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Hi Andy J, well I'm glad I've been able to help you. Hopefully UA-cam will keep this video live to help others for a long time. It would be good to think that after I'm dead and gone some of my videos could still be helping folks. I'm not planning on leaving this mortal coil just yet but remember anything that you put on the web could be around for a long time. Thanks for the feedback, it's always nice to know that the effort is helping folks. Kind Regards . . . Andy D

Hi, the cutter that I use in the video is one from a fancy 'stained glass' glass supplier. It has a cutting oil holder built into the handle. but you DON'T need that. Any old tungsten wheel cutter will do! Really, if you use it right, any old cutter will work! If you've got a fancy cutter and it's not working, the chances are that you're not doing something right. Things to remember. Press really hard, you should hear the wheel cutting into the glass and you should see a good clean, deep scratch/cut into the glass. The cut line/scratch should be continuous. If there are gaps in the line it won't cut properly. if there are gaps go over it again but try to avoid going over a good cut too much as the takes the edge of the cutting wheel. If there is a stray end of the cut line running off at an angle, because you have failed to join the ends of the cut together, it will fail. Let the combination of hot and cold water do the final bit. don't hit the glass but make sure that you give the glass long enough to heat through. Good luck. let me know how you get on. Don't forget, you won't win every single time, sometimes it goes wrong, I don't know why, but that's life! Kind regards . . . Andy

I can't imagine why anyone would come up with design like this. All the best . . . Andy

Thanks, it's great to know that it's helpful. Regards . . . Andy

Thanks, all the best . . . Andy

Yes, good idea! I didn't know what you meant at first, but I take it that you mean is, measure how far the air vent bolt, (or as you call it, "the fastener") goes in and then drill a hole sideways through to the tapped hole for the bolt in the plastic plug in such a position that this new hole is blanked off when the air vent bolt is screwed in fully. Thereby meaning I only have to turn the air vent bolt a few times to let air in/out. well done! Why didn't I think of that! In my defence I was thinking the longer the thread on the vent bolt the less likely it would be to leak. But I will do it. Kind regards . . . Andy

Not quite, the mirror was at about 120 feet above sea level and the camera was at about thirty or forty feet above sea level. But you can bee sure that the light beam was pretty straight. But having said that gravity can bend light a little. (don't ask how much, you'll have to look that up) All the best. . . Andy

Thanks for that regards . . .Andy

Hi, ok on the warranty!! It’s good to meet someone who thinks like me. One of my original thoughts was, ’can I use a tyre valve.’ It would be push fit into a simple hole?’ But I dismissed it as I really want the pressure on the outside not the inside. In other words, the valve would be facing the wrong way. But I like your idea of using the cap, I didn’t think of that. I did look in Halfords at bicycle innertubes but that gets messy. It’s often easy to slip into a complicated design, you can make anything, but usually the more elegant designs are very simplistic. All the best . . .Andy

@@AndyDaviesByTheSea Car tyre valve is generally very cheap, often you get them slightly used in reasonable condition, at least for this application, for free at any tyre fitment centre, complete with the cap, and of course you do not need the core at all.

You're too kind. But, thanks for the interest. All the best . . . Andy

@@AndyDaviesByTheSea Peace brother. Have a Happy Fathers day id you celebrate the day Sir. Peace v

Hi there, thanks for the interest and comment. Kind regards . . . Andy

Hi, well done Sean you got it in one shot! I’ve only had the tumbler for one day and used it twice, and fitting some sort of pressure release valve is such an obvious product development to make. I want to make some kind of valve arrangement that will fit in the centre of one end cap. I’ll use plastic so as not to contaminate the shot with dissimilar metal. I was going to use a large nylon bolt and drill and tap it so that I can seal it bit I don’t have anything large enough right now. They say that after heating the endcaps to aid fitting them on, the cooling maintains a vacuum, (it will do for a while and it may help to pull the caps on a bit tighter but, I wouldn’t think it would hold a good vacuum for a week or two as it would be used for lapidary work, but I’m sure it’ll provide an adequate water seal.) So, the seal must be reasonable. I want to have a look around and see if I can find some standard plastic plumbing product or auto component that will do the job. I want to try and find something that anyone can find rather than make something special on the lathe. There has to be some garden irrigation or aquarium valve with a thread on it. Anyway, your assumption is correct, ‘Vent the blessed thing!’ Thanks for the interest in the video, it’s always nice to know that folks are paying attention and reading the description box. Kind regards . . . Andy.

@@AndyDaviesByTheSea How about simply drilling and tapping to M5, as that is a very common size, and you can easily get nylon screws in that diameter, and simply put a small O ring on the thread, and have it provide the seal. not going to need much to make it engage, and the end caps should be thick enough to get a few thread turns with M5, though you can always simply solvent weld a round PVC disk inside, and have the threads in that as well.

@@SeanBZA Hi, funnily enough that’s pretty much what I have done. I found that I had some old hard plastic components in my plumbing junk box. I found an 8mm bolt that was off an old toilet seat hinge, (I knew it would come in handy one day,) I’ve put an M3 brass bolt down the middle of it and I’ve had the drum running for a couple of hours now. I will put it all on video as it makes a big difference to just how easy it is to use and hopefully it will be helpful to others. Since selling my company, one thing I miss is product development. I will always change things that make a machine work better. I’m just about to go and have a look and see if there is something like a tap/valve that would be easy for folks to get. I’m assuming that there will be some folks that don’t have taps where as they will have a drill and simple tools, drills etc. (Anyway, it’s good fun and I love playing) All the best . . . Andy

Hi Rick, after casting I was breaking down the sand for reuse the same as everyone else on UA-cam but that wasn’t very satisfactory. I hope that this method helps other folks. The sand takes on a lovely fluffy nature, and as I say in the video it feels like heavy cotton wool and it’s really good to use. Kind regards . . . Andy

Hi and greetings to you in. It is nice to know where folks are watching. We all live in our own little world, maybe often without realising just how connected we really are. yes life changes and hobbies move on, but I still love to design and make things and to share what I am doing, in the genuine hope that it will help others. I often turn to UA-cam to resolve a problem, and I can usually find the answers that I'm looking for. I hope that my videos, old and new will continue to help and entertain folks for many years to come. All the very best to you my friend. Kind regards . . . Andy (on the west coast of Wales in the UK)

Thanks for the feedback. Regards. . . Andy

Hey, sorry for the late response, I hope you've got it fixed now. Regards . . . Andy

Yes I have fixed it thanks to your video explanation. The door now closes the best it has in ten years. I have tried umpteen times to lift the door in the past without success. Many thanks Paul

Glad you enjoyed it regards . . . Andy

Hi Greg thanks for the encouragement. I hope that it will help some folks. And thank you for not berating me for applying downward force on the backstroke when I'm filling. When I played the video back for myself the first time, I thought, I'll be in trouble when Mr Greenwood sees this. All the very best, my friend . . . Andy

Hi there, I like to share my ideas, over the years I have found so may useful ideas on UA-cam, I hope that folks find my ideas helpful. Kind regards . . . Andy

Thank you for the feedback. All the best . . . Andy

Hi Rick, I hope that you are well. I thought that I'd put this up as I'm sure there's a lot of hobby jewellers who haven't got the room, or money for a fancy setup and this works just fine. All the very best . . . Andy

Hi There, yep the devil is in the detail. You know, I worked with a major aerospace manufacture to carry out a heat treatment process on an engine component, when I asked for a temperature profile they said that they wanted to heat it to 'cherry red.' Man I couldn't believe it! Give me the details, give me the numbers. All the best . . . Andy

@@AndyDaviesByTheSea Right on Andy. Details matter.

Hi John thanks for the comment. I made the tool rack out of 15mm diameter copper water pipe. That's a standard (small) domestic pipe size in the UK. It's not very clear in the video but the rack on the righthand side, with the pliers and cutters on has 3 horizontal cross bars. What I have found is, if you drop some pliers/cutters on a single rail they can roll off, which is really annoying, so I have two copper rails side by side, that stops the roll off. The rails are 3/4" (20mm) apart, and that holds everything from large tin shears to small cutters etc. I've flattened the tubes so that they are about 5/16" (8mm) thick and that helps with the very small tools. I adapt and add things, hooks etc as the need arises. The thing is, make what you need out of what you can get. You could use timber but the joints won’t be as strong as brazed copper. You could make the inverted ‘T’ legs out of copper and ‘T’ joints and bolt thin strips on wood to that for the rails, but you’d have to stop it from collapsing sideways, if you get my drift? (stop the video at 4:04 minutes in and take in the detail) All the very best. . . Andy

Hi, thanks for letting me know how you got on, that's great. You would think that the hinge manufacturer would have made some sort of explanatory video, but I guess if they hadn't got the sense to add a height adjusting screw, then they wouldn't dream of trying to help anyone with an explanation. All the very best . . . . Andy

Hi Ken, thank you. It will be a pity when when there are no analogue radio transitions to receive with a simple detector like this. Seeing as though the capacitor is a dry construction, there's no reason to see it fail, and it's the same for the other few components in it. It's only moisture that might damage things if it got in. I have it wrapped and sealed in plastic sheet. Kind regards . . . Andy

@@AndyDaviesByTheSea Andy, it's not that the Capacitor (in the Amp) may have "failed", more likely it's simply a very small value. Hard to see but it looks like a 1uF tantalum (or even smaller). You need to draw a circuit of the Amp as well.

Hi Sorry for the late response. Thanks and good luck with your projects. Kind regards . . . Andy

Hi Greg. I was looking forward to seeing it in the shop window for a while and watching folks reaction to it, but it sold too quickly!! (in on Friday - SOLD on Monday!! I'm distracted again Greg, I'm installing an extract system in my workshop, but of course I'm not doing it the easy way and going through the nearest outside wall, that's too windy so it gets complicated but it'll be effective. All the best my friend and adviser. Regards. . . Andy

Hi Rick, yes they say new challenges are good for your mind but just getting my head around some of the new software that I'm looking at is like an intelligence test for the mentally bewildered. Keep on having fun my friend and keep on making and fixing stuff. Kind regards . . . Andy

Thanks John, I do like a bit of a challenge but I just love to make things. I usually plan things out so that there are not too many surprises but sometimes they develop as they progress and I have to think on my feet. Kind regards . . . Andy

Hi Chris, thanks for watching and for the feedback. I love to know where in the world folks are but I particularly like to think that something that I have learnt or done, and passed on to others is actually going to help them in some way. As for Jamie, I haven't cooked anything of his but my wife does and it is good. I've been very pleasantly surprised by the, 'monkey glue' (as one guy called it) it stick with what I would call a 'chemical bond' in as much as you can't peel it off like some glues, but it will also bond to your skin!! All the very best . . . Andy

Hey, thanks for the feedback. I'm really pleased that I have been able to help you. All the best . . . Andy

Hi Greg, always great to hear from you. It's the only glue that I have found that will hold 2mm wide strips of emery when I cut the boards down to size. So helpful for my messy soldering!! I don’t know if you noticed but Victory First commented below that his niece and nephew call Gorilla Glue "MONKEY GLUE". I like that so I think I’’ stick with that name for it, if you’ll forgive the pun. I hadn’t realised that I was so close to Wisconsin when I was in Detroit, man that’s another story! From what I’ve seen on the screen, movies and web, Wisconsin looks to be a really beautiful place but boy when you get snow you sure get plenty of it. All the very best my friend . . . Andy

Hi, I can't remember the first time that I had a comment from you, many many years ago, and I still don't know where you are watching. OK on the monkey glue, I've only recently started to use it but boy it's good!! But don't get it on your hands!!! I was going to add a text note on the video to say that I haven't tried Evo-Stik wood adhesive yet, on the emery paper, but every time I try and add 'Text' to my video the software crashes, man it's frustrating. All the best . . . Andy

Thanks for that, I don't know who's memory is worse, yours or mine, but I have a feeling that I first saw Vickoryfirst a lot longer ago than that. Anyway, thanks for sticking in there. All the very best my friend . . . Andy

@@AndyDaviesByTheSea You are correct Andy. Way longer than I stated. So your memory is not so bad at all. Peace

Hi Andy thanks for getting back to me. Well, I guess you've seen quite a verity of videos in that time as my interests have changed. Its funny how it goes but looking back it seems that the highest interest folks have had in my videos is in things related to World War 2. One is where I show the inside of a detonator nose cone of a delayed action bomb, another is where I show an spy radio transmitter, but lately a video about how to adjust the height of a particular type of badly designed front door hinge has helped a lot of folks and saved them from hassle and expense. I love the feedback on that on as folks have fixed the problem for themselves. But now I'm moved on to jewellery making. Thanks for sticking we me. By the way, originally I'm from Birmingham, England as you may have guessed from the accent. All the very best my friend . . . Andy

Hey well done, you're the first. Thanks for getting back to me. all the very best wishes . . . Andy

Hi thanks for the feedback , it is nice to have folks comments, good or bad, but obviously I hope for the good. I only make what I want to make and so far I have sold more than two thirds of the work that I have produced. but I have a couple of pieces that haven't sold, they are, to my eye, attractive and I can't understand why they haven't been bought. Maybe I'll have to put them up here to see what feedback I get from a wider audience. Thanks again . . . Andy

Glad to help! Hope that you've got it fixed now. Regards . . . Andy

Thanks for looking in and for the feedback, All the best . . . Andy

Thanks for the feedback, I do appreciate it. I think it might be jade but unless I can tell for sure I'll have to call it 'Green stone.' all the best . . . Andy

Thanks for the comment, without feedback I simple don't know if there's anyone out there. All the best .. . . Andy

Hi Chris thanks for the nice comments. I'm 73 now and very pleased that I can still see and do things on a fine scale. I'm finding life very exciting and there are so many things I'd like to make and do and it's great to think that by the ability given to me by UA-cam that I might be able to pass on some of my enthusiasm and passion to create, to others for years to come. All the best . . . Andy

Hi there, I'm not quite sure where you are going with this? Am I missing something about the camera work?? I know it's not the highest resolution, is the image not clear?? All the best . . . Andy

Hi Greg. Man this took some putting together, technology can really get in the way can't it!! I'm not setting out to try and teach anyone anything, (I'll send them to your site to learn how to do things properly.) I just want to share my thoughts in the hope that they might inspire someone to 'Have a go' If just one person dose something good as a result of what I'm showing here then that would be great. All the very pest my friend. Kind regards . . . Andy (PS. for anyone else reading this, do checkout Greg Greenwoods jewlery making videos, you'll learn far more from him than me!!)

That's Fantastic James!! Well done, I'm really pleased to have been able to help you. Wouldn't it be nice if everyone chose to help one another wherever they are in the world? Thanks for letting me know, its great to get such good results reported from so many people. Kind regards . . . Andy