How hard can it be to make a drill bit??? (with TA Outdoors!)

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Alec Steele Blacksmith 2021

[@12gageshot]

I would like to see you make a forged welded one.

[@colehoulden9127]

And a longer one as well!

[@jorgemarkin1510]

Wonder why he didn't just weld that one up..

[@bartomiejzemsta2932]

Alec you should do a big project about this and take more time 🙂

[@msparkes1990]

@@jorgemarkin1510 i was thinking the same thing. Just weld that join and clean it up

[@ZackNakazora1]

It would be a neat bit of kit if he could do it.

[@TAOutdoors]

Really enjoyed learning how an auger can be made! Cheers Alec!

[@eunhyuekpark6159]

Great collab! Love both of your guys' channels! Can't wait to see it in use.

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@CalebCarterFilm thats what I'm saying

[@helpabrothawithasubisaiah5316]

@@CalebCarterFilm oh he showed it at around 9:20 in this video

[@andycoppes]

Would've thought you'd have had him forge Excalibur equivalent of a folding packsaw. Futhork inlaid inscription like a Proper packsaw.

[@brookesedgedesigns9441]

We also learned how one can’t be made.

[@juts89]

Old alex would have done a 14 part series making this, going through 3-4 attempts and then inlaying it with gold and diamonds. YOUVE CHANGED

[@UnderfundedScientist]

Who's Alex?

[@minuteman4565]

Yeah I miss the old way he used to make videos too

[@PaulMcClellanmn]

@@minuteman4565 yea I miss skipping to the last 2 minutes as well

[@AlecSteele]

Wednesday.

[@liamx-tc3xb]

He only had a day to do it stop complaining.....

[@paulcolliss2979]

Have you considered doing a collaboration with Will Stelter?

[@brandonb9452]

Haha funny Will was more than half this channel some months

[@gordonfischer8484]

@@brandonb9452 got to agree with that.

[@antoinesp1483]

@@gordonfischer8484 what happened, I missed something

[@epauletshark3793]

@@antoinesp1483 will left and made his own channel.

[@ashleighlivett7258]

The little ears serve to sever the wood grain before the cutting surface touches down, so it helps to not tear away chunks of timber on entry and exit from the other side of it, you notice this when Alec tests his forged one. it is truly amazing the stuff you can do with a forge, you make excellent content!!

[@DonnyHooterHoot]

NO! Really? Wow.

[@ff-qf1th]

This is one of the coolest things you've ever made. I never thought you could make a drill bit by hand!

[@Rikhardi]

That's how they used to make everything

[@RyanYoxo]

Anything can be made with with a welder and grinder!

[@rom65536]

I'm pretty sure just ONE of Alec's "I have no idea what I'm doing"s is worth about fifteen of my "Oh yeah, that's easy"s.

[@sjv6598]

The first failed forge weld could have easily been saved with a forged rivet and would have looked way better than a piece of pipe welded on. That being said I’m impressed you forged an auger drill bit 🙂

[@artursalitis7716]

Can you make a scythe for special lawn mowing using your skills in blacksmithing and greenwood woodworking?

[@Khalastas]

Scythe would be so cool!

[@redhandix874]

There’s a video of him making one on his channel

[@NemoConsequentae]

@@redhandix874 True, but that was a costume one. Real (working) scythes have a different angle/shape to the blade. And often a curved handle for proper reaping.

[@DrakeTain]

Isn’t it just a handle and a cut piece of metal? Not a lot to it.

[@phrodendekia]

@@DrakeTain Oh no, it has a lot more to it. Look at the one made by Torbjorn Ahman.

[@blackieswart3685]

The nostalgia of you being back in the UK, the old shop and people/faces. It's just addictive!

[@HudSzu]

Did he ever say why he moved back? I never heard.

[@bdunphy4796]

Alec: "We haven't seen anybody else in a long time." *sad Jamie noises

[@Mirro18]

he said "We"

[@nicojar]

that's what the "we" means

[@bilbo_gamers6417]

Holy crap! I was just looking for somebody attempting to making a drill bit. Thank you for using your expertise to show it is possible! Now all that's left is to make an End Mill by hand ;)

[@phatputer]

As I mentioned on TA's channel, two of my favourite UK Tubers, just genuinely nice guys creating awesome content.. must be because they both have happy dogs

[@MrGoesBoom]

same

[@Godisangry]

"Flat bottom punch you make the forging world go round"

[@lunasills8031]

Your videos have inspired me to start making things. I'm not necessarily blacksmithing (yet!), but I've started woodworking and I'm about to start leather working! Your videos have been incredibly inspirational and, even though I'm not in the same craft as you, they've taught me a lot about the right attitude to have towards creation.

[@Combat-Nurse]

I loooove these videos so much more than the glam damascus an jewelsetting ones. This is why i started forging.

[@ScottRedstone]

I saw this yesterday on the other guy’s channel and watched it again tonight. Never thought you could twist hot steel and end up with an auger. I thought they were machined. Learn something new every day.

[@redhandix874]

Glad to see some forge welds done this way! Just learned how to do this in my first blacksmithing class

[@lancelotgohel8460]

As a French, I can tell that your French accent was very on point. English speaking people normally have bad French accents but yours really was on point. Another great video and project, love your channel

[@offroadamiou]

Alec is half french 👍🏻

[@lancelotgohel8460]

@@offroadamiou ooooooooh that makes sense. I didn't know that

[@janbernad4729]

I like your profile picture. Real G.

[@philscraftcorner]

I really like how you keep the failed attempts and explain how you learn from that and make awesome items in the end. The excitement when things go right is pretty sweet too.

[@riuphane]

Great colab, as always and as I mentioned on his video too. So cool to see the two different approaches to the same content. So when are you going out into the woods with Mike for some totally awesome bushcraft?

[@lamicrofermedumoulin1896]

« et voilà c’est fini » génial et la vidéo superbe

[@krodkrod8132]

I just went to Lows and bought qa 1 inch auger and welded a piece of steel tubing on it. The tubing was a motorcycle axel hehe. Worked great.

[@arceusmaster91]

Really went above and beyond. I just did a spade bit for my first one. Needed something to expand a hole and I didn't have a short enough .5" bit.

[@pattygg6917]

I love when you guys collab

[@samstirling4279]

It was Mike and the TA outdoor Channel that hooked me on Alec Steele! The bushcraft knife collaboration was great. Great to see you teaming up again for another essential bushcraft tool creation 👍

[@seanmcguire7974]

Love to see channels I watch doing collabs

[@nielsmagielsen646]

So much positive vibes! Even when you have to start over and over!

[@CaliforniaCarpenter7]

This is why we love you, buddy. Humans make mistakes and a lot of KZbinrs would edit the video to make it seem like a first time success. This is beyond incredible, man!

[@lemon265]

I love your collabs! How about an Episode bout forging in the woods? Sure Mike knows how to start a fire

[@57Jimflynn]

So awesome seeing you try new things.

[@Mounty621]

Alec, you are so talented. I am amazed at your creativity and workarounds.

[@Mr.Neko013]

Love it when you experiment! Learning new things is always a good thing

[@adamcronin8846]

This was one of my favorite videos you’ve done

[@roycurtis3818]

Thanks for sharing Alex I was looking for a video forging this tool. You where me first port of call and as ever, never fails to deliver. Many Thanks

[@samuelmartin865]

Watching that thing cut into the block of wood was sooo satisfying.

[@millie7928]

this is a collab i never saw coming, I love watching both your channels I never even anticipated this happening

[@paolosimonini4778]

Old hand drill bits used to end just in a conic shape while keeping the cutting edge. You could make a longer one just cutting the rod longer,even if it doesn't have an edge. You feed the first part were there's the edge and pop It out like a cork to release the debris.

[@andyt3233]

I couldn't believe it alec. I cant believe you did it. Amazing all i got to say. To see you teach your self until it was perfect

[@sebastianblass73]

Man i love watching your videos and it makes me so jealous of your talent. Sometimes i forget that you are so young yet sooooo skilled. Love you channel and you make my day!

[@dannyarrowheadstalker3054]

Another tool, well done Alec. I had to wait impatiently all day to watch this video. It was worth the wait as usual.

[@Crowborn]

What a crossover! Love TA outdoors and TA fishing!

[@Paralius]

Making a tool and seeing it in action working correctly is the single best feeling in the world.

[@henryhendrixx]

I'd love to see Alec make more "traditional" blacksmithing items other than various swords and knives!

[@selonianth]

There's multiple types of Blacksmiths. Most that made weapons made... mostly just weapons with a rare occasion of other stuff.

[@stuartwallace7934]

im a fan of alec and a fan of Mike. learned of mikes channel through alecs last video with him. Love the collaborations. keep them up

[@vishtu]

I love seeing you have guests on and building things with them. While you are still in the UK I love to see you make a Hoof Knife for the hoofgp

[@CleaveMountaineering]

You just discovered why the auger bit was less common in the pre-industrial revolution era.

[@S8tan7]

The twist auger anyway, spoon augers are a bit easier to make

[@yoman2854]

Centre bits, also sometimes called batwing bits are good, if they are sharpened properly

[@NeillWylie]

pretty impressed with how that turned out

[@erikbertram6019]

1:06 Thrrrrrrrrrrread, I love it

[@KENNEY1023]

I watched this on TA Outdoors channel yesterday

[@yishaiwolfe6308]

Thanks for showing me how to make that one. A lot easier then I thought. Can’t wait to give that a go.

[@ncstudio333]

Yo Alec, thanks for some real content again man. Been missing this. We learn a hell of a lot from your videos, really sad to see some of the cheap quick content recently. Just some feedback.

[@il-raptor-li9687]

I think he’s been adjusting to not having Will around, Will prolly did like half of the shopping and looking for ideas for a video, although, I do agree with ya, the informational videos are always super fun to watch.

[@ncstudio333]

@@il-raptor-li9687 yeah for sure. That, along with him being back in the UK and wanting to spend more time with his family. But in general I'd prefer fewer videos but with informative, interesting topics than sponsor-riddled reaction videos or the like. I honestly owe so much to this channel and everything it's taught me and I really don't want to spread hate or anything of the sort. Just wanted to voice what I believe many of the older fans, such as yourself I assume, are feeling.

[@srfhdx5584]

He made one reaction video… the rest of them are all constructing/forging related

[@michaelliening2608]

Something you have to take into account, if a channel doesn't keep up with regular content, it starts to get suppressed by KZbin. So while the shorter videos may not be up to par with some of his other content, they are needed to keep the channel alive.

[@il-raptor-li9687]

@@michaelliening2608 true true, I wasn’t trying to be rude in my comment, I’m just saying why I think most of his videos have kind of changed to a shorter length, cause having even one extra person around to help you makes a huge difference, Will was a huge help in the channel just to keep videos coming out.

[@ToraKwai]

...i hear there's this nice twisting machine in Montana....might have been useful to colab with Will too! haha

[@dragonwing4ever]

can even make a hand crank one, theres a bloke in aus that made up a hand twisting jig

[@scopulus22]

There is and application of this where the handle is the same diameter as the auger, and is sharpened to be hammered onto a limb end making a tenon that would fit the hole in the adjoining piece.

[@hotironaircraftshop]

An auger bit is also useful for drilling holes to make a rocket stove out of a single section of log (wood).

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

My favorite blacksmith and favorite bushcrafter Always love seeing you and Mike collab! Also super impressed :D would love to try this at home but considering I only have my hands, a handheld blowtorch, and sandpaper it would take utterly forever 😂

[@ArieKieser]

Ohh yeah, thank you Alec for another awesome video

[@lordgiantsbane]

I get the time crunch but I’d really like to see the fully forged version completed. I was looking forward to seeing the finished piece and think the hand forged socket adds so much more character than the welded one. Either way, keep up the good work. ⚒️

[@rickjr5641]

Now I’d like to see alec out in the woods with TA trying it out!!

[@tomtinkersrezlife278]

I've been a subscriber of his ever since he did the house made of pallets

[@charliecandy5815]

I’ve been wanting this duo for a long time know 🤙🏻

[@bartomiejzemsta2932]

Alec please, do a big project about this and take more time 🙂

[@2400Ace2]

That's my dream truck (the one your guest got out of) I love a good defender.

[@JonWilsonPhysics]

An auger bit ought to have nickers (no, not those knickers) to cut the wood fibers at the perimeter of the hole before the flat cutting surface removes the waste. Check out some of Rex Krueger's videos about auger bits.

[@RyanPaton]

Amazing!!!! I really want to get myself a shop. You are brilliant and inspiring Alec!

[@philgray4780]

Good on you Alec, Good content is what we crave.

[@cartertrefz4585]

It sure does seem like he is actively avoiding his lawnmower engine scooter

[@urbanlumberjack]

It seems so simple to twist a piece of steel to get the flutes, but dang I never guessed that’s how you make those augers!

[@mattystewart8]

No more one more time rule. You have definitely been listening to the canine paradigm podcast 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@erikjansen3839]

Drilb its and mills are usually ground into their shape wich is in modern days very precise (around 0.001mm for ordinary drill bit sizes) and you can easilys use very hard materials like Tungsten carbide because grinding weels are usually harder than that anyways bigger machining companies may even have their own WU CNC Grinding machines to grind specialized drills and mills and also sharpen old ones

[@clivelee4279]

Perseverance pays, well done.

[@chrisfeldi]

me: 'wow, that looks really good!' Alec: 'This is total garbage.' me: 'It's bad.'

[@cosmicbrambleclawv2]

I feel like that's the Alec equivalent to the VSauce "Right?" Right. "WRONG"

[@thomashaase691]

Love you man not like a weird but totally normal way

[@Owen322]

You need to do another sweeping collaboration with Collin furz

[@TroyHardingLit]

KZbin is a village community, and Alec IS the village blacksmith.

[@desertmountain3663]

the proper auger grind is reversed. The end is a bit above flat and the flute is ground to a chisel tooth at a pitch appropriate for general wood species, hardwood vs soft wood.

[@jaybravo2199]

Thankyou! I love when your uploads hit.

[@NoisyGriff]

Hey Alec - great to see you!

[@cretudavid8622]

You should make a series where you attempt to do old forged things with no power machines :)

[@galenwolf]

Two years.... I reckon it might be time to invite Mike back to the workshop. I'm sure there's a lot of interesting stuff you could both make. Maybe a hanger for over a fire for a pot?

[@zex69]

I love these two

[@SchysCraftCo.]

very cool project. keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friends. forge on. keep making. god bless.

[@nateb7631]

pleasure to watch as always. beautiful Defender as well.

[@BraxxJuventa]

Well done Alec! 👍😁

[@freqenc]

After all these years. Wow!

[@pap314]

been spoiled by TA Outdoors' video

[@powerhandforces]

Great Job! Amazing Skill. We can learn a lot from you, thank you for sharing.

[@michaelgraham3572]

Cool project! Your bit really needs the spurs. Without them, it is much harder to drill and the exit hole tears out a lot more.

[@xPixelationNationx]

Great idea for a video love it. Pushing the boundaries

[@TheAverageDutchman]

4:18 "Hopefully without popping the forge weld open". I don't know if it's purposefully edited that way, but if you look carefully right as Alec says this you can see the forge weld already popped open.

[@Makestuff227]

This is awesome!! Always love these videos!!

[@fadeintoyou5341]

Now we need a deluxe version. Damascus, forgewelded, all the good stuff

[@Goodzikc]

Alex you have skills that I honestly envy! I would love to be able to forge and machine and make jewelry and other awesome things! this is absolutely wonderful work and I hope you keep it up! whenever the world has you down just remember that you've got the skills and knowledge to make and do whatever you want!

[@martinlessard1962]

Ton français est impeccable Alec !

[@BRla86]

You should try making him a + shaped auger with one cross section being the final diameter and the other half the size and a little longer moving into the tip. Really fancy it up. Would love to see you take on that challenge and surprise him

[@John-pp4di]

Well done!

[@JOBTEMCRAFT]

Great job! I hope someday I will be able to forge like you. ^^

[@TimothyHall13]

Oh Yeah!!! Thanks Alec!!!

[@taubergine1719]

I would love to see you make a forge welded Damascus one :3

[@jon-paulfilkins7820]

"I have no idea what I am doing" So, it will be a fun learning experience then!