Buying Back The Machine I Sold 5 YEARS AGO!

[@RayFromTheHayclan]

Poor will. He's never going to live that one down.

[@NikolaHoward]

Never...

[@LittleGreyWolfForge]

NOOoOoOoO

[@ITubetc]

He said "we all know why" and that was the 1st thing that came to mind.

[@kevinbrouwers9381]

Do you know in which video this happens?

[@johnh290]

RESTORING THE FAIRBANKS POWERHAMMER!!! Part 9

[@aserta]

The selector must be damaged. Probably a good idea to at the very least take a peak inside.

[@markfergerson2145]

I have a feeling we will see that. Alec may be satisfied with it now but that can’t last. I was hoping someone would pop up in the comments telling Alec what to look for but I guess we will all have to find out together.

[@aserta]

@@markfergerson2145 There's still a chance someone worked with these and pops out. I'm pretty sure it's the selector because it only reacted/behaved when he touched it AND big clue, it didn't use to work back in the day. My money is on the previous owners playing with that thing, got it to work, then it goofed out and here we are. Hopefully it's nothing expensive, that'd suck.

[@hulkthedane7542]

...or have someone knowledgeable about presses look inside... Congratulations on getting it back 👍👍

[@KnightsWithoutATable]

The overpressure bypass valve back to tank might also be going or need adjusting. That would account for the behavior as well. Either way, it's time to open it up and pray to the Machine God.

[@krombopulosrick7920]

​@hulkthedane7542 yea it isn't a honda civic. I'd pay a few hundred to have a millwright come take a look and set me in the right direction.

[@williamjeffersonclinton69]

2 things we always remember. Will snapping the Sword Breaker and Will dropping his power hammer. Both times I was surprised he didn't start bawling. You could tell he wanted to.

[@NinjaWeazel]

thats Ok I am pretty sure most of us did it for him. Both times. God. Both of those I felt right in the gut.

[@artor9175]

@@NinjaWeazel Seeing the hammer start to tip was an anus-clenching moment, and Will's barely-suppressed meltdown was hard to watch.

[@junkname9983]

He almost tried to catch the hammer

[@Michael-Archonaeus]

Yeah, dude's got some serious self control lol

[@FACTBOT_5000]

The day Will dropped his power hammer is like the 9/11 of blacksmithing.

[@malcolm32]

4:08 Will's screams of anguish still haunt my dreams....

[@natesforge]

If I walk out to the workshop and the Pilkington isn't there I'll be really annoyed Alec!

[@Milan22229]

Dont you have some good dino guards?

[@natesforge]

​@@Milan22229Haha I recon they'll be a match even though Alec has got some great weapons.

[@RestauraresiReparatii]

😂😂😅 good one , nate !

[@sjv6598]

@@natesforgeThat’s Mr Pilkington to you 😡

[@sithus1966]

If he asks about it, just tell him to get forked. :)

[@ManofLowMoralFiber]

I still miss the Montana days, but I'm liking how the new shop is coming together.

[@Powerviolenc3]

Hes not in montana why

[@patricks7622]

Good move there adding the safety guard. Congrats on getting the old machine back. Something very cool about all that. Cheers 👍

[@ferretgubbins]

Nigel's place at Fransham is certainly a cornucopia of interesting machinery and other blacksmithery stuff. Had a pleasant day out going down there to pick up a swage block earlier in the Summer.

[@KillerSpud]

Alec, there is one kind of knife I've never seen any knife makers attempt (though I may have just missed it), a Victorinox / Wenger style Swiss army knife! It would fit right in with your series on making production tools or your zippo lighter.

[@ThatWorks]

I was just saying today that I need a press! Nice find!

[@giggityguy]

If only you had a friend who has a hobby of repairing heavy machinery that you could call about the broken control wheel

[@-joe-davidson]

Too bad you're no longer in the US but it's good to see you getting a full shop set up again.

[@shoshanaepstein2376]

He moved back? Where is he now?

[@-joe-davidson]

@@shoshanaepstein2376 He moved back to England.

[@Merennulli]

Glad to see you getting it back. Whenever you have to sell one of those, it's always de-pressing.

[@lp-xl9ld]

who didn't see that one coming...

[@JimGriffOne]

Looks like you have a hydraulics issue on the press. Probably best to tear it down and see what's up before it goes kaput! Thanks for the video!

[@dcallan812]

Barker St. was a great shop, leaking roof and doors falling off. I remember watching you do the live demo on an evening. One when your pants ripped open just before going live. Duct tape came in so handy. 🤣🤣 great to see you getting some old kit back 2x👍

[@stillinfamous]

The fridge in the roof was my favourite part.

[@EclipseAtDusk]

I still miss Chef Mike to this day

[@chrismillard1726]

I haven't watched you for a whiles Mr Steele (just to busy) but I'm glad to see you still have the same enthusiasm that drew me in back when you were in Baker Street. Have to say your starting to look more grown up than back then, still to young for the experience you have.

[@markusmottus1686]

Hey Mr Steele! I have a suggestion for a project that I think the press would absolutely shine at, a channeled cinqadea, it's an 15th or 16th century Italian style dagger. As always thank you so much for sharing all your masterful creations and may your days stay blessed 🙏🏻

[@Native_love]

Funny, KZbin stopped showing me your videos when you moved to the USA and now that you're back in the UK it's showing me your videos again! And I love your videos!

[@AlejandroHernandez-qd5bj]

love the A&M Sticker, WHOOP!

[@AT16]

The day Will dropped his power hammer *_*bows head*_* *We will remember*

[@pallindsetmo3393]

Hurt just as much every time 😭

[@artor9175]

A day that will live on in infamy...

[@dysartes]

The only positive note about that incident is that no-one was injured. Well, not *physically* injured, though I suspect there was some emotional damage going on...

[@andrewcappiello5585]

I smell a 15 part series in our future.

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

Seeing Will's power hammer crashing down was just plain horrible... all that work, all that time, and all that money... :( We all died a little that day.

[@KevlarIlluminati]

says you. His scream is my alarm tone.

[@cleverusername9369]

Brits remember Nov 5 for the Guy Fawkes plot, Americans remember it as the day Will broke his power hammer

[@CNC-Time-Lapse]

@@cleverusername9369 LOL Good point!

[@MrPhoenix1138]

The moment grown men cried

[@FACTBOT_5000]

It's like the 9/11 of blacksmithing.

[@ericepperson8409]

I'll admit to watching Will's channel a bit more these days. He has bounced back quite nicely from that moment. Even recently posted a wonderful video on yet ANOTHER power hammer he is starting to restore.

[@leedirom]

I'd love to see you do a refurb job no your power press/hammers like a paint job like the American ones make them all your own

[@MeriaDuck]

Lovely how things can come full circle! Been following you for years. That must feel like meeting a teenage crush ten years later 😂 4:17 that clip of Wills hammer still haunts us all. Brings me pain every time I see it.

[@smashallpots1428]

4:21 oh god that sound is etched into my soul

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Steel sir. Congratulations that's awesome. Can't wait to see more updates an projects and many more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. God bless.

[@erikcourtney1834]

Poor Will. But it never gets old. Such a bad situation but I can’t help but to laugh every time one of you play the clip.

[@genevieveard2246]

You might want to start researching the hydraulic diagram for that unit and plan on fixing the bad valve. Its acting up and its just a matter of time before it fails out and the unit is down.

[@BaldWolf]

Glad to see you got the old girl back, just spent the day unpacking my garage and resetting my equipment so I can get back to making knives after moving 😊

[@Bbeaucha88]

Showing respect to another awesome channel! Tyler Bell!

[@treyrussell4540]

I read the title of this video as "Buying back the TIME Machine I sold 5 YEARS AGO" and I was very confused as to how I missed Alec build a Time Machine

[@alexh3974]

Nice work getting it working again. Old machines never die just need some TLc

[@trevorj.8401]

Glad to see things coming in full circle!!

[@lahaya237]

I had never noticed it before, but you are one of the few youtubers where I don't have to increase the play speed. rather the other way around because you show a lot in a short time.

[@White_devil1980]

Glad you got your hydrolic press back after a long few years 🥳 hopefully you will figure out the settings on it ? If you can find a user manual for it that would be very helpful 😎🤗

[@Fatlax73]

Man I remember the Barker St. forge, the classes you used to put on there and of course Sam. Would love to see Sam and Alec again.

[@samfowler4140]

If you where in a fuel station a month ago, we where both there!

[@renierdekock7341]

You should give me.Stelter to come and service your newly purchased, previously owned press and make it like new!😂 Love your work buddy, keep doing what you do just want to see more of your projects and content like in the beginning you made good looking pieces and had more uploads, bring it back.. you got skills!! Keep it up

[@Eric-x4v3i]

Howdy from Aggieland!! Love the Texas A&M sticker. Remember that from way back!

[@megagreatgodlywhiteshark2929]

How ya family an life been Alec!?

[@TheElvenArcher]

I might last an hour before I demolished my shins on that treddle. love watching you work on old machines!

[@zzzires5045]

6:20 the hardest we have seen Alec work in months ;)

[@kurtbogle2973]

Watching someone starting out is interesting. You have the stick to it to accomplish anything. Because you refuse to give up. That's a very respectable caricature trate.

[@roBLINDhood]

Don’t say you’re not gonna bring up why, and then show us why!!! Still makes me want to cry every time I see it!!

[@jamielee9350]

I remember that press very well. Have you still got my old sawmill blades that we were going to turn into a Christmas tree ? The good old days of Holkham Country Fair and Harford Manor.

[@dusty2206]

I love the Alec of old comin back around.

[@93LMSS]

Love the channel, love the videos! Gets mw fired up to work on my stuff everytime! Thank you!

[@tweetertx02]

Pickup filter for the hydraulic system could be clogged causing the pump to be starved for hydraulic fluid. Had the same issue with a 25 ton hydraulic clicker press causing it to act erratic.

[@steprockmedia]

Congratulations! That's all so very right.

[@aaronebertowski]

Love the Texas A&M Sticker on the front of that Press! Gig 'Em!

[@kzarnold3678]

Nicely done

[@_zzpza]

I like the way you can see it squeeze the heat out of the metal.

[@jamesbarclay1300]

Texas stickers look Great!!!

[@isam950]

Keep the texas a&m sticker on it. I remember seeing that in all your videos. I just graduated from there and am back for my masters.

[@mark8lifestyle322]

Wise idea to use a Forklift. Is the hydraulic fluid need to changed? Maybe a sticking valve.

[@sxstrngslm]

Is that a Texas A&M sticker I saw on the access door for the depth stop??! Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of ‘17!!! Whoop!!!!

[@sxstrngslm]

Someone from Texas must have owned this press at some point. The TAMU sticker and the Gonzales sticker clinches it. Glad you got the big ol’ girl back, Alec!

[@golDroger88]

Everytime I watch the hammer fall I can't help but laugh but it also breaks my heart for Will.

[@CAPNMAC82]

May get a number of comments about the block ATM, the graphic used by my _alma mater_ Texas A7M University. Given that we have about 650,000.alumni worldwide, the likelihood that more than one of those is a regular view is probably high.

[@Mountain_Man]

I remember when I first found your channel when you were just getting into the Barker Street shop. Good stuff! Do you ever talk to Sam?

[@BigColton]

It makes me so happy that the TAMU sticker is still on there! Gig'em!

[@edgar882]

My mate and I have watched that hammer fall over so many times. Class.

[@Gimpy24x7]

Keep Calm and Press On

[@ivanheffner2587]

I was hoping to see the return of Mr. Pilkington. I watched the new owner do a bit of service on the old Pilkington, then he had to move shops and hasn’t posted any more Pilkington videos.

[@natesforge]

Oh buddy you've got a lot of catching up to do! haha

[@sithus1966]

You have obviously missed a dinosaur build, among other things.

[@Ruboka]

restoration series in the future? liked what you did with the power hammer in the usa :D

[@ToreDL87]

Could be a coil, a hydraulic issue, a selector issue, I'd look at it asap!

[@sayanmayt]

just a tip unwinde the cable it can get hot other wise

[@matthewwilson9749]

Vibratory mode does knock the slag off beautifully

[@erikcourtney1834]

That press is so much better than I ever realized. Had no idea it had so many adjustments and was so controllable. Way better than my 16 ton that’s for sure

[@YogiBexar]

I really wanna know who put the Texas A&M on there. Glad there's something representing me in your shop

[@prophez23]

I love that it has a "Come And Take It" sticker on it lol.

[@NestorFarnum]

Now a new video fixing the vibrating thing. And I will watch it for sure!!!

[@tahoemike5828]

Experience is what you learn from your mistakes. Education is what you learn from other people's mistakes. Wisdom is knowing when to go get a forklift.

[@fenwickflyer9895]

You should try leather working again, it would be great to see some more custom sheaths like you did with the bowie knife. And how about a new and improved forge.

[@DanishM17]

funny enough i recently went back and saw the Scottish Claymore (spoiler the press was used) and holy heck, time for a new one?

[@heavyb8]

No better way to break it in (again) than to forge your own golf club. Check out Itobori golf clubs in all of their forged sexiness. It would be an awesome series.

[@stevebratten6592]

Suggestion: Winkler Sayoc style Damascus tomahawk

[@Argosh]

You have to have experienced true pain to know that kind of yell. Did it couple weeks ago. Beautiful 5m wingspan rc sailplane. Didn't notice I left the motor on half power, stall, flat spin, jigsaw puzzle.

[@TimothyHall13]

Oh Yeah!!! Thanks Alec!!!

[@Jan_Seidel]

😁 What's next Alec? Moving back to Barker Street?

[@andysutton2499]

We need a big project again Alec please 🙏

[@capt_bry]

reunited and it feeeeeeeeeeels so good.

[@dakotasnow5008]

Even before anything was said I saw Alec get that pallet jack and I had flashbacks

[@outsidestuff5283]

I could spot that clip of poor Will and his power hammer coming a mile off hahaha

[@GiantRiderRob]

Need an episode of Alec reading the manual to figure out how to fix it....:P

[@nihang8422]

It’s crazy I was just watching him restore his latest power-hammer now 4:22

[@thibni_]

Ooooooh maaannnnn... I had forgotten about Will's PowerHammer that was smashed 😅 Yes, I can see how fear can... seep into your skin after such an event 😅

[@alpharius2098]

Hey Alec did you see that near perfect sword preserved in a viking or germanic burial not to long ago? You should check it out it looks fenominal

[@CaptainTwitchy]

Man I didn’t remember this press until I saw that glorious Aggie sticker! WHOOP! Gig ‘em!

[@donkingkong1263]

I have been following you for years (8 years) I do not understand English, today youtube gives the possibility of dubbing the videos in several languages, it would be so good if you could have your videos translated into French. (I used google to write this message)

[@robertfrancis1796]

Someone likes yo play with his power press!😂❤

[@LordMalus]

Welcome back, old friend.

[@2bias795]

Is the Press really from ATM Deutschland? 😄 1:57

[@simetradon]

Need to squish some gerkins on the press.

[@UnderfundedScientist]

its crazy that ive been watching so long i remember when you got it originally

[@AnomalousZoologist]

Heart still wrenches every time I hear Will's scream.

[@vannoo67]

Leaving that cable coiled up like that could be a fire risk. I imagine there's quite a few amps going through there.

[@tomim7187]

So good to see you, Alec, absolutely FILTHY again forging away in the shop!

[@robert.brokaw3829]

Ah! Old friends will never let you down. Stay safe.

[@controversialtalks]

the masculine energy this man has is wild, compared to me I can barely even hold a drill straight when my dad asks me to do something, he just stopped asking me for help around the house completely by now, im just not good with tools lol

[@Calleetuna]

Emooootinal daaamage rip Wills powerhammer lol them memories