One added bonus you gained by using the needle scaler is stress relief that will prevent cracking in the future. A gentleman that ran a welding shop after he returned after WW2 used to weld cast iron tractor manifolds (not braze) and he would peen the welds after he let them slow cool in sand and he never had cracks in his cast iron repairs.
I turned an ignition coil cover out of a chunk of aluminum. I wanted a finned look like my valve covers and air cleaner. Once I had machined the part I used a needle scaler just like you did. Then spun it up on the lathe again to highlight the tops of the fins. It looked like a vintage cast piece. This piece and the tank itself are right up my alley. I love this stuff!
Quick little safety tip when braking an angle into aluminum in the hydraulic press @5:54 and @10:37. Using your hands to locate and align the part where you want to bend makes perfect sense. Once it locks in as you start the bend by raising the pressure in the press, REMOVE YOUR HANDS FROM THE PART. I was bending an unknown grade of aluminum in the press and unfortunately discovered how violently the end I was ‘guiding’ could hit my squishy flesh and do all kind of damage when the aluminum suddenly fractured. Your hand can’t adjust anything once the press locks in the bend, so remove it from the scene. Hope that helps someone without going into the graphic detail of the damage that explosive violence did to my precious hand. 👍😳👍
Your design aesthetic is amazing to watch! Not just purpose, design, but also planning finish and texture! Faux magnesium! Fantastic and thank you for sharing the process! Remarkable! Go Benntts Customs, keep moving forward!
Loving it! There is just something beautiful about cast parts, that you just don't get with welded parts. When I go to historic industrial sites or museums I always find myself admiring the large, organically shaped steel castings.
Crazy good work. I used a scaler exactly like that for a year without hearing protection in the early 80's now I have the most vicious tinnitus. I know you are smarter than me 😂
You might consider getting some cork sheet with an adhesive backing and line the saddles with it to prevent vibration between the saddle and the tank. Its what they used to do with gas tanks on OEM cars of that vintage, so it would not be out of place on this application.
Yeah that was cool. I like the way you done that come up spot on the way you treated it and the design of that bracket you didn’t end up putting any speed holes in it. I reckon that might looked alright maybe. Thanks for that that was good
I have used old horse harness before from farm auctions for straps on my tanks for that vintage old leather look before There double stitched for a cool look !
Looks good man...thin them welds down,and it will start to look legit I use needle guns to paint navy ships,great tools for removing real heavy paint,no chemicals or sanding dust... Also,for a really quick random,magnesium style look,try oven cleaner....eats and etches into the alloy,dark grey splotchy finish...happens in mins
I love this shop. I have to steal another one of your ideas for my Model A... I bought 2 of those tanks. But I'm thinking of hanging them like how the bombs would have been hanging in the bombers kinda make it look like they are floating in the trunk area between the seat and trunk space.
I wonder if this would be a case where it would be worth the extra effort to cut strips of the same material to use as filler rod to get the perfect color blend on the welds, rather than the slight difference in the alloy between the sheet and the rod. ??
@@bennettscustomsco It basically makes your 200 amp machine feel like a 270 amp machine cause the helium argon mix seems to burn hotter and you don't have to wait till the next day to heat up so you can start to lay dimes. We use it at work for as thick as 20 mm Ally plate but the mix is rather expensive at the moment and a bottle might cost you around $600 AUS for a g size bottle more or less. Hope this helps by the way I love the work you do it makes me want to go to the garage and have a go at building something.
Have you tried dipping aluminium parts in a coffee bath, which is slightly acidic? I've seen it used a lot by blacksmiths on "damascus" parts, where different alloys of steel get different stains. The cheapest instant coffee is usually enough for decent effect.
I was able to get a great finish using black Japan spirt based wood stain! Never seen the coffee bath one but tomorrow it’s on. Cheap and nasty coffee here we come
Foundry, no Foundry required. A forge is where you use heat and pounding (force) to shape metal. A foundry is where you liquidate metal and pour it into a hollow (mold) I think you should have built a foundry. Not because you didn't get the look you wanted but having a foundry is nice to have. Foundrys are pretty simple, when you consider someone had a foundry for Otzi's bronze hatchet 5,300 years ago.
Cut a bit more consitently in terms of speed with your plasma cutter, anytime you bind up and jump a bit to move forwards it will leave an uncut segment
Ok my bad I've just seen the curve cutting later in the video a d you clearly know how to cut well, I guess you were just rusty for the first cut of the day 😅
I would be curious if this would work on aluminum wheels...you see guys trying to powder coat Torque Thrusts to look like mag, but I would be curious....
I love the content. I’m setting up my new machine shop and need tool boxes with wooden tops. Yours look perfect! The drawers are ideal for my needs. What do you think about them? Can you please tell me what brand your stainless steel tool boxes are and where to buy them?
Hey mate, can I suggest you to use a cutter instead of a hand blade? I should suggest you X-Acto, made in USA and Olfa, made in Japan. I use both but personally I prefer Olfa.
Oh and that T fitting for the straps would look better with a 90° bend so that the straps lay closer to the tank as only 1/3 of that strap will have contact with the tank as is.
Bud, an A for effort. I don´t like how stupid chopped the car is, I don´t like the brownish "patina". I tell Ya how to age that shit, how we do it around: take the pieces, look for the next agriculture menurepile and burrie them in that. Come back in four weeks, done. And: the bus look stupid with that wart on its right side air inlet, it´s too low and the engine compartment looks like the engine is in jail. It don´t fit the car at all. But if You wanna be talked about it´s the go to thing. The rear lights don´t fit, too- at least use some original VW lights. it looks like if an Asian had eye surgery to hide his origin. That´how it looks. But (thankfully) that´s fixable. Sell the car back to Germany (to me), I take care of the little one. It gets back its ride height, its rear lights and the engine door so it looks like a bus again.
Do Aussies really say al-oo-min-um? Are you pandering to your yank viewers, 'cause you spell it correctly in the title? ["Pick a side sister!"] Curtis of CEE (Aussie) doesn't say it that way - must be the Carl Fisher influence......
One added bonus you gained by using the needle scaler is stress relief that will prevent cracking in the future. A gentleman that ran a welding shop after he returned after WW2 used to weld cast iron tractor manifolds (not braze) and he would peen the welds after he let them slow cool in sand and he never had cracks in his cast iron repairs.
Yes that’s a great point! He was a smart man
I turned an ignition coil cover out of a chunk of aluminum. I wanted a finned look like my valve covers and air cleaner. Once I had machined the part I used a needle scaler just like you did. Then spun it up on the lathe again to highlight the tops of the fins. It looked like a vintage cast piece. This piece and the tank itself are right up my alley. I love this stuff!
Very cool! Thank Rob! Great to see many using the technique’
Those brackets are fantastic Jordan
Texture is spot on😎
Thanks Frank!
Quick little safety tip when braking an angle into aluminum in the hydraulic press @5:54 and @10:37. Using your hands to locate and align the part where you want to bend makes perfect sense. Once it locks in as you start the bend by raising the pressure in the press, REMOVE YOUR HANDS FROM THE PART. I was bending an unknown grade of aluminum in the press and unfortunately discovered how violently the end I was ‘guiding’ could hit my squishy flesh and do all kind of damage when the aluminum suddenly fractured. Your hand can’t adjust anything once the press locks in the bend, so remove it from the scene. Hope that helps someone without going into the graphic detail of the damage that explosive violence did to my precious hand. 👍😳👍
Your design aesthetic is amazing to watch! Not just purpose, design, but also planning finish and texture! Faux magnesium! Fantastic and thank you for sharing the process! Remarkable! Go Benntts Customs, keep moving forward!
Thanks Murdoc! Always appreciate the kinds words!
Loving it! There is just something beautiful about cast parts, that you just don't get with welded parts. When I go to historic industrial sites or museums I always find myself admiring the large, organically shaped steel castings.
The new look and the old look both look terrific! But with that old tank the old look looks better! You're very talented. I'm learning a lot from you.
Thanks Norm! Yeah I agree! Aged works well with it
Most definitely like the aged cast look. Thanks for sharing that great idea.
Crazy good work.
I used a scaler exactly like that for a year without hearing protection in the early 80's now I have the most vicious tinnitus.
I know you are smarter than me 😂
Another fantastic, one of a kind detail! Nobody is doing work like this. 👍
So true, Karl is very good but you are pulling off some fantastic original designs
Thank you very much! Lots of talent out there. I love learning from everyone in the community
I never thought of using a needler for creating a cast effect, but that is a brilliant idea!
Definitely like the aged look more. You know me, I think it adds soul to the parts.
You might consider getting some cork sheet with an adhesive backing and line the saddles with it to prevent vibration between the saddle and the tank. Its what they used to do with gas tanks on OEM cars of that vintage, so it would not be out of place on this application.
Just plain beautiful! I can't praise your work any more the the other's already have. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and discoveries.
In my opinion it looked best right after stippling and before sandblasting.
I agree.
You hit this one out of the park man!!! Outstanding work
Wait until the finished product!
I love working on old cars. I am a 32-year-old mechanic. I am thinking of working on classic cars
It’s much more fun than new ones
Yes
your foundry effect is truly extraordinary, it’s magnificent, well done (translated from French by Google translate)
Thank you! Much appreciated
Metal Magician!
Nice work Jordan, Im sure Craig will be very impressed when this is sitting in the back of the '32. Cheers Greg
I think he will be Greg! A fantastic piece of the puzzle
Superb concept and completion 🎉
It’s all in the details, Perfect
dang, that part came out great!
Thanks for the aging tip! Keep up the good work
Absolute genius 🫸🫷😊
Yeah that was cool. I like the way you done that come up spot on the way you treated it and the design of that bracket you didn’t end up putting any speed holes in it. I reckon that might looked alright maybe. Thanks for that that was good
They may or may not already have speed holes haha
Nice job Jordan, a lot of work but definitely worth the effort, going to look so cool mounted with the tank!
Does that not work harden the aluminium using the needle gun?
Amazing work Jordan.
you're doing an amazing job with the style I love. I'm a great fan of your channel. thnank you for sharing your job 🤗
Thank you kindly!
Great work Jordan.
I have used old horse harness before from farm auctions for straps on my tanks for that vintage old leather look before There double stitched for a cool look !
Wait till you see the ones Greg has created! Holly smokes
Attention to detail outstanding mate , thats what sets you apart from all the rest 😎😎🤘🤘🇹🇭🇹🇭
Thank you kindly Karl.
Cool idea! Fairly convincing too.
👌Truly a superb job! 😃
Looks good man...thin them welds down,and it will start to look legit
I use needle guns to paint navy ships,great tools for removing real heavy paint,no chemicals or sanding dust...
Also,for a really quick random,magnesium style look,try oven cleaner....eats and etches into the alloy,dark grey splotchy finish...happens in mins
Awesome job, that looks wicked! Learnt heaps, thank you!
Happy to hear it Steve!
That is a sweet process! New sub here! Awesome job!
I love this shop. I have to steal another one of your ideas for my Model A... I bought 2 of those tanks. But I'm thinking of hanging them like how the bombs would have been hanging in the bombers kinda make it look like they are floating in the trunk area between the seat and trunk space.
Cool idea for sure and Will possibly give you some floor space in the trunk!
Slick job!!!
Vary interesting process.
Nice👍 great effect
I wonder if this would be a case where it would be worth the extra effort to cut strips of the same material to use as filler rod to get the perfect color blend on the welds, rather than the slight difference in the alloy between the sheet and the rod. ??
You’re right. I would think the same thing. I did manage to get the nice and even for the next episode!
Yeah that's the only part that bugged me and screamed not cast
Fantastic!!!
I like the cast look
Excellent!!
You can weld with a 25 percent helium argon mix so you don't need to pre heat
Zee! Tell me more’
@@bennettscustomsco It basically makes your 200 amp machine feel like a 270 amp machine cause the helium argon mix seems to burn hotter and you don't have to wait till the next day to heat up so you can start to lay dimes. We use it at work for as thick as 20 mm Ally plate but the mix is rather expensive at the moment and a bottle might cost you around $600 AUS for a g size bottle more or less. Hope this helps by the way I love the work you do it makes me want to go to the garage and have a go at building something.
Have you tried dipping aluminium parts in a coffee bath, which is slightly acidic? I've seen it used a lot by blacksmiths on "damascus" parts, where different alloys of steel get different stains. The cheapest instant coffee is usually enough for decent effect.
I was able to get a great finish using black Japan spirt based wood stain! Never seen the coffee bath one but tomorrow it’s on. Cheap and nasty coffee here we come
Hello from the States!
Hey Col!
Foundry, no Foundry required.
A forge is where you use heat and pounding (force) to shape metal.
A foundry is where you liquidate metal and pour it into a hollow (mold)
I think you should have built a foundry. Not because you didn't get the look you wanted but having a foundry is nice to have.
Foundrys are pretty simple, when you consider someone had a foundry for Otzi's bronze hatchet 5,300 years ago.
Genius!
Cut a bit more consitently in terms of speed with your plasma cutter, anytime you bind up and jump a bit to move forwards it will leave an uncut segment
Ok my bad I've just seen the curve cutting later in the video a d you clearly know how to cut well, I guess you were just rusty for the first cut of the day 😅
I would be curious if this would work on aluminum wheels...you see guys trying to powder coat Torque Thrusts to look like mag, but I would be curious....
I love the content. I’m setting up my new machine shop and need tool boxes with wooden tops. Yours look perfect! The drawers are ideal for my needs. What do you think about them? Can you please tell me what brand your stainless steel tool boxes are and where to buy them?
Question for all: when welding two pieces, why do i need to grind down the bead line thing? Can i just leave it and save time if u dont mind the look?
Hey mate, can I suggest you to use a cutter instead of a hand blade?
I should suggest you X-Acto, made in USA and Olfa, made in Japan. I use both but personally I prefer Olfa.
Cut thin strips of the parent metal to use as filler.
You'll never see a difference weld to parent metal.
Do that with body panels as well.
28:40 love it! What is the ”texturing tool” you are using, never seen it before?
Good one Pau Casals Cello
Top 😊
I would have thought you’d lengthen the tank for ultimate fuel capacity
Sure did. Welded two together
Do you ever need a forge to do cast iron ?! After all it’s not forged…. Right ?
I guess I’d call my burner for casting a forge?
But you’re right
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Oh and that T fitting for the straps would look better with a 90° bend so that the straps lay closer to the tank as only 1/3 of that strap will have contact with the tank as is.
Dang…seems like actually casting them would’ve been less work. They look great though!
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Шов выдает что не литье. Это не очень. (отстой) может как то под другму обработать.
I think this is his first time doing this. So it an experiment… learning process.
Just have to wait until the next episode where I might just convince you..
Bud, an A for effort.
I don´t like how stupid chopped the car is, I don´t like the brownish "patina". I tell Ya how to age that shit, how we do it around: take the pieces, look for the next agriculture menurepile and burrie them in that. Come back in four weeks, done.
And: the bus look stupid with that wart on its right side air inlet, it´s too low and the engine compartment looks like the engine is in jail.
It don´t fit the car at all. But if You wanna be talked about it´s the go to thing. The rear lights don´t fit, too- at least use some original VW lights. it looks like if an Asian had eye surgery to hide his origin. That´how it looks.
But (thankfully) that´s fixable. Sell the car back to Germany (to me), I take care of the little one. It gets back its ride height, its rear lights and the engine door so it looks like a bus again.
Do Aussies really say al-oo-min-um? Are you pandering to your yank viewers, 'cause you spell it correctly in the title? ["Pick a side sister!"] Curtis of CEE (Aussie) doesn't say it that way - must be the Carl Fisher influence......
Al- lu-mi - neeeeeum
Ali min um!
Australia, Canada and you still call it Aluminum and not Aluminium 🤬🤬🤬.... I feel like unsubscribing 😢😮😂🤣😂🤣
I just say it as it is. Tomato, apple- same thing?
A lot of fucking round but they look get 👍🇦🇺
3D print and casting is more simple
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