Quick summer update about the channel! We have lot of ultra nice slow motion videos ready but we are now on our most quiet month of the year. Last year we got something like 1.4 million views in July and that was with 3-4 videos per week so it's really quiet now in terms of views. So we can't publish our really expensive slow motion videos right now or they will get something like 50k views and we get only about 10% of money back that we used to make those :D But we have lot of good workshop video ideas ready and we are going to film some summer videos when the weather is nice. Probably some car videos and also dropping stuff from the drone is good summer content. Seems also that we don't have too much of other work on end of the summers so after July we will probably start to publish 3 videos per week! one bit cheaper experiment type of video, one workshop video and one bit bigger experiment video. But since the Hydraulic Press Channel is doing really well now the bit quieter summer isn't problem at all in terms of money. The other part to do bit simpler videos is to get some time off, we did bit too much work for last 3 months and I think it's good to rest little bit now when the channel is bit quieter.
Yeah! Some tactics there to make best use of your money. But this video was really fun - and probably quite simple and cheap to make. So videos like this is a good idea - even car videos is really fun. It's not very surpricing that the view count goes down during the summer - especially when the weather is so nice as it have been this summer. People do a lot of other stuff and forget about RU-vid.
Gaming Enthusiast 101 - please consider the many euphemisms for the words "candle" and "screw". I believe you'll agree with Get Schwifty that lubricant should be used regardless of the tool...
You guys should sell these!!! they can be like a new wedding candle and when the newlyweds light it the wax locks the candles together making it one!!! I want one!!!!! I'll buy your first one!!! This idea is only for these 2 or me! lol
That is really cool! You may have something there for practice training. Is not dangerous like steel, doesn't get hot like steel, don't need to worry about breaking the bit if the speed and feed is not right, easy to melt down and recycle, lathe shavings are not sharp! Well done!!
Cool stuff, I am a retired toolmaker/ CNC programmer. I really enjoy your videos. Since I retired from machining I have gotten into electronics. I still remember my machining formulas after 30 + years of it. 🤟🤟 I could single point threads on a manual lathe better than anyone in my shop. It definitely takes coordination that you have the knack for too.
I’m a machinist from Australia, all your videos are tops but I’m always doing stupid stuff in my lathe, so this is now my favourite, I will now remember that a ISO C is the standard 90 degree candle thread.
Great video you are such a talented machinist. What got me was how your cat was totally chilled out and not bothered at all with a massive blow torch next to him! Talk about this is the norm in this house! 😂
Can you do a video that talks about your first lathe, how you got involved in machining, and the history of machine shop there?? I get that they're all related, but you know what I mean.
Andrew, yes I understand that, what I am more specifically interested in a video is the story/history of the shop (When/How/Why his Father started it), Laurie's thoughts and memories on growing up around it, and whenhe decided to follow in his father's footsteps, and what was the lathe he learned on. Was it the lathe he uses now, a smaller one, and bigger one, etc etc. Thanks
Believe it or not, using candles is a great way to learn metal lathe turning. They are inexpensive and will show the correct shaving size without spending a fortune on metal stock.
Anni Vuohensilta well, it's a bit like doctor who, the 9th doctor used to say 'hello' in a sing-song kind of way, but it comes out for you that way because Finnish accents are nice and sing-songy anyway automatically.😊 But Randy Greenwood is correct too in his comment😁
You must make and sell now on Ebay, both layered candles and soaps with that effect! mix and match for decor needs, holidays. Extra art style for Anni! I think there would be a market.
Awesome. For the larger diameter part you should machine flats on the outside to make it look like a hexagonal nut (I know workholding the wax is an issue so might not be practical, but would be amazing - giant wax nut). Also, concept for marketing for this multi-piece candle: the height of the flame can be adjusted for precision accuracy or compensation for the candle burning down. After it has burnt down slightly the thread can be uncrewed to bring the flame back to the original position, person with orange skin and gleaming white teeth: "I always find that when I am reading at night my candle burns down too fast and I cannot read the words at the top of the page."
You have the most wonderful wife, you lucky dog. Cheerful, helpful, supportive, happy, funny, intelligent and pretty to boot. Thank you for sharing your fun stuff, you rock.
Hi BTP, I normally never watch "satisfying video" stuff because I don't like the clickbait, you know? But you guys are one of my favorite channels and you always do stuff one step better than everyone else, so I love watching your videos!!
The mounting is the hardest part and I think wood lathe is even more difficult since it's hard to take so little material of with hand tools than with the machine feed
That really was more fun than I thought. Great end result, though I was wondering what would happen to the red base as it warped and became more uniformly red. I like to see the proper torch for the job as well
I think you guys probably have started a new thing here, I bet this idea starts to be seen in shops online. I was really surprised to see that the wax held up to machining, and I do agree that the spacing on the threads could be much less precise and still work. Overall, pretty good, thumbs up from me!
How good it would be if all candles came with dreads that would fit the candleholder! :D No more twisting and hoping that they stay! Patent it ASAP! :D
What would the employees of your shop think if they saw you were threading candles? That you've truly lost it? Lol Nice video, it was cool to see how you cut threads with a lathe, even if it was candles. I suppose they're actually a really good thing to practice with as a beginner maybe, easy on tools if you miscalculate something. Plastic would probably be better for that purpose though. Also I like how you used red and blue, common loctite colors
You do a nice thread out of that wax. Do you usually thread by keeping the half-nut engaged and reversing thr machine? My lathe has an imperial leadscrew so I can use a threading for inch threads and I have to do the same as you showed for metric.
You both are really cool people I've started watching all your videos you and your wife would be really cool people to know in person :-) keep up the good work
I once saw a video where a guy drilled a tiny hole through a small pencil lead. I was quite thrilling to watch, especially the mistakes. The drill bit was special made and very long and at some point it started to drift to the side and then the pencil lead was destroyed and everything started all over again. ;)
You engage the feed when you start to do a thread and you keep the feed always on. When you get in the end of the thread you just spin the machine to other direction to get back to the start. And then the blade is always on the same spot of the thread
The chuck (bit that holds the candle) is attached to a threaded shaft with gears, so they rotate at a ratio determined by which gears are engaged. The tool carriage can only be attached to the threaded shaft where the threads align, so the gear ratios are set up so either every place you can engage makes to tool take the same path, or every second place you can engage, and so on.
It's a seperate threaded shaft for threading which u use on manual lathes(simpletalk). Just be sure not to remove ur part before u finished the thread ;).
So this is what led Fonzi to jump the shark ... interesting Its good to see youre both unharmed having basically lived in a machine shop with people who like to make things explode. LOL I love things that explode too :P
Great video! Props on using manual machinery creatively. We agree with some of the other posters. Put those candles on sale! What kind of manual lathe are you using? Couldn't see it clearly on the video.
Believe it or not, using candles is a great way to learn metal lathe turning. They are inexpensive and will show the correct shaving size without spending a fortune on metal stock.
You could sell these colourful threaded candles to gift shops. Black base and orange top for Halloween, red and white for Christmas. A new hobby for you.😳😁
You could now do lost wax casting and create a metal nut and bolt from the candles, see if a cast nut and bolt will work or will it warp when cooling? ;) ;) ;)
I have heard that you can make a new lathe with a lathe... maybe the only complicated machine that you can do that with. I would love to see a series on that... maybe it's too much... but if you make a lathe out of falukorv it could be more interesting.
This is now only the second time I have seen digital calipers that size and they were in Finland or Sweden (I forget now) and when I asked where he got them from he said they belonged to his Grandfather. Where can I get your digital calipers of that size from?
I love when you first start to drill the red candle and the shavings looked like flower pedals coming off. I bet you get alot of metal shavings stuck in your shoes and into the house. Ugh I hate that too
