squiggles

[@LongIslandEddie]

AGM- I'll keep it in mind if I ever come to need a big squiggle but as I wrote once or twice before, the pressing frame and dies were made as a tool, a fixture, a one-time apparatus to use as I needed, to build the railing that it was used in. Your Idea of using solid top discs on axles sounds workable but yet simple! The reward is yours (and yours alone) when you've found the right market for "adjustable pitch squiggles. Check with a patent attorney first and good luck to you too!

[@LongIslandEddie]

TBC- I've been 'grazin for 37 years now but that was only because I was a late starter to be dating Mary Jane. In my day, pot was called "the assassin of youth" and it was in '73 that I caught my first buzz. Funny, I do my best thinking when I'm stoned, like I had an eye right there in the middle of my brain that could always see a different and often better approach to my work, the tools, jigs and fixtures that often speed or improve the fabrication. You'll have to get back on the arches!

[@BlackthornUSA]

Noticed it in the side bar and had to take a look. Glad I did, cool press, nice work.

[@guloguloguy]

(I really liked the background music)WOW!!! Such a quick, and interesting method for cold (or hot?) forming on bars or tubes! Very many intersting applications come to mind, as I watch this piece being shaped! Thanks for this bit of inspiration!!!

[@custodiodsouza6162]

guloguloguy .

[@LongIslandEddie]

You can probably work hot rolled steel in the same manner. I used steel collars and cut them in half for the die pieces but you can saw some cold rolled steel disks in half and use them. The collars were about 2-1/4" o.d. x 3/4" wide. Good luck...

[@LongIslandEddie]

B'field Doktor- Yes, things like this do exist! although we may not completely understand them. i'm grateful that you took time to watch this video and whether or not it made sense to you, you were uplifting in your comment, thank you Battlefield Doktor! I enjoy seeing your issuance here on youtube and i'm happy at being a subscriber to your channel. i don't always understand your videos but I'm always ready to watch them. Thanks for your support!

[@dieselrotor]

That's really neat. Risers on the outside ends would finish Your end bends.

[@LongIslandEddie]

I had only 12 pieces to make and had no press break to make them in. I made this quickie press in under 2 hours, pressed out my pieces and threw the frame out when I finished the job. I have a video called "the railing", the pieces were made for that project and if you view that video, you will see where these squiggly pieces were used. The vertical tubes are 14 ga. steel tubing, they do not warp, they stretch. The horizontal "dies" are 14 ga.with 5/8" solid hot rolled sides welded on. thanks!

[@LongIslandEddie]

It was a 5 ton bottle jack, about $30.00 at Pep Boys. The Aluminum bar was 1/2" x 1/2", and was 4042 aluminum alloy/ T3 hardness.

[@LongIslandEddie]

The die pieces which form the aluminum bar (1/2" sq. 6063-T65), were cut from steel collars. The collars were sintered, pressed into a dense mold as shaft collars, 1-1/2" I.D. I sawed them in half at the set-screw line and welded them to some 5/8" x 1-1/2" steel bar stock. I almost regret sending this jig off to the scrap yard but with the knowledge that I can always make another one (if I ever need it), I'll be content with the 60,000 hits that this fractured video has gotten! Thanks Keone-

[@Rico-Suave_]

if you use a jack with a rotary motion handle, then you can easily use a cordless drill to raise and lower the jack, then it will become much much faster

[@LongIslandEddie]

The jack is a one ton (1) bottle jack that was about $25.00 at Pep Boyz. The pressing die was used for a one time application from 1-1/2" x 3/4" x 14 ga. steel tubing. I don't think that the die would've worked with any other metal but aluminum. If you look at my video of "the railing", you will see the application of these squiggly pieces.

[@LongIslandEddie]

JTR- Gee, thanks for straightening me out on that issue! No matter who composed it , played it or produced it, I thought that it would be great for this video and I want to thank you for watching it and for your informative comment. I like getting ripped too! Small world, eh Jack?

[@LongIslandEddie]

Now there are almost 10,000 hits and I still haven't figured out why! It must be the music.

[@LongIslandEddie]

Bula507- These were custom pieces, only about 25 needed. This bender is not for production work, it was destroyed after the project was finished, there was no "money earned" for each piece, the bending press was the best way to be able to make each piece the same and uniformity was more important than production time for each piece. If an artist is commissioned to paint a portrait, it's never about how fast he pants but more of a thing of how well he paints. The bender worked well for me.

[@LongIslandEddie]

The most exciting part of this video is probably the unleashing of stored energy shown at 0:40 seconds, as the valve on the jack is opened,you can see the press, spring back into a relaxed state with the release of the stored potential energy within the material "memory" of the tubular steel frame. What's YOUR favorite part?

[@LongIslandEddie]

Sounds like a line in an Allman brothers song. Well, don't let the sound of your own wheels make you crazy...

[@smileynirvana2]

i love any kind of tool but this one only has one use really. makes it not worth it unless you use it ALOT. great job building it though.

[@LongIslandEddie]

I never got too friendly with the Aluminum MIG gun but have been certified for High Frequency TIG welding of aluminum as well as Stainless and Titanium. Bench welding is a dying art these days but I still enjoy spending a few hours on my Miller SynchroWave from time to time. The real problem is that we don't do too much manufacturing anymore here in America, our political leaders have sent all of the jobs overseas and now we go to WalMart and buy the shit back! What a world!

[@LongIslandEddie]

@junekentucky Great thought, but the depth of the bend was controlled by "bottoming-out' the pice being bent, when the Aluminum part made contact with the steel press-bars, that was the best gage of all If you noticed, I flipped the part and bent it in an opposite direction. Soft Aluminum hasn't got too much 'memory', the property that wants the material to return to it's original shape, with soft metal, you get what you see, I can understand your thought, but I wasn't concerned with tolerance.

[@LongIslandEddie]

Over 50,000 hits per year! Amazing indeed!!!

[@LongIslandEddie]

Cy- Cool? Cool is having work for your hands when you have hope in your heart! This video has more hits than is understandable and the principle here is as simple as any is! Like in the machining video that you visited today, thank you for your interest in my posting and good luck at no matter what you decide to do. I hope that life treats you well at whatever you do!

[@lawnking168]

i'm here cause i love your work and your vids. eddie i like all things mec. and old radios i have enough of both. again sir thank you for demo. you wisdom!! your big fan in ohio lawnking(eddie2)

[@LongIslandEddie]

@steppapajon You know, I think that you are right about that! I too was fascinated by metalwork up until I came to understand it. thank you for your insight, it may prove to be the plausible reason and also, I guess that because it is a short presentation, that it is tolerable for those who're caught up in the strange title! Thanks for viewing and commenting on the "Squiggles" video!

[@LongIslandEddie]

Thank you for saying so, I just wish that i could be out there in the workforce banging metal once more, before I die.

[@victordavilacortazar7533]

Imagino que podrías montar otros modelos de plantillas. Desde Donde transmites? saludos desde Ecuador.

[@LongIslandEddie]

The metal is soft (as far as metal goes) its Aluminum, 1/2" square rods. Because i had multiple pieces to make, I needed uniformity as well as controlled bends so making this little press frame gave me exactly what I needed without alot of time spent making a bending jig or a template. Just 2 weeks ago, I sent the jig to the scrap yard along with a mess of other dropoffs and scraps. Unless there'll be another job like the railing, I won't be using it again, it was one of a kind! luv- Ed

[@lavozdecba]

Muy bueno tu trabajo ME DICES A QUIEN PERTENECE LA MÚSICA DE FONDA QUE ESTA TAMBIÉN EXCELENTE muchas gracias

[@coppersmile]

@LongIslandEddie Blade Runner OST is from Vangelis.

[@quadrant2005]

i really like the music...

[@cybercab]

That's so cool.

[@LongIslandEddie]

Grate- I'm gonna search my archives for it but there'sw a good chance that I created the music in Music Master 11, a great program for multitrack composing with synthesized clips of various instruments.

[@LongIslandEddie]

Sometimes it's unavoidable having to build a jig (tool) that will only be needed one time. I would've loved to have been able to use this tool, time after time but the project that it was used for was an exclusive project that was only done once and when a sculptor creates a "one of a kind" piece, he usually destroys the patterns, thus assuring the one who commissioned the work, that there would be no other "knock-off" pieces to reduce the value of the original creation. Thanks for viewing it!

[@LongIslandEddie]

chainsawz- What I like most about youtube is that it is everything for everyone, there is always an opportunity to jump from video to video and just "look-around". Since it looks like you had fun watching this video, my purpose is served! While continuing to ask those who come here to let me know what it is about this video that attracted them, I'm going to put your response in the "fun-to-watch" category! I guess that it is as good a reason as any other and i want to thank you for enjoying it!

[@dennyk1024]

WELL DONE!!

[@LongIslandEddie]

@AlwayzTanked- Well, I guess that there is always that possibility but insofar as there are no associated key words or tags attached to this video which reflect presses or skateboards, it's kind of hard to make that connection. I'll have to research the possibility but otherwise, thank you for giving me your insight and thank you for watching!

[@telecomtech]

where do I find one of these amazing squiggle makers?

[@LongIslandEddie]

It is not an item which can be bought or found on the market, it is a special tool that I made in order to accomplish the bending of the aluminum bars that were used on a project. The 'squigglemaker was a 'one of a kind' tool, and when I completed the project, I scrapped the press but saved the bottle jack. Often, special tools are made, used, and shelved, never to be needed again. It's all part of the challenge that comes with the job at hand, and the best tool of all, is the human mind as it rises up to meet that challenge!

[@LongIslandEddie]

Y'know, I hate those Wall street bastards too, where's my golden parachute? Thanks for watching, Drac!

[@LongIslandEddie]

CB15- yes, I designed and built this Jig in about 4 hours. Above, there is a response video which shows the application of the formed aluminum pieces which I needed to bend. The "machine" was built from scrap steel that was fished out of the scrap barrel back in the metal shop. the welding was standard MIG welding but I can't see how you can possibly see the beads with the resolution of this video. Thank you for commenting and viewing the video, take a look at the video above of the railing.

[@siulnog]

bueno...las ruedas las haria moviles...con unos rulemanes por ejemplo, pora que el material se deslice y no haga tope por tension...una idea

[@AlwayzTanked]

The reason this video is receiving so much traffic is because most people are searching how to make a "skateboard press" ! This video comes up in a related search.

[@ShotsloppyD]

I'm stealing from and improving on... your interpretation of this invention- the press form. Thanks. I'll watch your other video and let you know what's wrong. In the meantime- don't drown yourself completely with whatever misery ya got goin' on- 'cause you got a good sliver of talent. Hang in there, and I'll be back. Use the force, Luke.

[@LongIslandEddie]

The music is electronic music, I ripped it on limewire. it is called "Tangerine Dream", by Jean Michel Jarre Vangelis, obviously a guy with a flare for the offbeat. It is classified as electronic "new-age" music

[@LongIslandEddie]

Y'know, there are about 23,000 who've viewed this video but never knew why they did! Thanks for the hit, it's always a shot in the arm when I get a positive comment from a fellow internet traveler. Be well Luke...

[@TheSamchilders]

Ammm how did I end up here?

[@justinzaff]

LOL me too ... haha

[@LongIslandEddie]

The music is electronic music, I ripped it on limewire. it is called "Tangerine Dream", by Jean Michel Jarre Vangelis, obviously a guy with a flare for the offbeat. It is classified as electronic "new-age" music and great for everything from a sonambulistic trance to a funeral. Try Limewire*com and you might be able to find and download it! Thanks for dropping in Fred! Squiggles are not for everyone but I hope that yours turn out real squiggly and that you achieve your desired result!

[@Rapidparts]

Cool never thought of that..

[@LongIslandEddie]

I'd like to mention that this video is one of a series of videos that have a relativity to the art-deco railing that I fabricated and posted here on youTube. the video is called "The Railing" where you will see where these pieces are used.

[@LongIslandEddie]

I'm ready! Throw me your biggest challenge although I'm not too sure about what you mean by "double arch". Tell me the radius of the circle, tell me the wall thickness of your tubing and perhaps I can help you. 1.5" tubing is not suited for short radiuses, there will be noticable distortion if the radius is too tight. You are dealing with (I think), an 18-20 radius and unless you are making the gate 36" wide, less than 180 could not be done. Give me some more info and I'll work it out for you!

[@LongIslandEddie]

Sorry, this video often stumbles those who do not know what metalforming is about. Aluminum is a metal, silverish in color, has a fairly low melting point, is malleable, ductile and contains no iron.(non-ferrous) As to your monthly, there are several nice videos here on KZbin, on inserting tampons, check it out!

[@LongIslandEddie]

Was it fun?

[@LongIslandEddie]

The pressing frame was originally made of 14 gauge steel tubing (.080) but certain pieces began to fatigue when I first loaded up the die. The main horizontal tube began to bow as the pressure became greater so I used some 5/8" solid h.r. sideplated on both the top and the bottom dies. If you watch the video closely, you'll see the energy release at the 39th second of the video and because the press jig was only clamped onto the work bench, the bottom beam bent slightly upward at the rail ends!

[@mictlantecuhtl1]

yeah so i like the video but what i really want to know is what is the music

[@LongIslandEddie]

moto- I don't believe that you would be successful at bending steel pipe without deforming the material, at least not be able to keep the cosmetic appeal of the uniform diameter of the pipe. If one was to attempt to build a pressing die like this for round pipe, they certainly would need to use concave "spool" dies at the top and bottom sides. That wouldn't solve the problem but it would surely enhance the appearance of the bends making it look more curvy... Thanks for coming by!

[@marilynnvanophuijsen2416]

OMG, could you make me a railing for my stairs?

[@LongIslandEddie]

Oh, I almost forgot! The music is electronic music, I ripped it on limewire. it is called "Tangerine Dream", by Jean Michel Jarre Vangelis, obviously a guy with a flare for the offbeat. It is classified as electronic "new-age" music.If you can't download it, let me know and I'll try to email it to you- Oh, and the name is Edgar...

[@AlwayzTanked]

All good man, I know that's why it's receiving so much traffic because that's what I was doing haha.. And alot of people search it because there's good money involved. Maybe u should look into it?? Since ur good at making presses

[@LongIslandEddie]

@mictlantecuhtl1 Sorry, this is all that I know, I ripped the music from Limewire and some other poster pointed this information out to me- Tangerine Dream, Jean Michel Jarre', and Vangelis are all 3 individual entities that produce modern electronic music. Vangelis did the music for Chariots of Fire. I think Tangerine Dream did the music for Blade Runner. Jean Michel Jarre' is a French composer/musician who's father, Maurice Jarre', was a famous orchestra director.

[@madmanmjr4308]

Excellent

[@LongIslandEddie]

Hell, there's always another show! As a fact, on the 23rd of this month, I am in the trade show business 6 (count 'em) years. Now that after all of these long hard years there's no more money in America (let alone New York),and here at the "top of my game", I may lose my job because of the way that the money people on Wall Street have sacked us. These are truly greedy bastards! I'm glad that you liked the movie, I just posted another one, "hotwire part 2" and its a MUST SEE! Luv ya mlle...

[@LongIslandEddie]

@scottycali4nia Bring it...

[@LongIslandEddie]

Denny- Thanks for watching, but I'm curious as to why you would bother to watch this video. As I am approaching 86,000 views, I continue to wonder what it is that brings people to this particular video? My new friend AlwayzTanked seems to feel that it might be because people connect with it when researching skateboard presses (read below)! Tell me, if you will, what brought YOU here! Thanks again dennyk1024!!!

[@LiveForGLory]

i love squiggles. but why the fuck was this in my recommendations?

[@harleypiper]

@LongIslandEddie I im interested because I operate a Amada RG80

[@reynaldosierra656]

y a westburi

[@LongIslandEddie]

I can solve (or engineer) your "arch top-arch bottom dilemma. I'll even send you a blueprint of my recommendation based upon your criteria. I do Autocad and 3D modeling as well as being a machinist, welder and practical engineer. I will help you.

[@LongIslandEddie]

How can there be over a half million views on this video? Why do they stop here and even watch it? If only I could get an answer. from some enlightened individual, who can make sense of the reason why so many people would stop here, and watch a technically inclined, quick demonstration of Man's ability to conquer the elements. If you have a heart that searches for answers, you know my plight. Why are you here and watching this 'Squiggles video? Feedback, please???

[@LongIslandEddie]

AT- O.K., then answer me this- Why would anyone want to make their own skateboard if they can go to the store and buy one? If I made a commercial press, I gotta believe that the press alone would have to cost far more than a skateboard, yes? I would think that by the time a guy buys the press and the raw materials to make a board, he could probably buy a few of them for even less than what it would take to make one, so what am I missing? Where's the money part coming in, the boards or presses?

[@sk389]

what's the capacity of that jack? (tons)

[@LongIslandEddie]

At 80,231 views, this video has continually puzzled me. I have about 66 videos posted and my uploads span almost 4 years now but none of my other videos seems to get as much traffic as this video does I am yet to figure out why, Maybe some of those visiting this video would be kind enough to take time to let me know what it is that attracted them to this video or what it is about the video that keeps them coming. This is certainly strange, I'd just love to get the answer!

[@KovancaPolock]

это алюминиевый профиль?

[@Ivan.751]

👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@vitusink6445]

На кольцах надо делать бортики. Тогда не будут образовываться зоны смятия.

[@janpazicky7517]

Vitus Post

[@ОстапБендер-ы1я]

Vitus Ink что за бортики? Можно подробнее?

[@reynaldosierra656]

saludos cordiales a long aisland

[@carlosguzman7981]

hi +LongIslandEddie i just liked your video and i want to make one of these on my own, so i will like you to give some advices. firts i want to know the dimensions of the machine and the materials you used..

[@LongIslandEddie]

The press was made of steel. I used 5/8" x 1-1/2" hot-rolled steel bars for the horizontals and 1" square tubing x 3/16" wall for the verticals. I used steel shaft collars cut in half for the dies, and formed those curves from 1/2" sq. aluminum bars, they were part of an architectural railing. the mackine was 18" wide by 20" high. After pressing out about a dozen bars, I sent it to the scrap yard, I didn't need it anymore.

[@joaopedrolima5809]

v

[@Choice777]

+LongIslandEddie how do you know when you've reached the jacks maximum force so you don't destroy the jack itself?

[@LongIslandEddie]

+Choice777 Trial and error is the best way to find out.

[@rortendaprojekts]

How many tons?

[@thanxx]

NICE:)

[@LongIslandEddie]

Here it is friday night, I'm stoned again and wolfing down an "Old Milwaukee" ($4.59)12pack. I tuned-in on one of my 40 videos, this one and its going onto 25,000 hits! WTF? You guys just like the music, yes? It can't be the excitement of the bend, is it? Why are you coming here in droves? I broke my ass to put out a swell video about my railing project but its suckin' hind titty compared to this sterile video. Whats going on here? Pheromones? Magnetic attraction? Pot? Well,what!

[@alansm136]

Cool.

[@LongIslandEddie]

I love 'Zin"., I hope to reach there someday but until then, I'll just have to visualize what Zin is all about. If zin is the equivalent of nirvana, I'll be ready with my ipod and a blunt because as jesus said, "it is easier for a poor man with a forty dollar bag to enter the gates of heaven than it will be for a Colombian druglord with kilos of good shit". I guess all scripture is interpreted by the hearer.. think so?

[@silverballer1911]

squish

[@TheEluviums]

funeral music

[@AlwayzTanked]

Lol... There's excellant money in SELLING skateboards as I've been in that scene for a few years, great money in selling decks. Once the press is made ($400.00 or so) material (300.00 ongoing) you can sell decks for around 50.00+ ea. With a good press you can make around 10 decks at a time. Do the math

[@Bula507]

kurna ale ciulstwo nie wiem do czego to by miało być bo na pewno nie do tralek bo jakby koleś jedną tralke robił tak długo to by na chleb nie zarobił...

[@luciano76464]

lavora male ai bisogno 2 martinetti che pressano contemporaneamente :-)

[@LongIslandEddie]

Strange, there are over 5,000 hits on this video but I don't understand the attraction that draws more people to this uneventful video than to some of (what I might consider) my more "entertaining" issue! perhaps the title _squiggles_ is a bit curiosity evoking and people stop by because of the title or is it because the majority of viewers are into those "do-it-yourself" videos and are wondering what others out here on the web are doing in their shops or business workspaces?

[@LongIslandEddie]

WTF? Since curve was what I was looking for, curve was what I got! Why is that so hard for you to understand? If you were hoping for straight rather than curve, you need to search youtube with the tag word "straight" and hope that theres a video of someone straightening curved pieces. Can you do that? Well, good luck at whatever game you are playing and I really hope that you change your opinion about curves being so bad. Thanks for the visit though, it's been swell.

[@charlystj]

goo

[@LongIslandEddie]

As worried about the political system as I am, why would you even consider that I should give two fucking hoots about ripping down internet music?