Machining a thin walled part from a big solid piece of stock always reminds me of those old cartoons where they use a whole tree 🎄 to make 1 single toothpick. Great video! 👍👍👍👍👍👍
@@embretr I disagree. Sintered powdered metal and cast parts are not the same as ones made from solid metal stock. You can make some stuff you couldn't machine otherwise. But that's a pretty broad statement. Plus there's nothing more satisfying than making chips.
@@alexbarnett8541 I suppose it's possible to do a quick forging pass over a cast or sintered part to restructure the metal to something closer to a true forged or pressed part. But at that point you might well start thinking of forging it from the start.
@@sergarlantyrell7847 the new hybrid CNC and additive machines like the Lasertech 65 3D from DMG Mori are pretty crazy. I think that's going to be the future. Would be cool if they added casting and forging into one CNC controlled machine.
You could start with a thick walled aluminium pipe and then weld a disc on as the base. Not much good for this project though as you need the spout in the middle of the top half.
I love coming back to this video, I was 13 when I first saw it. Now I am 20... How time flies... It feels like watching videos of myself when I was little. Those moments where I realised "Oh that's how that works!". Thanks this old Tony. Thanks a lot
Great video and build. My drip coffee maker died one day so I decided to build my own. I used a 1500 watt hot water tank heater inside a stainless pipe to heat the water. The lights in my kitchen dimmed when brewing, but it made a 12 cup pot in less than 60 seconds.
@@seanhall8686 Modify a Quooker! Edit: If you can get 400Volts from your wall there's commercially available 27000 Watt heater elements available. Godspeed.
Tony, I remember watching this for the first time, four and a half years ago, and being amazed at your work. And the fact that you turned about about £70 worth of stock into a £15 coffee pot.... but the $6,000,000 question is: do you still have it and does it still work?
"Dude" He wrote a comment which you do as reading comments most likely after the video. Also you fuckin clicked the timestamp yourself "Dude" it´s your own fault lol.
@this old tony Hi there. I'm Italian, so this qualifies me to criticize your otherwise beautiful work. I had to watch all of your videos to find an hint of imprecision, so I hope you'll appreciate. MR Bialetti has been a precise man and like every Italian engineer had passion for design and simmetry. So he designed the pressure relief valve placement to mark the correct torque for the gasket. He designed the Moka to have the valve and the spelt to be in a vertical line when torqued correctly. In effect despite that attention, even in Italy every day we abuse a lot of poor gaskets.
@@luminousfractal420 that's because biatelli is clearly an imitation 😂 *Seriously, mokas esplodes when the vast majority of holes in the 2 filters are clogged, either by coffee or by solid residues due to evaporation To avoid explosion have just to to clean once in a while. Pressure relief valves clog due to hardwater buildup. There are some new gen valves that you can disengage pressing by hand.
Man, this is from 2016? Jeez, times fly. Honestly, would love to see a new version of this with your newer and improved video techniques... I mean, machining techniques, yes.
This is the best over engineering channel ever! Tip: if the coffee turns out bitter, you need coarser ground coffee. Suggestion: make a coffee grinder!
Tony, love your content and your sense of humor. You had me doing a double take when you talked about the Higbee cut as that was my mother's maiden name. Turns out the guy who invented/patented it is my 2nd grand-uncle Clinton Allen Higbee. Thanks for the very relatable history lesson!
Tony, I just wanted to say that I just found your channel and, as a burgeoning machinist, your content is amazingly informative as well as entertaining. Thank you so much for the extensive work you must put into these videos! Planning to film my first machining project video today, turning a simple knob on the lathe.
I had to make a simple knob on my cnc lathe too so as i proceeded, my lathe grabbed me and spun me around a bit and spat me out on the floor and it said "there is your simple knob" !!
I think these are the longest videos I watch on RU-vid concerning building stuff and everytime I see 30 minutes or so I plan on skipping some parts... but strangely with these videos again and again at the end I realize I somehow forget to skip anything :) Must have been entertaining. You really give them a certain flavour. Obviously the metal work is not your only skill.
Abom79 Optimus Prime: “Never again shall I protect the universe without my cup of espresso first!” ToT: “Ok, but don’t expect me to always be the one to cook fresh coffee at the first sign of impending doom.” Optimus Prime: Eyes begin to glow red...
When I was a kid one of my favorite cartoons was The Rescue Rangers. In one of the episodes there is some banter;. "oh you don't wanna eat here.". "Why not?". "It's Gadgets turn to cook. When she cooks everything tastes like machine oil."
You might consider doing a "Where are they now?" Shooting the poop. I'm curious if you still use this and many of your other projects that don't make it into videos anymore.
@@cmmartti I see this comment is 3 months old and now it's just shy of 550k. He's hitting critical mass, the sub count is exponentially increasing. Also I just realized this is the second comment of yours I've responded to tonight on different TOT videos. I'm binge watching his old stuff. Helps when I can't sleep
19:31 "You cannot have a proud and chivalrous spirit if your conduct is mean and paltry; for whatever a man's actions are, such must be his spirit." Demosthenes
I too was going to invest in the Stephan branded brushes, but I found out they only come in metric. Unfortunately all my brushing needs are SAE. Nice Percolator though! Thanks for sharing
A: I made an Espresso pot. B: Why make it when you can buy one? A: Because I can ;) ...... Excellent build. Subscribed immediately. Keep up the good work.
Btw, This Old Tony While rewatching this video about 329th time I thought I'll share one piece of advice with you When you try to polish just about anything, I suggest you trying to use 3M's P3000 Trizact for final/just before final step It's a spongy sandpaper used for wet sanding. The finish is just lovely. I saw it in form of 150mm diameter discs for sanders and I'm not sure if there is any other, maybe different diameters, but anyway it's still good for manual work. I heard about "higher" grits ("higher" like P6000) and never used it though, but I assume finish would be even better. Although I highly recommend against P1000, bad experiences with those.
This my favorite video of yours, I must have watched it 6 or 5 times in 2 years. It is a great build, such a relaxing and enjoyable video. Keep it up !
I try and make my rounds watching and supporting fellow RU-vidrs. You've been on my list for a while, wish I'd have checked in sooner. Great work Tony!
I agree i'm not really that into metal work. I do a bit of wood working never done metal work but always wanted to try (probably never will) but i watch Tony's videos cuz i like watching people make stuff and cuz they're funny it just hits the spot on everything, i love a good "How it's made" kinda thing i also love comedy and this mashes it up perfectly :D
Came from Alex channel and now I’m binge watching. Amazing explanations, humour and very well placed demo shots! I don’t even own a screwdriver but just spent an hour watching you machining things.
I'm watching this for probably the zillionth time. This was my introduction to This Old Tony (Thanks, A.V.E.) not long after it first arrived and it's one of my favorites. 😊
I was watching a NASA live stream of a Soyuz capsule departing from the International Space Station earlier, and the astronauts had set a camera up pointing at the screen, complete with nice reflection of the camera obscuring what was going on. 😆
Nicely done video! Thanks for the detail, the execution and the humor. Always wanted a machine shop of my own but I only have an 8'x8' shed to house it. Oh yeah, the wife uses it for storage. A man's got to have priorities, even if they're not his own... What was I thinking...
Sincerely: What's more important? a SHOP or a wife? This is what you do: Put the wife in the shed and put your lathe and mill in the bedroom. Make it simple, don't BE simple!
@@dikhed1639 l can see you're a lot of fun at parties. I have an even simpler approach. Happy wife, happy life. As long as she's not extravagant, and lucky for me, mine isn't, then we're very happy together. Now somebody help me carry my Shopsmith out of my bedroom...
Incredible craftsmanship, we really need more people like you on the planet. Companies are still desperately looking for people working with lathe, milling or even CNC machinery. Very good video. 👍
If you begin with hot water in the bottom chamber and keep the stove temp low you'll get a better espresso that won't taste bitter. Very nice design though, love the wooden accents against the polished aluminium. One of the nicest looking moka pots I've seen!
There will never be espresso coming form this thing. It might be called an "Espresso pot", but what it makes is just coffee. For espresso you need much higher pressures.
You are right about the placement of the pressure valve. You want it pointing away from you. Also the height of it is useful as an indicator to fill it up with water to the correct volume. Great build!
My favorite Italian detective, Inspector Montalbano, always had an espresso pot going on his stove. I never understood the inner workings of that pot. Now I do and I want some espresso. Love your videos! Great balance of humor, machining and editing.
Woke up at 5am, randomly clicked on a RU-vid video with my eyes still closed, hoping someone could talk me back to sleep; it's 7am now, I found myself standing in my shop, wide awake, with no coffee… Good morning Tony! Always enjoying your videos.
Im not a machinist, nor do i have a workshop. But man do i enjoy your videos. Since i found your channel im binge watching all the videos after i leave my office work. Great channel, great content.
Beautiful! I am inspired! Think I will attempt to make my own. Might do it all on a CNC though, because I have that available at campus.. If I get the drawings done, would you like a copy? Brad
Optimus Prime: “Never again shall I protect the universe without my cup of espresso first!” ToT: “Ok, but don’t expect me to always be the one to cook fresh coffee at the first sign of impending doom.” Optimus Prime: Eyes begin to glow red...
@@ThisOldTony haha see, this is what I'm talking about! Thanks for uploading such amazing videos, this is helping me for attaining my Mechanincal engineering degree!
This channel reminds me of when i used to go with my ungle to his workplace and learn bits of metal working. The constant jokes and the kind of jokes makes it all so great. I love this guy and his way of explaining, editing and humour. Thank you Tony.
TOT - I totally enjoy your videos - educationally and entertaining all at the same time. I sit here in rapt silence watching you turn hunks of metal into usable stuff. Fantastic.....
I've kinda overwhelmed in the last couple of months from the building/making/forging videos on youtube and didn't feel like watching them for a month or so. This is the one that brought me back in the zone. wd youtube, and wd sir, you are brilliant.
I also work with computers as a systems administrator, but I'm also fairly good with my hands. In a previous era (or indeed today's era, given the way the job market is going :P ) I'd probably be a maintenance engineer. Now I want a lathe. Damn you :D
How does a Maker/Engineer make Espresso? Do they: A) Go to a coffee shop and order some B) Buy an Espresso maker and make some C) Realizes they dont have an Espresso maker and makes one, then uses their torch to heat it If you chose A or B, turn in your degree and never build/own a workshop.
But I worked hard for my incomplete business degree! ...which is why I probably watch vids of real builds and only make stuff that hurts me in both process and use.
I love it when Tony says the start of a sentence and then says it again but with an ending. It's a wonderful way of explaining something while subtlety making a point about having given that explanation with perfect timing, but while also drawing attention away from the fact that all of that timing of the video was laid out right from the start. But that's just me.
I'm neither a machinist nor a welder ( except for Holland Flash Buttwelding train rails for CN ) and I love these videos of yours. Your editing and humor are one of a kind. Mostly how very professional and skilled you are at fabricating anything. New subscriber here. Hello from Nakina Ontario, Canada.
Honestly I feel like the difference between being scalded by a spray of boiling water and being burned by a jet of superheated steam is a tomato-tomahto situation
being a plumer, i can confirm this due to own experience... water needs a heck of a lot of energy to vaporize. that combined with the ability to penetrate way deeper into human skin makes a vapor scalding way worse (and more painful for that matter) than a water scalding.
The first coffee i ever tasted was brewed in such a pot. We call it an "Italian nut", because the most common type here has the angular shape of a nut. I'm still brewing my coffee every morning in such a pot. Not as strong as a real espreeso, from a proper high-pressure machine, but still beats every other alternative! And you made this just right! Good job!
