Inside Britain's Oldest Running IRON FOUNDRY!!!
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Man that was a guy who didn't mess around, he seemed to be answering most questions before Alec finished asking them.
That's almost 40 years of experience.
that's why English are still impressive, their craftsman are amongst the best on the planet
I would say he is a very busy guy that is used to answering questions from employees as well. He knows his business in more ways than one.
Yep, a show runned by 2 persons who got a incredible passion for their work... Damn that was enjoyable.
I love his passion, even 3 generations in you can see how much he lives for what he does. Also RIP his inbox after saying he needs more people to work in the foundry XD
Thank You 🇬🇧
Haha one day of apprenticing will filter a lot of that - foundry is good, honest but really hot and hard work, I have every respect for these guys and the work they do!
@@sathos for real. I have mad respect. Business that size you know they are averaging 12 hours days and those are hard hours. You have to be passionate and a little crazy. Still I wouldn't mind giving it a try. My middle age body might have some objections.
it's definitely "blue collar work".....the kind of job you need a shower when you get home. but it's the kind of work that BUILDS things...it's a foundation trade that lets all the rest of industry do it's thing. Definately a job to be proud of. If the pay is decent, and all that, it would be a good trade to have...
Yeah, I'll work there if I can get a work visa to live and work in the UK.
BIG Thank You to East Coast Casting Co. or allowing us to take a virtual tour of their facility.
Thank You
@@Google-McGoogle Your welcome’ Hopefully more to come 👍🏻🇬🇧
Thanks for coming to our foundry Alec, it was great to meet you.
@Yo ming That's my Dad. Very passionate about the industry :)
@@ilovemyidevice your dad seems like a good man! 👍
You guys have an amazing setup! If I lived in the UK I would absolutely ask to come visit. Maybe one day......
If you're making a series out of this kind of thing, you should come and visit the John Taylor bell foundry in loughborough, working from the Loughborough site since 1859, its the oldest bell foundry that still operates to this day! They've cast some of the largest bells in the UK, inculding the 'Great Paul', the heaviest chruch bell in the UK. They also do a great tour of the site for general public!
Would be good for them to get a bit more publicity as they’re having to restore some of the building as it’s started deteriorating, and as it’s a grade 2 building, it’s going to be a difficult and costly repair.
well he said episode i'm sure they'll be more also vie been to the John Taylor Bell foundry Unfortunately didn't think of them until now for work experience
Would love to see that!
Sounds brilliant.
I was just going to say that! I'm a bell ringer myself. It's clever how they do it with clay and a alloy of tin and bronze. Everything is also super size so the crucibles are massive, the furnaces are massive. They often cast bells over 300kg up to 3 tons to it's pretty big stuff!
I live less that 2hr from Loughborough, definitely going to go there
And of course even more famously the 'Hells Bell' for ACDC.
Very cool, I bet these guys were stoked to have someone touring who actually knows a bit about their trade. Keep em coming!
It was nice to see some mutual appreciation.. 😃
my grandfather was a engineer for 50 years a bit more round about but when i was getting in to small scale casting and smithing he said most committed people he has worked with are foundry workers and smiths who make and repair tools like he knew a guy who would cast all the replacement parts and tools for his whole workplace which means he casted from what i can gather lathe parts standard handheld tools motor's and all sorts it's insane what some of these people can make I can cast a ring they can cast a goddam bottom half of a car and wind turbine it's a mad difference in scale gotta respect them cus if i make a mistake al burn a workshop down or myself if they do well danm i wouldn't wanna get touched by that 60kilo molten metal gotta have nerves for a job like that
I'll bet Alec was also a very rewarding person to show around as he's just as keen. The passion and interest from both of them was so clear. Great to see two people so invested in their field
Amazing video! Would love to see more like this.
Yoo make and create my guy
Love the stuff you make
Agreed!
I could have easily have watched an hour long video of this place. Really fascinating! That guy really knew his stuff!
Would love more Videos like this but he will split it up into a 10 video series 😆
Agreed.
Seemed odd that a foundry would have instagram - but then I've been happily watching blacksmithing on youtube.
I guess next week it'll be ship building on TikTok - I look forward to it.
I feel the owner was excited cause Alec was able to have intelligent conversations about all situations and showings. This makes for good content, it shows the connections between two people that enjoy the same things, great video
I love the older guys enthusiasm even after 37 years doing it
You want to see any crusty bastard on any job light up? Show a genuine interest in their work and an appreciation for what they do. It might take a while but in my experience they always come around, no matter the trade.
Man love how excited the gent was to show you and how informative he was. Made it easier that Alec had some knowledge and could translate a bit to simple terms. Glad his viewers also have some knowledge too! Good video man. Love from Cali city folk.
I worked at an aluminium factory some years back. Made car parts for Mercedes, Ferrari, Rolls and others. I was in the sand core mold department, so unfortunately I never actually got to witness the pouring of the alu. Made the sand cores, sent them off to casting, got them back later in the day and put them in "The Vibrator" to shake out the sand before sending them off to grinding. Was hella work. Mad restecp to these lads!
I love how excited he got when Alec knew answers he didn't expect Alec to know lol
The guy seemed thrilled that Alec answered correctly on why is there a sand on the floor. Lol
Honestly probably my favorite video on your channel. The amount of living history there is incredible.
This gentleman not only knows his STUFF, his well-earned family pride also shows clearly. I love learning about places like this. I truly hope that his descendants are still giving tours like this in another 100 or 200 years!
I've been pouring metal for almost a decade now and still am taken aback by how mesmerizingly beautiful it can be. Seeing metal being poured should be on a lot of bucket lists.
This is one of the many reasons why I like watching your channel Alec. I am very interested in blacksmithing but I work in a foundry. I work at Charter Steel in the USA, we make high quality steel mostly for automotive, aircraft and more. Our mill does 60 tons an hour through the melting division.
I loved that Chris the boss was so excited to talk about the Business. it made it easier for him because Alec has an understanding of metal and the enthusiasm that both of them had gave a great Video
Appreciate your message 🇬🇧👌🏼
I used to work for a company that had an aluminum foundry on site. Whenever I had spare time I was over there watching molds be cast or metal poured. Love it!
Great tour Alec, thanks for sharing. Cool kettle bells in the back ground at 4:00.
Been driving past this amazing place for 15 years and never new what an amazing place it was. Massive respect to them and Alec for showing it to the world!
Thank You 🇬🇧
I pour metal for a living as well. Different alloys but I love seeing how other places melt and pour.
This is a wonderful episode. My grandfather used to own a large tool and die shop in Wisconsin. This episode brings me back to my childhood. Metal has been in our blood for three generations. It is stuff like this that excites and motivates myself to continue the practice in the media I have come to respect and cherish. Thank you Mr. Steele
Many years ago, I worked at a small foundry in Oshkosh. This video brought me right back there.
Having metal in your blood has to be incredibly painful.
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As a Wisconsin born, third gen handcraft hobbyist, this comment brought me great joy.
Feels great seeing this stuff around, just about to finish college in a couple months and I'm on the lookout for jobs in the casting industry in Wisconsin/ Midwest. Sounds like I'm the fresh blood they're looking for to keep this amazing industry strong!
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We need more of this. It's so desperately sad that we losing so much of these skills in the UK.
East Coast casting are to be congratulated for getting new blood into the industry.
This was so dang cool! It's always incredible getting to watch someone who has been practicing a trade for decades talk about what they do, but my favorite thing was definitely how excited he got every time Alec figured out how/why something was done.
This is absolutely one of the coolest videos I've seen on your channel. I do I.T. work for an Iron mine in southern Utah, so its really cool to see how all the materials are mined from the ground, crushed into a powder and then shipped off by train to foundry's and refineries like this to be made into actual metal. (: Neat stuff!
As an apprentice turner in the late 60's, with my best friend and next door neighbour being an apprentice pattern maker, I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo pleased to see this fantastic foundry not only still in business after so long, but actually thriving.
Well done to Chris too, for being very friendly and approachable - not aloof like some in such a specialised industry might be.
Regards Mark in the UK
Thank You Mark’ Appreciate that’ 🇬🇧👍🏻
Great to see a local norfolk business doing highly skilled stuff👍
Brings me back to my internship for my bachelor of materials engineering, just in a similar size foundry. Great to see the passion and craftsmanship going on there!
I love videos like this where the point of the video isnt to be in front of the camera but instead its two peers, for lack of a better word, just talking shop and getting into the super niche and technical stuff what just goes completely over my head
Great video and what a tour guide! Loved his personality and obvious love for what he does. Pride in one’s work is a vanishing art.
Thank You 🙏🏻
I love how Alec is kind of in front of the man showing him stuff and he's touching things and opening door and just barely able to contain himself. It's like he got his own golden ticket to Wanka's chocolate factory... Lucky bastard 🤤
if you're blacksmith, there are few things you'dlikely find more interesting than foundry work. pile a bunch of different bits of metal, melt them down, then make something useful out of it; it really is almost like alchemy in a way.
This is so cool! Amazing to see talented craftsmen like this is still in existence.
My high school had a foundry and have made many a thing or two. Made a brass billet and turned it into a cannon with a 3/8 bore that shot a steel ball bearing about 1/4 of a mile. Great fun!!!!!
Promoting a British steel foundry, this is what built Britain in the industrial revolution, and now, it will rebuild Britain again. Thanks, great vid.
so cool to see people who know what they're doing. greetings from Sweden
This was fantastic to see! Glad you went literally to the route of your craft
In 1978 I had an opportunity to work as a school leaver at a foundry near Stirling and to date it has been the most exciting and challenging job I've ever had. I loved and still love that experience.. This vid brought every chill, smile and memory back as clear as day. Thanks to you Chris and as always to you Alec for the entertainment
I know about Alec Steele from his blacksmithing vides, but he really seems to be in his element as a presenter in this video. Simultaneously curious and informed, enthusiastic as well as reserved when the topic at hand demands it, he is quite engaging.
I will go looking for more content like this.
Great presentation!
This fella is so happy to speak to a young fella and share, I love it
This was a real blast from the past, a tool making apprenticeship with Ford, pattern shop, casting plant, fettling etc brings back fond memories of the skills and work of talented craftspersons. A great video, keep them coming. cheers
I'm not a tradesperson by any stretch of the imagination, nor a maker, but these videos are awesome!
Hear hear
You need to do more interview/visit of other people's business or shops. It's really cool to see people talk about their work and passion.
You can tell the guy was really happy to talk to someone that is a business owner and works with metal.
I just love how the two are just vibing together about this topic! Really cool
This type of compagnies makes Great Britain Great!!
This is a genuinely cool video! Thanks for arranging to take us along with you, and huge thanks to the guys at the foundry for allowing Alec to bring us along!
Also, really cool to see the interaction between Alec and the owner. Really respectful discourse!
East Coast Casting, thank you for introducing us, I enjoyed the video immensely, I do miss your old way videos but I realize you've become so busy.
Some interviews on youtube with business owners can be awkward but you two work great together.
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This made me happy! Worked in a small pattern shop in New York State in the 1970s, made patterns and coreboxes for iron, brass, and alumni(I)um foundries, did some aluminum & brass casting in our shop. Most patterns were made of gorgeous mahogany. All those businesses have been gone for decades.
As someone who has worked in the iron foundry business for over a decade, it's always interesting to see other foundries. There are a few differences, but a lot of similarities in what we do.
Keep up the good work!
Where do you work?
That is so awesome, looking into the behind the scenes of such an old industry is an incredible opportunity!
It was great to see what some of us do as a hobby but on a mass industrial scale 👍👍
do more of these like way more... this is a show id watch on tv everyday.
Amazing foundry, I loved this tour. You sometimes forget we still have these fantastic skills in this country.
I always get excited to hear the good old Norfolk accent, that is very dear to my heart, on a channel with 2.3 million subs, many of whom are across the globe. Its incredibly unique and many, including experienced actors, struggle to nail it down!
Fantastic little brake from your workshop to visit a very similar trade! Loved every second!! Great content, thank you Alec for taking us around a little know craft!! 👍🏻👍🏻
Love the casting process, and its all here, waterglass and co2 moulds, pattern making, thats what my grandad did, , draft, sand on the floor, dont pour over bare concrete it can pop. de-gassing aluminium,What an amazing libary of patterns. . Lived near Keighley in W Yorkshire for a while, Metcalfe Castings cast my clock bob with type metal from a local scrapyard after my attempt split the mould, didn't weight it enough. That was a real pleasure to see around East Coast Castings, a UK company making high end precision parts. Wind turbine gear boxes ?
Alec awesome content. I understood the process before I watched this but didn’t know the process with the scale of production he is doing. Incredible! Real interesting 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Jamie excellent camera work! Caught it all!
This was very nice. I love Chris' laidback yet professional attitude here.
Would be cool seeing more such videos about things related to your craft.
Thank You
This was absolutely fantastic. I think this is your best video ever and would love to see more like this. For those who say that we don't make stuff in the UK, need more like this.
Thankyou so much for this Alec and for putting the spotlight on a company like this - truly giving back to the crafters that keep everything going
Your enthusiasm was contagious! Would love to see more off site tours!
Love this showcase of a backbone industrial processe, more please!
Welcome to my workshop 😜
Not bad series really, going trough all the old school trades like casting etc and see how those have been modernized and what it takes. Really surprised they didnt have full protective gear, but guess they pre heat their molds and dont have problem with steam exploding molds.
Thanks Alec, that was an awesome tour of their setup!
Fantastic! My dad used to work in the John Williams foundry in Cardiff until it closed. This brought back a lot of memories
We need more of this. Content like this is a breath of fresh air compared to your last years worth of videos imo
Love to see a foundry! Good old "we know" we always use!
What a great old foundry! Its nice to see places like this still in business for such a long time! Thanks for sharing, Alec!
I live about 5 miles from Nucor steal plant in the USA. I can hear their induction coils ramping up power at night. And see the awesome glow in the sky and clouds when they pour the steal. I guess they have a smaller foundry close by, now they make specialty high tech metals. Might be Aerospace stuff?
You've risen to the level of This Old House, (I hope you have that show over there),just amazing. Keep it up!
This foundry and that guy were both amazing! Great to still this is still going going on in Britain 🇬🇧
Thanks for showing this. Imagine a similar operation prior to induction furnaces!
Businesses like this make me so happy.
Such a nice humble guy that's excited about what he does. Love it. You can tell he loves what he does. Very cool fellas
Thank You
The fact they do castings for Cosworth is incredible, They would only use the best of the best!
Fascinating place! Dominic Chinea made a video here too, casting parts for his Ranalah wheeling machines
Never hesitate to film a tour to any of such sights. This type of content usually does really well.
this minds me of the early days enthusiasm and no bad humour well done love it
A power factor correction unit is more about maintaining the power quality that they are pulling from the grid not about storing energy... this is needed to protect all their equipment and keep their grid safe
It also saves a hell of a lot of money on the electric bill!
It's about them having inductive loads. Industrial customers are usually charged for the reactive power they draw from the grid. Reactive power is necessary. In a way he's right in saying they store the energy. But it's stored for a short time. Because reactive power doesn't get converted to heat, it's flowing back and forth between the load and the grid during every cycle. To keep stress from the grid you add a capacitor bank (that's variable according to your load). This way the grid provides the real power while the reactive power oscillates between your capacitor and your inductor.
Sorry just posted above .ya pf is for the energy supplier as if they have poor pf then it costs the supplier more to produce it
I once worked at a foundry in the Midwest, USA, and I wish the owner had this guys love of the work. If he did, I might have stayed! That's the type of business owner that keeps employees: he shows obvious love for his work and sincere enjoyment of his craft and his company's craft.
Great vid Alec. I visited a local family run lapping/grinding service last year to get a piece of steel for a knife sized and it was a blast to see all the old school equipment.
This was truly an incredible video Alec. Thank you for giving us this look into this foundry operation. I would love to see more.
I work industrial maintenance and one of my joy is seeing the monstrous pieces of equipement mankind is able to make.
Brilliant! Great to know there are people with real passion for the work.
I had the privilege to work with a pattern maker and was lucky enough to be able to watch the process from design to pouring, one of the best jobs
Thank god for young men like Alec.
I'd rather thank his parents for doing a great job in raising him
@@UkDave3856 very good point.
Thats so cool that RR uses such a small shop for their manifolds
Huge amount of respect for these men and what they do! ✊
Really cool! Its incredible that the business is still going after all this time. I think he nailed it when he spoke on bringing younger people in to the business. Unfortunately we are truly part of a dying trade, however it also makes it that much more rewarding to teach younger people about metalworking. I think it is important that we try to pass on these skills in every way we can.
Shop tours are so cool!! What other shops will Alec wind up in next?? 🤔😁
"We work hard, we play hard." *Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) plays*
Great to see some of our heritage still prospering, good luck everyone at the factory and long may you continue.
I would love to see some aluminum casting done. This stuff so interesting. I recently watched a guy and his son making anvils in Australia. It's just like this shop, and also family run
Love these kind of educational videos! You get to go see stuff a lot of us cant and educate the upcoming generation.
Nothing less than AMAZING! Thank you Alec for bringing us along!
man, i would have loved to see more about the pattern making. i'm a pattern maker myself and it would have been interesting to see how they do in other countries
Yeah, a follow up about the pattern making would be great.
Absolutely fascinating tour. So pleased to see the traditional methods still being used with a up to date methods.
Man this takes me back to working in an aluminum foundry during college
"Manifolds for Rolls-Royce Phantom" easy as kiss my hand. Next! So much wow.
3:54 The wheel pattern reminds me of a recent Pask Makes video.
Next visit: Alec gets to make something. Ram up a mold, pour molten metal, wait for it to cool, demold, cut off any sprues, etc.
Need to get a tv show going, similar to dirty jobs but focused on makers! Make it happen man!