About 6 months ago I got a call from someone who wanted me to restore something for them. Obviously I couldnt say no to a piece like this, but it was pretty daunting. It took me months to finish restoring this slot machine, but its finally done and edited.
Anyway, I learned a lot restoring this old slot machine and Im really happy I took this challenging project on. There will be a part 2 coming up pretty soon here that focuses solely on the restoration of the mechanism inside. It turned out to be way too much to cram into one video. I have almost 1tb of footage stored on my server for this project alone…
After I finish editing/uploading that video I will go back to making videos on my Jeep.
I bought this retro Formula racing game for restoration. Its called Grand Prix and it was made by CGL. The LCD screen badly damaged and one of the levers has been broken.
I noticed the color of the console is a bit different from the usual yellowing in the items I restore. It looks almost like there is a green tint to it so I was expecting it to stay the same color in the hydrogen peroxide bath. The process is called retrobright and it removes the yellowing and when done correctly it wont change the original color. If the original color under the yellowing has faded it will stay faded. So it should not affect the pigment in the plastic but only bromide, the substance that causes the plastic to yellow.
I had to look for the spare screen for a long time because that type of damage is unrepairable and they dont make new screen anymore. Luckily I found somebody who had a broken device with functional screen and they were willing to sell it for me. Since he also had the switches I also bought those from him even though I think I could have fixed the broken parts as well.
After changing the screen and one of the switches I had to replace the battery contacts. The original ones were in very bad condition and some of them were broken. I took 0.2 mm thick sheet of brass and pressed the dimples to the metal with a special tool that I designed just for the purpose. The brass is so thin I could cut it with scissors. I was very similar to cut as as thick crafting paper, so I still could get the wanted shapes easily. The brass was nickel plated to protect if from oxidation in the future. The original contacts were plated as well but some acidic solution had leaked from the batteries, which had dissolved the nickel. My nickel plating tutorial: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3DCexCLoGQ
Эта реставрация находится на почтовом автомате Chauncey Wings Sons до 1920-х годов. Этот инструмент — одно из самых сложных и сложных устройств, которое я когда-либо видел для дозирования ленты. Современные затраты на копирование чего-то подобного были бы астрономически дорогими. Вы можете увидеть оригинальный патент 1894 года здесь: patents.google.com/patent/US519185
Зритель прислал мне этот конкретный инструмент несколько месяцев назад, чтобы дополнить тот, который я обнаружил, в котором отсутствует слишком много частей, чтобы работать. Из этих двух я мог скомпилировать один полностью функциональный инструмент.
Я обработал пескоструйным аппаратом почти все детали и закрутил их очень мягким латунным кругом, чтобы не поцарапать латунные детали. Ручки, казалось, были сделаны из вишни, сильно покрытой лаком. Я удалил старый пожелтевший лак и нанес толстый слой шеллака на вишневое дерево. Пришлось переделать деревянный валик, который сидел в держателе клея, так как он отсутствовал.
Первоначальный держатель клея был отремонтирован и заполнен водой, чтобы я мог использовать ленту, активируемую водой, которая у меня была.
После реставрации и заточки резцов диспенсер для ленты работал очень хорошо и был на удивление простым в использовании. Может быть, я буду использовать его время от времени, чтобы склеить специальные пакеты, которые я отправляю.
Я хотел бы поблагодарить Evapo-Rust за спонсорство этого видео.
I had this idea since I recently discovered how to easily make balls on the milling machine and lathe. As I currently dont 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 AlSaffar
Gregory
Alex McGeorge
Alistair Moor
Amar.k
Courtney Maleport
David Barker
Diecast Pirate
Greg Marston
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Matt Bosch
Mellissa Marcus
Muzaffer Aksoy
Paul Mampilly
Vickie Bligh
Vince Valenti
Xavier Carbel
Yale Baker
Yuri Zapuchlak
Alex Breton
alex latzko
Alex Shipley
Allen Frank
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreas Mimra
Andrew Phillips
Anthony Adams
Arni Bjorgvinsson
audi4444player
Blake T
Brian Newton
Carlo
Chad Bryant
Chris Simondet
Easy Green
Grok Senften
Harper Kim
Hunter R.
Jeremy Cole
Jessica Alexander
Jonas Richartz
Jordan Page
Jozette Soto
justin f.
Kelly Imgrund
LVE
Marc Cerisier
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa McConnell
Michael Bier
Mickey Eisenhorn
Mike Donaldson
Nick Cannon
Pasacal Schmikal
Paul Ambry
PerryK
Scott Marshall
Stuart Mitchell
Suiros
The Carlsons
Todd Medbury
Trevor Kam
Warren G Strand Jr
XL S
웅록 윤
Time and costs of this project:
$25 material
I was working on this project for 4 days
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
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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 didnt 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 its 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. Theres 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 AlSaffar
Gregory
Alex McGeorge
Courtney Maleport
David Barker
Greg Marston
Mellissa Marcus
Muzaffer Aksoy
Paul Mampilly
Vickie Bligh
Vince Valenti
Xavier Carbel
Yale Baker
Alex Breton
alex latzko
Alex Shipley
Aljoscha Erlebach
Allen Frank
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreas Mimra
Andrew Phillips
Anthony Adams
Arni Bjorgvinsson
audi4444player
Blake T
Brian Newton
Carlo
Chad Bryant
Chris Simondet
Cristian Zorrilla
Dre Gilley
Grok Senften
Harper Kim
Hunter R.
Jeremy Cole
Jessica Alexander
Jonas Richartz
Jordan Page
Joshua Bentley
Jozette Soto
justin f.
Kelly Imgrund
LVE
Marc Cerisier
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa McConnell
Michael Bier
Mike Donaldson
Nick Cannon
Pasacal Schmikal
Paul Ambry
PerryK
Scott Marshall
Stuart Mitchell
Suiros
The Carlsons
Trevor Kam
Warren G Strand Jr
웅록 윤
Time and costs of this restoration:
$5 wood for the handle
$3 spring steel wire
$10 vinegar for nickel solution
I was working on this project for 2 weeks
My camera:
Panasonic HC-V180
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
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In this video im 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, its 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. Thats why I decided to make it all new. The door didnt 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:
Afreeflyingsoul
Gregory
Adel AlSaffar
Alan Hanson
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreswara Hermawan
Andrew Phillips
audi4444player
Courtney Maleport
Dan Williams
David Barker
Dre Gilley
Ethan Hartley
Hunter R.
JD Smith
Jonas Richartz
Kelly Imgrund
LVE
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa Marcus
Nick Cannon
Paul Ambry
Paul Mampilly
Trevor Kam
TRG Restoration
Vince Valenti
Yale Baker
Timestamps:
00:00 preview
00:32 disassembling
01:41 showing all the parts
01:59 sandblasting
02:52 restoring the body
04:27 restoring the hinge
06:07 restoring the bolts
06:47 restoring the door
09:28 restoring the wooden handle
11:43 making new bolts, nuts and washers on the lathe
13:49 restoring the holder for the handle
14:24 restoring the reflector plate
15:10 showing the new parts out of duroplastic
15:17 making a new ox-tongue insert
17:22 making a new handle to hold the ox-tongue insert
20:51 showing the parts before reassembling
21:06 reassembling
22:34showing the finished restoration
23:36 final test
Time 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 screwdrivers
My camera:
Panasonic HC-V180
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
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As you might know from my Instagram posts, Ive recently restored and cleaned my workshop. Under a lot of trash, covered in dust, I found an old railroad track. I had no idea it was there and obviously I had no use for it. For that reason I decided to make a small anvil out of it. I always wanted to have a small one.
First I went online and did some research about anvils. After I had an idea how it should look like I started to cut it in shape with the angle grinder. I milled the surfaces flat after a rough shaping with the angle grinder and drilled a hole in it. If you dont have access to a milling machine, you could also grind the surfaces clean with an angle grinder. Having the top surfaces finished I was able to start shaping the horn. First I cut of the biggest pieces with the angle grinder and then I started to shpae the horn. Rough shaping at first with the angle grinder, then smoothing out with a file and then sandpaper. To remove all the rust I decided to give it a quick sandblast. If you dont have access to a sandblaster you could also remove the rust with a wire wheel or just grind it all clean with the angle grinder. For rust protection I used cold bluing. I then sanded all the functional surfaces clean again. This also gave the whole thing a nice touch and some contrast.
Im more than happy how it turned out and I cant wait to start using it on future projects.
I hope you like my work and the video.
Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to:
Adel AlSaffar
Gregory
afreeflyingsoul
Alex McGeorge
Courtney Maleport
David Barker
Greg Marston
Mellissa Marcus
Paul Mampilly
Vince Valenti
Xavier Carbel
Yale Baker
Alan Hanson
Alex Breton
alex latzko
Alex Shipley
Aljoscha Erlebach
Allen Frank
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreas Mimra
Andrew Phillips
Anthony Adams
Arni Bjorgvinsson
audi4444player
Brian Newton
Carlo
Chad Bryant
Cristian Zorilla
Damian Rickard
Dre Gilley
Grok Senften
Harper Kim
Hunter R.
JD Smith
Jeremy Cole
Jessica Alexander
Jonas Richartz
Jordan Page
Joshua Bentley
Jozette Soto
justin f.
Kelly Imgrund
LVE
Marc Cerisier
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa McConnell
Michael Bier
Mike Donaldson
Nick Cannon
Pasacal Schmikal
Paul Ambry
PerryK
RiskyDeem
Robert Everich
Scott Marshall
Stuart Mitchell
Suiros
The Carlsons
Trevor Kam
Warren G Strand Jr
웅록 윤
Time and costs of this restoration:
I was working on this project for 2 days
$20 Angle Grinder Discs
My camera:
Panasonic HC-V180
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
Subscribe for more of my content. Im uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations.
As I need a ball peen hammer for my current restoration project, I asked my friend from the steel waste if he can look out for one for me. It took him only 1 day to find one, well he actually found two. I asked you guys on Instagram and Facebook if youd like to see a quick video about this restoration and the answer was a clear yes. So, here it is. I only restored one of the two hammers in front of the camera, ou can see pictures of both finished hammers on Instagram and Facebook.
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 Broerman
Zack Thompson
Adel AlSaffar
afreeflyingsoul
Yale Baker
Gregory
Alex McGeorge
Alistair Moor
Amar.k
Bendurion
Courtney Maleport
David Barker
Diecast Pirate
Greg Marston
Joshua Bentley
Lambda GPU Workstations
Luke Schmick
Luke Stone
Matt Bosch
Mellissa Marcus
Paul Mampilly
Todd Medbury
Vickie Bligh
Vince Valenti
Xavier Carbel
Yuri Zapuchlak
Alex Breton
alex latzko
Allen Frank
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreas Mimra
Andrew Phillips
Anthony Adams
Arni Bjorgvinsson
audi4444player
Blake T
Brandon Fitzwater
Brian Newton
Carlo
Chad Bryant
Chris Simondet
Easy Green
Grok Senften
Haley McFadden
Harper Kim
Hunter R.
Jeremy Cole
Jonas Richartz
Jordan Page
justin f.
Kelly Imgrund
Marc Cerisier
Marius Costan
Mark Wilder
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa McConnell
Michael Bier
Mickey Eisenhorn
Mike Donaldson
Nick Cannon
Pasacal Schmikal
Scott Marshall
Stuart Mitchell
Suiros
Svenja Iven
The Carlsons
Trevor Kam
Tucker Ifft
Warren G Strand Jr
William Wallace
XL S
웅록 윤
Time and costs of this project:
$5 old hammer
$2 new handle
My camera:
Panasonic HC-V180
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
Subscribe for more of my content. Im uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations.
I need a tumbler for the current restoration project on the main channel. The parts are quite big, thats why the tumbler itself needs to be bigger. I found a 25 liter barrel in the hardware store and I built a complete rotary tumbler around it.
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 Broerman
Zack Thompson
Adel AlSaffar
afreeflyingsoul
Yale Baker
Gregory
Alex McGeorge
Alistair Moor
Amar.k
Bendurion
Courtney Maleport
David Barker
Greg Marston
Joshua Bentley
Lambda GPU Workstations
Luke Schmick
Luke Stone
Matt Bosch
Mellissa Marcus
Paul Mampilly
potokslow
Todd Medbury
Vickie Bligh
Vince Valenti
Xavier Carbel
Yuri Zapuchlak
Alex Breton
alex latzko
Allen Frank
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreas Mimra
Andrew Phillips
Anthony Adams
Arni Bjorgvinsson
audi4444player
Blake T
Brandon Fitzwater
Brian Newton
Carlo
Chad Bryant
Chris Simondet
Fonee Pasta
Grok Senften
Haley McFadden
Harper Kim
Hunter R.
Jason Koi
Jason Tarlov
Jeremy Cole
Jonas Richartz
Jordan Page
justin f.
Kelly Imgrund
Kurt Gazow
Marc Cerisier
Marius Costan
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa McConnell
Michael Bier
Mike Donaldson
Nick Cannon
Pasacal Schmikal
Philipp
Schultes Thomas
Scott Marshall
Svenja Iven
The Carlsons
Trevor Kam
Tucker Ifft
Warren G Strand Jr
William Wallace
웅록 윤
My camera:
Panasonic HC-V180
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
Subscribe for more of my content. Im uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations.
Ever since I started my channel I had an arbor press on my wish list to restore. Not just because its 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. Its a small Fehlmann arbor press, theyre 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 couldnt 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, its 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 Im very happy how the press turned out. I really like the contrast of the different colours and finishes and Im 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 Castoldi
Noelle Sophy
Afreeflyingsoul
Adel AlSaffar
Alan Hanson
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreswara Hermawan
Andrew Phillips
audi4444player
Courtney Maleport
Dan Williams
Dre Gilley
Gregory
Hunter R.
Jonas Richartz
LVE
Mellissa Marcus
Nick Cannon
Paul Ambry
Paul Mampilly
Shawn Daniels
Trevor Kam
TRG Restoration
Vince Valenti
Yale Baker
Zachary Grimes
Timestamps:
00:00 preview
00:42 disassembling
01:36 showing all the parts
01:45 removing the old paint with paint stripper
02:38 sandblasting
03:27 restoring the main body
04:12 applying filler on the main body
04:45 sanding the unpainted surfaces of the main body
05:14 masking the main body
05:32 applying two component primer on the main body
05:41 applying two component coat „turquise blue“ on the main body
05:51 painting the letters black of the main body
06:12 making the missing table on the lathe and milling machine
10:20 cleaning the other parts with the parts washer
10:41 removing the rust with rust remover
11:20 restoring the gear rack
12:31 restoring the handle
14:28 restoring the bolt
15:00 restoring the big washer
15:44 making a new name plate
17:39 showing the parts before reassembling
17:56 reassembling
18:55 showing the finished restoration
20:04 final test
Time 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 plate
My camera:
Panasonic HC-V180
If you have any questions about the process, machines im 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, its not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english.
Subscribe for more of my content. Im uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations.
