I watched the entire thing yesterday. Like you said, it would be nice to have all that equipment available to tinker with and it definitely looks like the guy knows his shit. However, if you notice that after he got the vise to 10k, before he goes onto something else, it looks like the vise is losing its force. Like the thing's bending somewhere. So, he's spent untold thousands of dollars on stainless when he could have just called AAA to jack up his truck or bought a vise and a jack at Harbor Freight that would have weighed less than his gadget Yeah, I'm cynical.
The engineering that went into that was impressive. Making any one of those things work is pretty sweet but all those things in one tool by just switching the pins and configuration is amazing. My brain doesn't work like that and I'm impressed.
"a jack at Harbor Freight" Never again! Nothing gets your attention quite like being supine under a vehicle when the seals on the BRAND NEW hydraulic jack decide to let go. No, I didn't use jack stands cuz A) didn't have 'em with me in a friend's parking lot, B) it was an impromptu "can you look at this real quick-like?, C) BRAND NEW. Compressed my chest to an exciting dimension. Worst part: all my spectators were in power wheelchairs- ain't nobody gonna grab my ankles and pull. I survived.
Robert, No disrespect intended, that was an idiotic move on your part. NEVER trust a jack, I don’t care if the label says Harbor Freight or SnapOn. It doesn’t have to be jack stands. Blocks of wood, bricks, pull a wheel and tire off and stick it on the frame. Also brand new means the same thing as untested. You dodged a Darwin Award that day, I hope you learned from it. Buddha
I have a couple of problems with his design. First off, he should be using an acme square thread on the screw, it will withstand a much higher load than a 60deg thread. Second the jack moves in an arc instead of straight up, the jack's contact point moving up and backward. In the video he only raised the fully inflated tires a 1/2 inch off the floor and the jack was free to roll on the concrete floor. In a real world scenario with the jack on dirt and unable to move and starting with a flat tire and jacking it several inches more, high enough to install a fully inflated tire the axle would have slipped off the jack.
Myself I have a pair of Duff-Norton journal jacks, a 25ton 5" lift, and a 15ton 9" lift. They will never bleed down and removing the ratchet mechanism exposes a 1" hex shaft that you can turn with a deep six point socket. I bought them for lifting the corner of my house to repair the foundation and I'm scouring farm auctions for more. In my vehicle I carry a Bushranger Xjack from Australia that I bought 7-8 years ago. It's expensive but if you have 3" clearance under the vehicle you can slide it in and inflate it even if you're stuck in a snowbank.
well, the tinkering led to the development of the tools he sells, which pays for more equipment, which lets him tinker...
His channel is full of interesting content, well presented. And the point of the jack (and of a lot of his content) is not to do something practical, but to take a swing at something wildly outrageous and learn stuff along the way. Just check out his monster vise to see that taken to '11'.
not very practical.
ReplyDeleteI watched the entire thing yesterday. Like you said, it would be nice to have all that equipment available to tinker with and it definitely looks like the guy knows his shit. However, if you notice that after he got the vise to 10k, before he goes onto something else, it looks like the vise is losing its force. Like the thing's bending somewhere. So, he's spent untold thousands of dollars on stainless when he could have just called AAA to jack up his truck or bought a vise and a jack at Harbor Freight that would have weighed less than his gadget Yeah, I'm cynical.
ReplyDeleteThat guy is a nutter. A good nutter, and, yes, having all the tools in the world to do stuff with helps immensely.
ReplyDeleteNot to mention, he's just fun to listen to (or read the captions of) and the diagrams he makes are very informative.
And he doesn't stand around blah-blahing for 3/4 of the video about stuff you don't care about.
The engineering that went into that was impressive. Making any one of those things work is pretty sweet but all those things in one tool by just switching the pins and configuration is amazing. My brain doesn't work like that and I'm impressed.
ReplyDeleteGood eye on that guage
ReplyDelete"a jack at Harbor Freight" Never again! Nothing gets your attention quite like being supine under a vehicle when the seals on the BRAND NEW hydraulic jack decide to let go. No, I didn't use jack stands cuz A) didn't have 'em with me in a friend's parking lot, B) it was an impromptu "can you look at this real quick-like?, C) BRAND NEW. Compressed my chest to an exciting dimension. Worst part: all my spectators were in power wheelchairs- ain't nobody gonna grab my ankles and pull. I survived.
ReplyDeleteRobert,
DeleteNo disrespect intended, that was an idiotic move on your part. NEVER trust a jack, I don’t care if the label says Harbor Freight or SnapOn. It doesn’t have to be jack stands. Blocks of wood, bricks, pull a wheel and tire off and stick it on the frame. Also brand new means the same thing as untested. You dodged a Darwin Award that day, I hope you learned from it.
Buddha
I have a couple of problems with his design. First off, he should be using an acme square thread on the screw, it will withstand a much higher load than a 60deg thread. Second the jack moves in an arc instead of straight up, the jack's contact point moving up and backward. In the video he only raised the fully inflated tires a 1/2 inch off the floor and the jack was free to roll on the concrete floor. In a real world scenario with the jack on dirt and unable to move and starting with a flat tire and jacking it several inches more, high enough to install a fully inflated tire the axle would have slipped off the jack.
ReplyDeleteMyself I have a pair of Duff-Norton journal jacks, a 25ton 5" lift, and a 15ton 9" lift. They will never bleed down and removing the ratchet mechanism exposes a 1" hex shaft that you can turn with a deep six point socket. I bought them for lifting the corner of my house to repair the foundation and I'm scouring farm auctions for more. In my vehicle I carry a Bushranger Xjack from Australia that I bought 7-8 years ago. It's expensive but if you have 3" clearance under the vehicle you can slide it in and inflate it even if you're stuck in a snowbank.
Al_in_Ottawa
Thanks for posting this video. D
ReplyDeleteJust to tinker.....
ReplyDeletewell, the tinkering led to the development of the tools he sells, which pays for more equipment, which lets him tinker...
His channel is full of interesting content, well presented. And the point of the jack (and of a lot of his content) is not to do something practical, but to take a swing at something wildly outrageous and learn stuff along the way. Just check out his monster vise to see that taken to '11'.
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Sure, but where is his cane for when he inevitably walks into it and takes out his shin or knee?
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