Machining World First Transparent Hydraulic Press Tools
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- čas přidán 9. 06. 2023
- Welcome to another exciting episode of Beyond the Press, where we take you behind the scenes of creating our unique transparent tools for our 150 ton hydraulic press seen on hydraulic press channel.
In this episode, we dive deep into the process of designing, machining, polishing, and testing our latest creation - transparent tools made from high-quality acrylic. We've invested 3000€ into these plastics to ensure we're working with the best materials possible.
Watch as we transform these raw materials into fully functional, transparent tools through a meticulous process of design and machining. Our workshop is buzzing with the sounds of lathes, milling machines, and polishers, all working in harmony to bring our vision to life.
We'll guide you through every step of the process, from the initial design sketches to the final polishing touches. You'll see firsthand how we maintain the transparency of the acrylic while ensuring the tools are robust and functional.
But we're not just about the process - we're also about the results. That's why we put our transparent tools to the test, demonstrating their effectiveness and durability.
This video is a must-watch for anyone interested in machining, workshop processes, tool creation, or simply enjoys watching a satisfying transformation from raw materials to finished product.
Don't forget to like, share, and subscribe to Beyond the Press for more behind-the-scenes looks at our workshop and the fascinating world of tool creation. - Zábava
"There is no special trick, just make them... I'm going to leave now"
Timo is my hero.
That is probably the most Finnish thing I've ever heard anyone say. We've got to have that on a shirt.
Where is Annie?
@@Angrymuscles“There is no special trick, just make them.
I’m Finnish so I’m going to leave now.”
@@kennethhurlbutt802 They broke up months ago mate. Several in fact.
love it
I just need to let you know that my entire class of third graders in the U.S. love to watch your videos. Can't wait to show them this on Monday!
From this one they might even learn something :D
How is your class still in school and not on summer break?
@@hellfire66683 Last day of school is Thursday. Lots of snow days this year.
@@Beyondthepress They LOVE your channel. And the added science/engineering learning will be a bonus!
So cool😅
I had small problem with the HPC video so it's going to take couple hours to get new version uploaded. So you have to wait little bit more to see the results :D
You should have made your own acrylic, save $3k and create content while you are at it.
Shit stick! Lmao! I loved this!
@@Chris-rg6nm Yep, spend $10k to make $3k of acrylic, but get a hundred million views
years ago when this channel first made it's rounds around the web, I had said to myself, "this is a great idea for a channel but I'm sure he will run out of good ideas, and/or things would get repetitive," yet this Guy, Keeps coming up with Golden Ideas to keep things fresh
Did he put you in his press, because you clearly have a crush
@@cannaroe1213🤣
I thought that too, I was sure there was not much possible to do after half a year.
14:14 your delivery here was comedic gold
"Here is your problem, it's too fucking long" XD
Whenever I wanted to order something along these lines - a unique request - and got the "can't do it / impossible to do it", I usually interpreted these in some cases as "I can't be arsed with that, you are not worth my time". Fair enough. On the other hand, when I was on the receiving end of such requests (our shop worked with sheet metal), those were often my favourite assignments.
Yeah. A lot of the time, when someone says "It can't be done" or "It won't work", it's because it can't be done BY THEM, or they don't want to risk getting blamed if it DOESN'T work.
I vaguely remember reading somewhere a thing that said "The easiest way to achieve the impossible is not to KNOW that it's impossible". I'm a trained engineer, and I had the blinkers of "The correct way to do [XYZ]" fitted on me by that education, so I always find it amazing to watch the seemingly crazy ways UNTRAINED engineers find to do things on CZcams. I'll see something and think "That'll NEVER work", but then it does!?!?
For this reason, I like watching what Ivan Miranda does on his channel. His channels well known for 3d printing stuff, but he's recently started doing basic metal machining using a huge DIY CNC router that he's designed and built. On his projects, some of the design choices he makes seem really weird, but it's because he comes to metal engineering from a area where you add material to create the part, where classical engineering is almost entirely about removing material. Also a tapped thread in a 3d printed part is a horrendously weak fixing method, so even when working in alloy, he still does some really odd tricks to avoid having to bolt directly into material....... But some of the "incorrect" techniques that he uses actually work really well, and may have applications where they'd be a better option that the more traditional approaches. This is quite an eye opening experience.
You said something interesting at some point, about other press channels. Let me tell you what makes your one much better than others - you're doing scientific shit, you speak and you make this all fun! No need for other channels for me :)
Wait... There are *other* press channels?? 😂
Finishing my day with a long beyond the press video. Couldn't be better.
Beginning my day with a finish press video
Clear press tools are the future!
Lauri, your English vocabulary and pronunciation have improved so much since I started watching HPC a long time ago. To help you continue to improve, your "fancy drill" is called a reamer in English.
Yeah, but we finns do not understand those strange new words! :D "Reamer" does not make any sense. But the "fancy drill" make every sense!
Who's she? I only knew Annie.
After all that preparation, the press looks *BEAUTIFUL!* A job well done I must say. Very well done!
The fancy drill bit you used at '17:19' is in English, and at least in the UK, called a reamer. I rember my grandad teaching me that! Used to regulize the size of holes / increase their diameter by a fraction of a MM
I'm so proud of myself of knowing the name of that tool, and i'm definitely not a machinist.
I really enjoyed seeing Lauri raw-dog it with his reamer!
Yeah, it's a Reamer in the US too (American Machinist here ❤) and they're used for finishing drill holes to specific sizes, and also makes them more concentric as opposed to how a drill hole is
@@Jazzythebarbarian86 Ah ha! Concentric - that was the word I searching for!
Why didn't I see this comment sooner.... :P
For future iterations you may want to consider a design that uses a moving cylinder. This has several advantages:
The piston no longer has to be see through so it can be made from steel.
Any leakage flows downwards and does not block the view of the holes.
No air-gap between between the cylinder and the holes in the piston should improve visibility.
Disadvantage would be that it is more difficult load fruit in the cylinde because it is upside down. Might have to balance the fruit on the piston.
We always use soapwater, when cutting plastics. I dont know if there is a scientific reason for this, but works very good.
It keeps the material cool as the plastic melts at lower temperature & keep the shavings water rather than flying everywhere.
We use coolant to cut plastics, and lower feed rates to achieve a good finish.
Acrylic is very sensitive to solvents, even isopropyl alcohol will cause it to develop cracks; your first attempt at polish may have failed because many polishes contain hydrocarbon solvents. The best polish I have found for acrylic is a spray foam made for polishing it, it contains very fine abrasive particles and gives an excellent finish.
I learned this in my late teens after cleaning my acrylic bong w Iso Alcohol. Still lasted quite some time even w the cracks but I ended up trashing it when I moved houses.
What is the name/make & model of your foam polish?
@@thechris3553 It came from RS Components, but they no longer sell it. It was their own brand so not sure exactly who manufactured it.
great point, even Ethanol could crack that. Destroyed a 500$ piece of acrylic pipe once dipping it in alcohol 🥱
Hey, thanks for the tip about the coarser compound! I had some scratches in my car wood panel interior that I had tried to polish out with the High Polish compound, but they turned cloudy. I thought it was not fine enough and gave up. Now I went in with the High Cut compound instead, and I got the scratches out and a mirror finish without any cloudiness!
Really enjoyed this video, seeing how you do things in the workshop and build things, for more mayhem on the HPC videos. It's fun seeing stuff get crushed, but it's really interesting seeing the process , especially when you're not sure how it'll turn out.
Would love to see more videos like this in the future! I know they're probably a pain to film and maybe not as popular as the regular videos, but maybe for stuff that you already need to build anyway, it's good to put the cameras on and explain as you work on it.
22:41 “Driving around the city like some … animal” cracked me up ngl. Big fan btw.
I think it was a HPC variant of Finnish expression "vituttaa kuin pientä eläintä vesisateessa" which one could translate as "infuriated like a small small animal[/squirrel] in the cold rain."
This was something I wanted to see for a long time. Thank you for making it possible.
I vote for more of these machining videos & more Timo also.
I have been simply captured by your great video. It has taken me back to my youth in the early 70's, when at school we had the craziest physics teacher. He never failed to impress us with his wild experiments, underpinned by academic theory. He challenged us to embrace our creative and academic thoughts. At home our garden shed, became my domain for experimentation. I am proud to state that I only started three fires in that shed, but I did succeed in generating several large bangs that brought my parents and neighbours running to see if I was okay. I did though have some success, especially in developing small wind turbines suitable for home use. Keep up the great work, I am sure you will inspire our younger generations to greater things.
Man, that's an expensive way to make wine! LOL nice work it looks incredible.
Acrylic is very easy to machine, but you need sharp tooling to get a good result. Will cut better with coolant, which is best to be water alone. To have a material that is a pain to machine try PTFE, which is both hard to cut accurately, and also likely to need to be cut thin as well. There you want both ultra sharp tools, and also cooling, as it softens with heat, plus it will deform and move away from the cutting bit, instead of cutting. One of the times dry ice is a good thing, to freeze it to a more solid state.
Interesting. I always thought that acrylic was awful to drill or mill since it chips and cracks or the drill bit gets stuck.
Maybe I need sharper tools.
@@MetalheadAndNerd Yes it will chip, but the right cutting angles, and sharp tooling, with a coolant, makes it relatively easy to machine.
Love the ingenuity of the new tooling and your tenacity in machining them yourself. Can't wait to see more things pressed through it.
The finishing drill was called a 'reamer' in my day.
And still is
@@jecceworks Thank goodness for that, everything else seems to have changed since I finished my apprenticeship in 1948.
The trick with plastic is cut fast and get the chips/curls out as they can melt in place and weld the tool to the workpiece. Use HSS tooling that is razor sharp for best cuts, most inserts are not sharp enough for clean cuts.
The straight fluted drill is a Reamer.
I love seeing experts in their field having fun playing with ideas. This is no exception.
Looks beautiful, the polishing is really nice!
Sometimes I forget all these shenanigans are going on in a really cool machine shop.
You should always anneal acrylic, even after you cut it with "just normal" tools, because it builds up internal stresses so quickly that can eventually crack it - especially if you use them for a hydraulic press 😅. Place the samples in an oven at 80 C for like a whole weekend...
I enjoy nearly every video on this channel, but this was especially awesome. Great work!
AMAZING!!! cant wait for more clear press videos!
What i sometimes do to get cutting edges etc. on acrylics clear (because i'm lazy) is flame polishing. Just "touch" the area for a very short moment with a hot flame; the coarse surface melts up and gets transparent/clear.
Wouldn't that change the dimensions/tolerance?
Or I guess it wouldn't matter anywhere other than the mating surfaces... I'm going to try that on Monday!
The dimensions do not change unless you need less than +/- 100µm or so. And if, then it was way too hot.
You guys are the best! I love the tools and how they look.
That was *awesome* and I loved the whole process video. I'm really looking forward to seeing more fun with the new tools. :)
I have been a fan since the first HPC video. This is the best video so far, I REALLY enjoy this material. 😃👍🏻
Wait.... You said there are other press channels?!? Impossible.... Who dare to compare? Even IF that were true, to me you are THE press channel. So good, in fact, you are indeed, Beyond The Press!! Keep it up, this was an awesome episode. I love how you go where no one has gone before and do the impossible with a smile. Love what you do!
What a great job you guys did! Thanks for sharing.
Here i am, can't sleep it's gone 3am.... & now as i watched this i'm in so much trouble for laughing my ass off watching this & waking other people in the house up. Great vid you guys as always.
What a beautiful contraption you have built. It looks really good.
20:53 "I think we need a slightly longer sh** stick"
😄
You guys did a great job, thanks for the idea and the hard work.
Watching the drill through the (acrylic?) tool, was quite cool.
You can add oil while drilling, that gives you a surface that looks polished.
crossing fingers that new tool will last and hold to alot, that's just amazing to be able to see what's going on inside ^^
You should bevel that top edge of the lower part to keep from breaking when its misaligned.
Awesome video as always. Was just curious because you know so much more than I about these things, are those special gloves you can wear when using the lathe? Read and saw some horrendous consequences when having any kind of material that can get caught in one of these unforgiving but incredibly useful machines. As always great video!
Man this is fantastic!
The reason the shops all said the tools were impossible to make was probably because they wouldn't be up to saftey standards, given that they shattered to bits at the slightest misallignment in the HP video.
20:11 - “some polishing sheet” ………….. Beautiful. Just f-n beautiful!
I like this idea! Transparent tools so we can see all the carnage going on during the pressing 😄
Just magnificent! I'd say that that one crush was worth the money 😄
Spends 3K euro on plastic, ''I'm just going to eyeball it''..🤣🤣🤙
What a legend.
heroism writ large
Transparent press is brilliant!
FRESH!! COMPRESSION !!
I really liked seeing all that setup process.
Best press channel on CZcams
many thanks for the hrs of enjoyment
other press channels seem boring in comparison keep up the good work
looking forward to my next binge to catch up on your channel
17:59 - acrylic needs cooling and usually lubricant for best results in deep cuts like that.
sometimes just slower cutting helps.
That’s really cool. Nice job on the polishing.
Probably the only channel I don’t skip
Awesome. This series of videos are going to be awesome
Love the machining content in this video :)
Best idea ever!
Excellent! Well done.
Great video, more machining content please!
An entire transparent hydraulic press would be really cool.
Bravo! 👏
Pretty practical, different sized holes with same drill!
Epic tool. I love it! It is just awesome!!!!!
Hi from Vancouver (Via Latvia). Love your channel, your personality and your wife. Keep up the great work!!!
It's always great watching your videos but this was amazing seeing the work involved in manufacturing the equipment and the skill you have thanks for the great content
My only thought is to use a sacrificial piece to practice on in the future to get all speeds and methods dialled in.
I like watching the construction process. Thank you.
the best grape olive press spare no exspense its clear & beautiful
Very great learning experience watching this video. Thank you for your content
Best couple on the Internet.
I am on a binge watching spree.
Why is Anni less involved in newer videos. She was great in older videos.
They divorced
@@ortzinatorThat’s unfortunate
That may explain the weight loss. She looks completely different.
That doesn't look like Anni in the video
You’re going to revolutionize the wine industry with your slo-mo press grape crushing experiment. 👍👍🇨🇦
Ahh some Fresh Gape Juice to Start off the Day!
So cool!
Talk about over-engineering a juicer. That's dedication to making sure those grapes are smashed to their absolute limit. That's definitely 1 way to do it. Though there's cheaper ways my friend
Now this is gonna be interesting!
would be cool to have a cafe where drinks are made like that. more like a Mechanic shop themed cafe where everything you order will come from the press
great idea!
I love you two people. You’re a cute couple, with some kind hearts, and ya do some awesome things! Thank you
Washing-up liquid makes a brilliant cutting lube for acrylic. :)
I’ve been watching your show for years and I just want to see your English is getting really good. I know that wasn’t necessary to say it, but I wanted to say it anyway
That's a lot of work for a good result. I'm not sure if you tried, but when I've polished acrylic a quick wave of the gas torch over the surface gets great results very quickly.
You also get distortion.
Solid!
Top KEK!
Peace be with you.
That's really cool.
Great job. Long journey
Yeah... good video again... 🇫🇮😁👍
Ripaus suomalaista hulluutta... täydellistä 👌😁👍
@20:25 - imagining the plethora of innuendos AvE would come up with :D
Very cool!!
Awesome!!!!!
Thats veeeeery cool! :D
Great success!
Honestly this dude is a perfect example and should be a faking idol to entrepreneurs, DO WHAT YOU LOVE AND MASTER IT, THE WORLD WILL COME. Facking beautiful
great idea!!
You two are my kind of crazy. Loved the video.
Awesome video, tool looks awesome
That's awesome
Lmao, as it turns out it wasn't done before for a reason 😂😂
Amazing videos guys, those candles were just too tough for the new tool
Gorgeous