Imagine what Mike could do with some actual tooling at his disposal! Man, what he can achieve with basic tools is nothing short of miraculous! Just amazing. Thanks for sharing, Mike!
Imagine what he could do with a proper mill and a little more knowledge about milling! Which cost's loads of money and he can't afford..And neither can I and I would kill for one too..lol
Pretty sure that fantasy sword makers in the old days only used angle grinders, so its about as authentic as it gets If he had some dwarves maybe a little more so but there's a whole lot of issues let me tell you about employing dwarves in the modern era
At first, I thought I was looking at a helical gear for some random vehicle on the thumbnail. But then, I realized it was a pommel for the sword build on your channel. Your precision fabricating with only hand tools always leaves my mind awestruck.
I'll miss the comic relief kids most of all, but life goes on and we release our moorings and cast the ropes of life anew. I hope your son likes the new shop.
13:11 the "machine" that costs a lot of money would be a drill, couple piece of board and string. You make 2 circles out of the board and along the end sizes of your pommel you drill the amount of holes of flutes you want, cut the string to amount of flutes and attach them between the board circles so your pommel piece will be left between the circles and inside of the strings, now you just twist the circles and the strings will work as your guides. So board circles, strings between the circles, thing between the circles within the strings, twist the circles and you have guides for the swirly things. Just if you need to do swirly things in the future.
MIKE!!! I just want you to know that I love you! You are funny and silly and serious and soo much fun to watch. I don't have any money to give to your patron but if I did, I would. Please continue to make videos. You are a delight and your methods are SOO practical and intelligent. Thank you for all the hours of entertainment and instruction. Please keep doing what you are doing.
That look at 6:00, lol. By the gods, if I am ever lucky enough to come into money I'd love to pay you to take a year to make whatever you wanted and be able to document it all for us. Much love and good vibes your way. Thanks for making the world a lot less awful.😢
I got to see my son this week too Mike! Makes everything worth while, yeah! I'm in West KY... had no clue you were so close. Looking forward to part 4... Looking great mate
Always amazes me what you create using basic tools and others use CNC tools, lasers costing tens of thousands. Just goes to show if you have talent, skill and tenacity you can get the job done
Plan change number 6 thousand bazillion!!! As long as it’s within Sharpie spec it’s all good, man. 😅 You make it look so easy. Excellent work. Love the videos.
So, just want to give a little tool tip. I found for marking a specific height on an object, like you were with the two little machinist jack supports. I use a large quantity of paper, or magazines, or books... and then you can put the pen or marker between pages at the correct height. Was the simplest way for me to do it until I snagged a height gauge at a garage sale.
When I saw the pinion you made I said to myself, theres no way you made this with hand tools. Boy was I wrong! You have a very rare skill and giving us the opportunity to witness it is a treasure. Thank you.
0:15 "I don't need the full length of this, but I just got it this long so I'd have something to grab...while I'm doing a bunch of grinding" Jesus Mike that's a powerful opener.
To see that cursed blade made anew., I trust you intend to make another blade as well? It would be dissapointing not too see one from the famed Gotrek to keep foes off walls.
It's so good to see other people using Affinity! If I may you should also take Designer into consideration since is made to work with lins and pen tool. Cheers!!
Oh goodness. I saw the "vertical lathe" setup and my Turbo Amateur Armchair Machinest senses started wailing. Glad no serious injury occurred. Edit: oh. Didn't know that wasn't the only vertical lathe to be seen. Is.. is that a table saw motor turned vertically?
25:00 yeah, you definitely want to stay above 20m/sec (divide to get rpms) for finishing and grind opposite to the sense of rotation to increase speed even more, otherwise stuff will attach to your grain disc/worn grain won't detach and you'll get a bad finish. Also above 200m/min for milling operations.
I would have used twine or string or even welding rod to make those curves on the pommel. It need to be fixed at both ends and it will make a fair curve along the surface, like a batten when fairing the hull of a wooden boat.
Don't know if you watch any Wintergaten while he was designing the Marble Machine X. He ran into an issue where his marbels were becoming magnetized to he made a demanetizer on part of his track, a spinning array of magnets to mix up the magnetic fields in the marbels. I bet a similar spinny disk of marginally dangerous magnets would help with a the removal of the filings left behind after major grinding sessions. I don't know how you are doing it now but I know I always have filings left behind no matter how well I wipe. Just a thought. Again, as always, my fabricating self puckers at everything you do, I'm confused at your technique, and I'm embarrassed in the full knowledge that the only way I could come close to duplicating your work is with a CNC machine. Your work is immaculate as always and I can't figure out how! You are amazing. The sword is beautiful so far.
Should see if you can get a height gage. It's the machinist thingy you mentioned to draw the center line, and you would probably get a lot of use out of it. Obviously it wouldn't help with the curves you did with the tape, but it would save you a lot of trouble stacking washers.
When you can’t get a grip on a small item like that, put it on a piece of old carpet it’ll grip it and as long as you keep it a little bit wet it won’t catch fire
09:37 World's heaviest beyblade... Let it rip! Also, I don't know how possible it would've been, but wouldn't it also have worked to cut in vertical slices and then heat and twist the metal instead of cutting out the curves? Just wondering.
He would have to start with a much longer length, like 8 times longer to get a grip, cut the veins, heat the whole thing through, requiring equipment he doesn't have, somehow mount and twist while glowing red hot, find the straightest most evenly twisted section and cut that out, then still have to grind down the cone and reduce the flares. That would probably work really well on a smaller project, and I've seen a lot of mini-forge videos that are relatively easy and cheep to make. i encourage you to try out exactly that technique to make pineapple, dragon scale, or a variety of similar twisted rod patterns for handles. It's actually loads of fun.
I would really like to see you collaborate with someone with all the best toys to build a giant sword. Just think what it would be like to work in a shop like jason has at fireball tools. You could probably complete a sword in only a few days.
At 8:40 I thought you were going to drill and tap it for actual screws, I was impressed you were following good machining practices with a fixture plate... Then I saw the MIG welder and just gave a long sigh.
This week has actually been nice, my son was visiting me in illinois.
love your content :D
Glad to hear you've had a nice week. Hope you are doing well Mike.
Nice to hear
:)
Welcome to the Midwest! I'm in southern Wisconsin myself. Nice place to live
Imagine what Mike could do with some actual tooling at his disposal! Man, what he can achieve with basic tools is nothing short of miraculous! Just amazing. Thanks for sharing, Mike!
i like to think he would say "fuck your tools" and proceed to make stuff better than the people with all the tools...lol
Imagine what he could do with a proper mill and a little more knowledge about milling! Which cost's loads of money and he can't afford..And neither can I and I would kill for one too..lol
A lathe would make so many things he does way easier
@@darksunrise957 Could even spin it out on a lathe and then give it a few touch ups with a grinder to give it his characteristic look
Pretty sure that fantasy sword makers in the old days only used angle grinders, so its about as authentic as it gets
If he had some dwarves maybe a little more so but there's a whole lot of issues let me tell you about employing dwarves in the modern era
How has this man not been sponsored by a grinder disc manufacturer already?
I feel like this guy would hand grind transmission gears and they would work perfect. I have never seen machining in a chaotic way. It works!
At first, I thought I was looking at a helical gear for some random vehicle on the thumbnail. But then, I realized it was a pommel for the sword build on your channel. Your precision fabricating with only hand tools always leaves my mind awestruck.
I'll miss the comic relief kids most of all, but life goes on and we release our moorings and cast the ropes of life anew. I hope your son likes the new shop.
What happend was there a split up?
13:11 the "machine" that costs a lot of money would be a drill, couple piece of board and string. You make 2 circles out of the board and along the end sizes of your pommel you drill the amount of holes of flutes you want, cut the string to amount of flutes and attach them between the board circles so your pommel piece will be left between the circles and inside of the strings, now you just twist the circles and the strings will work as your guides.
So board circles, strings between the circles, thing between the circles within the strings, twist the circles and you have guides for the swirly things.
Just if you need to do swirly things in the future.
A string? In this economy?
This must be that string theory people always talk about.
"There's some gadget machinists would use, but instead..." *pulls out comically large clamp
MIKE!!! I just want you to know that I love you! You are funny and silly and serious and soo much fun to watch. I don't have any money to give to your patron but if I did, I would. Please continue to make videos. You are a delight and your methods are SOO practical and intelligent. Thank you for all the hours of entertainment and instruction. Please keep doing what you are doing.
That look at 6:00, lol. By the gods, if I am ever lucky enough to come into money I'd love to pay you to take a year to make whatever you wanted and be able to document it all for us. Much love and good vibes your way. Thanks for making the world a lot less awful.😢
Agreed!
5:55 the way you turn to the camera 😂
Not sure what to call it "grinding with love" or "lovely grinding"
Swirly pommel looks a lot like the pinion gear in an automotive differential's ring and pinion!
I’ve loved every project and every video of yours I’ve ever seen Mike. You inspire me to be a better human!
sharpie technology! 😂😅 Mike you're the best!
You know you have a giant sword when your pommel can be used as a mace
To end them rightly.
@@bryanadam4578 genuinely gave me a chuckle thanks
Your tig welding is actually really good for demonstrating how it works and what it looks like, I love it
Congrats on negotiating these intricate shapes Mike. Amazing work sir!
Every time you cut something round like that , I think "man he needs a lathe. " live your work!
Watching Mike tack weld tools together is like watching someone solve puzzles in tears of the kingdom
At 6:00 - Does he know what he looks like he's doing?
At 6:10 - YUP 😂😂😂
I got to see my son this week too Mike! Makes everything worth while, yeah! I'm in West KY... had no clue you were so close. Looking forward to part 4... Looking great mate
31:31 can you imagine ACTUALLY having that hurled at you?! lmao XD
That spit bottle really gets me every time I see it. I imagine what it is like in person then I stop myself over and over.
Michael: "Look at this big boy for doing the pommel."
My brain continuing on in his voice:"You could end somebody rightly with that."
Michaelcthulhu is the epitome of safety precautions
4:25 "I'm pretty good with grinders." Says the Grinder God.
Just saying, always impressed with what you can do with a grinder.
i was like dude youre surgical you can do it
Absolutely amazing skills, workmanship, and attention to detail. Thanks for showing us aso much f the fabrication process.
MichaelCthulhu: These two cones combined will give me...
Me: Captain Planet?
MichaelCthulhu: something very close to this curve.
Me: oh :(
Always amazes me what you create using basic tools and others use CNC tools, lasers costing tens of thousands. Just goes to show if you have talent, skill and tenacity you can get the job done
This sword is SO F*CKING BEAUTIFUL! I'm in pure awe!
your skill with a grinder is absolutely amazing to me.
Not the direct eye contact while thrust grinding the pommel. 😂
Plan change number 6 thousand bazillion!!! As long as it’s within Sharpie spec it’s all good, man. 😅 You make it look so easy. Excellent work. Love the videos.
So, just want to give a little tool tip. I found for marking a specific height on an object, like you were with the two little machinist jack supports. I use a large quantity of paper, or magazines, or books... and then you can put the pen or marker between pages at the correct height. Was the simplest way for me to do it until I snagged a height gauge at a garage sale.
Love the channel and the content
When I saw the pinion you made I said to myself, theres no way you made this with hand tools. Boy was I wrong! You have a very rare skill and giving us the opportunity to witness it is a treasure. Thank you.
He's SUCH a craftsman! Shows us what patience and precision can reward us with!
An impressive work of art for ending your opponent rightly
6:09 Some grinders have all the luck.
Outstanding build.
"Abrupt cut to me standing here!" NOOOOOOOOOOOO
18:24 The pommel design reminds me of a blancmange mould that my mum had in the 70's
Swirly Pommel.... that's a great name for a fictional character.
whole lotta bloops today...you cutting out that plasma hole deserves the utmost respect...
This mans ingenuity knows no bounds
The pommel looks like a death metal cupcake!
That 'Death Lathe' is some SERIOUS MacGuyvering / Americna Redneck Engineering
Props to you for figuring it out
I Love that you do everything by hand :)
Who knew grinding was all in the Hips.
Thrusting too. 😂
I also switch between metric and Imperial to use the easiest "whole" number. 1/2 " is much easier than 12.54mm. Lol.
it reminds me on the sprocket of a hypoid gear from a truck differential, so the "easy machine" would cost a high 6 digit number, maybe even 7 digits.
It never ceases to amaze me what you can do with an angle grinder.
Looking very nice. I really like the scroll work.
"I heard you like pommels, so I stook some pommel on your pommel, so you can end him rightly, while ending him rightly" 😂
0:15 "I don't need the full length of this, but I just got it this long so I'd have something to grab...while I'm doing a bunch of grinding"
Jesus Mike that's a powerful opener.
Turning a drill press and a angle grinder into a vertical lathe is a perfect example of work smarter not harder.
Angle grinder artistry.
6:09 It's like you read my mind across time and space!
Me at 5:57: Lil sus but maybe that's just an actual technique. Me at 6:10: Okay wise guy well played...
i just noticed, we have the same exact compass for drawing circles, just you taped a sharpie marker to yours and yours is well used
The thrusting with the angle grinder hade me laughing.
It’s a good day when the mig makes an appearance. Retrocthulhu.
You are one of the most interesting mad Irishmen on UA-cam.
6:03 nice hip movements
I would love to have you make me a _Conan the Destroyer_ working replica sword, it's always been my favorite fantasy weapon.
Now *that's* a pommel you can rightly end your foes with.
To see that cursed blade made anew., I trust you intend to make another blade as well? It would be dissapointing not too see one from the famed Gotrek to keep foes off walls.
6:10 lmao! man we've missed you. cheers
Epic juice squeezer pommel.
NOW I know what it reminded me off 🤣🤣🤣
It's so good to see other people using Affinity!
If I may you should also take Designer into consideration since is made to work with lins and pen tool.
Cheers!!
Oh goodness. I saw the "vertical lathe" setup and my Turbo Amateur Armchair Machinest senses started wailing. Glad no serious injury occurred.
Edit: oh. Didn't know that wasn't the only vertical lathe to be seen. Is.. is that a table saw motor turned vertically?
27:30 peak "don't try this at home kids"
Someone please create and then.give this man a masters degree in Improvisational Engineering.
25:00 yeah, you definitely want to stay above 20m/sec (divide to get rpms) for finishing and grind opposite to the sense of rotation to increase speed even more, otherwise stuff will attach to your grain disc/worn grain won't detach and you'll get a bad finish. Also above 200m/min for milling operations.
I would have used twine or string or even welding rod to make those curves on the pommel. It need to be fixed at both ends and it will make a fair curve along the surface, like a batten when fairing the hull of a wooden boat.
Don't know if you watch any Wintergaten while he was designing the Marble Machine X. He ran into an issue where his marbels were becoming magnetized to he made a demanetizer on part of his track, a spinning array of magnets to mix up the magnetic fields in the marbels. I bet a similar spinny disk of marginally dangerous magnets would help with a the removal of the filings left behind after major grinding sessions. I don't know how you are doing it now but I know I always have filings left behind no matter how well I wipe. Just a thought.
Again, as always, my fabricating self puckers at everything you do, I'm confused at your technique, and I'm embarrassed in the full knowledge that the only way I could come close to duplicating your work is with a CNC machine. Your work is immaculate as always and I can't figure out how! You are amazing. The sword is beautiful so far.
6:07 Me: Does he know how that looks?
Him:
I was 100% sure you were going to chuck that into a lathe and grind it while rotating.
My daughter loves your metal cupcake
I guess that getting a mill and a lathe would just be far too easy for the man who's this good with a welder and a grinder.
Patience of a Saint I believe they say !!!!!
A lathe and a decent piece of ply for a work bench wouldn't go amiss 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Should see if you can get a height gage. It's the machinist thingy you mentioned to draw the center line, and you would probably get a lot of use out of it.
Obviously it wouldn't help with the curves you did with the tape, but it would save you a lot of trouble stacking washers.
Your videos are mesmerizing
When you can’t get a grip on a small item like that, put it on a piece of old carpet it’ll grip it and as long as you keep it a little bit wet it won’t catch fire
Did the text flash at 23:16 say "that's what she said" ? Lol!
That looks amazing
Good stuff. She's looking badass!
You are amazing sir.
So dope!
You heard him, he is pretty good at Grindr
SOMEONE get this man a heavy LATHE!
Death lathe v2 is genius looking
09:37 World's heaviest beyblade...
Let it rip!
Also, I don't know how possible it would've been, but wouldn't it also have worked to cut in vertical slices and then heat and twist the metal instead of cutting out the curves?
Just wondering.
Ya ain't twisting that lump by hand, that's for sure. Besides it wouldn't twist evenly because of the varying thickness.
He would have to start with a much longer length, like 8 times longer to get a grip, cut the veins, heat the whole thing through, requiring equipment he doesn't have, somehow mount and twist while glowing red hot, find the straightest most evenly twisted section and cut that out, then still have to grind down the cone and reduce the flares. That would probably work really well on a smaller project, and I've seen a lot of mini-forge videos that are relatively easy and cheep to make. i encourage you to try out exactly that technique to make pineapple, dragon scale, or a variety of similar twisted rod patterns for handles. It's actually loads of fun.
@@RamDragon32
Fair point, figured I'd atleast drop the idea :)
Love your stuff! Just ordered a T-shirt and 15% off killer deal!!! Hint hint to the rest of us fans :)
New title suggestion: Make A Job Take 10x Longer Because I Refuse To Buy A Metal Lathe
How about for the center point, drill a hole. Use a drill bit, 1-2 inches deep, tack that and drill with drill bit inside of chuck?
51:38 low light shot of a weld? First time I've been able to see it clearly!
I love you dude
I would really like to see you collaborate with someone with all the best toys to build a giant sword. Just think what it would be like to work in a shop like jason has at fireball tools. You could probably complete a sword in only a few days.
31:25 Memeception!
At 8:40 I thought you were going to drill and tap it for actual screws, I was impressed you were following good machining practices with a fixture plate... Then I saw the MIG welder and just gave a long sigh.
Ho mutch do you want for this sword than you are 100% done with it???