That's not a kettbell...that's a work of art! Amazing work. Would have been great to see the reaction when you presented them
@ZaraTanaka2 ай бұрын
finished watching both of parts. it was a great case study.
@JulianMakes2 ай бұрын
thanks!
@aaronfarris34473 жыл бұрын
Absolutely adore the finished kettlebells!!! And enjoyed your bubbly personality. Hope your friends enjoyed the gift
@mikesiegel40394 жыл бұрын
2020: COVID has ravaged the earth, kettlebells are nowhere to be found. We must return to the bronze age.
@stjepo914 жыл бұрын
is there a lack of kettle over there too?
@aaronfarris34473 жыл бұрын
Love it, happy to return back to that age I'll be a blacksmith and kettlebell coach by night
@kensmapleleafretirement2 жыл бұрын
That was amazing, great job... I appreciate your sharing your expertise... I've just subscribed. I came over from Perry's channel. He shouted you out, I was curious, so here I am. I am about as new as a person can be to casting. I am more of a Blacksmith but retired and I want to learn how to cast. Thank you, I will be watching... Be well...
@JulianMakes2 жыл бұрын
Hi Ken, Welcome! Perry is awesome :)
@johnparungao68443 жыл бұрын
I went down a YT rabbit hole and it brought me here. This is amazing!
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much John!
@johnparungao68443 жыл бұрын
@@JulianMakes Subbed BTW! You should post a video of your friends reactions to these awesome gifts!
@knorthcreative670111 ай бұрын
Absolutely beautiful!! I enjoyed watching the journey. Great craftsmanship
@daslaundrynazi3 жыл бұрын
Very cool process. What an amazing and thoughtful gift.
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
thanks so much Mathis :)
@glumpy103 жыл бұрын
Work of art mate. Absolutely Beautiful!
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much mate :)
@tricaexmachina28993 жыл бұрын
I love this guy's energy
@emilymiller11543 жыл бұрын
This is so cool!! Loved the process - thanks for sharing
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@jreda2000 Жыл бұрын
Nice job. Looks great.
@JulianMakes Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DavidDentonArt5 жыл бұрын
That was great Julian. They both look brilliant! And so shiny! I hope your instructors like them :)
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
thanks David :) yes they really did and it was a great suprise too!
@stromnessboy51715 жыл бұрын
Really beautiful work, made all the more impressive by mastering the technical complexity of casting a hollow sphere. Well done, Sir! Well done!
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Stromness! this was a big one :)
@SciManDan5 жыл бұрын
Great stuff Julian. Loved it. What’s the next project?
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
cheers mate! not sure yet... i have some paintings i'm doing at the moment, so those might get posted next :) I need to start my nano-digger soon...
@geometron36463 жыл бұрын
Insane! Need to industrialise this process, give some youngsters some jobs, sell them out on Etsy/Amazon, these could go for 75-150 each depending on profit/volume! Aesthetics of using these would make every gym session a joy.
@marcdwyer9123 жыл бұрын
Fantastic craftsmanship well done
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!
@IAMSatisfied Жыл бұрын
Awesome project... Thanks for sharing! I was hoping to see you knurl the handles. 😉
@JulianMakes Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! Oh god that would have been beyond me!
@Isalys5555 жыл бұрын
awesome video! You can be proud of you :) The demolding part where you're happy as a child is very enjoyable !
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
haha thank you Isallys555 that's my favourite part! :)
@rhdt5 жыл бұрын
Beautiful! I'm impressed by your progress. Thank you for sharing your findings! 👍
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
thank you so much Chris!
@geoffreyacquaah2725 жыл бұрын
The polishing bit is very good and they are nice and shiny!
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
thank you Geoffrey, i do like a nice polish :) in fact i've just left the shed and i was polishing the thing i've cast (for 100th video) within an inch of it's life! cheers o/
@bossdog14804 жыл бұрын
Good effort, came up a treat. Good to see something useful being made.
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@siddill53955 жыл бұрын
Brilliant result and great entertainment. Thanks
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
sid dill cheers Sid!
@danielleifer49343 жыл бұрын
Damn that’s a beautiful casting!
@smallcnclathes5 жыл бұрын
Only three minutes in and this is great! Nine minutes and that looks brilliant. Few videos on KZbin produce better than that. They are excellent, you have come a long way, you must have a good teacher.
@swdweeb5 жыл бұрын
Yeah that American bloke has been a huge help ;-D
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
thank you so much!!! and lol yes i have several! :)
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
@@swdweeb you know it!
@tigerbomb5084 жыл бұрын
I wish I was one of your good friends, need one for train in jui jitsu. Absolutely brilliant work! Gorgeous!
@KeithDonegan4 жыл бұрын
Brilliant stuff. I really want to learn how to make one now!
@ranga81524 жыл бұрын
This was such a good watch - kettelbells look wickeeeeeeeeeed
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
Ranjit Saimbi thanks ranjit!!!
@rajhooblal54552 жыл бұрын
Love your work Julian.
@opdgrow4life8 ай бұрын
Absolutely amazing! These are the most beautiful kettlebells I've ever seen. How much you charge for a 46 kilo? 😂
@badhonebrahim77073 жыл бұрын
u did worldclass work man
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
Thank you badhon!
@badhonebrahim77073 жыл бұрын
@@JulianMakes i just watched it again today man, still couldn't believe my eyes how beautiful it turned out to be.
@mrshodos6 ай бұрын
Beautiful work!
@JulianMakes6 ай бұрын
Thank you Tony!
@swdweeb5 жыл бұрын
Well done mate, well done!
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Cheers mate, thanks for the help :)
@slava_ua30832 жыл бұрын
Very good job! Respect from Ukraine!!!
@Cavemantraining5 жыл бұрын
Fantastic, that must be so awesome to make them.
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Cavemantraining! Brilliant to find out those pictures at the start are of you! ive updates the links below to add your channel. Thank you so much for uploading the pics and i've subbed (your channel is awesome!)
If you need someone to give up her time for the next nine months to lead your kettlebell sessions let me know. Great craftsmanship! And I thought I'd never see better looking kettlebells than the primal gorilla ones. Don't ever consider stopping your regular uploads and before you know it, KZbin will be sending you more play buttons than you know what to do with.
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Alyona Moves thank you so much Ayona!
@luckygen10015 жыл бұрын
Great kettle bell! How much was the bronze by the time it was shipped to your house? For your next casting adventure a successful iron casting.
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
cheers Lucky! after delivery an order of 10kg of bronze was costing me about £155! (ouch)... but i've since found a new source which is less than half that, but i have to order more at a time and delivery is more (it's a pallet). but it still works out WAY WAY cheaper. I'm definitly going to try iron one day. I need to upgrade the furnace first. i'm getting sick of the air compressor going all the time and it's pushing damp/wet air which really hinders my max temp. I might alter my furnace into one like Colin Pecks "Iron Casting Waste Oil Furnace" - i've just got his book, it's basically a oil drip furnace with conventional air blower (but the oil/air is preheated i think).
@kennyj1935 жыл бұрын
Those are beautiful !
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Cheers Kenny!
@jasoncdebussy5 жыл бұрын
The kettlebells are beautiful. What a fantastic present for your friends. How were they received?
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
oooh thank you! they bloody loved them! it was a super suprise!
@MrRevengeracer5 жыл бұрын
wow, just wow dude, keep up the good work!
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
tom cow thank you so much Tom!
@thefunctionalbro4 жыл бұрын
wow its so PRETTY
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
thanks friend!
@jyotirani82322 жыл бұрын
great
@junglestrut4 жыл бұрын
absolutely gorgeous mate! cheers!!
@mamamheus77515 жыл бұрын
Just because languages are my 'thing', maximally and maximumly are synonyms, so you were right both times. I love those kettlebells! Hope your friends loved them too :-) Just a thought, have you considered combining all of your artistic/technical skills and creating something which uses them all? Like a miniature village, (not too tiny) or something. You could even cast tiny working church bells! You could charge people to come visit :-) It would be amazing to do something like that. I've always dreamed of being that talented ::sigh::
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Mam Amheus thank you Mam! They really did like them :) I’m not sure about a whole village (I’m not that patient) but I would love to make a bell. That would be a fun one. :)
@marcostecmat3 жыл бұрын
Fantastic!
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
thanks so much Marcos!
@Moerto164 жыл бұрын
Stunning work!
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@Иван-щ1с5з5 жыл бұрын
👍👍👍Very nice, good luck
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@jonathanbailey49044 жыл бұрын
What was their reaction when you presented them?
@AlexanderWright15 жыл бұрын
Those are awesome!
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
thank you Alexander!
@capedmarauder2 жыл бұрын
Great work!
@JulianMakes2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Cheers!
@anthonycraig2743 жыл бұрын
I would love bronze kettlebells
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
so would I :) i really should make some more (keep one for myself this time) and do a giveaway, what a great idea! Keep an eye out and i'll do just that. cheers Julian
@anthonycraig2743 жыл бұрын
@@JulianMakes The only critique, maybe the handles could be wider, more room for double hold. The last project this exciting was gold AirPods. I only got half way through watching this last night. I had to comeback to finish watching it. What a fantastic project.
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
@@anthonycraig274 thanks so much Anthony! and i agree on the handles. I will make some adjustments :)
@nashaelindseth85264 жыл бұрын
Wow beautiful 👌🏽
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
nashae lindseth thank you Nashae!
@GuruJoeOG4 жыл бұрын
The only thing you need to do next time is calculate the backfill weight of brass and complete the job. If you leave lead exposed you have the chance of sending particles airborne (not great for deep lung exhalation/inhalation exercise). The brass looks great and your craftsmanship is superb.
@AlliPrice3712 жыл бұрын
Maybe backfill with PU foam?
@狩俣英章3 жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@matriz_83Ай бұрын
are you open to commission, mate? how much would it be to produce a pair of those around 8kg?
@healthwealth.fitness78244 жыл бұрын
Awesome work. Would you be interested in making a custom mold and kettle?
@peterm855 жыл бұрын
Did you close them off? Just wondering if that lead would ever come off the bronze during use.
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Hi peter! no i didn't in the end. i've not heard that they've come undone yet - i guess they might if they get dropped, but the inside surface of the bronze was very very rough so i'm hoping the lead has a really good hold. If they do seperate... i'd just push a load of epoxy round the join :)
@capeto954 жыл бұрын
Did you put something on the bottom to cover the hole?
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
i didnt in the end i had no time. i thing some epoxy might be a good idea for next time.
@thienphuphan91182 жыл бұрын
Hello, I gona aks you something, Dose outer shell you made by cooper and core by lead? Thanks.
@JulianMakes2 жыл бұрын
the outer shell is Bronze (copper and tin with a little aluminium) :) the center core is lead
@thienphuphan91182 жыл бұрын
@@JulianMakes thanks so much! They're great.
@lower72154 жыл бұрын
please make a video casting barbell plates or hexagon dumbbells
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
oooh there's a great idea thank you!
@bkailua12243 жыл бұрын
Probably should fill the open space inside so if they get dropped on the ground they don't deform and dent.
@waveexistence35124 жыл бұрын
I need to freaking do this
@tigran10873 жыл бұрын
very nice man. it turned out very nicely. let's make some weights more, let's say 16kg
@movewithjamie4 жыл бұрын
How did your class instructors like their new bells?
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
Omg they loved them! They were so surprised :)
@movewithjamie4 жыл бұрын
Julian HG did you ever make more for yourself?
@joesask8573 жыл бұрын
NICE
@bigstackD5 жыл бұрын
😁👌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻🍻🍻🍻
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
cheers mate! :)
@d3r4g453 жыл бұрын
at home* has a furnace, metal workshop at home*
@JulianMakes3 жыл бұрын
exactly! it's in my shed in my garden :)
@breadman50484 жыл бұрын
Isn’t lead dangerous?
@JulianMakes4 жыл бұрын
Shuaib Ahmed most things are. If you drop it on your foot it’s going to hurt! You probably mean the molten lead though, it’s fine as long as you don’t burn yourself, the temperature to evaporate lead into the atmosphere is vastly higher than its melting point, and I did it in a very drafty shed and only the twice and I’ve never done it since. If you were melting lead on a daily basis though I think it might be more of a concern :)
@breadman50484 жыл бұрын
@@JulianMakes yeah I just mean the health dangers, not burning yourself. you obv have some experience with this, but isn't everyone always afraif of lead poisoning?
@perrychills5 жыл бұрын
Please use gloves while grinding, amazing results.
@JulianMakes5 жыл бұрын
Great idea mate I did cut myself
@mikesiegel40394 жыл бұрын
@@JulianMakes I'm thinking you might want a respirator while pouring lead too? Beautiful work!