croissant series, in this vid I'm gonna build a

brand new version of my dough sheeter. And there are

two reasons for this.

So, reason number one: that tool is possibly the most

tool when you're making croissant dough, apart of course

from the oven, which might be the first one, or

the fridge, which might be the second one, so

it would be the third most important tool - what do you want?

And the second reason, which is a little more sad, the

previous dough sheeter machine that I built in episode 4 of the croissant series

has been damaged, it's basically f---ed up.

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Due to it's rennovation, it's been shaken

it's been moved. It's not working properly anymore.

And that's... not only bad to be honest.

Since this machine had quite a few problems

in the first place--I did struggle a lot inserting those

axis in the center of the rodding pins

and now it makes the precision... basically not precise.

That is way too much friction. Also!

This machine is just too big. It's just using this, but

I could make it more compact, but then the other problem

would just remain the same, so

nah.

So as I recently got myself a 3D

printer, I thought maybe I could use that to my

advantage. So I made a 3D model of

a first design... let me show it to you.

So I kept a few things from the previous design, I kept the gears. I also kept

the rotating thickness adjustment

system, but I changed the

moving tray mechanism, I'm not using

a wire anymore I'm just using racks and pinions.

Obviously a new design also comes with

new problems. First of all the curve right there is not

accurate. Also its base on-axis,

which means that I need to insert them perfectly perpendicular.

But these are just tiny problems

regarding this (motions to screen). That bar is here

to make sure that those two driving gears will move

synchronously and will make the tray move back

and forth in an efficient, smooth and

parallel manner.

It also comes with the

DUMBEST mistake ever.

THIS bar is totally in the way.

The dough can't get to the rolling pin

unless it's flatter than ....

9.2 millimeters.

I made a flattening machine that only accepts

already flattened dough.

-slaps knee-

I'm gonna address these problems, but one by one.

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The rolling pin itself, it's not a rolling pin in the first place.

It's a table leg which I

went for just because it's amazing diameter.

Problem is--it is wobbly on itself,

like there is at least 2-3 millimeters

variations in height.

When you're working with a 4mm dough, it just makes like

for 50 percent accuracy.

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So instead of going for a complicated solution

like buying a lathe

-sawing sounds-

Turning myself

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a perfectly round

I'm gonna use a rolling pin

I had this one for a while in my studio--it's perfectly round

and perfectly straight. Of course it's promising if...

I can manage to connect this perfectly

perpendicularly to my machine.

I got something.

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So this is the part that I just designed.

So it connects to the rolling pin like so:

Which means that it's automatically and perfectly centered.

Then it's going to be secured using four screws. Right there.

That's great because instead of transmitting the torque

to the axis, I'm gonna directly transmit it to the

key. And that's great news but it also means

that I need to do another design because this would definitely

not fit in what you just saw. So lets start again.

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Truth is, I've been working on a new design

Hopefully it's much better. Let me run you through it.

And then I'll just assemble all the parts.

So overall it's more compact and making good use of the gears you just saw.

There's a driving axis which is not in the way anymore, and that's good

And the tray is now on top of the driving pinion and that's great.

So to adjust the thickness,

it works the same, you spin the whole arm like this

and to set it in place basically you use a little pin

it just blocks the system in one setting.

Now those two pieces are connected, like when the tray is moving then

the gears are spinning.

They can't move without one another

So I guess I got everything I need, I'm going to print all these parts on my 3D printer

OK, let's do this!

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Looks very promising

It looks solid, it feels solid

Let's give it a try with the bearings

I need plywood!

Lots of plywood!

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I think I've got all the parts that I need to build at least

like a proof-of-concept.

Side arm. Driving gear. Rolling pin gear. X bolt.

That just seals the whole thing.

Waaaay!

This is very exciting.

You've got this part which is very important. It's a rack.

And so when I turn this...

-3 delayed marimba hits-

Awwwwww

Ahhhhhh --crying-- Ahhhhh

--yelling and focing the gears together--

Worst engineer ever.

--censored cursing in French--

Let me show you why I'm saying m----

So when the tray moves forward, basically this is

spinning clockwise, and it should be spinning counter-clockwise

in order to suck the dough in, not to just...

If I were to add another gear inside

just to reverse the rotation of this big gear

then I would increase the friction

If I were just to place the tray underneath,

when the big rolling pin gear goes down it would crush

the rack, used with the pinion to-to-to make the tray--

Okay! I got a solution: let's stop everything for the day.

Let's just have a bite, let's call it a day

and see tomorrow what I think of this.

Okay

We'll see us in the morning.

-door closes-

Well...

I think I got something

I think I'm gonna put the tray underneath the driving gear

and I know that I mentioned that the big rolling pin gear

was gonna crush the rack if I were to do this

Well, let me introduce you to what I call:

The bobbin gear.

it's very similar to the first rolling pin gear that I

made earlier but now--

you've got a groove right there

and that groove just

allows you not to crush the rack

and yet to be connected properly to the rolling pin

and to flatten the dough.

I think this is the key to-to-to my machine.

Let me print just a few more parts

And do a little sewing action, put everything back together

And then hopefully we should get a machine--wish me luck!

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Tense moment

I'm just putting the finest screws to my contraption

Hoping everything will run smoothly.

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Back... and forth...

Back... and forth...

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So I would say that compared to my previous machine

So much of an improvement, it's so compact.

I love how accurate the new settings are.

Also it's just more obvious

there's less friction, it's more efficient

It's probably like a twentieth of the original size.

A twentieth!

"Twonteeth"

I just gave it a test with some proper dough

And I'm really really pleased with the results so far

It's really great, I mean it really does the job.

It's so compact

So I guess this is another step on

completing the perfect, ultimate, French croissant

By the way I will share all the files with you

in the description box down below.

I'm gonna give this machine a proper use

on another dish--something I've been working on

for quite a while--it's not a croissant. It's something else.

So guys, that's it I hope you enjoyed this video.

I hope you enjoyed this machine. Like, Share

Spread, Sub, you know what you gotta do.

Take care, bye bye. Salud.

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