When You "Save Money" Making it Yourself

[@InheritanceMachining]

Thank you to Henson Shaving for sponsoring this video! Use code INHERITANCE to get 100 free blade refills at hensonshaving.com/inheritance

[@csours]

Henson needs to send your wife some flowers

[@thatoneguy8371]

I love these videos

[@Onyex.]

@@csours or an apology letter lol

[@InconsistentManner]

that wire is the same wire used in electric dryers

[@86Dansken]

A 100 spare blades for your safety razor will last forever or at least 8 years depending on if you're a sasquatch or shave 3 times a day 😉

[@Onyex.]

Alright Brandon I'm really starting to think you need to add a bigger workshop to your project list man

[@willmonson5691]

Just another side-project thrown into his next video.

[@oliverfritz4839]

Copy that

[@scottyp1303]

Make sure you use wing nuts to attach the back wall?

[@silverXnoise]

We know at least one wall can be removed pretty readily…

[@InconsistentManner]

@@willmonson5691 Beat Me to it...

[@enriquekahn9405]

If there's one thing I've learned from YT maker videos it's that making your own stuff is educational and also a fantastic way of flushing a lot of time and money down the toilet.

[@AntiVaganza]

Well, when said maker has +400K subs, I would hope the money he is flushing is coming from YT and not his own savings.

[@DavidWalling]

Isn't that what ALL hobbies do?

[@alaric_]

@@DavidWalling Work = change time into money. Hobby = change money into fun.

[@enriquekahn9405]

@@DavidWalling that's true but I haven't heard anyone go "oh I'm gonna save so much money by playing DnD 5 hours a week"

[@leocurious9919]

@@enriquekahn9405 If you like fixing stuff you make/save money with that hobby.

[@PatrickHoodDaniel]

I like the interview style, but I prefer the storytelling style a little better. No matter what, I will still watch every video you drop!.

[@InheritanceMachining]

I get it. I feel a lot more natural this way though. At least its more authentic to how I actually am in person 😁

[@jacobwebber9821]

​@@InheritanceMachining I think a good mix of both would be good

[@markmckenzie5343]

​@@InheritanceMachiningBeen watching since your first video dropped. Both are fine but your storytelling style is distinctive and I feel like fits in the theme of your channel. I did like this format as I don't think we've ever heard so much from your wife before.

[@mstepuch]

​@@jacobwebber9821 Absolutely! I was supposed to suggest that. A 3:1 ratio where 3 represents storytelling. I've been here from the beginning, and I must say that the storytelling was so "intimate"-just a man and his steel 🙂

[@stigmautomata]

I like this way a lot more :D wife is a good audience

[@flintcoat2596]

Great finished product! For everyone else, who might build one-- bring the temperature up slowly to 95⁰C and hold there to allow most of the moisture to evaporate, then move to 105⁰ for about an hour to finish drying the firebricks. This will greatly reduce the fine cracks that you found in your's after your first use. Remember, water expands almost 1000 times in volume in its change from liquid to steam, so a small amount of water turned into a whole lot of steam and it had to find a place to get out. Failing to find a way out, the steam just made one!

[@johnallen4793]

Glad you wrote this. I was thinking the same thing.) 👍

[@MaX271]

I was about to write the same thing! Maybe even better is to gradually rise until 800°C in like a day or so. There is a gradient of temperature in the bricks, so you might have dried the interior of the over but the core of the bricks is still moist if you only go to 105°C.

[@yren3386]

23:22 Please wear a respirator, so that we can see more nice contents like this video.

[@CHRISTIEMALRYLIBRARY]

dude sitting huffing down fire brick dust like hes going to live forever

[@cmshap]

Yeah the orbital sander on fire brick scene, with no respirator, had me sweating. This is my first video on this guy's channel, and I already love his work, but this was the most serious safety issue I've seen in a DIY/maker video in a long time...

[@estebanguerrero682]

YESS!!!! Safety when it comes to powder concentrations in the air is really important!

[@watcheater9229]

@@cmshap hes an engineer btw

[@cmshap]

@@watcheater9229 I'm not really sure how that's relevant. I'm not an engineer, and yet I always make a point to research anything I'm working with on a DIY project before hacking into it with power tools. And in fact, that's how I came to know that the primary ingredients in refractory bricks are alumina and silica, neither of which you want inside your lungs.

[@classekaka]

The amount of support your Ms. provides, even in setbacks, are astonishing. No matter how many tools you add, she's still the best resource you have in that shop.

[@EmyrDerfel]

Helps that she's also qualified, so it's not like he's trying to explain neurosurgery.

[@nickbearce9381]

Making the heating element was SO SATISFYING

[@DomWood]

on the flipside, that poor roll press should be rehomed immediately

[@bRad73016]

Micronta! now there's a name I haven't seen in decades. Gottal love you using Grampa's Radio Shack VOM

[@noxious89123]

@@DomWood +1, for a $600 it seems to be junk. Unless it's just being used outside of its spec?

[@agentjwa]

@@noxious89123 most likely, it also wasn't bolted down to a heavy bench which makes it way harder to use

[@peterwest7855]

Good build. At the risk of repeating other comments a couple of suggestions for when you build the bigger one (you know you will need one). Use powder air-set refractory mortar rather than premix to save money. First use, heat up slowly, step to 110C and hold for about 4 hours to eliminate moisture, then ramp at 50C per hour to about 800C. Bricks expand and could stress the metal case, wrap the IFB with a layer or two of ceramic fibre paper to form a compressible spacer, this will also increase insulation and reduce the case temperature. Tune the controller yourself manually, auto_tune rarely gives the best results, there are plenty of good tutorials online, a lot of cheap controllers have variations on gain scheduling which can help with quick heat ups..

[@gabrielcain8975]

All this!

[@crichtonbruce4329]

Excellent advice.

[@mdevries8495]

Great advice, I indeed thought that moisture should ve evicted slowly. Maybe additionally measure the humidity in the shop, then you can better estimate the duration of the warmup cycle. Loved to see all the work that went into it, gorgeous (bit tight) door mechanism!

[@chrisj4570g]

That controller isnt the $30 Blamazon controller. The auto tune works brilliantly.

[@GreasyFingerboys]

Novus is decent​, but autotune never as good as a custom tune @chrisj4570g

[@timroderick2314]

The enthusiasm your wife shares for your projects is breathtakingly supportive.

[@qman1991]

Ya, the level of support is amazing. I bet it feels pretty good to have such a supportive wife

[@Spirit532]

Man, where's your PPE!? We're going to end up calling you Inheritance Silicosis after this... These bricks will shatter when thermally shocked hard like that, straight from cold and moist. Not a big deal if the frame holds it together. You might also want to run an auto-tune on the controller, to get it going up to temp faster and have it be more stable there. Run the autotune at approximately the median temperature you expect the oven to heat to most of the time.

[@Gnomebitten]

That's exactly what I was thinking. A mask is a good idea any time you use a sander, but firebrick dust is a lot nastier than sawdust

[@pvic6959]

maybe he didnt know! i def didnt so thank you for this comment

[@NetAnon]

Yeah, I am like that dust is never coming out of his lungs now. Hopefully he was not exposed to it for too long. If you are working with dust get a respirator on, hell a dust mask will be better than rawdogging that silica dust.

[@SimonBauer7]

fully agree, that stuff is nasty! get that proper ppe on there!

[@DariusBaktash]

My inner QA/safety brain was screaming at the dust. I even use an N95 while doing simple wood routing, much less when I was repairing my chimney. The next big shop project should honestly be a vent system (smoking hot metal and micro particulate is its own serious issue) and easy reach PPE storage. I fully understand how annoying that is with a full beard (I've given up trying to shave myself clean given an five o'clock shadow about 7 hours too early), but organ damage in both short and long term is absolutely terrifying. I've read enough clinical horror stories on metal neurotoxicity to know not to screw with it.

[@88jramped]

I've been there, needed or wanted something, decided to build it. Days, weeks later I finished, was proud of what I made and how I made it, functioned exactly how I planned, but realized how much money I spent on it, hours put in, when I could have bought one for half the price. However years later it still functions same as it did on day one. Never know what you are buying, how long it'll last. Great work, looks great, works like you wanted, and you built it.

[@itzac]

And if it does break, you know how to fix it, and the parts are off the shelf or equivalent.

[@willclark8643]

HELL YEAH INHERITANCE UPLOAD

[@Issybear666]

No other channel in this side of youtube is able to combine the quality of work, video production, charm and personality, and storytelling that you TWO manage with every single video. Brilliant stuff.

[@tomeoftheancient2225]

Your wife's enthusiasm for your projects is really nice. Must make you feel pretty good.

[@KnugLidi]

My wife, watching in the background, echoed every 'OOOOOHH' with one of her own, and then cackled. 'She says the same thing to him, like I say to you when you make stuff!'

[@Stephen1455]

You are the man, I am a retired Tool And Diemaker/Machinist/Gagemaker and I cannot even begin to have matched your all round skills, but as a Tool And Diemaker Apprentice, then Full on, I so appreciate do it old school sometimes, roughing out windows then filling to size with great large file!!!

[@eddysstuff]

Former HVAC fabricator, for tight curves like you wanted we often used the press brake to make them. A series of small bends goes a long way

[@MegaLostOne]

I have been tinning for 35 years. Long surface area's with small machines/equipment generally don't work out well, material thickness and malleability of the materials make a big difference as well. I was actually impressed that he was able to get it to turn out as well as he did, not meaning that to be negative.

[@DomWood]

I was waiting for an HVAC guy to try help with that sheetwork lol

[@dtnicholls1]

And planish and burnish on a steel mandrel afterwards to smooth out the small ridges left by the brake (if you want to).

[@milithemuffin4534]

Or he could return the machine and build his own, better roller >:D To achieve both high rigidity and ability to make small-ish corners you need to double the amount of rollers. A large diameter thick wall pipe pressing on a smaller cylinder that then acts on the sheet metal. This way the actual "tool edge" is supported along it's entire length and won't bow, allowing for more consistent bends.

[@chandlerhorton7286]

really love that your wife is keeping you company all the way through, and enjoying it! as a fabricator, I'd go insane without a couple people in the shop to keep me company.

[@assafberwald9448]

"Is this just a scope-creep or was the scope stupid from the beginning" is what I'm being asked by my manager whenever I'm presenting a new device I've designed at work. I'm going to make a banner out of it and hang it over my seat at work. Hats off for a complex project very well done and thanks for sharing!

[@michaelrice500]

It might be categorized as Gold-Plated Scope Creep. Which means it won't rust, I presume.

[@marshallwilliams4054]

Having spent a decade in heat treating and aerospace sheet-metal, I can write this say: outstanding job! Suggestions: 1) When you are bending, bend with the grain set diagonally or perpendicular to the direction of the bend. 2) some light sanding at the edges of your bend axis will reduce likelihood of cracks propagating from the edges. 3) I guess you bought 2024-T 42 sheet metal for the shell. I don’t remember guidelines on bend radius ratio. But I think it is radius must be at least 2x the thickness when bending in the T42 condition. It may be 3X though. 4) your shell might warp overtime and make door ceiling difficult. A very simple titanium mesh, or braided fiberglass rope will make an excellent door seal. 5) Oven controls: you should have completely separate pyrometers for the monitoring and controlling the set point. Especially if you use K type thermocouples. Probably will not be such a problem if you use N type thermocouples. 5) Warning on K type thermocouples: don’t use them! They have terrible drift above 500 degrees Fahrenheit due to the electro mechanical properties

[@Ammoniummetavanadate]

K type is fine, they are industry standard for a reason.

[@Bobbias]

​@@Ammoniummetavanadatesomething being a standard doesn't say anything about how good a fit it is for a specific use case. Type K thermocouples have plenty of uses, but they are not a particularly great choice for this situation, as this oven will be operating at temperatures high enough to cause permanent drift, which leads to lower temperature readings over time. I'm sure that a type K would work just fine in this situation, because as a hobbyist the tolerances are large, and volumes are low. Typical lifetime drift for type K MIMS thermocouples is on the order of 20 degrees F. In an industrial setting, this does matter, but in a home hobbyist shop, it's much less of a concern. Still, it certainly wouldn't hurt to use the better option if it's available and not significantly more expensive.

[@Ammoniummetavanadate]

@@Bobbias I use hundreds of type K thermocouples daily in industry. Also a lot of type B, J, and rtds for cryo. Tolerance of type K is at best 0.4% so at 800C or 3.2C and more realistically is 0.75% which is 6C. Type N TCs have roughly the same tolerance at 800C. Your type N will also need to be calibrated and cross checked. If he was operating in a reducing or vacuum environment sure the type N is a bit better but type K is totally fine for this oven. If you are seriously concerned about getting an accurate temperature you employ multimeter dissimilar measurement devices. I personally have a very very sensitive type R thermocouple that is heavily shielded and connected to an extremely precise amplifier that I cross check my other TCs with as well as a triple point calibration system I built for bench calibration. In short type K is fine, always cross-check your instruments.

[@Reptilia12]

@@Ammoniummetavanadate I assume you meant to say "multiple dissimilar measurement devices"? Good option if practical. Type R (costs a bit more) is more linear & stable -> more accurate, but technically is less sensitive in terms of uV/°C, not that it matters if you use a good indicator. @marshallwilliams4054 For amateur workshop fabrication use this probe will probably be fine, it doesn't need to meet some aero alloy HT spec, would have been nice to add an overtemp cutout though.

[@GreasyFingerboys]

​@Ammoniummetavanadate type K is industry standard because it's cheap.

[@virusjohn8310]

The interview style format with your good lady along with the 'this is a bit out of my ballpark' but then achieving it is awesome dude. The comment on how your thing is mechanisms and then you speed montage through the mechanisms without narration bit was a nice touch! although you did miss the chance early on (7:55) to use the rotary to cut the radius in the bricks, and filling the rotary with silicone dust would have guaranteed the next project has at least 1 side project 'service the giver of pretty chamfers' lol. Look forward to seeing the oven in action!

[@GooseGosselin]

I'm a retired electrician, just starting out in the machining hobby, so that electronics enclosure was ridiculously satisfying , well done.

[@joshuadelisle]

I'm intrigued to know your process of developing a project like this. I normally do 10 designs in CAD before making 3 very fast and cheaply made prototypes before settling on my final quality design. You look like you just went for it and aimed for perfection from the start. Cheers J

[@spooneythebadger]

I ran into the same problem trying to bend some thin (3/16") 6061-T6. The solution is to anneal it; but how? Basically mark where you want your bend, and then paint a 1" wide stripe of brand name black Sharpie marker along that line. Hit the other side of the aluminum with a MAPP torch, playing the flame back and forth along the back side of the line. At some point, the band of Sharpie marker on the other side will begin to "evaporate" and turn from black to a translucent gray. This is the annealing point. Go much hotter and aluminum will begin to pucker or melt. Do this the same day as you plan to make your bend, as some alloys can "precipitation harden" over time and undo your annealing. It worked beautifully for me; no cracks, no splits, just nice smooth bends. Thanks for an amazing video. That was a beautiful build. Oh and making that coil with the drill and jig? Absolute nerdgasm over here.

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. Didn't know about the sharpie trick though, thanks for that tip.

[@mathewpullen1167]

Soot from an acetylene torch works as well. Just coat the area you want to anneal in soot and heat till the soot dissappears. It's slightly faster to apply then the sharpie method.

[@ducati543]

Read this two seconds after I posted. You are right on. I worked 46 years in a series of different positions. Every piece of metal takes a different procedure.

[@olavl8827]

Nice! I think this style of video is a nice change of pace. Quite refreshing to hear you curse in a video - and hats off to the editor for cutting it just right so we know exactly what was being said while not upsetting the algorithmic overlords. Those small combined shears/brakes/roller things are trash as you've discovered. Perhaps they're good enough for small scale sub millimetre stuff, but not for any serious sheet metal.

[@SimonVerlinden-xz9uq]

I'm an engineer for a company who makes sheet metal enclosures. So, its funny to see what problems you run into, looks very good though! For next time: to bend the large radius this is best done on the (bend) press. Eighter make a series of small bends close together, like 10x9 degrees, or make a bend tool with the desired radius instead of the V shape.

[@Dylan-d7m]

I was thinking make a pipe w the radius bend and put that in the press

[@makingitwithnick]

Also the cracking looks really familiar to using 6061 instead of 5052.

[@Quuri_]

I love your videos, you and your wife is so smart and cute together, and it's the best thing on KZbin!

[@hiddevandijk143]

I have built my share of kilns. The bricks have split as there probably was too much water in them. Normally you soak the bricks before using the mortar. The heat the oven below 100C for a few hours to get the moisture out. The split bricks won’t hurt the performance of the kiln. Sanding and cutting the fire bricks is super unhealthy without a mask. There is I believe, silica in it which never breaks down in your lungs. Stay safe, or I have to miss your great content.

[@firstmkb]

A beautiful build overall but I’d have to say the door is my favorite component. Just add ceramic coffee cup holders on top and you’re ready for winter!

[@somehighlights2851]

Man, I just really love the interaction between you, your facial hair and your wife. It's just funny and wholesome.

[@aaronbuildsa]

"You look like _danger_" 🤣

[@sonicsupersam7793]

@@aaronbuildsa just a note, unfortunately youtube is stupid and you have to leave a space between your quotation mark and the underscore. like " _this_ ". i know, frustrating.

[@nickh5937]

i was thinking we wer headed for a PG-13 rating! LOL

[@_hackwell]

wow that's impressive! The bricks cracked because of moisture trapped inside them. That's why you have to ramp the temperature up slowly step by step to dry them. The kind of procedure we use on new pizza ovens. Biggest ones can take 2 days doing that

[@InheritanceMachining]

damn... too late now!

[@TEDodd]

I don't think I've ever seen a used oven that didn't have cracked bricks. Just seems to go with the territory.

[@_hackwell]

@@TEDodd thing is that every time it's not used for a while it traps moisture again. Unavoidable in the end

[@_hackwell]

@@InheritanceMachining You'll have to build a bigger one soon anyway 😁

[@pvic6959]

@@InheritanceMachining its ok! you know for the next one you make! haha

[@7miracles71195]

The one and only thing I think your oven is missing is a gas port to run argon if you wanted to, but it should be easy to add later if you need it. Excellent work overall. I love watching your videos and I still think the biggest flex in your life is how supportive your lovely wife is.

[@revilolavinruf]

This video is like watching an interview of myself doing the same thing, but over 2 years! Between using my drill press as a brick router, 5 failed attempts at making proper coils, replacing crappy/rekt thermocouples, burning out a couple relays, etc. It was by far my most problematic build so far. doing the calculations for W/cm3 had me feeling like a scientist. Now my oven gets to 1100C in 15 min, and ive heat treated dozens of knives precisely. Watching this video was cathartic. knowing someone else has been through what I've been through. Well played, and enjoy!

[@travismiller5548]

from a 20 year veteran of the glassblowing industry who has built many kilns and controllers: this is excellent. thanks for sharing, i learned a lot.

[@Kolokotrones]

As a hobby bladesmith I built an oven to do exotic alloys. 8000 watts and overbuilt. It has an industrial vibe to it but it definitely was cheaper than buying. I feel the tradeoff to building and buying is purely aesthetics. If I were to do it again and I had the budget to buy one I would build one a large touch screen controller like Evenheat or Paragon use from SDS industries. Quick note for anyone reading this, do not skimp on your SSR purchase. Cheap doesn't mean good and if you are pulling a lot of current they will burn up. Spend the extra cash and buy a quality relay.

[@matthewgrallert1603]

I’ve used the safety razor my whole life. I got a Hanson couple years ago Best shaver I’ve ever had.

[@patchvonbraun]

Gotta say that quite apart from enjoying the extreme craftsmanship shown in your videos, the recent ones featuring lovely interactions with your wife are very nice on a different level. My (ex) wife was never really supportive of my various interests, and felt quite strongly that a "mature" husband wouldn't *have* any interests other than supporting his family. Which always filled me with so much WTF? It's heartening to see an entirely different dynamic on your channel. Looking forward to more!

[@theKashConnoisseur]

Sounds quite toxic, here's to healthier future relationships!

[@patchvonbraun]

@@theKashConnoisseur Thanks. My current relationship is much healthier! She's very much in support of my current "little project", which is the restoration of a former-NATO satellite ground terminal for science education.

[@cameronwebster6866]

@@patchvonbraun anywhere to see any info no that project?

[@marksworkshop8724]

Sounds a lot like my (current) wife. At some point I just gave up even trying to share what I was working on, because you can only be disappointed so many times.

[@AntiVaganza]

My GF literally just texted me: "Steel, steel!!!" She works in branding, self-admittedly she isn't techy. I am a photojournalist but I have found that a tinkerer lives inside me and he is prototyping a new product for freedivers. And these days, my split personality is deep into getting to know a little CNC router and just today I found out, I could cut tool steel on it, too. I was stoked, so I sent my GF a short video. And she was as happy as me:).

[@chriscmoor]

Once again, your timing was impeccable. To say this had been a crappy week at work would be to damn it with faint praise. And just when I needed to see a fun project done by fun people, you delivered. Thank you.

[@JacksonGabbard]

Watching the wrapping of that wire with a power drill and 2x4 was so incredibly satisfying. I always learn something from watching your videos, but this time you've got the audience rapt.

[@rickhunter1984]

Never think that if you bought it premade you will sail through with out a problem. The fact that you go through the process of making and building it from scrach is the most rewarding thing i have come to appreciate about the videos and projects you have done so far. I am invested in the way you do things and am looking forward to you competing the metal screw drive shaft.

[@LeeCarlson]

As always, you demonstrate human ingenuity and perseverance. From my memory, the cracking you observed in the refractory brick is a common occurrence and reflects the steam you observed leaving the kiln (from the bricks).

[@viewer-of-content]

Ceramic fiber insulation and modded toaster ovens or wall ovens are the cheaper/easier way to get a diy heat treating or bga soldering oven. They make kits for it. It's more bga soldering/circuit board focused though, so most of the guides are for smaller toaster oven size things instead of wall oven. 600c is about the top end temperature for them as far as I know though, so that might be too cold for your heat treatment needs.

[@THusbands]

He's back! Please wear a respirator when working with fire bricks. You can get Silicosis from the dust.

[@GingePlaysMinecraft]

I was watching thinking surely the dust from those can't be safe, but had no idea. Hope he wore it for the bandsaw at least!

[@evanpenny348]

Depends on what the bricks are made off, but yes; better to be safe.

[@docshotshopandforge]

All insulating fire bricks are aluminosilicate and so are hell on your lungs. Built a few kilns and furnaces over the years, and the msds documentation has never changed. Wear a respirator or wear the consequences

[@travismiller5548]

respectfully, he likely doesn't have the 5+ decades left to it would take for silicosis to do him in. also, this was a very small exposure. furthermore, if you start reading the fine print for yourself, you'll find that no respirators are actually rated for silica dust- ventilation is the only way.

[@THusbands]

@@travismiller5548 other people who are watching and could copy may have the time for silicosis. And if course there are filters that stop silica dust.

[@thevinstigator2511]

Now this is some of the most serious dedication and skill utilization (not to mention the frustration) I've seen towards a project, great job.

[@JoshuaSolanes]

"What if you need to heat treat something wider than that?" "You don't" 🤣 Seriously though that was an awesome build. Your videos are the ones I'm most excited to watch. I learn something that I might be able to use (various techniques you use) and get to see cool builds come together in the most satisfying way

[@EvenTheDogAgrees]

Makes sense though. The larger you make the inside, the more energy it takes to heat up and maintain that heat. You build your heat treat ovens just big enough for the objects you plan on heat treating, no bigger.

[@Azeazezar]

You rotate it slightly and make some more brick dust?

[@LittleAussieRockets]

Hello, my name is Inigo Montoya 14:34

[@richardbacon9684]

I cannot stress enough how excited I get every time I open KZbin and you have uploaded a new video. (Generally) very calming, and love seeing your processes

[@robertvandalsem94]

Everytime I watch i know im gonna be entertained by a video that is not only informative but also well produced. Thatnks for another one

[@rockytrh]

The spiced in interview bits are really a good addition to the format. Great video as always.

[@Frank-Thoresen]

The knowledge you got from making this oven is priceless. It's worth more than the money you need to just buy one. And in the comment section you learned the hazardous dust of the oven bricks and they break up due to the heat cycles.

[@KingParzival]

Dude this was insane. I watched Red Beard's video and thought THAT was a crazy build, you truly took his idea to the next level. I applaud you sir.

[@rileyh212]

I always like how you partner up with a good company like Henson Shaving. I’ve been wet shaving for 8 years and will never use anything other than straight razors and safety razors.

[@MichaelMakesMistakes]

12:15 was when I hit the like button. Your wife is the best part of the Henson Shaving sponsorship.

[@nicholasbradigan6742]

33:19 "ya don't" 🫡

[@playinon6397]

I haven't kackled as hard as I did in that moment in a while

[@sinithwar8991]

I'm sorry but I think the best part about this video is just how excited she is for you. Like, I can hear just how happy she is and watch you light up as you hear that happiness.

[@Simple_But_Expensive]

For a metal break, check out Colin Furze’s shop tour. In it he shows a simple and cheap home made break.

[@tomweinstein]

Lots of great comments here, but one I haven't seen is that kanthal will become brittle with use. That makes it impossible to repair and it's likely to break if it comes under stress from thermal expansion/contraction. Making your slots with some extra space and mounting it with ceramic standoffs can prevent it from damaging itself. Even so, the elements are a wear item and will need to be replaced eventually. Since yours is only likely to be used intermittently, you should get several years out of them.

[@grempal]

7:34 Everything's a router if you're brave enough. Edit: 10:43 everything's also a saw if you're brave enough.

[@AttilaAsztalos]

Much as how every tool is a hammer. Except screwdrivers. Screwdrivers are chisels.

[@grempal]

@@AttilaAsztalos screwdrivers are both chisels and hammers.

[@EasyMoneySG]

@@grempal and prybars

[@Tincad4]

The projects which turn out the best are the ones which fight you every step. It is not fair I can only like this video once. Outstanding.

[@Raisopod]

This has to be my favorite project of yours thus far. I love seeing a complete doohicky being built out of bits and pieces, seeing things work out, seeing things not work out quite as much, figuring those things out so they DO work out, and ending up with a new piece of equipment that you can look at and take some serious pride in. It really all came together spectacularly, it was worth the longer than usual wait for the video upload.

[@jeremyjenkins8648]

Dude! I love your channel! One of the many things I love about it is how awesome your wife is. It’s obvious that she knows when something is impressive because of her understanding of what you had to do to make/fix things. Anyway, love the channel, love the supportive wife, keep the videos coming!!!

[@samuraidriver4x4]

Very nice build. Those cracks that formed might be due to moisture. its important to slowly bake the bricks. If i replace the bricks in mine i run it at 50 celcius for about 5 hours with the door cracked open. After 5 hours i ramp it up to 150 celcius for another hour and then its ready to go full blast. I built my heat treating oven with the regular square design. Sent the cad drawings off for all the sheetmetal and had it laser cut and bend.😆 Still have nightmares about trying to bond all the bricks with mortar together outside of the shell in the end i just built the bricks up inside the shell. Had to replace the bricks a couple of times already so glad i went with an easy design. Using mine for heat treating knives so alot of different temperature cycles that do decrease the brick lifecycle.

[@KeksosDerGrosse]

About time you made one! Was really wondering where this would go after the banana bending incident. I have to admit though that I'm missing your radio voice mode. Maybe I've just been binging this channel more than any normal person would (or should?) but it makes a little sad to wonder whether it's gone for good. Takes away this lovely "wholesome documentary" vibe that defines the Inheritance Machining feel for me.

[@benhobby17]

25:56 is the most gorgeous bell tolling sound, it's like a heavenly being sent you a notification that your die was too sharp

[@bboydrummer1]

Unbelievable. You can make anything. I know you could have bought a heat treat oven but making it, taught you so much and we got a video out of it. Thank you so much and keep up the good work.

[@Sheer_Will]

14:14 you look like you would sell me some sort of elixir or tonic of questionable quality

[@wildgophers91]

I LOVE the more informal interview style with your wife. Super happy that you've put more personality into your videos.

[@Jeff-jr4xw]

23:47 - a partner that understands and expresses such enthusiasm and encouragement in your interests like this. you are one of the lucky ones

[@SalahEddineH]

The "Sir!" was like one of the biggest compliments you can recieve, in a DIYing couple. I loved her muffled laughter at "I'm gonna a very safe thing here" right after introducing the limit switch.

[@projectbrewsky2048]

I came here to say this! One of the BEST feelings is having a significant other that gets excited about things you are excited about. Not that they have to have the same interests and passions, but that support and encouragement really is something special

[@kimmoj2570]

​​​@@projectbrewsky2048Hmmm. His wife is professional media person, and has edited every video on this channel. Its not like he calls wifey to come from kitchen to look what he has done in shop. They just dont use freehand camera. Its tool to make shots look intimate, like he is doing it alone. She might not be there planning every camera view, setting up cameras and doing videography. But for vast majority she is there in the shop doing all that. The fact that in most videos she dont talk means nothing. Taking nothing away from them, the duo produce entertaining content. Its showbizz and nothing wrong with that.

[@kimmoj2570]

Just look at camera views, how well planned they are, how much they vary. One person making stuff at steady pace just cant wing such good quality camera work, its physically impossible. It takes more time to set up cameras to new shots in these videos than doing the actual work. Compare shots to for example Topper Machine. He is actually doing commercial work, and doing all alone his camera work plus editing.

[@SalahEddineH]

​@@kimmoj2570 Hey there! I don't disagree with most of what you said. His wife even said on a few videos that she's the one who edits his videos. She probably helps a lot with the camera work, lighting, etc. (although I doubt she's there every time he's in the shop making something. Clickspring can make stunning videos with impeccable camera work, and I believe he does it alone.) I'm just confused about the point you're making here, in your reply. All that commenter said was that it's awesome to have someone who truly supports you in the things you're passionate about, and I tend to agree, and whether she's always behind the camera or not, doesn't mean he's wrong. Are you suggesting the reactions and her compliments are somehow scripted, or exaggerated for a certain effect? I may have completely misunderstood your point, if that's the case, I sincerely apologize. Your comments aren't wrong, as far as I know. I just wonder what you're meaning to say here? Cheers!

[@doylerabjohn3435]

Great job on the heat treat oven. Reminds me of My stepfather (the only good memory I have of him), used to make amplifiers, radios electronics. The only thing I think is missing is your signature Inheritance Machining emblem.

[@jarlerak1]

Every project should be BBW, to the best of your ability. A big, beautiful, working tool is always amazing to watch :)

[@LifeInJambles]

I went searching to find the first BBW joke. Thought for a second I'd have to be the one to bring it up. Glad you were the one to make the awkward joke rather than me.

[@alex-jl8td]

You dont realize how happy i was when i saw you finally uploaded again. I recently discovered your channel and watched all of your videos( yes. all). Thanks mate

[@thecma3]

Rounded corners were a bold choice, I gotta say

[@powdah6927]

Quick tip: If you let to oven cool off with the door closed and this will help prevent the bricks from cracking. They crack from the rapid temperature changes when the door is left open.

[@johnwiley8417]

5:36 What a cool multimeter! In my teens, I traded entering Ham Radio antenna design programs into a TRS-80 for on of those meters at my local Radio Shack.

[@paulvale2985]

As someone who spent 10 or more years in the Kiln/Oven manufacturing industry I have to say this is a very impressive build. Kudos.

[@IslandHermit]

I enjoy the interactions between you and your wife. You seem to have a fun and healthy relationship, which is a nice change from the toxic dumpster fires that modern media likes to highlight.

[@Gamerock82]

I love that this entire vid is just a side project to the lead screw. Keep 'em coming, you guys rock and we'll watch and thoroughly enjoy every step. Cheers.

[@gabrielcain8975]

I love love love how supportive your wife is in all this, and how good of a relationship you convey. That's awesome.

[@MakyProchy]

25:25 is the best compliment anonye who makes his own stuff can get loved the interview style, i think a good mix of interview style for story, and voiceover when talking about technical stuff would be just perfect!

[@ryanvandyke2675]

You might consider adding the ability to flow nitrogen or argon into the furnace so that you can heat treat under a protective atmosphere and avoid decarburization.

[@jlsbeek]

Wrap your part in a stainless steel foil with a piece of paper inside. The paper burns off oxygen.

[@ryanvandyke2675]

@@jlsbeek that works too, but if you’re heat treating small parts out of non-air hardening steel it can be very difficult to get them out of the stainless foil and quench them before they cool too much. It can also insulate air hardening parts too much, depending on the alloy.

[@ІгорАлієв]

​@@ryanvandyke2675put small parts in crucible with borax. Molten borax protects from decarburization. Then you just cast hot parts with borax into water. I saw it on Clickspring channel.

[@ІгорАлієв]

I don't trust in argon flow. I had previous experience with argon flow through tube in tube furnace and in spite of that my sensitive chemicals oxidized a bit. Diffusion is nasty for sensitive things. As a conclusion, if you really need totally inert atmosphere, your kiln must be completely sealed, possibly even vacuum is needed before letting argon in. All of that sounds like complicated specialized project, say for titanium alloys. Or commertial kiln inside glovebox with protective atmosphere.

[@ryanvandyke2675]

@@ІгорАлієв atmospheric gasses can be difficult to deal with… I know folks who have entire careers around troubleshooting them in commercial settings. You’re right in that you’ll pretty much never get rid of oxygen in the furnace. At my work we have vacuum furnaces that pump down to less than 10^(-4) torr and maintain that partial pressure with argon… and parts made from Ti and some nickel alloys still have to have every surface 100% machined off to remove any material that might have interacted with oxygen while at heat. All that being said, if your goal is to simply heat alloy and tool steels up to their austenitizing temperature for a relatively short amount of time and avoid gross decarburization, then an argon inlet with a bit of positive pressure inside the furnace is completely adequate 😊

[@duceanahalf]

regarding sanding the block with the DA, next time hook a shop vac up to it. you can get hepa filters and hepa bags for most shop vacs, with a bigger vac you can actually meet OSHA regulations for concrete grinding, but you should still wear a mask

[@jonahbrame7874]

One of my favorite things about your videos is all the delightful interactions with your wife! Also, she's an awesome editor! I loved your solution to get the narration for this video by telling the story of the build to your wife, with us in the third chair. Keep up the great work you two!

[@kellyhh1371]

If you make another one, or if you re-brick this one, for the first fire heat it up to 120F or so and let it sit for a couple hours. If you ramp it up to over boiling right off the bat, the expanding moisture will crack the expanding bricks, as you saw. Congrats on a beautiful build and wonderful workshop. And even more congrats for finding a lady who geeks out with you.

[@SDSBBQs]

You Sir have once again out done yourself. Damn that oven is badass! Thanks for bringing us along.

[@sickstringbender1364]

This style video is so much better than the scripted ones. Just being real works way more gooder. Keep it up and it will blow up soon.

[@shrigma6163]

The forced perspective at 0:18 had me for a sec

[@casadilla7715]

saw this and came straight to the comments😭 glad to see someone else was freaked out

[@ikbendusan]

that felt like tripping over something, but with my eyeballs

[@smashke]

Irony…a video about making an oven for heat treating metal to keep it from deforming/ cracking, proceeds to crack the aluminum for the oven while attempting to bend it because it wasn’t heat treated… Seriously, in case you’re unaware, if you anneal the aluminum along the bend line it will bend easily without cracking. I use the flame soot method. Hold a candle or any “dirty” flame under the aluminum and allow the soot to deposit along the bend line. Then use a torch (small propane is fine) and apply heat until the soot disappears. That will bring the aluminum to the annealed state. Bendy, no brakey👍🏻

[@The_Cre8r]

Going to be completely honest here, I use an ad blocker, for in-video ads, but I had to go back and watch the Henson ad. The blip from beard to that thing on your face, I had to listen to what the wife had to say about it. 11/10. See you in the next vid.

[@KD2HJP]

OMG I have that Radio Shack multimeter, I was a Shack employee in the 80's & 90's

[@Onyex.]

I miss radio shack

[@jackmandu]

@@Onyex.- There’s still one In New Prague, MN if you’re ever in the area. It’s about an hour SW of the Mpls Airport.

[@TalRohan]

That is a beast of a heat treat oven, well made that man.. and yes the door mechanism is very impressive I must admit I would have sent the press break back by now.... I like that you are both interacting in your videos now....Thanks for sharing, its a good one

[@gdude2775]

I dropped the other video I was watching when this popped up. Love your content.

[@MetalShopBuilds]

same

[@jameskoomler3255]

I swear like 3 or 4 videos ago your style was completely different. Either way your videos are always something fun to come back to. So just keep it up!

[@awaiszaffar8892]

I've been waiting for inheritance video for like a month ❤

[@armoredtitan54]

That oven looks CLEAN!!!!! Even when it was just the sanded bricks it looked nice. Great work!

[@dhitinantrattanakosol589]

I would really love to have the full intro back. It really does bring in the vibes of your channel.

[@meatball1974]

this was helpful thank you. I have a hot-rodded ceramics oven that I replaced the coil, wired 220V and added a PID to that is hexagonal and top-loading. chef's knives are too long. This resulted in me buying all the bricks to build a more conventional looking heat treat oven. I want the PID you used - the BT and programming is all that was missing to make what is essentially a modern oven from paragon or the other big $$$ guys. The ramps and soaking features are tough with a dumb PID. And I like that you went the extra mile with the door design.

[@heyheyjc]

I literally said out loud "He's gonna have a better rivet gun by the end of this". Lo and behold 😂 Great vid as ever!

[@darenscott1718]

When I needed a heat treat oven I looked at the price of an EvenHeat, and choked. Then I thought, maaan, it's just a fire brick box. So I set out researching, watching videos, pricing components, estimating time and frustrations. Once I saw it was going to eat up that many weekends, and take at least 5 years off my life, I looked at lead times on an EvenHeat and gladly coughed up the cash. You are braver and much more motivated than I. Congrats!

[@McIntosh.R]

Loved this style of video man, the back and forth was great!! And obviously, you did an amazing job on this project brother!!

[@jeremie8730]

I think I like this kind of video style. It's far more casual, very few pre-written scripts, and the addition of your wife in the background is lovely. Love this vid.

[@RussellTeapot]

33:16 "What if you need to heat treat something that is wider than that?" "You don't"