Making a Copper Water Tank (Blondihacks Collaboration)

Great Job. I love your superior precision and knowledge techniques of working with metal, and wood for that matter. You’ve got a real nice powered beading machine there.

Your work is so beautiful. You make it look easy. You are the Bob Ross of metal forming.
Thank you for making your videos.

Beautiful! What would happen if you skipped the edge shrinking on the top part and went directly for the round over on the bead roller?

what machine do you use ?

I came over from Blondiehacks. As many others have said you do amazing work. Loved the video. You earned my sub for sure. Thanks!

Fabulous work! It's just a shame I'd need a whole bunch of undoubtedly expensive specialist equipment to do this - I own a hammer XD.

are you welding with pure argon, and what kind of amperage does copper need? Does it puddle well like steel, or is it a pain like aluminum?

When you turned that bronze disc, you weren't engaging with the lathe chuck at all, except for the pressure the live center is providing?
Wild...

You Americans are funny. Three inches, one hundred and seventy thousandths. Mixing imperial (English) units with decimal (Chinese, Arabic and French, etc) fractions in one go! Convoluted? No way ;)

Give the man a high five. Or a handshake and a ham, cheese and lingonberry sandwich. Or a thumbs up.

Ron, honestly, your talent and skill is on another level. Thank you creating and sharing.

It’s amazing how clean the final product looks - no visible seams!

Interesting, but there's no way I will ever invest in the exotic tools used in this video! I'll have to settle for a hammer and anvil.

Awesome work, you could have pushed me over with a feather when i saw the price of the 1/4 inch copper.

those gloves are so clean and beautiful, the jacket has no burns or smudges or smears how is this possible? What planet was this filmed on?

Again, fantastic work Mr. Covell, the equipment looks expensive.

wow just welding copper presented like it's nothing

Thank you Mr. Covell

Beautiful work but I think the design is not coherent. The straight legs don't fit with the really nice flowing curves of the tank. I think if you had curved the legs so they were 90° out of the tank and also perpendicular to the table the tank sat on it would have been more visually appealing. At the least if you really wanted to bring the legs out of the tank on an angle they should still have been curved to meet the table at 90°.

Just beautiful ❤️🤩 subscribed!

Напоминает художественные кухонные рецепты скучающих домохозяек пенсионного возраста.

Thanks!

Breathtakingly beautiful process, product, and clarity of instruction. An all around pleasure to watch. Thank you Ron!

Ron, thank you for sharing your many talents with all of us. You are truly inspiring to watch. And thanks also to the crew producing these videos. A considerable and significant effort by all. Great work people, great work!

Signor Covell, sono sempre bellissimi i suoi video!
Quante cose ci insegna.. grazie!
Un saluto, Marco 🇮🇹

Looks more like a living room decoration or part of a fondue. Lovely looking and good skills, but I'd prefer to see something more fitting which would be perhaps a rectangular tank riveted together.

My inspirational hero, you have taught me so much through your videos. Thank you so much.

Hey you guys that’s great that two great crafters are working together we all can learn

always the same perfection. It is the calmness of your work that shows what a master you are.

What a fun project! I’ve been watching Quinn for a few years now and thoroughly enjoy her sense of humor. Very much respect for both of your skills. Thanks for sharing, especially tig welding copper. Fascinating!

Another great video. Very informative and nice camera work. Thanks for sharing with all of us. Dan

HVAC guy here, I figured you'd braze with silver solder!

My first visit here but not what I expected. I don't know of any hobbyist who can drop a couple of thousand at every challenge. I roll edges over a wood mandrel and anneal the copper (or brass) with each pass - just as Quinn would do - then continue with the next challenge. I did learn more about TIG welding copper though. This is on the professional level. Thanks for the effort anyway.

Hi Ron . Great video as always and fortuitously timed for me as well. I was making a tube structure like yours about a week ago ; however I made mine from.063 “ Silicon Bronze 655 . In my case I have to turn the edge outward instead of inward as on your project . I was getting a little bit of “lettuce leafing” on the edge even with turning it in multiple passes. I realize you do it on the cap portion, but after watching you I realized perhaps I need to stretch the flanged edge in the stretcher between passes ; or is there another solution to maintain a consistent edge?
I think it’s also worth noting I was attempting a 1” radius turn so perhaps that’s too extreme. Thanks again for all of your excellent content !

Really nice project 👌

Well done Looking forward to part 2

That was very satisfying to watch - 👀 Thanks Ron.

A video on welding copper would be great; even just covering what settings your TIG is on! Last I looked, there's just not much on welding copper out there.

Think I will just use an old bean can. Don't have the room for all that kit.

It's always fun to watch a master at work. Thank you for this video.

good job
good explanation
good voice
thank you
👍👍👍

3" 170 thousandths. That's a mouthful of a measurement I prefer 76.2mm

Beautiful tank

Learned something here with you "Welding" that copper tank. I have Silver Soldered copper many times but never welded it. Thank you for showing me how it can be done with a deoxidized rod and tig. Old Dogs can learn new tricks. Woof!! Great work building this tank and looking forward to see the finished tank.

Ron, aside from metal working, you're skill in fixturing is most admirable. I enjoy watching your work, and I can't wait for the next video.

Thank you from europe for the metric conversion !!!

There are a thousand and one channels that can tell you about tools and techniques, but what really comes across on this channel is the care, attention to detail, and willingness to put in the effort to get the quality just right.
I like to think that people just starting their career are watching this and learning an attitude that they might not pick up on-the-job but that will help them build things they are proud of

Ron it doesn't matter how long your videos are. You have a very easy manner and it is almost therapeutic watching your content. Look forward to part 2.

Watching a professional who actually uses PPE and keeps their hands away from the tools is just so refreshing