Spinning Metal - Part 2! - GODOX Strobe Reflector Build

Got my hands on a more suitable spinning metal. Trying it again!
Spoiler: spinning is still hard.
Nonetheless, I push forward with Plan B for a larger strobe reflector.
Link to Part1: • Spinning Metal - Round...
Re: the patreon thing. Please read the patreon page at / thisoldtony
Music: Sunny Side - Text Me Records

[@Blueshirt38]

I love watching people upload their failures. Not because you learn more by owning up to your failures, just because it makes me feel better about myself.

[@Gottenhimfella]

It's something the Brits used to be particularly good at. In the heyday of "Yachting Monthly" and (to a lesser degree, engineering types being shoved far towards the "anal" end of the self-disclosure spectrum) Model Engineer. Its SO much more fun learning from the disasters of others... Nowadays with Facebook and selfies and (puke puke) Social Networking generally, most people are about as inclined to authentic self-disclosure as elderly white Southern rural US males are to "getting in touch with their feminine side"

[@matejmanceta1794]

If you love it....i will upload my life😂😂😢😢

[@ChuckFickens1972]

My Father (who's now nearly 90) has talked about "the old guys" that used to do metal spinning where he worked for his whole working life, he said they all used to just stop working whenever anyone else walked into their room and if you ever asked them anything there wasn't a chance they'd let on any details. Over his working life he probably learnt pretty much every metalworking skill there is but he still calls spinning a black art.

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

Your dad must hace an obundance of knowledge to pass on :) Hope he is doing fine

[@Crewsy]

Ficken Chucker Hopefully your Dad was able to mentor many “younger” minds during his working life. It seems like the metal spinners were selfish and perhaps with reason in a hostile work environment where your pay was soully based on your skills and metal spinners didn’t want the competition for their jobs.

[@spokehedz]

"If you can do something, and do it well, never do it for free." -- Some person who probably didn't have many friends.

[@sirpipthegreat]

at least we're fun at parties though.

[@rotorhead5826]

Must've been a union shop.

[@BrunoSilva-fu6kg]

Hey TOT, at my machine shop we do a lot of metal spinning, normally we work with aluminium, stainless steel and mild steel, but all this material when we order it we have to order it in a special order because it most be a in your case aluminium for spinning. But talking about the technical stuffs. For start before giving the final shape, you have to do a kind of bending like 10° for the side of the tailstock, and after that with a big round bearing you start spinning the material with some hand soap, but we start from the center to the top but this step ia just to stretch the metal for the final shaping you most do it with a egg shape bearing for that and more soap ( in titanium we use to wet a little bit the soap. Be careful with the force you apply in the material, because in some thin material it can broke from the center ( ah, and by the way, normally we have a spring load tailstock), that because as you start shaping the sheet the forces that you apply make the sheet go finer and finer, normally at our machine shop here at Portugal in aluminium sheet of 2mm after getting the final shape it gets 1.6/1.7mm. That why we order special material because aluminium sheets for metal shaping use to have 2.15mm instead of 2... because of the compression... Hope to be helpful.

[@quartfeira]

Olá Bruno, estão situados em que zona de Portugal? Abraço ✌️

[@michaeldurling793]

Sometimes the path less traveled is overgrown for a reason but we can't deny it's appeal.

[@trentdrummond3147]

I struggle with just buying bowls myself. really the most efficient way is to just place the blank near a coconut tree wait for a falling nut to perfectly shape the bowl. WAY easier than all this lathe stuff!

[@SteelJM1]

I'm convinced that TOT, AvE, and Chef John are all the same guy just using different voices.

[@Mr.Sparks.173]

Now that you mention it, you never see thier hands in the same room...

[@nkortes]

I were about to comment that your project seems to have a bad case of weeble wobblies, AvE style, but no need to put it under different topic anymore. Seriously tho, the asymmetric stress far away the center has huge leverage and the center point becomes work hardened and brittle - > breaks off. Nice project anyway... You can muck around with tinfoil innards to create effects on the light beam also

[@SteelJM1]

Right?!

[@Titus-as-the-Roman]

SteelJM1- I also watch Chef John and I have for a while thought their syntax was very similar. Hmmmm, what umbrella of secrecy is Old Tony working under ? Is he a Food-A-Holic with a secret machinist desire, or a Machinist with a food Jones.

[@Noah-qs3rq]

Yes, Im sure these 3 musketeers are just 1 man...

[@olivialambert4124]

First off I (clearly) am not an expert on metalworking. However as Physicist I've a few thoughts. Currently its looking like you work the middle exclusively before eventually getting to the outer edges. The commercial machines I've seen work along the entire length. The latter makes a lot more sense to me - by working the middle you are reducing the radius. Thus you have an outer edge holding itself at a large radius, an inner edge at a smaller radius, and so the outer edge (with less strength) wants to reduce its radius and the easiest way is either the crinkling you've seen before or the buckling you're seeing there. Two ideas speak to me as a physicist, though I'm certainly not sure if either is practical. First would be to try to work the outer edges early and to work your way along the entire form rather than just the part you're focusing on. A lot of commercial methods use multiple steps with multiple die to slowly work down to the form. The other, possibly unlikely method, would be using a hard die and using some real force to squeeze the work. That way the diameter at each point is the same but the larger surface area is made up by thinner metal. Either way good luck, no matter what happens this is pretty interesting. As an aside, why not use the bearing to form the shape properly then do a final pass with the blunt stick? You get both benefits there. The problem so far is the blunt stick is imparting too much force dragging the work back which the bearing doesn't, and as the only part keeping it spinning is that little circle you've got a problem, especially as you move further out and impart more force to it (force times radius). If you reduce the force, a lubricant like the wax you used, or you found a way to spread the rotational force, say coat the die in rubber, or you reduced the force on the ring, say loosen it a bit and accept it might slip, you might be able to just use the stick. I don't know a practical answer but I can comfortably explain what's happening. It would at least work as-is for smaller radii work which is comforting. Also its certainly not parabolic, it looks more elliptical. However if you're looking for more dispersion on the light you won't want parabolic anyway. You could scratch up the surface for more dispersion, though it looks like Ikea did that for you. The dimples in the real one have the same effect. The only problem with elliptical shapes is there are two focal points, the light from one will concentrate at the second and so you may get a differing effect with different distances. Still I'm assuming you're not at the focal point anyway so hopefully its just going to be a generally diffuse effect. You're of course going to lose a lot more light with your bowl flash, but I doubt that really matters and I'd imagine it works well enough. Another ghetto soft box for indoor use would just be holding up a white sheet between the flash and subject, light hits the sheet and diffuses and you can use just about any flash for it. Or aim it at a white wall, though you're pretty stuck with creative choices there but its useful to eat ramen noodles by phonelight at least.

[@jacobg5122]

Now a white sheet wouldn't make for a very interesting video, would it? Although I guess he could machine it out of a big block of cotton. Wouldn't put it past him.

[@sinisterthoughts2896]

I see you in a lot of comments...

[@rexmundi3108]

I was thinking much the same thing. Work the whole surface as evenly as possible since you are expanding the metal as you go. You get into trouble near the rim as the outer metal is forced to distort, having expanded less. I'm not even near being a metal worker (and I may be wrong in my guess) but I've done a fair bit of ceramics, ie, making bowls on a potter's wheel. You might not think it, but there is quite a bit of skill overlap.

[@RFC-3514]

The start there is almost completely backwards. If you start pushing the outer edge, you just lift the opposite side (as seen at 0:11), and that is exactly what's causing him to break off the middle disc. He needs to _bend_ the middle (not just deflect it) so it follows the form closely. Only when enough of the radius is bent (and pressing closely against the form) can he push down the outer part without lifting the opposite side. Alternatively (or additionally), he can use a bigger block in the middle (with a curvature that is the negative of the buck) to shape that part and keep it pressed firmly against the buck. The key is to avoid the deflection you can see around 0:11.

[@bencebabar610]

​@@RFC-3514 This comment should get more likes because it summerizes what the problem is.

[@NochSoEinKaddiFan]

5:38 I laughed so hard at this xD Your editing is above and beyond, I am blown away by what you do on this channel time and time again ^^

[@woogie2901]

At the last place I worked (making whisky stills) we had to convert a (much larger) normal lathe into a metal spinning lathe, to make some fancy Greek amphora looking bits to go between the pot and the neck of some stills. It worked after MANY trials and tribulations, and probably in excess of $1500 of copper wasted in R&D, along with a few thousand bucks worth of time, both in building all the tools to convert the lathe, and trying to figure out what the heck we needed to do - incidentally, the tooling we made had a much tighter arc on the turny-bearingy-thingy that contacts the work. Maybe a 25mm-ish, but oblong, arc. Dunno if that made it better or worse than yours with a larger radius though (getting back to the 'dunno what the heck we were doing' thing). We kept breaking off the centre of the copper also, ended up welding an extra turned disc of 3mm copper onto the middle, that helped it hold. Also worked out we needed to set up the oxy torch breathing fire on the lathe, to keep the part annealed the whole time. All in all, would have been soooo much easier if we could have just bought those parts. We ended up with MANY lampshades, which I think my bosses wife turned into bird baths.

[@travismiller5548]

woogie2901 thanks for taking one for the team and sharing this... i like the idea where you bulk up the middle material. i’ve been wondering too about the annealing situation, whether or not This Ol’ is using “dead soft” material to begin with. i commented “loose the wood form and torch it at the lathe” in the last video... Tony always ignores my advice. Love you, Tony!

[@rotorhead5826]

Stress relieved materials are much easier to "work" with. Certain types of aluminum work harden like crazy. Others (dead soft) don't care. We learned this at my shop with spiral flute blind hole "chip extracting" taps. 6061 is a no-go. Gums up or sticks to the tap and it breaks right off the bat. 7075 actually has some hardness, and the chip will come out and break. There are so many different types of aluminum though. I'm not sure which is best for spinning. I would say though it probably has a lot to do with "technique" sadly. I would only work out from the center. Pressure has to stay consistent as well. It stands to reason buck finish and your feed rate will directly affect part finish. Clearly the material is work hardening near center. Edit: you might just be better off with some type of tin material, then have it hard chromed or spray it silver after finishing.

[@averysmith1118]

You would not want the wood form to be "loose. "

[@mitchellspanheimer1803]

@@averysmith1118 I think he meant lose, as in to get rid of because it's combustible.

[@wktodd]

I work for a firm with two cnc spinning lathes (and a herd of sacrificial goats). The things are massive with a hydraulic power pack the size of ToT's time machine. I tried my hand on one lathe once , it seemed completely uncontrollable and likely to kill .Spinners are not human! The lathes do not use g code : the experienced spinner makes the part, controlling the machine with a knob and a joystick - they move the hydraulic rams that hold the forming roller in a manner that makes no sense at all to a humble turner like me. The lathe records the motion and repeats on command

[@codygranrud6212]

Me and my son have been watching your work when I put him to bed. I really appreciate your sharing your knowledge with us Tony. God bless.

[@tench745]

I should preface this comment by saying, I know nothing about real metal working or machining, but I am a theatrical carpenter. Take that to mean what you will. Regarding the center of your blanks breaking out while spinning; it looks like as you work outwards on the blanks they haven't conformed to the buck tightly enough and the blank bends at the interface of the buck and clamping face. As you know, aluminum fatigues quickly, and I believe this is what is happening at this point. Perhaps if the edges of your clamping piece were a more gradual taper, or if it was a softer material (rubber?) it would better distribute the forces and delay metal fatigue. Similarly, if you were able to consistently pull the aluminum away from this junction it may remove the side-loading of the blank that causes the fatigue in the first place. I realize this is probably a moot point as you've finished your piece, but I also suspect you're as annoyed by unmet challenges as I am.

[@jdrissel]

I was about to say essentially the same thing. I wonder if epoxy or some other heat setting adhesive would help stop that wobble...

[@dadbodthirsttrap]

I don't think it is loose on the buck, I think what is actually happening is the metal is actually bending over the solid buck and then the centrifugal force is pulling back straight when he takes the pressure off. That is not only making the lip, but weakening the Aluminum along edge of the buck because the work gets folded back and forth on it. That is also probably why the roller works better for him because he is putting less leverage on it and working it slower.

[@JcPepin]

Nah, tench745 has got the right idea. He's essentially only clamping the ring of material immediately surrounding the dial. Furthermore, he can't apply force on the area surrounding that, because it's hidden by his clamping tool, so there will always be an area of material not in contact with the forming block. That will allow the whole disk to move to the side and distort, fatiguing and eventually cracking it. One possible solution to this would be to stamp/hammer the middle part of the sheet to fit the block before spinning the rest of it. This would be best accompanied by also making the clamping block clamp the material as close to the clamping block's edge as possible. Another solution (albeit a much less practical one) would be to simultaneously tool the piece in two places 180 degrees from each other. Balancing forces on the material like this would also eliminate the repeat bending that causes fatigue failure.

[@felixar90]

Oh man. Clickspring, AvE, Abom and TOT on the same day. Life is good.

[@manmachinemake3708]

Aaaaand, there went my Saturday

[@AlBorland3877]

Yep, very stressful. We should get paid instead of being patreons!

[@jimandaubz]

Yup

[@MyTubeSVp]

Thinking exactly the same thing ... 👍

[@Wintergatan]

I didn't get anything done yesterday. but life was good!

[@einars899]

Not being a perfect parabolic mirror is not too much of a worry. The lamp is not a perfect point source anyway. Not even close to it. And if using a diffuser a parabolic mirror is not any better than a half-spheric. Just make sure any light heading away from the diffuser is reflected back onto it, disregarding the direction of the photons when they hit it. So now that you have a buck, find a hammer and make the failed attempts fit the buck. You can even use the wooden tit as a hammerform and not just a buck. And i have now given you so many thumbs up that i have only 2 thumbs left of the 10 i started out with.

[@jeremycatches9766]

That bowl did not "look" like it was parabolic... It looked like half of a sphere... Spherical.

[@nar76109]

Shhhhhh

[@bertjesklotepino]

o man, this video........... The first 1 minute 35 seconds. Brilliant. Just pure perfection.

[@aearles7]

Just wanted to say thanks for great videos and for the chuckles. Most appreciated!

[@thedude6736]

This saturday evening has just improved dramatically!

[@aussiebloke609]

I hate to tell you this, but your 99.9% aluminium bar isn't "uncut" - I can see the saw marks on the end. :-D

[@AlfOfAllTrades]

It probably was 0.1% off.

[@aussiebloke609]

0.1% off? He's buying from the discount rack? OH, THE SHAME! :-D

[@paultrgnp]

Wrong, wrong, wrong. TOT's other cat (the one for Aluminium products) has a worn sphincter (another shop maintenance task Tony) and THAT is what causes what looks like saw marks on the end of the billet/AluCat turd.

[@sillywizard6220]

That’s what one gets for buying off the street in shady alleys from unknown dealers! Yeah, they’ll tell you it’s pure and uncut, but after you make the deal and go home to use it...

[@EdwardCochrane]

He meant not mixed with other metals

[@WillaDie]

Im far from any expert on this subject, Ive done a month of metal spinning at my shop, but I can see a couple common mistakes. 1. Hemis have a habit of going tight then loose against the tool as you progress further. That being said, the absolute worse thing when it comes to spinning is pushing against a part of the sheet that is already on the tooling (Mandrel). What you should really do is hit it with a stick, if you feel like touching spinning parts feel it while you tap. That'll give you an audible (and physical depending on comfort, you dont really need to touch it but it helps) indication of how it's resting. The back up you see, the sorta lumpy bits by the spindle, is caused most commonly because you are pushing against a part of the piece that is restrained by both sides. When the piece is floating, the metal will flow a lot more freely. Thus you as you move along you should aim to have the metal in contact with the tooling in your back and to have air against the tooling in the front OR air in the front and air in the back. We do all sorts of weird spinning shit at my shop but thats the typical ideology. 2. The rippling is caused due to not fully teasing her along. For a hemi I would do a swoop. You want to sorta aim at making a lip. This reinforces the sheet and allows it to flow without rippling. Come in soft, push hard, push out, pull in towards you nice and soft away from the tooling. It's sorta the same motion as when you finger bang a chick. As you go along and more of the sheet is in contact with the tooling it doesnt really ripple as much and so then you would flatten the lip. You may also start well far ahead, maybe in the middle or last quarter, and take a light pass to reinforce the edge via a lip of the material before you even start to get the beginning flush. 3. You are taking too many very light passes. You want to get in there with as few passes as possible. As you take a pass on a hemi like this with aluminum often you will feel the tooling as you take the pass. The more passes you take, the more damage and nastyness on the inside and outside. When you get a good feel, the shit flows like liquid metal. As well, if you take too many passes it will thin you metal out more. Some cases you want to thin the metal for a certain spec, or maybe you're putting a light radii for reinforcement or other reasons. The fuckers in the back at my shop that do hand spinning are stocky mother fuckers, albeit short, and they were taught by a 6'4 250-300lb man who scares the piss outta me and Im a welder. 4. Handspinning lathes and turning lathes are sorta the same. Idfk enough about them, but it's mainly a modification of the toolrest to turn a turner to a spinner. That being said you get a very nice feel with "scissors". They're like the roller you have, but the roller pivots on a hockey stick (not actually a hockey stick, looks like one and make of metal) and the hockey stick pivots on the tool rest. That way you can easily change angles, you pull in with both arms and the roller moves forward, you can do all sorts of weird shit. That being said, METAL SPINNING MAKES NO FUCKING SENSE. It's like welding, you just gotta do. I did pretty good, I only did it during some down time, but it helps to have people who been doin it 15 years to show ya a couple things

[@JesseSchoch]

@willadie thanks, i got a nice chuckle from your high school dating analogy. First time i've heard that expression used when describing a lathe operation!

[@bencushwa8902]

I have a pair of AD200s and LOVE them. I've been toying around with the idea of making custom reflectors and this video has inspired me. Thanks!

[@jondoe6618]

At least you can make cymbals. That's not nothing.

[@GeorgeK356]

Err............... have you tried annealing the aluminium? At school, 55 years ago, I did some metal spinning, using aluminium. We rubbed it with a bar of soap then heated it with a gas torch until the soap turned black. It spun like putty.

[@Gottenhimfella]

I had the same thought. Not quite exactly the same, though; I came up through a slightly more conservative school; I was counselled that chocolate brown was the optimum soap grillification; unto chocolate brown only shalt thou proceed, lest thou be cast into the fires of damnation for all time. Mind you, they were probably just drama queens.

[@edwardmalfroid946]

In the same era, I remember only using a hardwood stick/dowel as the friction created excessive heat to coax the metal into changing shape. Also, the whole shaping maneuver needs to be done in one pass to maintain forming temperature.

[@georgedennison3338]

I learned this in the same 50-55 years ago era. I've been trying to recall the tools used. They certainly didn't have a bearing. When he used the nub, it reminded me the technique was faster than what he did previously. He seems to be working tentatively, and that may be the root of his problems.

[@weaponizedemoticon1131]

It might just be that it needs to be room temperature, and not "old Tony garage" degrees.

[@SW-zu7ve]

Err............ You know when people use err they are being know it all assholes? How about "Hi Tony! When I was in school I learned it this way". See how you wouldn't sound like a dick and or know it all?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

There's no shame in repurposing something. That's called being resourceful. Being able to think outside the box is a trait that many don't have anymore. It's kind of like common sense. Which is becoming so rare, that it should now be called uncommon sense. Thanks for another great TOT video!

[@Crobisaur]

Dab on 'em little guy! Great as always, Tony!

[@thecaveman9001]

Man after long, long day it is truly a treat to find a new TOT video to accompany me and me beer before I fall asleep drooling on the couch. Love your stuff, always lifts my spirits and makes me chuckle.

[@zachwebb8527]

How come my garage doesn't play music for me when I'm working?

[@cassia_cries]

best ever patreon ad! genius video as always x

[@doncooper3946]

Your editing style BLOWS ME AWAY!

[@billsmith5166]

My dad used to work at the bronze plant over at Hobarton. He could spin 20 pairs of baby shoes in a day. He made school shoes for my sister too, but he could only make two pairs of those a day. The stiletto heels slowed him down quite a bit. He always said that bronze shoe-making was in the wrists. That advice never helped me one bit.

[@BMRStudio]

Hmmmmmmmmm..... No. I will never ever spin sheet metal on the lathe! But I will send few bucks to You, cover the hospital bills :)

[@capnskustomworks]

I shouted "Binder clips!" (Mentally!!!) Nicely done as always, brethren! I love a good repurposing project!

[@AmplifyDIY]

LOL. I've made flash diffusers out of bowls from Ikea in the past, but mine look like terrible middle school science experiments compared to what TOT comes up with. Well done!

[@sebastianflynn1746]

i am a simple man, i see a TOT video, i watch.

[@ThisOldTony]

thanks!

[@sebastianflynn1746]

I feel honoured. Great vid!

[@robertroy8803]

I'm a simple man, I see a comment about watching a TOT video, I click like.

[@JoshuaNicoll]

That was weird, I was watching AvE, and then my This Old Tony senses when off and I cheched your channel for a new video, and sure enough new video, fuch yeah

[@cantsolvesudokus]

Was waiting the whole summer for this

[@jobobminer8843]

I have to say I never cease to be impressed by just how funny your videos are.

[@TabletopMachineShop]

Jeeze, a new TOT video, a new clickspring video, how am I supposed to get anything done today?

[@baska1712]

And alec steele..

[@LucasGarrow]

AvE too...

[@rickylarch]

Spoiler alert but AVE's vid today blows.

[@shortribslongbow5312]

I know that my smiles are usually expected in the morning but there still OK in the afternoon and late evening too so thanks again for the smiles. ( Your OK Tony ) :o)

[@stevenhoman2253]

beautiful bayonet mount, and the fitting came up a treat.

[@AverageCitizen333]

Great video! The pics at the end are priceless and funny. You can tell a proud papa when you see one

[@Ollaris]

Great stuff as always! I don’t know what the OD of the “bowl” is but would it be possible to use a closing strap (for lack of a better term) from a metal bucket to hold the diffuser on?

[@billbaggins]

🎉😊 what a way to start Sunday.... ToT , Clickspring , AvE , Hudrolic press and Xynudu 👍 edit.. 2 min later add Codys lab and finally Alec Steleh has finished that bloody sword 😂

[@andrewculverhouse8914]

Now with Alec moving to the states how do we get Tony and Alec together? I know that Alec has a lot of time for Tony so with some subtle hints -GUYS DO A COLLABORATION! Maybe it could happen!

[@billbaggins]

expecting at least 28 collaboration vids 😏

[@bredk]

Hey Tony! Would just like to say that your shenanigans are contagious and have reignited my hobby! Being a CAE during the day I never get a chance to see how things are practically made and it's impossible to find "old timers" in my country and where I live that can show all those skills - and it might not be obvious. So just seeing someone talented making just about anything will teach so much more than you might think :-) And you are hilarious, entertaining and one hell of a storyteller/moviemaker! I am very thankful and happy to be a patreon! Greetings from Denmark! PS: You inspired me to build a CNC too. But sorry to say it: moving gantry for lyfe! :-))))

[@Reaper4367]

Adapted and overcome.. Nice way to handle a great job that 'turned' out quite 'flash' ;) Love your work mate. Cheers for sharing.

[@poefje]

Most saladbowles are pressed, not turned ; ) Don't feel bad... ALSO YESSSS finally love to be a patreon!!

[@fk4517]

Like the cake, the black bar is a lie. Became a Patreon but was unable to see behind it. Will still keep up the Patreon support ;-)

[@peetiegonzalez1845]

What a great flash. And another great video.

[@ThisOldTony]

thanks!

[@Krispykashew]

Just randomly watched part one the other day.. the timing. Great stuff my dude.

[@avenuex3731]

I have never let not knowing stop me either. Recovering physically from it though...

[@mystamo]

Tone. Really crankin’ Out the videos lately baud. Glad you got so much more success :):). The wife and I appreciate the videos.

[@JohnDoe_toetag]

Probably not using a modem but I rate your comment at 2800.

[@mystamo]

14.4k Baud...Thanks Bud ;)

[@MrDo99er]

i think they were all leading us to this point.

[@brianhughes3942]

Back when I used a press camera I had a monster portable flash with a lead acid battery. I really liked the results from the bare bulb when used in an enclosed room, natural shadows and sharp definition, like north window light. Try it, you may throw your reflectors away. I've watched spinners churning out air diffusers. They made it look easy. Tempering may be the key. Great video.

[@1BCamden]

just gets better and better

[@Sabbatheist]

Ah This old Tony, always with the black. PAMPH! MY EYES!

[@MC-Racing]

The production value of these videos is over the top. thanks for doing them. JUST because of you, I am considering making a patreon account :-)

[@INSIDEHARDWARE]

I’m glad your Patreon is taking off! Hope it continues and you get to bring more content through your creations.

[@killerchris1975]

You made my day again, love your vids. And keep up the funny stuff.

[@Steelcrafted]

I've got the same monolight, it's a beast...could we get a TOT photo channel as well? As a matter of principle I don't watch photography videos anymore, but i'd watch yours!! 🍻

[@doctor_voctor]

I think I need that in my life.

[@spankybear]

YES... I know you have pHOTO skills.... Would love to see a photo Channel... Plus your humor is WAY better and more entertaining than Jarrod Polian or how ever he fros it...

[@nixie2462]

I have ZERO interest in photography channels...but I would watch his. XD

[@TommiHimberg]

Well, I have zero interest in metalworking and here I am, watching every video and just added TOT on my Patreon... :)

[@motherjoon]

TOT vids give simple man smile

[@1strooster263]

My mind was blown when you sliced the aluminum bar in half, string, fire, water... I'll never be the same !

[@ManCrafting]

Unbelievable. Every video is entertaining no matter how simple the item may be. Although, simple, that doesn't imply easy to make. Great work around in the end, and the welding was pretty amazing in my book.

[@kymcopyriot9776]

'Hide our shame?' if my shame looked like that I'd be proud of my shame. I think there's a German word for that...

[@Kolajer]

My Patreon is pretty crowded already, but there's always room for good ole ToT. Pledged :)

[@firstmkb]

Great finish to the project! As my boss used to say, "All's well that ends!"

[@blackbear92201]

Very helpful video - thanks for posting!

[@jimgourgoutis]

Get yer TOT wok lids now!

[@AndTheCorrectAnswerIs]

Hold all calls to Victoria's Secret, because the "spun metal brassiere" thing doesn't look like it's going to work out.

[@mrhhj]

I've been waiting for the follow up. Seems like months. Worth the wait.

[@DrRandomStranger]

tony! your patreon is skyrocketing! +43.000% in three days! your going to be a rich man! please bless us with even more videos, jokes, and msd editing skills!

[@BenVonHandorf]

Paused video, set up patreon, resumed video.

[@StefanGotteswinter]

Patre..? SELLOUT!

[@ThisOldTony]

Can I love and thumbs down a comment simultaneously? ;)

[@jimmilne19]

You just did.

[@nf4x]

Got the thumb-down for you TOT. Though I would have thumb-upped it. So I probably should have just left it un-marked. I guess you get two votes.

[@brk932]

of course there is a sOld Tony in the name Mr Godswinter

[@FredMcIntyre]

Awesome stuff Tony! 👍👊

[@JustinTopp]

I love the simple yet amazing edits at the start. Subbing just for that

[@rootvalue]

I love you Tony

[@skull1lego]

I’m not to sure but by the looks of it turning the blank starts out great but tears in the middle after awhile they could be the result of work hardening the metal but I’m not to certain

[@TheTimeshadows]

Effing brilliant humour! I love your vids. Long life in good health to you.

[@EcoMouseChannel]

This is great. I have the same lights and really wanted a larger Mola style beauty dish for my Godox. This gives me ideas...

[@nico.c97]

oh no, this bowl thing again, im gonna get mad at somebody today.

[@johncox6794]

Melt down the ruined ones and cast them back into some rough stock

[@Tjita1]

Since he has the ability to make perfect sheet metal with a hammer, I don't see why he's complaining...

[@johncox6794]

@@Tjita1 yea that comes from years of spinning aluminum

[@LunaticCharade]

Feed them to the cat!

[@MikeOrkid]

I'm super stoked you did this. I tried doing something similar a few years back with some Bowens and Paul Buffs. I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm glad you're a fellow Nikon shooter.

[@FennecTECH]

I love your use of stop motion / cut gags

[@winwird]

11:04 I died.

[@uditvaghela8875]

6:20 This makes my blood boil LOL 😂

[@H3nryum]

That ring sound when you did the flash transition resonated with my tinnitus

[@Poverty-PonyTony]

That is why #thisoldtony is one of the KZbin OGs... Finally a Patreon campaign that doesn't feel patronizing....

[@timonsku]

yay, patron #5 \o/

[@stevensexton5801]

@10:00 - "I always wanted a larger one", that's what she said!

[@h0ll1s]

Ahhh got me giggling twice in one video!!! Very nice!! Love it all :D

[@smallmoneysalvia]

Finally a patreon! Keep making shirts too, my friend and I love the ones we have.

[@olivegaurdian3388]

Careful of the 10:00 minute mark, you're gonna be mind wiped.

[@tolga1cool]

Can I get a heart please?

[@zaraak323i]

But Tinman, you've always had a heart!

[@Gozz101]

Tony, you need a holder on the opposite side... (a roller bearing holding the opposite side (180 degrees form the tool holder across the work)firmly in on the wooden mold...) As you force the tool on the material, it buldges back hence the reverse bend! Can be seen at 5:26

[@GerbyWorrior]

🤦🏻‍♂️ your so underrated one of the best you tubers period. Good job

[@cptnjoe5027]

I'm disappointed... Perfect chance for some Men In Black neuralizer references or jokes that you missed.

[@abhimaanmayadam5713]

Clickspring , AvE and This Old Tony? Dang

[@ThisOldTony]

we're all the same person.

[@andrewculverhouse8914]

@@ThisOldTony well hidden admission there Tony.

[@jasrenfro9856]

Jesus your videos have such charm. My heart, soul, and poor attention span sing when I found you yesterday.

[@justinoff1]

As a commercial photographer I can say thank god you pulled that attachment out. We were gonna have to have a serious talk about recessed flash tubes and geometry

[@johnnyd1678]

Did you just patreon on me? How dare you support yourself, sir!? I will be unwatching every ToT ever. Can u make a video showing how to play KZbin videos in reverse? Then - then I will unwatch!

[@proaudiorestore8926]

That patrons only bit. Just pure comedy gold :D

[@jacksonbrooks3631]

Went to the Patreon page. Cant wait to see the videos.

[@pitbike4prez457]

Tony I'm in a precision machining class at tech right now and lemme tell you that we have every new hass machine in the books. You ignited the passion in my soul. I hope that ignition doesn't come close to our titanium cus then we have a problem