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WORKSHOP WEDNESDAY: Preparing to restore rusty road wheels off a WWII Grant Tank

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  • Опубліковано 25 жов 2022
  • Join Daz and Jess as they remove the WWII Grant Tank road wheels for restoration ⚙️🔥
    Follow the progress of our workshop restorations every Wednesday! A must watch for students of history, engineering, mechanics and metalworking! 🧐🛠️
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 233

  • @billbarton9046
    @billbarton9046 Рік тому +26

    What timing, just got a cuppa tea and up pops Aus Armour in my notification.Sorted.

  • @ray.shoesmith
    @ray.shoesmith Рік тому +3

    lol the Get Smart music cracked me up 🤣

  • @LukeBunyip
    @LukeBunyip Рік тому +5

    "...ah good, 'cause me gloves are on fire..." LOL

  • @OJAUS
    @OJAUS Рік тому +7

    11:53 "Oh good because my gloves are on fire" lmao, had me chuckling. Keep up the great work team!

  • @p.d.nickthielen6600
    @p.d.nickthielen6600 Рік тому +19

    Remarkable effort guys. Thank you all from Minnesota USA for saving part of our shared heritage ……

  • @roberthocking9138
    @roberthocking9138 Рік тому +35

    What an awesome job, how Daryl lay under there at his age and swung that hammer for so long is beyond me. and Jesse with only one hand , top job lads

    • @michaelgurd7477
      @michaelgurd7477 Рік тому +2

      Most blokes younger than Daryl would not have been able to do that. He looks like an ex rugby or Aussie Rules player to me.

    • @aserta
      @aserta 2 місяці тому +1

      @@michaelgurd7477 Yup. I'm probably a few gray hairs younger and ... i'd probably crawl into a ball and cry if i tried to go at it like that. Fella's built like an ox.

  • @therish7169
    @therish7169 Рік тому +3

    Get Smart reference ftw 😄

  • @bunky8077
    @bunky8077 Рік тому +2

    Missed it by that much...And loving it😉
    16:15 Need the cone of silence!

  • @lysanderkrieg5474
    @lysanderkrieg5474 Рік тому +41

    Excellent work, and its good to see a pooling of ideas to remove the pins. Kurt, your video work is just getting more awesome and the epic nature of each video just increases. Thanks to all the team.

  • @jessicabuckman9675
    @jessicabuckman9675 Рік тому +4

    It's always unique to watch these men bring back a relic of WW2. Well done men.

  • @bobjohnston8316
    @bobjohnston8316 Рік тому +1

    Here in the states I live about 1 hour 45 minutes from Aberdeen Proving Ground, which used to have what I think was the largest collection of old armor in the US.
    In the Army’s great wisdom and with a huge waste of taxpayer dollars they broke the collection up, some going to Ft. Benning, some to Ft. Sill and the giant Wehrmacht railroad gun going to Ft. Eustice.
    I used to love driving there with the kids and wandering through the armor collection! Then one day it was gone!
    Just in time AusArmor came along on my cell phone to ease the pain! You guys do a great job

  • @frankgaletzka8477
    @frankgaletzka8477 Рік тому +18

    You did a great job .
    Everybody who swing a Hammer knows what It means to Do that in that conditions .
    Well done you are a great Crew
    Greetungs from Germany
    Yours Frank Galetzka

  • @salameragazzo
    @salameragazzo Рік тому +15

    You guys are really hitting your stride with these videos. Great that we can see repetitive operations, but how every attempt is a journey of discovery as things like M4 road wheels fitted to the M3 are revealed. Thanks Kurt, Darren, Jessie!

  • @AdamMann3D
    @AdamMann3D Рік тому +2

    It would make my day if you guys coudl go in to as much detail as possible on connecting the tracks to the connectors. I know that might be some time off, but I've never seen anyone do it.

  • @jonathanclark-jones2736
    @jonathanclark-jones2736 Рік тому +1

    These guys do amazing work “bloods worth bottling” - preservation of WW2 History. 🇦🇺

  • @tannerjones9687
    @tannerjones9687 Рік тому +1

    Perfect show to wake up to 👌

  • @marksingleton7199
    @marksingleton7199 Рік тому

    If I feel like giving up, I watch you guys.💪

  • @joepapp01
    @joepapp01 Рік тому

    slo-mo money shot at the end was chef's kiss! :D

  • @StaffordMagnus
    @StaffordMagnus Рік тому +1

    Bloody hell, hope you blokes bought Daz a beer or six after his efforts on that pin!

  • @skaaltel
    @skaaltel Рік тому +3

    Yep, this is what real armour repair work looks like - hours of sweaty greasy heavy lifting! Good work gents

  • @charlienewbery4157
    @charlienewbery4157 Рік тому +1

    boys used every trick in the book nice job

  • @mikecanadian74
    @mikecanadian74 Рік тому +9

    I love watching a group of pros problem solve and work together. The videos are great, keep up the good work both on the shop floor and in the editing room. Looking forward to seeing the finished tank.

  • @fireabend_1226
    @fireabend_1226 Рік тому

    Many thanks for the pictures from the forge 2022, where the welding torch still reigns.

  • @LazyLifeIFreak
    @LazyLifeIFreak Рік тому +2

    Working with an arm in a cast is both a sign of dedication but also a sign of folly.

  • @benkendall7489
    @benkendall7489 Рік тому

    That ending was perfect, top work as always!

  • @bliss661
    @bliss661 Рік тому +1

    It was strangely satisfying watching those old tyres spring open under the cutting disc.

  • @neilfairless4589
    @neilfairless4589 Рік тому

    Kurt, i really hope the lads watch these videos and know what a herculean effort it takes to do that job. We apprceiate it.

  • @paulcoopmans4288
    @paulcoopmans4288 Рік тому +3

    Arm in a cast, still pounding away at this project, pure determination ! Awesome

  • @thomascampbell4730
    @thomascampbell4730 Рік тому

    My arms got sore just watching! Swinging a hammer, lying on your side, with the steel hull above you, bloody hard work.

  • @Rich1ab
    @Rich1ab Рік тому

    Great camaraderie amongst all the lads! Fun to watch! Thank you!

  • @jackn4853
    @jackn4853 Рік тому +2

    Bit late now obviously, but could you have fabricated some type of slide hammer to remove the pins? Great work and fascinating as usual.

  • @janbyrdal645
    @janbyrdal645 Рік тому +2

    Good to see Kurt again, and what a commitment all the guys are putting in, awesome, thank you all.

  • @americanpatriot2422
    @americanpatriot2422 Рік тому +10

    Always an outstanding video and presentation.

  • @bebo4807
    @bebo4807 Рік тому

    These Austrian gentlemen are lucky to have skiing in mountains after such hot work.

  • @markwatters6875
    @markwatters6875 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for all the yakka you’s put in to preserve the history and thanks for the videos 👍🇦🇺

  • @johnviney7919
    @johnviney7919 Рік тому

    Great work fellas! Looking better every video!

  • @ryangrimm9305
    @ryangrimm9305 Рік тому

    My uncle was a mechanic on tanks in WW2. He said that they had a couple tools to remove those axles:
    1) FIRST, grease that shafts. You've got the grease fittings, that would ease some of the rust.
    2) Imagine a stout socket that straddles those outer hex fittings. Instead of a square fitting, it has been threaded to let a LONG grade 8 bolt be inserted into the axle (where you've been putting in a bolt to whack on), and then used to pull the axle out. Lube the bolt first with heavy grease, as winding it in will take some pressure in extracting the axle...don't want that bolt seizing up, do ya?
    Since your axles are so badly rusted, this in conjunction with hammering the back side would make it a lot easier to extract the axles.
    Hindsight being 20/20 and all...looks like you figured that out at 20:14 or so...

  • @robdemers6156
    @robdemers6156 Рік тому +1

    Ha! Thanks for the Get Smart sound bite

  • @davidbarnsley8486
    @davidbarnsley8486 Рік тому +1

    Daryl did the job swinging that hammer he is the hammer machine man 👍👍👍😂😂

  • @camanderson4422
    @camanderson4422 Рік тому +2

    Hey Aus Armor, Jess I am in the same cast as you right now. I broke my wrist playing hockey though. Get better soon bud! Keep up the great work Lads!!!

  • @albertlecuyer6761
    @albertlecuyer6761 Рік тому

    I can barely wait a week!

  • @The_Engineer_Guy
    @The_Engineer_Guy Рік тому +2

    That was a Hammer Job! In fact you can see how hard everyone works, by the color of their shirt. If its Dark Blue, they really work hard :D

    • @peterpenberthy2918
      @peterpenberthy2918 Рік тому +1

      Just an aside. It would have been 30+c and at least 95% humidity on the floor of the workshop.

  • @Liamv4696
    @Liamv4696 Рік тому

    "Can't be tight if it's a liquid"
    Love that one.

  • @kalnieminen65
    @kalnieminen65 Рік тому +3

    You guys have great team work and humour really helps. Nice watching men who know what they're doing

  • @tommytaylor4458
    @tommytaylor4458 Рік тому

    Another good one guys!!!!!👍👍👍👍👍

  • @GreyDawgh
    @GreyDawgh Рік тому +1

    MAD RESPECT for these guys for what they manage to do!!

  • @ericcorse
    @ericcorse Рік тому

    Well done Bo.

  • @mahogany3947
    @mahogany3947 Рік тому

    Bro you guys are good , the threaded Rod trick. I'm gunna have too remember that

  • @johnboy384
    @johnboy384 Рік тому +1

    Another great update, Salute to the AAAM. =)

  • @scottcrawford7310
    @scottcrawford7310 Рік тому +4

    Absolutely love these

  • @GhostRider247
    @GhostRider247 Рік тому

    You fellas do a bloody fantastic job , when ya were bashing out them rods i just wanted to jump in a give yers a hand , ahh man i wish i lived over there !!!!

  • @markhunter444
    @markhunter444 Рік тому +1

    Another Wednesday complete, 👏

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Рік тому +1

    I guess this is why we don't all drive tanks.
    The gallons per mile really suck, and maintenance and repairing stuff is REALLY hard work.
    Oh man, I'd really like to know what the true, all-up cost of restoring this tank works out to be.
    I have restored a 1969 Porsche 911S on my YT channel, and it was heart-breakingly expensive. But the bills would be tiny compared to the hours spent on your Grant.
    I am so glad I can vicariously enjoy you spending your money!

  • @robertbowers9856
    @robertbowers9856 Рік тому

    This job and the heat you were facing reminded me of the newbie who went into the blacksmith's shop and picked up a hot horse shoe and droped it. The black smith said, "Hot, huh?" To that the newbie said, "No. It just doesn't take me long to look at a horse shoe!"

  • @Rob-vq1uh
    @Rob-vq1uh Рік тому

    What a hell of a job... 💪

  • @johnstubbs8532
    @johnstubbs8532 Рік тому

    Great to see good hard-working men still exist. Cairns is a hot humid location and conditions are very difficult. Well done boys.

  • @gameyord7182
    @gameyord7182 Рік тому

    What a better day than wednsnday!

  • @Michael_CS615
    @Michael_CS615 Рік тому

    I will wave as I go past in the next few days.... Perhaps visit the museum if there is time this trip.

  • @danjsimonds
    @danjsimonds Рік тому

    I hope I’m not the first to comment on the use of music in these videos. Really well done and a real pleasure to enjoy.

  • @derekh4943
    @derekh4943 Рік тому

    14:42 Funny you said that. I am 52 and was thinking how is he not dizzy right now with all that hammering and expended energy. Great comment.

  • @reddyreddy2618
    @reddyreddy2618 Рік тому

    that was some absolute graft to get those pins out, fair play lads

  • @jamesneveaux4892
    @jamesneveaux4892 Рік тому

    Good work gentlemen

  • @Bysin769
    @Bysin769 Рік тому +1

    Y’all need a big pneumatic hammer! Workshop Wednesday is awesome!

  • @Paul_Wright
    @Paul_Wright Рік тому +1

    Oooooooo it’s Wednesday and oz armour makes my week I just need more Wednesdays !

  • @ThumperE23
    @ThumperE23 11 місяців тому

    That Grant has the later suspension used on the Sherman, so having Sherman wheels makes sense, the Grant as we know was the father of the Sherman. The later suspension on the Grants were a common retrofit on the M3 Mediums, as the early M4 Mediums also had the earlier Grant Suspension.

  • @hitman_6615
    @hitman_6615 Рік тому

    Keep doin' what cha don't man, it's great seein' these metal beasts alive again.

  • @davidkimmel4216
    @davidkimmel4216 Рік тому

    Really enjoy your videos

  • @andrewfischer8564
    @andrewfischer8564 Рік тому +1

    love the get smart music

  • @seventhson27
    @seventhson27 Рік тому

    Reminds me of working on the combine harvester back on the farm.

  • @johnoneill5661
    @johnoneill5661 Рік тому

    I'm exhausted and all I did was watch the video 👍

  • @iainking4256
    @iainking4256 Рік тому

    Well watching you guys made me want a Rum and Coke to drink. Great job guys of course none of it would have been possible without grandpa Darryl, hey mate I will get up there soon is oldies take our time now. Back to the Grant awesome job guys keep it going, can hardly waiting until you find the rest of the Jagdpanther and take her for a drive. Cheers guys seen you soon Iain

  • @Maiko100876
    @Maiko100876 Рік тому

    Fantastic, didn’t need that much Heat&Beat. Just beat. Lol hammering like that , on your back, he’s tougher than me.

  • @josephkerley363
    @josephkerley363 Рік тому

    Dang ... gotta wait a week for the next magic show. Maybe you could have a Workshop Wednesday three days a week? 😀 I know you can't but I look forward to watching the magic you guys do there. Keep'em coming and keep up the good work.

  • @diabolicalartificer
    @diabolicalartificer Рік тому +9

    Grand job lads, thanks for another video, thoroughly enjoying these.

  • @matthewdickson7838
    @matthewdickson7838 Рік тому

    Awsome excellent videos boys if i lived in ozz id love to get involved just love the old and modern military .. hats off t ya and thankyou 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧👍

  • @VegasCyclingFreak
    @VegasCyclingFreak Рік тому

    Those road wheels were stubborn! Interesting to watch the process. That pin puller they fabricated was clever.

  • @Phil-pf1cx
    @Phil-pf1cx Рік тому +1

    so pleased you are in Australia, so on a Wednesday its landed for when I get up, great work guys.

  • @cyanideeuphoria2606
    @cyanideeuphoria2606 Рік тому

    I love how sometimes the setup or ideas for getting stuff out is so janky, but effective. No fancy over-engineering, just getting it done

  • @joesanchez979
    @joesanchez979 Рік тому

    Love you're video's 👍

  • @bobthompson4133
    @bobthompson4133 Рік тому

    It always amazes young guys when “grandpa” works them into the ground.

  • @joesanchez979
    @joesanchez979 Рік тому

    Great video 👍

  • @pierluigicaputo4760
    @pierluigicaputo4760 Рік тому

    Complimenti per il grande lavoro che state facendo
    Siete persone speciali che trovano piacere a portare in Vita oggetti che hanno fatto la storia della nostra esistenza
    Se la distanza non ci dividesse così tanto verrei ad aiutarvi molto volentieri
    Vi seguo con grande affetto e piacere.bupn lavoro

  • @FairladyS130
    @FairladyS130 Рік тому

    Hell of a field service job to get one of those road wheels off. Simple to build but difficult to service without a special tool.

  • @johnhebebrand7470
    @johnhebebrand7470 Рік тому

    Wow, I have much admiration for you guys. Every joint and muscle in my body hurts just watching how hard you have to work on these things. GREAT JOB !

  • @garymucher4082
    @garymucher4082 Рік тому +2

    Hot, dirty, tiresom hard work for sure. Amazing how much tension those wheels are under. To see each one pop tells that story... Thumbs Up to everyone of you.

  • @cossulucien9029
    @cossulucien9029 Рік тому

    Hello fom Luxemburg, You Are a great team

  • @aserta
    @aserta 2 місяці тому

    13:02 that's hard labour there. In the heat, in the humidity, on the ground, in the dirt going at it with a passion. AAAM has the hardest working people!

  • @clanharris4
    @clanharris4 Рік тому

    The threaded nut is what was used originally, along with a sliding rod hammer.

  • @iainburgess8577
    @iainburgess8577 Рік тому +2

    ... was that an old James Bond theme sample? Loved the drop in.
    I get it if it's a "got it in one" thing. Or is there an in joke to be had?
    *Edit* Get Smart! We'll played, sir.

  • @timothysmith5769
    @timothysmith5769 Рік тому

    Re:10:55 - I'm not a big fan of using a lot of heat, especially out on the fringes of the critical areas; particularly weight-bearing sections of the machine. That said, heat IS an important and very necessary strategy. Sometimes, it's better to get some lubrication on the piece and let it soak in while moving on to the next bit and coming back to the reluctant piece later. Doing things such as these road wheels doesn't have to take place in any particular order. These machines are no longer in 'as-new' condition and they usually aren't in a mood to be disturbed and one cannot expect something this old to be cooperative. All that aside, I'm seeing a lot of very fine teamwork here. Quite a pleasure to watch.

  • @scroggins100
    @scroggins100 Рік тому

    Superb display of heavy horizontal wellieing there chaps..

  • @JackFlemingFan1
    @JackFlemingFan1 Рік тому

    As always thanks once again for posting yet another excellent video from The Australian Armour & Artillery Museum!

  • @vonJaerschky
    @vonJaerschky Рік тому

    Old Man Strength is real.

  • @yattaran1484
    @yattaran1484 Рік тому

    Awesome works as always !. Can't wait next Wednesday.

  • @Bill53AD
    @Bill53AD Рік тому

    Well done mates. This is going to be a beauty when done.

  • @JDnBeastlet
    @JDnBeastlet Рік тому

    Great video and excellent progress on the grant! I definitely couldn't swing that sledge with both hands time after time. And it's really something to see the metal part of those tires spring apart! Loved the episode and I hope the next one shows the new tires being pressed on.

  • @andrewsteele7663
    @andrewsteele7663 Рік тому

    Thanks team, as always, what might seem mundane to some, is actually riveting to me, I sat down with my bowl of snacks and did not move until the end. Cheers

  • @shed66215
    @shed66215 Рік тому

    Wonderful team work. Cannot imagine having to work in conditions like that on such a physical task.

  • @raymondswarmer1433
    @raymondswarmer1433 Рік тому

    Have to say Daryl is a tough guy. I’m quite sure I couldn’t keep up with him all day. Kurt, loving your video work and commentary. This is going to be an awesome addition to the museum. Maybe one day I’ll make the trip down under to visit y’all. It’ll be a long trip from Georgia, USA!!!!

  • @georgethoma669
    @georgethoma669 Рік тому

    Love your videos. I look forward to them each week. Thank you!!