Workshop Wednesday - STUG III G RESTORATION Ep. 14

[@sniperfi4532]

It’s great to see everyone getting more confident on camera as the episodes progress. The banter between Kurt and Beau is great.

[@playwme3]

They’re like B1 and B2. Always chatting away, having fun and getting along like best buds.

[@hansmuller9121]

Hey Kurt, I'm always happy to see your videos and all the work you put into these restorations. Especially I, as a German, am always amazed that you find so many parts and put them back together again, that would not be possible here in Germany, since our museums could not raise that much money and then still for old German tanks. That would be a NOGO for many decision-makers in museums and politics. Please continue with your fantastic work. Greetings from Berlin

[@richardazzalin4168]

Just plain awesome - the technology that went into the design, what more then 80/90 years ago, and the skill to disassemble the entire transmission/differential and steering brakes. Gotta hand it to you Kurt - well done, bloody well done!!! Look forward to its completion.

[@AndreasGassner]

I'm German, thanks for restoring this piece of history. You guys really appreciate the engineering behind it, too.

[@billywilliams3547]

I really love this series, just wish they were 45mins to an hour long. I think it's incredible work these lads are doing and is fascinating! keep up the great work lads.Thumbs up all the way here from France

[@chrisquinlan3012]

What a great outlook the young feller has,"I can go home now,Nah I want to see whats next!"and smiling all the time when faced with those "character building "challenges .Cheers

[@HozNickle]

It’s awesome to think about the last time these internal parts were touched and handled.

[@tannerjones9687]

Exactly my thoughts 👍

[@beersmurff]

Stop thinking about my wife ;-)

[@BillyTpower]

I've gotta hand it to Beau because I've been around mechanical equipment all of my adult live and have never heard a more accurate explanation "German stuff is designed complicated but built simple". Anyone that has ever turned a spanner should understand that but what an elegant statement. Great job Beau, this is the way.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

I can’t emphasise enough how great it is to see the next generation enthusiastically getting into Tank restoration 👍

[@Bill53AD]

Great job getting the diff apart with minimal destruction. That the planetary gears still spin is amazing. Keep up this great work mates, can't wait to see this beauty fully assembled and painted.

[@kevin5073]

I cannot believe how good this series is! You always leave me wanting more. The reassembly is going to be just as interesting.

[@derekwilliam1165]

Another masterpiece of an episode. How the Germans designed and built this is just amazing but not as amazing as the work you guys achieve taking it apart to restore. Looking forward to the next episode. Keep up the great work guys.

[@geraldingram9351]

Wow the inturnals of those diffs looked just fine after all that time, you are doing a good job rebuilding those machines, fantastic New Zealand.

[@charlesemerson6763]

Perfect way to start my day. Lovely bit of work Beau. Have fun when you go to put that lot back together.

[@Wolshanze]

Perfect timing I’ve literally just finished episode 13

[@torstengemperlein5298]

Hi, the Numbers on the planetary carrier are Production Marks. The 2parts Carrier will be machined as a pre assembly to have the Perfect allignment of the planetary bolts later. To find the Right Couple again in final assembly after cleaning the parts the Numbers are added

[@diggerlenny4836]

Like 2 halves of a set? That was my first guess. Also thought of 1938 but that makes no sense. I think you are correct

[@johnvaluk1401]

Thank you thank you thank you. Always great to see the progress the museum is making in preserving and restoring these pieces of history.

[@jimaltergott9326]

My compliments on Beau's perseverance and resolve to get this mechanical nightmare disassembled! Even greater challenge taking apart something that hasn't been opened in 80 years or so. I am loving this series and your restoration work on these great "antique vehicles"! I have yet another reason to visit Australia

[@theonlymadmac4771]

Mechanical nightmare? It’s dead simple! Not more complicated than a gearbox hast to be. If that’s too complicated, stick to kiddy cars!👶🏻

[@jimaltergott9326]

@@theonlymadmac4771The miserable tone of your reply reminds me that social media is polluted with people like you. Have a great day & keep smiling! 👍

[@williamstrange6788]

@@theonlymadmac4771 There is no reason to be a rude jerk to someone giving Beau a compliment for all his hard work and I agree it looks very complicated to take apart let alone put back together.

[@christinepearson5788]

It must be Wednesday down under, it's Tuesday here. But thank the lord I needed something after my horrid day!

[@Cylon-yd7us]

Hi Guys, I could watch you work on these tank projects all day! Keep up the great work.

[@grahamkeithtodd]

the lads at the Australian Armour and Artillery Museum workshops do a fantastic job! BZ to them all!

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Austinin Governemnt welocme uyo

[@roberthocking9138]

Great work Glen, what a piece of engineering, typical Germans, even in a a war they shimmed everything to zero movement, amazing

[@kayneahnung3661]

Even in wartime while they were already loosing badly

[@drstrangelove4998]

@@kayneahnung3661 and whilst being bombed day and night.

[@craigphillips792]

That Aussie “water” does wonders!!

[@michaelbentsen9869]

Mission accomplished, & I didn't even get my hands dirty! Over the years, I have "torn down" many Ford truck engines "to the bare bones." This video brought back some fond memories of my engine rebuild projects. This "Aussie" is one hell of a mechanic. You're lucky to have him! Disassembly, cleaning, & re-assembly all have their rewards. Looking forward to the finished item. With the expertise, tools, & proper workshop miracles are born.

[@glenngosline3303]

Who would have thought over 70 years ago to try and save more German amour. Great work as always.

[@warbirdwf]

It's fascinating all the designing/engineering that went into these German vehicles. I watch in awe the production of WWII war items on KZbin. These old films showing the manufacturing of all the different war items. The amount of employees these factories employed to build all these complex parts. How smart these engineers were pre-computer design. All the machines they had to build. Just amazing.

[@corpnut2906]

I have friends who live in Australia, just one more reason to come visit from the states. I love this stuff and eat it up. Thank you for taking care of this old Iron. I wish I could get my old mount and take care of it. (M1IP)

[@hans-joachimrumler9274]

Good Job. Because of the stamped and engraved numbers, I was a machine fitter apprentice at German Railways in the early 80's. Every worker and apprentice had his own number, and every time I made a part, I marked it with my number, and everybody know who made it.

[@egbertdefatt262]

I was an electric motor mechanic about twenty ago. We had to do a lot of turn around work on motors and pumps of various nationalities. It's very interesting how each nation's design philosophies are incorporated in their hardware. Russian gear was built rather crudely but pragmatically. German was complicated and precise. American was somewhere in the middle. I really enjoy watching the work that needs to be done without any kind of technical support or manuals. It's all intuition and observation. Very fascinating series! Keep up the good work!

[@chris-gh4bf]

The episodes are not long enough, can we have more. Absolutely fantastic to watch. Love w

[@chris-gh4bf]

Love to watch you dealing with the historic engineering

[@bliss661]

It's really satisfying to watch the process of dismantling these aged components. Then seeing the quality of the manufacturing which was done over 75 years ago. I never miss an episode of workshop Wednesday here in Scotland 👍

[@garylawless3608]

I find this series to be a fascinating look into the workings of these vehicles, and the detailed engineering of all the components that made them a formidable weapon of war. I am looking forward to watching the journey of the Stug to a full working vehicle. I just hope Beau remembers where all those parts go!

[@NemetskyCzar]

Kurt, I don't mean to be pedantic but ; The Third Reich didn't lose the war because they shimmed their bearings or built things well, they were DEFEATED by the combined will, sacrifice , and dedication of a world united against their goals. Rant off. Hats off to you gentlemen for you skill, perseverance and application in saving as much of the StuG as is possible. Bravo!

[@ericscottstevens]

If anything that shim (if applique) was a testament in itself to ingenuity of a mechanic in the field or at a regional rear service workshop. Instead of discarding this whole housing they found a fix possibly saving time and putting it back in service. Or that shim is part of the original design which does not make it a total failure, the shim took a brunt of abrasion and heat.

[@tinkmarshino]

I notice how everything that isn't a gear or a bearing is a spacer.. That was a lot of fun.. wish I could have been there to help.. I have a set of notch spanners that would help instead of having to hammer and chisel off those nuts.. Oh well.. I am to old and to far away to be of much assistance.. But it sure if fun to watch this.. Carry on lads!

[@johnkinnane547]

This is really interesting to watch , it’s amazing the gears are in a better condition than he thought its great watching this thank you for filming it.

[@dazaspc]

Its unusual to see the the ball bearing angular contacts inside the drive train. Today they are only used in a low load high precision environment. Like a high speed ball screw in a CNC machine. They are very sensitive to preload far more than Timkens. But back then perhaps they didn't have access to Timken style bearing tech being from the USA. The split inner race bearings shouldn't be a big deal to source, but I have got out of trouble with these in the past by getting two bearings and wire cutting the inner race then grinding them to size. A bit fiddly but possible. The hypoid gears will be a pain to set up when it's ready though as the ring gear isn't restrained on the shaft in one direction it just preloads against the pinion. This is probably why they had problems.

[@numscull12345]

Why didnt he make a spanner wrench? it would have prevented the marring of the catch points of the nut, as well as heating it to get the ring to expand and loosen off the oil/grease that is inside?

[@captiannemo1587]

Who knows. I was wondering the same thing. It’s one thing if you can get replacements to just hang on it… it would not have taken too long to build a tool.

[@StaffordMagnus]

I had the same thought, there appears to be a lot of those 4 slotted nuts in what appear to be the same size, a shop built tool for unscrewing them would be the ticket rather than knocking them off with a chisel.

[@fku1217]

Always enjoy

[@andrewwillard5625]

There is no channel that shows working on tanks like this literally the coolest restoration channel out here.

[@johnbradshaw354]

Well done Beau on what was a difficult but eventually very rewarding job! Saving relics like this is key to the restoration of the Stug!

[@arlandaplanespotting]

Visited Arsenalen tank museum here in Sweden and took a close look at their complete StuG III Ausf D. A perfect tank to restore but it all comes down to money 🙂 Really like your videos! 👌

[@kayneahnung3661]

I am incredibly amazed of your work, pulling a complete warped and bended wreck out of the mud and rebuilding it to a working vehicle is nothing short of a miracle! About the markings: most probably identifying the two pieces that match up perfectly against each other. When I did a few part time jobs in modern workshops they still had the practice to check which pieces fit together best and mark them. ("best" meaning tolerances of 1/100mm etc). The only sobering thing: These tanks were built and operated by a terrible regime, and most probably forced labour was used in building them :-/ We should never forget that it was a very good thing that germany lost that war (and I am german btw). Still - they are fascinating machines.

[@kittonsmitton]

I'm addicted to this channel! I don't want to miss a second of the disassembly, restoration, fabrication and reassembly, I find it fascinating, especially the brilliant design and engineering it took to manufacture these iconic machines.

[@Rusty_Gold85]

What an amazing effort! Just stumped for words. I would have no hope trying to remember how it all goes back together

[@at08PM]

Its great to see that all come out without any destruction. The video get mouch better and better, thanks that you let us be a part of the restoration. It is reaky intresting seeing how you work on that parts.

[@andrewlewis3486]

Enjoy watching a part of history. Very talented restoration experts on your staff. Stay safe from Cincinnati Ohio

[@tommytaylor4458]

Another job and video everyone!!! Alright!!!

[@knucklehead7456]

Woo hoo 😃 it's time for my FAVORITE show.

[@Maiko100876]

All that yellow gold is solidified 80 year old grease, NOT orange eating the steel rust, the threads are real nicely preserved. Hopefully these vids help restorations to come. AWESOME!

[@garyrielly1955]

Great video Kurt. I really look forward to your weekly videos as they are so informative, and I also love anything to do with Armour. The engineering on that gearbox has certainly stood the test of time with a lot of the internals being salvageable. It will be very interesting to see what parts have to be made to replace damaged or worn and rusted parts. I build and paint 1/16 Scale RC Tanks and some of the more modern RC Tanks use planetary gears that one has to assemble on the like of the Tamiya 1/16 scale RC German Leopard 2A6, and the Tamiya 1/16 RC M1A2 Abrams, but they are a lot smaller than those from the STUG III G....lol My wife and I will come up to Cairns and we will definitely be coming along to the Armour Museum as my wife also likes Tanks. My wife has her own 1/16 scale RC Tiger 1 Afrika Korps that I built for her when I built my Tiger 1 Afrika Korps. So we can have our own little infra red tank battles if I drive my 1/16 RC M26 Pershing.....lol

[@swagmanexplores7472]

* Also, if these episodes were made into a longer DVD to sell at the museum - I’d buy !

[@Rusty_Gold85]

Good ...no great Idea!

[@rodneyringler3745]

Mil and Mike it all out. The Germans engineered "play"... those Tech Doc's do not exist today but... I promise you boys you got a whole football field of play to work with! You guys got skills... better still... backyard INGENUITY!

[@aitorsantacruz2385]

I love this job. Regards from Spain and many thancks

[@georgesherfick2444]

Beau is perfect for this job, great patience, determination, knowledge, and humor.

[@TheGeezzer]

Thanks for the expline-ation on all of this Bruce. Great historic nostalgia.

[@nevillegoddard4966]

Nice one guys! Great job Beau! The '38' could be the job number for that day of manufacture, & 2 of them could be the matching assembly position of the 2 opposing sides of the planetary gear carrier.

[@Bryan-cs9to]

This really shows just how high quality the German manufactured stuff was compared to Allied made stuff. Brilliant work guys!

[@markfryer9880]

The trouble is that in a war of production capacity, quality standards should be reduced in order to lift production numbers. You don't have to go as low as the Soviet T-34 standards of expected survival rates of less than one tank of diesel fuel, but building to Swiss watch standards is going to hurt in the long run.

[@bobvines00]

Kurt, please Beau whether the heat used to remove/unstick the one gear in this video was enough to ruin its temper. And if it was, can you get it re-tempered for use in the future when you're able to make a runner out of this STUG? Another definite 'thumbs-up"! (But, of course, all of your videos qualify for a thumbs-up! ;)

[@bsalightning69]

Really like watching the disassembly of all that. Very interesting, and informative. Would love to be there getting greasy and dirty!

[@majorkursk780]

I just love watching the mechanical disassembly videos and look forward to this differential being reassembled into a functional piece of 1940's engineering!

[@ianstewartbrown5308]

Perseverance is the word!! Another cracking video guys, roll on episode 15

[@georgedistel1203]

Never would have thought that the internals would have been in that condition. If I were working on it I'm pretty sure everything would have been fused into one solid chunk.

[@davidbarnsley8486]

That truly is German engineering Glad it all came apart semi easily can’t wait to see them all painted up 👍👍

[@Clandaries]

Thank you very much 👍

[@humbleguy4726]

Just love these episodes it is history coming alive. All that engineering, wow. When Beau said one of the inner bearings was made of brass why would that be? I am no engineer but i am fascinated by how things work and fit together. Your museum has a great set of blokes working there. Another thing i thought about is the German field engineers working to fix these goliath machines when they broke down or were battle damaged.

[@WilmerCook]

It good to see our brother Aussie's, like to work a fix old equipment. Here in the USA we do the same thing. And we both like hot rods and footballing like Rugby.

[@Evocatorum]

I'm rather enjoying all of this restoration stuff on the differential. It's interesting to see how they put those gears together back way when.

[@georgebernard8983]

What amazes me isn’t the fact that he can take it all apart, but rather that he knows how to put it all back together! I would more then likely have extra pieces!

[@bruceinoz8002]

As in: "A thrifty tradesman always has parts left over"?

[@RobertBailey-y3h]

You DO get lots of little gift problems leftover from the ammunition exploding during the destruction. Those large cracks in the suspension plain armour come to mind. I had visions of a cascade of ball bearings on the floor as you were dismantling the bearings in the drive assembly.r. Great job, lads! --Bob Bailey in Maine, USA

[@viijager4299]

This has always been my dream job since i was a little kid! I always wanted to sit in a tiger that i helped brought back to life! You guys are so cool!

[@gunneralpha7490]

I love this kind of work so much. I have people ask me why I work and restore some things you can easily buy and I always tell them the same thing. It’s practice for when something can’t be replaced, or can’t be replaced in time. You are going to make mistakes, it makes sense to force them out on things that aren’t critical. It takes a long time to obtain the skills and knowledge to take apart something like this without destroying it and the personal fulfillment from doing so can’t be conveyed with words and can last for the rest of your life. For me this is the best kind of puzzle!

[@mikaraussi8200]

That peening on the smaller spacer to keep it from rotating on the shaft is what separates german engineering from the rest. Just aweson to see how these are built

[@lysanderkrieg5474]

A perfectly lubed shaft always slides out easy.

[@davidbutterfield2949]

Always look forward to Workshop Wednesday, keep up the awesome work 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@paulorchard7960]

I envy you guys so much, the chance to disassemble that history with the end goal of having it serviceable again is like opening king tuts tomb, well maybe not but to me it is! Its awesome, the assembly markings put there by who knows who and trying to discover why is part of the fun of discovery! Doing a great job and if you think acid baths are too aggressive try household vinegar, I use it a lot, takes a bit longer but does give results and is cheap and environmentally more friendly, I use the waste as weedkiller!😂

[@drdrumbeat3010]

This stuff is great, what we need is some history of the devopment of the stuff you're taking apart :) Just like the Transmission you're renovating and how it was developed in Germany as opposed to other Countries.

[@harpomarx7777]

Unbelievable that, after all these years, the metal is so nice.

[@martyw2053]

You guys are amazing, most people would just look at the pile of rusty and blown up bits and give up!!! I have visited your museum twice and have recommended it to anybody who is like minded, maybe an entrance fee could include a visit to the workshops, I know I for one would love to see all the work going on there.

[@SgtScoobie]

Its such a great thing to see. All these years later and since the germans were so good at lubricating shafts everything slides right in and out easy…

[@alamocannon3791]

I just hope you remember how it all go`s back together !!

[@declanjoyce8640]

Excellent work guys....just love workshop wednesdays...greetings from Nottinghamshire England.

[@causewaykayak]

The handwritten numbers reminded me of my father-in-law's writing. I think it was a style called small script to distinguish it from the gothic. My guess is that to do with shim size in initial set up. It's a while ago (!) but I think we did the same with truck axles setting up crown wheel etc. Great Series folks and evidently appreciated by large numbers of viewers.

[@Jurflip2]

All this beautiful engineering, and when a Stug rolled out the factory, its life expectancy was often not more than a few weeks.

[@DaiElsan]

Quality work. Great recovery of parts.

[@exsoda345128]

This is fantastic, I love watching this. Thank you for putting the effort in so we can follow along

[@palbiegelbauer6658]

Wonderful job! 👍🏻

[@Chris.Davies]

I think that right to the end they still built their tanks to last 30 years, even though they only lasted 30 minutes in battle. :P Fascinating to watch. Tanks very much.

[@gusgone4527]

These restoration videos are excellent. Keep them coming lads.

[@stephenjudaysr8915]

Keep up the GREAT work guys!!

[@outlawflyer7868]

Looking good. You should have soaked that whole transmissions in evaporust. Can't wait to see all the parts sand blasted.

[@gregj7916]

the machinist's back in the day were multi talented.....the drawings looked like pieces of art....

[@chrispoe7681]

I wish I lived in Australia near your museum. I love working on old machines. WW2 armour would be an honor.

[@markbehr88]

Love this content.

[@shawncannon5689]

Your hard work and dedication by your whole team is inspiring. Thanks for sharing. From Milwaukee WI

[@miguelnascimento4647]

Alô from Portugal. That shaft is a monumental work of engineering Always waiting for another video.. Keep going.

[@timmeier210]

Moin Handgravierte Zahlen stehen in deutschen Getrieben meist für zueinander gehörenden Teilen oder aufeinander abgestimmte Zahnräder. Sie können auch Einstellmaße für Kegelräder im Differenzial sein. Gruß Tim

[@MirceaD28]

That this spacer is mandatory. Even today in all diff you will find them. is crucial to set the gears and the backlash.

[@mr.m2556]

Cheers AZ team. Looking forward to seeing what's next.

[@AaronAngelo]

Pretty amazing that its still this well made near the end of the war. Think of how nice it is made even though it was manufactured near the end of the war. Would be interesting to see the difference between a pre/early war version and late war.

[@RADVIX313]

I have learned a couple things about the Aussies 1. They will probably use their torch and chisel more than their wrench. 2. Australiams seem quite enjoyable people to work with. 3. They have yet to discover battery powered Impacts.

[@richardmartin604]

Bonjour, toujours agréable de vous suivre sur le net, vous faite un travail remarquable. Bravo à toute l’équipe. Amitiés