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 didnt 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 isnt 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 ive 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 Ive done so far. It was very challenging and I had to learn many new skills to get the job done. After all Im 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 Baker
Adel AlSaffar
afreeflyingsoul
Courtney Maleport
David Barker
Derek Russ
Gregory
Justin Power
Mellissa Marcus
Muzaffer Aksoy
Paul Mampilly
Vince Valenti
Alan Hanson
alex latzko
Allen Frank
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreas Mimra
Andreswara Hermawan
Andrew Phillips
Anthony Adams
Arni Bjorgvinsson
audi4444player
Chad Bryant
Cristian Zorilla
Damian Rickard
Dan Williams
Dre Gilley
Harper Kim
Hunter R.
JD Smith
Jessica Alexander
Jonas Richartz
Jozette Soto
justin f.
Kelly Imgrund
LVE
Marc Cerisier
Martin Rønnow Klarlund
Mellissa McConnell
Michael Bier
Mike Donaldson
Nick Cannon
Pasacal Schmikal
Paul Ambry
Risky Deem
Robert Everich
Scott Marshall
Stuart Mitchell
Suiros
The Carlsons
Trevor Kam
웅록 윤
Time 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 sheet
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.
Эта реставрация была произведена на пиле «The Model» 1940-х годов производства Irvington Machine Works из Портленда, Орегон, США. Мне не удалось найти конкретный патент, связанный с этой пилой, но поворотные пилы были популярны даже в конце 1800-х годов на лесопилках и лесных складах для быстрой поперечной резки.
Пилу для качелей прислал мне зритель после того, как купил ее на аукционе в Миннесоте, США. Как только я увидел это, я понял, что должен это получить. Уровень опасности слишком высок, чтобы он не мог быть моим!
Для этой реставрации мне потребовалось переделать латунный индикатор угла путем кислотного травления. Мне также пришлось создать специальную втулку для пильного полотна, так как оправка пилы имеет необычный размер. Бирки на пиле и оригинальном электродвигателе остались нетронутыми с небольшой очисткой. Все остальные детали были полностью разобраны, очищены от ржавчины, подвергнуты пескоструйной обработке и окрашены.
В оправке пилы использовались более современные роликовые подшипники, тогда как на всех остальных опорных поверхностях использовался баббит. К счастью, все они в достаточно хорошем состоянии и не нуждаются в ремонте или замене.
Новое пильное полотно для этого инструмента имеет отрицательный передний угол. Это означает, что зубья лезвия зацеплены в обратном направлении по отношению к направлению вращения. Зубья с отрицательным наклоном на пилах для циркулярных пил — самый безопасный выбор для поворотных, радиальных и торцовочных пил, поскольку у них меньше шансов схватить древесину и направить пилу к вашему телу и лицу.
Лично я считаю этот инструмент одним из самых страшных в использовании из всех инструментов в моей коллекции.
Я хотел бы поблагодарить Evapo-Rust за спонсорство этого видео.
In this video im restoring a hopeless case of a super rusty rebar cutter.
People from all over the world send me pictures of their items theyd 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 doesnt 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, Ive 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, thats 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 Holcomb
Afreeflyingsoul
Andreas Prüm
Adel AlSaffar
Alan Hanson
Amanda Taylor, Esq
Andreswara Hermawan
Andrew Phillips
audi4444player
Courtney Maleport
Dan Williams
Gregory
Hunter R.
Jonas Richartz
LVE
Mellissa Marcus
Nick Cannon
Paul Ambry
Paul Mampilly
Trevor Kam
TRG Restoration
Vince Valenti
Zachary Grimes
Timestamps:
00:00 preview
00:33 disassembling
04:07 showing all the parts
04:21 cleaning the parts with the parts washer
04:33 sandblasting
05:24 showing the sandblasted parts
05:31 restoring the body
07:01 restoring the movable jaw
07:37 restoring the movable gear part
08:14 making the small nut on the lathe
08:59 making the big nut
09:12 making the small bolt on the lathe
10:21 making the big bolt
10:35 making two washers for the bolts on the lathe
11:11 making two new M8 bolts and washers on the lathe
12:10 start of making the missing handle
12:15 preparing the tube on the lathe
12:54 making the domed cap on the lathe
13:20 welding the domed cap on the tube
13:29 cleaning up the welds of the domed cap on the lathe
13:46 making the connection piece to the tool on the lathe
14:57 milling the sides flat and welding up the plates
16:19 welding the connection piece on the tube and turn it clean on the lathe
16:50 making two threads in the connection piece
17:14 sandblasting the handle
17:28 bluing all the parts
18:08 painting the handle and the body
18:43 making two new cutting bits
19:20 hardening and tempering the cutting bits
20:03 showing all the parts before reassembling
20:17 reassembling
21:52 showing the finished restoration
22:43 final test
Time 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-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.
مباني بالطوب الاحمر تصميم حديثه ورسمات فاقت الجمال
تعلم بناء القبه مسجد الجزء الاول 1
في الجزء الاول نقوم بعمل سنتر في وسط البنياء سمه ناخذ من قل رقن مقاسات بالمتر اضع خيط في السنطر لضبط الدوران وانسحب البدماك الاول سما نحدد مقاس الشبابيك لذرع اكتاف برواز
فيس بوك www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100015062766096
This film in English may be found at www.youtube.com/watch?v=-A1Hc2VmO6M
Друзья! Со звуком беда… смотрите без наушников! или английскую версию.
Фильм об истоке Великой сибирской реки Лены. Этот гигант рождается из небольшого горного озера, лежащего всего лишь в 10 км от озера Байкал. Здесь царство бурого медведя и величественных сибирских кедров. Сегодня исток Лены расположен на территории Байкало-Ленского заповедника.
«Прогулка в Сибирь» — первый фильм из нашей дилогии о Великой сибирской реке Лене. Продолжение можно увидеть, посмотрев фильм «Дельта».