I built a Magnetic Drilling Machine from Scrap!

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

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[@alphaomega9033]

Why the Frickin Didn't you use a Neodymium Magnet set up, yet instead you chose an Electromagnet "Dependant" on a Electric Current?! Are you going to blame this choice on the Demons in your Country's Government?!

[@pezz38]

@@alphaomega9033 You really like trolling, don't you. Get a life!

[@alphaomega9033]

@@pezz38 Trolling? I asked you a very simple analytical question about why you are complicating a modern neodymium magnetic drill technology used everywhere today, with a old electromagnetic version dependant on electric current, especially when the demons in your country's government are about to CUT OFF ALL Electricity to everyone in the general populations, so by doing this you are creating a GIANT STUMBLING BLOCK for Everyone!

[@thebrokenbone]

hi if possible turn the nut instead of the bolt for proper torque. thanks for the vid and the education i'm on the search for parts for a mag drill. danke

[@brucecliffe6213]

I have noticed Gerolf, that when we make one machine it always leads to the making of another machine which we didn’t realise we needed till we made the first machine. And so the workshop slowly fills up and our time seems to fly by as we can do so much more, and so the work is never ending even though I am 78. Love your work mate, keep it up. Cheers from Australia..

[@JS_Precision]

This guy again. Whenever I watch his videos, I can't decide whether to buy more tools or to sell them all and take up knitting.

[@fritzkuhne2055]

knitting is really fucking complicated though xD

[@kameljoe21]

@@fritzkuhne2055 Crochet is easier. I have never tried knitting yet I have crochet a number of blankets and other things over the years.

[@hughdanaher2758]

I’m sure that if he reads your post he’ll find and repair such a machine. Or, he’ll repurpose his plasma table to do the knitting 😊

[@brucecliffe6213]

Simple mate, buy more tools, if you do not have enough room, build a bigger shed. Simple. If you sell your tools you will only get a fraction of their true value so keep them.

[@Ascania]

Use your tools to make your own knitting needles. From scrap.

[@freetolook3727]

Love this channel. No three hour videos with yak, yak, yak about nothing! Inovative, inventive, imaginative and ingenious ideas and inventions. Keep up the good work!!

[@mfrain123]

It's astounding what you can build with salvaged equipment and your applied knowledge of mechanical and electrical systems. I can't help but think that you could easily have a career in vocational training if you ever wanted to pursue such a path. Glad that your surgery went well and to see you back in the workshop. Thanks as ever for these excellent videos.

[@adamswire9152]

Some serious, big boy engineering going on here!!! Look forward to the TPAI aircraft carrier build....

[@fritzkuhne2055]

the guy could build one, no doubt! probably nuclear powered

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

@@fritzkuhne2055 ... more like wind, solar and clever recuperation, but yeah, I could imagine something like that .....

[@nikspanakis]

Nah, It's obsolete. One hypersonic away from sea bottom. And then who he's gonna fίght with it? No sandaIed gοatherders arουnd there...

[@lefzer7713]

knowledge-dedication-seriousness-inventiveness-quality...one of the most useful channels on youtube...congratulations!!!

[@victor58010]

And don't forget his great sense of humour. I think Gerolf is a shining light to guide us all,he is doing what many people preach,but really don't practise.And I agree wholeheartedly withthe commeng that he would be a great teacher,patient ,very clever,and with dogged determination. Not to mention his brilliant sense of Forward Planning.

[@GalileoAV]

Your shop is looking less like scrap every video, it's inspiring to see how much professional equipment can be salvaged or even made from parts with the right knowledge

[@abettermousetrap]

Without a doubt, your channel has to be one of the most interesting and educational channels out there. There should be a higher level Like button for channels like this.

[@morgantisdale6928]

There is.. It's called Patreon.

[@beautifulsmall]

Its heart warming to see the evolution of the workshop with tooks making tools. Looks like theres some runout on that drill but for bolt holes it matters not. A definite success. The table is a beautiful monster. Always a pleasure to watch.

[@NoNeedForaName734]

You find the coolest things at the scrapyard.

[@jasonbay13]

makes me wish there was a scrapyard around here. the closest one i know of is moses glick but its 5 hours away.

[@xycsoscyx]

I love how you always expand on previous projects to make the next one, nothing is ever a one off throw away, even in your own shop!

[@P_RO_]

I've used a smaller mag drill in building construction several floors up off the ground. It worried me greatly that if power was lost, the drill might react to the bit pressure, bind up, then jump off the beam onto someone below. With it, both the magnet and the drill had one power source and yours has two, meaning that if the magnetism circuit fails the drill would still be powered enhancing the danger involved. I would recommend running both power inputs through a relay controlled by the magnet power supply so that if it fails the drill will stop itself too.

[@John_Ridley]

I'm guessing that proper use procedure in elevated locations includes a safety rope.

[@P_RO_]

@@John_Ridley Should have been, but things were different in workplace safety those ~40 years ago. I had zero training and was not given or allowed any resources to make things better- I was just told what they wanted done and to go do it using that machine.

[@thejackofalltravels8267]

Finding Fein tools in scrap yards.. great project great results. Glad the milling machine is in the video could watch it cut all day thank you for the hard work

[@RobB_VK6ES]

If you add an adjustable foot ( bolt ) to the rear of the magnet you will greatly increase the holding power. Adding the foot forces the upward drilling forces to lift the magnet completely rather than hinging up at the back of the magnet. I'd also drill and ream for tapered pins where you connected the axes to the base. You can now freely remove the axes and replace them without having to re-align them.

[@ekim000]

The capability of the things you put together are beyond impressive.

[@petegraham1458]

Love your builds , I am a retired CDN engineer, live in the USA now but worked on 5 continents during my career , your a talented fellow!

[@alnov2722]

❤i know you explained your usage, but for others I say aerosol or high pressure dispersed lubricants are expensive and a health hazard for your lungs. I use a repurposed spray bottle that can be easily refilled. 😊

[@GaryT1952]

As per usual..mind blown by your outrageous problem solving and knowledge

[@burninpwder76]

@TPAI one of the easiest cutting fluid/oil systems for a mag drill is a simple gravity feed put a cup on the top of the drill column and a line going to an adjustable drip end and use a valve to adjust flow. simple no extra pump needed and you can use with whatever fluid you have available. many of the commercial mag drills have this system as an option. love the video I had a feeling that old drill would find a home on a press or drilling fixture

[@samvalentine3206]

I was hoping you'd make one up yourself... now I'll watch and see how you did it! Great job, Gerolf!

[@denisdespins1127]

Oh ! I Loved this episode a ton ! The big steel is a fantastic match for those BOLTS. My homemade power supply is just as robust as yours so a kindred spirit was felt by me at least. You are on your way...

[@chrissmith7655]

Hi, superb engineering work. Many thanks from UK.

[@Barnagh1]

Fantastic channel. You are lucky to be allowed rummage in scrapyards.

[@HusseHeiza]

If you tig weld usual construction steel you have to grind down the mill scale first until the Metal is shiny. Keep it up and greetings from Germany

[@Dustin_the_wind]

Wow. Gerolf, congratulations on all of your successful projects; and all of your unsuccessful trial and errors as well. Way to lead by example.

[@davidquirk8097]

You could fit a momentary push to break switch on the mag base to allow you to temporarily de-energise the magnet for fine adjustments.

[@CarlinComm]

Wow that's an amazing addition to the shop, very nicely done!

[@ryanomac27]

It's awesome to see how you have worked a plan to continue to build and modify increasingly complex machinery to use in your shop. Before long you will have a fab shop that can build almost anything required in light industrial manufacturing.

[@Alchemetica]

Truly a Renaissance Man, a master of a wide gamut of technology and knowledge. It is wonderful to see the workshop becoming more powerful with expanded capability.

[@1033club]

Yes, he truly is a polymath....

[@V8SKULLS]

Brother, I have been following you and your channel from the beginning, sorry I can't be a pateron supporter, I really don't have the funds, but I always give a thumbs up and share with my fellow friends. I must say, you are such an inspiration and amazing to watch you find, pick up, things that people throw away, and build such Amazing Tools. Love your vision, your ideas, your channel. Keep up the Awesome work, and Good Luck to you channel, be safe out there and thank you for taking us on your journey

[@sincerelyyours7538]

Amazing! Until today I didn't know what a magnetic drilling machine was. Very ingenious use of scrap parts to make a machine that would probably cost several thousand dollars new. I enjoy the thought process you go through when building these machines as much as seeing the final result in action.

[@5eZa]

friend, a squirt bottle of water based coolant or a plastic lab squeeze dropper works as well as WD40 aerosol for manually applying coolant to cutting tools, and it's a lot better for your lungs and a lot cheaper. just buy a jug of rustlick water based concentrate or blazer coolant and mix it up as needed. long term it's going to save you money

[@akindiranolanrewajujohnson1873]

Kindly explain more how I can do this. I want a coolant that is safe, as concerning health issue mentioned here. Help

[@TheSlyMouse]

making something then showing it being used in more than just a demo is such quality content my man.

[@marekaksmu]

Man, this is so cool !!! Your content is better and better every time. This is the best KZbin channel for me and every new video is good time to watch 👌

[@_AZAZEL_]

Thanks as always for your work. I'm glad I could support you this time. I was just talking to my friend about the amazing secondhand trade of goods in Germany. Clearly the work you do is also helping to publicize what is available in scrapyards.

[@elvinhaak]

Nice! Even using left-nuts on some places instead of buying new ones, using all this old things is top!

[@goptools]

Nice build of a very useful tool from essentially scraped items!

[@manfredschmalbach9023]

Parts gett'n more fancy by the episode, workshop capabilities growing exponentially with every 100 kg of scrap steel You turn into beautifully thought-through machinery. Last workshop where I saw this kind of genius shopmade equipment en masse was my second workshop as an apprentice (boatbuilding) back in the early eighties, where people had done a regroup and rebuild of their once fancy shop after war had destroyed most of it with inventiveness, war-debris and trashed equipment the occupation troops had thrown out. Most of their machinery and equipment, built from 1945 onwards, was perfectly fine and worked flawlessly from any point of view (except the views of the notorious German safety police "BG", of course ...🙄) right into the eighties. Two more generations of boat building owners had worked and still work with it to date. Thanks for sharing - You're an inspiration fo many.

[@TradieTrev]

Great build! That's cool how you demonstrated the magnetic fields. You can also get magnetic paper off aliexpress I recently added to my toolbox, I tend to play with tiny magnet sensors.

[@samvalentine3206]

Indeed! it was fun to see the eddy currents and all that visually... and then have it collapse when the power was turned off. Very cool!

[@AndrewSpencer2]

Awesome work as always! Now if you really want to flex on everybody, make an automatic down feed for the quill!

[@coop_coop007]

I use a basic squirty bottle with machine coolant in rather a spray can. It is cheap and works well enough.

[@samvalentine3206]

Like the ones Mustie1 uses all the time... good idea.

[@Powerwagon563]

Such an elegant yet simple solution, thank you for that idea!

[@johnerdis5094]

Love what you are doing ! Real gangster with the chrome sockets on the impact too .

[@livingthelife2wice]

This guy is a genius! I've been watching your vids for around 4 years now!

[@markavis7232]

Our Rotabroach at work has a bottle on it for constant soluble-oil drip feed. I think I'd do that here, to try to make your cutters last a bit longer!

[@whiskeyinthejar24]

Great job. A mag drill is one of those tools I've wanted for years, but don't "need"

[@DanChase84]

This is one of your most boreing videos yet! (get it? bore = hole? lol!) keep up the great work!

[@wolfgangbalu1253]

great joke, I love it

[@samvalentine3206]

We know you had to "drill down" to find such a pun!

[@P_RO_]

The post above needs a (magnetic) sticky.

[@vennic]

Just in time for morning coffee and to help delay starting my next project!

[@mr.makeit4037]

You are your own little industrial center!

[@beansofproduction]

Water based flood coolant works great with those annular cutters. Save yourself some money and exposure to the oilbased stuff.

[@nifaron]

Well done! Great way to start my Saturday morning!

[@PCMcGee1]

I'm always completely amazed at your productivity and creativity. Thank you for showing us how. ❤

[@stevep1762]

Great work, your capabilities are increasing with each new project you complete.

[@robinsutcliffe-video_art]

This is amazing! I love the adjustable current when you just want to reposition. I am always in huge respect, admiration and inspiration after watching your videos. I really want to fix up some power tools : 0 I do fix everything that breaks in the house, electronic and mechanical. Restore synths etc, build electronics. Still there is much room to get inspired from your projects! Thanks

[@RickRolling-tc7vb]

That's brilliant, a truly excellent invention. Your workshop is really maturing, it's becoming a thing of beauty and intrigue. Keep it up, love seeing what you can come up with, make and mend. Great stuff!

[@Stefano-86]

It was indeed great luck to find that drill support, with the right collar size... But bear in mind that "audentes fortuna iuvat"! Excellent build, thanks for talking us through the entire process!

[@brucecliffe6213]

Or as we say in English "Fortune Favours the Brave".

[@Stefano-86]

@@brucecliffe6213 thanks, I didn't feel like looking for the translation

[@g-man7938]

Genius? It's way over my head but I love watching you figure this stuff out. Great video as always.👍🏻

[@camputee1]

Great Video as usual. Thank you for staying engaged and doing your best to make things with available materials. I and the rest of the world will not run out of problems that are solvable with these methods. Carry on bright warrior!

[@horrido666]

Grats on getting that old mill, my man. I've always wanted one. You should try a sand casting, or investment casting for turning the 3D print into metal. Make both halves identical so you can just cast two. Beef it up a little though, and maybe consider aluminum.

[@holgerhahn4869]

Really nice seeing things come together! Lot‘s of improvements for your workshop, now you have much more opportunity to build even more interesting contraptions. Looking forward to that!

[@adenihil]

So incredibly cool and interesting to watch you progress in your endeavours… Thank you for taking us along. 👍🏼

[@somedudeRyan]

I love how the steel in the table is pitted and old while still being perfectly shiny and functional

[@JorgenLarsson]

Nicely done! I actually bought a slightly used Fein core drill from Germany a few weeks ago for 300 euro. The seller was very nice and included a bunch of drills, they probably cost more than the machine.

[@rowlandcrew]

It is nice that the scrap yards will let you dig for material. Dome day their insurance company may say no more. You might really like the way an air powered mister works for cooling with minimal lube. Aka noga mist. They are easy to make with a small venturi.

[@AshleyJOsborne]

Greetings from Australia.

[@TradieTrev]

Good to see a fellow aussie here! He goes well this lad!

[@markissboi3583]

oz Straya 🙃 cheers

[@brucecliffe6213]

@@markissboi3583 Ah now here is a man with a proper accent. Goodon ya Cobber.

[@kellyswoodyard]

Get yourself a trolley to run on the H beam you have on your gantry. It will bring it closer to the beam giving you more headroom, and the ability to move heavy stuff much easier. I use one in my shed to lift 200ltr drums of scrap metal into my trailer for delivery to the scrap merchant.

[@janwijbrand]

My fanboy fantasy is a This Old Tony and TPAI collaboration... dunno why, it just is.

[@rgraptor2542]

I think a lot of people like myself have tried design but quickly realized the expense. You are right about the refinishing and stuff, we just being lazy

[@partytempo]

So satisfying to see that first 20mm hole was drilled

[@kanishka.b8550]

Try using Citric acid + Baking/washing soda to create a Sodium citrate solution which will remove rust through ion chelation without damaging the base metal. It is said to work better than Evaporust and it does. I learned it from the channel 'Beyond Ballistics'. It works wonders and I used it on my bike parts. Ratio is Citric acid to baking soda 100:63 g per 1L. and about predrilling..... I got to know that it's not the correct technical term for it. Anything you do before drilling is Pre-Drilling, even if you had a sip of water. So it would be a "Pilot hole" that you drilled before drilling in to final diameter.... just something. BTW love your work.

[@thegarageinventor1735]

something worth mentioning, is having a magnetic sensor that only lets you turn the drill on with the magnet base stuck to the thing your drilling, should stop nasty accidents.

[@ypaulbrown]

this is wonderful, thank you so much from an old man in Florida, USA...Paul

[@noimagination99]

I love seeing your long-term plans coming together! Great patience and persistence, very admirable! Besides that, I really enjoy your videos. Thanks so much for sharing, I know it takes a lot of extra work and time to do so!

[@randyhager2054]

These are the kinds of videos that we like

[@randomconstructions4513]

I know the 'classic way' to make a big electromagnet is to just take the primary out of a mot and cut the core to about half depth to save space and pull the pin out that hooks the secondary to the core and just run mains through the secondary. That may only work for 120v places though otherwise you may be running about five amps, which may get your wire very hot.

[@leslieaustin151]

Another great piece of work. Amazed at what you manage to get out of scrap. Les

[@billgolcher2537]

Man I love your new Toy Awesome fix

[@whitneydesignlabs8738]

Great work! Nice that you were able to get all your holes drilled now where you need them. (Without hours and hours of hand-numbing holding a hand drill.... ugh) :)

[@jorgep.2033]

This channel has come a long way. Greetings

[@makeitkozi]

Wow that’s really satisfying to see concept to practical usage! Great job once again!

[@MetalLobo86]

Great job !! Keep working, keep making good videos :) you are the best

[@patrickrhin9152]

Bonjour je regarde d'Alsace et j'aime vos vidéos, même si parfois je ni comprend rien, j'aime quand vous récupérer et que vous transformé les choses pour en faire d'autres. Vous êtes vraiment génial. ❤

[@REAPER85151]

man ur so lucky with this scraps..... nice job ... love your videos

[@mechniack]

Your a wonderful 👍 wizard very enjoyable !! And to see that mindless consumption are not the way forward, so much Common sense that our planet needs ❤️👍

[@sokoloft3]

Very cool. Would like to eventually see the drill setup finalized with the buck converter you mentioned. Thanks

[@twowheels90]

Maybe someone already mentioned this, but grinding away the scale on the plasma cut side of the steel really helps with welding. Especially with TIG. The spatter you see is mainly contamination.

[@warrenjones744]

I can see you making the power supply much handier to use in the future. Nevertheless you got the job done and it worked as intended. Well done sir.

[@TallerMenga]

A quick DIY coolant "pump" is a Intervenous Drip Hose (the disposable ones from medicine) and a soda bottle. I've been using it in my lathe for years. There are two types of drip hose micro and macro regulation, micro has less flow than the other. Both are usefull. I even try to make a homemade mist coolant system using the drip hose but it used alot of air and i didn't have a big compresor at the time

[@francistheodorecatte]

a really simple way to limit the current to the electro magnet without having to rewire it would be an old sodium/halogen/neon ballast, especially given that there are even ones with adjustable cores to vary the current (in a completely analog matter!). not super efficient but a lot less likely to incur the pain associated with taming the massive back-EMF spike that electromagnet puts out when you turn it off. :)

[@graemewhite5029]

I've an old die-cast 2 speed Bosch drill I was going to repurpose for this type of thing. Bought some 12 v magnetic door closers online and got a great heavy duty Wolf drill stand with a solid hexagonal colum from the scrapyard, but ran out of time when I gt a big repair job in. Luckily I found a really nice Evolution mag drill on ebay with a full set of cutters for half price. Just need to find another project to use up those parts now !

[@vincei4252]

I am more and more aware of the aerosols that I breath in using spray cans of all kinds. Can I suggest one of those hand held cutting oil dispensers with a trigger for the cooling lubrication? You'll get much better cooling from those anyway without breathing all that stuff in. Otherwise another excellent job well done 🙂

[@KarelRode]

I can imagine the use of a cordless drill battery to power the Frankenstein Magdril base.

[@mekkarmikke]

Another really well made video! It's such a privilege to get to enjoy your videos!

[@chorgzent.3978]

Great stuff Gerry! Also thanks again for doing it in English!

[@altfer222]

I find this channel incredibly inspiring! Keep up the good work! Cheers from Hungary!

[@marco56702]

fallout ambient right at the beginning, amazing touch!

[@the_cursor]

I understood none of this but it was enjoyable to watch someone solving problems.

[@FixTechStuff]

Man doing all the cool stuff I wish I was doing on my channel. Much respect.

[@RickSolid1]

Annular cutters usually have corresponding center pilot pin so that might be worth looking into. Also cooling system, look at Mist Coolant spray systems.

[@DinneratDorsia]

Absolutely brilliant!