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The Chris Ramsay Card Press

🕑 Added 2019-09-27 17:06:55 +0000 UTC

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Mark Hobster

Thanks a lot Chris I can't wait to see it, Giddy up!!! Lol

Clickspring

Thank you Mark, so pleased you enjoyed it mate :) Yes I am making a video on the electroplating process right now, should be finished in a few days. The steel fitting in the press plate is just a high polish, no plating - Cheers :)

Mark Hobster

Words cannot Express the awe I have, the machining is one thing but freehand drawing that detail then engraving it all by hand is superhuman lol, I have a question that's been bugging me a little as I'm sure I've seen you show the process somewhere, you dunk the brass in glass vessels with different colour liquid to ( I think the term ) antique the brass, what is that process called please and did you do a video on that? Or arleast in a section of a video, also the steel dome between the screw and the press plate that looks to be treated aswel because it's no colour of steel I've seen before, was that the same process or other? Or just my eyes and an optical illusion with reflections

Clickspring

Hi Jim, its a product of that particular fitting technique - the drilling and inserting of the tapered pin from underneath is to establish registration. This requires that both parts are drilled at the same time whilst temporarily fastened together, with the hole terminating blind in the receiving plate to ensure that the pin is hidden. The general aim is usually to make sure the pins a snug fit, but the actual retaining force comes from the screw - Cheers :)

Jim F.

Why did you secure the feet of the base with pins peened through on the bottom of the feet, but only into blind holes to the base? (18:15) If a friction fit and, maybe Loctite, is strong enough to bear the weight of the feet at the base when the press is held off the feet, why peen over and smooth away the head of the pin on the bottom? Why not just another blind hole for a friction fit + Loctite into the feet, as well? Structural decision or demonstration of the technique?

Clifton Ballad

Awesome, and thank you for taking the time to reach out!

Clickspring

Hello mate - It depends a fair amount on the mass of the part & basket/tray, and the heat output of the torch, but generally I'd put it at a few minutes for each. The heating time for a quench harden is slightly increased by the boric acid glaze, but nothing significant. In that case, the heating is done flat out, as fast as possible - simply get it up to the correct color (temp) and then quench. For bluing its far more subtle. Technically it can be done at the most efficient rate, ie slowly, but still as fast as possible, but in practice I take it much slower to avoid running past the desired color. So while its possible to blue something like the domed screws in less than a minute, I generally take more like 5 to 10 minutes, slowly walking up the color and in particular letting the lagging features catch up to the main body of color. As the mass of the part increases, so too does the time to heat to a uniform blue, and the need to take it even more carefully. Often the mass distribution of the part will also need to be considered with heat concentrated in certain areas for longer to get uniformity and an even transfer to the rest of the part. At some point a mass or shape will be reached when a simple thermostat controlled oven becomes a more sensible approach than a hand held torch, but at the cost of instant visibility and reaction time. Cheers :)

Clifton Ballad

Hey Chris, I have a question about heat treating/ bluing... How long does it actually take to heat up parts in your boric acid basket and then to blue them? Like actual time under torch for both processes? The time lapse vid (while cool) doesn't give me a sense of scale for how long to heat the things in question... I've done some case hardening on parts before and im curious if the boric acid basket adds to the time it takes to get the part up to temp. Im also curious about how long it takes to get to the blue you're after with the bluing trays. Thank you and please keep up the awesome work!

Clickspring

Thank you mate, terrific to have your support. Yes the vise has turned out to be excellent. Very practical and versatile. I use it almost exclusively now for almost all filing & hand shaping work - Cheers :)

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

veritanuda

Ok well this is the video that caught my attention and made me join you on Patreon. Thank the boys over at Hackaday Podcasts https://hackaday.com/2019/10/04/hackaday-podcast-038-cyberdecks-taking-over-resin-3d-printing-vs-fdm-silicone-injection-molding-and-the-pickle-fork-fiasco/ They really like your work and now I can't blame them. What is really inspiring to me watching this video again is to notice now you are still using the hand made clamp vice for a lot of the work. Am I right in thinking it is much more comfortable to work standing up than it is bent over a vice? And to think that people a lot smarter than ourselves thought that one up millennia ago ;) Seriously I have shared this one vid with lots of people and they can't help but be fascinated by it. Truly a creative wonder there! Good on ye mate!

Clifton Ballad

I've watched this vid a few times over now, and i'm still at a loss of words. I thought the skeleton clock was beautiful, and then you go and raise the bar to this level...

Trevor Garrad

It isd a simple clock for someone to start with get confidence to try much mopre interesting things

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Trevor Garrad

Chris somewhere you mentioned if anyone had a suggestion for future projects to tell you < well I came across mention of a Ben Franklin clock three wheels and on arm maybe it is of interest to you

Clickspring

Certainly Arnold, its on the to-do list :)

Justus Dehegovit

I wonder how long it took each patreon to realize that the snake actually forms an R when combined with the C. Definetely took me a coulpe of watches before I noticed that. Excellent presentation and reveal as always, Chris.

Arnold Wiersma

Hey Chris, Loved the video but really missed the voice-over narration that you do in the other video's. Any chance you could do a short video about your plating setup?

Clickspring

Cheers John :)

jan_v2

Awesome, You keep surprising me with your mastery of different crafts. I especially like the snakes. It must have been pretty scary to make those bends, and saw cuts after putting all that work into the engravings :p You mentioned that you have kept all the failed engravings. I'd love to see a video about that. Not only to learn about your process but also, about your mistakes.

Clickspring

Thank you mate - It varies a great deal from one project to another, but if everything from start to finish is considered, it works out to be roughly 10 hours of work for every minute of screen time - Cheers :)

redruMKO

Awesome project - Have you ever given any details on how long it takes you to do all the stuff involved in just one project? Planning, 3d-Design, drilling, milling, filing, sanding, fixing, burning, polishing - not to mention camera setup, lighting, editing, sound and uploading (and a whole bunch I missed!). I'd love to know a rough number of hours for these - because I can't tell if 'filing' alone would be 1 or 100 hours !!!

Duncan Luddite

:D :D :D

Clickspring

I did a couple of tests with plain rod to identify the bend locations while checking against a scaled print of Chris's logo. Brass is very forgiving to work when soft, and the process turned out to be highly repeatable with that simple reference. Was a pleasant surprise! - Cheers :)

TomArnd

This was an amazing project, but I can't believe you got the bend in those snakes perfect on the first try, are you that good at planning out in advance?

Clickspring

Very much appreciate your support James, thank you :)

Clickspring

Hi Justin, its the fastener for the bearing - nice cross section diagram here: https://www.arceurotrade.co.uk/Catalogue/Collets/ER-Collet-Nuts-Wrenches-and-Spanners/ER-Collet-Nuts-with-Ball-Bearing-Type-B - Cheers :)

Clickspring

Thank you John, I really enjoyed this one :)

james

This was unreal to watch. I foolishly unsubscribed from your patreon for a bit, but I'm back to stay. You've created an heirloom here. Your patience and attention to detail is astonishing.

Justin arnold

Chris, amazing work as always. At 4:35 you are changing a collet and I can see a grub screw in the collet nut. Have never seen this before, did it come like this or have you modified it and if so why?

John Creasey

A work of art. I hope you do more original design stuff like this. It's fabulous!

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Calhoun Zabel

This is incredibly well done. The attention to detail is wonderful - as usual - and the addition of the magical flourishes were excellent.

Clickspring

Thanks very much Corwin :)

Clickspring

Thank you Michael, much appreciated :)

Clickspring

Thanks Bjorn :)

Corwin Schick

When friends tell me there is no quality content on YouTube, I always point them to your channel and other like minded creators and makers. It is a privilege to support such amazing craftsmanship. I look forward to being inspired and amazed by your future creations.

Michael Boswell

Wow. So impressed I raised my Contribution level.

Bjorn Andersen

Absolutly fantastic! your videos never disapoint.

Clickspring

Yes certainly William: https://www.goldplating.com/collections/bath-gold/products/24k-bright-gold-solution

William Read

Tease, can you just tell us what gold compound you used in the last bath?

Clickspring

Will go through this in detail in a future video - Cheers :)

Clickspring

Thanks Reid :)

Clickspring

Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Thank you Tyler, very much appreciate your support mate :)

Clickspring

Ha! Would have been good!

Clickspring

Ok thanks for letting me know Rolf - Cheers :)

Clickspring

thank you mate :)

Clickspring

I have a small box of nicely butchered bits of brass to show off in a future video :)

William Read

Wow so how were you plating with gold?

Reid

If you could bottle your patience, you’d make a fortune. This is another stunning video

Tolleiv Ree

As always you blow us away with your skill, finish and techniques. Thanks for sharing!

m_tini

You have done it Again!!! This is the reason I am a Patron. The craftsmanship is out of this world. And the Quality is not lost with the amazing video editing. There is no shortcuts here and if I have to wait for Chris to make it right. {{{ IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT!!! }}} I can't even right.

Stubbs

Chris, you missed your chance to name the video “THE IMPOSSIBLE CARD PRESS... SOLVED!!!”

rolf redford

Love video, except the flashing transitions is causing me to have headache. :(

Tom Wazny

Thank you for sharing this Chris! This is an absolutely amazing piece of art, and amazing seeing the magical process

Drew Keats

Is there nothing you can't turn your hand to? Truly incredible work. How much stock did you use up learning to engrave? It looks like you've been doing it for years! I could watch your videos all day. It's like watching an artisan from the 18th century. If this is a taste of what's to come, good lord....bring it!

Clickspring

Would be happy to Jeremy, maybe a good one for a Sunday Discord?

Clickspring

Ha ha! Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Thank you very much Gregory :)

Clickspring

It started out as a fun way to fill in the down time while working on the paper (waiting for editor responses etc) and then it kinda got out of control...

Clickspring

Thank you Josh, will do :)

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Jeremy Abel

Wowwww, what an incredible aesthetic! I'd love to hear about your process from a design perspective, like how did you determine the shape of the curve of the snake? If it were me, I'd have waffled about for weeks with 3D models and such! Edit: THAT ENGRAVING THOUGH, I'm speechless! I have to know, is this something you picked up in the past 6 months, or have you been doing it for a long time?

Justus Dehegovit

12:16 : Man, what a nice handdrawn sketch. Now don't tell me he is gonna engrave this on that tiny slab of brass... 12:21 : A-ha, he's gonna do photoetching. I knew it. He IS morta... 12:38 : NEVERMIND!

Gregory

You are sensible, hard worker and talented, your videos are a gift to the machining world and a pleasure to watch.

Karolus

This is awesome! What brought this on?

Josh Rodenbaugh

I've missed your videos so much! Your work is indescribably beautiful and watching your videos is such a relaxing experience, I had forgotten how nice it is. I hope your paper goes well and you can start posting again more often. Thanks for doing what you do and keep up the good work!

Dean Neumann

I love your craftsmanship Chris. How you managed to bend those two snakes absolutely identically is freakin' amazing.

Clickspring

Ha ha! A Tassie Oak special!

Duane

ay, what brand is that wooden vice and can I get one at bunnings?

Clickspring

Ha ha! Thank you mate :)

Jeff Jones

Chris, you are a madman, that's all I can think to say. Your skeleton clock was beautiful, your Antikythera reconstruction is amazing, but with this card press I think you've just gone over the edge to where mortal man cannot follow.

Clickspring

So pleased you enjoy them David :)

Clickspring

Thank James :)

David Popeck

This is just incredible. Until I saw this I hadn't realised how much I was missing your videos!

James Rushing

Exceptional craftsmanship as always. Every video you post is a sheer joy to watch.

Clickspring

I figured i would only get in the way if I narrated this one :)

Clickspring

Thanks Phil, very pleased you enjoyed it :)

Clickspring

Cheers Matt :)

Clickspring

Ha ha! Thank you mate :)

Peter Kransz

So this kind of was an ASMR(or whatever the wordless videos are called) video

Phil Sydor

Truly stunning!

Matt Walters

I love the hat-tips to This Old Tony in this video. Also, my god, what a beautiful thing you built!

wolph

Absolutely amazing Chris, it looks so beautiful I wish it was in 4k so I could see even more details. And looks like This Old Tony has taught you a few tricks as well :P

Clickspring

Thank you mate :) I started in Oct last year.

Clickspring

Thank you mate! Gravermach AT with a Monarch handpiece.

Samuel Irons

Amazing work Chris. I remember seeing something long ago about you working on scrolls. So how long have you been doing the engraving now?

Boguslaw Smalec

Fantasic Work! Patience really pays off :) BTW which graver are you using Chris?

Clickspring

Ha ha! Cheers mate :)

Clickspring

Thanks Dennis!

Mike Michelizzi

Impressive as usual, and some new ThisOldTony-type video tricks too!

Dennis Larsson

Didn't realise how much I missed ur videos! Gr8 work and stunning result and video!

Gregor Shapiro

@Alan Budden In the linked video the recipient said 200 hours!

Clickspring

Thanks mate! Roughly 200 hours, mostly in the engraving and design.

Clickspring

Cheers Ralph :)

Clickspring

Ha ha! Thank you mate :)

Clickspring

Thanks Steve!

Alan Budden

Wow Chris, just wow. Your artistry really knows no bounds. How long did it take you to make it? Presumably a lot more than the 20 minutes of that video!

Ralph McCoy

Chris, What no plans ?!?! thanks I would not know where to begin

Luke Lowrey

Also, do you sell patience, as you clearly have an absolute abundance of it ;-)

Luke Lowrey

That .... is..... astonishing! Just... wow! Superb work! Love it!

Steve Coe

Absolutely stunning! I didn't even know you did engraving, sorry haven't been on here in a while.

Clickspring

Thank you mate :)

Thomas Herbig

Are you serious, Chris? This is so beautiful, every bit of it! It feels like you're at a new level of art.

Clickspring

Cheers Carlos!

Clickspring

Thank you mate! yes gold plated for some added bling :)

Clickspring

My pleasure John, so pleased you enjoyed it :)

John S Dilsaver

By happy coincidence I was online about the time you posted this. Naturally everything stopped while I watched your new video. Such wonderful work, thanks for taking us along!

Stu

Ho lee shiznit... Absolutely stunning! (as per usual) Is that gold plating? And how were you taking those cuts in steel with that profile without it screaming and chattering? Knew you were a wizard lol. Absolutely blown away mate.