New Bender! And Other Musings (UB-100)

Finally replacing the old junky import bender with a NEW junky import bender!
For the searches: I'm not really sure if this is a UB-100 or UB-100A but I'm going to say both out loud.

[@snork_games]

The auto-focus on the broken lens glass was the absolute cherry on top of a great video

[@davidwostrel]

I lol'ed

[@TehBIGrat]

Yes

[@gregiep]

It’s the little touches like that auto-focus that keeps me coming back. The man is an actual genius.

[@vlet1344]

I missed that!! Thank you

[@GrahameHolder]

It certainly got me!

[@guitaradrian07]

At 9:48 I feel your pain. And the validation I'm feeling is breathtaking! I use this for copper bar bending at work and that back off screw is always bugging me. 😂 I think you could make a much better handle.

[@guitaradrian07]

Oh you did make one lol. Nice work 👍🏻

[@xKold]

Try using pluraleyes. It's a software meant for multiple cameras, but it does an amazing job with multiple video files and multiple audio files. You just drag and drop all files into it and hit sync. They all get dropped in order, and the audio gets synced automatically. From whatever source. Then you can import that into Adobe. (premier pro anyways, I'm. Not sure about Adobe premier elements but it might work!) automatically makes a time line for you and everything. Worth a shot

[@flyback_driver]

"There's so many slots you won't know where to begin" some old lady on an airplane.

[@thehobbymachinistnz]

Another great video TOT, good to see you back! I have been making stuff in the garage for years but I only started recording my projects this year. I'm quite new to this recording and posting on KZbin stuff. But, I do like it, and I hope that people learn from my videos as I have done from your videos. All the best.

[@trumulletman]

Wisconsin? Finally the Red Letter Media This Old Tony colab I've been dreaming of

[@milesgoff7261]

My 14 year old (UK) mind (even tho I'm mid 50's) generates a guilty giggle whenever 'bender' is mentioned. It's slang for something else over here... 🙃

[@devinclark4611]

I have that Milwaukee Drill too. It's awesome but LOUD! Also Video idea... "Build a 90' handle."

[@chadcoady9025]

I was pretty upset to see you drop the screw down into the base. Well, it's now gone forever. RIP.

[@greeceuranusputin]

That could be the solution to my problem, sooo many people laughing at my Peyronie's disease.

[@jacqueshickley]

So you fixed everything on the Bender but you are still using that handle? Standards are not what they used to be.😁 Thanks again for the great video.

[@craigsbully]

Great video quality and the editing was great as always the new audio allows us to hear you chewing your gum loud and clear. thanks for posting and sorry to see the last camera lose the fight with gravity. I know you have that time machine, maybe it caused a high gravity gradient like mine did. try leveling it, that's how i fixed mine.

[@shawbros]

I think returning it and getting the correct model would have been a better idea.

[@LordRavensong]

So my phone has a setting where after a certain time it can go to grayscale. So when you said the bender was supposed to be gray but was instead blue, i had to chuckle to myself about it.

[@strydyrhellzrydyr1345]

Definitely couldn't tell one corner was off

[@theDaftman]

thoroughly entertaining!!

[@floorpizza8074]

Hey Tony, one thing about your videos that I've *always* appreciated... your attention to volume equalization/normalization (not sure which is the correct term here). It's super annoying to constantly have to fiddle with the volume while watching a KZbin video because parts of it wake up the neighborhood while other parts are too quiet even at max volume. Your videos are always volume-constant from start to finish... no fiddling required. Regardless of what method you're using, you're doing it right, and it's much appreciated by your viewers.

[@Direkin]

It's normalisation, and yeah, I have to agree. Some channels have their audio levels all over the shop; makes it very annoying to watch.

[@youwillneverguess]

That is the worst! Especially with headphones.

[@beardedgaming1337]

i agree. anohter youtuber i pointed this out on was mentourpilot. he does his own ad work as well so there is no jump cut to high volumed ad playback. its all clam, cool, balanced, and calming. youtubers that put this extra effort in really should get a higher % of ad revenue for a thankyou.

[@thedude7726]

I wish Peter Brown would do this

[@Wulven-Hollow]

Totally seconded!!! 😁😁😁

[@jaredkennedy6576]

A bender is one of those tools that you never think you need that much, but once you have one, it becomes the most handy cord hanger in the shop. I did recently spend about $200 on materials and 8+ hours of my life building a bender to avoid paying $350 for a new one, but the two bends I used it for were totally worth it.

[@hallofo8107]

Oooh, this hits close to home lol!

[@ApprenticeGM]

You're a man after my own heart lol! That's exactly what I do!

[@donsanders9863]

So funny! I have a Harbor Freight bender in my shop and the handle is draped with extension cords. It’s been like that for years. 😀

[@Finwolven]

$150 tax-free for 8 hours of work, that's nothing to sneeze at

[@twm4259]

@@Finwolven True, it’s probably 10x more than my money saving projects yield.

[@colinfurze]

haha there must be something in the air, i knocked my camera done the tunnel hole, cam survived but lense did not.......was an expensive few seconds

[@alexmeakins]

Gravity is a harsh mistress.

[@Dillbeet]

Better the lense than you :)

[@bradarsenault6984]

@@alexmeakins that's your theory!

[@Hyperlooper]

But more importantly, how did the footage look?

[@fredericapanon207]

Ah, bummer! Make a Safety harness for the camera to match your safety tie?

[@BruceBoschek]

Dear Mr. Tony, Sir! I am normally not wont to comment on videos from worldwide celebrities with more than a million viewers, however, you have played such an important role in my recent post-surgery recovery that I have no choice but to express my heartfelt gratitude. Six weeks ago I had a titanium knee installed into my left leg (I had to have it done locally after Stefan refused to do it, and Adam didn't even respond!) and the only way I survived six weeks in a rehab clinic was to watch all of the videos you have published in the last 9 years. I am 80 years old and a retired research scientist, secretly disappointed that I did not become a machinist/tool maker, and your videos helped heal me, both physically and psychologically. One slightly sad side effect was the fact that the nurse who regularly came into my room to bring me pills and good news stopped speaking with me when, for the fifteenth time she saw me sitting mesmerized in front of my laptop watching a pair of hands waving about. It was a small price to pay. Please accept my gratitude for your endless efforts to entertain and educate and for allowing me to join you in your garage. Greetings to you and your son from central Germany.

[@herzogsbuick]

Best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[@Darkenrall1]

what a sweet comment!!! I hope you get well soon, and even at 80, you can still invest time in what makes you happy.

[@ralfgottfridhansson3127]

👍hope you get well soon !

[@BruceBoschek]

@@herzogsbuick Thank you kindly! I am back home and went for a long walk with my wife and our 3-year old German Shepherd Dog. I'm feeling very grateful.

[@BruceBoschek]

@@Darkenrall1 Thank you very much. I'm going great and am very grateful for the time I have left.

[@DavidGuyton]

NEW BENDER??? If John DiMaggio isn't voicing it I'M NOT WATCHING!

[@michaelharris1843]

I'll make my own bender, with blackjack and hookers.

[@DefinitelyNotSpam]

LOL Good news, he is. They came to an agreement.

[@TheBrokenLife]

@@michaelharris1843 In fact, forget the blackjack.

[@sledgehammer9966]

Lets go alreaaaaaady

[@JAMDJAMD]

Bite my shiny metal ass!

[@ArmchairDeity]

YAY OLD TONY!!! You’ve been missed my friend!! Always a better day when ToT puts a video out!

[@Lunch_box]

When the world is ending, this is what we all needed, thank God he's still got his hands

[@Storm13Cloud]

Hands aren't even required for those who are mechanically/technically inclined these days, just ask Ian Davis :P

[@edw.b856]

I say thank God (or whatever you believe in) we can see His (TOT's) hands at work! 👍👍

[@ВолодимирОлександрович-п2л]

it's closer than you think! Russia attacked Ukraine...

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

Still got his hands? He *is hands!*

[@Gameboygenius]

Yeah, about that... we can see in about the first minute of the video that he has an upper body. A torso. A beer belly with a shirt. I don't know what to think... next time you'll tell me he has legs and (God forbid) a face...

[@NicoSmets]

"The primal urge to fix often overpowers my financial prowess." - This Old Tony 2022 I know the feeling.

[@jamesgardner2101]

Oh, yeah.

[@johnpowell5433]

My primal urge to fix usually gets satisfied at the latter part of the disassembly stage. Projects? I gotta million of 'em!

[@aimDiego]

Tony: "I don't know if this is adjustable" Schaublin: "Eveything is adjustable"

[@marsgizmo]

new camera looks great! 😎 The Pasta bending machine looks promising 👀

[@RuiVascoMonteiro]

The new camera "looked" great.

[@mattparker9726]

If it doesn't tell you to "bite my shiny metal ass!" It's not a Bender.

[@Hoaxer51]

@@mattparker9726, Lol!

[@DaimyoD0]

A tip: if you put a UV filter on your lens, it can be sacrificed for the accumulation of angle grinder dust in place of your lens. $15 instead of $500.

[@colinantink9094]

They also make clear filters! I use them when I do ‘extreme’ photography experiments. Eg 16x16 tea light stop motion animation. The accumulated soot and wax on that thing afterwards made me never skimp on protective filters again!

[@chrisw1462]

@@colinantink9094 Yeah, but would it autofocus on the cracks? 😉

[@dragonfireproductions790]

I use clear filters and ND filters when grinding

[@DevilDog36th]

That bolt at 16:37 made me laugh out loud. Nice to know it doesn't just happen to me everytime!

[@griffintaylor3861]

Every single time. I don't understand what physics come together to always have the bolt drop into an inaccessible spot but it happens every time.

[@dimitar4y]

@@griffintaylor3861 there are certain laws that feel related. Like random distribution of light is rather even, because the 'particles' near an orifice "remember" the last beam's trajectory. Wave slit experiment. It just knoooooooows.

[@chaos.corner]

@@griffintaylor3861 The best ones are when they fall on the floor and you saw exactly where they fell but they somehow fell through a wormhole into another dimension.

[@bradleystach6275]

@@griffintaylor3861 Well, things are even worse in ToT's garage. With all of the time traveling lathes and such. Wormholes and other various relativity bending gravity wells are as common as metal chips in ToT's garage!

[@Kineth1]

I did that exact same thing a few days ago, except the screw found a hole in a concrete slab.

[@MayaPosch]

Rule of thumb with tripods is that if it didn't cost at least 10% of what the equipment it's holding up cost, you're doing it wrong. Can only drop that $4000 camera once on the concrete shop floor :)

[@chriso1373]

Makes me feel good about using my $10 tripod for my $80 GoPro knockoff 😂😂

[@doulos5322]

sandbags are pretty cheap

[@scottwillis5434]

Oh, I think it's been demonstrated that it's possible to drop a $400 camera MANY times on the concrete shop floor. It may have stopped working after the first time or two...

[@quadmasta]

I would say that the UB-40 is far superior; especially with a glass of red, red wine

[@supertramp6011]

I can’t help falling in love with it….ahem….

[@mitchdenner9743]

If you think about it the right/left threaded adjustment is probably correct, you just have to account for it being upside down when manufactured.🌏🏯⛩🉐️

[@MrPossumeyes]

Personally I think he got shipped the southern hemisphere model by mistake.

[@jakobshanks3510]

I remember that Stefan said when you buy a Chinese tool you are buying a project. The "positive" stop on the other bender looked like an add-on plate, maybe a project you could do after the surface gauge?

[@CheveeDodd]

I've gone through all the various audio issues and settled on my own pre-amp as I couldn't trust my little Canon mirror-less. I'm totally with you on the separate audio track. It seems like a minor roadblock on paper, but is super annoying in practice.

[@Double_Vision]

Get PluralEyes. You chuck in all your footage and audio and it'll sync it up and spit out a timeline with replaced audio that you import into your editing package.

[@herzogsbuick]

As a professional audio engineer -- your audio is absolutely fine. Honestly, I never even noticed your audio. Like, I notice there's audio, but -- you know what I mean. I don't find myself rewinding because something was garbled or the gain was fucked up. Keep doing it your way. No need to have one extra thing to worry about in the moment, let alone later.

[@usualatoms4868]

Was gonna comment that you could use a Zoom or something similar as an external mic for the camera while recording so the audio would be burned into the same file, but this is a much more valid point. Never noticed it either and that means it works. Especially since I also study music technology and do mixing and producing so I'm usually aware if there are any major problems in audio. Never on your channel so as Jay Straw said: Keep doing it your way.

[@floorpizza8074]

TOT's still out there, bendin' the rules. So glad you're back with us, Tony... you were really missed.

[@MANU123423]

That scene with the cardboard stressed me out way more than expected

[@deaconblooze1]

That should not have been so anxiety inducing. But it was.

[@andersjjensen]

Please do not use separate audio! That "warm and familiar studio host"-voice was... not suitable for the "We get to hang out with Tony in the workshop" vibes. And I'm usually super picky about audio because I have some pretty high end head phones. But it was just totally off. The slightly echoy sound with a wee tad of white noise fits perfectly with the mental image of being somewhere with concrete floors and steel surfaces.

[@markschippel7974]

Love the video, just a couple of things. I rewound like you said four times, but you never moved the camera. Second, I think the angle was measured in metric, that might be why it was a wonky value. Last, I always found taking videos with a still photo camera was weird. Yeah you can change lenses and stuff.... and you get great quality... but it is expensive! I tried taking video on my Pentax K1000. A 36 exposure roll runs out in a couple of seconds. Let's not talk about developing costs! I will stick with my video camera for videos... if I can find some mini dvds.

[@Hoaxer51]

Long live the dad jokes, but I suppose this Is the place to share them!

[@andrebartels1690]

12:52 the battery drill manufacturers want you to stand your tool on the battery, so it will tip over, fall on the floor and have the spindle bent. This is why they stand so nicely on their batteries. I've seen this happen three times at work. Spare yourself this experience, lay your Milwaukee on its side.

[@chriso1373]

I worked in a shop where theyd yell at us if we stood our drills on the batteries. Not for fear of breaking the drill, but because it was an aluminum shop, and they could do some serious damage to the product. Everywhere ive worked ever since, people think im weird for always laying my drills on their sides.

[@Eleftheria_i_thanatos]

Agree. Absolutely the right thing to do.

[@mukundamodell]

I've dropped my M12 tools ~40 feet from a tree onto rocks and ~8 feet from a ladder onto concrete... Every battery which experienced such a fall has at least one of the retaining clips broken. Fortunately the tools are much sturdier than the batteries and they are still fully functional with nothing more than a couple of scuffs in the plastic.

[@glenntrewitt]

Don't worry about the handle angle. I'm sure that it will be way different after that hollow tube bends like a pretzel.

[@marcgoodman4862]

You say that, but I have it on good authority that pretzels don't bend, they snap.

[@remcovanvliet3018]

@Marc Goodman that's on you, for cheaping out and getting the cold rolled ones, in stead of annealed like you were supposed to.

[@butchs.4239]

I have a come-along that has an aluminum tube handle, as I recall from the instruction sheet it's a deliberate weak point so the handle will bend if whatever you're lifting/pulling is beyond the rated capacity. I'd suspect they went with a tube handle on this bender for similar reasons, the handle will bend before you break one of the cast parts.

[@6061]

I feel your camera pain, Tony. I've dropped two $800 cameras right on their face (also attached to a tall tripod) within the last 2 years. The first one didn't survive, and the second one now has glitches and requires a kung fu death grip to adjust the focus/exposure ring.

[@simonbergman5970]

Luckily the D500 isn't an $800 camera... Yikes

[@deathlis]

Better than knocking an $800 laser tape measure off of a parapet wall coping onto a parking lot below, deciding now is a good time to upgrade to the $1200 bluetooth version, and then end up chasing it down a steep shingle roof a couple months later. In hindsight, you then reflect on how your instinct was valuing expensive equipment over your own life, and utlimately concluding it was a fair trade. Because there's no way you're shelling out another $1200 for a 2nd one.

[@darkshadowsx5949]

lower the center of gravity on the tripod by attaching a weight somewhere. IDk why someone would trust a top heavy tripod with expensive equipment.

[@matthewf1979]

Camera cages save camera lives!

[@ParadigmUnkn0wn]

@@darkshadowsx5949 yep. Professional camera tripods are made to have weights hung under them for stability. Amateurs are gonna do what amateurs do.

[@daveffs1935]

BRB, going to get my welding mask for those porcelain hands

[@internetbodhi1009]

Ending reminds me of my escapades with the shop class bender. I learned about work hardening of aluminum, shear strength, and gravity all in one convenient package 9.8m/s feels a lot faster when it takes you by surprise. Shop floors with odd blocks lying around also make cheap chiropractors.

[@gordonborsboom7460]

Had a similar one of these about 20 years ago from Princess Auto in Winnipeg. The machining of the fixed jaw was not square and made all the bends twisted on flat bar. Took it back to exchange it and found all their stock manufactured exactly the same. Got my money back. Never looked back.

[@christophermarchand320]

It's a beautiful day when ToT uploads

[@hadinossanosam4459]

It's not often that I notice camera changes before they're pointed out, but *holy shit* ! Not just the crispness, but the steel table now looks like steel and not like sepia-toned* steel... I mean the old color palette had its charm, but this is a pretty big improvement *to be clear, I never noticed the off-color table before, so it's not that bad, just in retrospect the color change is so clear I could tell from memory

[@Lorith]

The take up screw was installed backwards. Take it out and turn it around so it works as you would expect. /s

[@TlD-dg6ug]

That jaw is notched out because that notch saves material, and when they nested it on the laser/plasma it resulted in a higher part nest.

[@GilgaFrank]

The only man on the internet who can get a twenty minute comedy set out of bending metal

[@GeekusKhaniCAs]

Glad someone said it😁😅

[@steveo4048]

You had me at "cold as a tiches witty" I will use that at every opportunity and I will make sure you get ALL the credit. Great stuff

[@PatRClarke]

Man, I didn't know I needed this until you posted it. I've spent so much time doom scrolling and watching depressing news, but this was a sorely needed treat! I genuinely love your content. The auto focus at the end got me good to. Cheers.

[@Elwould23]

It does really tie the room together dude

[@acme4786]

According to AA, machinists in recovery must mill their own chips (sobriety tokens).

[@miles11we]

It works if you work it

[@mrplow3874]

I’ll drink to that 🍻

[@edw.b856]

@@miles11we Right armature!

[@jamesa7506]

Great! Now I know what to do with all these dang 24 hr chips I've got laying around garage! 😋

[@miles11we]

@@jamesa7506 I mean at least with our keytags, people will sometimes donated them to a meeting if they are still in good condition.

[@Clarks-Adventure]

We switched to Davinci Resolve a couple of years ago for our channel from adobe. We are really happy and the free version of Davinci does almost everything you would want. We eventually upgraded to get faster render speed. Anyway. Love your channel and recommend Davinci. It's worth the relearning time.

[@efivip93]

It also does syncing. I bought the full version just for the insane features, but it's a one time purchase for $300 (got the speed editor and full resolve came with it), but all future versions are basically free upgrade. Never going to touch any adobe after this.

[@VincentGroenewold]

Ah yes, the joys of Ali Express. :) Cheap, but I’d still need the entire workshop to fix it. Awesome video as always Tony!

[@ZENMASTERME1]

My wife just spit out her drink and started laughing at me because when I received my This Old Tony Notification, I let out a very loud Yeehaw!!

[@courier11sec]

The small details in your videos are so good. The very subtle music as you were machining the angled piece. Just bravo. Always makes my day when you upload. Thank you. 😊

[@caerbannog]

I think they may have measured the top of the fixed jaw in imperial degrees and the bottom in metric degrees when they manufactured it.

[@poseyk01]

Maybe it was Southern Hemisphere degrees that rotate counter clockwise? 🤔🤔

[@rehoboth_farm]

Radians?

[@MonstertruckBadass]

There are imperial and metric degrees? What?

[@rehoboth_farm]

@@MonstertruckBadass do you use more metric or imperial circles?

[@chaddarr4552]

Only a true craftsman worries about audio sync, matching the voice to the waving hands. Love your videos Tony!

[@jjweger]

I feel like making the world's beefiest tripod would be within the skillset of ToT and would make a fun video.

[@WhereWhatHuh]

10:07 ... Maybe they thought you'd immediately use the bender to put a 90* bend onto the handle. Oh, wait ...

[@MontclairWrestler112]

This man sense of humor and camera work is amazing. I had a teacher once tell me if you could make someone laugh while they’re learning they’re 10x more likely to remember it. I be learning a lot. Salud compadre 🍻

[@Ranger_Kevin]

Good tip about checking the pivot point, I need to do that to mine as soon as I get the chance. I have always wondered why I constantly have to adjust the moving jaw so that it does not lock up. Also, for anyone buying something like this: Do not expect the mounting hole pattern to be square and symmetrical. I had mine accidentally turned 90° when I marked the holes and thought "a, doesn't matter, it's a square". Spoiler: It was not a square, and I had to "move" two of the holes.

[@Ranger_Kevin]

Indeed, my bending die was also completely not on center, but contrary to Tony's mine was way too thin. That had the benfit that I did not have to machine ist and just could shim it out with some flat stock. But now it works way better.

[@rickmoore6527]

Great video Tony. It made me laugh when the bolt fell into the cam-hole. That stuff happens to me all the time! Have you considered duct tape and pool noodle bumpers for the cameras on tall tripods? Another idea is to tether the top of the tripod to a cleat or other overhead structure. take up the slack in the length of the leash, so if you bump the tripod, it won't tip over. I've seen it done and it's super effective if you have the overhead supports.

[@vernmorris8898]

The tether idea is brilliant. Another one of those why didn't I think of that ideas.

[@gmc07joe]

Yup if there’s a hole for the bolt to get lost in it happens to me every time, I’m a pro at retrieval at this point in life!

[@HanstheTraffer]

I watched 23 minutes only to find out it won't put 90° bends in wood. You got me again Tony.

[@BrooksMoses]

It's more about technique. You just need to properly boil the wood first.

[@alainbourgault1937]

2:28 Holy crap, I have the exact same 12 inch ruler in my bedside table.

[@JETHO321]

I see what you did there 😅

[@DTMF223]

at the beginning i was wondering why the creepy voice from the ether was suddenly sounding different. and then it was confirmed seconds later! Thanks for confirming I am not crazy, creepy voice from the ether and disembodied hands!

[@darthlore9457]

Tony a time traveler as yourself should of recognized they sent you the non-Euclidian model. That’s why it was making higher dimensional non-planar bends the camera couldn’t pickup. To fix the handle you should bend it in the bender for some high quality bendseption.

[@MRbad4]

I would advise using a smaller aperture (Aka a higher F number) in some situations your depth of field is so small that it's hard to understand the dimension and scale of a piece of metal :D

[@nwmancuso]

Man this made my day. I was using my blow torch to remove my iron curtains after Russia invaded Ukraine and I needed a break.

[@nickgenericusername]

At this point the ToT-brand voice is the one recorded by camera audio, worked great so far and it's what everyone knows. Might as well keep it!

[@r4dios1lence92]

I thought the first thing you were gonna actually bend with it would be that handle, 90° inwards.

[@johannes9640]

This year is already saved. Regardless what happens with russia or covid or whatever…this old Tony uploads regulary again it has to be good! Greetings from germany

[@tmartin6717]

Great camera choice. You might consider Davinci Resolce for editing. There is a free version that is extremely useful, and it isn't as hard as it appears to use. Nothing needs improvement in your outstanding video work, just the option of saving time in production.

[@tysoe27]

I LOVE watching your videos. They're somehow like a hilarious yet informative stand-up sketch show, and the subtleness of some of your jokes is spot on 😂

[@threeriversforge1997]

Almost bought one of those benders, but now I'm glad I didn't. Everything about it looked bad and I'd heard some really awful reviews of the things, never mind supporting Chicom economies! My new-to-me bender is a lot bigger (900#) and has some drawbacks, but that Kerlin will really move some steel! Amazingly, it performs as well on wood as the cheap chinese benders do.

[@Nikoxion]

Recommend putting some weights hanging from the middle of the tripod. Makes it much more stable and less prone to falling.

[@PsiQ]

This .. and a (fixed)bag of sand getting dragged along prevents wobble on rough surfaces.

[@Casey_Schmidt]

Try DaVinci Resolve. It's a solid program and has amazing color-grading options. It also it easy to sync up separate audio/video files. It takes some getting used to but once you've got it down, it's a cakewalk.

[@Double_Vision]

Or get PluralEyes. You chuck in all your footage and audio and it'll sync it up and spit out a timeline with replaced audio that you import into your editing package.

[@therestorationshop]

I second the vote for Resolve... which is free.

[@wbfaulk]

I don't think you know what you're talking about. Cakewalk is for music production, not videos.

[@ruudbremer]

@@nopinionocomnt and with davinci resolve you have audio sync that will create a synced file for your video. It is just like you have one audio file when editing.

[@4WDBearAus]

@@nopinionocomnt most audio syncing software does not require that you know which audio file goes with which video file.

[@bobpurcell5662]

Well, TOT, proves what I always thought - you're two steps from going around the bend. Keep up the good (and entertaining) work.Just don't go pasta 90°.

[@LazerLord10]

My camera setup these days is a Panasonic GX85. The unlimited record limit the 90% the reason I have it.

[@user-le8ul4nr5t]

Lumix sure does pack a lot of photo and video quality in their camera's. I've got the S1 and though the autofocus is 50% of the reason I have trust issues with my cameras (The other 50% being the first roll I shot on my hassie coming back blank from the lab), I'm otherwise very happy with the overall quality.

[@trevorb7220]

Good to have you back, was starting to do repeats of the old ones, just like watching TV. Audio is perfect BTW, what, pardon no thank you I've just been. Keep em comming, great videos

[@IronBelH]

That measurement method (throw out a number on KZbin with a trailing question mark and wait for a machinist with serious work-related brain damage to return the correct answer in the comments) what accuracy can you get? I understand it’s less effort and cost than getting a calliper, hence my interest. It sure looked like 5 mm to me, but since everyone knows the camera adds ten pounds, I can’t be sure.

[@grimki11er]

Honestly audio is great. It has a '' I'm in the garage with you'' feel. Idk about others but feels nicer than pro audio

[@jonathanrichards593]

Yes, what he said. The "pro audio" segment just didn't sound like authentic ToT.

[@beepbeepcoyote]

Vote 1 This Old Tony "Make crap good again"

[@juliocalandrin5633]

The 9:10 portion was so simple yet powerful. Got me laughing for a solid minute.

[@ronwilken5219]

Tony, I suspect your "machined parts" were "machined' on the same belt sander as my Chinese curt vice was. Sure it looked like the jaws had been surface ground all round until I removed them to clean them and found the characteristic ground over edge you sometimes get with a belt sander. Check for square. I guess 88* is near 90* etc. They had broken a tap in the main screw and boy did they make a mess of getting the bits out. But it's all buried in the guts so unless you're like me and wanted to wash the crap out you wouldn't find this for twenty years. Unfortunately I bought this on sale from a local "China store" who usually sells better quality but this is a door stop or an anvil. You learn by your mistakes. I hope. By the way. It's good to see you back. Sorry about the camera. Regards from Canada's banana belt.👍🇨🇦🕊️🤞

[@KDSmith666]

I think this is the best and most informative video you have released today! Wondrous.

[@joekenorer]

Your humor is always on point, never change Tony.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

He's been changing ever since he started, and thank the fat baby jeebuz. He evolves slowly though, you can't even see the drag marks on his knuckles.

[@anubisvex3309]

The 12 inch ruler joke made me giggle a bit

[@erichaas4525]

I recently went on a bender, too, Tony. It took me much longer to re-engage with society. Glad you're back!

[@gnashings]

i drop at least on or two flashes to their deaths every month or so. Recently I dropped 80-200 f2.8 onto a tile floor. It was the old kind, with an aperture ring (I made a rule that all my "work" lneses have to fit my real cameras, so they need aperture rings). Anyhow, I literally damaged the tile, destroyed the lens mount on the body... but with a simple mount replacement everything still works. They really do not make them like they used to. My work nikons have been getting more and more delicate. When I begrudgingly switched from a d700 to a d810 the quality of build drop was dramatic. Of course I could beat both of them into pancakes with my F4 and then take pictures of the carnage, but hey - that was a real camera. For video I just bought a sony a7 and called it a day. But that thing is made out of unicorn poop and ogood wishes...

[@whitehoose]

Benchtop bender has a certain ring to it!!! Oooh the after delivery cleanup, I just can't help myself deburring metal and plastic castings, especially handles when you get that sharp lip that irritates, the hanging thread even The chinesium PCBs with slightly ragged edges that cut like razor blades - just a couple of scrapes with a file .... Swapping the steel screws for stainless, a drop of grease and refixing the rubber grip to stop the edge curling. All part of the pleasure of getting new stuff. When I got married my wife caught me using the un-glazed ring you get on the bottom of cups to gently smooth the corner of my ring that was digging in (also good for final polishing the edge of a sharp knife!).

[@ChadHadsell]

Regarding the audio: I actually much prefer the camera audio in this video to the bit that you did with the separate recorder. Might just be an EQ and levels thing. So, fixable. But also, I'm pretty sure I heard a weird whine in the background of the separate recorder section.

[@fewtoes]

Get a brake drum from a 30 ton or larger truck. Open side down, cut 3/4 in inch scallops out of the edge so you have 3 legs. Weld a pole to the top. Tada! Super heavy tripod that won't tip!

[@johncoops6897]

Or just use the whole wheel and tire off the truck.

[@andybaldman]

Or just use the whole truck.

[@jonathanrichards593]

Keep the diff and the half-axle for smooth, smooooth panning action.

[@fewtoes]

@@jonathanrichards593 That's a hell of an idea!

[@iamalittlepepper]

ToT, you probably need UB40 to bend wood

[@Appellation]

Please don't say you "have a new toy" when there's a suspiciously-sized plain brown box sitting in front of you. And definitely don't whip out the *even bigger* box without some kind of on-screen warning. XD

[@j031drumr]

Woo

[@aaronrenfroe5199]

I know right!!

[@der_mimimi]

Yeeees :)

[@illustreerija]

What an awesome video For the audio problem solving and not bothering with syncing it with video, I'd recommend a camera mounted microphone. A few examples would be: Rode VideoMicro and Movo VXR10. Wish you all the best as always!

[@morgrath]

Can't say I've ever been disappointed or annoyed by the audio in your videos, and while the pre-amp version does sound slightly 'cleaner' it's definitely not enough of an improvement to justify all the extra work. The environment you're recording in seems to make much more difference, and you're always smart about when you record and how you treat audio when recording operating machines. Overall, do whatever you feel is easiest, because if it's what you've been doing previously, it already sounds great. Thanks for all your work, always love seeing a TOT video pop up on my subscriptions list!

[@bjoernsen3706]

The "design engineer" who came up with this wonderful thing obviously spent numerous hours testing it himself going through all thinkable and unthinkable use cases. At least you were able to bend the rules with it.

[@pomonabill220]

DOH!

[@24jh42]

Looks sort of similar to the craptacular bender my cheap ass boss ordered when the old one cracked. If you are bending round stock. Do it in the dedicated holder for it. The edge on that sharp angled one you installed will deform more than the round stock. PS spin that sucker 180 degrees and bend towards you instead of pushing. That gives more control and a piece of short flat bar to fit in the groove and a heavy removable pipe means you can fit your knuckles under the material you are bending.