Picking Up A Homemade Forging Press For My Shop

Sometimes you just have to get the tool that you are not sure you need. When this became available I decided to move on it. Steep learning curve ahead.
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[@user-pq9zc3uc7m]

You have men without tools. You have men with tools. Then, you have men with tools to make tools. Next level.

[@50sKid]

I don't think you have to make any excuses for that crane. Anything to save your back is a win in my book.

[@joopterwijn]

Always nice to get some good home made tools, and a bonus is that three people are happy in the same deal!

[@johnmcmunn3827]

You guys are having way too much FUN..playing with Lego for Adults 🤣😂🤣

[@FarmsteadForge]

It's nice it came with a bunch of dies, that will save you a bunch of work! I'd like to get one someday too. Thanks for the video!

[@AlanTheBeast100]

Quite the collection of craftsmen there....

[@Paul_JZ]

Lord, I hate buying tools ... BUT I love using them! That's why I keep buying them. Best of success with the new purchase.

[@fredflickinger643]

The fun never stops when you can buy another tool for the shop!

[@saltycowgirl]

1:07.. the warning sign on the truck/crane says... Engage brain before operating this machine... lol awesome

[@8HumblePie]

When it comes to the choice of power vs drudgery. Power is always a beauty, a bonnie and a joy to behold .

[@NSResponder]

You have all the cool toys, Scott! Can't wait to see this one in action. Hope you enjoy it thoroughly.

[@gtbkts]

Thanks for all the awesome content and great videos!!

[@anthonypiligno7618]

🎉❤ sigh or Thai song needs a handkerchief... My grandfather used to carry one all the time...🎉❤..... JJ...😊

[@anameillneverremember]

The earliest I've been to anything. Such a cool press, and I can't wait to start making my own tool tank.

[@mjbuildsnj]

Hey EC would you mind showing what you carry in your tool belt when doing commercial formwork

[@johnadolph4094]

Scott, you are an amazing man I love all your shows and the knowledge you share with your shows watched the fabrication of your gate so far, amazing. One advice not related to except for welding a joint from one side using a copper backing bar should be 3/8 by 2 inch with a milled groove the width of a weld Beat concaved depth about 1/8 inch deep preheat the backup bar to 200 degree F so the weld will be clean and full penetration .Hope you do not mind me telling you that. Best wishes. yours John Adolph I can not wait to see your Gate installed.

[@essentialcraftsman]

John!!!! Thank you for commenting and thanks for the great clarification on the backing bar! I will do that next chance I get! I’m just about to start working, I hope, on editing the video of your amazing career in heavy structural steel construction in Canada! There’s so much information from the interview that it’s hard to know where to begin, but I am going to make something happen very soon! Thank you for watching and thanks for all the great advice!

[@tvolkmeier]

You guys should take a look at using a VFD to provide power to the 10 hp blue motor. They can operate on single phase input power and can output three phase power to the induction motor. I suggest a 15hp rated VFD to run the 10hp motor.

[@Professionalhomeowner1]

Man I feel so bad for that old fella still using a maglite 😂 If only somebody would convince him some of the new tools aren’t so bad

[@Joe_Bandit]

I have never regretted buying a tool. And I've never regretted getting the best version of that tool that I could afford (or maybe couldn't quite).

[@thunderstruck1078]

I think the capacitors are used to produce a voltage difference between phases, so the rotor actually starts spinning. Something like that :)

[@kooldoozer]

Capacitors produce a time difference (delay) from the supplied phase, to create 2 different phase sequences in time. --Doozer

[@thunderstruck1078]

@@kooldoozer That's what I said. Roughly :)

[@rhomsany]

Think of a capacitor as a pressure tank (fluid) or an elastic band (mechanical). They can store pent up energy for a while and then slap you (or a motor that needs a bunch of energy to get past its initial rest/static state) hard.

[@snowgorilla9789]

Man Toys, am jealous

[@WristwatchMedic1953]

Wow. That will help a lot. Amazing tool to have. Congratulations

[@ColeSpolaric]

You never back the pin off a little bit. The manufacturers even tell you this. They give you the flat spot to put a wrench on to get it off of it binds up. I forget the reasoning, but don't do that!

[@michaeldougfir9807]

This is a good video anyway, but it was also good to see Cy again. Looking forward to installation. And at the tight time, a good demonstration.

[@pmchamlee]

You and Cy are a heck of a pair to draw to! 🤠

[@casycasy5199]

those were some amazing knifes.

[@NSResponder]

Indeed. A true artist's work.

[@Tomhohenadel]

Truly amazing the stuff you pick up Scott.

[@kirkyorg7654]

new toy is always fun

[@tristanconnolly5675]

Nice.

[@motor2of7]

Oh hell. I’d love to have a crane on my truck.

[@lheigert]

What a fun new toy

[@laybricks]

Congratulations on your new tool .Keep up the good work. :) I really enjoy your videos and your knowledge that you share. Thank you.

[@kathleensmith370]

I enjoy your videos

[@brentjenkinsdesigns]

I seen your burke bar in action there. I gotta say I had never heard of one of those until Scott introduced it to us. I've been keeping my peepers open for one ever since. I suppose my fencing tamp/digging tool is gonna hafta suffice until then. 🙃

[@alexcain7579]

been looking for one used since Scott enlightened me, using a simple rock bar until then. Great for moving implements short distances

[@BCVS777]

It sure is nice when you don’t have to beat on a piece of hot steel with a 4 lb hammer for hours to get it shaped. Congratulations!

[@jollyroger6258]

It's funny, you're the same age as me (65), yet you seem like my grandfather (a grandpa who's just as slim as me to boot!).

[@feelthepayne88]

Jealous, I would love to have a power hammer or a press! Can't wait to see it in action and what you use it to make.

[@totherarf]

Well that is one nice paint job on the fluid tank! ;o) Motors, I do know a bit about though. If you are trying to get a motor like yours to start the device is called a "Capacitor Start" (for obvious reasons) but it is interesting how they work. The capacitor when coupled to your motor causes a phase shift in one winding. Literally changing the time the motor gets its "Grunt" from the power line. This kicks the motor a bit and the main winding is now no longer lined up to the magnetic lines of force. Think of it like the kick start on a motorbike. A small kick will allow it to use the power to continue to turn and inertia will take it round the rest!

[@rustyshackleford5060]

Keep up the good work

[@smartgorilla]

Keep up the good work too. Now wear your safety goggles too

[@josephadams5993]

Nice flames.

[@mikes1345]

When a man hits seventy with back pains he doesnt need to ask why you put that crane on your truck. He just wishes he did 50 years ago. Trying to convince a 20 year old grandson to use lifting tools now will prevent him from the same thing. He is hard of hearing as i was back then.

[@rubenmadrid3154]

I have been wanting to get a Burke bar, it would totally save my knees and back. Do you have a link or know the website to buy one?

[@mrlithium69]

You should find some young whippersnapper to do the gruntwork and teach him the ropes

[@jims2286]

If you show the electric company your 3 phase machines and use it often enough they will install a 3 phase transformer for free

[@ponkje]

Any chance of some more Cy-centered content? 😊

[@kooldoozer]

It is a bought of irrational judgement that causes men to cut the shafts off their phase converter motors. Safety propaganda has made sensible folks a slave to social acceptance in their mission to demonstrate their allegiance to group conformity. A spinning shaft is not a danger, especially in a shop filled with power hammers, fire forges, and percussive pugilism. Wrapping it with electrical tape to make it smooth would remove any remote hazard from anything getting snatched by the keyway. But all out castration prevents the motor from serving future usefulness to the enterprising shop steward. Listen kids, don't cut it off, no matter what your friends say. You might need it some day. ----Doozer

[@Shadowfart-zb4fn]

First

[@michaelcarroll991]

Ok so this video was just to show off you buying an expensive piece of equipment? I would rather hear Nate speak on the projects he's doing for his house. I can't tell you how many videos you've put out about buying yourself a piece of equipment but its getting old and quite frankly obnoxious. Where's Nate when you need him.

[@jollyroger6258]

that bad, eh?

[@oswap]

Most of us are looking forward to what we will see him make with it. Plus we got to hear something entertaining from Cy.