My New Croissant Machine Can Do Things I Can't...

[@aidanh3056]

Well KZbin algorithm I’m not really complaining. Watching an French man get pumped up about making croissants with power tools was pretty lit

[@Samui-Makler]

Totally Agree! Sometimes the KZbin Algorithm is worth our Datas.

[@woodsy900]

I laughed very long and loud at this... It's like the ultimate modern french thing

[@martinbichon685]

@@woodsy900 ultimate French machine 😂

[@anythingbutserious5587]

Man... there's something about seeing this dough being flattened and then re-layered that is really satisfying and makes me want to eat it.

[@hunterhowe5324]

Why

[@hunterhowe5324]

I get it now :0

[@Anonarchist]

Next episode: Alex buys a cow.

[@irmawatifebriani8459]

To make perfect butter. LOL

[@El3ctr0nMine]

XDddd

[@jayyyzeee6409]

Then Alex makes the ultimate butter churn using gears and power tools.

[@scoottoujourspret743]

And next one delete frrrrrrrrench accent

[@jayyyzeee6409]

@@scoottoujourspret743 Nooooooooooo. I like the French accent!!

[@reindert144]

American dream: work and get rich French dream: make a croissant machine and you’ll go to heaven 😂😂👍🏼👍🏼

[@Chlrintruc]

Reindert Twigt ME: NO DREAM 😭😭😭😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬😵

[@ignusistlen9000]

Alex brings a girl over Alex: i was gonna make some croissants want some? Her: sure! Alex: ok one second *DRILL HEARD IN THE DISTANCE* Her: what are you doing with power tools? Alex: MAKING CROISSANTS WHAT ELSE?!

[@dennislasko3147]

Alex: 12 hours later....almost done...

[@davidiwata7063]

Her: Why do you have a cow?

[@brocoliobama]

@@davidiwata7063 Alex: How do you get YOUR butter?

[@jrmbayne]

One second. More like 3 days

[@imbonnie]

It'd be a great date to the farm!

[@michaelmcdowell7253]

This is the most French thing I’ve ever seen *Croissant machine* Now tell me that isn’t French as hell

[@Reragi]

It's not french until the guillotine gets involved

[@bigmama5555]

@@Reragi use the guillotine to cut the do'h!

[@pebo8306]

@@Reragi That's nasty!

[@julienmauguin3214]

I am french and we indeed love guillotines for breakfast

[@chibani-]

Croissant are actually austrian.... Mais chuuuut, faut pas le dire

[@olekaarvaag9405]

Got a serious Mathias Wandel/Wintergatan feeling watching you try to cut those gears by hand!

[@christianfilloux]

I assume he used Wandel's gear maker

[@SjoerdJongerius]

Dito

[@stephcollins9346]

@@SjoerdJongerius i literally was about to type the same thing, then i saw somebody else typed it :') i love internet

[@PaladinFury]

Wanna guess what they have in common, other than a weird accent and a lot of DIY spirit? Both got parts from This Old Tony!

[@olekaarvaag9405]

@@PaladinFury I love how many of these channels are friendly with each other and like and support each other, even though some of them are completely different they're still so similar. Sometimes the YT algorithm works great at connecting channels together.

[@elnombre91]

Never seen a guy so happy about rolling out dough. Ace.

[@asii97]

rip ace

[@_NATTE_]

When I first saw that Alex is doing a croissant series, don’t be offended by this, but I wasn’t thatttt excited. Because so many other amazing food KZbinrs have already showed great techniques on their croissant videos. But thennnn Alex just took this croissant series on a tangent, took it to a whole nother level. Shouldn’t have doubted for one second that you would make great, original content :D

[@Arkansya]

Plus : I'm not sure you can grasp the whole croissant thing when you were not raised by the croissant as we are in France. I never found a sole edible one in the countries I visited

[@RealityIsTheNow]

Next level cooking show. Alton Brown would be proud.

[@boneman1982]

@@Arkansya yeah, I had one in New York City that was like no other croissant I've ever had. Totally changed my concept of what a croissant could be.

[@roskar]

John Dkn - Tell me about it, I was born and raised in Paris, now living in the US.

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

Before watching this series of videos I had no idea how much my life suffered from a lack of lamination. Seriously, I always find myself smiling watching Alex make DIY cooking contraptions. Thanks for making and sharing.

[@mrdandansan]

I feel like you should just get a 3d printer for your shop

[@oukid2633]

Was gonna same thing

[@fergal9808]

Next thing you know he'll have a 3d printer that prints croissants

[@beastmaster645]

@James Cotter and a cnc milling machine

[@CandyGramForMongo_]

ThisOldTony just made gears.

[@PaladinFury]

@James Cotter and a This Old Tony to do all the work.

[@WiccanWarrior63XD]

I love how you bring cooking and engineering together

[@shesh2265]

This is still not the last croissant episode guys... amazinh

[@davidfields5375]

Is that you JLP?

[@AlexSchmittCinematography]

omg it is@@davidfields5375

[@SchmitGaMeSFrshLrd]

Can I just say that even though Ive only been subscribed to alex for a very short period of time..ive genuinely enjoyed every single video he has released because he includes every detail of problems he encounters and how he solved them. Thank you alex for the highly educational videos you make, I hope you continue to do so 😊

[@teej008]

Can there be a more righteous and noble quest for a Frenchman?

[@recoil53]

Finding a unified theory of cheese and make the one cheese that Frenchmen from all regions find to be superior.

[@hazimesahe]

To make the perfect croissant?

[@thedeepvoiceguy3673]

@@recoil53 So you mean Dutch cheese (the one superior cheese)?

[@lencelotcdm8740]

Vive la France 🇫🇷

[@evangalyen6402]

You are truly an inspiration. Even to those who do not cook. I love how you have an idea and make it happen instead of just having an unfulfilled dream. I need to adopt that mentality.

[@droogii1142]

I have to admit you're taking this croissant thing to the limits.

[@tavineek2736]

I like how you explain things so easily understandable. Love your new creative ideas and invention. I also have trouble of making my own croissant and you made my day. merci Alex!

[@Flitterquest]

This is the most french invention I can imagine.

[@Hermaniac8]

Obviously you have not heard of the guillotine.

[@Dumass88]

what about the white flag?

[@crekzgaming3370]

@@Dumass88 you sir, just made my day xD

[@adamandarchie824]

Watching Alex just makes me smile! i have been a chef for 20 years and his passion gives me goosebumps, great work

[@onerian8178]

just realized that croissant dough is like pastry Damascus

[@barbarios88]

It is, trust me, im a baker

[@iteate]

@@barbarios88 hi baker. im dad

[@Peopleboy100]

@@iteate so underrated

[@lvoecloud]

You're amazing Alex! I admire your dedication and patient!

[@525medic]

This is BEGGING for another This Old Tony Collab! He could make this in no time!!

[@jessmac1893]

Came here to say this.

[@madhatte73]

I mean he did just do a couple of episodes about making gears and all, it is a very natural and obvious shout out.

[@MetalMike50]

Looks more like a Wintergatan collab to me. Only then it will take 2 years and make music as well, but still.

[@madhatte73]

@@MetalMike50 I'll allow it

[@cainwang6391]

So happy to see what 's the result you've got. And I can completely feel your happy,too.

[@WinstonMakes]

Haha, for a second I thought you were gonna have a Clickspring moment when you cut the gears by hand. And then you used a CNC and I cheered :P If you wanted smoother gears, I would use a polymer like Delrin or UHMW PE. They have a lot less friction, are non absorbent, and will wear better over time. Also while you had access to a fab lab, I would recommend making a small drilling guide for center drilling dowels. When I was making my wooden lightsaber, I made a series of circles that I then stacked into a tube. At one end, I put a cap on it that had a hole drilled perfectly centered. The little jig slides over an appropriate sized dowel and holds your drill bit in place while you start the hole.

[@rezuredragon]

I imagine if he used better gears it'd be on a frame that's also a lot better too. Wooden ones would work fine

[@RealityIsTheNow]

Clickspring is satisfying in the same way cooking shows are. I swear to god all those brass shavings make me hungry.

[@FrenchGuyCooking]

Merci Winston, I love this. About the jig, it sounds great, would fix the centering for sure, but the rollers themselves are wobbly/unbalanced ... It's not that big of a problem when I am flattening over 10mm, but as soon as I get closer to 4 it does become a bit annoying.

[@u2bst1nks]

@@FrenchGuyCooking how about using PVC tubing instead of wood?

[@isaacdoubek9846]

@@FrenchGuyCooking Also, I used to make a lot or mdf gears for teaching kids at a museum. One of the things i'd do on gears i wanted to be longer running but still cheaper than delrin is just get a big cheap bottle of ca glue and pour it on the teeth so they saturate a bit. Just make sure to keep running it slowly until the glue sets all the way :P it spreads the glue evenly and keeps them from seizing. It's kind of like tempering just the teeth :P

[@TheBaconpowder]

06:39 And that my friend is called a döubleföld :D

[@skateordie9628]

🤣

[@Tropicalpisces]

Alex, you are such a joy to watch. You right here are a chef turned designer and engineer. Love the science.

[@janm2473]

Adorable! That's French for adorable, people.

[@j4r3dr3y]

Thank you KZbin, this is amazing to watch this man just nerd about croissant and machines. This is adorable and I love it.

[@iRDaBrit]

Alex my dude - you need to buy a 3D Printer! I have a Tevo Tornado and it's cheap, easy to use an it makes things like gears super simple.

[@professorhana6555]

This is the coolest thing I have seen. So much ingenuity. I want to try one of these soooooo bad now!

[@B_assMan.Archive]

Carl Wheezer : **sees video** Carl Wheezer : Carl Wheezer : Carl Wheezer : *_ARE YOU GOING TO FINISH THAT CROISSANT?_*

[@axelpetersson5787]

Sweet Corn Excuse me Are you going to finish that KWUASÅNG

[@dwaynewladyka577]

I love your determination here. This is another great video. Cheers, Alex!

[@shadow1961]

So, the next step is finding a cow and making your own butter?

[@shadow1961]

Or maybe a goat. Or a cow AND a goat...

[@DirtMaguirk]

Or building the cow from his test kitchen

[@korenn9381]

@@DirtMaguirk "We've milked a cow and made our own butter, and the result is fantastique. But you know I couldn't leave it at that, so let's take it to the next level. I ordered a dose of high grade bull sperm on the internet..."

[@DanielHerrera-he9no]

I am guessing he is gonna fabricate some kind of butter churn machine thingy in the next vid.

[@donfinch862]

A plywood cow driven by a drill. How many gears fit in a cow? Wait for the next episode

[@JDBleecker]

Alex recipe from video 2 and this folding technique are very good. I tried 2 times a recipe from a high skilled baker from my country and failed. First try Alex his recipe and bam very good croissants. Thank you Alex

[@drdough7982]

Can you please give us a full detailed recipe for the croissants?

[@oxygenium92]

Watch previous vids of the series?

[@drdough7982]

I tried but the first recipe is not very clear in its instructions

[@tanmaypanadi1414]

I agree there needs to be an written article article

[@RedmarKerkhof]

Step one: defeat the Ottomans.

[@yace8765]

For about 10 croissants : (metric system) 500g of flour 300ml of milk 50g of sugar 12g of salt 15g of fresh yeast (You have to dilute the yeast with the milk. The milk has to be at a temperature of 25°C to activate the yeast.) 190g of butter (for the turning) Egg yolk and/or milk to glaze before baking

[@TheBClark88]

Hey Alex, been watching your stuff for a while and I just wanted to say a massive thank you for constantly producing such good content. KZbin these days seems to be full of needlessly and aggressively negative, self absorbed, money and metric obsessed creators and commenters, and your channel is a breath of fresh air. Your constant positivity, creativity and love for what you do makes the world a better place. Keep it up!

[@branchtree448]

We didn't get to see the croissant you made baked though. One of the satisfying things of your vids are that you usually end up making food with whatever you did in the video. I wanted to see if the inside of that croissant looked the same as the on in the bakery.

[@FrenchGuyCooking]

Haven't I just made Croissant sashimi ?? Jeez

[@korenn9381]

@@FrenchGuyCooking as long as you eat it at the end of the video, we're satisfied :P

[@goffe2282]

It turned out really bad so he doesn't want to show it ;).

[@linhjahnke2111]

Alex, you're so intelligent with your hand made croissants roller! I wished someone build me one , I love to watching croissants maker but I had no good experience with croissants!!!

[@AndreaSisto]

Ton accent anglais est incroyable! Nan je rigole super vidéo 😝

[@Hackanhacker]

ce vrai quell nest pas si i croyable

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

l'accent, lui-meme, est un 'persona'

[@Hackanhacker]

@@bobbiusshadow6985 wooaah not that much xD

[@bobbiusshadow6985]

@@Hackanhacker lol, of course, not

[@infinitetransit2899]

сексуальный

[@greatsisyphus7712]

I love that you made three gear wheels and put them in the contraption, even though no wheels would do the job. Could've powered the roller directly from the drilling machine but that wouldn't make the video as interesting and wouldn't require any imagination. This is what this channel is all about, finding new boundaries, new ways, new territories. I love it. So honest, so optimistic, exposing the best quality of human mind through cooking. Amazing, GJ thank you for the ispiration.

[@recreant359]

“The doe shitter 5000” love accents lol

[@perfectplates]

This guy amazes me in ways you couldn’t imagine. Such a smart bloke.

[@RumblerGaming]

The dough shitter

[@TheCoffeeman0]

Dude, your passion for this made me do my own croissants and other stuff. thanks !!!!!

[@apememes7900]

Whenever alex posts, it's an instant click😉

[@schlosserprofi8647]

Hy Alex. I learnd backer many jears ago. I rolled the laminated dough with a big hand-roller. This was hard work. The laminating-butter was to expensive for my boss, so we put the butter in the kneeding mashine and put some weetflour in. That bounds the water in the butter and you get good results with that method too. What is importend for laminated dough is, that the dough and the butter have the same consistency at the same Temprature. If this is not the case, the softer layer will be pushed to the outside and your layers will be poor and uneaven.

[@Bonzulac]

04:13 Alex, the director, pretending to leave without his camera.

[@TheNiters]

I wonder how often Alex has to run back to pick up his camera while filming stuff :D

[@Bonzulac]

@@TheNiters Probably about as often as he sets it up, leaves, and then pretends to arrive.

[@felixhurtgen3552]

I loved the part from 3:41 to 3:48 A french dude running around a hall while pointing at everything and saying "LAYSÖÖR MASHHINE" and "I need dis"

[@truesoldier27]

I drool over every croissant episode. For your machine you might want to replace the plywood with melamine laminate to prevent any sticking food from picking up wood splinters especially since you cut on it. As you were cutting the dough on the board i couldnt help but be distracted by the thought of someone getting a splinter in their tongue. Yikes.

[@amorembalming]

This was in my recommend feed. Glad it was. Enjoyed it very much.

[@niklasgnn]

Damn Alex you're a mechanical engineer now!

[@niklasgnn]

@D-MMA Wow I didn't know, guess I shouldn't be surprised since many of his solutions are so advanced!

[@teej008]

Only a Frenchman would study mechanical engineering to become a better chef :)

[@recoil53]

@@niklasgnn It's also probably why he knows a guy in a University lab.

[@bluzshadez]

Genius! You've made a DOUGH SHEETER out of wood, screws and other metal parts. Very impressive!

[@niamro16]

J’ai une question alex. Tu as fais quoi comme études supérieurs car j ai l’impression que tu es plus un ingénieur qu’un cuisinier ? 😂

[@lorenzomariasantini]

Il èst un ingegnieur en télécommunications.

[@ottoleisering7855]

1) You've been watching to many videos from "This Old Tony". 2) The dough was far thicker than 4 MM. It looked to be about 9 MM unless you have really tiny hands. 3) I love you presentation and the energy you display.

[@NinisCooking]

Sick "machine" Alex you are so creative! 😳👌

[@Alternatoast]

Why "machine"? I think it's alright to call it one

[@NinisCooking]

@@Alternatoast I used "" because to me a machine is more electronic, but you are actually right, it is a machine since there is a mechanism

[@aggelikig7640]

I just admire the devotion of Alex, his fixation with making the perfect croissant dough that makes him try every possible method!! Hats off to Alex! I was wondering if the machine that he made is available for sale 😁. Greetings from Greece Alex!!!! Keep up the good work! 😉

[@torypayne4716]

Brilliant Alex! Did you happen to get the idea to make the gears from 'This Old Tony's' newer series on gears? I saw that he did a shout-out to you on his channel.

[@patrickodonnell9443]

I've always wanted a sheeter, looks like an interesting and relatively affordable way to do it.

[@NickVennlig]

Me: That fishing line won’t hold ...- Alex: ....- made for sharks 👌

[@mylesmcarthur642]

Wonder what type of sharks.

[@erichanastacio9695]

And we need a bigger boat. 😂😂😂😂

[@firelite92]

Salut alex, je te regarde depuis plusieurs mois et tes vidéos sont juste top ! J'apprends plein de choses sur la cuisine en général et tu fais des vrais trucs, tu expérimentes et le fait que tes videos soient en anglais c'est super stimulant merci pour le contenu de qualité !

[@Guram_Zhgamadze]

maybe you should send this machine to a guy who made pasta machine :) for one more collaboration project

[@ashleyrose5321]

Who?

[@zw9720]

@@ashleyrose5321 ThisOldTony

[@homegrowntwinkie]

I really wish these videos were every day.... I definitely need more French guy cooking in my life.

[@zackrickabaugh5456]

Is this why This Old Tony was making gears

[@zw9720]

Sure hope it wasn't just for his mini lathe.

[@Chriskert1]

Alex, you are amazing!!! One man show!!! It's a pleasure to view your videos.

[@jbot91]

"Man can't compete with machine." - my girlfriend

[@lornawalde9040]

Oh my I am so becoming addicted to these fantastic videos thank you alex!

[@JimFaindel]

I swear one day Alex is going to start working on a frankfurter machine and by the end of that series he'll have created a Marble Machine, before Wintergatan finishes his.

[@lilipad90]

Wow I'm very impressed that you cut out the gears by hand

[@acbzl5769]

LE CROISSANT C'EST BON. ET ON DIT PAIN AU CHOCOLAT ^^

[@Gregtheneg]

chocolatine

[@acbzl5769]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA TU ES UN DEMON @@Gregtheneg !

[@alaisdair]

Just got your cookbook! Super excited to cook with it. Much love from Australia

[@antoniwoes]

france during ww1 and ww2 "My New Croissant Machine Can Do Things I Can't"

[@SkySettler]

Il y a tellement d'amour en ce croissant.... C'est magnifique

[@oliverroberts197]

The French are becoming too powerful!

[@Ochropyra]

I've been to Paris more times that I care to admit. YOU make me believe in a type of French person that I do not immediately dislike. Thank you for that.

[@helsinki]

So the fablab is run by a chubby Alex lookalike. Maybe we'll get a spinoff show. 'Chubby Alex French Guy Fabricating'

[@AdelKhen]

he maybe have one, who knows. :p

[@Kevin_Eder]

@@AdelKhen I hope Alex hooked you up with some croissants.

[@simonlamont8127]

one of the best series of vids ever on 'Tube. Bravo mon frere

[@wreck-itralph938]

Me at 3am: This video:

[@laceyleforte]

omg I LOOOOOOVE the croissant series so much!

[@daidekiru]

What was the cut that you made @ 8:17?

[@tomahoks]

Tom W Relief cut

[@PolyraclureDeVinyle]

It allows for a wider roll.

[@recoil53]

That was covered from his trip to the bakery. It releases the stress form folding the dough while also letting the butter go to the edge.

[@toast8089]

This was recommended for me idk why but im glad it was idk whats going on except this man really loves croissants. I appreciate that

[@hypertronic2559]

Am I the only one who is absolutely triggered by this french accent 😂

[@bigdave6331]

BREAK IT PEPE LE PEW

[@hjelliottca]

J'aime toujours comment tu peux faire de l'enginerding avec de la cuisine, deux de mes trucs favoris. Merci Alex!

[@thedickhead577]

Yo make a chocolate one

[@repsforjesus3563]

Watch his previous videos, he made two or maybe even three videos about that

[@sleepyariadne]

I actually cheered when his croissant dough sheeter worked. Fantastic work, Alex!

[@Joh666porra]

Partner with This Old Tony again to do this machine! The pasta machine was incredible!

[@esra_erimez]

I was looking for this comment. :-)

[@Brolaf2000]

None of us actualy watched the whole video yet...

[@loraleiffxi]

Yup. just started it. I've been waiting for this!!!

[@Marnick43]

I did

[@seikojin]

Truly fascinating to see how a machine is what was needed to get that extra thinness and therefore the 7 steps on the croissant.

[@gabtroublemaker]

me and my step father have been planning to build a dough sheeter for years, not only for croissant but for bread making in general, this one looks like the perfect one for us, but he doesn't speak any English or French so HERE COME SPANISH SUBTITLES. The only change is that we'll probably do the gears by hand and use a handle instead of a drill

[@earumamaadu]

You didn't even bake it. I'm extremely unsatisfied

[@jessekrembs]

Alex you've got to do a laser cut/ fab lab / maker spaceable dough sheeter cutting file drop.

[@PaulMcGuinness]

Am I the only that thought his friend looked like Alex... after eating ALL the croissants? Not fat-shaming btw... I'm a lard-arse myself :-)

[@chocmilkshake24]

Paul McGuinness YES! I thought I was seeing double!

[@soaringhal]

Add an Arduino and stepper motors for a fully automated version - thanks for sharing (your passion) :)

[@mrdedenne9714]

Cette accent... nn je dec tres bonne video comme toujours

[@kleistermeister8682]

Basically the rolling machines in the Bakery works exactly like this. Nice Video!

[@MrWilliam932]

I have the suspicion he is french, I don't know, something tells me that... 🤔

[@misterdoubleC]

This guy is resourceful ! Amazing !

[@bretthavens9259]

this is so weird and I dont know how I feel about french people

[@matthewcurrie5963]

This guy always has the cleanest shop. Good job👍🏼👍🏼

[@Reda01Reda]

Tu devrais améliorer ton accent parce que là c’est trop chaud

[@oryx5373]

Reda B Ouais c’est vrai que c’est chaud 😂😂

[@XxTremeRager]

C'est voulu, ça fais partie du personnage

[@bahroum69]

C'est fait exprès. Regarde ses toutes premières vidéos, il a un bon accent.