Me too, It looks awesome to have such an old tool to be still relevant today. People are to spoiled with electronics to appreciate good old fashion tools that can keep a bazillion cars on the road.
I used an arbor press at my last job setting bearings and sleeves on three phase motor shafts to fit pulleys in custom saws. Unless you work in one of the many hand manufacturing environments you won’t get to see one. Do an episode for sure, knowledge is power and you can’t keep it without giving it away, as they say. Nice videos and progress on the model A frame. 🤘🔥😎🔥🤘
When having a lot of similar parts laser cut a helpful trick is to have part numbers/names lightly laser etched onto the surface for easy identification. The extra time in CAD to add labels can save a lot of head scratching and mistakes
Man. I love it when i get the notification that a new SW video is up. Just enjoy everything about this so much. The projects. The creativity. The information. The honesty. Keep it up, it´s such a highlight in all this content that gets flushed into my stream. Just wanna leave this here. Cheers from germany!
I've been using CAD for 12 years now and the thrill of having something you designed come together like this never gets old man. I'm glad to see talented builders like yourself diving more into it and seeing just how easy and useful the tool is, and how great the results can be on more complex parts. Obviously quick and dirty parts can be done by hand easier without any computer work, but it's nice being able to see issues in 3D space before you'd run into them during production. Also wonderful and thoughtful use of the 1-2-3 block for fabrication! I too learned about them from Adam's YT channel and they're great to work with. It's such an extremely simple tool, but so effective!
Love the fact that you keep it genuine that you don't know it all and are willing to take advice. Great content alway. Your projects inspire me to try new things I would previously out sourced. Yes definitely some info on the press. Thanks
Nice job. When I build mounts with through holes that must be aligned I prefer to use bolts with proper thickness spacers inside plus about another .050"-.065" shim to allow for paint and/or chrome and still allow the component to fit inside the bracket without scratching the surface finish. Just a tip I've found over the years. Keep up the great work.
Have you considered plugging your suspension numbers into a bump steer/roll center calculation program? Used one years ago and found it really helpful. Tie rod height and angle at the knuckle and rack play a large roll in bump.
As I've said on the 308 series. So glad I found your channel. I love how you are thorough and explain everything. The detail you put into all your projects is top notch and I am glad you explain how you are still learning. People forget how much work goes into a 15 minute video and that we are not all weldporn pros.
I digg your content! I am an architect and have been using CAD for lots of years. I use it for all my DIY projects! One of the best tools you could know how to use. Show us the ARBOR PRESS!!
Wouldn’t mind your explanation for not running a guard on your grinder, one of my mates lost half his jaw to an exploding grinder disk (9”)without a guard. He spent a year in hospital, many operations and ended up with a titanium jaw and prosthetic teeth.
i'm gonna take this in a few sessions because of the absolute detail and work you've put in. This is simply amazing work and the attention to detail is top notch. Great job!
I love your drive and work ethic! I was somewhat similar in my 20's and 30's. I started slowing down a little in my later 40's. I my 50's I still have a million things I'd like to tackle, but the will to get them done is certainly decreasing, lol! I think I might retire around 57-59 so I can focus on doing the projects I'd like to do, before I lose even more drive! Keep the drive and focus going! Great channel... TY!
The first thing I do when I pick up grinder is remove the guard (because I know how to use it) All good! Love your honesty & builds = So much excitement on both sides of the screen is fantastic.
Relatable with a hint of envy - that's why I really enjoy your videos. The humility about level of your skills paired with how enthusiastic you are about your projects is what makes the videos so great. Of course the way above average production is awesome too. Thanks for the content, wish I live in California.
From my schemes and plans for a scratch "Locost Seven", the rack tie rods need to have their inner ends on the line between the upper and loser a frame pivot centers. The R&P itself BEST wants to be in a direct line with the steering arms side to side- deviation of this will have the tie rod length in relation to the steering arm changing as the suspension travels. The smaller that deviation can be kept the better. Being off a couple of washer thicknesses will only be perceptible at high speed. Slam awesome looking work! For my day job I was a pipe fitter- no truer words regarding how nice working with those precut parts! There is now a gadget with a panthograph type arm tied to motors, and computers that will do parts to 24" x 24"- GHPC Channel has one. ON the press- if you want to do it, I want to see it. I've been a tool junkie all of my life! Hand tools , power tools, welding tools- TOOLS! The whole point of having a big enough shop is to keep all your tools in one place! Isn't it? HNY! One new sub, 'fer shure! FR
Nice work Mike. You have inspired me to get off my butt and put in some hours this weekend getting some TIG practice on a stainless steel project I've been putting off.
Arbor press video 👍 I have run my grinder without a guard till a wheel exploded. I put it back on but I also try to wear a good set of welding gloves when cutting. Love seeing the progress.
One of your better videos for sure. It’s cool to see so much quality progress being made so quickly. I’d watch a short arbor press video but not at the expense of the usual content. Finish that thing up so we can see the next project!
Very clean and nice job.👍👍 One thing I would take more care about is to have as big of a radius as possible on each internal edge/cut. This way you avoid having any stress risers and eventually cracks on your parts.
You sir are truly an inspiration! Thank you for these amazing and insightful videos. I'd love to see a segment over why you don't use a guard on your grinder AND WE WANNA SEE THE PRESS 😁
Jeff from Home built by Jeff was going through designing bump steer proof suspension in his Alfarrari, he is not an engineer but great diy-er, his method is worth checking :)
You kill it with everything you do on this channel. Definitely one of the only ones that actually show his faults and fuck ups. Not just to make a joke of himself, but so we can all learn. As they say there is more then one way to skin a cat! Really hope you make your goal and some! I learn so much just from watching not even trying. It’s all very interesting as well. 🤘🏽🙌🏾🤙🏽🙏🏽🖤🔥✊🏽
Yay arbour press! :) Would also like to hear the reasoning behind not using a grinder guard. Obviously sometimes it gets in the way, but when you are working on the bench like just now when you were cutting round tube, it would have been fine...
Yes, more tool videos please! I'd enjoy seeing an Arbor Press video! Also I enjoy the welding videos. Why are you grinding without a guard? It seems unnecessarily dangerous. Please explain thanks!
I would love to see you build these crossmembers in fusion 360. I'm good in 3d drawing but the sheet metal stuff is like magic to me! Love your channel!
You design crumple zones to keep things from coming in to the cabin. The rule of thumb is to have anything that bends head in a safe direction. To achieve this you make strategic spots weaker and other spots stronger. The bit that is in front of the wheels is weaker than the bit behind. You want the engine to go down wards instead of straight back or back and upwards And you want to deflect the wheels and other stuff around the cabin. There should be a stress analysis plugin for auto related cad programs you can use this to design the weak spots and test the direction of failure.
In New zealand , we have a hobby car manual ( written by engineers and fabricators and approved by the ministry of transport) it states the any chassis projection in front of front cross member must either be of a smaller size or be angled down or sideways to absorb some of accident impact, ( also any chassis welding must be done by a ticketed welder) we have a very high quality hobby car ownership valued at $6 billion dollars for a country of 5 million people
Not sure who you get inspiration from for suspension design and adjustment, but if you don’t already, I’d suggest looking into information from Dave Coleman and Mike Kojima. Both of SCC fame, Kojima is a consultant for many pro race teams and Coleman is head of vehicle dynamics at Mazda USA. Both have extensive articles out there about suspension, steering and geometry design and their relative relationships to each other.
Love your work, as I've had a headstroke & cancer my muscles are weak also memory abit weak, (getting better though) but refreah my memory why no stopguard on grinder.
Enjoyed following along w/ all the fixturing and setup to weld. Seems like 90% of making the weld are those steps. I'm game for seeing more on the arbor press, specifically examples of different applications of using it. We all know it can push out a bushing...anything kinda oddball or lesser known? (Also, props on hammering through w/ the Model A and fixing the consequences of your mistake. There's always a lesson in this stuff, right?)
Would love to see an episode for the Arbor Press. As much content as you want to throw at us, we'll be here viewing it. Great job on the rebuild!
Absolutely! I would like to know more as well.
Me too, It looks awesome to have such an old tool to be still relevant today.
People are to spoiled with electronics to appreciate good old fashion tools that can keep a bazillion cars on the road.
Yep do a arbor press video, tools are cool.
And He could talk about that angle grinder thing too...
And crush some stuff... for testing purposes
Would love another tool episode, the press as well as some of your machining tool in more detail. Thank you
I used an arbor press at my last job setting bearings and sleeves on three phase motor shafts to fit pulleys in custom saws. Unless you work in one of the many hand manufacturing environments you won’t get to see one. Do an episode for sure, knowledge is power and you can’t keep it without giving it away, as they say. Nice videos and progress on the model A frame. 🤘🔥😎🔥🤘
When having a lot of similar parts laser cut a helpful trick is to have part numbers/names lightly laser etched onto the surface for easy identification. The extra time in CAD to add labels can save a lot of head scratching and mistakes
Man. I love it when i get the notification that a new SW video is up. Just enjoy everything about this so much. The projects. The creativity. The information. The honesty. Keep it up, it´s such a highlight in all this content that gets flushed into my stream. Just wanna leave this here. Cheers from germany!
Hätte ich selbst nicht besser sagen können.
I've been using CAD for 12 years now and the thrill of having something you designed come together like this never gets old man. I'm glad to see talented builders like yourself diving more into it and seeing just how easy and useful the tool is, and how great the results can be on more complex parts. Obviously quick and dirty parts can be done by hand easier without any computer work, but it's nice being able to see issues in 3D space before you'd run into them during production.
Also wonderful and thoughtful use of the 1-2-3 block for fabrication! I too learned about them from Adam's YT channel and they're great to work with. It's such an extremely simple tool, but so effective!
Awesome. Love to know about that press.
I'm all for an Arbor Press episode. Amazing job on the chassis rebuild!
I must say, the amount of perfectionism and time you put into these builds are on par with television broadcasting. Keep doing you man.
definitely do an arbor press video. Very cool and great welds
Love the fact that you keep it genuine that you don't know it all and are willing to take advice. Great content alway. Your projects inspire me to try new things I would previously out sourced. Yes definitely some info on the press. Thanks
You have the best upload schedule I always manage to catch these videos early
glad to see you put tabs on your parts to interlock them together prior to welding .. :)
1-2-3 Blocks are the best! I have 4 of them and use them all the time, they have so many different uses. Great episode, Mike.
Nice job.
When I build mounts with through holes that must be aligned I prefer to use bolts with proper thickness spacers inside plus about another .050"-.065" shim to allow for paint and/or chrome and still allow the component to fit inside the bracket without scratching the surface finish.
Just a tip I've found over the years. Keep up the great work.
The guys at Bad Obsession did a great suspension video we’re they discuss the importance of correct Ackerman and bump-steer settings.
Mike your welding has massively improved over last year.
Have you considered plugging your suspension numbers into a bump steer/roll center calculation program? Used one years ago and found it really helpful. Tie rod height and angle at the knuckle and rack play a large roll in bump.
As I've said on the 308 series. So glad I found your channel. I love how you are thorough and explain everything. The detail you put into all your projects is top notch and I am glad you explain how you are still learning. People forget how much work goes into a 15 minute video and that we are not all weldporn pros.
Fantastic video. Thank you! Yes please do a bonus video on the press!! Love to know more about it!
I digg your content! I am an architect and have been using CAD for lots of years. I use it for all my DIY projects! One of the best tools you could know how to use. Show us the ARBOR PRESS!!
Would love to see the press video
Wouldn’t mind your explanation for not running a guard on your grinder, one of my mates lost half his jaw to an exploding grinder disk (9”)without a guard. He spent a year in hospital, many operations and ended up with a titanium jaw and prosthetic teeth.
i'm gonna take this in a few sessions because of the absolute detail and work you've put in. This is simply amazing work and the attention to detail is top notch. Great job!
I love your drive and work ethic! I was somewhat similar in my 20's and 30's. I started slowing down a little in my later 40's. I my 50's I still have a million things I'd like to tackle, but the will to get them done is certainly decreasing, lol! I think I might retire around 57-59 so I can focus on doing the projects I'd like to do, before I lose even more drive! Keep the drive and focus going! Great channel... TY!
123 blocks ordered! I don't have room for a welding table but they look super useful.
dang you made those welds look easy! nice work!
The first thing I do when I pick up grinder is remove the guard (because I know how to use it)
All good! Love your honesty & builds = So much excitement on both sides of the screen is fantastic.
Relatable with a hint of envy - that's why I really enjoy your videos. The humility about level of your skills paired with how enthusiastic you are about your projects is what makes the videos so great. Of course the way above average production is awesome too. Thanks for the content, wish I live in California.
I ordered up a set of 123 blocks as soon as I saw this video, thanks for sharing your world
From my schemes and plans for a scratch "Locost Seven", the rack tie rods need to have their inner ends on the line between the upper and loser a frame pivot centers. The R&P itself BEST wants to be in a direct line with the steering arms side to side- deviation of this will have the tie rod length in relation to the steering arm changing as the suspension travels. The smaller that deviation can be kept the better. Being off a couple of washer thicknesses will only be perceptible at high speed. Slam awesome looking work! For my day job I was a pipe fitter- no truer words regarding how nice working with those precut parts! There is now a gadget with a panthograph type arm tied to motors, and computers that will do parts to 24" x 24"- GHPC Channel has one. ON the press- if you want to do it, I want to see it. I've been a tool junkie all of my life! Hand tools , power tools, welding tools- TOOLS! The whole point of having a big enough shop is to keep all your tools in one place! Isn't it? HNY! One new sub, 'fer shure! FR
Yes, I would like to learn more about the arbor press. Please and thank you. Enjoying all of your build content.
Yep do a video about why you don’t run a guard on the grinder, would like to see why you do, this potentially deadly omission 👍
For sure, I'd love an episode that included the arbor press
Two good things to come out of the accident, is that you are ok and can build it better. Keep up the good work✌🏽
The stance works logo in the intro always gets me hyped!!!
Nice work Mike. You have inspired me to get off my butt and put in some hours this weekend getting some TIG practice on a stainless steel project I've been putting off.
Pure fab model A video AND laser cutting; Mike you've made my day. Looks fantastic man
Yes, like how you share your tool arsenal, thank you
Yes brother. Do a shop walk around video. All you big tools like your new press. I thought I saw a French wheel back there somewhere
Arbor press video 👍 I have run my grinder without a guard till a wheel exploded. I put it back on but I also try to wear a good set of welding gloves when cutting. Love seeing the progress.
big fan of your fabrication episodes Mike. You go into alot of detail while its not being boring like some videos are.
'Burn In The Perimeter' sounds like a band I would listen to.
Let’s see that press in action . Great job on the suspension fab work
So satisfying watching these pieces come together, you can see your welding get better with each video
Absolutely!!! Anything tool related is great! Sorry I'm late to the party 🥳, but tools are always fun!
def would love to hear more about the press. we also need merch Mike!
I'm all aboard for an arbor press special!
The Send-Cut-Send concept is so cool.
Great job on the latest episode, can’t wait to see the Model A rolling again, beautiful fabrication! Love to see some more details on the press!
One of your better videos for sure. It’s cool to see so much quality progress being made so quickly. I’d watch a short arbor press video but not at the expense of the usual content. Finish that thing up so we can see the next project!
Talk about the arbor press when you use it, I think that is probably enough. Compare it to your old jack based contraption.
Very clean and nice job.👍👍
One thing I would take more care about is to have as big of a radius as possible on each internal edge/cut. This way you avoid having any stress risers and eventually cracks on your parts.
The more videos the better, especially for us tool nerds
You sir are truly an inspiration! Thank you for these amazing and insightful videos. I'd love to see a segment over why you don't use a guard on your grinder AND WE WANNA SEE THE PRESS 😁
Hey! Your welding improved a lot! Congratulations!
more content is welcome... and tools are always cool!
Yes to an arbor press episode ... thanks!
Jeff from Home built by Jeff was going through designing bump steer proof suspension in his Alfarrari, he is not an engineer but great diy-er, his method is worth checking :)
You kill it with everything you do on this channel. Definitely one of the only ones that actually show his faults and fuck ups. Not just to make a joke of himself, but so we can all learn.
As they say there is more then one way to skin a cat!
Really hope you make your goal and some! I learn so much just from watching not even trying. It’s all very interesting as well.
🤘🏽🙌🏾🤙🏽🙏🏽🖤🔥✊🏽
Definitely would love to see what the arbor press is about.
Definitely agree about the arbor press episode
Agree. Tools are cool. Do the arbour press.
Yay arbour press! :)
Would also like to hear the reasoning behind not using a grinder guard. Obviously sometimes it gets in the way, but when you are working on the bench like just now when you were cutting round tube, it would have been fine...
Hope your feeling better mike😀
Even with the cheaper 1/2/3 blocks you could shim 100 thousand if needed - still way cheaper than $200 ! Nice score!!
I’d enjoy learning about the arbor press! Thanks for making your content
Excellent as always! Yes to arbor press!
Love the work you are doing you are learning me alot of tricks that will help me go to the next level with my builds
YES PLZ to the press episode! give me reasons to hoard more tools! lol
More tool stuff! Great rebuild of that front end.
The k24 swap Ferrari made it on to donut media , congrats 🥳🎉
For placement of your steering rack, measure the placement on your M3. balljoint vs rack position.
Yes, more tool videos please! I'd enjoy seeing an Arbor Press video! Also I enjoy the welding videos. Why are you grinding without a guard? It seems unnecessarily dangerous. Please explain thanks!
I would love to see you build these crossmembers in fusion 360. I'm good in 3d drawing but the sheet metal stuff is like magic to me! Love your channel!
Definitely wanna see the press!! Thing is sweet!
You design crumple zones to keep things from coming in to the cabin.
The rule of thumb is to have anything that bends head in a safe direction.
To achieve this you make strategic spots weaker and other spots stronger.
The bit that is in front of the wheels is weaker than the bit behind.
You want the engine to go down wards instead of straight back or back and upwards
And you want to deflect the wheels and other stuff around the cabin.
There should be a stress analysis plugin for auto related cad programs you can use this to design the weak spots and test the direction of failure.
Most of us are curious about everything that happens in your shop and enjoy your company/content so please tell us about the press!
Would love to see an episode on the press. Seems interesting
Looks like you are getting better with Tig my friend! I love the arbor press... I have a 43' Chicago 6T.... enjoyed the video, KUDO'S! Seth
Yes, episode on the new press👍
I have 12 1-2-3 blocks that I use for my fixtures. 4 are precision made by me when I was an apprentice. I bought the other 8 as weld fixture blocks
In New zealand , we have a hobby car manual ( written by engineers and fabricators and approved by the ministry of transport) it states the any chassis projection in front of front cross member must either be of a smaller size or be angled down or sideways to absorb some of accident impact, ( also any chassis welding must be done by a ticketed welder) we have a very high quality hobby car ownership valued at $6 billion dollars for a country of 5 million people
another cracking episode Mike, love the way you present it and super informative
Hell yes! I would love to learn about the press!!!
You made that look easy mike awesome bit of kit tho & yeah i would like to hear more about the press & so on keep up good work
Please, i would love to see an episode on that press !
Not sure who you get inspiration from for suspension design and adjustment, but if you don’t already, I’d suggest looking into information from Dave Coleman and Mike Kojima. Both of SCC fame, Kojima is a consultant for many pro race teams and Coleman is head of vehicle dynamics at Mazda USA. Both have extensive articles out there about suspension, steering and geometry design and their relative relationships to each other.
Yes please! Arbor press video!
hell yes we want to hear about the arbor press!
A short video about the arbor press would be great.
Press mini-episode would be fun.
Love your work, as I've had a headstroke & cancer my muscles are weak also memory abit weak, (getting better though) but refreah my
memory why no stopguard on grinder.
❤❤❤from malaysian 🇲🇾 keep up bro.. Love to see more content from you ❤✊💨💨
Yes to Arbor Press / Love mechanical advantage - Please make a vid about it for us 😎
Nice work, TIG is way better for this type of fab work, clean and strong. Keep the safety guards on!
love the press, go for it
Enjoyed following along w/ all the fixturing and setup to weld. Seems like 90% of making the weld are those steps.
I'm game for seeing more on the arbor press, specifically examples of different applications of using it. We all know it can push out a bushing...anything kinda oddball or lesser known?
(Also, props on hammering through w/ the Model A and fixing the consequences of your mistake. There's always a lesson in this stuff, right?)
Congrats on making it on Donut Media's D-list, with the K-swapped 308.
Yeah man I want to see that stuff go on!