/diy/ - Do It Yourself

just 3d print a new casting

>>1961284
It was a bad fall Anon.

>>1961294
More damage

Yep probably a gonner.

>>1961281

>>1961281
yes Will's power hammer is fucked. unless he wants to get a new casting.

>>1961281
>>1961294
>>1961300
JB Weld will fix 'er right up, anon.

>>1961281
Yep its pretty much fucked
You can' really heat up something that big either to prep it for welding with a nickel rod

If it was mine I'd fabricate a new top piece out of solid steel square stock with a big heavy steel lathe turned bushing at the top. Weld it up real nice and hot. Then I'd put some heavy ass plates on the sides and back. Grind off the webbing of the casting on that top part and drill/bolt through the entire plate and casting sandwich.

Something like pic related.

>>1961379
it just needs to not crack from the heat in the zone, it should be possible to braze back together.

i'd wager the brass filler is stronger than the cast iron, but you would have to spend a few hours figuring out how to get good penetration depth
maybe even grind some off, space it where you want it, and keep laying rods down until you have a big brass sandwich in between the pieces of iron.

>>1961396
About the only other thing I could think might work is if the I-beam shape could have holes bored through it and put some massive steel bracing put in either side, but given its so big, manhandling it around with any kind of accuracy is kind of questionable at best

>>1961348
Poor guy. I felt that scream of NOO.

>>1961396
>>1961398
actually bryan block brazed together an old radial arm drill one time on youtube

he drilled holes and put rods in the holes for support during brazing

>>1961281
>Is this power hammer fucked?
yes

Given the amount of work he's already put in the power hammer isn't it worth a try to braze it back together?

You with Steele co.? Sorry about the hammer. Glad Will didn't get hurt.

>>1961281
nothing some flex tape wont fix

Mighty putty?

>>1961637
Gorilla Glue

>destroying historic machinery
>for youtube likes and clicks
All youtoobers must die.

>>1961640
You think he did it on purpose?

>>1961650
Yes.
Or he is a complete retard.
Pick one I guess.
YT shows are becoming like every other reality TV show. Manufactured drama for dem clicks.

>>1961640
Its really not going to get him any more clicks, its basically just ruined his long form restoration project and made him look like a hack.

>Manufactured drama for dem clicks.
While this is true, every single thing is done for "content", every other restoration channel out there doesnt completely break and fuck their stuff up.
This is a net negative for his channel

>>1961712
Maybe he realized he was going nowhere with his restoration, that power hammer was completely fucked up
Also he appears to be a total hack, his machining skills are tending to zero, he's only good at making shitty knives that sell for 20.000$

>>1961715
This. Smashing the hammer was his offramp. If he just gave up he would get hounded about it non-stop.
>>1961712
>every other restoration channel out there doesnt completely break and fuck their stuff up
The ones who want to make it big on YT do. They start following the reality TV formula to expand their base past the limited number of viewers who actually care about the original subject matter.

>>1961739
He didnt even clickbait his video. He has a huge shop, he isnt going to deviate from what he is doing. What sort of grassroots campaign do you think is going to happen from this?
Shit happens , there isnt always a conspiracy undermining every single thing you see anon.

>>1961707
This, so friggin much. I used to love YT, diy shows. But now, most are just like the garbage the History Channel aires. Click baity, herr-durr look at whut I just did.

>>1961742
>He didnt even clickbait his video.
anon...

>>1961752
He literally named the video
>"RESTORING THE FAIRBANKS POWERHAMMER!!! Part 9"
Thats identical to the other 8 parts

There is no bait caption in the video thumbnail.
Thats not clickbait you absolute dumb fuck.

>>1961755
Will pls go

Fucking shills abandon this board at once

>>1961757
Go on anon.
Explain to me how that title and that thumbnail is clickbait.
The did NOT foreshadow the fall at the beginning of the video, they did NOT talk about it at length, they did not act overly dramatic about it.
They showed 10 seconds of saying how it sucks, and then ended the video.

Go on and explain how that all of this combined is going to bring in a ton of people who dont care about his shop skills and want his reality TV personality. He didnt even manipulate the algorithm.

I think the guy is a dumb fuck, but I think you are even dumber fuck for trying to act like this is some nefarious plot.

>>1961758
They wont delete the acrylic block thread, which is literally one man samefagging and bumping his own thread with his own links. Why wouldnt people shill here?

>>1961763
Are you seriously shilling that thread?

What a fucking idiot. This was inches away from being a Chinese level industrial fuckup.

>>1961763
>which is literally one man samefagging and bumping his own thread with his own links

In a way it's regrettable that 4chan doesn't have accounts, because it would be fucking hilarious to follow your stupid autistic ass around and laughing as you analyze threads and determine who is samefagging and who the OP is IRL. Are you the same goombah from a year or so ago who posted like 50 times proof of retard Bepis samefagging when you were comically wrong the whole time, which was proved several times and yet you never cracked the code?

>>1961759
>Go on and explain how that all of this combined is going to bring in a ton of people who dont care about his shop skills and want his reality TV personality.
It is doing it right now. Even in this thread. A whole bunch of people who don't even know what a power hammer is are watching him smash it.
Maybe next week we can tune in and watch him smash a 120 year old South Bend Lathe to get people will SMASH THAT BELL and don't forget to LIKE AND SHARE.

>>1961759
This. I didn't know it was happening until it happened. Though I did think it was weird when they switched to the surveillance footage (I seriously was thinking "is this some artsy type thing?" lol).

>>1961784
Yeah, he's lucky he wasn't smashed. It is a hard impulse to suppress I guess.

>>1961715
>that power hammer was completely fucked up
this so much
that pulley he desperately tried to get off had a huge crack in the center

Is this on that Alex Steele faggot's channel? Or some spinoff of it
?

>>1961842
got a picture of it?

>>1961415
>he drilled holes and put rods in the holes for support during brazing
Yeah it might be possible if you've got absolute madman skills at that sort of stuff, on something like a power hammer though there's monstrous amounts of torsional forces and vibrations running through its frame, so it would be a case of time telling just how long your fix would last. Cutting everything off dead-square and doing what >>1961391 suggested might be a slightly more realistic idea as well but I think its mostly a matter of dragging in someone else with the machining and materials tech background to look directly at it for a better quote.
Otherwise its just Alec and Will... who lets face it, aren't exactly experienced a much more than blacksmithing

>>1961784
Not good
Remember people if its falling, just let it go because its not worth 15 fractures in both legs or being turned into human patte

But mostly, secure your load!

>>1961784
at that point id rather it fell on me

>>1961281

Brian block is a literal mechanical genius who fixes shit for a living. These guys are artisinal morons, no way can they fix it properly

>>1961281
just slap some 2-ton epoxy on it

>>1961300
>>1961294
>>1961281
You can play the welding cast iron lottery. Any welder will tell you it's pretty much a crapshoot because cast iron objects all have wildly differing compositions going on.

>>1961638
Ducktape dowels held in with a few drops of superglue

>>1961281
Its fuked and so is your youtube career.

>>1961281
This is why non-morons attach their toys to wide steel bases which prevent tipping and make movement stable, safe and easy. I've moved machine tools that way without paying a rigger and my shit CANNOT tip over.
There is a very interesting weld filler, Crown Alloys 44-40, that MIG welds heavy cast iron nicely. My pro machinistbros use it after I found out about it via aametalmaster forum posts. They repair lots of ancient machinery for a sausage factory. I'd use that after careful prep and fabbing support (from angle or whatever) to precisely located the part.

Remember kids, the only reason tall tippy tools lack stable steel bases is production cost. It's easy to make simple outrigger kits with wheels to transport machinery so do that and never take risks because that's stupid.

>>1961281
Who is the faggot that broke the hammer so I can visit and make fun of them?

>>1962436


Or just lift from the top like any sane person would do. I don't know why people think that they need to lift shit like that from the bottom and roll it around on tippy shit on uneven ground. WTF do they think is going to happen?

>>1961899
>>1962486
>But mostly, secure your load!
it happened because he lifted the pallet to far up and steered 90°

if you lift any kind of top heavy load with a pallet lift, only go as far up as necessary to move it, greatly limits how far the pallet can tip

>>1961758
>shills
There's not a single link in this thread or even the name of the channel. What are they even shilling?

>piece of machinery makes it through 2 war scrap drives, some dead farmer who probably left it in a barn with no roof for 30 years, and bubba the scrapper
>destroyed by some jewtuber

>>1961396
this, brass brazing would be the choice method here but it's thick so good luck

>>1962929
>makes it through
Debatable. Everything on it was fucked. He got scammed in the first place.

>>1961757
>Will
What the fuck is wrong with his face is that fucking herpes?

>>1963209
This. With the amount of time, material, and work he invested in trying to salvage that piece of junk he could have bought another one in better shape. I wonder how much he would have made by selling it for scrap value. I mean, there's a lot of iron there.

>>1963230
>bought when he didn't know shit
>realized he fucked up after he shipped it.
>didn't touch 3 years
Clearly he made his money back in views and store shilling.

>>1963209
>>1963230
>>1963236
Can I get a quick rundown on these guys?

>>1963230
Scrap value is next to nothing. He'd be lucky to get $300 out of it.

>>1963319
They're two guys that heat some steel, fold it a thousand times, beat the shit out of it with power hammers, and then grind it with a belt sander until a knife comes out. They really have barely any idea of what they're doing, but they're two young enthusiastic guys making chill light hearted artisan content.

>>1963326
What did he pay for it?

>>1963333
They're really good at grinding, especially Will. Anything machining related is usually a disaster though.

>>1963336
No clue, but I'm guessing way more than that. Freight costs for something like that would be a decent bit as well.

>>1962438
Check Alec Steele's youtube channel

>>1963319
Alec Steele is this kid who did blacksmithing videos on youtube, gave some classes and sold some hammers. Then he met Will, I think they made a pirate cutlass or something. A while later Alec moved in with Will in the US and they started a shop there. They may not be the most efficient (300 episodes about making a spoon ) or skilled people but they work hard, seem to be having fun, and they are pretty entertaining.

All in all they are some of the few youtubers who actually work

>>1963494
sounds like a name right out of Catalina movie

>>1963504
As ironic as it may be that is his actual name. His dad was a woodworker or something if I remember correctly

>>1963319
They make different swords and knifes.Lincoln gave them whole welding unit, they barely use and suck at. They sell their creations, and they shill every piece of gear they use in the video.Also there is a sponsor in every video.

>>1963514
>they shill every piece of gear they use in the video.Also there is a sponsor in every video.
Based, I hate it bud I would absolutely do it to get every shekel out of my dumb viewers.

>>1963514
For the entertainment they offer I wouldn't care if they doubled the amount of ads
>>1963518
indeed, its their job, nobody is forced to watch it, I hope they squeeze every last bit of $$$ out of it because the deserve it. These lads are actually working in contrast to 90% of the youtubers who apparently get paid to just bullshit around for a bit

>>1963230
the real value in this hunk of junk are the views they get from fixing it. I haven't watched those videos but I wouldn't be surprised if they broke it on purpose

>>1963538
wasn't there some other youtuber that got "injured" in an explosion while working on a boat or something, then claimed it was an april fool's joke, several months from april?

>>1963529
I would find a way to do it in the most unenthusiastic way to do it while still getting paid.

>>1963546
No, he didnt even claim it was an April fools joke. He just said it was hilarious to fuck with all the losers that worry about him.

Then he deleted the video because he started hemorrhaging subs, like 20k a day

>>1963559
How many did he lose total?

>>1963583
To the point that people don't even remember his name.

>>1963538
I've followed Alec since he had <20k subs, I don't think they would stoop to that kind of level. Those lads made a few similar fuckups and always seem genuinely broken by it (lol swordbreaker)

>>1961842
>had a huge crack in the center
The dumbest part of all this is that cracks parallel to the radius of a disk don't matter. Look at a flywheel from any car with a manual transmission there's radial cracks galore.
Circumferential cracks are another story though.

>>1963538
Looking at the numbers their multi-part videos don't even get as many views as their single video projects/announcements, so I doubt something like that would make any sense. Even the video of it breaking has less views (365k) than the earlier parts (400k+, part 1 is 481k) and one-off videos.

honestly who gives a fuck? Am I the only one that realizes Texas A&M university is pumping these "youtube outdoors d00ds" for fishing, hunting, blacksmithing etc and bankrolls the fuck out of them? he's just going to get a brand new power hammer imported straight from sweden or some bulllshit

>>1961707
they're pumped out by texas A&M university. 80% of the fishing channels are from texas A&M. You know how /pol/ says jews run news media and banks? Texas A&M has a monopoly on outdoors youtube channels. They give them startup money and other shit b ut nobody discloses that it isn't just two guys in a garage fucking around but they're bankrolled by a university

>>1964480
Alec Steele isn't two guys fucking around in a garage, he has a huge fucking shop with hundreds of thousands of dollars of equipment, plus another garage for storing the merchandise he sells online and an office with employees for editing his videos and take care of the marketing. He's got quite a business

>>1963894
Interesting
But then this is a powerhammer
A fuckton of material fatique is a given

>>1964477
>>1964480
i've never heard of this before
tell me about the A&Mpill

>>1964498
where does a kid in his 20s get that kind of money? Texas A&M has some deal going on with i assume major television stations like fox and warner etc, basically just TV hollywood, because they realize TV is dead now. 007timewarner agent for youtube requests 2 d00ds for a blacksmithing show. Texas A&M sets em up. 009jewboy#2 requests some fisherboiis for their new youtube show. TexasAM knows just who to send their way. TexasAM is like a casting agency for "hunters and fishers" to bankroll and partner with outdoorsy youtube channels with money so people. It's obvious as fuck. Jews have big noses, etc. These fuckers have Texas A&M rings they proudly wear as if it was a jew nose
>>1964761
I started watching fishing channels and outdoors channels and noticed they're all wearing texas AM gear shit and subtly drop texas AM stuff, then i go watch a hunting channel and they're doing the same fucking thing. The biggest channels always run by graduates of texas agmech

>>1965131
>where does a kid in his 20s get that kind of money?
He's been at it since he was 15-16 or so, just making stuff in a little shed, filming it and throwing it on the internet. I mean as much as I laugh at 20somethings breaking their toys, he did come up the hard way so to speak off his own ability to both beat shit with a hammer and make it interesting enough to roll in the ad bucks.

Personally I don't get much out of the vids any more, they're mostly ads and not enough making interesting things

>>1965131
You are fucking delusional

>>1965137
A stable job in industry gives you a ton of disposable cash in europe.
Working construction, being self employed or doing artsy stuff usually not so much

>>1965131
>where does a kid in his 20s get that kind of money
The same way they got the money to go to Texas AM in the first place.
Rich as fuck parents anon. All it takes is money to have a successful youtube career.
You have some nice cars you work on, or you have a nice shop you do work in, or you have all the latest hunting gear and go on trips to the best places.
Literally just look halfway attractive and spend tons of money on your hobby and you will make it. People who have avergage shops or average cars have to fight tooth and nail to get any attention on youtube.

You would have to be schizophrenic to believe some manic conspiracy about the "Hollywood Producer Jews" bankrolling Texas AM students through the college on youtube. It has no real purpose and doesn't benefit hollywood or Texas AM in any way

>>1965157
They're actors, they don't get paid by youtube ad revenue, they get paid by Texas A&M. Texas A&M owns the channel, and gets the ad revenue

LakeForkGuy, TylersReelFishing, Dude Perfect, Demolition Ranch, These fag twins with their broken hammer, LunkersTV theres more but thats what i can remember

>>1966310
Why do you suppose Texas A&M hired an underage brit in the UK?

>>1961281
He's dead Jim.

>>1961281
No it's not fucked, he can bolt it back together by running flat bar between the ribs on either side, drilling it through, and bolting it back. The bolts can then be welded to the plate so it doesn't move. It will then work. If he wanted to do it 100%, he could go over it and braze the plates to the frame.

This is the story, you're about to witness the redemption arc of which Jason @fireballtools becomes a hero.

>>1963333
>heat some steel, fold it a thousand times, beat the shit out of it with power hammers, and then grind it with a belt sander until a knife comes out.
t. guy whose never forged something in his life or made a nice knife

>>1965131
>where does a kid in his 20s get that kind of money
You're a moron who doesn't have a clue how youtube works. Look into what you can make on merchandise sales, on sponsored content, on ad revenue.

Alec did a run of 30 hammers @$250 USD. He then did 70 around the same price, he then stopped because it wasn't profitable. That is youtube money. You don't have a clue.

>>1965131
Also, alec has sold at least one and I think a second season to the history channel.

>>1965157
>Rich as fuck parents anon. All it takes is money to have a successful youtube career.

His parents didn't bankroll him. Just click through his old videos and see what he started with. He was selling handmade tongs for some stupid cheap about like $30 because he was desperate for cash after he quit highschool to become a full-time blacksmith.

>>1966678
to get female viewers

>>1966748
Oh okay, so he had youtube money BEFORE he was youtube famous, makes sense, you fucking retard

>>1966808
>Oh okay, so he had youtube money BEFORE he was youtube famous, makes sense, you fucking retard

Hey fucktard I've known alec for over 8 years.

He started by just being a blacksmith selling his hammers, tools, and sculptures through facebook, insta, and youtube, just alike a ton of other blacksmiths and bladesmiths do. He only began to seriously push his youtube channel around the summer of 2016. He was dirt fucking poor at that point, barely able to make rent.

Youtube grew slowly for him, until it is what it is today. He was putting in 16 hour days making stuff, filming, editing, and uploading. Try it and you'll see how much work it is. He did this every day for around a year, 1 video a day. That's an absolutely insane amount of work.

You're a loser who has to come up with some grand conspiracy as to why others are successful.

>>1966814
Based Anon.
I don't sub because I don't like all his content but even I can tell that Alec works like a fucking horse. Much better than those people you see with 50mil subs just because they post a vlog once a week or play some video games.

>>1962486
If it's attached to a skid or outriggers wide enough so it cannot tip under any reasonable condition it's even safer than lifting from the top because you can leave it on the skid or outriggers (I use outriggers) for transport. I've moved several lathes, mills and T&C grinders that way safer than using a forklift (and without paying a rigger). Nothing should move that's capable of tipping over under its own unsecured weight . Steel is cheap enough and it doesn't go to waste (self and bro keep our kit for machinery moving as our collection continues).
For example if you sling load a lathe it's not supported securely when placed on a trailer or rollback. When I bolt crosspipe skids or outriggers to a lathe it cannot fall over. Easy as it could be, very low effort, cheap and versatile. I've seen some radical version on Practical Machinist but everything I do is simple.

>>1966814
Cool. Tell him about fabbing bolted-on skids, outriggers or dollies for everything like that he moves. Now he knows why and he either has the steel or can score it easy enough.

His head is so fucking weird focking brit bong phenotype

In his old videos he had so much energy and enthusiasm and he did work really hard. In his latest videos (since the shop in montana) he's completely worn out and behaves like a zombie

>>1961281
big steel tools cracking always make me scared

>>1966754
You know what happens to people who dont have rich parents when they drop out of high school?
They become homeless

>>1961787
>mfw this whole post
So you are worried about some people being autistic "internet detectives" while simultaneously sitting and claiming im some random dude shitting on bepis over a year ago?

The guy in the acrylic thread is literally bumping it every day or two, with youtube screenshots all with identical filenames. The thread is dead except for his screenshots and people whining about the screenshots.

It doesnt take an "internet detective" to figure that out. It does take one to look for people from over a year ago you fucking faggot.

>>1965131
while this doesn't apply to alec I started looking into this and now I cant unsee it

>>1966876
I haven't watched much of his new stuff except his most recent ones where he's back in the UK to set up a new shop. He seems pretty energetic in those ones.

>>1966890
Not true, my mum survived 100% off centrelink (welfare) and I was able to drop out in year 10 and live the NEET life for 2 years before fucking off (started getting paid directly from centrelink).

>>1966916
Southern rednecks have huge hardons for the schools they went to, for the football team the support.
Its really not that surprising or out of the ordinary to clamor about it.

>>1966854
Pics?

>>1966890
You don't also have to move out at the same time.

>>1966864
>His head is so fucking weird focking brit bong phenotype
he's half french

>>1966890
>You know what happens to people who dont have rich parents when they drop out of high school?
>They become homeless
Nobody funded his lifestyle, quite the opposite. I won't get into personal details he never shared himself but how do you think his father took it when alec quit school at 16 and instead of becoming a lawyer, engineer, or architect he decided to be a blacksmith?

Everything alec achieved, he did from his own hard graft.

I'm successful in my own business and I've never asked my parents for money. I don't understand this hyper-bitter attitude a lot of people have when it comes to Alec.
Alec is very smart and hardworking.

Start making stuff, put forward a likable persona, invest in your camera and editing skills, and you too will get to high places.

>>1966876
his equipment and own shortsightedness keeps fucking him over, just look at the big forge.
Like nigger, read your comments before wasting thousands on fruitless trial and error, ultimately giving up.
not doing your homework and just fucking around is a terrible way of leading a buiseness

>>1966854
Yes that is another option. I still I prefer to lift top heavy things from the top. That way they cannot tip over because the load is already underneath any hinge or lifting point. If I didn't have the equipment to do this then I would definitely do as you describe, but in all honesty it's easier for me to slap a chain or strap on something and lift it from the top than it is to make a bolt on skid or outriggers.

>>1961401
Are you referring to something? Is there a video of this thing breaking?

>>1961281
Powerhammer falls almost killing Will.
Will almost in Tears.
>But lets tank our todays sponsor North VPN.

>>1967358
The power hammer did crush something of Will's on it's way down though. It crushed his spirit.

>>1967179
Yeah, look at the most recent video in the restoring power hammer series on alec steele's channel. Wont link it lest some Anon freaks out about shilling. Also I'm lazy and can't be fucked finding the link.

>>1967143
>I don't understand this hyper-bitter attitude a lot of people have when it comes to Alec.

You have a victim complex
Nobody gives a shit about youtube personalities, period. Its not just Alec, its all of them.
Just because you convinced a bunch of children to watch your show doesnt mean other people who are actually in trades or actually /diy/ are going to respect you.

You earned celebrity status with 8 year olds, enjoy the money because thats ALL you earned with the channel.
You think you are entitled to respect from your peers because of that? Think again Alec, revel in your ad revenue and sponsorship money and realize thats the end of the road.

>>1966876
I haven't liked any of the stuff since he hired the videographer/producer, haven't watched a video in ages. Too much focus on "youtube content" like thirteen part series about some bullshit where 80% of the video is just vlogging, and when there is blacksmithing it's always just dramatic panning shots of sparks flying set to music with dumb speed changes.
His early videos were fantastic resources for getting into hobby blacksmithing though.

>>1966864

There's something about his face that makes me want to curb stomp it...

>>1967808
I'm not alec and IDK why you give give a fuck about other tradesmen respecting you. I don't work so other men think I'm awesome, even though many people do envy my work and try to copy it. I work so I can make money.

Alec figured this out to a T and he's probably been a millionaire for at least a couple of years. When you have 100,000s or 100,000,000 in your bank acc, you don't give a fuck about what people on the internet say about you.

Also his main audience is not kids, that's just disingenuous, and the swords he makes are very well done and way better than most "bladesmiths" today are capable of doing.

>>1967958
He's definitely more on the entertainment side of things now. I'm not going to judge that too hard. There's a place for it. If you haven't watched this guy already, Joey van der Steeg is pretty good for just quality forging footage and demonstration. Plus he forge welds tons of shit, which imo is one of the more flashy and cool things to do and impresses me since it is a thing I can only do inconsistently (I would like to blame it on my gas forge vs solid fuel but I probably just suck since the Black Bear Forge guy does many of his welds using a gas forge too). There was a dude named Rowan Taylor who has stopped making videos but he is also very great. He does more medieval and early anglo saxon types of work as opposed to more early modern/industrial revolution era stuff Joey seems to have going. Torbjorn Ahman is also great though his videos have no speech. He definitely has the most artistic sense in both his work and camera work imo.

>>1967808
I'm only a hobby blacksmith, and as a machinist I cringe many times when they're at the machines, but I still respect them, especially their work in the grinding room. Imo that's where their main skill is.

>>1967975
>I'm not alec and IDK why you give give a fuck about other tradesmen respecting you.
>When you have 100,000s or 100,000,000 in your bank acc, you don't give a fuck about what people on the internet say about you.

Interesting, because you have repeatedly talked about people being "jealous" and "bitter" towards this faggot, when in reality nobody knows who he is except children on youtube.
I had to search for 5 minutes to find the video in the OP, I have subscribed to a ton of different /diy/ channels in the past and never even heard of this kid.

You seem really defensive and really sensitive about people not sucking a youtubers cock for doing things that millions of other people do.

You know who do idolize random youtube personalities with shops?
Young children who dream of having their own shops.

>>1967993
You and others on here were making personal attacks and appealing to the "respect of other tradesmen" and saying everything alec has, was handed to him. I don't care about having my dick sucked by fellow tradesmen like you seem to, but disparaging people who work hard and succeed is what poorfags do.

I have my own shop and I'm running it very successfully, when I see someone else who has succeeded I'm happy for them because I know the work it takes.

I travel around to a lot of blacksmith conferences and usually it's broke blacksmiths who hate alec the most. People who work day jobs and are hobby blacksmiths usually like him and see something to aspire to, while successful blacksmiths are either neutral or supportive.

Do you know who disparages the work of successful people and says everything was handed to them?
Broke and jealous losers

>>1968025
The fact is that Alec hasn't succeeded through his trade even though he is good at it, he succeeded as an entertainer, mostly pumping out video after video and getting sponsorships
Other tradesmen seethe because they can't make as much money as him. Society today doesn't reward hard work a lot, it rewards a good personality and entertainment which Alec provides

>>1968025
>I have my own shop and I'm running it very successfully, when I see someone else who has succeeded I'm happy for them because I know the work it takes.
So im guessing you run a Youtube Channel too? Seeing how you are saying dumb shit like
>Start making stuff, put forward a likable persona, invest in your camera and editing skills, and you too will get to high places.

Why does it trigger you so much that your audience are children?
Its pretty much the reality. Youve got your money, and thats all its about like you said. So why would it bother you so much?

Do you really think that every other person who doesnt give a shit about your child friendly, sponsor friendly persona you slap on is a poorfag?
You think that this kid is the only person in the USA that has a shop?

I dont get it, cant you just handwave the criticisms away if you really didnt care?

>You and others on here were making personal attacks and appealing to the "respect of other tradesmen" and saying everything alec has, was handed to him
Good thing you were here to protect your favorite e-celeb who jumped on the Youtube Bandwagon at exactly the right time!

>>1968044
>Other tradesmen seethe because they can't make as much money as him.
Most people dont understand the money actually involved with youtube.
This thread is filled with people making fun of a retard, who made a retard mistake, and looked through his channel and see how mediocre he is in a lot of areas of his so called "skills".

To have someone come in on his white horse to explain in detail to defend this faggot is really sad. Especially when it all comes down to "b-but he m-makes a lot of money"!
As if other tradesman dont make quite decent money on their own. This isnt the liberal arts board.

>>1968044
>The fact is that Alec hasn't succeeded through his trade even though he is good at it, he succeeded as an entertainer,
Yes he achieved the most success through youtube but he would've done well without it by just selling tools, sculptures, and running classes. Most craftsmen use youtube, insta, and fb to market their work. Once you focus entirely on youtube, you begin to sell advertising and not the work itself.

>>1968049
I don't have a large channel, just someone I use occasionally to post videos when I want to promote a certain thing. If you looking into the demographics you would see that the audience is not children but usually men aged 18-65. You might be able to find this info about alec's channel on socialblade.

I'm defending him because he's a friend of mine and I'm tired of hearing fags seethe every time he's brought up.

>This thread is filled with people making fun of a retard, who made a retard mistake, and looked through his channel and see how mediocre he is in a lot of areas of his so called "skills".

This is another thing I don't understand. There's always some faggot whose never made a mistake ready to call someone else a retard for posting one of theirs. Hey, at least you know everything.

Picrel, I didn't know this was "unskilled". You must be killing it dude, a real life Michelangelo, master of the paintbrush, and stone hammer, 2d and 3d. Working on the most exclusive projects, charging the most money. No you probably have some standard construction trade like plumber, whose work nobody every sees or cares about so long as the shit doesn't run down the walls.

>>1968067
>youtuber gets tiggered when he realizes most people dont give a fuck about kiddie youtubers
We get it, Nord VPN may have convinced you that you are a big deal. But you really arent. The Youtube bubble has made middle aged women who review sex toys as big and successful as you anon.

You can continue to cope by saying >muh money, but that doesnt really change anything.

>This is another thing I don't understand. There's always some faggot whose never made a mistake ready to call someone else a retard for posting one of theirs
I love it.
You post your mistakes on the internet for the world to see, milking it for money.
Then surprised when people point out your failure?
Then you are sitting claiming you dont care what your peers think?

Big but quite fragile ego I see.

>>1966864
Imagine some generic horror movie, and the leading role is some teen chick. Then picture her little brother, and his weird perry best friend that talks about the sister's tits all the time.
Alec Steele looks like a grown up version of that.
Definitely a weird looking dude, but #YOLO. I don't watch his vids because they seem incredibly click baity with exaggerated energy and really push sponsors, but I think he genuinely has fun working in his shop and no doubt makes a ton of money doing it. Can't judge a man for living the dream.

>>1968025
I didn't say it was handed to him, I said he was in a mini-me freemason lite cult called Texas AgMech, and they're taking over outdoors channels. Limey faggot. Everybody knows it's you, Alec.

>>1968025
By the way, you write like you're some fucking expert on Alec. "all the blacksmith shows I've been to, it's only a certain kind of person who doesn't like Alec" So you guy to blacksmithing conventions in real life, i assume travel to get there, and then you talk about youtube personalities? LOL Okay. I wonder who could have so much insider information on who hates Alec if not Alec himself?

>>1968053
But he is good (unless a mill or lathe is involved). The two guys (it's a different guy who dropped the power hammer) are both good at their core competency of making swords/knives, especially for their age. Iirc both are younger than 25. I don't know that your obsession is with being validated by tradesmen is. I am a tradesman and don't constantly worry about my peers. We just hang out and talk about guns like normal people.

>>1966864
>photographer professional enough to put on a watermark
>doesn't even take care of reflection in glasses
>not even in post

>>1968100
> didn't say it was handed to him, I said he was in a mini-me freemason lite cult called Texas AgMech, and they're taking over outdoors channels
schizoid tier


>>1968102
Believe it or not but out in the real world people have friends and they network. There aren't a ton a blacksmiths and there are a few main events in the USA and Europe which we meet at to talk, learn, and make new friends. Alec is easily one of the most recognizable blacksmiths in the world right now, many people have met him over the years, and tons of butthurt poorfags love to rag on him, so he does come up in conversation.

Michelangelo you still haven't posted any of your work.

>>1968216
>Michelangelo you still haven't posted any of your work.
Says the guy refusing to post his own youtube channel, (aka still pretending you arent alec and that you didnt shill yourself in this thread)
Regardless, >>1968102 and >>1968076 are two different people.

Challenging me to "post my work" is 100% a deflection. I could quite literally be someone who doesnt even own a screwdriver, but it doesnt fundamentally change what I said. You dont care about what other craftsman and tradesworkers think remember?

Listen to yourself, listen to your ego. Its gotten you so triggered and assmad that people might actually not jerk themselves off over you.
Youtube fame has convinced YOU that YOU are Michelangelo, and that you are some extremely important person.
Go ask around chuck e cheeses, maybe youll get your validation you need.

>>1968106
>I don't know that your obsession is with being validated by tradesmen is.
I dont have an obsession with validation of my work.
Alec does, and its bleeding out in every single post he has made in here.
I just think its funny, this dude thinks he is the greatest thing since sliced bread and nobody on this board even knew who he was.
He was "literally who'd" until he came in to white knight himself.

Its funny and sad at the same time.

>>1968102
>it's only a certain kind of person who doesn't like Alec
Men over the age of 15.
Who would have thought making a shop channel feel like a Disney channel show wouldnt appeal to most people?

>>1967993
>>1968053
>>1968067
>>1968076
>>1968241
What's with all the reddit spacing in this thread.

where can i watch this thing get fucked up it's not on his youtube channel

>>1968743
It is, in the restoring the fairbanks powerhammer series, latest one as of the OP.

>>1968781
ok thank you. i promise i'm not retarded, i googled and this exact video came up but clicking through said not available and his channel had max. 8 videos on it total.
working now anyway. thanks anon.

>>1968737
>what are paragraphs
To be fair, I would not expect someone who has plebbit living rent free in their head to be the sharpest tool in the shed.

>>1968897
the only "people" on this website caring about spacing are poltards and should be ignored

What's with the Texas A&M conspiracy theory?

>>1968737
you don't even know what "reddit spacing" is?
reddit started in 2005.

What's that? people on 4chan using spaces between sentences and paragraphs? What is this dark magic.

You're an idiot.

reddit spacing is this.


2 spaces between paragraphs dipshit. so fucking shut up about it!

>>1968949
pic related
>>1968737

>>1968897
>>1968949
That's exactly the point, you (your entire argument is samefagging) are posting two line breaks instead of one.

>>1969287
no one is EVER going to stop posting with spaces between paragraphs.

no matter how much you scream REDDIT because it's NOT reddit.

suck. my. dick.

>>1970805
>>1968949

>>1969287
But reddit posters use three line breaks because reddit's posting standards eat one.

>>1961281
I felt that NOOOOO in my soul when I first watched it. He should not have attempted to move it the way he did.

>>1973043
and you are still wrong.