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[@ottoreuter6279]

I'm among the age group of high school students who were very much steered away from vocational training and told we were going to college... I hated every minute of my very brief college experience, and now 20 some years later (thanks to you and the many other fine machine/shop presenters on KZbin) I am firmly convinced that I should have trained to become a machinist. Needless to say, I am eternally grateful for the education I am finally receiving!

[@timhyatt9185]

I'm just old enough I was able to get into shop classes, though by HS they steered me into "college prep" courses....I truly enjoyed my wood shop and metal shop classes in JHS, and the one I managed to squeeze into HS as an elective. It's a shame you can't hardly find an active Industrial Arts program in a HS anymore... When I got out of the military, I actually looked at retraining to become a machinist......(instead i went the IT route and became a Helpdesk analyst...) There are times I really think i should have looked harder into the machinist angle.. :P

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching--I'm glad you enjoy the vids--keep watching

[@Mekratrig]

Can't help but recall an interview a few years back where Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, was asked why his company manufactured their products in China. Mr. Cook replied by stating his opinion that if you assembled all the machinists in the United States in one place, you'd have enough to maybe fill a few decent sized conference rooms. If you assembled all the machinists in China, you'd have enough to fill a few decent sized STADIUMS.

[@w4jle]

I am 5 years older than you and based on your videos I got the bug. I just got a Logan 1025 and a cheap milling machine. I hope you're not telling me I am too old to get a new hobby (Grin). Really enjoyed the video and once again you have given me a ton of new ideas. I have spent the last month or so watching every one of your videos. Really cheap tuition!

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

You are never too old as long as you get busy and do something.

[@RobertPerrigoOkiechopper]

I'm 64 and have Multiple sclerosis and wheelchair dependent and work in my shop repairing lawnmowers & lawn tractor's during the warm season here in Oklahoma .

[@markfryer9880]

OKIE CHOPPER, Good for you, keeping busy and productive.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@johnstrange6799]

Pizza, Redheads, and an old Starrett catalog... this video is better than Christmas.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@carver3419]

A modest suggestion: When I do a split turning, I use Kraft paper from a shopping bag. It separates a lot easier. By the way, give yourself more than five more years. I want to keep watching you for a much longer than that (and not reruns). I just turned 83 - and got my driver's license renewed for five more years.

[@Halli50]

There is no need to apologize for your momentary off-topic ramblings, they are just as informative as the on-topic stuff. Also, allowing us to follow your thoughts when you improvise as a project progresses is very useful to all of us.

[@EmmaRitson]

dont you dare stop! I love to watch your videos, the old catalogs bake them interesting. really enjoyed these two!

[@jameshow9525]

Great job

[@FKreider]

Mr Pete I hope this is not the last pattern that you make! The pattern and foundry videos are some of my favorite that you post! I am looking to set-up a small home foundry in the next year or so, that way I can produce my own model steam engine castings. Thank you for the great information as always!

[@bryonrykard1560]

Mr. Pete, you will never be talking to yourself on a video. I try to watch all of them. Keep up the good work!

[@samdavis5079]

As much as I hate to admit , I stopped watching John Wayne to watch and listen to your rambling on and knowledge. Thank you , I have not seen this done before very interesting

[@bjarnepalma]

We gonna miss you the day that happens. However part of your wisdom will live forever on the tube. I often revert to your old vids to see how things should be done. Keep em coming.

[@andash123]

I'm sure you have more than 5 years in you friend. Keep doing good videos

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@kenzpenz]

I don't dare say, I only have a few more years around my wife. I would be reminded that we are in it forever . I am 79 years old, and the grim reaper keeps coming to the door and beckoning for me to step out. I just tell him I gave at the office and to go away. You say this is a long video, but I was a bit saddened when it ended. As always, another great video and look forward to "the rest of the story". Thanks for sharing, and keep on keeping on. Ken

[@RambozoClown]

Love that safety planer. Never seen one so safe before.

[@ellieprice3396]

No matter what the marketing people say, anything with a cutting blade that rotates that fast can throw that piece right at your head if you're not careful.

[@altepost3805]

So maybe the Arbortech Turbo Plane is a good replacement for this Safety planer..?!

[@douglasbollinger8678]

Both Woodtek and StewMac sell one. Search for rotaryplaner.

[@prenticeemler7709]

Thanks for your videos I look forward to watching them on the weekends ,God bless you 😊

[@junglejammer1]

I'm finding this series fascinating. My Father was a carpenter for 55 years but, 21 of those years were spent at the General Steel Castings Corp. He worked in maintenance and the core shop presumably, making core boxes. He died when I was an adolescent so, I never really developed an interest in his work. Your series is giving me some insight into what he did there. I found some leather fillets in his workbench drawers but, never knew what they were until about 40 years later when I saw a pattern at my last job. I did like the safety planer too and have one that belonged to my Dad. It's not the same as your's, though. This one has square tool bits, held vertically, like the kind you would use on a metal lathe. I used it once and it worked fine. Thank you for making this series.

[@rosariotrusso1251]

I've been waitng for just this type of video! THANK YOU!!!! Mrpete for all the time and effert to make, edit, and post these fantastic video's TWO THUMBS UP my friend! (I'd give you more but i only have two thumbs lol)

[@davebrewton4622]

I really enjoy your ramblings on and stories about Ravishing Red Heads. Unkle-10

[@wolfmeisterschmid6269]

if you are talking to yourself then just think of me as an eavesdropper! great video. enjoyed it.

[@tek4]

MR.PETE222 I love your videos, I lost most of my family 10 no, wow, 20 years ago now.. wow, where does the time go, anyway I am 31, and the way you present this stuff, he'll you could make paint drying interesting and I know others agree with me. I hope you do make more patterns, and show more of anything really. It's funny, we all do something and not realise it's the last time we do it. One day your parents put you down for the last time, and never picked you up again. As a dad now, I'm very aware of the last my kids do, and they even are growi so fast

[@stime6472]

Thank you Mr Pete for doing what you do and if you keep doing what you do you will live a long happy and healthy life! God bless you Sir!

[@roylucas1027]

Boy do I enjoy your videos! I sit here with a smile on my face totally enjoying your running commentary and wit. Keep up the great videos and thank you.

[@RightOnJonCrane]

Thanks Mr. Pete! Another great video series. Can't wait to see the casting and perhaps seeing it used to ram up a pattern!

[@mrpete222]

THANKS FOR WATCHING

[@HellSpawn722001]

That safety planer is an awesome tool. I have never seen something like that before. Pattern making is an amazing art.

[@billlee5307]

Great fun watching Mr. Pete in his Magic Workshop!

[@rdankers1138]

Hey Mr. Pete! I loved your comment at the end of the video about how easy it would be to 3-D print that! I'm a machinist at a foundry in Denver and just last year we splurged on getting a 3-D printer and it has revolutionized how we make patterns now! That part would print in about an hour on our printer... I really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work.

[@mrpete222]

I'm getting a printer---Thanks for watching

[@petercunningham4000]

Hello Mr. Pete, I am just adding my voice to the others to let you know that you are not talking to yourself. I always learn something from your videos,-even if I may never actually do the work. Just as an aside, I used to work for a steel foundry, (as a driver) and of course I got to access all areas as part of my job, from the laboratory, where they tested the hardness of the casting via a test bar that was poured at the same time as the main casting, to the furnace area, to the pattern shop, and the big annealing ovens. I was always interested in what was going on and I could never understand why other people were not interested in how things were made. We used to make big ladles for mining companies, as well as the big drag line buckets for the open cut mines, also railway bogies, and big ring gear castings. The railway wheels were cast in another plant up in Queensland, as was the "Buckeye" couplings. We used to 'age' our casting (mainly the actual digging lip of the dragline buckets) but also ripper tynes, outside for months before they were assembled. Sometimes they had to artificially age the casting by leaving it in an annealing oven at a relatively low temperature for 4 or 5days. Sorry for the long email but I thought that you might be interested in an Australian foundry practise.

[@garyc5483]

Great tutorial mrpete. I enjoy all your video's. They always give me food for thought. regards from the UK

[@michaelmurray3422]

Looks good!! Some times good things take a while to make. And some times after all that work, you discover easier ways of making it, or it just doesn't work, and you have to do it again. All in all, it is always a challenge to make a good end product, and you learn along the way. No harm in that. Keep up the good work, and I enjoy learning new things along the way with you. Michael

[@davewilson9924]

I like these long videos. Please make more of them. You learn so much more. Keep up the good work!

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@MrShobar]

A fine demonstration of, among other things, why patterns were very carefully protected pieces of property in manufacturing processes. Lots of hand work and fitting. Many thanks.

[@AlanChristensen]

All of your many videos are exceptional in presentation and instructional value. Your level of detail makes your videos really useful -- your asides keep them entertaining. Thanks!

[@rtertertrryyty]

Personally I like long videos very informative and very good video can’t wait but I have to for your video when you do your foundry work thanks for the video and keep them coming hopefully for longer than another 50 years

[@myronmarcotte7072]

You know, you call yourself a shop teacher, but what you really are is a history teacher. I wonder how long you tube will keep playing videos.

[@joshwalker5605]

I always love your videos. You have the same accent that my grandmother does - she worked at the Elgin Watch factory, which I don't think is too far away from you. Anyway, thank you for all your videos, they mean a lot to me.

[@jimintaos]

Thank you so much for the demo of the leather fillets. I am working on a project that needs exactly that technique. Until this video I had no idea this could be the solution to my problem.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@oldpup4810]

When people question me talking to myself, I tell them "You know from time to time I enjoy having a conversation with someone that thinks exactly the same way I do." They generally quietly back away and stop bothering me. :)

[@bc65925]

That safety planner is a fantastic tool. I think I'll be getting something like that for my router for using a router sled to flatten my oak stump I'll be using for my anvil stump in a few years when its dryer. I was just thinking while watching this, I bet being a industrial arts teacher you remember the "Primitive Pete" shop safety videos.

[@mrpete222]

I showed that movies so many times, I can still quote lines from it. "DO YOU HAVE A LITTLE BEAUTY LIKE THIS IN YOUR SHOP??"

[@felony53]

Another informative and excellent video. I agree with Dave Potts that the wood is not hard maple but beech. Looking at the grain on the flat side of the split turning shows the distinctive caraway seed look of the grain. Used a lot in European furniture. It's a video so not definitive, but could also be quarter sawn maple. Nice work regardless of wood. Being a furnituremaker, wood catches my attention. Keep on truck'in Mr. Pete.

[@mrpete222]

I think you may be right--but it sure was hard

[@felony53]

Beech is hard as well. Another possibility is Sycamore. Similar looking grain as well. Then again, could be white birch. Very often when I ordered a load of maple from a wholesaler, rough sawn kiln dried, there would several boards of birch and beech mixed in. Sometimes difficult to tell the difference in the rough state.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Great job. Can't wait to see the cast part.

[@joefalmo5528]

yep liked it can't wait for the next one

[@bobfuller9759]

Great video Wish I still had access to foundry equipment

[@AmateurRedneckWorkshop]

I know about the pizza. I used to have a six pack of abs but now I have a whole case. I suspect that pizza may have had something to do with that. I hate to make patterns because I am just so lazy. Thanks for another great video.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching--lol

[@ellieprice3396]

Mr. Pete, your "Ravishing Redhead" story reminds me of the blonde young lady my son dated many years ago during the Vietnam conflict. She was so confused about the constant references to "Vietnam" she finally asked, "Is Vietnam a country or a war?" I don't recall his answer but the fire died pretty quickly after that one.

[@CapeCodCNC]

I do have a 3D printer and depending on resolution could take up to 20 hours or more. Or as little as an hour with a very rough finish. But, you just push a button and come back later. That would be very easy to design in Fusion 360 so that would be an option, but not as much fun! 5 years left my a** the way you're going we will be watching NEW Tubalcain videos in 20 years! Keep em coming :D

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@taurusdragon5479]

Awesome series. You've inspired me to try casting.

[@BentTreeFarmPa]

Trust me sir, you are not talking to yourself, I am here for every video!!!! Keep it up and it better be for more than 5 years!!! :D

[@judivittetoe2622]

Forget that five more years BS Mr. Pete...You and I are both about the same age and both retired shop teachers. I for one am not ready to give and inch, let alone set five years. Keep on producing, I look forward to your videos. p

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for the encouragement--maybe we both have 10 yrs left

[@1DIYGuy]

You point out the grain which is actually the rays that are perpendicular to the wood grain. Vertical grain oak used on old sewing machine cases typically accent these rays. Thanks again for all you share. I recently cut my 1st gear on the mill thanks to your videos.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching--quarter sawn oak on sewing machines. MEDULARY RAYS

[@kenny5174]

As always, very interesting. Keep up the good videos!

[@kevinwillis9126]

looking great.. Thanks for sharing sir..

[@fall22123]

There's a channel called Brian oltrogge where he does a lot of work with casting aluminum. He's made patterns both with a 3D printer and a CNC machine. I'm not sure if it was a router or a mill. He does some amazing work. One of the problems with a 3D printed pattern is the rough finish.

[@josephwilson6651]

As Tom Lipton is fond of saying "nothing too strong ever broke" Your motto should state You can never know too much

[@mrpete222]

Great phrase--I may just adopt it--with your permission.

[@brosselot1]

When I was in school sometimes we would switch a regular ruler with a shrink ruler with my friends in drafting class boy would they get mad. But when I was in college I learned a lot about making patterns. But I never seen leather. We used wax and putty. Great video im building a foundry to try to cast parts mostly aluminum.

[@jamesreed6121]

Nice video, I always enjoy watching and learning. I would like to suggest that when you use your safety planer that you add install a fence to hold the part against, just in case something grabs. Also, what if you designed the rammer with changeable ends. You could have have Big, medium and small ends and one handle. Making just the ends might be easier to fabricate. You and I are about the same age. My Doctor tells me I can expect to make it to around 84. So don't pack it in before your time. You still have some good years left in you. Think about maybe 2000 videos. Keep 'em coming.

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Fantastic video, loved every minute of it.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@keithkemper]

Excellent video Mr. Pete

[@waynerobinson2301]

Mr Pete dont say that we are not near done learning from you . Many of us didnt get togo to high school dont you know . Just now we see our folly and want to learn to do these things

[@ThunderDog]

As always, very informative. The chart with shrinkage for metals was good. Mr.Pete, have you shown how to make or where you buy green sand/oil bonded sand? Any info on that would be appreciated.

[@timhyatt9185]

Always fascinating to watch you work through projects. Can't wait to see the follow-on to see it cast up.... you might have better luck using a piece of brown craft paper (or paper bag paper) and using white glue....it seems like the problem you were having was due to the thin paper becoming saturated with glue, and the glue is stronger then the wood.... heavier bond paper and a less resinous glue..... The safety planer seems to work quite well for small projects like this, and putting a taper on it was deceptively simple to produce great results...

[@lstein3372]

3D design is not as hard as you think. Today's software is very easy to use, children are using it in schools. I hope one of the 3D printer manufacturers out there send you one of the larger ones to play with. I'm sure your grandson would enjoy building it for you!

[@veganadventure5282]

Cant wait for the next one!

[@ronpeck3226]

Thanks Mr. Peterson

[@andymandyandsheba4571]

fantastic viewing mr pete

[@jaynegus4526]

I would love to have one of those safety planers but my drill press does not spin fast enough.

[@pgs8597]

Well presented pattern making video Mr Pete, and yes you do chatter somewhat, but then I do enjoy the banter. If you should only have 5 years to go but maybe less should you be called early is it time to prepare your eulogy, it would be nice to have a final "so long for now". Isn't it funny how we think in our sunset years, how long to go, rather than how long it's been. Cheers Peter

[@DonCheke]

Great job! I have a Makerbot filament style 3D printer and I estimate that it would take 6 - 8 hours just to print that, so time-wise you wouldn't any further ahead.

[@jrg1709]

Old craftsman charing he's knowledge, thumbs up so cool:-)

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@paulrobinson1637]

Mr. Pete - 3/32nd per foot at what temperature? How hot is the Al when you pour?

[@NBCRGraphicDesign]

Great pair of videos to act as "bookends" for patternmaking. Any chance your maple is actually Beech? Looks like lots of ray flecks in the close ups. Still good. Freeman Supply is still chooching, but sells lots of casting resins and molding materials... not too much woodworking stuff any more.

[@NBCRGraphicDesign]

BTW.... I worked as "Pattern Boy" in a Patternshop right out of college (1981). We used our Wagner safety planer in a W-T radial drill press for tasks exactly as you showed-- on that drill, the head tilted and we used a wooden fence dogged to the table.

[@HoutmeyersP]

Thanks Mrpete .Very informative video as usual. Question : why did you add the fillet later when you could have done the fillet already on the lathe using your chisel ??

[@almeyer405]

If He had created the filet on the lathe how would He have shown the use of the filet material?

[@elsdp-4560]

THANK YOU...for sharing.

[@johnstrange6799]

Mr. Pete, what is generally considered to be the most elaborate casting (or the most elaborate one you have ever seen)? Some things, like lathe aprons with all kind of oil passages and precision alignment just hurt my head when I think about the pattern making that must have been involved, but it also makes me proud of and admire those that did it.

[@mrpete222]

I would say a v-12 engine casting

[@johnstrange6799]

Interesting. Thank you.

[@sandrammer]

You'll be surprised at how easy it is to use a 3D printer and the associated software (I use a free program called 123Design) that helps you design and print the object you desire. You are already subscribed to my channel so scope out my project on making a lead hammer mold. The pattern was designed on 123Design and printed on my Makergear printer. I'm 64 so you're not too old to learn and use what's available out there.

[@Overhaul_zoo_engineersx2]

I really enjoyed this video. I am eager to watch all your casting videos. If you were ask what were the best pattern making publications or books you've read what would they be? I am interested in making useful shop tools and am looking for books with prints and some instruction. Thanks for the great video.

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@bluehornet6752]

Stewart-MacDonald (guitar luthier's supply) makes a safety planer just like that one you show here Lyle. So if anyone is looking for one, that's a modern source for them.

[@bluehornet6752]

...they also sell spare cutting inserts for it too, and I'll bet they are very similar to the blades on your planer here. www.stewmac.com/Luthier_Tools/Types_of_Tools/Planes/StewMac_Safe-T-Planer.html

[@captainormsby1301]

Great videos. Thank you and keep up the good work. I love the step by step style, attention to detail and "between the lines" information. The old catalogues are fantastic, do you have a list posted anywhere of the ones you own/use so that others can find copies/.pdf's ? Ps. Never worrying about giving too much information, nothing hurts like ignorance... Trust me.

[@mrpete222]

I like the old catalogs. I think you were the first one to ever mention that you like them as well

[@jonathanlarsson3247]

Great video, as always. I always learn (or sometimes RE-learn) something from your videos, sir. Thank you very much. BTW, is it just me, or did everyone else see the fuzzy area in the upper left of the picture? Something smeared on the camera lens, maybe?

[@MyHeap]

Mr. Pete. Great video with some awesome tips. I have made a few split patterns using dowels as alignment pins and have experienced the same issues you have described. The next one I make I will use your aluminum dowel trick with the tapers on the end to boot. I have a question about the wax fillets. Does the iron make then adhere to the pattern or do you glue them in and only shape them with the iron? You should try out a 3D printer, you can learn CAD. I seen where Shop Dog Sam just got a laser engraver. Check it out if you haven't seen it. Joe

[@mrpete222]

the wax melts to the wood

[@MyHeap]

Thank you Sir.

[@grntitan1]

We did aluminum casting in vocational classes in high school. I rather enjoyed it. So,we here I have the large ashtray I cast. I didn't even smoke. Can you imagine the horror it would cause today if they let a kid cast a giant ashtray? But heck, we actually had a student smoking lounge when I was in school.

[@mrpete222]

the kids cast 500 ashtrays in my classes--now I feel guilty

[@grntitan1]

mrpete222 Nobody thought anything about it back then. We had to cast something. I also made a bench grinder where we cast the shields, base and even the large washers. I remember squaring it all up on the Bridgeport. It was a different world.

[@trackjosh]

We did aluminum casting when I was in high school in 2002.

[@tombellus8986]

Thanks for a great video

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@redneckmike]

Freeman Co. is alive and well and still the leader for pattern / foundry supplies. If i get the chance i'll take pictures of what i use to hold my split round in the lathe. i Think you'd like it.

[@TheDisorderly1]

This comment is to offset the ADD group of your viewers, I wish you would shoot some longer videos! I hope you're still making videos for us in 10 years.

[@mrpete222]

How long do you want them? Thanks for watching

[@erikforry6603]

Very instructional as always. Keep giving the details & commentary, those who don't appreciate your insight can always go to another channel and watch videos of fools falling off skateboards... I have a question about the pattern. Why bother with the leather or wax fillets? Wouldn't it be easier to turn the desired radius on the pattern at the lathe? Thanks again for preserving and freely sharing your knowledge!

[@tek4]

Erik Forry it's easier not to change the tooling during the lathe work

[@drbrono]

Thicker or heavier paper stock tends to work better when trying to split the two halves apart.

[@jeffreylehn8803]

great video , Freeman supply is still in business

[@mrpete222]

Thanks

[@ralhmcc47]

Mr Pete 222, where do you buy ypur material from, steel brass etc. I had the info but have lost it. I have bought some in the past but have misplaced all contact info thanks Ralph

[@mrpete222]

Hobby Metal Kits LLC

[@175Rich]

I had a safety planer years ago but never knew what it was for until watching your video. By the way, why not just turn the profile of the fillets on the lathe in the wood pattern?

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching--then I couldn't show how to use the leather.

[@ssmithstonetank1766]

Actually, Freeman supply has subsumed Kindt-Collins. I know you consider patternmaking dead in the U.S., but I am in fact one. Not so much metal casting design, but mostly working in plastics (carved and molded) for molding plastic and rubber parts (mostly manikins for medical training). Not much precision tooling to exact measurement, but faithful representation of lifelike appearance. Some real challenges, like casting a full head (hollow) with nasal passages, mouth interior, vocal cords, airway, and esophagus, all in one piece in silicone, all with lifelike action. Also short timelines, like: our battery source for one product dried up; one week to find replacement parts, modify the mold to suit, make the modded product and ship it. For fun, I pour bronze in sand at home.

[@mrpete222]

Wow--its really changed. Lots different from what I do. I wouldn't like those deadline.

[@randomdude1786]

when your a good looking red head shrinkage just isn't something you worry about. (my guess) people who have never done this kind of thing don't know the process beginning to end here's one way that works. ya the 3d printer you could make one that has the tubalcain logo on it take your time this is valuable to me for sure

[@mrpete222]

Thanks for watching

[@wileycayote23]

Now i have a new saying..."it's just the nuts"

[@johncollins719]

So, there will be the mother of all machine shop tools auction in Illinois a little over 5 years from now. I'll put that on my calendar..... : ) Seriously though, I'll bet you've got at least six good years left before they send you off to the glue factory.... : 0

[@pikadroo]

20:37 I want eggs now. 😂

[@anthonypirrello2473]

I wish that the people who give your videos the thumbs down sign would also give their reason (s) for doing so. I simply don't see any valid reason for doing so.

[@afpienaar4604]

Wood deforms with water based glues . U epoxy glue to avoid swelling (distortion)

[@wgm-en2gx]

That pattern would be a little long for most 3D printers. Most printers are limited to something like 8.5" in any axis. So diagonally it is limited to about 12"

[@davidhyer3404]

A little acetone or turpentine on the knife blade as you go should lubricate and hydrate/disolve the glue & paper combo

[@mrpete222]

Yes-Thanks for watching

[@AwGusTeen]

You might be surprised at how many years you have left. Five seems a little short. :)

[@mrpete222]

lol

[@lanewells5290]

To be called safe by today's standards it would have to have every piece of plastic junk guard possible

[@427med]

you know the voices in your head are not real ---------- but dam they have some great ideas

[@TraitorVek]

You need a good sized hole. Not too Big.