Forging a replacement suspension spring for a 119 year old steam engine [31:43]

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I love Alec Steele, especially how you see his thought process, how he goes making mistakes and really learning from it to get to his goal.

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u/ay_non Aug 03 '26

Yes. I'll probably never forge anything in my life, but I watch every video he makes. I learn a lot regardless.

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u/Jon10Gen Aug 01 '26

I’ve follow Alec for a long time now, very impressive how he has learned all these skills over the years and the persistance to learn new skills for difficult tasks

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u/neonsphinx Aug 01 '26

Where does he get the money?

I remember seeing stuff a long time ago in Montana. Maybe right after he graduated from college?

I don't watch his stuff religiously, I don't have that much time. Maybe he's said what the actual business is at some point?

But I always kind of assumed he just had rich parents. The accent is definitely not one that the poorer areas of the UK have commonly. He went overseas for school... I hang no idea.

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u/dear-reader Aug 01 '26

Where does he get the money?

It's difficult to estimate Youtuber income because the demographics of their viewers, types of sponsorships, and other metrics like retention all affect income - but it's reasonable to assume he makes more than $500,000 USD yearly from Youtube/sponsorships.

For reference, a Youtuber and streamer with ~8m subscribers (Alec has 3 million) recently disclosed >800k monthly revenue, principally from sponsorships.

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u/Jon10Gen Aug 02 '26

Nowadays it’s all YouTube and ad revenue. He used give blacksmith courses and had daily vlogs. The first years he worked his ass off to get where he is now. There also used to be merchandising and tools, but I believe the mark ups were too low to keep going.

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u/Aeri73 Aug 02 '26

don't know the details but he's from a family with means so he didn't really need the money

but he's still working damn hard so kudos for him making his own forture now...

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u/captaindealbreaker Aug 01 '26

Alec is the makers maker. Dude is incredibly entertaining and very talented while still being open to learning and constantly showing gaps in his knowledge on purpose. 10/10 bloke

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u/Stormdancer Aug 01 '26

DAMN that's a good video. Instructional, and kinda hilarious.

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u/Lurk3rAtTheThreshold Aug 01 '26

That was so cool, wow.

Metal Crafts Forging a replacement suspension spring for a 119 year old steam engine [31:43]