I Built A Dough Sheeter To Solve A Croissant Problem...

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Croissants Making requires utmost precision and strict evenness. Sadly I don't have that, but machines do. So, instead I build a manual laminated dough machine with a sheet of plywood, a few bearings and screws. TBH, it is a bit wonky but I'll fix it I promise. 🤞
Currently, my table top dough sheeter flattens laminated dough from 40mm down to 4mm. It's 50cm wide and 1m long.
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@EzekielDeLaCroix 5 лет назад

"What's up, guys. Salut it's Alex and my microwave broke so I'm building a nuclear reactor for maximum molecular breakdown..."

@bossshoang 5 лет назад

Lol

@emp1718 5 лет назад

This is too accurate.

@TheJackOfFools 5 лет назад

Bruh, no joke I want a NukaBox in my house now.

@MrAdemiM 5 лет назад

this has to be top comment

@georginasinclairb 5 лет назад

I actually read this in his voice lol

@ThisOldTony 5 лет назад

you realize what this means?! croissants with faux wood grain pattern!

@ilikeplanes5559 5 лет назад

And bit of saw dust for that extra flavor.

@OnkelJann 5 лет назад

That means another great Video from TOT! 😎😉👍🏻😍

@aquaknot 5 лет назад

This Old Tony I smell another collab build...

@legochamp1 5 лет назад

I see where this is going... It tastes like a collab! :)

@jhm5016 5 лет назад

Big time. Me want collabo 2.0.

@_NATTE_ 5 лет назад

Alex! I went on a day trip to Paris so I dropped by Utopie. It was the best croissant I've ever had in my life! Thank s so much for the recommendation :D

@CallieMasters5000 5 лет назад

How much does it cost? €1, €2 or more?

@animato6441 5 лет назад

@@CallieMasters5000 It's paris dawg. Be prepared to pay a lot. These people take a raw egg and garnish it with grass and put a 500 euro price tag on it.

@_NATTE_ 5 лет назад

@@CallieMasters5000 I bought a croissant, pain au chocolat, and a small apple pie and it came to 5.10euro. If i recall correctly it was like 1ish euro, like 1.20-1.60

@lucasvivante8988 5 лет назад

@@animato6441 wow that was so stereotyped, maybe next time try to leave the tourist area and visit by yourself the city... it's absolutely not like this where you know people actually live

@Jacob-sb3su 5 лет назад

@@lucasvivante8988 this guy clearly hasnt travelled, or when he did he just followed a tour group around lmao

@simonvetter4326 5 лет назад

4:08 Actually used geometry in real life.... aaaaaand it didnt work. Maths

@murk3608 5 лет назад

A for effort though!

@rentregagnant 5 лет назад

I'm not sure but it looks like the intersection of the bisectors of two chords... It's a bit of an ask to do that on such a small scale with a pencil that is none too sharp.

@DanielMores 5 лет назад

Did it wrong. Draw lines, every 90° angle to that should meet in the middle.

@Thefreakyfreek 5 лет назад

its like a sine bar but whit a crosant inbetween

@haxel96 5 лет назад

Give "Thales's theorem" a quick search and you'll find the easiest way to find the center of a circle!

@christianhildalgo 5 лет назад

"I'm looking for a tiny, but powerful electrical input" You're going to attach it to a drill, aren't you? That would be typical Alex :p.

@Miko0219 5 лет назад

definitely! just like the pasta machine

@SurotaOnishi 4 года назад

The drill is an essential cooking tool

@Jkirk3279 3 года назад

A linear actuator underneath the slide would be better. Eventually you could automate it.

@willbales3496 5 лет назад

This channel has become an engineering channel

@rosskilla216 5 лет назад

Will Bales i think he studied some kind of engineering, but not sure, do you know by any chance? (Genuinly asking cuz curious)

@BearsOnASubmarine 5 лет назад

It was always an engineering channel 😉 You just weren't paying attention! 😜

@j.yossarian6852 5 лет назад

Can't wait for AvE to drop by.

@jpp9239 5 лет назад

Salut , pourquoi pas utiliser simplement le rouleau a patisserie puisque le but est simplement d 'écraser en roulant comme devait le faire les anciens

@yannickdegratie972 5 лет назад

@@jpp9239 c'est ce à quoi je m'attendais, 2 rouleaux de patisserie auraient fait l'affaire mais le prix aurait surement été plus élevé...

@hmandrandomnumbersafterwards 5 лет назад

Alex's haircut is so perfect for those crazy invention videos.

@BeautilufMusic 5 лет назад

what haircut!?

@NothingXemnas 5 лет назад

He is Colin Furze, cook version.

@achuprasad4482 5 лет назад

The building montage was MASTERFUL! Your filmography and editing has really become fantastic Alex!

@hazelnutspred3348 5 лет назад

Omg he actually drives a car

@nerfherder4284 5 лет назад

That surprised me too. Ha! I'm surprised he didn't build it.

@MmeHyraelle 5 лет назад

We saw it also in the dry age machine video.

@J.Antonio. 5 лет назад

A Smart one

@chuuu4610 5 лет назад

He also drove one during the making bread and butter series.

@hazelnutspred3348 5 лет назад

@Mycel he's always in his bike

@fezario 5 лет назад

Alex, make a burger series. Which is better, a thick beef patty or a thin smash burger with maximum Maillard reaction crust?

@TheJackOfFools 5 лет назад

Seconded!

@stefan1024 5 лет назад

Aren't there already a zillion of these on youtube?

@UloPe 5 лет назад

_ musique but none by Alex. And I’m sure he would inject his very own style.

@Engineer_Heathen 5 лет назад

Thick patty is better in my opinion. I've tried the smash burgers several times but I'm not a fan.

@moshadj 5 лет назад

Check out internet Shaquilles thick burger with the in n out style crust

@rmc5991 5 лет назад

The world needs more chef/engineers! It was wonderful watching you working to solve such a 'pressing' issue. 😜

@Camarao_Lendario 5 лет назад

Alex, I have got to say this: Your channel is just fenomenal You are very original, I just love the way you make your videos! The amazingness about this channel of yours, is that you show your hwole progression, all of your failures, what you learned from them, and how you overcome your obstacles, becouse of that, you teach everyone a lesson of never giving up, and that's very important, keep up the good work and salut! (or how we say here in portugal, adeus!)

@iSazzify 5 лет назад

i love this because when i was watching the last episode i was all like "haha bet he's gonna just build the machine" but wrote it off because it was such a large piece of equipment...never should have doubted you, alex

@melody3741 5 лет назад

*goes to hardware store* "hey, so I'm looking for a really thick rod. It has to be REALLY thick and smooth and pretty long. Wait, what are you laughing about?"

@arnoldkotlyarevsky383 5 лет назад

Alex, I love your attitude towards problem solving. I would not have thought that building your own laminoir would have even been worth the attempt, and yet you showed that if you are willing to take a chance, do some math, and drill some holes, it is possible. What a guy.

@drdough7982 5 лет назад

CALLED IT!!! Wooooot!

@nathanhill8579 5 лет назад

Love the processes. Seeing the wheela turn is gold

@MicroWazzle 5 лет назад

Team up with this old tony and get him to machine parts for you like before. I WANNA SEE THIS COLLAB

@kaiyuanchen2107 4 года назад

Alex makes my favorite kind of content. Cooking and creating

@usernetherby 5 лет назад

For better rollers look for Chrome rollers from the print industry.

@Tshizzle42o 5 лет назад

A discarded roller from a walk behind greens mower would work well and be much cheaper. He could probably find one going to scrap for next to nothing at a golf course.

@HowToOverthink 5 лет назад

Personally, I would just check something like Craigslist for used bike rollers they can sometimes be had for incredibly cheap

@maxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmaxmax1 5 лет назад

For your thickness gauge, if you are using multiple holes on the arm, you should colour code the holes. For instance, the 4mm label on the main body is printed in green, so it goes in the green hole. 6mm could be red going in the red hole. Want to use the same hole for 10mm as you have for 4? Print it in green. :) Keep up the good work!

@woophereigo9755 5 лет назад

ALEX, American engineer here. To find center of circle, trace circle onto paper, fold paper two times, purpendicularly, to make a sector. Place sector onto wood circle and trace!!!

@woophereigo9755 5 лет назад

@elnubnub okay, but with mine you need absolutey no tools, not even a pencil if you're cutting corners... think about it. You should eliminate user error.

@83hjf 5 лет назад

@@woophereigo9755 it wouldn't work as he uses metric and you use imperial (come on it's a joke)

@woophereigo9755 5 лет назад

@@83hjfThanks for assuming; I use metric. But lol

@David-if2hj 5 лет назад

I love how he's super creative and just as good as other RU-vidrs who are primarily shop youtubers and he's just a cook

@Hepcat83 5 лет назад

This is just top quality content. That’s the way food blogging should be. Not just repeating recipes. But investigating them thoroughly. Inventing shit. Perfecting the technique. This is really inspiring, Alex, thank you! You got a very pleased subscriber in Russia :)

@dianallh 5 лет назад

i'm so glad that alex's channel is growing. these videos are insanely good.

@roxes2010 5 лет назад

I been spending all my time watching Alex crossaint video over and over

@AsjadSalman 5 лет назад

If I had to make a croissant, my best effort would've probably been what alex made in the first attempt. That would've been perfection for me. But watching this series I know why I'm so engrossed by your videos. Where I think the story ends, that's where yours begins Alex, and that's the sign of true passion. Seriously the level of dedication for the craft you have goes so deep that you've built your own personal machines just because you weren't satisfied with what was already a pretty decent croissant or batch of pasta. I didn't even know one could do that. Cheers from Pakistan.

@GilWertheim 5 лет назад

You need this old tony again :)

@thisisonlyatest1018 5 лет назад

Yes please

@FroxyCz 5 лет назад

That was exactly my idea. :D

@niluje66 5 лет назад

Right! ...how do you summon someone on RU-vid?...

@BPollard86 5 лет назад

Check the machinists handbook.

@robinturner2300 5 лет назад

Longer roller set for the pasts machine should do it

@hictrl 5 лет назад

Salut, Alex! I just wanted to let you know about the two settings a real dough shelter uses. One of them is the conveyer and the roller moving at the same speed to flatten the dough, and the other setting is the conveyer moving slightly faster to stretch the dough out. While your machine works, it’s hard to get an even, flat dough because of the way it works. I’m not very handy with DIY, but I wanted to give you a tip for a more consistent dough. Hope it helps!

@avantgauche 5 лет назад

nice but how are you going to solve the problem of the liquid content of store bought butter vs the butter the patisseries use? because that the real problem with homemade croissants

@RobbsHomemadeLife 5 лет назад

I actually love your DIY more than your cooking and you are a great cook. Thank you for making and sharing.

@hiyasweets 5 лет назад

Smart, handy and can cook, what more does a woman need.

@fhanum9716 5 лет назад

muscles money and a good looking maxilar perhaps

@hiyasweets 5 лет назад

@@fhanum9716 No thanks, those things come and go.

@fhanum9716 5 лет назад

+hiyasweets not all of them think the same lol

@CallieMasters5000 5 лет назад

"A really thick rod, smooth and long." Oh, sorry, that's what he was looking for at the hardware store! ;-)

@judgemyname 5 лет назад

I will never bake, build this, or understand how French hardware stores are so tidy but I loved watching the engineering and your characterizations Great vid

@Robertlavigne1 5 лет назад

As much as I love over engineering things I might have a simpler solution. What if you just cut 2 rails to the thickness you desire the dough to be and roll your rolling pin along the top of the rails. Picture train tracks with the dough in between the tracks and the rolling pin running along with one end of the pin on each rail.Its not adjustable in height but if you need three heights you can just cut 3 sets of rails. It will take 5 minutes and cost 2 dollars for a single 2x4.

@gerardjones7881 4 года назад

@Chuck Martin you are wrong. Skilled bakers don't need training wheels. Rolling to any desired thickness is a skill all bakers learn. I'm a retired baker.

@Charlotte-Willow 5 лет назад

I am so glad that you solved your pressing problem.

@justaddmusclecom 5 лет назад

I feel like I can always learn something or a lot of things from any of your videos. Not only do I learn but they are really entertaining and funny.

@1_dor254 5 лет назад

Healthy Recipe Channel so true I either get inspiration or a great laugh from his vids.

@peter5844 5 лет назад

'I want to make Croissant' 'Off to the hardware store'

@florisstraver 5 лет назад

Salut Alex! As an engineering student who likes to cook, I always love your methodical approach to these kind of problems! A great video as always :) An easy way to find the center of a round object is to use a speed square and put the right angle (90 degree) corner on the edge of the circle. Now draw two points/small lines where the edges (from that 90 degree angle) touch the edge of the dowel. Then you can draw a line between these points. Repeat for any other location of the right angle on the circumference, and draw a second line. Where the two lines intersect is the centre of the circle (since the diameters always cross the centre). For anyone interested, this works due to the geometry of Thales' Theorem, which describes that any right angle inside a circle must cut off the diameter (or rather the diameter of a circle subtends a right angle to any point on the circle). Hope that helps! Cheers from The Netherlands! :)

@EasyFreezerMeals 5 лет назад

Oh my. I just bought a dough sheeter! They are amazing! Yours looks great. Can't wait to see how it develops. Like your ramen pasta roller!!

@junehess609 5 лет назад

Easy Freezer Meals can you share details? I’d love to see it!

@EasyFreezerMeals 5 лет назад

@@junehess609 Of Course. It's a Somerset CDR-300. It's incredible. We use it to make puff pastry, pie crusts, cinnamon rolls, croissants, you name it. We got it not too long ago. We made 250 Chicken Pot pies last week and WOW!!!! Talk about insane. I can't believe I haven't gotten one sooner. It can do pizza, fondant, all sorts of doughs... This beauty will last a life time, and it's the perfect size. Later tonight I'll have a video up about it!!

@junehess609 5 лет назад

Easy Freezer Meals that is awesome!!!!

@basshead. 5 лет назад

dog shitter*

@BlaBla-pf8mf 5 лет назад

This is the only cooking channel that rarely shows food and that's why I love it.

@sharathram8926 5 лет назад

I looked at the title of the video, and IMMEDIATELY knew it was from Alex. so EXTRA

@mcullencummiskey5692 5 лет назад

I love this video. I too have been struggling with my croissant technique (I mean machinery). Now I have hope and a starting point to make my own laminator! Alex you are a true kitchen hero.

@omeedh 5 лет назад

Longer episodes please!!!!!!!!

@TheBookDoctor 5 лет назад

Alex, pro tip for cutting plywood: put masking tape (blue tape) on the cut line before you cut. This helps keep the outside layers of the plywood from splintering when the saw blade exits the cut.

@jred5153 5 лет назад

You need to have both rollers touching the dough. You can achieve this by using a notched belt or chain attached to both roller with a third gear that is adjusted on a horizontal plain. The farther you move the gear away from the rollers, the smaller the gap between them. There needs to be tension on the rollers that want to keep the gap as large as possible, spring tension. I think a bicycle chain and sprocket would be the most efficient.

@spinafire 5 лет назад

Both of his rollers are touching the dough though? I'm not sure I understand your idea. I feel like this would just over complicate things. His device already manages a consistent gap between the rollers, with the only imprecision being the handmade off-axis rollers, the slots, or the holes, which aren't fixed by adding a chain. Only needs two gears to make them rotate in sync that he could easily cut from plywood. Having a belt, sprocket, and tensioning device adds a lot of parts that are already avoided in his rotational design.

@jred5153 5 лет назад

@@spinafire as you can see the board rides onto of the bottom roller, so both rollers are not in contact with the dough. With this design the dough is only rolled with the top roller and relies on the dough not sticking to the board.

@the_viper_leo 5 лет назад

Roborovski looks like only the top roller is touching the dough

@spinafire 5 лет назад

@@jred5153 The board isn't stationary and is traveling at the same speed of the bottom roller surface, so I'm still not sure I understand the issue you are describing. Why does it need to be in direct contact with the bottom roller? It's pretty much "in contact" or at least traveling at the same tangential velocity of the bottom roller (rotational velocity*radius = tangential velocity, the board is merely a spacer and the top is parallel to the bottom and moving the same speed as the roller surface)....unless you're saying, because of how the dough expands when flattened that could be an issue with the board? In which case I think just having the dough floured properly would make this a non-issue, since he's not having to deal with theoretical tolerances of rolled sheet metal or something.

@BLenz-114 5 лет назад

Why does it need to touch the bottom roller. It's being pressed between the board and one roller. Frankly, my question as I watched him build was "what is the bottom roller even doing?" The board is riding on bearings and moved by hand. The bottom roller is superfluous.

@bernat_CustardCream 5 лет назад

So satisfying... I would watch anything with his style of video! Also the content is always great.

@thiagoennes 5 лет назад

Why do you need the bottom roller???? Alex, for god's sake, find a place to laser cut plywood... I promise it will change your life... the precision...

@EricHonaker 5 лет назад

I think once he gets the input (motor, crank, whatever) the bottom roller will drive the conveyor tray.

@thiagoennes 5 лет назад

@@EricHonaker that makes sense. i was under the impression that the original machine had a proper canvas belt and the tray was static with rollers at the ends. It would be a lot easier to implement, actually.

@Armadyllon 5 лет назад

I love how his quest to make certain foods properly drives him to engineer certain machines to accomplish the job. I'm in college studying engineering currently, and watching Alex go through his process inspires me to be better.

@GracieMae493 5 лет назад

"I need one of those" *shaking the screen* MOOD

@LePetitNuageGris 5 лет назад

Instant like for the sponsors on Patreon that helped bring us this development in the croissant series.

@mafaldavanilla 5 лет назад

Finally been waiting a whole week for this 😍😍

@Island_Dude 5 лет назад

This is amazing! This is why RU-vid exists!.. Keep these coming 👌🏻

@ehrichweiss 5 лет назад

You likely should have tried to find a large rolling pin, of the kind that has the free spinning handles. Those already have a hole in the dead center of them and it wouldn't take much to add some bearings, etc., and I think you can get those about the size you need. You could have also looked for rollers from a conveyor belt.

@markholm7050 5 лет назад

ehrichweiss Conveyor rollers came immediately into my mind. They even come in stainless steel and with bearings preinstalled.

@gerardjones7881 4 года назад

Commercial alum rolling pins already have bearings. Mine is 4 inch diameter and 25 inch length and weigh 4 lbs. With the proper tool the sheeter is not required except to speed production. I also had a made in Sweden rondo sheeter but they cost $30k.

@jamesbricher300 5 лет назад

Use a rack and pinion set up on the sliding board and use a drill with a forward and reverse function to run it back and forth. The lower roller could be swapped out for it and it would give you the liner movement your looking for. Plus with a 18 or 20 volt drill you should have plenty of power to run it

@Everfalling 5 лет назад

can someone explain to me the purpose of the bottom roller? if the two rollers stayed vertically aligned with each other i could understand that the bottom roller was there to provide support and a counter force between the sliding table and the top roller. but with the top roller now NOT vertically aligned with the bottom roller the thing that's countering the pressure from the top roller are the alignment bearings on the underside. if those underside bearings are enough to support the sliding table and resist the force from the top roller then why even have the bottom roller anymore?

@BombaJead 5 лет назад

You are right, the bottom roller is serving no purpose atm. Infact the whole machine could be a lot simpler by just adjusting the top roller vertically and the table moving along the bearings much like it is doing now. Anyways it's part of the charm of these videos to see the machine being perfected as it goes.

@FrenchGuyCooking 5 лет назад

Wait.

@oldaccountplsignore 5 лет назад

Lol @alex

@jasonyoung6420 5 лет назад

It should actually be a series of bottom rollers (minimum of two - one aligned/outside with/of the tallest setting and one aligned/outside with/of the lowest setting) or a flat plane with ball bearings & roller clamps at either end of the action point, as some sort of friction reduction is required on the bottom side of the sliding table.

@_WillCAD_ 5 лет назад

The bottom roller creates even, direct pressure at the point where the top roller contacts the plate. The dough itself pushes down on the plate when it goes under the top roller, and without a bottom roller to counter that pressure, the plate would bow, leading to uneven thickness in the dough.

@AzaJabar 5 лет назад

This is my favorite series so far

@FaerieDust 5 лет назад

I mean. There are rolling pins with those little bits on the ends to ensure that your rolled dough is evenly flat.... A bit more work, but definitely more reasonable for those of us who won't be making very large amounts of croissants on a regular basis :P and they don't require nearly so much storage space :P

@H1ST0RYWriter 5 лет назад

Those seem like a good idea but in practice, not so great. Trouble is they're too short and you end up with imprints of the "bits" in your dough. Especially with puff pastry, which gets rolled out much wider than the rolling pin.

@gerardjones7881 4 года назад

You'd be surprised at what a trained baker can do with a commercial rolling pin with no gadgets. The ones who cannot develop the skills end up finding different jobs...like cooking.

@EL-re8kl 5 лет назад

Amazing video, editing is so slick and music is fantastic! Love love love it!!!

@ryanemanuel7551 5 лет назад

Alex, Wouldn't expansion and contraction of the wood due to moisture content along with any type of warping being present (such as having a bow or twist) affect the machines reliability and or accuracy? Or is it so insignificant that it doesn't matter?

@Jkirk3279 3 года назад

When I was in college, I asked an Engineer why a 12v turbine fan had failed. He said “the magnet was pressed on with no adhesive, and it must have been a humid day”. I said “plastic expands and contracts with humidity”? He said “oh, yes. After nine months, the plastic spindle contracted and the magnet fell off”. So, YES, humidity and wood rollers would affect his accuracy.

@jokeen802 5 лет назад

seriously! you are everything i want to be love the passion, love the creativity ..... just brilliant !

@Elwene2fr 5 лет назад

"I need to find the absolute center" > fait des calculs, sort un compas, une règle, un rapporteur, un cercle trigo, une calculatrice, un double décimètre, trace plein de traits, .... > 1 billion years later > "ouais nan en fait ça soûle. Bat les couilles on va faire ça à l'arrache" ^^ En vrai par contre c'est super cool de voir la construction de la machine même si c'est pas une recette directement (pas juste la voir apparaître comme par magie dans la vidéo qui suit). Tu assures :)

@TheGodCold 5 лет назад

Could you please translate what he said for us, non-Moonrunes speaking peasants

@dj1NM3 5 лет назад

@@TheGodCold According to Google: "I need to find the absolute center"> makes calculations, outputs a compass, a ruler, a protractor, a circle trigo, a calculator, a double decimeter, trace full of features, ....> 1 billion years later> "Yeah, nay, it's drunk, bat the balls, we're going to do this" ^^ In real life it's really cool to see the construction of the machine even if it's not a recipe directly (not just to see it appear as if by magic in the video that follows). You rule :)

@punkmyr0ck 5 лет назад

@@TheGodCold A bit more accurate than Google> yeah no whatever it's a pain in the ass. Nevermind (don't give a f*) let's just wing it.

@victoraldabalde 5 лет назад

Man, such a content! I watched this video and I didn't realize that it was over. Thank you! Looking forward for the next one.

@foureye7058 5 лет назад

Well, while they do say a bad workman blames his tools... A good workman would use the best tools they could get, right?

@MichaelCarrPilot 5 лет назад

Came because of YT recommended, stayed for the accent, dad jokes, excellent editing, catchy music and ingenuity.

@Gowaduv 5 лет назад

"No, I'm not fully satisfied deep inside" same

@anjalidcunha6719 3 года назад

So crazy and inspiring that you tried this!

@TheJackOfFools 5 лет назад

Why not just make a rolling jig? A platform with spacers of varying thickness, place the dough in the jig, and use one of those rollers like a rolling pin?

@spinafire 5 лет назад

Translating the roller instead of the bed? Now that's some good DIY thinking. I think the end goal is to have the roller spin mechanically, and with this setup he just needs two gears to make everything function. Having a translating rolling pin works great manually but I don't think it would be as easy to mechanize.

@ericktorres9791 5 лет назад

@TheJackOfFools 5 лет назад

@@spinafire You are definitely right, I'm just surprised he didn't at least mention it.

@Simon_Laserna 5 лет назад

LOVING the diy food videos!! So unique concept and blends perfectly with your / you channels whole vibe!

@jakobus977 5 лет назад

The music in this video was perfect. That machine is genius! Im always surprised with your ingenuity

@someguy4592 5 лет назад

The episodes on croissants are my fav. Keep em up !

@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW 5 лет назад

This is super cool but where you gonna store this thing bro?? 😂

@AnhTrieu90 5 лет назад

Given that all parts are held together with nuts and bolts, it safe to assume that they can be broken down for storage.

@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW 5 лет назад

Anh Trieu yes that’s true. who the hell wants to do that?

@AnhTrieu90 5 лет назад

@@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW Well, let's just hope you make croissant often enough to justify the counter space this contraption will permanently occupy.

@NOTANOTHERCOOKINGSHOW 5 лет назад

Anh Trieu truth. I’ll leave that to Alex! I’m gonna go get a croissant now...

@mikethor009 5 лет назад

Somewhere on the wall shelves, as shown with the other stuff he's built.

@m92sportsman 5 лет назад

Alex, take a look at stepper motors and systems used in 3D printing / routing. It should should solve your conveyor belt issues with a tolerance up to 0.1 mm with movement speeds of up to a 8 centimeters per second. It's essentially a belt driven system with a logic board that controls the forward and backward movements, which you could wire to a flip switch instead.

@kyleflicker 5 лет назад

Alex, will you be my Dad?

@さおり-i4u 5 лет назад

This is why i subscribed to this channel, Alex is the man !

@_ratso 5 лет назад

Feel like this could be achieved by putting two long shims on either side of the dough and then roll it out by hand with a rolling pin.

@taint_misbehavin 3 года назад

They make plastic spacers for rolling pins that do exactly this

@awangardowakukurydza1598 5 лет назад

Sir, I truly admire your dedication. You're probably on of the most stubborn people on this planet. In a good way of course :)

@jamesford8700 5 лет назад

I bet AvE would make one for you

@codetech5598 5 лет назад

But consider the crude humor which would ensue.

@t_y8274 5 лет назад

Shipping might be the more challenging task.

@peterinbrat 5 лет назад

Use nylon cutting board stock instead of plywood. Use two more rolling pins(with handles) under the board to roll it on. Yes, I have also spent numerous hours designing a home sheeter.

@mohaderhangen4082 5 лет назад

Idea for a new series: Mastering traditional vienna schnitzel. It looks really easy but it is very hard to master. Good luck!

@guipsy3848 5 лет назад

Seriously ?

@hearmerant 5 лет назад

I literally just bought the ingredients to make croissants for the first time and I came home and saw your video!

@davon2731 5 лет назад

Salut

@MrShmazoo 5 лет назад

10/10 I love this! Amazing job building something awesome with basic tooling!

@venomousphantom666 5 лет назад

Hey Alex, please build me a custom desk. I'll pay you..

@zuggyrama 5 лет назад

The whole lower mechanism isn't required. Just put the dough on the table top and make a height adjustable rolling pin that can flatten he dough to a specific thickness. Basically a rolling pin on 4 wheels that can be precisely raised and lowered. It could be attached to a rail system so you don't have to manually move it or put down force on it. So you're moving the roller and leaving the dough stationary. The reverse of how the laminating machine operates. Seems much simpler and smaller to store. Just a thought.

@RobbieTop423 5 лет назад

Set the thickness bolts to slightly smaller than the target to increase downward pressure on the dough and reduce the range in product

@hookedonwood5830 5 лет назад

Where I live we have some vintage hand cranked linen rollers that can adjust hight and with really sturdy cast iron construction. Cost around 100 Euro in mint condition

@yasharyasrobi2750 5 лет назад

You could connect the pulleys by belt and added a belt tensioner to solve your problem as well.

@juancolon555 5 лет назад

I’m very interested to see how the next version will come out.

@bloomindoom 5 лет назад

This has been an awesome saga.

@ShawnHCorey 5 лет назад

When cutting with a circular saw, place the finished surface down. That way the blade is turning into the finish and there will be less tear-out. Also using a blade with more teeth will reduce tear-out.

@heoTheo 5 лет назад

You are a true inspiration.

@randomjunk9934 5 лет назад

Your channel is FANTASTIQUE (as you French would say). Could you do a series on French cuisine & help this Yank out? Cassoulet, Boef Burgenion, chicken chassuere (my iPhone is butchering the spelling)...would love to see your take on French classics

@atversted 5 лет назад

Good job Alex. Great content. keep it up and good luck with the croissants.

@Chlrintruc 4 года назад

I now know how Frenchmen have invented such great things. It is sort of their culture and in their blood.

@RAFHERMEZ 4 года назад

Ta chaîne RU-vid est très intéressante, tu fais découvrir la france au monde entier, keep up the good work!!!

@icewater7586 5 лет назад

Alex, try adding a car motor to the build and use the mechanics of old fashion train wheels so it can move the wooden board forwards and backwards constantly

@KeithOlson 5 лет назад

FWIW, to find the center of a dowel, (generously) cut the corner off of a box, mark a line 45 degrees from one corner, then cut far enough in along that line so that when the piece is placed on the end of the dowel, the cut portion crosses the center. Now mark a few lines on the end of the dowel along that 45-degree line and Voila! You have just found the exact center.

@RedmarKerkhof 5 лет назад

7:33 That sync-up with the music.... that wasn't an accident, was it? You clever bastard.

@NobodyWhatsoever 5 лет назад

Well, damn. Now I'm getting excited for this new gadget!

@satibel 5 лет назад

here's an idea for your machine: fix the plate and make a treadmill, I don't think the top roller needs to be motorized either, it can be free rolling. so basically use a food safe belt to move the table instead of the rolling pin. also a good enough stainless steel rolling pin is 10 euros, so you could use that as a roller.