In this video I make several attempts at Casting a bell in brass and then Bronze! I learned a lot on this one!
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one heck of a journey. great build!
Brother!! Respect ✊🏼❤️🎄🙏🏼
Love this Jimmy. Thanks for showing us the process and the learning. I love that you are willing to talk about being scared and pushing through. A wise man once said “you go to school on the first few”. Excellent!!!
I really love these process videos. It’s great to see how you learn and pivot until you get there! Thanks for taking us on the journey!
I have never seen a block investment attempted that big. I think a slurry investment shell technique would be the way to go. I do a lot of investment casting, and I take the investment block to orange heat then let it col to 500 C for the pour. The manufacturers have very specific tables and instructions for the burnout (baking) stage. Great leanings and great reult as ever from Jimmy.
I couldn't sleep, woke up and watched your video while the clock struck midnight and I turned 53 shortly thereafter. Awesome birthday gift thanks Jimmy. Great job and way to persevere.
happy birthday mate
Thank you, much appreciated. @@tannertasman
@@DigitalSwagg peace and prosperity to you and yours :)
@@DigitalSwagg happy birthday brother 🙂
You being honest about fear and it’s role in the creation process allows others to face theirs. Every time I back away from doing something is for all the reasons you mentioned. Thank you for inspiring me to just go for it and that’s it’s ok to learn as I go. And awesome build video!! 💪
You must use Moliere's drying chart to dry the plaster mold properly. But looks cool, like flying Dachman' bell. 😊
That third bell, it had some visual imperfections, but it had a really sweet sound.
I worked for a year in 1973 at a investment casting place outside of Chicago. Made artificial hip joints, knee joints, bone pins, etc. Hard, hot, dangerous work. Perfect for a 22 yo buck. The hot molds were put on a vacuum table before we filled them. Pulled the metal into all the voids.
Congrats on 2 million!🎉 The bell turned out great, looks and sounds beautiful. Can’t wait for the next bell.
Thanks for letting us watch and learn with you. Watching your process is amazing. Long live memories of those lost before us. Thanks for sharing.
What a journey! I'm glad you showed and explained all the attempts along the way to the "final" product. A job well done!
Great build Jimmy! The learning and passion to keep striving through the process is why I watch and follow you. Thanks mate!
That was very cool to see the processes you went through. I did a little casting at high school with a sand mold. Really nice to see inside the explorers club too!
Thank you so much for sharing the journey and everything you went through. Amazing work as always!!!! And you make all your videos informative and entertaining. Thank you!
What a great story Jimmy! Thanks for sharing all you went through to make this beautiful bell. You are 100% correct about that fear factor prevent us from trying new things. You always seem to press through it and are an inspiration! Nice work!
Love seeing the process of learning a new technique. I don't think I'll ever get into casting but seeing you problem solve this inspires me to keep trying new things!
Thank you for taking the time to share this with us. I have learned a lot from you over the years. You instilled in me the need to keep going. Thanks again my friend.
I have had many bad pour in the past but when you make a good bell, it makes you want to go on making more. I like sand castings. There is a way to cast letter on a sand cast bell by glueing letters on metal strips and pressing them inside the outer or cope. Its a bit tricky but will work if the molding sand is stiff enough. turn the open mold up and carefully press the strip with letter in the mold wall.
Amazing job, Jimmy! You did a fantastic job and so humble. Thank you for sharing.
That was a ballsy job you got there, Jimmy. It felt personal when talking about the staling techniques. So recognisable. Also: I haven't had the gusto to finish it is a good way to putting it. I saw literally everything you put on youtube, but this one felt close. Thanks man.
I wish I could have the patience and understanding that you provide yourself. I get super annoyed at myself for screwing up (I'm a woodworker), which doesn't do me any good. Hopefully, one day, I'll be able to have your same attitude and appreciate the process of learning and screwing up and ultimately fixing the mistake. I really enjoyed this episode. Keep it up!
The screw up aren’t really screw ups, they’re learning experiences. It what w3 have to go through to improve.
We're all our own worst critics. It's funny in the moment we can know every mistake we've made. I tell you if you make something and hate it put it away someplace. Then after you've forgotten about it look at it then. It's never as bad as you initially thought. I bet when they cast the Liberty Bell they were ticked off it cracked. Today it wouldn't be the Liberty Bell without the crack. The crack is its best side.
Going through all those steps makes one appreciate the final bell. A wonderful journey. Thanks for sharing. Watching your work, Jimmy, is magical!
Great work Jimmy, a fantastic result! Thanks for showing us the process; all valuable learning!
I really loved you showing us the whole journey. I am making some silly little game boards and messed up so many times in the process and finally got their. And that is the nature of doing stuff. I love that about you and I enjoy your channel so much!
Great job, Jimmy! Admire your tenacity, big time. Also, your comment about fear-based stalling, really resonates. Kudos and happy holidays
I really appreciate your tenacity when learning something new. This is a great thing to demonstrate and it's fun to see your progress. The bell looks greatt too.
What a great chronicle of not just your great casting, but how we all learn and improve our skills with every new step. A fantastic final result.
Jimmy I loved this video and the journey bud. I loved the clips of the shot glasses thrown in the fire mixed with the video. Dad always loved how you did it with Spike and let our minds take a break before the next clip. Cant wait to see the next thing you cast now that you know how to make bells. Merry Christmas bud and what a very cool ceremony! -Brian
Beautiful work and thank you for sharing the entire process as it evolved.
Fascinating process! Thanks for sharing your journey 🤘
Beautiful Jimmy, one of your best pieces. Happy Holidays!!! 🎄🎄🎄
Jimmy. Thank you for your dedication to your craftsmanship, for your insatiable appetite for learning and finally thank you for sharing it all with the rest of us. I really appreciate it all.
Jimmy that was incredible ! I have so been looking forward too seeing this after hearing about it on the podcast. What a masterpiece Sir !! Very well done.
Finally! You’ve talking about this for so long! 🙌🏻
Make more bells! and bigger bells! Love it.
Thank you for showing your whole learning process.
Four times is a charm. Merry Christmas to you, your family, everyone there at Diresta and to all the subscribers. 🎅
Thank you for sharing!! I am looking to meet a bell for a fire truck that my students and I are restoring in our shop class. This is a great video, will share it when we get back from winter break.
We always had a steel shell on the outside. Put the wax tree inside then poured with investment. That steel stayed there until the metal pour was complete. We used a standard size that was purchased as we did not make them in the tool room which would be cost prohibitive for factory casting.
Great story, Jimmy. I'm always inspired by your spirit of creativity, daring, and perseverance. Thanks for sharing.
Your casting journey is nothing short of amazing. I myself, i formally had a family foundry business know how difficult that process actually is...to do it with basically homemade equipment is incredible. Bravo!!
Fearless! Great inspiration as always, Jimmy. Thanks.
Been looking forward to this one. Great job dude!
Saw that you subbed me (thank you) so thought it'd be ok to comment here. Bells are the best. Good to see you promoting the making of bells as it is an art and science that needs to be explored with the information gained disseminated before the process goes away.
Cool process and amazing bell! Thanks for showing us that bear: 0:23
What a journey and challenging work. I learned something from that too. An entertaining video documenting all the making and mistakes we learn from. Well done!
Great story, well told, a fine result after lots of difficulties. The best of youtube content. Thanks.
I love your videos, and especially this one, with the process, including the failures... Happy New Year....
Jimmy, you are absolutely correct when you said you learn from your mistakes. By now my wife is tired of hearing it. I would constantly be saying to her, "I am convinced that I learn much more from a screwup than a success". But as you are, I am very persistent and will keep going until achieving the result I was looking for. I abhor failure, it just gnaws away at me and pushes me forward. It's a journey, and I wouldn't want it any other way. When I achieve my goal, it is so much more satisfying to know I got there despite some bumps along the way. Great job Jimmy and Happy New Year.
Thank you!! Merry Christmas 🎄
Thanks a ton! I needed that pep talk. Fear is failure's best friend and the worst enemy of success.
Thanks for showing all the ups and downs of the project!!
Master class stuff Jimmy!! Wow realy great casting and story behind it!! Glad you showed the process..
Thanks Jimmy. Great Bell. Great story. And thanks for sharing your mistakes and your learning and building process.
Loved the process! I like that you completed most of the bells, I'm sure it helps you learn what to do on the next one.
Superb job Jimmy, nothing is a failure, only a learning experience. Glad you kept the first bell !
Tell the captain of the Titanic that nothing is a failure. He may beg to differ with you. That first bell is a trophy piece. You have to keep stuff like that. They have stories to tell.
That was awesome, Jimmy! Thanks for sharing.
Magnificent! Art in its raw, hard & uncompromising methodology from which is born an extraordinary & fitting tribute to the remembrance of explorers who fell living their adventurous dreams. Thank you for sharing!
Super film. A lesson on persistence. Mahalo for sharing! ❤️🙂🙏
Fantastic. Love it!. It was amazing to see your process. I've also made many typographical errors that go unnoticed right up to the final touches. Nothing sinks my morale faster. ...all the work, all the artististry, all the focus on technical skills and finesse, then you find a typo. ...I feel your pain. Thanks for sharing. And yes, the fear can be crushing.
Fantastic film showing the entire process, learning curve and all. The final bell looks great. Spelling mistake adds character.
Thanks for showing us the complete learning experience, was interesting to watch.
thank you for sharing the whole process in all honesty...
WOW! That was an amazing video! Thanks so much for sharing!
that was such an honest video about how you work reallly hard at your craft(s).
Incredible work!!! This is truly special!
Absolutely amazing journey. After hearing about this on the podcast for a few weeks, the video didn't disappoint.
Thank you for sharing the story and showing the failures along the way.
You just keep feeding my appetite for new skills Jimmy !! Thank you.
Happy Holidays Mr. Diresta. Your content has made my situation a little more bearable. I’m 47 and I’m suffering from Bilateral Avascular Necrosis with Osteonecrosis of the femoral head. The kicker is my Greater Safficious Vein on both legs below the knee is refluxing backwards causing swelling and ulcers. They have gotten badly infected even with weekly wound care. I’ve spent a lot of down time and a few weeks in the hospital. Having access to your content and watching it when I’m feeling down really helps I’m in a 9/10 pain all day with almost no relief. I’m hoping that my insurance will pay for the vein procedure. They denied the procedure last month but it’s keeping me from getting my hips replaced. It’s been hard. We moved to a 10 acre homested 2 years ago and 2 months after the move I started having hip pain. I have a 20ft x 30ft concrete block building that I planned to make a fab/building shop. I have classic woodworking tools from the 60s that need a hoping renovation. When I’m healthy, my first job is restoring my Radial Arm. Again Mr. Diresta, Thank you for being a creative individual amongst the average sheep!
Wow buddy I’ll pray for you 🙏🏼 thank you for the love and support
What an exercise in patience and tenacity! Well done Mr. Maker...the bell rings true!
Amazing job!!! Your work is top notch!!
Love seeing you having problems and finding ways through and getting the result in the end. Makes it all feel more genuine than those channels which pretend it's all successes etc. Nice one and nice bell.
Can’t believe you made a bell. You kept that one quiet!? The anticipation has been killing me, looks great. Worth the wait.
Absolutely beautiful sounding and looking bell!
I enjoy the process. Showing the steps not just the perfect finish line item.
Amazing, Jimmy. You’re such an inspiration and so humble to show the all the learning processes. If you want a proofreader, I volunteer!
Love your videos where you talk through the process. And where you share your mistakes. Certainly makes my own mistakes far less discouraging as I'm learning new techniques. Oh - and the bell is great too :-)
Stunning bell, Jimmy! Really fantastic work! 😃 But yeah, making mistakes is the only way to learn! Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊 And happy holidays!
OceanGate made some mistakes and learned lessons with the Titan implosion. They should have hired Jimmy to make their submersible for them.
Brass and bronze are great. I can't think of anything else to describe them but stoic. Nice work.
great work and a wonderful story behind
I've watched a video about a family business in Austria, i think, who have made bells for a long time, and it's a "non-trivial" exercise, so respect for a nice job!
Stunning work !! Love it man well done ✌
This is an awesome video. The inclusion of all the failures makes it infinitely better.
❤️❤️❤️. This is such a great video with mistakes, realism and a great story.
When you went to the sand mold I remembered watching myfordboy's sand casting videos. His extra riser technique solved a lot of the issues I've seen with pouring into the mold by raising the inlet height above the vent hole.
Great video! I like seeing all of the failed attempts leading to a mastery of the process!
Never afraid to show a mistake, love the learning process. Great video as always Jimmy.
Very interesting, thank you for showing the entire process, including the failures that led to your success!
Impressed by your enthusiasm to take on new challenges and your dedication to the goal, without succumbing to fear. Definitely the take away for me on this project.
Jimmy hi mate I've been watching you for years but many years and I've watched all your videos..... you've made coffins, halloween pumpkins, ladles and whatnot... but today bro... you topped it all! !!! Well done, I admire you! carry on Greetings from Bulgaria!
Thanks for showing the full failure process. It's an important part of the journey. Cheers!
My favourite types of these videos are where we can see the learning process and the mistakes. Everyone makes them (even Jimmy!) and the most important thing is that we learn from them. Great job Jimmy now I want to make a gd bell… an excuse to buy a lathe! 👍🏼
The struggle is real.
I used to do calligraphy. It's very easy to misspell words when you are concentrating on individual letter forms vs just writing as you normally would.
Well done Sir, huge learning curve!
Awesome Job as always! Keep it up!
Persistence pays off! Nice project, Jimmy.
Thanks for sharing the process! I thought even the second one was awesome!
"When all else fails read the instructions!" Quote that most of us are reminded of from time to time. Great lesson in making a mold quickly and simply!
I like your perseverance. No fear! Great bells.