Datsun 240Z Restoration - Front Axle (Part 6) my mechanics 2026-09-27 | Datsun 240Z Restoration - Front Axle (Part 6)
40 Years Abandoned Datsun 240Z - Restoration (Part 1) my mechanics 2023-06-22 | This is the first episode from the restoration of a 1973 Datsun 240Z.This car was driven in Los Angeles California and only had one owner. It still had a California blue plate on it and the cars registration expired in 1983, so it was not driven anymore at least for 40 years. For all these years it sat in a garage in California until its owner died and then it got sold to a european car dealer, where I bought it from.It seems that the previous owner was quite a fan of this car as he made a bunch of modifications and upgrades.He installed some nice magnesium wheels, a rear spoiler, louvres, a roll bar, a racing mirror, a new steering wheel, new radio, speakers and equalizer. The original carbureters were replaced with triple Weber carbureters and also a new exhaust was installed. He also made a very common upgrade for Califonian cars, installing an air conditioning system. The car only shows 14'000 miles on the speedometer, but as it only has five digits, it's more likely that it has 114'000 miles.The european car dealer changed a bunch of parts to make the engine running again. New battery, carbureter funnels, starter, ignition coil, completely new brakes, fuel pump and oil filter. He also put on new seat covers. I wish I could have bought the car directly from California, to have a real barn find car.I really like the 240Z. It's a great classic japanese sports car from the 70's. It's design is really flawless from front to rear and side to side. The shape of the car is really timless. The car gives so much to customize your own style, so it's very rare to see a Z car that looks eaxctly like another one.I plan on doing some slight changes, but nothing that can't be undone easily. So I definitely won't cut the fenders and install fender flares. I want to keep it original, but bring my touch to it. So the car has to be better than it came from the factory. I'll make a bunch of new ones for it, yet still in a time period correct design. What I can say, that the AC unit will definitely get kicked out. These old units didn't work efficient and they break very often and since it was never original or a dealers option, I have no problems with that. I'm more a open windows driver than a AC guy anyway. Both side markers will also be removed, as this was only a US thing. The Australian models had none of them either.In the next episode will all dents be removed, all rust removed and all body work done. The car will get blasted with walnut shells and completely painted in a new color. I don't know yet which color I'm chooseing, but I definitely plan on making an original Datsun color. That's a lot of work that needs to be done, so stay tuned for the next episode.I hope you like my work and enjoy the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and especially to:Adel AlSaffarAKAlfonso BazAlistair MoorAmar.kBen SigelmanBrenna RedpathChris WalterDane PrinceDavid BarkerDavid LehnusEdward ConwayHaitham Al ZirHarrison AngstenJohn ShebanowJoseph KampsJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherKar MarstenKerem YolluLambda GPU WorkstationsLordPiMark TesmerMellissa MarcusMister PatinaNathaniel JackNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPeter CyprianPeter RiddettpotokslowRyan PickettScott TomlinStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackYale BakerYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAlipasha SadriAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBonnie WilliamsonBrett PittsBrian HoerlChad BryantCrystal CashDamien Fuller-SutherlandDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave HardwareDavid Chang-YenDavid P HruskaDavid PowellDylan LikeBobDylanGrant DanielHaley McFaddenHard_BoiledJack CurryJames BerwindJeff SmithJeremy ColeJohan VergeerJoël FranusicJustin BlackwoodKen RossoKevin RobinsonKurt GazowMarc CerisierMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMichael LampMichael MasourasMossy_ForrestNemoPeter Readpk42069Rebecca MillerScott MarshallStefan KronanderSteven MichalcewiczSvenja KucklaThannyTim HoltTom WallaceTrevor KamTucker IfftWilliamMy camera:Panasonic HC-VX11If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
I turn a Nut into a tiny Adjustable Wrench my mechanics 2023-01-27 | In this video I'm turning a stainless steel M20 nut into a tiny adjustable wrench. All three parts are completely made out of one single nut. First I turned the thread and the hexagon away on the lathe. After cutting a slit into it I was able to open it up with the help of a torch. A few heats later I had a very straight and flat piece of stainless steel. I first went then on the milling machine and milled the whole part to the final width of the wrench. I then cut of a piece with the hacksaw to make the body out of it. With a tiny t-slot endmill I was able to mill the t-slot very nicely with a very low feedrate and a lot of oil. After milling the square hole and drilling the deep 2.1mm hole I started to shape the outer contour. Then I moved on by making the movable part of the wrench. I milled it all in one operation with very careful steps to not risk and chatter marks or whatsoever. After filing the square bit round I sanded the rectangular part until it fitted nicely into the body. I then cut the M2 thread and cut the piece off with the hacksaw, assembled it with the body and sanded both parts flush. Then I started rounding off all edges with needle files, sandpaper and finished it with very fine steel wool for a brushed finish. All what's left to do now was making the knurled adjuster nut. For that I forged the remaining of the nut into a square piece, which I could clamp in the four jaw chuck on the lathe.I turned it round, supported it with a live center, put the knurling onto it, drilled and tapped the hole, chamfered it and parted it off. Then it was just a matter of quickly assembling the three pieces.This was a very cool little project for me. I really like how it turned out. It's a very cool little item in my opinion.Here's the link to the restoration video of the big adjustable wrench at the end of the video:youtube.com/watch?v=xfApbO-Pza8&t=164sI hope you like my work and enjoy the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and especially to:Adel AlSaffarAKAlex McGeorgeAlfonso BazAlistair MoorArron MetcalfBen SigelmanBendurionBrenna RedpathChris walterDane PrinceDavid BarkerDavid LehnusEdward ConwayEmbissHaitham Al ZirJohn ShebanowJoseph KampsJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherKar MarstenKerem YolluLambda GPU WorkstationsLordPiMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNathaniel JackNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPeter RiddettpotokslowRobert BrindleySophieHDLMSteve BotheStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackXavier CarbelYale BakerYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAlex FindlayAlipasha SadriAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBonnie WilliamsonBrett PittsBrian HoerlChad BryantCharles CopenhaverCrystal CashDamien Fuller-SutherlandDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave HardwareDavid P HruskaDavid PowellEvan SerranoGrant DanielHaley McFaddenHard_BoiledJack Curryjake meckleyJeff SmithJeremy ColeJohan VergeerJoël FranusicJustin BlackwoodKen RossoKevin RobinsonKurt GazowL RltaLina MachinaMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMichael LampMossy_ForrestNikPeter CyprianPeter Readpk42069Rebecca MillerRegis VincentRobRobert GalyenSarah LanglaisScott MarshallStefan KronanderSteven MichalcewiczSvenja KucklaThannyTim HoltTom WallaceTrevor KamTucker IfftVictoria EmmeneggerWilliamMy camera:Panasonic HC-VX11If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Two Handed Cleaver - Restoration my mechanics 2022-12-23 | In this video I'm restoring a very big cleaver. These cleavers are also called „splitter“. They were used by butchers before they had electric saws to help their work. There are a few characteristics that make it very obvious that this is a cleaver: the very thick blade and the big angle on the cutting edge, the hole in the front to hang it on the wall, the very long handle to hold it with two hands.I've found this cleaver actually a long time ago and I was very impressed by its size. Now I thought it's the time to restore it. This project was pretty straight forward. After a quick disassembly I gave the blade a nice sandblasting with glass beads to remove all the rust. With the help of a hand held belt sander I removed all the pitting of the blade. On the tang I just sanded it clean and didn't went that far as it will be covered by the handle afterwards. I didn't want to remove anymore material to remove all the pitting, that would just weaken the tang. Once I hade it all clean I switched to hand sanding with finer grits, all the way up to 600 wet. I decided to go with a satin finish on the blade. There it is very important that all sanding marks point in the same direction to get a uniform look.For the handle I choose pear wood. I really like the color of it, it's also quite hard and nice to work with. I first drilled all counterbored holes before I started to rough shape it with a saw and rasps.To fix the handle on the tang I used screwable rivets, also know as „Chicago rivets“. I machines these out of brass to get a nice contrast with the pear later. I applied Loctite on the threads of the rivets to make sure they will never ever come loose again. After tightening them against eachother I filed their heads flush with the handle, leaving just a round dot of brass in the wood. Then it was just time to fine sand the complete handle up to 600 grit and oil it with linseed oil. Before applying the oil I sprayed some water onto the wood to raise the grain, which I then sanded down again with 600 grit to achieve the smoothest possible finish. Now there was just the sharpening of the blade missing. I did that on my friends belt sander with a 400 grit belt running against the cutting edge. It ended up being super sharp so it even cuts tomatoes very nice and clean.Eventhough this was a rather simple project compared to my other ones, I really enjoyed restoring it. I'm very happy how this cleaver has turned out in the end. I'm glad I went with the satin finish, it really has a very classy look together with the pear handles and the brass rivets.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and especially to:Adel AlSaffarAlex McGeorgeAlfonso BazAlistair MoorAmar.kArron MetcalfBen SigelmanBendurionBrenna RedpathChris walterDane PrinceDavid BarkerEdward ConwayEmbissHaitham Al ZirJohn ShebanowJoseph KampsJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherKar MarstenKerem YolluLambda GPU WorkstationsLordPiMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNathaniel JackNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPeter RiddettpotokslowRobert BrindleySophieHDLMSteve BotheStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackXavier CarbelYale BakerYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAKAlex FindlayAlipasha SadriAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBenjamin GouveiaBonnie WilliamsonBrett PittsBrian HoerlChad BryantCharles CopenhaverCrystal CashDamien Fuller-SutherlandDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave HardwareDavid P HruskaDavid PowellEvan SerranoGrant DanielHaley McFaddenHard_BoiledJack Curryjake meckleyJason KoiJeff SmithJeremy ColeJohan VergeerJoël FranusicJustin BlackwoodKen RossoKevin RobinsonKurt GazowL RltaLina MachinaMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMicheal BierMichael LampMicheal StoneMossy_ForrestNikPeter CyprianPeter ReadRebecca MillerRegis VincentRobRobert GalyenSarah LanglaisScott MarshallStefan KronanderSteven MichalcewiczSvenja KucklaThannyTim HoltTom WallaceTrevor KamTucker IfftVictoria EmmeneggerWilliamMy camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Rusty Deadlocked Vise - Restoration (the 3rd) my mechanics 2022-11-22 | In this video I'm restoring a very small rusty and deadlocked Gressel bench vise. Its jaws are just 80mm wide. My friend has found this tiny vise on the steel waste and I thought this would be cool for a video.On first sight it was only seized and had some additional holes. When disassembling I also quickly realized that something on the half round part was not right and after sandblasting I also saw pretty deep damages near the jaws. To disassemble the movable jaw I quickly made a tool to open the vise. There's also a video about that on my second channel „my mechanics insights“, link below.I closed the two additional holes with slight press fit plugs and closed the gap with welding. After filing the welds flush the two holes completely disappeared.There was a bit of a mess with the threads at the half round part, so I decided to close them all with very tight press fitted plugs and cut two new M4 threads. That worked very well and these plugs will never ever come out again.On the other deep damages I decided to weld up new material with cast iron stick welding rod. That was my very first time stick welding. Was a bit tricky to get used to it, but the end result turned out very well. I was able to file and sand all surfaces perfectly clean afterwards.I decided to paint this vise in a nice red (RAL3011) with white highlights on the lettering.As the spindle only had very little rust, I was able to clean it very nicely with rust remover, wire brush, some sandpaper and Scotch Brite.For the remaining parts I first removed the deep pitting, removed the sharp edges, recut the threads and then sandblasted them to remove the remaining rust and make a nice and even texture on the sanded surfaces. To darken all these parts I used the method of hot bluing.As the rough pattern of the jaws were in pretty good condition I decided to restore them. After a night in the rust remover and a bit of wire brushing the jaws already looked pretty good. I also had to bend them as they were a bit out of shape. As they're just case hardened this worked very well. Then I sanded all the surfaces clean, chamfered all edges and applied cold bluing to darken them.In the end I'm very happy how this little bench vise has turned out. In my opinion the red looks very nice together with the black steel parts and the shiny sanded surfaces and the white details of the lettering are just the cherry on top.I hope you like my work and the video. Link to the vise opener tool video:youtu.be/VXvMa_n3zlsHuge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and especially to:Adel AlSaffarAlex McGeorgeAlfonso BazAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioArron MetcalfBendurionBrenna RedpathChris walterDavid BarkerEdward ConwayEmbissHaitham Al Zirisaacjames loweJean CeppiJohn ShebanowJoseph KampsJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherKar MarstenKerem YolluLambda GPU WorkstationsLordPiMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPeter RiddettpotokslowRobert BrindleySophieHDLMSteve BotheStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackXavier CarbelYale BakerYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAlex FindlayAlipasha SadriAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBenjamin GouveiabizzaropandaBonnie WilliamsonBrett PittsBrian HoerlChad BryantCharles CopenhaverCrystal CashDamien Fuller-SutherlandDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave HardwareDavid EbertDavid P HruskaDavid PowellGrant DanielHaley McFaddenHard_BoiledJack Curryjake meckleyJason KoiJeff SmithJeremy ColeJohan VergeerJoël FranusicJustin BlackwoodKen RossoKevin RobinsonKurt GazowL RltaLina MachinaMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMicheal BierMichael LampMossy_ForrestPeter CyprianPeter ReadRebecca MillerRegis VincentRobRobert GalyenSarah LanglaisScott MarshallStefan KronanderSteven MichalcewiczSuirosSvenja KucklaThannyTim HoltTom WallaceTrevor KamTucker IfftVictoria EmmeneggerWilliamMy camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Headphones with Broken Electronics - Restoration my mechanics 2022-09-24 | In this video I'm restoring a pair of antique German headphones. I've found these headphones at an online auction for $30 and I thought they look pretty cool for a restoration project.Unfortunately they didn't work anymore. I measured the coils and three of the four were broken. That fact put this little project to a whole new challenge. It required a ton of research to completely understanding every single detail of its function to remake the coils and such. After some trial and error I managed to remake the broken bobbins and rewind the coils. The tricky part was that both coils are connected with eachother at the beginning of the windings in the core. I had to make a special jig, so I could clamp both coils when winding the second one.The original paint had some kind of a structure in it. It was black matte with some kind of a hammertone pattern. Unfortunately I was not able to find such paint, so I went with regular black matte. To not loose the were fine writings and logo I only applied a very thin layer of primer and coat.The Bakelite pieces just required some wet sanding and a good polish and they looked like new again. Old Bakelite might contain asbestos, that's why I wet sanded them so there won't be any sanding dust.I cleaned the membranes with scotch brite after a 24h bath in rust remover. To get rid of the pitting I sanded it with 240 grit sandpaper. I was already down to 0.13mm from 0.2mm thickness, but there was still pitting visible and I just sanded one side. To get the best possible sound at the end I decided to remake both membranes with new 0.2mm steel foil. To match the original membranes I also painted the center black matte.I nickel plated all the screws and the two brackets like they were originally. The brackets were a little bit weird, because they were two identical ones instead of pair of mirrored ones. I fixed that pretty easy by just bending the shaft on one ion the opposite direction.I was very lucky that the cable was in nearly perfect condition. It had absolutely no visible damge or fraying, just lost a bit of color. I just had to shorten them. Todays headphones all work with AC, these however back then worked with DC. Therefore the polarity matters. I also marked all endings of the cable with red and black threads, so did I made a red and black plastic cover for the plugs. In the end I'm very happy how these headphones have turned out. The color combination of the black matte with the shiny black Backelite parts look very classy together with the shiny nickel plated parts and the crispy clean looking knurling is the cherry on top.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and especially to:Adel AlSaffarAlex McGeorgeAlfonso BazAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioArron MetcalfArthurBendurionBrenna RedpathChris walterDavid BarkerEdward ConwayEmbissHaitham Al Zirisaacjames loweJean CeppiJohn ShebanowJosh DennyJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherKar MarstenLambda GPU WorkstationsLordPiMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNathaniel CarverNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPeter RiddettpotokslowSophieHDLMSteve BotheStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackXavier CarbelYale BakerYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAlipasha SadriAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBonnie WilliamsonBrian HoerlChad BryantCharles CopenhaverCrystal CashDamien Fuller-SutherlandDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave HardwareDavid EbertDavid P HruskaDavid PowellEndless MikeGrant DanielHaley McFaddenHard_BoiledJack Curryjake meckleyJason KoiJeff SmithJeremy ColeJohan VergeerJoël FranusicKen RossoKevin RobinsonKurt GazowL RltaLiam RafleLina MachinaMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMicheal BierMichael LampMossy_ForrestNikPasacal SchmikalPeter CyprianRebecca MillerRegis VincentRobRobert GalyenSarah LanglaisScott MarshallStefan KronanderSteven MichalcewiczSuirosSvenja KucklaThannyTim HoltTom WallaceTrevor KamTucker IfftVictoria EmmeneggerWilliamMy camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1930s Desk Lamp - Restoration my mechanics 2022-07-23 | In this video I'm restoring a very stylish German desk lamp from the 1930's. This model is called „Vitalux Type G101“ made by „Osram“. Vitalux lamps always had UV bulps. They were advertised as healthy lamps back in the 30's to get your vitamin D at home.My friend has found this lamp at the local junk yard. I really liked its design, so I bought it for $25. To be honest I first thought this should be a quick and easy project. Sure, to get the reflector back to shape would be challenging, but the rest should be pretty straight forward. How wrong I was! It took me 26 days in the workshop to complete this project.It was really tricky to get the reflector back to shape. Thanks to my two sheet metal specialist friends I was able to achieve a nearly perfect result. Getting the bead back to a consistent shape was very difficult, but with some thinking we came up with a very clever tool design which worked like a charm. The rest was just sanding. At first I tried to make a mirror polish on the inside. As I couldn't achieve a satisfying result I went with a satin brushed finish instead, which turned out looking amazing in my opinion.Creating a new logo was another big challenge. Waterslide decals were out of question because of the „TYPE G101“ text below the logo. So I wanted to spray paint the logo with a sticker template cut with the vinyl cutter, but the tiny size of the letters won't let me get a clean and sharp result after removing the template sticker. Then I tried it the other way around and cut a golden vinyl and used the logo itself as a permanent sticker, which worked very well and looked super sharp. I applied two coats of 2K clear coat to seal the sticker.On the wooden piece I applied a acrylic primer as base, which had very good coverage and saturated well, so the 2K paint was nice and easy to apply. I picked a satin jet black, it's a mix between matte and glossy.The old nickel plating was already coming off on some parts, so I removed the old plating, polished them all again and plated them new.I have found a very nice old school looking power cord with fabric insulated twisted wires, together with an antique Bakelite switch it was the perfect combination.Overall I'm very happy how the lamp has turned out. All the different finishes and colors match very nice togehter. The light ivory painted parts with the silver on the inside and the golden logo, the black painted wood, the nice and shiny reflector and the freshly polished and nickel plated parts.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and especially to:Tonya M BroermanAdel AlSaffarYale BakerSophieHDLMAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioArthurBendurionBrenna RedpathChris walterDavid BarkerEdward ConwayHaitham Al Zirisaacjames loweJean CeppiJohn ShebanowJosh DennyJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherKar MarstenLambda GPU WorkstationsLordPiMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNathaniel CarverNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPeter RiddettpotokslowSteve BotheStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAlipasha SadriAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBonnie WilliamsonBrian HoerlChad BryantCrystal CashDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave HardwareDavid EbertDavid P HruskaEndless MikeGeoffroyGrant DanielHaley McFaddenJack CurryJason KoiJason TarlovJeremy ColeJoël FranusicKen RossoKurt GazowL RltaLiam RafleMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMicheal BierMichael LampNikPasacal SchmikalPeter CyprianRebecca MillerRegis VincentRobert ToddSarah LanglaisScott MarshallStefan KronanderStephen TomaSteven MichalcewiczSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker IfftVictoria EmmeneggerWilliamMy camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Early 1900s Electric Door Bell - Restoration my mechanics 2022-04-13 | In this video I'm going to restore an antique german electric door bell.I've bought this door bell from an online auction for $45. It was in pretty rough condition, but it was still working, kind of. What I first saw as a quick and easy project turned out to be a really tough and time consuming challenge. Remaking the broken copper part needed a lot of trial and error until I have finally managed to completely recreate that part. Not just making the jig, also the engraving and tumblering. The coils were very tricky as well. At first I planned just to clean them as they were still working, but I've quickly realized that the insulation was damaged and I had to rewind them. Allthough low voltage isn't dangerous rewinding was neccessary to get the job done 100%. It was a good idea though, as the iron cores have been completely rusted under the copper wire. Rewinding required a lot of testing too until I got a satisfying result, as it was my first time doing it. Finding the old newspaper was very cool and even better to actually find a date on that newspaper „1902“. A follower on Instagram was actually able to find that newspaper from 1904 when it was printed. It was actually a patent description. If you click the link below you're actually able to find the exact patent with the exact same text like you can see in the video on the newspaper. With all this information this door bell must have been built somewhat around 1904-1906 in Germany I guess.I have also built a walnut box for it to cover the electrics. You can see that at the very end of the video. Be sure to check out the video on my second channel „my mechanics insights“ to see how I made it.Link to the video on the second channel:youtu.be/G6RHQA-k1SILink to the original "newspaper", it's actually a patent document. Click on the tab "Originaldokument" to see the 1:1 matching text: worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search/family/000415603/publication/DE148520C?q=pn%3DDE148520C I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulYale BakerAlex McGeorgealialyAlistair MoorAmanda MooreAmar.kAnthony EufemioArthurBendurionBrenna RedpathChris walterDavid BarkerEdward ConwayGlenn SoucyHaitham Al Zirisaacjames loweJean CeppiJohn ShebanowJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherLambda GPU WorkstationsLeoMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNathaniel CarverNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherpotokslowStevenVRTyler CarruthVaushVidyaVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackWilliam BennettXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAdam HoltzclawAlipasha SadriAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBonnie WilliamsonBrian HoerlChad BryantCharles FisherCrystal CashDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDave CannonDave HardwareDavid EbertDiriector_DocGene GonzalezGeoffroyGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHunter R.Jack CurryJason KoiJason TarlovJeremy ColeJoël Franusicjustin f.Ken RossoKurt GazowLiam RafleMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMellissa McConnellMichael BeckMicheal BierMichael LampNikPasacal SchmikalPelecPeter CyprianRaymond RomaniRebecca MillerRegis VincentRich LintonRobert ToddSarah LanglaisScott MarshallSimonSteven MichalcewiczSteven StowikSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
I built a trick Lighter - Will it work? my mechanics 2022-02-03 | In this video I'm going to build a lighter completely from scratch out of solid stainless steel. I have this idea from another YouTube video. He has built the same lighter, I just designed it a bit differentI remember when I first saw his video of this lighter, I really liked the design and wanted to make one myself. I have reached out to him and asked for permission to copy his design, I'm very glad he agreed. Now the time has finally come to make it.I made my design slightly different. On my lighter the inner ring is the removable part from the body and is held in place by the fake wick holder sealed with three o-rings. I also made my version completely out of stainless steel (1.4305). I did first plan to make a mirror polished finish on the whole thing, but I have later changed my mind and went with a brushed finish instead, which turned out absolutely amazing in my opinion. This was a very fun little project. It required a lot of very precise machining and had a lot of very tiny details. I'm very happy how this has turned out and I'm glad I have now finally done this project.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulYale BakerCarsten BauerAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmanda MooreAmar.kAnthony EufemioArthurBendurionBlake TBrenna RedpathChris walterDavid BarkerDavid LowellEdward ConwayGlenn SoucyHaitham Al ZirHuard de la MarreHunter FancherisaacJean CeppiJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherLambda GPU WorkstationsLeoMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNathaniel CarverNick HoustonNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherpotokslowStevenVRTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackWilliam BennettXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakНикита ДядинAdam HoltzclawAlipasha SadriAmanda Taylor, EsqAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni BjorgvinssonBonnie WilliamsonBrian HoerlChad BryantCharles FisherCrystal CashDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDanielle RobertsDave CannonDave HardwareDavid EbertDiriector_DocEtherealsflowercrownbouncerGene GonzalezGeoffroyGrant DanielGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHunter R.Jack CurryJason KoiJason TarlovJeremy ColeJoël Franusicjustin f.Ken RossoKevin StylesKurt GazowMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMary CasellaMaximMellissa McConnellMichael BeckMicheal BierMichael LampPasacal SchmikalPelecPeter CyprianRebecca MillerRegis VincentRev. Gina PondRich LintonRobert ToddSarah LanglaisScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanSimonSteven MichalcewiczSteven StowikSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1895 German Book Press Alexanderwerk - Restoration my mechanics 2021-12-21 | In this video I'm going to restore a very rusty, broken and completely stuck antique german book press. After a bit of research I was able to find out that this book press was made by Alexanderwerk in 1895.The disassembly was quite tough. All the threads have been very rusty and only got loose with a lot of heat and penetrating oil. The feet and top plate had rivet connections. Removing the heads of the rivet wasn't enough to get them loose, I had to drill them completely out.I've soaked all the threaded parts in rust remover and sandblasted the remaining parts to get rid of all the rust. The holes of the feet and top plate have not been very accurate at all, for that reason I decided to close them all with welding and remake them all. I also milled and filed all five feet clean, parallel and to the same height. I've polished all the parts that won't get painted and nickel plated them for rust protection. I applied bluing liquid on all the other parts, maily to have rust protection where the paint doesn't cover the parts such as the upper side of the feet. Then I painted the riveted pieces with primer and black coat. To make a nice antique look I decided to add some gold decoration to the top plate and the yoke, which turned out absolutely amazing in my opinion.Reassembling was really easy, especially compared to the disassembly. I really like how this book press has turned out. The very glossy black paint with the golden details looks absolutely amazing and it fits perfectly with the polished and nickel plated parts. The brushed brass handle balls are the cherry on top.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulYale BakerCarsten BauerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmanda MooreAmar.kAnthony EufemioArthurBendurionBlake TChris walterDavid BarkerDavid LowellEdward ConwayflexHaitham Al ZirHuard de la MarreHunter FancherisaacJean CeppiJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyJoshua ScherLambda GPU WorkstationsLeoMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNick HoustonNoLoneSurvivorPat ThrasherPong LenispotokslowStevenVRTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiWill BlackXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakНикита ДядинAlex BindonAlipasha SadriAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBonnie WilliamsonBrian HoerlChad BryantCrystal CashDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDanielle RobertsDave CannonDave HardwareDavid EbertEtherealsflowercrownbouncerGeoffroyGrant DanielGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHunter R.Ivy MichaelsJack CurryJason KoiJason TarlovJemJeremy ColeJoël Franusicjustin f.Ken RossoKurt GazowMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMaximMellissa McConnellMichaelMicheal BierMichael LampMike DonaldsonNoah SchwarzNorm Haldorson (Bad Wolf)Pasacal SchmikalPelecPeter CyprianRegis VincentRev. Gina PondRobert ToddSarah LanglaisScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanSteven MichalcewiczSteven StowikSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Firefighter Axe - Restoration my mechanics 2021-09-25 | In this video I'm going to restore an antique firefighter axe. I've always wanted to restore an axe since the beginning of my channel, but I've never found a cool looking one. But then, all of a sudden I came across this beautifully designed firefighter axe and knew immediately that this will be the one. I've found it at my friends place, he took it home from the steel waste and sold it to me for $20.I really love the design of those firefighter axes with the two keys that secure the axe head. To secure the keys there's always a pin/rivet going through the handle. This axe was very special, because the manufacturer really payed attention to grind the rivets flush and let them completely dissappeared. Top quality I'd say. As always, the axe head is also secured with a regular wedge in the handle.The axe head had really deep holes in it. I guess it was once used as a hammer. Those holes were so deep that I would've lost way too much material in thickness if I'd grind them away. So the only way to get rid of them was to close them with welding. That was reason enough for me to try TIG welding for the first time and it worked absolutely perfect. To honor the high quality of this axe I decided to etch the name 'Victoria' back on the axe head. I used a classic font and placed it on the upper side of the back.Both keys were really out of shape and didn't had similar size. After bending them back straight I welded up material and grinded, filed and sanded them to matching measurements.The handle was far gone and way beyond restoration. The wood was very rotten and had many holes in it. Therfore I only had one option and that was to make a new one. It was quite tricky to get it to the right shape and size, but I eventually got it done.Overall I'm very happy how this axe turned out. I really like the contrast of the bright shining polished parts with the engraving to the dark wooden handle. Allthough I have to admit that I wish the handle was a little bit brighter. It still looks nice in my opinion and very happy to add this beautiful axe to my restored items collection.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanZack ThompsonAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulCharlie WattsCarsten BauerYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioArthurBendurionBr. Michael-Francis Smith, OSBChris walterDavid BarkerflexHaitham Al ZirHuard de la MarreJean CeppiJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyKevin HurwitzLambda GPU WorkstationsLeoLouie CarboniMarius CostanMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNick HoustonNoLoneSurvivorOfficial TopTenPong LenispotokslowStevenVRTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAlex BindonAlex BretonAlipasha SadriAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBonnie WilliamsonBrian HoerlChad BryantChris BrentanoCrystal CashDaniel TrejoDaniel VargaDanielle RobertsDave HardwareEmbissEtherealsflowercrownbouncerFrankie DeSantisGeoffroyGrant DanielGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHunter R.Jack CurryJason KoiJeremy ColeJohn menefeeJoël Franusicjustin f.Karl RKelly ImgrundKen RossoKurt GazowLandon BurgenerMarc CerisierMarc StaedelinMarina MalloyMellissa McConnellMichaelMichael LampMike DonaldsonNoah SchwarzNorm Haldorson (Bad Wolf)Pasacal SchmikalPelecPeter CyprianRay YeagerRegis VincentRev. Gina PondSarah LanglaisScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanSteven MichalcewiczSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Seized Adjustable Wrench - Restoration my mechanics 2021-08-06 | In this video I'm going to restore an antique adjustable wrench. My friend found this wrench at the steel waste and I bought it from him for $10. It was rusty and all movable parts were completely stuck. The jaws seemed to be in good condition. I had to soak the whole wrench in rust remover for one day to get it unstuck and I've put it right back into the rust remover for another day after I completely disassembled it. That removed all the rust and the parts almost looked sandblasted after that treatment.The movable jaw had a lot of play in the t-slot of the body and that's where this restoration begun. First I sanded the guided part of the movable part clean and then I made the t-slot smaller by squishing it together with forging. That all went surprisingly well and it ended up with a perfect fit. I then could file and sand the whole thing completely smooth and gave it a nice coat with nickel plating for rust protection.The knurled adjustment wheel took quite some time to restore. Especially refiling the whole knurling by hand was very time consuming. I'm not 100% satisfied with the result of the knurling but it was not too bad, still quite an improvement.The spring was really unique, as it was rectangular shaped. I only sandblasted it and also nickel plated it. Sanding it clean would change the strength of it.I had to make a new washer because the original one was not thick enough anymore to fit in the body. Overall I'm very happy how this adjustable wrench has turned out. I really like the brushed finish with the nickel plating.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanZack ThompsonAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulCarsten BauerYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioBendurionBr. Michael-Francis Smith, OSBChris walterDavid BarkerGreenstituteHaitham Al ZirJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyLambda GPU WorkstationsLeoLouie CarboniMarius CostanMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNick HoustonNoLoneSurvivorPong LenispotokslowStevenVRTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAjnaAlex BindonAlex BretonAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake Tbrad ashmoreBrian HoerlChad BryantChris BrentanoCrystal CashDaniel VargaDave HardwareDiriector_DocEmbissEtherealsflowercrownbouncerFrankie DeSantisGeoffroyGrant DanielGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHunter R.Jack CurryJason KoiJeremy Colejustin f.Karl RKelly ImgrundKen RossoKurt GazowLandon BurgenerMarc CerisierMellissa McConnellMichael LampMike DonaldsonNoah SchwarzPasacal SchmikalPeter CyprianRay YeagerRegis VincentRev. Gina PondScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Italian Coffee Grinder - Restoration my mechanics 2021-07-04 | In this video I'm restoring a very unique looking antique italian coffee grinder. I recieved this coffee grinder a few weeks ago as a gift from a subscriber from Italy. He sent me a picture of it, asking me if I want it on Instagram and I said yes immediately. I really liked the unique look of it and its design.At first I thought this would be a very simple straight forward project. It would soon turn out how wrong I was. The two big wooden parts became a real challenge to restore. It would be rather easy to make new ones, but I really wanted to keep the original ones and restore them. As the bottom piece was warped a lot and was also 3mm oval I couldn't just machine it all clean right away, otherwise I would need to take off way to much material. I decided to try to bend it back flat by soaking in water for a day and than clamp it flat and let it dry. Fortunately my plan worked out and the pice got almost flat again, to my surprise it also became round again within 0.5mm. The reliefed stress made a few cracks appear. I filled them all with a mix of epoxy glue and sawdust. After that I was able to machine it nicely and didn't loose to much on its original size.The wooden top was rather easy to restore compared to the bottom. Because it had a very loose fit in the body, I decided to machine that diameter clean and glue on a sleeve. That worked very well and then I just had to remake the slots in the sleeve with my rotary tool by following the existing ones.The color choice was also quite a difficult task on this project. I changed my mind a few times and even repainted the body. First I painted the outside in corn yellow, but that looked very bad with the dark wood. After alot of thinking I decided to püaint it in light ivory, which in my opinion was the absolute correct decission. It matches the dark wood very nice and also works nicely together with the gold.Overall I'm very happy how this coffee grinder turned out.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanZack ThompsonAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulCarsten BauerYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioBendurionBr. Michael-Francis Smith, OSBChris walterDavid BarkerGreenstituteHaitham Al ZirHouziMotoJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyLambda GPU WorkstationsLouie CarboniMarius CostanMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNick HoustonNoLoneSurvivorPaul MampillyPong LenispotokslowStevenVRTyler AutryTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAjnaAlex BretonAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrian Hoerlc kmChad Bryantchris robertsChris SimondetDaniel VargaDave HardwareEmbissflowercrownbouncerFrankie DeSantisGeoffroyGrant DanielGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHunter R.IvanJack CurryJason KoiJeremy Colejustin f.Karl RKelly ImgrundKen RossoKurt GazowMarc CerisierMellissa McConnellMike DonaldsonOmar DomínguezPasacal SchmikalRay YeagerRegis VincentRev. Gina PondRobert ToddScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanSubramaniam VenkitaramanSuirosSvenja KucklaTim HoltTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanicsinsightsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Broken Rusty Oldtimer Scooter - Restoration my mechanics 2021-05-07 | In this video I'm going to restore a very rusty and broken scooter from the 1970s.I've bought this scooter almost two years ago at an online auction for $40. I really liked the look of it, especially the design of the aluminium casted wheels. I knew this one would be a very challenging project because of multible reasons. I knew I need to replace the tires and handles, but I had no idea back then how to make them. It took a lot of research in terms of resin and rubber casting and also the help of my friend @misterpatina , which has organized the polyurethane rubber for me. It was pretty difficult to get the right hardness in the right color. There was also the rear fender missing, which required metal shaping to make a new one. I've never done that before, but after a successful test piece with aluminium I was optimistic to get it done and it worked out absolutely perfect. One more thing that scared me was the chrome plating of the handlebar. I knew I can't chrome plate myself, as I heard it's super toxic. Then the idea of nickel plating came to my mind, it has a slightly different color than chrome. It has kind of a yellowish goldish touch. After doing some test pieces, I knew this was the way to go. To get an overall uniform look and also rust protection I decided to polish and nickel plate all steel parts.This project was the by far the most difficult one to restore. It required so many new techniques, that's why it took me 50 days in the workshop to complete. I really put my heart into this little scooter and in my opinion it turned out absolutely fantastic. The combination of the grey and blue paint together with all the shiny nickel plated parts and the new casted creme white tires and handles come together very nice. I'm very happy how it turned out.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanZack ThompsonAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioBendurionChris walterDavid BarkerGreenstituteHouziMotoJosh LedfordJosh WassermanJoshua BentleyLambda GPU WorkstationsLouie CarboniMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsNick HoustonPaul MampillyPong LenispotokslowThomas & Jenni WendelTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAjnaAlex BretonAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew EgertonAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrian HoerlCam BenfieldChad BryantChris SimondetDave Hardwarefrankie deSantisGrant DanielGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHarper KimHunter R.Jack ScottJason KoiJeremy Colejustin f.Kelly ImgrundKen RossoKurt GazowMarc CerisierMellissa McConnellMichael BierMike DonaldsonNick CannonOmar DomínguezPasacal SchmikalRegis VincentRev. Gina PondSam MainvilleScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanStefan HalterSubramaniam VenkitaramanSuirosSvenja KucklaTrevor KamTucker Ifft웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Rusty Cleaver - Restoration my mechanics 2021-01-09 | My friend has found this rusty old cleaver on the steel waste. I really liked the unique look of it with the hook instead of a hole to hang it on the wall. As christmas holidays were just around to happen, I knew I had to pick a project that I have all the material ready in my shop, because everybody was in vacation. So i choose to restore this cleaver.The disassembling was done very quickly, so was the sandblasting.The original handle was held in place with the peened tang. I didn't really like the shape of the handle and I also didn't wanted to peen the handle again. Si I decided to make a more ergonomic nice looking handle. That's why I shortened the tang around 45mm and drilled three 5mm holes in it. That went very well as the tang wasn't hardened. Next I wanted to make it mirror polished. I startet with the belt sander to grind away all the pitting from the rust. Then it was time for hand sanding. I started with 120 grit, after all the scratches were gone from the belt sander I moved on with 240. Then 400, 1000 and 1200 at the end. I then had a fine enough surface to be able to mirror polish it on the cotton buffing wheel. It took quite some time to do that, but the end result came out absolutely amazing.Moving on to the handle. I decided to make a three part sandwich. I started by making a spacer out of smoked oak. Cut out the shape of the tang and then glue it on to a piece of pear tree wood. Then I was able to file the spacer to the same tapered thickness of the tang. After gluing the other side of the handle on and drilling the holes for the rivets through I could start to rough shape the handle with a rasp.I decided to make three screwable brass rivets. I applied some Loctite on the threads and tighten them together. After that I filed the slotted heads away, flush to the handle. Then it was time to give the handle a final sanding with 120, 240, 400 and 1000 grit and apply linseed oil for the final touch. And after sharpening this job was done completely.I really liked to work on this cleaver. Mirror poilishing was a lot of work and also the work on the handle was quite challenging, but I really liked the end result and I think it speaks for itself.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanZack ThompsonAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kAnthony EufemioBendurionCourtney MaleportDavid BarkerGreg MarstonJosh LedfordJoshua BentleyLambda GPU WorkstationsLuke SchmickLuke StoneMatt BoothmanMellissa MarcusMonte GibbsMuzaffer AksoyNick HoustonPaul MampillyPong LenispotokslowSchultes ThomasThomas & Jenni WendelTodd MedburyTyler CarruthVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAaron QuanteAcechadoraAjnaAlex BretonAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrandon FitzwaterBrian NewtonCarl SavageCarloChad BryantChris SimondetGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHarper KimHunter R.isiovielJason KoiJason TarlovJeremy ColeJonas Richartzjustin f.Kelly ImgrundKurt GazowMarc CerisierMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa McConnellMichael BierMickey EisenhornMike DonaldsonNick CannonPasacal SchmikalPhilippRegis VincentScott MarshallSejo GavischSergei ShvartsmanStefan HalterSubramaniam VenkitaramanSuirosSvenja KucklaTrevor KamTucker IfftWarren G Strand JrWilliam Wallace웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)Building a Huge Rotary Tumbler from Scratch - Homemade Rotary Tumbler youtu.be/c04x6ZF9kKc„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Hand Cranked Hammer Drill - Restoration my mechanics 2020-12-20 | It was in spring this year when I picked up this beaten up antique hand cranked hammer drill. My friend has found it on the steel waste together with the german „Weltrekord“ ratchet screwdriver. The condition of the drill was super bad. It was very corroded, had a lot of missing screws, the handle was in very bad condition and the crank was bent so much you couldn't even make a full turn. That's all said, it was the perfect item for a new restoration video.At first I thought this should be a quick and easy project, but one problem after the other became visible and it turned out to be a real challenge. There was the big dent in the left side of the case. Usually you can't bend casted parts, but with a bit of heat and careful pressure on the arbor press I was able to remove it a bit. It also worked to get rid of the warping with some heat. For the finish of the housing I wanted to have an antique cast aluminium look. I thought it would look very cool if I could tumbler these parts after sandblasting. I ended up building a huge rotary tumbler from scratch and it worked very well (video link below).Another big issue was the tool holder and the drill bit, as they were both completly rusted. Big thanks to @HandToolRescue at this point for helping me out with the dimensions on these two parts by disassembling and measuring his own hammer drill. After a bit of search on eBay I found a set of original Rawlplug drill bits. After they arrived I was able to measure the shaft and the taper of the drill to then turn a new tool holder. It all worked out very well and yes, the drill only holds with the taper ;-)Before I even started this project I just had one question in mind „How am I going to replace the messed up handle cover?“. My first idea was to wrap it in nice black leather like steering wheels are made. That would definitely work, but that's something I've never done before so I was quite sceptical. Then the idea of a heat shrink tube came up. That would be a very easy solution, but heat shrink tubes don't have any structuires to it and it wouldn't quite fit the the rest of the tool. Thanks to the research of my Patreons and channel members, they have found very special heat shrink tubes that have a structure in it. I really liked it as it almost looked exactly the same like the original handle.After all it was a very intense and time consuming project. I've done so many hours of research on this one and I had to learn new skills. I'm very happy how it turned out.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanZack ThompsonAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kBendurionCourtney MaleportDavid BarkerGreg MarstonJoshua BentleyLambda GPU WorkstationsLuke SchmickLuke StoneMatt BoschMellissa MarcusMike SchlodderMonte GibbsMuzaffer AksoyNick HoustonPaul MampillypotokslowTodd MedburyVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAaron QuanteAlex Bretonalex latzkoAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrandon FitzwaterBrian NewtonCarloChad BryantChris SimondetGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHarper KimHunter R.Jason KoiJason TarlovJeremy ColeJonas RichartzJordan Pagejustin f.Kelly ImgrundKurt GazowMarc CerisierMarius CostanMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa McConnellMichael BierMickey EisenhornMike DonaldsonNick CannonPasacal SchmikalPhilippSchultes ThomasScott MarshallSergei ShvartsmanSvenja KucklaThe CarlsonsTrevor KamTucker IfftWarren G Strand JrWilliam Wallace웅록 윤My camera:Panasonic HC-VX11I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)Building a Huge Rotary Tumbler from Scratch - Homemade Rotary Tumbler youtu.be/c04x6ZF9kKc„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Rusty Pruning Saw - Too Broken to Restore... I Make a New One my mechanics 2020-10-07 | This old rusty and broken pruning rip saw was sent to me by a follower on Instagram. He was on a mission to clean the Swiss Alps from trash. They removed around two tons of trash in total. At the Albert-Heim-Hut, which was built in 1918, he found this old pruning saw. It must have been digged into the ground for decades. It was in a terrible condition to say the least. The handle was missing half of it and the wood was rotten. The blade looked very bad, it had very thick layers of rust and dirt on it.Right when I saw this saw for the first time on a picture I knew this will be a very difficult project. It was very obvious that I need to replace the handle, the question was if I could possibly save the blade. Because otherwise there would be nothing left from the original saw after the restoration. After sandblasting it was very clear right away that the damage on the blade is beyond repair. Rust has eaten away a lot of material, some teeth were missing and there was heavy pitting all over the blade. I thought for a few days what I want to do with this project. Should I trash it and start something new, or should I keep going and replace what needs to be replaced, even though there would only two brass plates stay from the original saw. I also asked this question to my Patreon and channel members and the answer was a very clear „yes, keep going“. And that's what I did.For the blade I choose a stainless high carbon steel (1.4116). As the original teeth had no offset, it was very easy to make a new one. Therefore was the blade tapered, I managed to achieve that with a file. For the hardening I wraped the blade in stainless steel foil, heat it up to 1050°C for a good 20 minutes and then quench in preheated (60°C) oil. I only made one tempering cycle right after the quench in a bakeoven for 2 hours at 250°C. I didn't want the blade to be too hard so it can still stay felxible.I decided to make the handle out of smoked oak. It's a very common wood in Switzerland. That was my first time working with this type of wood and I loved it. Its hardness made it very nice to work with. The dark color fits perfectly with the brass.I think this project is a very good example of the ship of Theseus. Even though there are just two parts left from the original saw, you could say this is a new saw and others might say it's still the old one just restored/repaired. For me this is clear, it still is the old saw. What happens if the handle of your saw breaks? You'll replace it and it's still your saw.What happens if the blade breaks short after? You'll replace it and it's still your saw.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Tonya M BroermanAdel AlSaffarYale BakerGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kCourtney MaleportDavid BarkerDiecast PirateGreg MarstonLambda GPU WorkstationsLuke SchmickMatt BoschMellissa MarcusMuzaffer AksoyPaul MampillyTodd MedburyVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYuri ZapuchlakAlex Bretonalex latzkoAlex ShipleyAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrian NewtonCarloChad BryantChris SimondetEasy GreenGrok SenftenHaley McFaddenHarper KimHunter R.Jeremy ColeJessica AlexanderJonas RichartzJordan Pagejustin f.Kelly ImgrundMarc CerisierMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa McConnellMichael BierMickey EisenhornMike DonaldsonNick CannonPasacal SchmikalPaul AmbryScott MarshallStuart MitchellSuirosThe CarlsonsTrevor KamTucker IfftWarren G Strand JrWilliam WallaceXL S웅록 윤Time and costs of this project:$5 steel for the blade 1.4116$2 smoked oak (wood)$50 dovetail mill for saw teethThank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
I make an 8 Ball out of solid Stainless Steel and Brass my mechanics 2020-09-12 | I had this idea since I recently discovered how to easily make balls on the milling machine and lathe. As I currently don't know what to restore next, I decided to make the 8 ball. It was a very cool little project. Very accurate work was needed to get all six individual pieces fit together with no gaps. The hardest part of this project was filming the last few shots, because it is so super shiny now and reflects everything. I really like how it turned out and it will be a nice decoration piece to look at.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Adel AlSaffarGregoryAlex McGeorgeAlistair MoorAmar.kCourtney MaleportDavid BarkerDiecast PirateGreg MarstonLambda GPU WorkstationsMatt BoschMellissa MarcusMuzaffer AksoyPaul MampillyVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYale BakerYuri ZapuchlakAlex Bretonalex latzkoAlex ShipleyAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrian NewtonCarloChad BryantChris SimondetEasy GreenGrok SenftenHarper KimHunter R.Jeremy ColeJessica AlexanderJonas RichartzJordan PageJozette Sotojustin f.Kelly ImgrundLVEMarc CerisierMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa McConnellMichael BierMickey EisenhornMike DonaldsonNick CannonPasacal SchmikalPaul AmbryPerryKScott MarshallStuart MitchellSuirosThe CarlsonsTodd MedburyTrevor KamWarren G Strand JrXL S웅록 윤Time and costs of this project:$25 materialI was working on this project for 4 daysIf you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1891 German Weltrekord Ratchet Screwdriver - Restoration my mechanics 2020-08-22 | It was around three months ago when I visited my friend that works at the steel waste. He made an amazing found. He found multible items that were in a very rough condition. They almost had some kind of concrete on them and a lot of heavy rust. This little screwdriver got my attention right away. It was not clearly visible what the function of it was, but I remember that I thought it might be some kind of ratchet mechanism. At home I posted a few pics of it in my Instagram story. It didn't took long for @hand tool rescue to reply, as he has the same screwdriver, just a slightly modern version of it, but similar mechanism. After some research I found some more pics and videos online. The brand is „Weltrekord“ made in Germany and it's called „Hebelschraubenzieher“ which meas „lever scredriver“. The model I found was the first ever designed one from 1891. Weltrekord later made some small changes on the design. Newer ones have a small collet to clamp the insert bits and even newer ones came with plastic handles instead of wood.At first I thought this will be a quick straight forward restoration project. It turned out to be a very tricky one. The most difficult part was definitely the disassembly, it took me three full days to get it in pieces. Heavy rust has done so much damage to all of the parts. Unfortunately the handle cracked when I removed it. I tried to restore it, but it became a huge mess and I decided to make a new one to have a nice and clean look. There's a 40 minutes version of this video on my Patreon page where I show how I tried to repair the handle. I had to weld up material on a lot of parts and machined and sanded it clean afterwards. That all worked perfectly fine. Some parts have still very slight pitting but overall it turned out very well. For the finish on the steel parts I decided to try nickel plating for the first time and it worked fantastic. I went with a brushed finish and with the nickel coat the parts turned out amazing. I really like the look of the nickel plated parts with the wooden handle.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Adel AlSaffarGregoryAlex McGeorgeCourtney MaleportDavid BarkerGreg MarstonMellissa MarcusMuzaffer AksoyPaul MampillyVickie BlighVince ValentiXavier CarbelYale BakerAlex Bretonalex latzkoAlex ShipleyAljoscha ErlebachAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerBlake TBrian NewtonCarloChad BryantChris SimondetCristian ZorrillaDre GilleyGrok SenftenHarper KimHunter R.Jeremy ColeJessica AlexanderJonas RichartzJordan PageJoshua BentleyJozette Sotojustin f.Kelly ImgrundLVEMarc CerisierMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa McConnellMichael BierMike DonaldsonNick CannonPasacal SchmikalPaul AmbryPerryKScott MarshallStuart MitchellSuirosThe CarlsonsTrevor KamWarren G Strand Jr웅록 윤Time and costs of this restoration:$5 wood for the handle$3 spring steel wire$10 vinegar for nickel solutionI was working on this project for 2 weeksMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Kitchen Scale Restoration - The Masterpiece my mechanics 2020-06-06 | Last time I scrolled through eBays antique section, this nice little antique kitchen scale caught my attention at the first sight. It was a little bit expensive with a price tag of $75, but I didn't even thought twice about buying it. I fell in love with it right away.The paint looked very bad, it also had some dents and some signs of its age. It was still working and had a new screw added, I guess someone quickly fixed it before selling. The plate did sit way too loose on the top part, that made me suspicious that it isn't the original one. After disassemling I thought this will be a very quick and easy restoration, but one thing came after the other and it tourned out to be the most challenging one i've done on this channel so far.I wanted to have a super glossy and perfect paint job. For that reason I applied three coats of high build primer after the regular primer and filler. Wet sanding with 400 and 800 grit made the base super smooth and perfectly even. Then it was time to apply two coats of light ivory. After it dried I masked it again and painted the brillant blue. The paint turned out absolutely amazing. The old glass cover was too messed up to even try to clean it. I milled a new one on the tiny cnc-milling machine. Instead of painting the back of it gold, I decided to mill a brass foil to put it underneath. I cut some threads into the housing and fixed the class with fake rivets in a brushed look.The whole mechanism of the scale needed much attention. I had to remake some parts that got destroyed during the disassembly. But the most difficult parts were definitely the aluminium part and the paper scale. This was my first attempt ever in metal spinning. After a few tries I knew how to do it and I was able to make an absolutely perfect part. The scale was warped due to the disassembly with water, so I had to make a new one from scratch. It required a lot of math to calculate all the diameters and angles, but it turned out very well.I spent a long time thinking about the plate. After my success with the metal spinning of the aluminium part I decided to try to make a new one out of a copper sheet. I made a negative form as a template out of wood and than spinn the copper sheet on it to a plate. After a failed tries, I suceed. The key point was to heat the sheet up before hand to make it soft. I then sanded it all clean and soldered a ring on the back.The plate, The scale with the aluminium part and the glass cover with the brass foil were definitely my personal highlights of this restoration. I think this is definitely one of the most favourite project I've done so far. It was very challenging and I had to learn many new skills to get the job done. After all I'm very happy with this restoration.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Yale BakerAdel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulCourtney MaleportDavid BarkerDerek RussGregoryJustin PowerMellissa MarcusMuzaffer AksoyPaul MampillyVince ValentiAlan Hansonalex latzkoAllen FrankAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerChad BryantCristian ZorillaDamian RickardDan WilliamsDre GilleyHarper KimHunter R.JD SmithJessica AlexanderJonas RichartzJozette Sotojustin f.Kelly ImgrundLVEMarc CerisierMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa McConnellMichael BierMike DonaldsonNick CannonPasacal SchmikalPaul AmbryRisky DeemRobert EverichScott MarshallStuart MitchellSuirosThe CarlsonsTrevor Kam웅록 윤Time and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 4 weeks$25 kitchen scale$20 2k primer$30 high build primer$30 2k coat light ivory$30 2k coat brillant blue$25 brass foil$5 transparent plastic$10 copper sheet$5 aluminium sheetMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Broken Deadlocked Vise - Perfect Restoration (I did it again) my mechanics 2020-04-21 | I bought this vise pretty much 1.5 years ago together with the other Gressel bench vise I already restored and made a video. I also payed $20 for this one. Since then it was laying aroung in my basement. I always knew that I'll restore this one as well, just because it's a Gressel and it will totally worth to safe it from the trash.This one wasn't that rusty like the other one, but it was also completely deadlocked. The handle was beaten up and bent. The jaws, some screws and two pieces to hold the spindle were missing. The pin that secures the spindle from turning was broken. Because of all that the spindle fell out. This vise has two threads and two concentric bushings to keep the jaws in place. Talking to Gressel I found out that this method was only produced until 1960, so it's at least 60 years old now. It could be from 1943, as both parts had a „43“ stamped on them. As these original jaws are getting no longer produced, I decided to drill an extra hole between the threads to be able to use new jaws. Gressel was so nice to send me new flat jaws. All the bare surfaces were in really bad condition due to heavy use, that's why I decided to weld up material and clean all these surfaces on the milling machine. I replaced the handle with a new one, but I used the old rounded ends again which turned out great. I later secured the ends with Loctite when reassembling. I also made the two missing screws and the broken pin out of the old handle. I choose to paint the whole vise the same color as the movable jaws from the new Gressel vises are, cobalt blue (RAL5013). I think it turned out very well, the white lettering, the shiny bare spots and the black parts match very well.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Adel AlSaffarafreeflyingsoulDavid BarkerGregoryMuzaffer AksoyVince ValentiYale BakerAlan Hansonalex latzkoAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreas MimraAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsAnthony AdamsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportCristian ZorillaDan WilliamsDre GilleyHarper KimHunter R.JD SmithJessica AlexanderJoel MillerJonas RichartzLVEMarc CercierMartin Rønnow KlarlundMauricio PachecoMellissa MarcusMellissa McConnellNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyRisky DeemRobert EverichShikidixiTrevor KamTRG Restoration웅록 윤Timestamps:00:00 preview00:44 disassembling02:45 showing all the parts02:53 cleaning the parts with the parts washer03:11 removing the old bushings04:24 sandblasting05:17 restoring the fix jaw07:57 restoring the movable jaw09:45 restoring the ends of the handle10:37 making a new handle on the lathe11:48 restoring the spindle nut13:15 restoring the spindle nut holder plate14:05 making two new screws for the plate on the lathe and milling machine15:27 restoring the spindle16:21 making a new pin for the spindle on the lathe17:04 making the missing parts for the spindle on the lathe and milling machine18:12 applying filler18:52 painting19:41 showing the new jaws19:54 showing the new hardened pins19:57 showing all parts before reassembling20:09 reassembling22:26 showing the finished restoration23:22 final test23:49 Patreon supportersTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 2 weeks$20 vise$20 2k primer$30 2k coat cobalt blue (RAL5013)$30 steel for new partsMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Barn Find Oil Lamp - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2020-04-03 | It was pretty much exactly three weeks ago when I last visited my friend that works at the recycling station. He always takes interesting antique items at home and sells them on eBay, so he always has very cool old and rusty stuff to restore for me. Right at the moment when I first saw this oil lamp I knew I want to make a restoration video about it. He told me that must be a barn find because of the dirt that did stick to it. Not only because I liked its design, it was also very rusty and dirty and the glass was not broken. Well, it turned out later that it was indeed broken, but the crack was not visible and I realized that myself just after cleaning with the parts washer. I was shocked when I saw the huge crack, I wasn't even sure if I made it when disassembling or cleaning. So I checked all the recordings right away to see if the crack was already there before and I was quite reliefed when I saw that I didn't do it. I did a lot of research if it would be possible to repair it, unfortunately it's impossible to fix a crack in glass. Due to safety resons it's better to replace a cracked glass anyway, but I didn't had a replacement part nor could I make a new one. As I'm only using this oil lamp as a decoration piece I decided to try my best in secure the crack to not get bigger and try to hide it as good as possible. I think I achieved a nice result with that. The oil lamp was zinc plated originally and didn't had any paint on it. I can't zinc plate and didn't like the idea of such a rough finish. So I decided to paint it, at first I wanted to make it all black. I didn't really liked the idea of having it all black and I wanted to give it a second color to play with. After long thinking I remembered „Eleanor“ from the movie „gone in 60 seconds“. I really like that grey metallic look and it fits perfectly with black in my opinion. To give it a nice touch I painted the raised letters red.I really like how this little Eleanor oil lamp turned out. I think the grey metallic body fits perfectly with the glossy black parts and the red letters „NEOLUX“ gives it a nice touch. With the nice repaired and cleaned glass this item turned into a very nice decoration piece and it makes me happy that I can show it off for display in my appartement from now on.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Markus MeierAfreeflyingsoulGregoryAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportCristian ZorillaDan WilliamsDavid BarkerDre GilleyHunter R.JD SmithJessica AlexanderJonas RichartzLVEMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa MarcusMuzaffer AksoyNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyShikidixiTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiYale Baker웅록 윤Timestamps:00:00 preview00:46 disassembling02:43 showing all the parts02:59 cleaning the parts with the parts washer03:25 sandblasting04:04 restoring the main part05:58 restoring the glass holder06:43 restoring the lever for the glass holder07:19 showing the restored lever conection for the glass holder07:36 applying filler07:58 sanding all the filler08:22 painting all the parts09:15 painting the raised letters red09:28 showing all the painted parts09:48 making new rivets on the lathe10:39 restoring the glass and repairing the crack12:05 restoring the wick holder13:54 cleaning the wick14:22 making a new gasket for the cap14:39 showing all the parts before reassembling14:48 reassembling16:42 showing the finished restoration17:26 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 2 weeks$30 oil lamp$20 2k primer$30 water-based coat metallic grey$25 2k clear coat$25 2k coat jet black (RAL9005)$32 2k super glueMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Main Channel:youtube.com/c/mymechanics My Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Rusty Hacksaw with Broken Blade - Restoration my mechanics 2020-03-20 | In this video i'm restoring an antique broken hacksaw.At the end of 2019 I recieved an e-mail from a subscriber from Germany. He sent me pictures of an old broken hacksaw that he has found in his garage. I really like the look of it, especially the clamping lever. I've never seen a clamping mechanism like it on a hacksaw, they usually just have wingnuts to put tention on the blade. I also liked the fact that the blade was broken. He was so nice to send me this hacksaw for free and support the channel with it. Thank you very much.The restoration itself wasn't that complicated, as the function of this tool is very simple and it doesn't have a lot of parts. The most interesting part was definitely the restoration of the broken blade in my opinion. It's very common to weld broken saw blades, there are actually some bandsaws on the market that have an extra welding mechanism attached to it. As I can't TIG weld I had to use my MIG and the result turned out very well. After the sandblasting markings appeared on the main part. Because of them I couldn't sand all the pitting away, that's why I only choose to sand it very gently and keep the markings. It turned out very well after the bluing and gave the whole saw a nice antique touch. One of the two parts with the cones and the slots that hold the blade was really messed up. That's why I decided to replace them both and make new ones on the lathe and mill. I didn't want to use rivets again to hold the blade, as it's very unfortunate if you need to remove the blade to sharpen or replace it. I decided to make two additional screws to hold it in place. I went with a sloted round head on them to add an antique touch. After all, I really like the look of this hacksaw. The black parts with the dark wooden handle, the old aggressive looking saw blade and the new polished parts. They all fit together very nicely and it actually works.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Noelle SophyAfreeflyingsoulGregoryAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsArni Bjorgvinssonaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportCristian ZorillaDan WilliamsDavid BarkerDre GilleyHunter R.JD SmithJessica AlexanderJonas RichartzLVEMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa MarcusNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyShikidixiTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiYale BakerTimestamps:00:00 preview00:45 disassembling02:43 showing all the parts02:57 sandblasting03:48 restoring the main part06:54 restoring the clamping lever08:44 making a new screwable rivet on the lathe10:54 restoring the wooden handle12:54 making two new flathead screws on the lathe and mill13:58 restoring the saw blade15:38 making two new saw blade holders on the lathe and mill17:15 making two new screws to hold the saw blade in place18:16 showing the parts before reassembling18:36 reassembling19:40 showing the finished restoration20:34 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 2 weeks$10 Material for the new parts$25 Tap Drill M2.5My camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Ox-Tongue Iron - Restoration my mechanics 2020-02-19 | In this video i'm restoring an antique ox-tongue iron.The ox-tongue iron is named for the particular shape of the insert. It was used in the late 19th century.I bought this one on eBay for $25. The condition of this item was not too bad in terms of rust. Unfortunately the ox-tongue insert was missing. The handle had play because one nut of the two bolts was missing. During the dissasembling I realized that it had asbestos as termal isolation, I replaced it with parts made out of duroplastic. Duroplastic does not melt, it's heat resistant up to around 300°C. As the holes of the handle were not centered, I decided to drill them up and close them with glued in pins. One of the two bolts of the handle was bent, one nut and washer was missing and the used washer was too big. That's why I decided to make it all new. The door didn't fit at all, so I welded up the holes, and made new ones until the door sit flush with the top of the iron. After that I was able to make the outer contur fit. I choose to turn a few parts black. After the first sandblasting I removed all the scratches and pitting with sanding and then I sandblasted them again to achieve a very nice and even surface finish. The bluing then makes a very nice matte shiny look. I decided to polish the body, but I used bluing on the inside for rust protection.Overall I really like the look from this iron, how the colors of the wood, the black steel and the polished steel play with eachother.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:AfreeflyingsoulGregoryAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew Phillipsaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsDavid BarkerDre GilleyEthan HartleyHunter R.JD SmithJonas RichartzKelly ImgrundLVEMartin Rønnow KlarlundMellissa MarcusNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiYale BakerTimestamps:00:00 preview00:32 disassembling01:41 showing all the parts01:59 sandblasting02:52 restoring the body04:27 restoring the hinge06:07 restoring the bolts06:47 restoring the door09:28 restoring the wooden handle11:43 making new bolts, nuts and washers on the lathe13:49 restoring the holder for the handle14:24 restoring the reflector plate15:10 showing the new parts out of duroplastic15:17 making a new ox-tongue insert17:22 making a new handle to hold the ox-tongue insert20:51 showing the parts before reassembling21:06 reassembling22:34showing the finished restoration23:36 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 3 week$25 ox-tongue iron$2 wooden pins for the handle$15 material for the ox-tongue and handle$40 reverse countersink hand tool$10 wax for wood$20 angle screwdriversMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Broken Rusty Lock with Missing Key - Restoration my mechanics 2019-12-20 | In this video i'm restoring an old broken and rusty Padlock.This Padlock was sent to me by one of my subsrcibers from Italy. Right when I saw the picture I knew I want to restore this lock and I was impatiently waiting for the package to arrive. I found out that his padlock was made in Germany by Kamp in the 1930s. The lock was very rusty, the key was missing and it seemed to be broken. It was also very rusty inside, all moving parts were stuck and the closing mechanism was broken. Due to the amount of damage on the case due to rust I decided to paint it. This way I can use filler to achieve a nice finish, otherwise I'd had to sand all pitting off and there was just not enough material left to do so. The plates from the mechanism were damaged a lot too, but they were all still functional. So I only removed all sharp edges and gave them a nice bluing finish for rust protection. The aluminium part, where the key comes in was damaged a lot too and had a lot of play in the case. If I would sand it clean it would get even more play. For those reasons I decided to make a new one, I choose bronze because it would fit better to the overall look at the end. Making the key was quite a challenge, but it turned out very well and it actually worked. In my opinion the padlock turned out very well and I'm very happy with the endresult.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Daniele CastoldiTyler NelsonAfreeflyingsoulGregoryRicardo DavidAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew Phillipsaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsDre GilleyEthan HartleyHunter R.JD SmithJonas RichartzLVEMellissa MarcusNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyShawn DanielsTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiYale BakerZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:39 disassembling02:09 showing all the parts02:22 cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:50 sandblasting03:29 restoring the case06:18 restoring the shackle07:38 making two brass parts to support the shackle sideways08:17 restoring the plates08:58 remaking the broken part10:09 making a new spring10:53 making new pins on the lathe11:37 making three rings for the blind rivets12:08 making a new front cover13:34 making a new part for the key on the lathe and mill15:19 making a new key18:12 showing the parts before reassembling18:31 reassembling20:25 showing the finished restoration21:05 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 2 week$10 steel for the frontplate and closing mechanism$10 steel for the pins and key$50 paint$25 rivetsMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)„I make a new one“ T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Rusty Arbor Press - Restoration my mechanics 2019-11-30 | In this video i'm restoring a rusty arbor press.Ever since I started my channel I had an arbor press on my wish list to restore. Not just because it's an interesting good looking item, mainly because I want to have one in my shop. So I got very excited when my friend called me two weeks ago and told me that he has found one on the steel waste. It's a small Fehlmann arbor press, they're very famous in switzerland for making the best ones.I choose turquise blue for the main body and painted the letters black and I really like how to colour turned out. Unfortunately the table was missing, so I had to make a new one. I first planed to mill the slots on a CNC milling machine, but I couldn't get access to one in time so I decided to make it manually. It took some time to find a way to make them, took even more time to make them, but the endresult speaks for itself. It turned out absolutely perfect. I went with bluing on the gear part of the handle and sanded the handle itself. The name plate was from the previous seller of this press, it's a well known seller for machines in Switzerland. As the plate was too damaged to use again, I decided to make my own „my mechanics“ plate out of aluminium. It took me three tries to get it to work and I ended up with a very nice and clean plate at the end. I went with a brushed finish for the name plate, as it fits the other finishes very well.Overall I'm very happy how the press turned out. I really like the contrast of the different colours and finishes and I'm more than happy to finally own an arbor press in my shop. This tool will be very usefull and will for sure appear in future videos.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Daniele CastoldiNoelle SophyAfreeflyingsoulAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew Phillipsaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsDre GilleyGregoryHunter R.Jonas RichartzLVEMellissa MarcusNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyShawn DanielsTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiYale BakerZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:42 disassembling01:36 showing all the parts01:45 removing the old paint with paint stripper02:38 sandblasting03:27 restoring the main body04:12 applying filler on the main body04:45 sanding the unpainted surfaces of the main body05:14 masking the main body05:32 applying two component primer on the main body05:41 applying two component coat „turquise blue“ on the main body05:51 painting the letters black of the main body06:12 making the missing table on the lathe and milling machine10:20 cleaning the other parts with the parts washer10:41 removing the rust with rust remover11:20 restoring the gear rack12:31 restoring the handle14:28 restoring the bolt15:00 restoring the big washer15:44 making a new name plate17:39 showing the parts before reassembling17:56 reassembling18:55 showing the finished restoration20:04 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 1 week$30 arbor press$50 primer and coat$8 steel for the table$10 aluminium sheet for the name plateMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Watchmaker Vise - Restoration my mechanics 2019-11-12 | In this video i'm restoring a very rusty and stuck antique watchmaker vise.Sometimes I spend a lot of time just scrolling through the antique section of eBay without seeing something not even close to be interesting. It was exactly this case a few weeks ago, but then all of a sudden this little watchmaker vise appeared. I knew right away that I want it. I really like the small size of it with all the details and the old school design, so I bought it for $20.It had really a lot of rust and I was sceptical at the beginning if I could get rid of all the pitting and put a nice mirror polish on it, because it is very thin at two spots. It turned out to not be a problem and it worked very well. The jaws themself looked still very good after removing the rust, I've only pu a little bluing liquid on them and that was it. The bolt and the wing nut on the other hand was a big issue on this project. The thread had way too much play, the thread in the nut was not straight and it was a non standart thread size. That means I had no tools to cut this exact thread. So I need to make at least a new bolt and put a same size metric standart thread on it. With this new thread the nut doesn't fit anymore on the new bolt. If I want to repair the wing nut, I'd have to close the old thread with welding and cut in the same metric thread as on the bolt. I talked to a professional welder to close this thread, but he told me that the diameter of the hole was too small compared to it's lenght to be able to close it, or it could be that he melts the whole nut while trying to weld it. For that reason I decided to make a new one. Even though it is just a simple wing nut, this part was one of the most complicated parts I've done for this channel so far, but it turned out perfectly. I also had to replace the wooden handle because it had some cracks and the holes have become too big.At the end it turned out very great in my opinion. With the polished steel, the polished brass and the stained wood it has a very classy look and I really like it.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Noelle SophyArmands SatrovskisAfreeflyingsoulBryn GilbertsonAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew Phillipsaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsGregoryHunter R.Jonas RichartzLVEMellissa MarcusNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyShawn DanielsTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:42 disassembling01:52 showing all the parts02:07 cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:32 removing the rust03:05 removing the bolt03:29 restoring the main part04:55 bluing the jaws of the main part05:16 polish the inside with selfmade tool05:41 explaining the issue with nut and bolt06:16 making a new bolt on the lathe and milling machine07:45 making a new wing nut on the lathe and milling machine10:58 restoring the small washer11:22 making a new wooden handle12:37 stain the wooden handle12:47 apply linseed oil on the wooden handle13:02 restore the brass ring13:30 restore the eye screw14:05 showing all the parts before reassembling14:19 reassembling15:16 showing the finished restoration16:08 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 1 week$20 watchmaker vise$2 ash wood for the handleMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Second Channel:youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Rusty Jammed Rebar Cutter - Restoration my mechanics 2019-10-22 | In this video i'm restoring a hopeless case of a super rusty rebar cutter.People from all over the world send me pictures of their items they'd like to have restored by me in a video. Mostly the items do not look bad enough, not enough rust or not broken enough for an interesting video. However this rebar cutter caught my attention from the first look at it. Marco from Italy was so nice to ship it to me to Switzerland, he gave me this shear for free means he doesn't want to have it back. Thank you very much for that. Right when I saw the pictures I knew this would probably be a very challenging restoration because of all that rust. I assumed that it would be all seized up and a nightmare to disassemble and I was right. This cutter only has four bolts and is built together by only five parts, but I was busy with the disassembling for three days. It was very difficult to get the two big bolts out, specially the smaller one. It needed 12 tons on the hydraulic press and I needed to drill one bolt hollow. I made a lot of parts new on this project, I've only kept three parts original: the body and the two moving parts. As the handle was missing, I made a new one which required quite a few steps of machining, welding and grinding but the end result turned out very nice. As I almost made the whole thing new I decided to give this tool a modern touch with the choice of colour, that's why I went with orange.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Matthew HolcombAfreeflyingsoulAndreas PrümAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew Phillipsaudi4444playerCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsGregoryHunter R.Jonas RichartzLVEMellissa MarcusNick CannonPaul AmbryPaul MampillyTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:33 disassembling04:07 showing all the parts04:21 cleaning the parts with the parts washer04:33 sandblasting05:24 showing the sandblasted parts05:31 restoring the body07:01 restoring the movable jaw07:37 restoring the movable gear part08:14 making the small nut on the lathe08:59 making the big nut09:12 making the small bolt on the lathe10:21 making the big bolt10:35 making two washers for the bolts on the lathe11:11 making two new M8 bolts and washers on the lathe12:10 start of making the missing handle12:15 preparing the tube on the lathe12:54 making the domed cap on the lathe13:20 welding the domed cap on the tube13:29 cleaning up the welds of the domed cap on the lathe13:46 making the connection piece to the tool on the lathe14:57 milling the sides flat and welding up the plates16:19 welding the connection piece on the tube and turn it clean on the lathe16:50 making two threads in the connection piece17:14 sandblasting the handle17:28 bluing all the parts18:08 painting the handle and the body18:43 making two new cutting bits19:20 hardening and tempering the cutting bits20:03 showing all the parts before reassembling20:17 reassembling21:52 showing the finished restoration22:43 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 3.5 weeks$60 painting (primer and orange coat)$50 dinner for my friend for the hardening :-)My camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Rusty Hand Plane - Restoration my mechanics 2019-09-26 | In this video i'm restoring an antique Stanley hand plane.My friend has found this very old Stanley hand plane at the steel waste. When I saw it the first time at his place I wanted to restore it immediately, so I bought it for $10. This Stanley no. 122 hand plane was manufactured from 1877 until 1918, it's at least 101 years old. This plane is from the „liberty bell“ series, they were first produced in 1876 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the American Declaration of Independence (1776). That's the reason why the liberty bell is imprinted on the lever cap.As I'm not a woodworker at all and I've never used a hand plane before in my life, I had to do a lot of research how this thing even works to understand the function of each part. It turned out that the iron and the backing iron were assembled wrongly and there was also one part missing, which holds both of these parts together. As the iron was an original Stanley part, it wasn't the correct one for this plane. The bigger hole in the slot was on the wrong end, that's why I made a new one.I tried to keep as many parts as possible original on this restoration. I only replaced two small screws, made the missing part and a new iron.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Noelle SophyMatthew HolcombAfreeflyingsoulAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsGregoryJonas RichartzLVEMellissa MarcusPaul AmbryPaul MampillyTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:37 disassembling02:08 showing all the parts02:24 cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:40 removing the old paint with paint stripper03:13 soaking the parts in rust remover03:28 washing the wooden parts with warm soapy water03:47 showing the cleaned parts03:55 restoring the wooden body05:59 removing the stuck thread06:27 restoring the cast body06:53 restoring the lever cap07:06 restoring the lever07:30 restoring the lever cap screw07:47 sandblasting09:01 applying filler09:29 applying two component primer09:42 applying two component black coat10:05 restoring the shaft with slot10:39 restoring the pin from the lever11:00 making a new iron on the milling machine12:22 hardening and tempering the iron13:30 restoring the backing iron14:02 restoring the depth adjuster part14:29 restoring the nut14:53 making the missing part on the lathe15:51 making the three small parts black16:10 restoring the wooden knob17:05 restoring the big screw from the wooden knob17:27 replacing the two small screws17:54 showing all the parts before reassembling18:12 reassembling20:16 showing the finished restoration21:17 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 2.5 weeks$10 hand plane$40 painting (primer and black coat)$5 steel for the iron$1 two small screwsMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Mirror Mirror... Wrench Restoration my mechanics 2019-09-05 | In this video i'm restoring a very big old rusty wrench.Last time I visited my friend I noticed this huge rusty wrench. Its size faszinated me from the first look and that's why I decided to restore it. It's for sure the easiest project I did on this channel so far, but I really enjoyed doing something „smaller“.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Stewen GuyotAfreeflyingsoulAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsCourtney MaleportDan WilliamsGregoryJoan CasanovasJonas RichartzLVEMarc PMellissa MarcusPaul AmbryPaul MampillyTrevor KamTRG RestorationVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:44 sandblasting02:43 protect the metal with oil spray03:14 removing the marks from drop forging with files03:29 cleaning the file04:10 sanding with 80,120 and 180 grit05:01 sanding with 240 and 400 grit by hand05:40 wet sanding with 400 grit and oil spray06:13 polishing07:07 painting07:58 painting the letters08:31 removing the masking tape08:51 showing the finished productTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for 4 days$5 wrench$7 primer$11 coat signal blue (RAL 5005)My camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
I turn a Stainless Bolt into a Combination Lock my mechanics 2019-07-14 | In this video i'm turning a stainless steel bolt into a nice little combination lock.I was always fascinated by those antique combination locks. I really like the design of them. A few weeks ago I bought one from eBay, but it turned out to be a cheap fake copy. I was really disapointed. Well if I can't buy one, then I make one myself. It was quite a challenge to get all the parts done and fit together, but the end result speaks for itself. I'm very happy how it turned out and I'm glad I made it.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Arthur BeaulieuprahS ProdsAfreeflyingsoulMicky McKayAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAmanda Taylor, EsqAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsDan WilliamsGregoryJoan CasanovasJohn RomeroJonas RichartzJonathan HeckermanLVEMarc PPaul AmbryPaul MampillyTallBaldandCraftyTrevor KamVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 intro00:10 cutting the bolt in pieces on the lathe00:53 making the side plates of the lock02:14 making the first pin, shaft for wheels (fix side)03:46 making the second pin, upper shaft (fix side)04:37 making the third pin, key (movable side)06:33 making the fourth pin, upper shaft (movable side)07:16 TIG welding the pins and side plates together07:35 sanding and polishing the welded parts07:57 filing the slot for the secure ring08:16 making the wheels with numbers out of brass09:16 etching the numbers with ferric chloride10:52 knurling the whells with the numbers11:48 making five tiny springs with 0.3mm spring steel wire12:20 showing the five steel balls12:24 assembling the wheels with the numbers12:44 making a secure ring with 0.8mm spring steel wire13:13 assembling the secure ring13:21 showing the finished combination lockTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 2 weeks$5 stainless steel bolt M20x70$40 knurling wheel$2 printing the numbers$15 steel balls and spring steel wireMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Hand Cranked Grinder - Restoration my mechanics 2019-06-27 | In this video i'm restoring a very old hand cranked grinder.A few weeks ago I visited my friend and we took a closer look at his barn, looking for something interesting to restore. As soon as I saw this hand cranked grinder, I knew that this would make a nice restoration video. It was all covered in wood dust and the visble steel parts were very rusty. It was still working, but the grinding wheel was very unbalanced.When I was cleaning the parts with the parts washer I found a lot of nails and screws in the gearbox, I guess I was very lucky that I didn't found any teeth from the gears. The pin connection from one gear was damaged very hard. I filled it all up with welding and machined all surfaces clean again.I decided to make a brass sleeve for the wooden handle and glued it in with epoxy.I only cleaned the grinding wheel with high pressure water and it worked very well. Due to the age of the grinder and the cleaning with the water, the two paper discs were lost. That's why I printed two new ones with my logo on it and they turned out very nice. They're there to lower the pressure on the grinding wheel from the clamping.The cover plate from the gearbox didn't fit at all, it didn't even cover everything. Because of that I decided to make a new one.For the painting I choose a black coat, as it was originally, I used filler on it to get a nice and smooth finish.I'm very happy how this project turned out, I'll keep this item for myself for display.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Scott MeolaAfreeflyingsoulMicky McKayAdel AlSaffarAlan HansonAlex RoussosAndreswara HermawanAndrew PhillipsDan WilliamsGregoryJoan CasanovasJohn RomeroJonas RichartzJonathan HeckermanLVEPaul MampillySA GraverTrevor KamVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:37 disassembling02:13 showing all the parts02:28cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:47 removing the old paint with paint stripper03:32 sandblasting04:17 restoring the holder04:39 restoring the gearbox case05:11 restoring all shafts and gears from the gearbox07:45 making a new pin connection08:17 restoring the crank08:40 restoring the wooden handle09:05 making a brass sleeve for the wooden handle09:51 making a steel cover for the wooden handle10:58 making a shaft for the wooden handle12:14 restoring the grinding wheel13:11 making a new wooden sleeve for the grinding wheel14:03 making a brass sleeve for the wooden sleeve15:01 restoring the clamping disc for the grinding wheel15:21 restoring the big shaft15:48 making a new cover for the gearbox16:32 restoring the joints for the big shaft17:18 sandblasting again17:32 bluing the steel parts17:55 applying two component filler and sand it18:20 applying two component primer18:44 wet sanding18:58 applying two component coat „jet black“ (RAL 9005)19:30 showing the restored bolts and nuts19:44 showing all the parts before reassembling19:58 reassembling22:19 showing the restored item23:09 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 1,5 weeks$20 hand cranked grinder$20 2k primer$20 2k coat „jet black (RAL 9005)$5 wood for the sleeve$5 grease inlets$0.4 thick paper for the grinding wheelMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Huge Rusty Leg Vise - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2019-06-15 | In this video i'm restoring a very old Blacksmith Leg Vise.My friend has found this blacksmith leg vise at the junkyard. It is huge and and very heavy, over 43kg. I really liked the size of it, the very long handle and the design from the spindle and the spring, that's why I decided to restore it and make a video about it. I think this vise is around 100 years old.What I first expected to be a simple straight foraward project turned out to be a very tricky one. After cleaning up the two big pieces with the jaws I noticed that they don't close parallel. When the jaws touched eachother on the right side, they had a 2.5mm gap on the left side. To get this restoration done properly I decided to machine them. I made an aluminium plate to clamp the vise on the milling machine. To mill the structure of the rough jaws I bought two carbide milling plates and let them customize by grinding certain angles to them. The milling worked very well and I'm very happy how the jaws turned out. After the milling I did harden and temper them again.As the holes and countersinks from the heart shaped part were very small and rough, I drilled bigger holes and made the countersinks bigger and clean for 10mm screws. I did recut the threads with a threading file, because I didn't had this threading die size.I just cleaned up the spindle with files and emery cloth, removed scrateches and sharp edges.The nut had a groove in it at the end, I closed it with TIG welding and turned the welding spots clean on the lathe. I sanded the rest with emery cloth and cleaned it up with a file.I decided to mill the rectangluar washer clean, because it was very wavy and had an overall rough shape.While I was recutting the threads from the two square nuts, I realized that they were slanted. For that reason I decided to make new ones.I bent the spring symmetrical and grinded the very rough shape clean on the belt grinder.After cleaning up all the parts I did sandblast them, made them black with bluing liquid and painted them with a dark green hammertone paint. After the reassembly I realized that the vise looks very dark overall with the dark green and all the black parts, so I would definitely choose a brighter colour for next time to achieve a nicer contrast. Besides that I'm very happy how this project turned out. My friend who allowed me to use his milling machine to remake the jaws was very fascinated by this leg vise and he really liked it, I'm going to give it to him after the restoration.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Mike RogschScott Meolajohn ortegaJoel ZwahlenAndrei SitnikovMathias LinckeAfreeflyingsoulMicky McKayAlan HansonAlex RoussosDan WilliamsGregoryJoan CasanovasJohn RomeroJonathan HeckermanLVEPaul MampillySA GraverVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:40 disassembling01:24 showing all the parts01:31 cleaning the parts with the parts washer01:51 removing rust with MC-5102:26 restoring the fix jaw03:00 restoring the movable jaw03:43 testing the jaws04:02 sandblasting the fix and movable jaw04:37 soften the hardened jaws04:50 preparing to mill the jaws05:19 machining the rough jaws on the milling machine06:59 harden and temper the jaws07:20 restoring the heart shaped holding plate08:01 restoring the spindle with the handle08:48 restoring the nut09:55 restoring the holding plate for the spindle10:16 restoring the rectangular washer10:47 making two new square nuts11:41 restoring the spring12:20 sandblasting13:02 making the parts black with bluing liquid13:42 painting the parts with hammertone dark green14:19 showing the restored blots and nut and custom washers14:31 showing all the parts before reassembling14:37 reassembling15:58 showing the finished product16:54 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 3,5 weeks$80 milling tools$200 customizing the milling toolsMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Iconic French Wonder Lamp - Restoration my mechanics 2019-05-31 | In this video i'm restoring an old french Wonder lamp.My good friend TysyTube Restoration bought this Wonder lamp on a flea market in Paris. He asked me if I want to restore it and obviously I said yes. He already restored two of them himself, I link his videos and channel below. These Wonder lamps are very well known in France, they're used on railroads mostly as far as I know.I first wanted to paint the inside of the lamp white, but as soon as I saw the amazing look of the sandblasted aluminium I decided to go with that. I just had to remove the casting marks first and then sandblast it again. I choose yellow for the lamp with black letters and black for the handle and the switch. It had a few brass parts that were deformed to keep them in place, which I had to grind away to loosen them. I made all these parts new on the lathe and mill and gave them a nice mirror polish. I deformed them again when reassembling, except for the threads. It was quite a challenge to organize the battery, as they're not produced anymore today. MC-51 rust remover did an amazing job on the very rusty steel parts, a bit of sanding and polishing and they appeared like brand new. Same goes for the plastic parts, I sanded them wet with 400 grit and polished them with car wax.I really like how this lamp turned out, even that the colours are not original, the yellow goes very nice with the black and polished parts in my opinion. As I mentioned above, I'll keep this lamp for myself for display.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Lewis MockerUwe KeimJonathan McGhieAnthony ArcherWilliam V.AfreeflyingsoulMicky McKayAlan HansonAlex RoussosGregoryJoan CasanovasJohn RomeroJonathan HeckermanPaul MampillySA GraverVince ValentiZachary GrimesTimestamps:00:00 preview00:33 disassembling02:44 showing all the parts02:59 removing the old paint with paint striper03:40 sandblasting04:11 restoring the aluminium case05:14 restoring the aluminium back plate06:03 sandblasting the inside again06:21 polishing the brass part of the aluminium case06:35 restoring the switch07:01 restoring the handle07:28 applying two component filler before painting08:06 applying two component primer08:18 wet sanding the primer08:30 applying two component yellow coat (signal yellow RAL1003)08:36 applying two component black coat (jet black RAL9005)08:42 painting the letters black09:00 making new brass pins on the lathe09:48 making new brass bolts on the lathe and mill11:15 restoring the two knurled brass knobs12:09 rempoving rust with MC-51 on the steel parts and polish them12:47 making two new brass pins for the handle on the lathe13:36 restoring the shaft from the switch14:03 showing the cleaned glass14:07 making a new rubber gasket for the glass14:26 restoring the front reflector14:37 restoring the small plastic part from the front reflector14:52 restoring the red reflector15:09 restoring the aluminium frame from the red reflector15:24 polishing the nickel plated sheet15:35 showing the other polished copper parts from the switch15:40 showing the new battery15:46 showing all the parts before reassembling16:03 reassembling19:00 showing the finished lamp19:30 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 2,5 weeksWonder lamp was a presant from TysyTube :-) Thank you$35 Battery$20 two component primer$20 two component yellow coat (RAL1003)$20 two component black coat (RAL9005)$5 rivets$5 bulbsMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180TysyTube Restoration channel:youtube.com/channel/UCIGEtjevANE0Nqain3EqNSgTysyTube's Wonder lamp restoration:youtube.com/watch?v=Se47FWgfub0&t=1459syoutube.com/watch?v=QwX51aT8AJ4&t=943sIf you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Soldering Iron (Blowtorch) - Hot Restoration my mechanics 2019-04-26 | In this video i'm restoring an old german soldering iron.This item was sent to me by one of my patrons from Germany. He saw it on eBay, asked me if I'm interested and then he bought it. Thank you for that. I'll send it back to him now.I really liked the look of the handle and that's why I decided to restore it. It's a propane gas powered soldering iron made by Perkeo. I don't know how old this one is, but they built them since 1919 until today. The modern ones still look pretty much the same as the one I restored in this video, they just made some small changes over the years. I'm very happy how this project turned out, I really like the contrast of the dark wooden handle and the polished brass. I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Paulina Zamoraafreeflyingsoulsunniva thingstadMicky McKayAlan HansonAlex RoussosGregoryJoan CasanovasJohn RomeroM. A.Paul MampillySA GraverVince ValentiZachary GrimesAlejandro CavazosAllan Mckenzieaudi4444playerBastian AlexanderBloatmageBrian BootsClément BERNARDConor FowlerDapperDave AhernDawson MertzDrew BellErnest DuranGiambattista MartinoGuillaume LadouceurHarrison HughesJack ChampionJack TianJakeJeff CarrJeff VierjoeJoel MargolisJulie Smithjustin f.Jörg ThomsenKersten RienowKevinLambapaloozaLlewellyn SchubertLucy LoleMarc Pmarilyne stotzMark AndersonMartin KunzMatthew HendrixMatthew RuedigerMerkiasMikko RepkaMoeparkerPascal BertossaPhoebe KnightRuslan BalkinRybreadSasan HezarkhaniSebastian WüstSeth FeistSheeplessShuStephen LemonThibaut HiegelWambaquambaXxJonathXxYitchTimestamps:00:00 preview00:36 disassembling02:18 showing all the parts02:39 cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:57 disassemling two more parts03:17 removing patina and soot with vinegar, salt and flour04:07 restoring the wooden handle04:40 restoring the big tube06:10 stain the wooden handle06:38 making a new ring for the wooden handle on the lathe07:36 restoring the nut which tightens the wooden hanlde08:04 restoring the holder of the soldering iron08:46 restoring the sieving head and remake the knurling09:21 restoring the sieving head cover09:59 restoring the knurled ring10:22 restoring the regulation part10:47 restoring the valve needle11:07 restoring the nut for the regulation part11:31 restoring the valve tube12:16 restoring the gas connection part12:47 restoring the nut for the valve tube13:13 restoring the nozzle13:41 restoring the soldering iron14:46 making a new holder for the soldering iron on the lathe, mill and welding machine16:26 making a special countersinked bolt for the soldering iron16:56 restoring the bolt to clamp the soldering iron holder17:18 making a new handle for the previous restored bolt18:47 making the steel parts black by heating up and quench in oil19:14 showing all the parts before reassembling19:34 reassembling21:23 showing the finished product22:00 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 1,5 weeks$16 tube for the gas connection$1 clamp bride for the connection tubeMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Rusty Old Coffee Grinder - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2019-04-04 | In this video i'm restoring an old coffee grinder.A few weeks ago I bought an old bench grinder to restore on eBay. The guy who sold it was actually selling more antiques, he had a room filled with old items. I took a look at his other stuff and this unique coffee grinder caught my attention right away. So I ended up buying it for $35. The one thing that really impressed me on this coffee grinder was the metal body, usually they're made of wood. I also liked the colour very much. The restoration itself turned out to be a lot more challenging than I first expected. I'm very happy with the final result of this coffee grinder. I really like how the handle turned out.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Paulina Zamorasunniva thingstadafreeflyingsoulChris & DarceyGregoryJoan CasanovasJoel MillerJohn RomeroM. A.SA GraverZachary GrimesAlejandro CavazosAllan Mckenzieaudi4444playerBastian AlexanderBloatmageBrian BootsClément BERNARDConor FowlerDapperDave AhernDawson MertzErnest DuranGiambattista MartinoHarrison HughesJack ChampionJakeJeff CarrjoeJoel MargolisJulie SmithKersten RienowLlewellyn SchubertLucy Lolemarilyne stotzMark AndersonMartin KunzMatthew HendrixMatthew RuedigerMerkiasMikko RepkaMoeparkerPascal BertossaRybreadSasan HezarkhaniSebastian WüstSeth FeistSheeplessStephen LemonThibaut HiegelThomasWambaquambaXxJonathXxYitchTimestamps:00:00 preview00:36 disassembling02:45 showing all the parts02:55 cleaning the parts with warm water03:17 removing the old paint with paint stripper03:46 sandblasting04:34 restoring the main part05:32 restoring the drawer05:58 restoring the wooden plate07:44 restoring the shaft holder08:26 making 4 new bolts for the shaft holder on the lathe09:12 making 4 new square nuts and washers for these bolts on the lathe09:55 restoring the top cover10:35 restoring the hopper12:29 making 4 copper rivets for the hopper13:05 removing rust with MC-5113:21 restoring the grinder ring13:47 restoring the grinder shaft14:56 restoring the two brass nuts15:20 making a special brass washer for the nuts on the lathe15:45 restoring and modify the complete handle20:27 apply filler to the painted parts20:58 apply 2k primer21:08 wet sanding the primer21:25 apply 2k matt black coat the the drawer (RAL 9005)21:31 apply 2k sand yellow coat (RAL 1002)21:54 replacing the old screws22:11 showing all the parts before reassembling22:30 reassembling24:57 showing the finished product25:33 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 2,5 weeks$35 coffee grinder$20 two component primer$28 two component coat (sand yellow RAL 1002)$20 two component matt coat (jet black RAL 9005)$2 wooden pins$8 glue for wood$10 solvent stain and brass screwsMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180Links:MC-51 rust remover:http://www.mc-51.comIf you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Rusty Micrometer - Precise Restoration my mechanics 2019-03-13 | In this video i'm restoring an antique swiss watchmaker micrometer.I bought this micrometer on eBay for $25. When I was scrolling through the antique section of eBay and first saw this micrometer I wanted to restore it right away. I really like the unique look of those watchmaker micrometers. As a professional CNC-mechanic I'm very familiar with those measurement devices and I'm using them on a daily basis. The measurement range of this micrometer is from 0-25mm and you can measure exactly on 0.005mm. The micrometer was in a very bad condition, it was very rusty and it was kind of stuck. It was once re-painted to yellow, the original colour was black. That's why I decided to paint it black again. In the front of the micrometer there was a plate with the name and the location of the previous owner mounted with two rivets. The plate was in very bad condition and as I'm the new owner of it, I decided to make a new plate with my name and my location. I choosed to create the plate with etching using ferric-chloride. I've never done that before, but the result came out very nice. Unfortunately I wasn't able to remove all the spots from the rust on the two parts with the scale on it, if I would sand it more I would lose the engravings. I'm still very happy how this restoration turned out.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Paulina Zamorasunniva thingstadSA GraverJoel MillerJoan CasanovasafreeflyingsoulacemaclaceZachary GrimesSharath PadmanabhanAllan Mckenzieaudi4444playerBastian AlexanderBloatmageBrian BootsClément BERNARDConor FowlerDave AhernDawson MertzHarrison HughesIan HutchinsonJack ChampionJakeJoel MargolisJulie SmithKersten RienowLlewellyn SchubertLucy LoleMark AndersonMartin KunzMatthew HendrixMatthew RuedigerMoeparkerPascal BertossaRybreadSasan HezarkhaniSheeplessStephen LemonThibaut HiegelWambaquambaXxJonathXxYitchTimestamps:00:00 preview00:30 disassembling02:01 showing all the parts02:15 cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:28 removing the old paint with paint stripper02:45 removing the stuck parts03:04 removing rust with MC-5103:37 restoring the main part06:08 restoring the parts for bluing07:18 bluing07:55 the missing spring08:10 making a new spring09:09 restoring the engraved parts10:56 restoring the spindle and anvil11:57 making two new bolts on the lathe for clamping the anvil12:43 restoring the play adjustment ring13:08 showing the spindle which didn't need restoration13:16 making a new name plate15:59 overview before reassembling16:05 reasembling17:12 calibration of the micrometer17:52 mounting the new name plate with rivets17:59 showing the finished product18:30 measuring a part with the restored micrometerTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 2,5 weeks$25 micrometer$20 two component primer$20 two component coat (jet black RAL9005)$35 ferric-chloride$5 spring wire steel and brass foilMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1918 Aircraft Rivet Hammer - Restoration my mechanics 2019-02-21 | In this video i'm restoring an aircraft rivet hammer.This pneumatic rivet hammer was sent to me by one of my subscribers from germany, thank you for that. It's a very cool and unique looking tool, I've never seen this tool before and that's why I decided to restore it and make a video for you guys. I was told that this tool was stored in the basement when they had a flooding, that was probaly the reason why it was rusty and didn't work anymore. I had a few ups and downs during this restoration. The cast of the aluminium handle was very porous and a lot of tiny holes appeared after fine sanding and polishing, also the welding didn't work quite well. I first tried to TIG weld, but that didn't work at all. For the visible steel parts I decided to make them black, for the optic and also as rust protection. My idea was to sandblast those parts to make a nice and even finish, but because I'm using very fine glas bead all the small damages in the surface from the rust were still visible. So I had to sand them all away. The bluing worked very well and it makes a nice contrast to the polished parts in my oppinion. The old air fitting was put together out of three different pieces made of brass to get the right thread size. I didn't really liked that option and decided to make a new one. I really wasn't pleased during the restoration just because of the porous cast of the handle and I thought about it for a long time to not even publish the video because of that. But as soon as I tested it after the restoration I had a huge smile all over my face, this is a very cool tool and it ended up working perfectly fine. I hope you don't judge me to hard for my very bad welding abilities and the bad outcome of the aluminium handle.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:Paulina Zamorasunniva thingstadSA GraverJoel MillerJoan CasanovasafreeflyingsoulacemaclaceZachary GrimesMohammed Ali Al Juboori Allan Mckenzieaudi4444playerbrian BootsClément BERNARDConor FowlerDave AhernDawson MertzHarrison HughesIan HutchinsonJakeJoel MargolisJulie SmithKersten RienowLlewellyn SchubertLucy LoleMark AndersonMartin KunzMatthew RuedigerMoeparkerMr Lee WebbPascal BertossaRybreadSasan HezarkhaniSheeplessStephen Lemonterry dayThibaut HiegelWambaquambaXxJonathXxYitchTimestamps:00:00 preview00:25 pre-testing00:33 disassembling02:22 showing all the parts02:39 cleaning the parts with the parts washer02:57 removing rust with MC-51 rust remover03:26 restoring the aluminium handle06:43 making a new pin for the trigger on the lathe07:07 restoring the front piece (hammer head)07:31 restoring the adjustment screw08:00 making a new air fitting on the lathe and mill09:35 roughly cleaning all parts for sandblasting10:56 masking for sandblasting11:14 sandblasting the visible steel parts12:04 sanding the sandblasted parts13:00 restoring the small pin13:16 bluing the visible steel parts14:09 cleaning the mechanical parts15:43 showing all the parts before reassembling16:10 reassembling18:23 showing the finished product19:08 final testingTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 2,5 weeks$30 flex hone$10 steel wire brushes$20 dinner for my friend who helped me welding :-)My camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Dented Oiler - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2019-02-03 | In this video i'm restoring an antique dented oiler.My friend found this oiler in the steel waste at the recycling station. I really liked the unique design of it and I bought it from him for $5. It almost had no rust, but it was very dirty and had a lot of dents. The tricky part of this restoration was definitely the removing of all the dents in the can. I want to say thank you to my friend who helped me with this and to his boss, who allowed him to use the tools from his work place. I'm very happy how it turned out and I really like the new look of the oiler. I'll keep this oiler in my shop and I'm going to use it from now on.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Paulina ZamoraStephan Beckersunniva thingstadSA GraverJoel MillerJoan CasanovasafreeflyingsoulacemaclaceAllan MckenzieClément BERNARDDawson MertzJakeJulie SmithLucy LolePascal BertossaSheeplessIan HutchinsonHarrison HughesJoel MargolisLlewellyn SchubertMark AndersonMoeparkerSasan HezarkhaniThibaut HiegelXxJonathXxBrian BootsWambaquambaTimestamps:00:00 preview00:22 disassembling01:11 showing all the parts01:27 cleaning the parts with the parts washer01:59 cleaning the parts with warm water and Cif02:21 showing the three new appeared parts02:28 removing the paint with paint stripper02:42 removing the rust on the inside with MC-5103:00 removing the rust on the inside with small grinding stones03:39 removing all the dents04:47 using filler for the welding marks05:02 cleaning up the rest of the can06:02 restoring the cover06:20 masking the parts before painting06:48 applying two component primer06:58 wet sanding with water07:12 applying two component green coat (RAL 6005 moss green)07:29 restoring the tube08:35 restoring the pump shaft09:17 restoring the spring09:35 making a new cork gasket09:52 making a new felt gasket10:05 replacing the o-ring10:10 showing all the parts before reassembling10:23 reassembling11:11 showing the finished product11:40 final testingTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project for around 20h$5 oiler$20 primer (2K)$20 moss green coat (2K)$2.5 felt gasket$0.5 o-ringMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1930s Rusty Metal Shear - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2019-01-19 | In this video i'm restoring a Beverly Shear model B1My friend found this Beverly Shear in the steel waste at the recycling station. When I first saw this Beverly Shear I had no idea why it has such an unique shape. After a bit of research I quickly found out that this is a very well known tool. So I decided to restore it and bought it for $30. The Beverly Shear is a tool to cut sheet, because of it's unique shape it enables you to cut curved shapes and that's what makes the Beverly Shear so special. The Beverly Shear was invented by Kurt Nebel in 1931 in Chicago. There are 3 different sizes available: model B1, model B2 and model B3 which is the biggest one. They have made some changes over the years, but since 1947 the shears have remained virtually unchainged. For the colour i decided to use a darker grey than the original and choosed anthracide, I also added two washers. To make the parts black I used a bluing liquid called „Birchwood Casey - Super Blue“ and it worked very well. It's easy to hanlde and the big advantage over heating and quenching in oil is that you can do it without heating the parts up. So you won't change the structure of the steel and you can use it on hardened parts as well. Because I have no tools and experience in sharpening such blades, I decided to ask my friend Philipp Elsener from Elsener Messerschmied to do it. He's a professional knifemaker here in Rapperswil Switzerland. Check out his website, linked below. Overall I'm very happy how the Beverly Shear came out and as it is such a unique tool I'll keep it for myself.I hope you like my work and the video.Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to:Paulina ZamoraStephan BeckerSA GraverJoel MillerJoan CasanovasafreeflyingsoulacemaclaceAllan MckenzieClément BERNARDDawson MertzJakeJulie SmithLucy LolePascal BertossaSheeplessIan HutchinsonMoeparkerSasan HezerkhaniXxJonathXxTimestamps:00:00 preview00:38 testing00:57 disassembling03:45 showing all the parts03:58 washing the parts04:21 removing paint with paint stripper04:50 protecting the parts from rusting with Motorex MX50 oil spray05:02 restoring the main part06:49 restoring the front plate08:18 restoring the back plate09:09 restoring the two big bolts09:50 restoring the nut10:24 restoring the special washer10:42 restoring the blade holding plate11:21 making a new screw for the blade holding plate12:32 polishing the new washer12:44 assembling test13:24 restoring and sharpening the blades14:36 restoring the handle holder15:39 restoring the handle and making a sleeve for it17:54 restoring the screw for the handle18:20 making a special washer on the lathe19:18 restoring the sign19:44 showing the two new rivets for the sign19:52 restoring the small screws20:15 making the parts black with Birchwood Casey - Super Blue21:04 masking the parts with aluminium tape for sandblasting21:46 sandblasting22:51 filling the holes with 2K filler23:18 masking the parts for painting23:27 applying 2K primer23:36 applying 2K anthracide coat24:07 showing all the parts before reassembling24:23 reassembling26:29 adjusting the blade distance26:40 showing the finished product27:36 final testing27:57 cut comparison before/afterTime and costs of this restoration:I was working on this project over 3 weeks and I can't really tell how many hours I spent.$30 Beverly Shear$20 primer (2K)$20 anthracide coat (2K)My camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Forgotten Rusty Oil Lamp - Restoration my mechanics 2018-12-23 | Forgotten Rusty Construction Oil Lamp - RestorationIn this video i'm restoring an old oil lamp made by Locher.Like, comment, subscribe.My friend found this oil lamp in the steel waste at the recycling station. This one was owned by a big swiss construction company called WALO, it was used as a signal light at construction sites. These oil lamps made by Locher were very common in switzerland for railroads as well. I really liked the look of this lamp, specially the combination of red and white. As I'm still a complete beginner when it comes to painting and working with sheet, I decided to challenge myself and restore this beautiful oil lamp. I learned a lot of new stuff, specially about the painting. The result came out quite nice and I'm happy with it.I hope you like my work and the video.Timestamps:00:00 preview00:53 disassembling02:16 showing all the parts02:28 washing the parts03:00 pre test03:09 measure the temperature of the lamp03:28 removing the paint with paint stripper04:49 bringing the sheets back in shape05:58 removing the dents on the top part06:41 sandblasting07:31 using filler on the door07:49 apply heat resistant paint08:18 apply primer08:29 apply white coat09:15 apply red coat10:22 restoring the glass10:41 making new gaskets for the glass11:29 restoring theclips12:13 restoring the small steel shaft for the door12:36 restoring the lock13:01 making a new square shaft for the lock14:15 restoring the new key for the lock14:40 restoring the oil container15:28 restoring the burner16:32 replacing the wick16:41 showing all the parts before reassembling17:04 reassembling18:38 showing the finished product19:25 final testTime and costs of this restoration:I spent around 30 hours on this project$3 new wick$20 new gaskets$9 lamp oil$20 heat resistant paint$20 primer (2K)$20 white coat (2K)$20 red coat (2K)Timestamps of used tools and machines:01:57 300g hammer and 3mm punch01:59 pliers02:01 bench vice with soft jaws02:38 parts washer with parts cleaner liquid, google it ;-)02:57 lamp oil03:00 lighter03:09 laser temperature gauge03:28 paint stripper03:33 nylon brush03:45 scraper04:00 nylon brush for kitchen04:34 universal spray (Motorex Intact MX50)04:59 300g hammer and piece of aluminium05:16 air die grinder wit sanding bit05:25 angle grinder05:28 300g hammer and 3mm punch05:44 300g hammer and piece of aluminium05:54 air die grinder wit sanding bit06:41 sandblaster07:35 two component filler07:39 sandpaper for metal (grid 120, 240)07:49 heat resistant paint matt black08:11 masking tape08:18 two component primer08:29 two component white paint08:49 masking tape09:15 two component red paint09:42 scalpel10:28 cotton buffing wheel10:51 scalpel11:33 steel wire brush11:37 steel wire brush11:46 pliers11:53 300g hammer12:01 cotton buffing wheel12:17 300g hammer12:23 sandpaper for metal (grid 120, 240, 400)12:28 cotton buffing wheel12:40 steel wire brush12:46 sandpaper for metal (grid 120, 240, 400)12:51 cotton buffing wheel13:01 lathe Weiler13:17 milling machine Aciera F3, carbide endmill 10mm13:43 lathe Weiler13:55 belt grinder (grid 60)14:00 sandpaper for metal (grid 120, 240, 400)14:09 cotton buffing wheel14:21 cotton buffing wheel14:29 cord drill with steel wire brush14:44 sandpaper for metal (grid 240, 400)14:49 steel wire brush14:56 cotton buffing wheel15:13 funnel and acetone15:31 mixture of equal parts of vinegar, salt and flour15:55 nylon brush for kitchen16:10 steel wire brush16:16 sandpaper for metal (grid 240, 400)16:22 cotton buffing wheel17:12 300g hammer17:31 300g hammer18:08 lamp oil18:14 tweezers19:25 lighterMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Handmade Silver Play Button - No Power Tools my mechanics 2018-11-29 | Handmade Play Button - No Power Tools.In this video i'm going to make a YouTube play button out of a piece of aluminium without any power tools.Like, comment, subscribe.First I want to say thank you to each and everyone of you guys. Your support on this channel lately is just amazing. I passed 100'000 subscribers like 12 days ago. As I need to do some research and order some stuff for my current restoration, I decided to make a „silver“ play button without any power tools.I hope you like my work and the video.Timestamps:00:00 starting with a piece of aluminium00:12 drawing the outline with a template00:36 making the outer contour with a multifile01:31 making the front side with a multifile02:58 start removing scratches with a flat blunt-ended file03:31 removing scratches with sandpaper 120/240/40003:53 making the triangle with a grooving chisel04:42 making a mirror polish05:39 showing the finished productTime and costs of this restoration:I spent around 12 hours on this project$5 aluminium$30 multifile$30 flat blunt-ended file$8 flat chiselTimestamps of used tools and machines:00:27 multifile02:58 flat blunt-ended file03:31 metal sandpaper 120/180/40004:00 grooving chisel and 300g hammer04:22 flat chisel04:26 rounded and polished punch04:42 Motorex oil spray (simular to WD-40)04:56 one layer of a cotton buffing wheel05:58 polish pasteMy camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, tools I'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1930s Oldtimer Screwdriver - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2018-11-18 | In this video i'm restoring a german screwdriver from the 1930s.My friend found this rare screwdriver in the steel waste at the recycling station. It was dirty, rusty and from its look you can tell that it had a hard life. It was bent in all directions and was used for more than just tighten and loosen screws. I really liked the design of it, specially because of the look of the handle. I've never done woodworking before in my life, that's why I decided to challenge myself and restore this beauty. As i have no clue when it comes to wood, I had to do some research first.I found out that ash wood is very common for handles in general, that's why I decided to go with it. The second thought i had after deciding to restore it was that I'm not going to use any glue to fix the handles. I'm going to use handmade rivets, I've never done that before either. I was really happy with the result, it came out exactly how I wanted.I hope you like my work and the video.Timestamps:00:00 preview00:33 disassembling01:33 showing all the parts01:40 washing the parts01:46 removing the rust01:59 bending it back in shape02:15 removing all deep scratches with a file02:41 making the wooden handles03:47 drilling the holes for the rivets04:03 finishing the shape of the handles04:44 countersink for the rivets04:55 sanding and polishing the screwdriver05:49 hardening and tempering the tip of the screwdriver06:18 making two new rivets06:44 preview before reassembling07:01 reassembling08:04 using linseed oil for the handle08:17 showing the finished productTime and costs of this restoration:I spent around 14 hours on this project$10 Ash wood$10 Linseed oil$5 Sandpaper for woodTimestamps of used tools and machines:00:40 bench grinder00:47 300g hammer and 3mm punch01:04 2mm punch01:40 parts washer with parts cleaner liquid, google it ;-)01:46 steel wire brush01:48 Dremel steel wire brushes02:05 500g hammer02:11 adjustable wrench02:15 triangular file02:31 flat file02:51 belt grinder (grid 60)03:26 semicircular rasp file03:47 hand drill machine with drill 3.3mm04:11 semicircular rasp file04:17 wood sandpaper (grid 40, 80, 120, 150)04:44 column drill with 3 lip countersink05:01 metal sandpaper (grid 120, 240, 400)05:27 polish paste05:29 cotton polish disc05:49 acetylene/oxygen torch05:58 any oil will work06:05 bakeoven06:11 sandpaper (grid 400)06:18 lathe Weiler07:01 grease08:04 linseed oil09:29 bolt M8My camera:Panasonic HC-V180If you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Rusty Deadlocked Vise - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2018-11-07 | Broken Vise Restoration - Gressel Switzerland.In this video i'm restoring a broken swiss vise.Like, comment, subscribe.I bought this vise from a friend for 20$. It was super rusty and dirty, one part was missing, two screws were broken off and the movable jaw was completely stuck. Gressel is very well known in switzerland for making very good, if not the best vises. That fact made it absolutely worth to restore it. They still produce this type of vise today, they just made some very small changes over the years. I found out that they built their vises in this style until 1991. So it's at least 27 years old. It had the rough jaws on, but you could always choose if you want them with rough or flat jaws when you buy a new one. I'm not a fan at all of the rough jaws, because they ruin every surface of clamped pieces. So I decided to put flat jaws on. I still restored the rough ones and I'm going to keep them. I restored this vise for myself.I hope you like my work and the video.Timestamps00:00 preview00:35 loosen the stuck movable jaw02:09 disassembling04:39 restoring the spindle05:11 removing the pins05:45 restoring the movable jaw06:58 restoring the body (fix jaw)08:14 sandblasting10:09 painting11:02 making the missing part12:10 restoring two screws for the missing part13:10 restoring the jaws13:27 reassembling15:53 showing off the finished productIf you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)my mechanics T-Shirts:teespring.com/stores/my-mechanicsMy Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1950s Broken Tire Inflator - Restoration my mechanics 2018-10-26 | 1950s Broken Tire Inflator with Pressure Gauge Restoration - Ceccato.In this video i'm restoring a broken italian tire inflator with pressure gauge from the 1950s.Like, comment, subscribe.I found this tire inflator with pressure gauge, which dessperetly needed a restoration. It was broken. Air was leaking everywhere, the handle wasn't working properly anymore and the pressure gauge didn't work either. This was definitely the most challenging restoration i did so far. I hope you like the result and the video.Timestamps00:00 preview and pretesting00:59 disassembling04:18 cleaning the parts with the partswasher04:31 restoring the body05:46 making a new bolt for the handle06:11 restoring the handle06:41 restoring the nuts07:04 making new gaskets for the nuts07:13 restoring the valve07:47 making new gaskets for the valve08:09 making a new glass for the pressure gauge09:05 making a new gasket for the glass of the pressure gauge09:22 making a new dial for the pressure gauge11:27 the issue with the pressure gauge12:03 making a distance disc for the pressure gauge12:43 restoring the cover from the pressure gauge13:14 making 10 new tiny bolts for the pressure gauge13:47 restoring the case from the pressure gauge14:42 restoring the tube with the valves15:31 restoring the blue handle15:46 making a new gasket for the pressure gauge16:20 overview before assembling16:52 assembling the body18:33 assembling the tube with the valves19:24 assembling and adjustment of the pressure gauge21:42 showing off the finished product22:47 final testIf you have any questions about the process, machines i'm using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Antique Blowtorch Restoration - with testing! my mechanics 2018-09-26 | Antique Swiss Blowtorch Restoration - with testing! Oerlikon RecordIn this video i'm restoring an antique swiss blowtorch.Like, comment, subscribe.I found this old blowtorch, which was perfect for a nice restoration video. Before i started to disassemble i wanted to know if it still works and it did. The flame was quiet inconsistant and fire leaked everywhere. By the first look i saw that the front piece was damaged very hard, the bolt on top had a lot of slack, the handle of the pump was broken and it didn't lock.After this first look i started to disassemble. All the parts were really easy to remove and it went very well and fast.To remove the soot and patina i used a mixture of flour, salz and vinegar. This is a very effective and cheap method, it takes a bit of time but it's worth to wait. I left the parts for 7 days. I made a new bolt on the lathe and recut the thread. To make the bolt black i heated it up to around 300-400°C and layed it in olive oil after it, that makes it also rust proofing. Because i couldn't fix the front piece, i decided to make a new one and it worked very well. I made the gasket for it out of an exhaust gasket, because it had one layer aluminium in it i first made a hole on the mill, then cut it roughly out and finished it with the belt grinder. Next up i removed all the scratches from the tank with sandpaper. As i can't engrave i decided to scratch the letters deeper with a needle and then i polished it. I did the same with the same with the filler cap and made a new gasket out of cork for it. The shaft from the pump was bent very hard, so i did straighten it with a hammer and polished it. As the handle from the pump was broken and it didn't lock, i decided to make a new one. I designed the handle and i was inspired by pictures of simular blowtorches on the internet, i was quiet happy with the endresult. To make a new leather for the pump, i soacked a piece of leather in pure gasoline. I made a die and stamp to bring the leather in shape. To dry it faster i set it on fire and waited until the flames stoped, held it quick under water and left it for 24 hours to dry. I took it out of the die, cut it in shape with scissors and puched a hole in it. I grinded the black handle clean with sandpaper on the lathe and made a new profile on the mill, after that i polished it to make it black and shiny. I made a new wick with a cotton cord. Then i put it all back together. I used just a little bit grease on all the threads and also on the pump leather. The pump had a very good compression after assembling and i was very happy about the overall looking at the end.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
1930s German Spiral Jack - Perfect Restoration my mechanics 2018-09-09 | 1930s German Spiral Jack Restoration - Bilstein 2500kg.In this video i'm restoring a very old, super rusty and dirty german spiral jack. It's a Bilstein from the 1930s, it can lift 2500kg.Like, comment, subscribe.I found this spiral jack which needed a restoration desperately. It was super rusty at the bottom and very dirty in general, the top part was bend, but it was still working.So i started with disassembling, what turned out to be very tricky. I was struggeling quiet a bit to get the gear wheel of the shaft because it was locked on it with two pin connections. They were both blind, so i couldn't just hammer the pin out, i had to drill them out. I didn't drill exactly in line with the pins, that's why i needed to drill several times and the holes were not round anymore. The top piece was forged on the shaft, so i first removed the holding material with my air die grinder. Then i was able to hammer it of the shaft.I removed the rivet heads on the bottom with my angle grinder.Once i had everything in pieces, i started to wash them.Some pieces i cleaned with sandblasting. I grinded two small pieces clean with the belt grinder, to remove rust and old paint. Same with the square head of the shaft, i welded the holes in it and made it all round and smooth again with the grinding wheel, file and scotch brite. I made the same with the gear wheel, but first i needed to remove the old pins and drill them out. After that i welded the holes, smoothed the welding with the file, cleaned the inside with reaming and cleaned it all with the steel brush.To restore the top end connection i first bend the big piece, made the back flat on the mill and then turned a new section which i will later press on the shaft. I also turned the the shaft on the lath, made the same section on it and cleaned the front side. I hammered the disc flat with the hammer and turned the same diameter on the inside. Once i had that, i was able to put them all together, line all 3 pieces up with the old hole and drill that one up again on the mill for a new pin connection. I forged that top end back, so that all pieces hold tight together without slack. I drilled out the old rivets from the bottom.Now it was time to paint. As the paint manual says, i cleaned the parts with water, but as soon as it was dry it started to rust again. That's why i covered the inside of it with grease. I painted all pieces twice with 5 hours in between.When thge paint was dry, i started to assemble. First i put the cover over the spiral, screwed the gear wheel on it and locked the thread again with a weld. Next up i pressed in the square shaft in the other gear wheel. I drilled one hole for the pin connection, hammered the pin in and then i repeat that for the second pin. After i placed the bearing i put the spiral back in the case and i mounted the cover with the restored 3 screws. I put the piece with the spring in the hole of the back, put the little painted cover piece in and fixed it with another pin. As the last step i mounted the bottom cover with two rivets, unfortunately i forgot the press record on my camera, so there's no footage of that.And last but not least i painted the text white, so it stand out very nice.It was a tricky restoration with a lot of machining.Sorry for my bad english, it's not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.Subscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Making a Mini Machete from a Stainless Bolt my mechanics 2018-08-25 | In this video i turn a stainless bolt into a mini machete.Timestamps:0:05 – removing the thread of the stainless bolt0:15 – forging the stainless bolt into a plate 0:54 – marking the shape of the machete on the plate1:09 – bringing the machete roughly in shape with the angle grinder1:30 – grinding the first side of the machete clean on the belt grinder1:44 – roughly grinding down the thikness of the machete with the angle grinder1:59 – taping the machete with carpet adhesive tape on the support plate2:24 – grinding the second side of the machete clean on the belt grinder with support plate2:42 – finishing the outside shape of the machete withe different file2:58 – drilling two holes in the blade for the handle3:28 – cutting off two pieces of brass for the handles with the angle grinder3:50 – taping the brass pieces on the machete and drill them together5:09 – bringing the brass handles roughly in shape with the angle grinder5:46 – glueing the two handles, the two stainless rivets and the machete together7:07 – bringing the handles in shape with the grinding wheel, belt grinder and file8:10 – sharpen the knife roughly with the belt grinder8:23 – polishing the knife8:55 – sharpen the blade with a grinding stone9:04 – final cutting test9:13 – showing off the final product, also in comparison with the stainless boltSubscribe for more of my content. I'm uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
Air Die Grinder Restoration my mechanics 2018-08-14 | In this video i'm going to show you how i restored an old Air Die Grinder.I've cleaned all parts, polished the aluminium case, turned a new connection for the compressed air on a lathe and replaced all bearings. I grinded all steel parts with sandpaper or Scotch Brite and made them black again by heating them up and cool down in olive oil.If you have any questions about my used techniques, please ask me in the comments. I'm always learnig, looking for new methods and trying to improve my skills, so please give me some feedback, tips or criticism.My technical english is by far not the best, as i'm still learning technical Terms. So if you find any mistakes, please let me know in the comments.This is my first video, so i'm sorry for the bad quality at the beginning. Some recordings were quiet dark, i tried my best with the editing software to brighten them up.Thank you for watching :-)My Patreon Page:patreon.com/mymechanics
