Grinding, drilling, turning and gardening

What to do with an old oil drum.
So I bough an old oil drum and now I'm modifying it so I can use it to burn up all the leaves left by autumn.

[@qcnck2776]

Gasoline, drum, angle grinder, sparks, chickens..... Instant BBQ :) Glad to see another video from you

[@Rolingmetal]

I would like to clarify that no chicken was hurt in the making of this shitshow.

[@MattysWorkshop]

Gday, great to see your back, i really hope you enjoyed a beer or 2 while you were watching the fire, looks like a beautiful place you got there, throughly enjoyed watching mate, cheers Matty

[@Rolingmetal]

Men just love to watch shit burn and drink :)

[@richardshackleton5681]

Hopefully when this pandemic is truly over I can watch you buy some more classic lathes to show us. Got to say the “wibely woobly wood lathe“ still #1 for me!

[@plang42]

I'm happy to see you back on here and what ever was making unwell has gone for good mate 👍

[@c2hh571]

I am glad you did not announce your return by blowing up a 55gal drumb. Wrong! The spark is enough to ignight the vumes. Think spark plug on a gass weed trimmer ( small spark, engine runs, must ignight the gas)

[@Rolingmetal]

What can happen with 50 mm of gasoline. I could probably pie out a small fire. But there was a bucket of water standing by and the garden hose was only a few meter away.

[@c2hh571]

@@Rolingmetal I saw you put water in it I was not worried. I just wanted to pinch you for being gone for so long. I need my fix

[@machinistwanttobebrianfrom6887]

Brian from Ma.Glad to see you back great clean up Besafe

[@stevewilliams587]

Tend to agree about the future of mankind on this rock. As a species we are doomed.

[@Rolingmetal]

There are just to many of us :(

[@TomChame]

Good to see you back, thanks.

[@Rolingmetal]

It is good to be back :)

[@Reman1975]

I used to use full sized oil barrels for garden waste burning bins, But here in the wet and windy UK, If you're not going to bring it inside during the winter they rot out before the following year. Then one day while having a poke about in my friendly local scrap metal dealers yard, I found an old vertical compressor tank. It was about 600mm across and 900mm deep. It was too rusty for anyone to risk using it as a pressure vessel anymore, But once I cut the top off and drilled the lower 1/3 with a shedload of 30mm holes it became the best garden/household waste incinerator I've ever had. I made it about 10 years ago now, and it's finally starting to get a little thin in a few places, But I reckon it's easily still got at least another 2 or 3 years of use in it before I have to look for another tank. It's a bit heavy, But still not unmanageably so when it comes to emptying out the ash, and that's a slight inconvenience I'm perfectly willing to overlook for the benefit of not having to prat about making new oil drum burners every damn year. Old compressor tanks turn up pretty cheap if they're damaged, rusty, or in that "Too big for a hobbyist, But too small for a company" category, so I'd definatly recommend having a think about grabbing one when you need to make your next incinerator.

[@Rolingmetal]

I tried to get another big expansion reservoir from a industrial central heating system but they were all gone. But these two half's will last me 5 of 6 years :)

[@williamthrasher8540]

really good to see you back. Hope to see more videos soon

[@Rolingmetal]

All ready working on the next one :)

[@daveticehurst4191]

FILE / Grind 3 flats on the shank, the chuck jaws will then have something to drive on.

[@Rolingmetal]

I'll probably end up making it into an eccentric :)

[@garyskowbo3564]

Well Sir it’s good to know that you are still around! Certainly have missed your videos. I can’t remember where you said you live, but from this video what I saw looks like a real nice place you have there. Thanks for sharing another great video with us.👍😎

[@Rolingmetal]

I live in the north of the Netherlands. I'll explain a bit in the next video :)

[@davewilson1591]

@@Rolingmetal I think my mother told me when I was young that my great great great great great great great grandfather came from the north of the Netherlands

[@Hunteratloppshop]

My favorite channel on KZbin. Uploads slowed down. Lathe(s) must be down getting repairs

[@hrxy1]

Nice to hear from you again thanks

[@Rolingmetal]

Good to be back :)

[@hrxy1]

@@Rolingmetal stillwant to know how the cherry bowl is progressing?

[@Rolingmetal]

It is still standing outside in a bucket of water. I'll try to finish it this year, but honestly I don't see a whole lot of wood turning in my future, I'll probably sell the wood lathe :)

[@russellhayward2359]

Nice to see a new video from you 🙂

[@Rolingmetal]

Glad you liked, next one will be better (longer) :)

[@davewilson1591]

Looks like you slipped off into a hole sawing frenzy. Back in the 80s I worked next to Hickinbotham Brothers in beautiful downtown Stockton. They had a young man cutting the tops off 55gal drums. One had volatiles in it. Rocked the entire neighborhood. Glad you're ok

[@Rolingmetal]

Once that fuel started to leak out I wasn't worried any-more. But I did have a bucket of water standing by. It was really only a small bit :)

[@MuzzahA1]

That magnet, put some plastic zip lock bags on it, so when you have finished picking up the metal you just peel the bags off and the metal falls away cleanly.

[@Rolingmetal]

That's a good idea. I might give it a try next time.

[@rwiliamson8051]

good to see you back.. haven't seen it all yet

[@rwiliamson8051]

Right, seen it all now, no explosion, but the leaves burning were exiting enough. hope your getting up to full health now.

[@Rolingmetal]

Sorry no explosion, that would be cool though :) As my health improves there will be more videos :)

[@Rustinox]

Poor little earthworm. I'm sure he could have been good friends with your chickens.

[@Rolingmetal]

I'm sure the chickens found that dead worm eventually :)

[@jonedmonds1681]

Do you know the autignition point of gasoline? 280 °C (536 °F) I wouldn’t”t be happy with that smoke coming off the drill :-(. Chips turn blue at 300 °C. I’ve been stood close to a petrol tank that was too close to being welded and it went bang quite scary!

[@Reman1975]

That smoke indicates the fuels being vaporised. The flash point of petrol vapour is only 21 °C (70 °F), But it's OK as long as it doesn't encounter a spark............ Like the ones that drills brushes are causing pretty much constantly !!!

[@Rolingmetal]

They worst, or maybe the best for some youtube success, is a little bang. Be really I could probably pie out a little gas fire :)

[@someotherdude]

I actually knew of someone who died a terrible death cutting apart steel 55 gal. drums in the British Virgin Islands. He was a very handy islander and possibly he got the drums mixed up or something.... but anyway you can't be too safe in these situations. Water all the way to the top!

[@pjbaddict]

Welcome back you crazy cloggy 😂

[@Rolingmetal]

Back with new clogs :)

[@RockingJOffroad]

I’m glad to see you back! I was wondering just the other day about you!

[@Rolingmetal]

That's nice :)

[@masons320]

Yer lucky... We get a huge fine for burning spring debris like that.... Must be nice.

[@Rolingmetal]

Composting or burning, it's all the same co2. And I don't think having a separate garbage truck come by to collect this stuff is smart. That won't help the environment. And please don't start about green energy out of wood and such. That's just a huge scam! :)

[@masons320]

@@Rolingmetal Oh I agree. Landfills are not the answer as .much of garbage now is tainted with toxins. Soon I plan on relocating to the Republic of Texas and living out of the city.. It's one of the few places that still allow one to live a simple life... Minnesota has too many rules and regulations.

[@Rolingmetal]

I been saying for year if you over regulate people into submission. At some point it's going to backfire. I probably won't be around when it happens, but I'm sure the shit will eventually hit the fan. With so many people in a small country. We saw the first sings of this when they implemented a curfew, but then these are extraordinary times :(

[@lito11111940]

IT MIGHT FIT BETTER IF YOU TAKE THE HOLE SAW OFF THE ARBOR. SORRY ABOUT THE CAPS, COMPUTER NEEDS WORK.

[@Rolingmetal]

Yep that would have been better, but somehow it never crossed my mind :(

[@lito11111940]

@@Rolingmetal LOL, I have that same issue my friend. Love your videos and looking forward to the next

[@Arckivio]

At least the wooden clogs aren't a fire hazard!!!

[@Reman1975]

They're "Safety clogs"...... You probably didn't notice the little "EU-OSHA approved" logo on the back (In ornate pokerwork.). :D

[@Arckivio]

@@Reman1975 More like CE (China export)

[@Rolingmetal]

They are still made in the Netherlands :)

[@Reman1975]

@@Rolingmetal I heard ages back from a Dutch guy I did some work for that clogs are one of very few pieces of unusual historical national clothing that's still actually routinely worn by a nation. He pointed out that no modern German would go to work wearing lederhosen, and few Frenchmen would go out wearing a beret these days, but a lot of Dutch people still wear clogs as everyday shoes because a well made pair are comfortable, last for years, are easy to look after, and can protect more of your foot from every day dropped items than simple steel toecap shoes. I only brought up the subject because he had a well worn pair next to his kitchen door. It struck me as odd because they looked too damaged to be ornaments, and in an odd place if they were........... Turned out that since he'd moved to the UK and his English wife didn't like him wearing clogs as every day footwear anymore, they'd now become his "Gardening Clogs". :)

[@hirsutusi5536]

Glad to see you back!

[@Rolingmetal]

I'll try to stick a bit longer this time :)

[@pauldzim]

Don't worry about the planet, she'll be fine. People on the other hand ...

[@Rolingmetal]

We better have some fun then, before it's all over :)

[@metalworksmachineshop]

good to see your back.

[@Rolingmetal]

It is good to try again :)

[@fredcreer1929]

Why did you keep the cutter on the arbour?. It would have fitted the chuck and ran truer with just the arbour. Good to see you survived the lurgi!.

[@Rolingmetal]

Somehow disassembling the arbor never crossed my mind.

[@bustednuckles2]

AHHH ya scruffy bastard! Where you been?! LOL! Good to see you posting something finally. Also glad things didn't go BOOM! Maybe you can show us what else you have been up to while you were in hiding?

[@Rolingmetal]

Practising and convalescing. A little boom would be nice :)

[@garthdaddy7438]

Drilling holes with hole saw Lucky no sparks !! should have filled with water first.

[@danielabbey7726]

Welcome back, Sir. I suspected that the Karger lathe would make an appearance in this video, and you did not disappoint!

[@Rolingmetal]

It wasn't planed, but I do plan to move into other types of content, non machining :)

[@RockingJOffroad]

At least you live in a county where you are allowed to burn off leaves and trimmings, if I were to do that where I live I would end up in jail or at minimum a large fine!

[@Reman1975]

Out of interest, Roughly where abouts in the world are you? I've heard that some places in the states won't even allow you to use a barbecue in your own garden (That sounds a tad draconian to me. Only a few small steps away from the police breaking down your door for watching unapproved comedy shows), But here in the UK it's more along the lines of "Even if what you're burning is not strictly allowed, the police will ignore you doing it unless someone complains". A few times I've not had my bin out waiting at the curb for the twice monthly rubbish collection, and I've ended up needing to burn all the household waste I can for the next 2 weeks because if I didn't, when the bin was finally emptied, all the accumulated rubbish from that time would just fill it up again in one go ! Some of the stuff I incinerated wasn't strictly allowed to be burnt at a home address (Plastics off raw meat mainly), But as I said, If no one complains it's not a problem.

[@Rolingmetal]

I think you need a permit and a bucket full of water ready. So many rules and regulations these days :(

[@RockingJOffroad]

@@Reman1975 I live in the U.S., Arizona to be specific. I can have an open fire if it is for recreational purposes, so I have to have a long stick and marshmallows or wieners, a few adult beverages and folding chairs. Then I can burn trimmings, in the desert we don’t get many leaves but the mesquite trees need to be trimmed a few times a year!

[@dynoguy]

Glad to see you back, hope your health issues are finally fixed ....

[@Rolingmetal]

Slowly getting stronger :)

[@therealspixycat]

You're back!!!!!

[@Rolingmetal]

Inderdaad :)

[@therealspixycat]

@@Rolingmetal ik stond echt op het punt om jou een bericht te sturen of er nog nieuwe video's zouden komen. Echt!

[@MrArray1967]

May I suggest a .50 caliber machine gun? It will penetrate both "sides" with each shot 😂

[@Reman1975]

A bit of an expensive way to do it, But I admire you're ingenuity to think up a less strenuous technique for making the air holes . :D

[@Rolingmetal]

I have a pellet gun, maybe that will work :)

[@tomlee7966]

glad your back lets see whats been going on for you since you been gone

[@Rolingmetal]

Not a whole lot, but I hope to do more videos as my strength gets back.

[@tomlee7966]

@@Rolingmetal i'm sorry what happened to you? did you get covid?

[@Rolingmetal]

No covid, a serious vitamin D deficiency, possibly caused by the medication I had to take after I had that little brain fart. It's been a shit year that made me feel a lot older that I am.

[@tomlee7966]

@@Rolingmetal glad to here you are recovering, take care will wait for your next video patiently

[@Arckivio]

All you had to was unscrew the saw blade & hold it on the nut surely?

[@Rolingmetal]

Never crossed my mind :(

[@Preso58]

Are all worms in the Netherlands magnetic? Or just that one that swallowed a nail?

[@Rolingmetal]

Don't know, but apparently we do have a worm problem in this country. There numbers a shrinking.

[@Reman1975]

Weirdly, this video just popped up on another channel........ kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6SZZn14p8qpj7c

[@Roelasia]

unfortunately, there was no big boom !! :) in black and white with some piano music video would be really fun.

[@Rolingmetal]

I'm sorry to disappoint :) But I can upload a version with piano music on my other channel. After-al making videos with music is something I want to experiment with.

[@MrArray1967]

Huge _dividing_ head you've got there. Did you pick that up while you've been "away"?

[@Rolingmetal]

a specialty item for turning tractor wheels :)

[@paullang1961]

love ya vids mate but dudee

[@Rolingmetal]

Thanks, but what is dudee?

[@paullang1961]

@@Rolingmetal lol

[@janalleman]

Tijd niet gezien, houden ze in het oosten allemaal een winterslaap ?

[@Rolingmetal]

Noorden, maar een winterslaap lijkt mij wel wat :)

[@DolezalPetr]

you can make soap out of ash

[@Rolingmetal]

I might make a good rubbing compound, perhaps mix it with some shower get :)

[@DavoShed]

Welcome Back ;) Hey I have started making my own videos. I need some Clogs I reckon ;) Not really sure why you are concerned about the environment. You’re building an incinerator:) I’d have filled it with water before grinding. But you lived to tell the story Have you thought about composting?

[@Rolingmetal]

You are pretty good at this youtube thing :) We do have a compost bin, but there are just to many leave. And they are oak, so they last a long time before they rot.

[@DavoShed]

@@Rolingmetal Come to think of it I used to have a large deciduous tree and the leaves were overwhelming. I had forgotten about that. :) All the native trees here in Australia evergreen. The KZbin thing is harder than it looks but I was expecting that. I’m starting to get the hang of the editing. I enjoy your videos. You do a great job.

[@Rolingmetal]

I probably should fell that big oak tree at some point. It's rather close to the barn and the shade is not good for the reeds. One video tip I just learned, audio is probably just as important as video :)

[@DavoShed]

@@Rolingmetal Yes I should bite the bullet and spend some money on audio. That’s a good tip. It’s all so expensive and it’s hard to tell if it’s actually any good.

[@Rolingmetal]

I agree, it is hard to judge without lot's practice. I only found out recent how important good audio is. I suggest you start, like me, by raising the levels in certain parts. And a little extra bass won't hurt, as people in general, like that. I use a free program called audacity to edit the sound. But it does cost a lot of time to listen and edit. The microphone only cost me 25 dollar and it made a big difference. But my camera had an audio in connector. Most won't

[@Jasper-fv4ne]

achterhoek ? :)

[@Rolingmetal]

Iets noordelijker, je zie het wel in de volgende video.