Make: Fire Piston

best crafting video i ever seen, great!

Hey Trevor, FWIW most of what I use is very affordable hobby grade machines and tools. For example this fire piston project can be completed on something like a Sherline, brand new $600. You do not need to spend anything like $50k. Cheers, Chris.

Clickspring

Great. All I need now is about $50k for the equipment. Probably cheaper to buy some matches and ziplock bag.

Trevor

You're a true artist

Nick

Nice Work

Sanzhar

Beautiful work!

4DIYers

We may be able to help with some of your builds

Matthew Godfrey

Great man!!:-)

Henry Koehler

interesting

Nettlephagus

Sounds good Jeff :)

Clickspring

How about if I run the videos in the booth (if it happens)...

Jeff Klingelhoefer

Cheers PJ :)

Clickspring

Clickspring

Cheers John!

Clickspring

Thanks very much Bryce :)

Clickspring

Another beauty, Chris!! These seem to be the new rave and are simple & elegant...my favorite design strategy...but I'm still and old geezer with Mg/flint. ~¿@ Really Nice touch with the cord cinch and the compass! ~PJ

PJ

Not sure how this works, but If i wanted to make a run of these to sell at a craft fair, can I send you a royalty?

Jeff Klingelhoefer

Nice build!!!!

John Saunders (NYC CNC)

Once again, brilliant video.

Mr Bryce Stoddart JP

Thanks very much for the encouraging words Deano, I appreciate it. I got a degree in mechanical engineering many moons ago, but much like yourself, life took me elsewhere. It's a hobby now, but also qualifies as a very satisfying therapy! Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Hey Jean-Francois, still going strong :) That one was for the little Sherline lathe, but I made this project on the larger SC4. Cheer!

Clickspring

Ahhh, beautiful work Chris :) Out of curiosity, is engineering a hobby or a profession for you? Engineering and electronics have been my interests and jobs for many years as apprentices and students of each but Nursing is where I ended up. It pays the bills but does not sate the mind - every time I watch one of your videos, I get the itch to invest in a mill and lathe, as they are the two remaining items to complete my workshop. Unfortunately, they have to compete with a new rigol digital oscilloscope I've been eyeing off as well! Please keep up the great work. Your narration and shooting style make perfect educational videos, I am sure you are inspiring many other people!

What happened to the beautiful tail stock die holder that you made earlier ?

Cheers mate!

Clickspring

Perfection as always Chris! :D

Magik Eh

Ha ha! Gotta love SW :)

Clickspring

At 0:50 I noticed a yellow dimension in your SolidWorks drawing. I immediately got all twitchy and had to stop myself from trying to fix it with my mouse

Arturo Gutierrez

Hey Brian, I mostly use High Speed Steel that I grind on the bench grinder. I use hardened tool steel for form tools, and other specialist cutters. Will certainly be making more cutters in the videos in future, cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Would love to see more videos on how you make the cutters. I think you made one a while back but I would love to learn more and see yours process. I assume you are making the tooling from tool steel and grinding it.

Brian Boatright

Hey Ørjan, approx 140g.

Clickspring

Wow very nice! Would be handy. What is the weight of it?

Ørjan Fredheim

Terrific Ruben, be sure to send me through some pics when you're finished :)

Clickspring

Hi Chris, first time i see this. Very nice and excellent maching as usual. I will make one for sure, and as Grant said, very nice present!

Ruben vd Merwe

For sure Grant, I think they would be very popular :)

Clickspring

Cool quick project, I could make a couple for Christmas presents...

Grant Johnson