Man I have been battling cancer for 3 years and I just wanted to say how therapeutic watching your videos are. Been fabricating for 40 years and I learn lots from you. Thanks man it gets me through the hard stuff!!
Love your trial and error "just get it done" approach for making these simple hand tools - not everything warrants being drawn in CAD and cut CNC. Great work Karl, and great channel!!
I just want to say thankyou so much , I just got done making my Dimple die punch tool. I got my bead roller 3 days ago, I have a long way to go .....but maybe some day :)
A great technique but it is your eye for detail that beautiful that makes the difference. Like a great photographer you have an eye for seeing things others don't
Man keep making these types of videos, you just got a like, sub and the bell for this one! I really like that you show how to make tools! That is something that no one else is doing and it really sets you apart!
Thank you again for being the, 'every man' for the do-it-yourselfer's . Your the insperation to my back yard fabricating builds. Very talented and clever man you are. 👍
Karl, Christina you both cease to amaze me. I enjoy, respect and very appreciate all your efforts. The learning curves you invite us to join in. Many thanks.
@@jenkinseric2 it's a common phase that is wrong. I have said the same thing and thought about it and wondered how it became a common phrase being wrong. English language is complex.
I'm old guy that's been doing body work for 40 years and now I'm watching you and found out that I know nothing about custom design and work. So I'm learning a lot so thank you for how you explain everything. Just started following you about a month ago. Foot surgery so can't move around and found you guys on Utube. So glad I did. Thank you for all your videos and you have a awesome wife. Always remember that. God bless
That's a pretty neat tool, the way I made my dimple dies for tappered screws before I got my lathe was I took countersunk machined stainless washers that I brazed over a larger, drilled piece of cold roll steel or bar stock. Then I drill an undersize hole in the sheet metal I want the dimple in, take a tappered screw that fit the hole, place the sheet with the screw over my tool, give a good whack on the screw head, that will start the tapper and enlarge the hole, repeat with the correct size screw, then with a piece of tube of a slightly larger diameter than the washer placed over I hammer it. It can be a pain to center, but it gets the job done. If you don't have a lathe it's super easy to fabricate and in no time you can make different sizes.
I like your approach to getting things done. I learned long ago there are more ways than one “correct” way in machining. However, always remove chuck keys. Keep yourself safe around lathes. They don’t care about skin and bone. Keep up the good work.
D. Conrad, my woodshop teacher in jr. high rigged up a 'plate with a hole in it' over the drill press on switch You had to use the chuck key to push the 'on button'
Yup he's building a lot of stuff in like the traditional-style hot traditional style hot rods with the little bit of a more modern flare but still kept in the traditional-style alive is what I'm trying to say Google Voice doesn't always let me say like I want cuz it translates it bad or good sometimes
Another Great Idea and great tool Karl. I was thinking for the 3/16 “ alignment pin, for those that don’t have or want to use a transfer bit, most people that have tools have old broken or dull (burnt) drill bits laying around.. One of the 3/16” drills flute end could easily be fastened with Loctite or epoxied into one of the tool half’s. Also for a template most home building stores have pick bins where you can find the countersunk washers that could help with the size and shaping. Thanks again keep em coming.
That's what I love, a bit of "by eye engineering ". Again so simple but so affective. Wish I had youtube when I was younger, I've learnt so much from you, thanks dude.
Karl, you did it again & learned me somthin new. Just love making or modifying my own tools & vids like this inspire me to do more. I get a kick out of telling people I didn't just make that, I made the tools that made that. Which is something you can say yourself for sure. Thanks for sharing, Rock on Brother!
Very cool. Give us old guys like myself to know how to do this some inspiration as well as making us relearner help us remember what we've already forgotten as well thanks for responding me the other day about you liking my comment I like how you approach the video so way you never read them in the way you were able to film them and how you show the real the real world when you mess up or forget stuff and you can put it in some of your videos if you can
I have found that if you do the dimples first and then bead roll it doesn’t distort the bead roll and it still keeps the panel tight. Works really well for when the step is close to the dimple.
Good stuff! You know what’s next boss. Pre- order requests coming up! Really liked this vid and your a generous friend to see the other dimple die go gonzo.
Hi Karl. I showed your video to a customer whom I recently bead rolled some door panels for. He had an engineer copy your tool for me. We will be using it to finish his panels. Thanks for all your informative content.
Thanks Karl, you have a great channel and you are a great teacher. I made me a set of this tool today, but since I dont have a lathe I used round stock with a snug fitting pipe around. Then I only needed a pillar drill and a grinder to make the profiles of(and welder to fixate the pipe to the dies)
Karl, that's a great tool and a very easy way to make it. Please remember to put a heavy chamfer on the end of the punch that you strike with your hammer though to avoid eventually injuring yourself or anyone else nearby, like any punch or chisel that mushrooms and splinters when hit. My "Machinist OCD" would have had me going to my books looking up the dimensions of the screw head to get exact angles, etc., but seeing that eyeballing it works just fine tells me that there _is_ a cure for that specific case of OCD! ;D
Thanks a million for this video! I've been fabricating firewall panels for my C10 and I'm using rivnuts to hold the panels to the firewall. The dang rivnuts stick up 0.050" and prevent my panels from laying down flat with my button head screws. Inspired by your video I fired up my crappy 20 year old Harbor Freight mini-lathe and made a set of dies to emboss a 0.050" dimple in the panel to hide the rivnut. I used a 1/4-20 nut & bolt to cinch it down rather than a hammer. Love the awesome videos!
Brilliant. Great explanation of metal distortion and how it can be worked to you advantage in applied applications with homemade tools and an understanding of the material. Seriously, amazing. Thank you!
Thanks so much for this. I bought door latch reinforcements for my 66 mustang “Betsy” and the dimples were too small. After watching your video I made a dimple tool to correct the parts. Worked a treat. I posted a video of the process acknowledging your help. Thanks again for the useful content.
"little dab will do you" the first Journeyman I worked with when I started my apprenticeship said that 30 years ago teaching me about tapping threads, still hear it in my head every time I'm using it. Too funny. Great channel!
That is an awesome, simple little tool, i'll be making myself one for when we do the interior on the fj40 project we are doing on our you tube channel. I didnt realize you are in B.C or even Canada till you said Salmon arm in this video, we are in Alberta. I watch your channel, you definitely have an awesome shop and do some kick ass projects! Thanks for sharing this idea, i will give you a shout out when i use the tool on my project!
Gotta tie that chuck key to your wrist with a very short chord. Enjoyed watching your thinking and development of the dimple-die. The results are right-on.
Thank you- you have solved a problem (saved me doing it!) I restore old and vintage narrow gauge locos Panels are often bolted or riveted onto framework, your dimple die will work a treat , I will make it heavier as we use 1 to 1.5mm sheet steel happy new year from Scotland
Brylcreem! The gals 'll all pursue ya! Your channel is super fun and informative, the metal working is excellent, and I love the grandfather era references. Thanks so much for what you do.
Love your videos and enjoy going back and refreshing before some projects, also enjoy telling people about your channel when they are in the middle of a build and trying to figure how to build something!
I don’t have the equipment to make one of these but I would love to have one. If you decided to make one for sale I would appreciate the opportunity to purchase it. Also I came to your channel after watching you with halfassed custom. The two of you worked well together. You should do more together. I really enjoy your how to with what I call every-day tools (no specialized tools). Great job!!!
How could a guy that doesn't have a lathe make this?... love all your work..has inspired me to make door panels for my 78 k5 blazer..and these would look perfect.
Nice Karl. If you want to lock the pin in place...single knurl the end that's in the die and push it in with your press. Add some green Loctite if you want.
Ohhh I hate when I hit enter by habit before I was done commenting! Anyway, how does your build compare to like, a $600 dimple kit (8 size one)? Not sure what steel you used or how long it lasts before flaring etc.
You Just have an amazing knack for teaching and helping others understand your craft of metal working. I am like a sponge everytime you post a new video..keep up the great work.
Man I have been battling cancer for 3 years and I just wanted to say how therapeutic watching your videos are. Been fabricating for 40 years and I learn lots from you. Thanks man it gets me through the hard stuff!!
I love the homemade tools! That is a sweet one. So I have another project. Lol.
Thanks Tony!
I love when “guys I watch” watch “guys I watch. Cheers to both ends of this beautiful country 🇨🇦 from me in the middle (Ontario) 🍻
You guys should do a resto collaboration
I love your shows also
Love your trial and error "just get it done" approach for making these simple hand tools - not everything warrants being drawn in CAD and cut CNC. Great work Karl, and great channel!!
Sometimes good enough is good enough cool little tool tho
I just want to say thankyou so much , I just got done making my Dimple die punch tool. I got my bead roller 3 days ago, I have a long way to go .....but maybe some day :)
I still treasure the one of these you made me!!! What a cool piece. Thank you again
Haha that was the original! You’re welcome dude!
A great technique but it is your eye for detail that beautiful that makes the difference. Like a great photographer you have an eye for seeing things others don't
Man keep making these types of videos, you just got a like, sub and the bell for this one! I really like that you show how to make tools! That is something that no one else is doing and it really sets you apart!
Going to say it again so it sinks in....counter sinks in. haha. Another nicely done job. Thank you.
Thank you so much for making these videos!!!!!
Two videos a week for the rest of the year!?!? Thanks Karl, love the content!
That’s the goal and I’m sticking to it!
Supper duper "Rockabilly" jazzing in the back ground.....Along with your supper informative content, nice spacious shop !
Thank you again for being the, 'every man' for the do-it-yourselfer's . Your the insperation to my back yard fabricating builds. Very talented and clever man you are. 👍
Karl, Christina you both cease to amaze me. I enjoy, respect and very appreciate all your efforts. The learning curves you invite us to join in. Many thanks.
never cease to amaze you. Cease means to stop. So what you said was they stop amazing you. now you know.
@@jenkinseric2 😁👍
@@jenkinseric2 it's a common phase that is wrong. I have said the same thing and thought about it and wondered how it became a common phrase being wrong. English language is complex.
I'm old guy that's been doing body work for 40 years and now I'm watching you and found out that I know nothing about custom design and work. So I'm learning a lot so thank you for how you explain everything. Just started following you about a month ago. Foot surgery so can't move around and found you guys on Utube. So glad I did. Thank you for all your videos and you have a awesome wife. Always remember that. God bless
2:42 I was one of them when u made the door panels. I’m very excited to watch this video after watching that one.
Saw this just in time for the door panels of my truck!!! Great video!!
Thanks 👍 gives it nice finished look "Make It Kustom, it's in the name"
Maybe get a cnc shop to make a small batch and sell them? I bet many people would buy it.
That's a pretty neat tool, the way I made my dimple dies for tappered screws before I got my lathe was I took countersunk machined stainless washers that I brazed over a larger, drilled piece of cold roll steel or bar stock. Then I drill an undersize hole in the sheet metal I want the dimple in, take a tappered screw that fit the hole, place the sheet with the screw over my tool, give a good whack on the screw head, that will start the tapper and enlarge the hole, repeat with the correct size screw, then with a piece of tube of a slightly larger diameter than the washer placed over I hammer it. It can be a pain to center, but it gets the job done. If you don't have a lathe it's super easy to fabricate and in no time you can make different sizes.
I like your approach to getting things done. I learned long ago there are more ways than one “correct” way in machining.
However, always remove chuck keys. Keep yourself safe around lathes. They don’t care about skin and bone.
Keep up the good work.
I second this comment
👍👍👍😜🏴🦕🦄😁✌🤞
Thanks for looking out Dave! Cheers
D. Conrad,
my woodshop teacher in jr. high rigged up a 'plate with a hole in it' over the drill press on switch
You had to use the chuck key to push the 'on button'
Yup he's building a lot of stuff in like the traditional-style hot traditional style hot rods with the little bit of a more modern flare but still kept in the traditional-style alive is what I'm trying to say Google Voice doesn't always let me say like I want cuz it translates it bad or good sometimes
Yup. For real. Lost skin from working on cars as well
Another Great Idea and great tool Karl. I was thinking for the 3/16 “ alignment pin, for those that don’t have or want to use a transfer bit, most people that have tools have old broken or dull (burnt) drill bits laying around.. One of the 3/16” drills flute end could easily be fastened with Loctite or epoxied into one of the tool half’s. Also for a template most home building stores have pick bins where you can find the countersunk washers that could help with the size and shaping.
Thanks again keep em coming.
That's what I love, a bit of "by eye engineering ". Again so simple but so affective. Wish I had youtube when I was younger, I've learnt so much from you, thanks dude.
I learn so much from you, going to get my kombi done looking schmick because of you!
Hooray! A Hercus 260 in the wild! I've got one, they're a fantastic hobby lathe.
I asked. You delivered. Thanks
He has become the metal whisperer. He definitely understands the metal that he's working with.
Great job 👍 and nice video as always.
That's some mad etch-a-sketch skills! Now, if only I had a lathe...
Great simple tool with very clever consequences.
Kudos to Christina’s camera work!
Honestly, this is the most valuable channel on UA-cam for me. Love the content!
Fabrication on the hoof and freehand turning - absolutely awesome. Thank you
So cool, I am learning lots about metal working. Thanks!
Karl, you did it again & learned me somthin new. Just love making or modifying my own tools & vids like this inspire me to do more. I get a kick out of telling people I didn't just make that, I made the tools that made that. Which is something you can say yourself for sure. Thanks for sharing, Rock on Brother!
Ha ha yeah man that’s the same thing I enjoy as well. I didn’t just be roll it I built a bead roller
I have no need r equipment to make , but I do enjoy watching you design and build/make these tools.
That's the lathe getting fired up tomorrow morning 🤣👍😘🏴
Very cool. Give us old guys like myself to know how to do this some inspiration as well as making us relearner help us remember what we've already forgotten as well thanks for responding me the other day about you liking my comment I like how you approach the video so way you never read them in the way you were able to film them and how you show the real the real world when you mess up or forget stuff and you can put it in some of your videos if you can
I'm using voice to talk I'm not good at typing on the keyboard for what I say so Google Voice might help me better
I have found that if you do the dimples first and then bead roll it doesn’t distort the bead roll and it still keeps the panel tight. Works really well for when the step is close to the dimple.
Awesome video today guys from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
Another great idea my friend!!! Awesome work!!!
So I'm not the only one who likes the smell of Rapid Tap. It's great stuff.
That would be a great tool for you to offer for sale on your web site, I would buy one. Most people don't have lathe to make their own.
That’s exactly what I was going to say he should start fabricating these and selling them also
Man you made that look super easy.
Good stuff! You know what’s next boss. Pre- order requests coming up! Really liked this vid and your a generous friend to see the other dimple die go gonzo.
Stumbled on dis vid…I really dig your vibe.
Hi Karl. I showed your video to a customer whom I recently bead rolled some door panels for. He had an engineer copy your tool for me. We will be using it to finish his panels. Thanks for all your informative content.
That’s awesome! Glad to hear it!
Thanks for the idea .Shop tip . I used this tool to knock the ugly off of washers and make them blend in with my project .
Not confusing at all really totally understand well done thanks heaps for all the videos.❤❤😊❤❤
Thanks Karl, you have a great channel and you are a great teacher.
I made me a set of this tool today, but since I dont have a lathe I used round stock with a snug fitting pipe around. Then I only needed a pillar drill and a grinder to make the profiles of(and welder to fixate the pipe to the dies)
I’ve got to say your wife is great at filming your channel .
You're a badass....plain and simple! Love the calm demeaner even when you hit roadblocks...
Neat little tool. One could make an entire set of different sizes. Thanks
Thank you for showing how you made that tool. Keep up the great work and God Bless you and your family.
That's a really cool detail! Great explanation, I learned something today.Thanks for sharing!
Karl, that's a great tool and a very easy way to make it. Please remember to put a heavy chamfer on the end of the punch that you strike with your hammer though to avoid eventually injuring yourself or anyone else nearby, like any punch or chisel that mushrooms and splinters when hit. My "Machinist OCD" would have had me going to my books looking up the dimensions of the screw head to get exact angles, etc., but seeing that eyeballing it works just fine tells me that there _is_ a cure for that specific case of OCD! ;D
Thanks a million for this video! I've been fabricating firewall panels for my C10 and I'm using rivnuts to hold the panels to the firewall. The dang rivnuts stick up 0.050" and prevent my panels from laying down flat with my button head screws. Inspired by your video I fired up my crappy 20 year old Harbor Freight mini-lathe and made a set of dies to emboss a 0.050" dimple in the panel to hide the rivnut. I used a 1/4-20 nut & bolt to cinch it down rather than a hammer. Love the awesome videos!
Brilliant. Great explanation of metal distortion and how it can be worked to you advantage in applied applications with homemade tools and an understanding of the material. Seriously, amazing. Thank you!
Another excellent video, instructions as well as explanation. Thank-You!
You are a great teacher, you explain it so I can get it, 80yrs old, you can teach an old dog new tricks, Jim las vegas nv
Thanks so much for this. I bought door latch reinforcements for my 66 mustang “Betsy” and the dimples were too small. After watching your video I made a dimple tool to correct the parts. Worked a treat. I posted a video of the process acknowledging your help.
Thanks again for the useful content.
Don! Thank you so much! I’m so glad to hear that you made the tool and used it on Betsy! Thank you for the shout out as well. Cheers!
Also for guys that dont need to take tension out of panels and have the ability to do this. Stainless finish washers work great. Good stuff Karl!!!
"little dab will do you" the first Journeyman I worked with when I started my apprenticeship said that 30 years ago teaching me about tapping threads, still hear it in my head every time I'm using it. Too funny. Great channel!
Ha ha ha I don’t remember exactly where I heard that but probably the same scenario
I'm sure this show will be good, your videos are golden!
That is an awesome, simple little tool, i'll be making myself one for when we do the interior on the fj40 project we are doing on our you tube channel.
I didnt realize you are in B.C or even Canada till you said Salmon arm in this video, we are in Alberta. I watch your channel, you definitely have an awesome shop and do some kick ass projects!
Thanks for sharing this idea, i will give you a shout out when i use the tool on my project!
Gotta tie that chuck key to your wrist with a very short chord. Enjoyed watching your thinking and development of the dimple-die. The results are right-on.
Thank you- you have solved a problem (saved me doing it!) I restore old and vintage narrow gauge locos
Panels are often bolted or riveted onto framework, your dimple die will work a treat , I will make it heavier
as we use 1 to 1.5mm sheet steel
happy new year from Scotland
Thanks for making these fab videos, huge fan.
So cool! Keep these "How-To"'s coming!
Love your channel kid. Keep up the great work
Brylcreem! The gals 'll all pursue ya! Your channel is super fun and informative, the metal working is excellent, and I love the grandfather era references. Thanks so much for what you do.
Wow!! great forming die, great explanation you are a natural teacher. Good video take care thanks 😊
Love your videos and enjoy going back and refreshing before some projects, also enjoy telling people about your channel when they are in the middle of a build and trying to figure how to build something!
Just came across your channel now subscribed Kewl content
The result looks great. You can even try to 3D Print that tool instead. It works for dimple dies.
Excellent ! Once again you make the complicated look simple. Thanks.
Just like a "fish eye washer" nice!!!
that is a genius of a tool
Informative as always. Be well and stay safe. UK.
I had no die, so just used sacrafice c/sunk bolt with nut and small 5mm flat plate and countersunk into panel steel...worked perfectly.
Nailed it , things we love to do on our own . Thanks man .
this dude has all the tools we daydream about...
Each video is so useful in understanding how to shape metal, thank you for your great explanations along with the hands on component. Brilliant!
Yes, I'm definitely gonna make one of these! Tanks~~ I just discovered you have a show on TV. This is gonna help me learn also! JD
I had some warp issues, but I just got my man Scotty on the job; he fixed it! CPT. J. T. Kirk
Love you work Karl!
Love that tool. It is now on my "to do" list.
I don’t have the equipment to make one of these but I would love to have one. If you decided to make one for sale I would appreciate the opportunity to purchase it.
Also I came to your channel after watching you with halfassed custom. The two of you worked well together. You should do more together.
I really enjoy your how to with what I call every-day tools (no specialized tools).
Great job!!!
How could a guy that doesn't have a lathe make this?... love all your work..has inspired me to make door panels for my 78 k5 blazer..and these would look perfect.
I think Karl better start making these and selling them just like a planashing hammers
I think it could be done with tubes of different sizes sharpened by hand and slipped inside one another at different levels
Nice Karl. If you want to lock the pin in place...single knurl the end that's in the die and push it in with your press. Add some green Loctite if you want.
Yeah great idea!
I really appreciate this tech tip👍👍👍
Man, would sell my soul for a lathe. Even a desktop mini one. Some day.
Ohhh I hate when I hit enter by habit before I was done commenting! Anyway, how does your build compare to like, a $600 dimple kit (8 size one)? Not sure what steel you used or how long it lasts before flaring etc.
Awesome video as always!
So interesting and inventive!
That’s freakin sweet!!!
Now I have a project for my new to me lathe. Thanks Karl!
Awesome! Thanks brother. I've been waiting for this one. Cheers!
AWESOME. I'm going to make one for my shop...
My brother had access to a lathe and I had him make one for me . I used it for install metal door frames when working commercial hardware jobs.
Thanks for the tip and demo.
3d printing 3/4" set while I watch this. Interesting timing
Amazing information and great tool!
Just Unbelievable....Karl........So simple , but yet so smart and usefull. Thank You Karl for another great Tid Bit Vidio !!!! Your the MAN
Thanks very much man!
You Just have an amazing knack for teaching and helping others understand your craft of metal working. I am like a sponge everytime you post a new video..keep up the great work.