with the tools you worked with, I think it's hard to criticize you at all lol just a little squirt bottle of cutting oil might have helped you, since it helps keep bits/blades from getting gunked up with brass.
I hadn't watched much since the 20min videos started happening. I fully understand why but I'm so glad these long ones are back!!!! Watching all the videos again now lol might be here a while :)
Bravo, Nova. You should make some audio books. So as far as video game swords being generally more shiny and perfect...a lot of the time it is faster AND less graphically intensive to have a simple perfect surface on a model, because you can use just a shader instead of several high-resolution texture maps and bump maps and specular maps...etc etc. But now we've gotten to a point where the hardware is able to let designers use more graphically intensive methods without ruining gameplay.
I love how every few second there's a clang of him dropping something. It makes me happy because he drops everything and is like "aight let's roll with that then"
Great video!!! A trick I use while tapping is a mixture of 3-in-one and soap shavings finely cut up, it works for me every time! Another one is sewing machine oil and brake fluid.
Hey Mike, a few tips for using the ferric chloride. Make sure your parts are very clean prior to applying. Rinse with acetone and/or a detergent solution followed by a DI water rinse. For masking, I've found that blue layout fluid that's used by machinists holds up great and is easy to remove afterwards. To protect the patina, wipe it down with some renaissance wax
Hey it was a long time since i didn't watch one of your videos. They are still so fun to watch, and it is so heartwarming to witness your great relationship with your kids :)
I just came across your videos a few days ago, and I really enjoyed all the ones I have seen so far. I of course had to subscribe to your channel. You do absolutely beautiful work that is simply amazing, and you are also very entertaining and informative throughout your videos. I love it, and look forward to watching all your videos!!
That's a boss move by this Mr. Rivers fella, paying extra so we get to see the whole video at once.
Respect.
"What's that hissing noise?" is something I don't want to hear in a workshop full of dangerous things including a giant sword
The hissing noise is the static from my scrotum radio
no way! i have a scrotum radio
Years ago I somehow stumbled upon Mike and his videos. I was an aimless, early 20s/late teens kid with no idea what to do in life. His videos inspired me to take up welding. I'm almost a journeyman now, and its weird to come back and watch after being a metalworker myself and understanding everything he's doing, when originally as I watched I was completely clueless. Thanks for the inspiration Mike, and its nice to see you're the same eccentric, true to yourself fella!
Shoutout to Christian for bribing Michael to release the whole video. What a lockdown treat!
Thank you so much, Rory! ;)
@@Christian.Rivers Your a real lad, hope your book does well :D
@@Christian.Rivers Just gonna say, this kind of thing ALWAYS puts a book or whatever in a good light to me. I give mad respect to creators who enable other creators to create, and just seek everyone's benefit. Its the kind of honest care that tells me even if your work isn't the best, its probably worth buying just to support good behavior, and usually the work is only flawed in that human way that leads to future improvement, "Youthful creative inexperience" Alan Moore called it. Bit longwingded but seriously, good stuff.
Mom: son chop some wood
Me: 1:32:09
michaelcthulhu: Wear your gloves kids!
michaelcthulhu after he says that: doesnt wear his gloves
Only just found this channel. Gutted that I could of been watching these for years..good news for me, I now have hours and hours of videos to watch back to back. Too much Michael for one day? I think not X
You're lucky, i wish I could have that "new" feeling
Right!?
Welcome! Good timing.
The man is a gift. Been saving for years to attempt to commission a piece from him.
Maxine Rose Price 😂😂😂
"Wear your gloves kids"
Continues rest of video without them
Well he's not a kid ;-)
Do what he says, not what he does.
literally was about to say...
Don't worry, he's a professional. He only touches things that are clearly too hot to touch MOST of the time.
A craftsman works better without any interference, like wearing gloves..!
You've inspired me to build a spear with my father (possum problems). Since we've never done anything like this before, we started out with an old lawnmower blade as a base. Even just working on this small project, I'm beginning to realize how much time you invest into yours. Congrats on 1 million subscribers, thank you for all the advice you give, and keep having fun!
BOT #Iwasboughtbythischannel possums are not pests in most of North America. Where do you live?
@@brandonb9452 BS! The males hunt & kill chickens and ducks. WTF! What do you think they need that big mouth of sharp teeth for when they are climbing trees: sucking eggs??
A spear for possums... I like it, make it ridiculously excessive.
Oh my bad. On our farm it was never the possums that did that to the chickens, but fair point. Shis-kebab time!
@@brandonb9452 In a place where possums eat our chickens and eat the eggs in broad daylight. A potato fork ended up being the weapon of choice previously, since it was often close by. Trust me, we never enjoy killing them. Once, a mother possum was caught in a live-trap (which was inside of the barn). She had little babies in her pouch, so at great lengths we relocated her, as we couldn't bring ourselves to dispatch them.
Seems like the effectiveness of the cut is almost completely based on the ability to evacuate the material. I think you're spot on. As always beautiful work. You deal with much pain and effort for our satisfaction. You're a true master artist of metal. You make living on this planet a slightly less arduous affair. Much love!
I think he deals with all of that out of passion...And also for a massive salary out of patreon alone, plus the money ppl pay to comission stuff from him...xD just to clarify im good with that, he clearly deserves that kinda money for his awsome work !
He vocalized my exact thoughts about the splotchy copper hilts the moment I had'em. I saw it and thought "Oh man that's gorgeous. Great texture and such an interesting look....I bet the client will hate it"
bloocheez3 I would think an author would want it to be realistic looking especially for a post apocalyptic weapon
What Mike said "It's a little bit crazy, but I think it will work"
What I heard "It's just crazy enough to work"
I like how Mike says,"for the laugh," as much of his audience won't know what the hell "for the craic" means. Pretty decent substitution, actually.
Though one must admit that the latter is far more resonant-sounding.
Every single video:
Michael: "it's too hot to touch."
Michael: *touches it anyways*
YOW! *calmly holding hot item*
Oddly relatable
yes
YEOW is a deep magic word that prevents first degree burns
That's just how metalworking goes.
this dude has such i nice atmosphere around him, it has that same feeling of waking up at sunrise when there’s dew everywhere, and it’s not cold but a little nippy :)
Just found this channel recently; and I'll add it to the mix. I've always considered myself a craftsman of a sort who's not allowed to work with my hands, so this is a treat, like watching a football match or a movie; just entertaining as "you-know-what." Thank you VERY much.
I wonder how often Michael has to run a magnet down his shower drain, lol
Wouldn't get the brass dust though.
if you go back in his videos far enough to where he was doing the TV show you will find him talking about how showers are for dorks and that he just vacuums his hair when he leaves the shop....no idea if that ever changed.
If he ever gets an MRI he'll be ripped apart
@@kelzuya Nah, it will turn itself inside out trying though.
@@jamescairns8465 can't tell if you're being serious, but that TV show was largely hammed up and entirely inaccurate to who he was and his operation. It was... really weird to watch. Still entertaining I guess, but it had that very fake, obviously made for TV esque drama. Its no wonder TV is beginning to die 😂
It’s great seeing you find creative solutions to problems you encounter during your builds. That’s a hallmark of true genius, intuitive improvisation. A true artist struggles with their medium and overcomes. You are a true artist.
absolutely LOVED the dub over your daughter did!!!! that was brilliant, cant wait to see her build a sword one day!
I thought the same thing! That has to happen
ohmygoood nova grew up so much now i feel old
Ha Ha!! She is awesome and did a great job.
When that scene came on I realized I've been watching long enough to see them grow up. Man time surrenders nothing
I thought that was sweet too
In all honestly, with a lot of uncertainty...watching/re-watching your videos has been stabilizing. This is an amazing gift to see. Love you, you strange man.
"Wow! That didn't work at all!"
what an avid description of my life
Everything Michael does is incredible. I love it that he is honest with his own criticism of his work and is willing to try different things.
That will be worth the wait. So enjoying his work.
Kudos my friend.
"it's a post-apocalyptic sci-fi book set 250 years after humanity has been wiped out by a super-virus"
Me: ah, so 2270 then
It all started with carona
@@the_original_destroyer34r Wuhan*
Tyler Pietschmann no it all started with that fucking gorilla XD
@@dennisflanders1957 Earth*
Yes the 99.3% survival rate killed everyone
I’m sure I’m not that only one that skips most of the video to see the sword break stuff. But I’m still gonna take a minute to appreciate and thank Michael for filming and commentating the crafting process. Thanks Michael. I’ll binge it someday.
Much love to Christian for getting us the whole video in one.
By the way, your advertisement worked, friend. I'm gonna check out your book.
same
Absolutely exquisite. So glad you were not forced to use paint. Thank you greatly for releasing the whole video. Your patience is truly admirable.
Thanks for showing the entirety, I miss those. Probably the cleanest looking sword so far. Top three anyway. Great job🔥
Man i discovered your channel last night during an insomnia driven caffeine fueled (trying to reset my sleep schedule) youtube binge at 5:30am and man your videos are addictive.
That pointed end under the grip had me worried. Every time you'd swing the blade that point would clip your leg, gut, or groin and I was worried you'd get hurt. Glad you didnt. Build looks great.
@Jon Goat Word
Suffering from daedric weapon syndrome
You right be careful if blade fall hit leg
When he said that it was the bad guys sword I just hoped that somewhere in the book they end up stabbing them self with it ...it’s my favorite trope when they end get done in by their own ridiculous weapons. it seems like some authors make the weapons that way just to have a more dramatic defeat of the enemy..to have their own weapon turned against them .
seeing the time on this video I told myself no way I'm gonna watch through the entire thing I'm just gonna stay for a few minutes .. boy I'm glad I was wrong XD I watched the whole thing, I love swords and i love the metal works. you do a great job explaining the ups and downs moments. your videos are so immersive
"It's going to get tedious!" *maniacal laughter ensues*
Thank you for uploading these full vids. I'm working from home and your videos have been keeping me sane. Well, sane to whichever degree we who watch this madlad are.
I could hear my high school shop teacher screaming from across the shop in my head as he used the compressed air to clean himself off.
He don't care that everybody does it, you ain't doing it in his shop.
You rule Mr. Abrams.
It's also an OSHA violation, which schools must follow.
And having finally gotten through the entire video, you explained why you don't use the cutting oil on the brass. Makes sense, and also makes sense why we never had that problem in my job, since you rarely if ever weld (or braze) things while making cabinets.
I love watching your videos. I always learn something.
HOLY CRAP I DIDNT EVEN REALISE, ITS MIKE FROM THAT BIG GIANT SWORDS SHOW THAT WAS ON DISCOVERY LIKE 8 YEARS AGO
*facepalm*
Yes! Where have you been?
I've always wondered what happened to that show, it only aired for like a month where I lived and I remember there were a few other Smith's I never again saw after in any of Mike's videos. I've always wondered what happened.
He's getting more views nowadays. 👏
For what it counts. I really like the darker burnish on the copper it is fantastic. You’re a sculptor artist metallurgist. All around badass.
I was homeschooled in middle school. Now I really wish I had a large, Irish sword enthusiast tell me about "scrotum radios" in the Cold War.
Don't we all.
Never heard of this channel and no clue why this was recommended to me but I just sat here and watched the entire thing and I'm subbing.
Brass dust is apparently very highly combustible, I'm very surprised with the welding and sparks from grinding nothing happened. Also the brass handles just alone look like wicked daggers.
I've seen some s*** with oxy acetylene torches and brass dust never anything from welding
Never heard it about brass, that's crazy. I know aluminium dust is very combustible and can spontaneously combust when wet. I remember steam cleaning the crevices of an aluminium piece I was working on and it was like I was grinding it with all the dust going up
Nearly any and all forms of dust are combustible and under the right conditions... Highly Explosive :P including but not limited to Flower and Non-Dairy Coffee Creamer...
You’re a lovely man I’m 19 now I’ve been watching you since I was 13 or 14 and you’re very good at what you do and I watch your videos sometimes when I’m stressed cause it helps me fall asleep you’re videos are calming thank you for that from the bottom of my heart
Michael: just up and makes a jigsaw blade out of a hacksaw blade
Me: You can do that??!
if your crazy enough to try then yes.
Of course u can, doing it all the time if i feel to lazy to buy new ones
Or you can thin down a sawzall blade to make it into a jigsaw
I love that you did a full length video … and with your carbide cutters and brass is like aluminum so keep a bar of soap around to coat the cutters with it … just turn on cutter and just touch the soap to cutter getting it into all the grooves (you will have to reapply it when soap wears out or burns off) … then no more "gumming" up cutters
So I now have a drinking game, where drinking is done anytime something drops. 1h15 into the video and im quite tipsy
When Matt from Texas Toast say WHENIE ROLLER and when Edwin Sarkissian burns his fingers!
exactly the same as the alec steele drinking game!
Genius
I just drink while I watch these
Damn this dude is an artist. Puts so much care into every facet of his projects. Even his hate of paint.
When placing the gems in my first thought was "ah a bit of a shame the edges of the gems wont line up", and then he does it. Incredible stuff.
3:50 Anyone else think the camera was deliberately being leaned in for a better look at first?
EDIT: Hey, Michael- fantastic build, lots of stuff learned.
I have a question. You know the trick where you heat steel and wire brush it with brass to adhere brass to the steel?
Would that work with brass? Maybe heat it and brush it with the end of cut-off copper wire? I'd try it and tell you but I don't have the stuff to do it.
Yes! I managed to think: Oh he has a cameraman 😁
That safety advisory themed bit at 56:00 to 58:00 really made me happy. Love your vids Mike! Wear your gloves kids!
''whats that hissing noise?'' is never a good thing to hear someone say
In a workshop full of dangerous tools
I really like the patina you got when you were talking about how video game and anime swords always look impossibly clean, gives it some character.
"wear your gloves kids"
Proceeds to not wear gloves in the very next shot
the amount of precision, hard work and attention to detail done by the guy is impressive
It looks like a cross between a fantasy weapon and something a Klingon would use.
Right? And this thing is supposed to be in a futuristic setting? Everything about this sword is ridiculous lol
I like that you say that as if a Klingon weapon weren't also a fantasy weapon:)
K'plah!
That is the most elegant thing you have ever made. It’s beautiful and brutal.
The finger damage you mentioned (which I can relate to having done something very very similar) reminded me of the fact that you should get yourself a 'safety tie' ... perhaps a leather one which you can rivet somewhere onto your apron?
I know why you do what you have to as this is your living. But it is awesome to see a complete build again.
Thanks Mike!
Michael Rules! Thanks for helping us stay sane in this crazy world. Thank you too Christian!
I've been stuck watching your videos for the past 5-6 hours, great vids.
I can't be the only one who heard "erect Earth" and not "a wrecked Earth" in the intro... right?
Yes
As pery as I am, I did not hear it wrong.
Is there something wrong with me? I am... No longer pervy enough....
The slow motion swings sound like Chunky Kong throwing a punch. I love it. Always love your videos and creations.
I love the look of the sword, but it would be so much better if it didn't have that silly blade pointing back at the person wielding it. You can actually see him stab himself in the leg with it multiple times during the test swings lol.
Just what I was thinking. So sketchy
I literally cringed watching the clips. This is why fantasy weapons are fantasy weapons lol
Yo but it gives +54 Dex and 0,8 Critical Hit Chance
@@yorshka6955 yeah I'm sure it does... on the user...
I was thinking just how strong does the author think the character using it is ? but then I saw the trailer & if the main character is genetically modified to be a soldier then bad guy who uses this sword is probably modified too .
I really like the contrast between the handle texture and the clean brass. Always love to watch this guy do cool stuff.
37:36 Holy crap that's an optical illusion, I thought that the back most drill-press was raised higher than the foremost one. Then Mike sets the level on them flat and it took me like 12 seconds to realise why I felt weird looking at that image.
The same thing happened to me
I've cut a lot of brass plate in the past and the best device I found for straight cuts is an adjustable speed circular saw with a carbide-tipped blade set at low RPMs. For curved cuts, an adjustable speed jigsaw with coarse or woodcutting blades works best.
Someone needs to keep Mike away from gemstones, or else buy that man a gemsetting course. The sheer magnitude of the crimes committed against the lapidary craft in this video...
I think my fetish is seeing artisans of professions I barely even know exist talk in their own language about how their mastered trade should be performed.
@@bunnieskitties293 that's a good fetish.
Hi, texture dude for games here. I work at Epic Games's scanning department Quixel, and I have been around since the very early days of it, developing a bunch of things that are now widely used in the game industry, including methods of capturing stuff like metallic damage. My father was a blacksmith and the knowledge I have from that is invaluable for that application. What usually happens nowadays is that the textures aren't as much photo-based as they are based on actual scan data of materials combined with procedural elements that automatically detect hard edges and so on based on parameters you set to create wear. I have actually blackened plates and so on in various ways in order to properly capture these types of surfaces.
Is it bad that it gotten to the point that whenever I think of brass I think of clickspring
WhiteShadows0 TSK not bad at all my dude
Not what so ever! Fantastic fucking channel!
The contrast between the work methods of Mike and clickspring is very entertaining
@@MrFlyingSquirl the contrast is incredible! Mike's controlled chaos vs precision measured order. How can we get a fucking collaboration!?
fo rme it's Uri Tuchman
@michaelcthulhu amazing looking sword!!! You are by far the best black smith out there that i know of! Keep it up!
hell, just the brass pieces would make for interesting dual short swords............ future mini build?
I think combination of steel and brass with brazing and minor chances on design would make pretty damn cool and even functional knifes for mini build!
I thought they looked oddly sword like on their own as well
That's a truly beautiful piece of Art you've made. And the material fought you the whole way through the build. You're an amazing metal worker Swordsmith.
Anyone else concerned that he seems to have possibly killed another shop assistant? We all know what happened to the painter he had chained up in the attic.
lol no
I used to work with brass a lot as a cabinet maker. Pipes, sheets, knobs, and the like. We had what I recall to be a mostly\ normal bandsaw, but with a specific blade for brass, as well as an oil squirting nozzle nearby that would periodically release cutting oil into the cut. We had an air compressor as well, so we would open a little spiggot with a valve (really cheap setup) to constantly blow air on the cutting area to clear a good amount of the brass away, but all that was mainly for the sheets we had to cut sometimes. So very long cuts.
For smaller things like tubes and bits, you could just run through a normal metal bandsaw blade dry and do it very quickly with no problems. Just had to brush away the brass afterwards.
Brass is a good soft-ish metal, but it also leaves a lot of detritus behind when you cut into it (as you got to see). Working with the tools you worked with, I think it's hard to criticize you at all lol just a little squirt bottle of cutting oil might have helped you, since it helps keep bits/blades from getting gunked up with brass.
1:38:40 the edge at the end of hilt almost hit his left leg. Dangerous design to wield. Miss swing may clause injury.
What???? you're saying that fantasy weapons are not.....realistics ? you might be some kind of super genius!!!!
That is a truly gorgeous sword, the flow and contrasting metals, including the handle are beautiful.
"Wear your gloves kids", next sceene.... Michael grinding without gloves :-p
I hadn't watched much since the 20min videos started happening. I fully understand why but I'm so glad these long ones are back!!!! Watching all the videos again now lol might be here a while :)
this is what i live for
despite was my deprssion tell me
Your nailng this parenting thing. We appreciate the dad moments. Super wholsome.
I wan't to see his daughter one day becoming like Rick Sanchez
Mike's videos are typically gold-level viewing.... but this just validates that. Mike: Stay awesome!!
4:25 This is where the phrase, "Talking out of your ass" came from. 😗
we have a more apt expression over here. "chatting bollocks"
the fake scrotum concealment device is actually a real thing.
Michael for me this was one of your most beautiful creations , breathtakingly cool !
38:15 , the moment Michael just breaks down.
couldn't help but laugh
that was so epic. the product is obviously incredible, but the video itself was so technical and informative. FANTASTIC
1:29:13 homemade wd40? thats like recipe for coca cola. where do you have that
What I found that I like about this channel is that he's not afraid to try new things. And to learn as it goes
YOOOOO Thank You Christian! :D
Your full length vids are fantastic! More absorbing than a movie.
Your kiddos seem bigger and bigger every time I see them.
Makes me feel old.
I’ve been binging your videos, and so appreciate having a new one, I will certainly get a copy of the book
Play the video at .5 speed, it sounds like Michael is drunk. Who agrees
Brilliant yes it does 😂
Yeah, it does
Its hilarious and sweet seeing Nova be as excited to join in i hope my future kids will be as excited in my hobbies
Sweet, got here early to avoid the crowds.
Bravo, Nova. You should make some audio books.
So as far as video game swords being generally more shiny and perfect...a lot of the time it is faster AND less graphically intensive to have a simple perfect surface on a model, because you can use just a shader instead of several high-resolution texture maps and bump maps and specular maps...etc etc. But now we've gotten to a point where the hardware is able to let designers use more graphically intensive methods without ruining gameplay.
I love how every few second there's a clang of him dropping something. It makes me happy because he drops everything and is like "aight let's roll with that then"
Great video!!! A trick I use while tapping is a mixture of 3-in-one and soap shavings finely cut up, it works for me every time! Another one is sewing machine oil and brake fluid.
"Wear your gloves kids" the next immediate shot is no gloves, love you man!
you always manages to amaze me, i’ll be real i don’t watch videos like this, but these swords are just amazing
Tip for clearing the brass out of the die grinder bit. Keep a piece of steel near by and grind that when its clogged and the steel will clear it out
Hey Mike, a few tips for using the ferric chloride. Make sure your parts are very clean prior to applying. Rinse with acetone and/or a detergent solution followed by a DI water rinse. For masking, I've found that blue layout fluid that's used by machinists holds up great and is easy to remove afterwards. To protect the patina, wipe it down with some renaissance wax
This is the first time I have watched you and I think you are a riot and I'm not sorry that I decided to stop and watch you
Hey it was a long time since i didn't watch one of your videos. They are still so fun to watch, and it is so heartwarming to witness your great relationship with your kids :)
This might be one of my favorite swords I've seen you build. I'd love to see you build the Glaive from Krull!
I just came across your videos a few days ago, and I really enjoyed all the ones I have seen so far. I of course had to subscribe to your channel. You do absolutely beautiful work that is simply amazing, and you are also very entertaining and informative throughout your videos. I love it, and look forward to watching all your videos!!