Making this unique and favourite tool even more awesome?

I love that he shows his errors and is so humble for the great stuff he always pulls off. Definition of a Maker.

You're probably the most "honest" maker I watch on the Tube. I love your approach to things and your clear love for making stuff. I'll confess you've become a bit of a therapist to me over the past few years of watching your videos. There are times when watching one or ten of your videos is exactly what I need to soothe myself and take my mind out of ruminations and into a more clear and directed space. Thanks for what you do.

A short piece of stock welded to the tightening screw for the top die and you would have a tool less change set up. Still very brilliant in it's simplicity while allowing increased function. You sir are a master at that, and I love it.

I absolutely love my fly presses, from flateing to bending to punching to cropping to pushing in and out bearings and a million more uses, I had a customer want me to design and build a small hydraulic press with interchangeable tooling so they can punch tube from 100m dia to 400mm dia 3mm thick so I said have seen or used fly presses and they said no they want hydraulic, I said ok but went and found a bar fly press made some punch and dies then told the customer to come in and see, it blew his mind at how simple and universal it was, he now has 7 presses set up and loves the fact it doesn't need power. I noticed on yours you have your clamping top bolt on the side, you need it at the front so you get more stroke and won't sheer the bolt off and if you bending anything yo can get more height on an angle. 👍👍👍👍

I've never even heard of a fly press before, but now I feel like I can't live without one! Thanks for showing us your ingenious tool holding mechanism. Beautiful!

Always fun to watch you problem solve and make things efficient - and neat to see the "quiet" tools in action :)

You could actually make it more compact by getting rid of the top plate at the fixed side. The dovetail will prevent upwards movement anyway. An added bonus is that you can use those extra counter sink after all.

I love watching Pask work! It has been entertaining and educational to watch as he acquires tools, learns how to use them, and then customizes them to fit his style. Of course Pask loves the fly-press: it’s just a giant stationary hand tool! lol

I felt a real sense of happiness for you, get one toy, a bit of imagination and you're in toymaker heaven. Congratulations.

Neil, absolutely have to agree, a fly press would be an amazing addition to most any persons' shop. This upgrade you've made for yours is an absolute major one, so well executed. Must be so great to be able to basically make nearly any tool or piece you need to make other stuff, your workshop is definitely super sweet and well setup, know there's lots of jealous hobbyist out there who watch your channel.

Suggestion for an upgrade, to keep the floating dove tail from falling out. Mill a slot in the dove tail and add a roll pin to the underside of the cap plate. You will never see what holds it in and it will look really cool.

What I always like about your videos is use of precision, many yt machinists use overly complicated measuring equipment to make their projects but you show that these aren't always necessary to get precise results

With each new video, you add a new aspect of your creativity.

Another great video. Not many Youtube videos on Flypress use and tooling. What a handy piece of equipment. I use mine all the time.

Fantastic. Now you only need Paddle Pop to become a sponsor and your life is complete!

What a beautiful project. I'm sure it is going to really come in handy and its always a pleasure to see you use your mill and lathe! If I could suggest something in the eyes of speed and efficiency, you could turn the bolt which keeps the top part of the die in place into a handle so you don't have to grab an Allen-key every time but rather just twist it by hand

Outstanding Neil! Love the versatility and almost unlimited possibilities of your system. A true quick change system that can morph over time and use, just the best! Thanks for the great videography, your amazing mind and craftsmanship! Always a treat!

Amazing job, Neil!!! Really proves the old adage: if you want something done right, do it yourself!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I can see the top of the fly press being modified so that it doesn't require a tool to release the die. also can see a method to align the die so that it's just slapping in the die and turning a lever for even faster tool change Maybe a small wheel at the end of the bolt and a step on the collar

Neil, your creativity and ability to work through challenges is simply amazing and inspiring. I believe that you have genius built into your genes and your channel, in my opinion is one of THE very best here on youtube!