Way back in late 1969 I worked for a short time in a men's clothing factory. in the cutting room. The EXPERIENCED cutters used machines like this. I was warned, more than once to be careful around these things, because they were kept razor sharp. The men would cut 6 inch deep layers of cloth to make men's suits. ($1000.00 each in 1969). This video takes me back to a much different time in my life. ;-)
I hear ya. For a time I worked in the cutting department of a large furniture manufacturer. The round blades only got used for crosscutting. Some amazing machines!
This is an excellent restoration video, but I must say that it pushed a few emotional buttons. My mother worked in a factory that made bath towels. Towels are woven in one long continuous roll that has to be cut into individual units. A cut mark is woven into the cloth, but because of variations in the weaving process, it was impossible (at that time) to automate the cutting task. From 1950 until 1986 my mother used a cutter like this to cut towels. There were a few differences between her cutter and yours. Towels were cut one at a time, so the design of the base plate was different. There was a simple toggle switch, so the blade kept spinning until you turned it off. The device was suspended from three long springs; at rest it was about 12 inches above the cutting table. My mother would reach under the spinning cutter, pull the next towel into position, pull down the cutter, cut the towel, do a visual inspection, fold the towel (she could fold a towel with one hand), and throw it into the right stack. She did this hundreds of times a day - for 36 years. One day her timing was off just a bit, and she cleanly sliced off the tip of her left index finger. She announced her retirement two weeks later. If you want a feel for what using one of these day after day was actually like, I suggest listening to James Taylor singing "Millworker."
(I had an old Makita angle grinder with a toggle switch. "Apparatus predates safety"... As a certain AvE on RUclips once aptly put it :) Thanks for sharing your story - I, for one, find these things super interesting. Anyone who says otherwise is just here for repaironography - (You know the ones: "Make it shiny, so I don't need to develop any skills to feel satisfaction...") - To the few Negative Nancies that replied before I did: Watching repairs on RUclips does not constitute manual labor, ya softies. Also; if you don't care about someone's story... just move on. Commenting negative things is just an ineffective way to cover up the insecurities about your own station in life. There's more productive things to do in life than to defecate on other people's efforts to make us all a little wiser.
Not gonna lie, that's impressive af that it can cut through that monstrosity of a "pizza" with so little effort that it doesn't even disturb the bottomings.
Finger remover....YES, many years ago i was close to loose one ( or more ) fingers with this kind of machine. 1984 i was working in a hospital and in the nightshift i often had to cut big sheets of Cellulose layers into smaller pieces to make the hospital's own wound dressings. This was a good activity to do on night duty because there was rarely much to do. One night I used a device like this to cut these layers of cellulosic tissue into small pieces and chatted to a colleague. I wasn't paying attention and my left hand slipped into the rotating blade. I automatically flinched back and only had a relatively small cut on the inside of my left ring finger. But it bled as if the whole finger had been cut off. The funny thing (I found it funny later) was that my female colleague, a fully trained nurse who was in the room with me, almost fainted when I turned to her and asked if she could put a large plaster on it. It turned out that one plaster wouldn't have been enough - it had to be sewn up with 6 stitches and I had 2 weeks extra "vacation" :)
I used this tool extensively at a handmade paper plant back in the 1970's. Their ability to sail through an inch thich stack of heavy cloth was truly impressive.
Ce n'est pas une pizza, c'est juste un empilement de jambon hyper épais, ce n'est clairement pas à faire, trop de viande comparé au reste c'est immangeable
My mom used to work in a place where they made stuff with fabric. Over the years several co workers lost fingers and even half of a hand due to working with machines like this one. They where razor sharp and sliced through flesh and bone without a problem. Most bodyparts could be rescued due to the clean cut. My mother always says that she still can hear the screams. She also was one of the company "medics" don't know how it's called in English (Betrieblicher Ersthelfer). Those machines don't care what they cut, they simply cut!
I don't speak german, but I know a little bit. "Ersthelfer" has to do with "first aid", so "First Aider" like the other comment said fits very well. Google Translate says "Betrieblich" means "operational", in a "work" context. Rather than "Operational First Aider" like Google suggests, I would say "Workplace First Aider". Does that seem about right to you?
Can you imagine the 6 month training period in the Wolf assembly plant to learn how to put these things together? Yeah, and not enough screws. Great video.
In the 1990s I worked for an outdoor company called Moonstone Mountaineering, I started in the cutting room. We used a machine (called a Blue Streak, made by Eastman) with a reciprocating blade to cut thick stacks of fabric and insulation. This machine is the older version of that. It warmed my heart to see you save this old machine.
For anyone reading this comment previous to watching the video... be sure to stay tuned til the very end for one of the most heart-warming messages of our time! You sir are an inspiration!
This is my first ever comment on RUclips since ... ever and I'll use it to tell you that my eyes light up every time I see a new upload. You make the single most entertaining videos of the most thoughtful selections in restoration projects. Kudos and greetings from a German currently watching this on holiday in Japan, hoping to be half as cool one day 😂
20 years ago, I used a 6" version of this device to cut piles of upholstery into samples. The stacks were then trimmed to final size by a machine. Our job was to swing 80-100lb rolls from a palette to the table, roll out piles 80', then cut them into piles 8' x 36". These machines were already antiques back then. Great video. Thanks
That is a wonderful restoration of an amazing machine. I must admit I took a double take when first you cut through that fabric. The slicing of that abomination of a pizza (if you could even call it that) was just pure bliss. What a clean cut. Congratulations on yet another well done video. Always glad to see your work.
Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio, and apparently, the home of one Wolf Machine Company. That was a fun little rabbit hole to discover. Great work as always!! Much love and respect for your craft!!
Ah, Wolf brand power tools! That takes me back to early '70s Australia, where my dad had a Wolf electric drill, two speed in a tasteful gold painted die cast housing. As far as I know, it came to England with us in 1973, and I wouldn't be surprised if he still uses it now....
My 10th birthday present in 1953 was a Wolf electric drill, single speed, die cast case painted gold. It still works and is in my collection of various drills. Will today’s drills still work in 70 years time without restoration? I doubt it.😀🇬🇧
Now this is a flash back to my past. Used these in the 90s when I worked in a cutting room for a large textile business. Brought back fond memories of all the shenanigans we got up to 😂 Thanks for doing this cutter justice, great restoration 👍
I remember those cutters from my childhood. My father sold upholstery fabric, and the employees would use it to cut the enormous rolls of fabric down for orders. They plugged in overhead, and the fabric would be pulled off of the roll onto an enormous table that was very slippery to make it easier.
First time i went to Canada I was 12, I ordered a pepperoni pizza.. I asked where the pepperoni was when i got it, the waitress said "under the cheese." So i lifted the cheese with my fork and saw the most horrific half inch thick stack of sandwich pepperoni all steamed and slimy looking under there. I looked at her she looked at me as i slowly slid the plate away and asked for a plain cheese pizza. How Canadians can screw up the simplest of foods is beyond me. As always, you do the best restorations!
For those wondering 25 Hz power was a thing in the Niagara area for a long time. It was kept around for some factories for well after the conversion of the area to 60 Hz I have a link but it won’t let me include it
@@CSkwirl Tesla wanted 60 Hz But Westinghouse's Niagara generators were 25 originally as the previous poster stated. Europe started with 40Hz but went to 50.
@stuartkynoch7289 Great answer, but I was still confused about why 25hz, so just to expand on your answer from what I found on Wikipedia. The Nigara Falls generators were originally used to generate DC, and when they were converted to output AC, the frequency was a result of the generators' designed turbine speed. Edit: My answer is actually a bit of an oversimplification, but I think it is still right. It seems like there was some ability to choose a specific frequency despite the turbine design and 25hz was a bit more of a compromise between what would work best for heavy machinery/transportation and what would work best for lighting of the frequencies that could be generated with the turbine design.
@@CryptomasterLeviathan there's a whole documentary on this, the Westinghouse Tesla Niagara power generation on RUclips somewhere, I've seen it years ago and don't remember the details
I can’t tell you how much I look forward to your next video, and have, since the very beginning. Thank you for your YEARS of dedication, providing us with the most wholesome, interesting and RELIABLE content on the internet. I don’t think we tell you that, enough. 🤷♂️ Please carry on. You might look at a small magnetic “pin” tumbler for cleaning little screws and especially knurled knobs and things….you’ll love it.
22:57 Try twisting the wire “backwards” (counter clockwise) when using stranded wire under screws - it will prevent the strands from splaying out when the screw is tightened. 👍🏻
I love the Jerry Rig Everything reference ("Scratches at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7"), as well as just everything about your channel. I don't know why, but channels like yours spark joy. Maybe it's the simple fact that I'm watching somebody do something I can't. Or maybe it's seeing old things brought back to life. Either way, keep it up! :)
From the detailed deconstruct, then reconstruct, then the WOW of the tool reveal, to the eloquence of a comprehensive pizza review and the WOW of slicing the aforementioned pizza, in a most unconventional way. This video has it all.
I used to use one of those when I was a teenager back in the 1960's. We also had a straight blade model that worked like a jig saw. Brings back memories!
I’ve loved taking stuff apart for most of my 43 years of life… it’s the putting back together that I always screw up! Left over parts, making due with what I have on hand on the spot instead of waiting and ordering/buying the right ones. These days if I think of something that would work, I’ll just make it if I can. Most of the time I get in to deep and just have to end up buying what’s commercially available anyways. I still try though… I fail 80% of the time, But I still try! Lol! Nice work as always!
Absolutely marvellous, love your sense of humour. The attention to detail is brilliant. Where on earth do you find stuff to keep renovating I don’t know, just keep on doing it.
The stories these old pieces of machinery tell are so cool! I love seeing the spots that wear, the spots that are rebuilt, and repaired (sometimes poorly) and the spots that make no sense whatsoever. Haha that bent brass punch you use also tells quite the story!
@@TexDrinkwater It does actually remind e of a meat slicer I used when I was young and got roped in to the child labour in my parents shop. That cut my thumb to the bone on some slippery ham, it was also salty too so it felt really ouchy. 34 years later and still got the scar
@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Oh no, stop right there... I say, now I say, Chicago style is a type of pizza that is well regarded as a culinary delicacy. If you tried it, you would have a different opinion. Also, as an Italian, I accept the apology for the abomination in this video.
This might be one of my favorite restorations you've done. That clean cut through the fabric was SO satisfying, I really wasn't expecting it to cut so well. The inclusion of the built-in grinding stones to keep the blade sharp is genius, and it works perfectly. This is a really well-designed machine for it's intended use. I wonder if you could custom fit a sawblade to it to cut through other stuff? It'd be one hell of an OSHA violation.
Hello, from Italy. Beautiful video as always, to be honest I am not concerned in the slightest about the pizza, my concern is actually with that Finger Remover 9000. You must have both balls and bearings of steel to use that machine so effortlessly. I've been working as a cook for some years now, use a meat slicer daily, and I honestly shudder to think to be anywhere near that thing while it's turned on. Mad respect to you and to whomever had to use that tool in the past.
I imagine that thing is spinning a bit quicker on 60 hz. Great restoration as always. I with I had some old clapped out weird gizmo that I could send your way....
Our mat cutter used one of these to cut woven glass fibre mat to patterns for laying in grp mouldings. Reduced fraying compared to a regular boxcutter.
Easily one of the best videos you've made. I read emotions through your hands. The references, the pain, the detail, the death metal beat you cranked out with the motor stator on the lathe. Exquisite. Keep up the fantastic work, and thanks for making these.
As always, your work shows that for making an excellent restoration video, you need talents in many fields i you certainly show your talents along with making great restorations. Good frames, excellent pacing, some funny bits and odd references along with technical knowledge. Just what i like about a restoration.
My work has an old Eastman Lightning fabric cutter, essentially the same as this just different brand. It's a neat enough machine but the main one we use (for cutting air filter material) is an old Blue Streak II 629X, this one can cut up to 10" high and is insanely sharp, it's really neat and you can still buy these brand new (even though the ones we have are ancient).
I found your channel yesterday, and have been watching different videos. I am loving your sense of humor, it is right in line with my own. Which is on the wrong side of the line for many. I just say whatever comes to mind, if it offends or hurts feelings, so be it. I just say it like it is, to old to care anymore. Really loving the things I have watched you restore. They certainly do not make things like they once did. Thank you for giving new life to great old things, I am new loyal viewer.
The tools used and the subjects of this video are some serious alternate-universe bizarro obscurity level 11 content and duplicated exactly nowhere. Bravo🌹
Absolute perfection, enjoyed every second of this video. You have a gift to restore. I wonder how many fingers that particular machine removed from factory workers.
You sir have been truly blessed by our great and loving Creator with wonderful talents. And you have a great sense of humor, too. Your pizza ending was HILARIOUS!!!
it was sort of glossed over, but for those ever attempting something like this, "cleaning all the copper out from between the comm bars" is known as undercutting. It very important you do this well. If you don't do a good enough job, it will lead to shorts in the commutator resulting it a lot of sparking which can be an electrical hazard or in some cases a fire hazard. Cut the grooves too deep and you ruin the comm/armature.
I used one like this when I worked at Chris Craft Cruisers to cut stacks of fiberglass cloth, but it had vertical oscillating knives. Loved your aluminum repairs.
This might be one of my favorite machines you've rescued. Cutting that fabric was so friggin' cool! Edit: It's a perfect pizza-cutter too?! This is the best tool in the world!!
the machine is a perfect tool to cut pizza... don't want perfect and the word pizza too close together around this video. there are people reading for whom English is not their first language. wouldn't want to accidently recommend that pizza to them.
The Circa 1850 Stripper poledance was the best! And for the record, that green is hideous. It's the same color as the 2-part epoxy type primer we used on the ship when I was in the Navy....... LOL
Excellent restoration/repair today. While in college, I worked summers for a friend's father's garment company located in central eastern North Carolina. They produced military contract clothing such as wool uniform Navy skirts and jackets and private label womens wear for department stores. My job was delivering cutout fabric to his 4 regional sewing plants, so I spent a lot of downtime time at the cutting house watching them use cutters with a 10" long vertical knife. They used small hand-held circular cutters for detail and correction work. The vertical cutters could cut 50 or more stacked layers of fabric and the laid down paper pattern at a time. Most of the experienced old cutters were missing at least one finger. And no, we were not Yakusa. My only criticism is that if all possible, you should have removed the blade first. As it is one big ass razor and is fragile. It is normally an easily accessible and removable part as it must be changed frequently as the sharpening wears it out. Also, the whet stones are normally easily replaceable for the same reason. The vertical knife could cut thicker stacks, so that is most likely why the industry changed to it. I have not been in that cut house in over 45 years but I know newer automated ones were in use in the 1980s that used laser marking patterns and computor guided auto knives to eliminate the human an potential for injury. Thank you for a walk back through my youth.
Thank you for the awesome restoration, and the immense amount of time and frustration suffered off camera. I think this may be a new subgenre of videos for you. Restoration of tools followed up by the destruction of culinary abominations!!
As always, nice work, and I have to say that the Pole dance thing was hilarious! As for tightening the blade, you may have noticed a small hole in the blade, that corresponds to another hole in the backing that is the same size, this is for you to put a pin tool into, to hold the blade, and stop it from rotating while you tighten the nut. And yeah, that is definitely not pizza, that is something that a Neanderthal would create. the biggest problem with Saskatchewan is that it lacks proximity to hubs of Culture and true Culinary Art Best to head West one province over to become close to proper Culinary practice.
The horror, the horror!! Should not be called pizza! Nice restoration! You can appreciate the engineering today when you look at the old design of the cutter! Nice brass parts and the tank size motor! Love your channel!!
Beautiful and meticulously piece of restoration work. Best in the RUclips. As a subscriber I am always intrigued by it. It always amazes me. I think if he chooses to have gone to med school- he would be one hell of a brain surgeon.
It actually kind of makes sense that it's the English speaking Canadians who managed to make the Chicago deep dish even worse. Rule of thumb: if it's a Canadian dish but it's not Quebecois...non merci.
By the way, something I've been thinking about: I really like the way you speed up the footage in your videos. You have somehow managed to find the exact speed that 1: makes the video fast enough that it doesn't get too long, but not so fast that it's difficult to see what you're doing, and B: changes the tempo like in an old Chaplin or Buster Keaton movie, which enhances your comedy skits perfectly. You're not just a great machinist, you're a comedic genius as well! You are apparently also a pizza connoisseur. Is there anything you can't do??
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Way back in late 1969 I worked for a short time in a men's clothing factory. in the cutting room. The EXPERIENCED cutters used machines like this. I was warned, more than once to be careful around these things, because they were kept razor sharp. The men would cut 6 inch deep layers of cloth to make men's suits. ($1000.00 each in 1969).
This video takes me back to a much different time in my life. ;-)
That is crazy, even the modern hand rotary cutters are super sharp but 6 inches of fabric is madness.
I hear ya. For a time I worked in the cutting department of a large furniture manufacturer. The round blades only got used for crosscutting. Some amazing machines!
You know it’s serious when the sharpening tool is built in!
I wonder how many people are missing fingers because of these. Yikes!
the pole dance was very funny😂
This is an excellent restoration video, but I must say that it pushed a few emotional buttons. My mother worked in a factory that made bath towels. Towels are woven in one long continuous roll that has to be cut into individual units. A cut mark is woven into the cloth, but because of variations in the weaving process, it was impossible (at that time) to automate the cutting task. From 1950 until 1986 my mother used a cutter like this to cut towels. There were a few differences between her cutter and yours. Towels were cut one at a time, so the design of the base plate was different. There was a simple toggle switch, so the blade kept spinning until you turned it off. The device was suspended from three long springs; at rest it was about 12 inches above the cutting table. My mother would reach under the spinning cutter, pull the next towel into position, pull down the cutter, cut the towel, do a visual inspection, fold the towel (she could fold a towel with one hand), and throw it into the right stack. She did this hundreds of times a day - for 36 years. One day her timing was off just a bit, and she cleanly sliced off the tip of her left index finger. She announced her retirement two weeks later. If you want a feel for what using one of these day after day was actually like, I suggest listening to James Taylor singing "Millworker."
Respect to your Mom
She was tougher than most men today, my aunt worked in a Warners factory making bras and women’s stuff for 35 years that was some hard damn work.
Lol. No-one cares.
@@Harry_Cunce your right
(I had an old Makita angle grinder with a toggle switch.
"Apparatus predates safety"... As a certain AvE on RUclips once aptly put it :)
Thanks for sharing your story - I, for one, find these things super interesting.
Anyone who says otherwise is just here for repaironography - (You know the ones: "Make it shiny, so I don't need to develop any skills to feel satisfaction...")
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To the few Negative Nancies that replied before I did:
Watching repairs on RUclips does not constitute manual labor, ya softies.
Also; if you don't care about someone's story... just move on.
Commenting negative things is just an ineffective way to cover up the insecurities about your own station in life.
There's more productive things to do in life than to defecate on other people's efforts to make us all a little wiser.
Best restoration channel on RUclips, nobody else can compare
I agree.
Yes. Equal to MyMechanics IMHO!
I really love this autistic humour :)
Nobody headbutts a media blaster cabinet better!
the rest feel fake and half are - they purposely ruin old stuff just to 'restore' it
Not gonna lie, that's impressive af that it can cut through that monstrosity of a "pizza" with so little effort that it doesn't even disturb the bottomings.
Ahaahahaaaaaa the "bottomings" 😂
Always love to see a new variation of the Finger Remover 3000. Love your channel.
Finger remover....YES, many years ago i was close to loose one ( or more ) fingers with this kind of machine. 1984 i was working in a hospital and in the nightshift i often had to cut big sheets of Cellulose layers into smaller pieces to make the hospital's own wound dressings. This was a good activity to do on night duty because there was rarely much to do. One night I used a device like this to cut these layers of cellulosic tissue into small pieces and chatted to a colleague. I wasn't paying attention and my left hand slipped into the rotating blade. I automatically flinched back and only had a relatively small cut on the inside of my left ring finger. But it bled as if the whole finger had been cut off. The funny thing (I found it funny later) was that my female colleague, a fully trained nurse who was in the room with me, almost fainted when I turned to her and asked if she could put a large plaster on it. It turned out that one plaster wouldn't have been enough - it had to be sewn up with 6 stitches and I had 2 weeks extra "vacation" :)
I used this tool extensively at a handmade paper plant back in the 1970's. Their ability to sail through an inch thich stack of heavy cloth was truly impressive.
45:08 The pizza description is amazing in its accuracy. Strong work my friend.
Much love and blessings to all ❤️
Stay safe everyone 🤘😎
Ce n'est pas une pizza, c'est juste un empilement de jambon hyper épais, ce n'est clairement pas à faire, trop de viande comparé au reste c'est immangeable
My mom used to work in a place where they made stuff with fabric. Over the years several co workers lost fingers and even half of a hand due to working with machines like this one. They where razor sharp and sliced through flesh and bone without a problem. Most bodyparts could be rescued due to the clean cut. My mother always says that she still can hear the screams. She also was one of the company "medics" don't know how it's called in English (Betrieblicher Ersthelfer).
Those machines don't care what they cut, they simply cut!
First Aiders, in the UK.
I don't speak german, but I know a little bit. "Ersthelfer" has to do with "first aid", so "First Aider" like the other comment said fits very well.
Google Translate says "Betrieblich" means "operational", in a "work" context. Rather than "Operational First Aider" like Google suggests, I would say "Workplace First Aider".
Does that seem about right to you?
Danke shön, nothing beats the vivid vision of chopt of fingers right before bedtime 😂
@@Klaproossje Special service to enhance your dream experience 😜
@@patrikhjorth3291 it was great 🤣🤣 never slept better
OMG I loved the pole dance scene with the "furniture stripper" 🤣 Long time subscriber, keep the amazing videos coming!
😂 I probably shouldn't have taken a drink of coffee right then 😅 that was pure gold!!
@@rwisti11301962 Same. Almost did a spit take.
The "fava beans and a nice chianti" noise he makes at the end of that is just *chef's kiss*.
It got my thumbs up😊
There is another episode where he throws one dollar bills at it. 😆
Unfortunately, I can't seem to remember which video it was.
Can you imagine the 6 month training period in the Wolf assembly plant to learn how to put these things together? Yeah, and not enough screws. Great video.
It never ceases to amaze me just how many different vicegrip variations there are 👍
In the 1990s I worked for an outdoor company called Moonstone Mountaineering, I started in the cutting room. We used a machine (called a Blue Streak, made by Eastman) with a reciprocating blade to cut thick stacks of fabric and insulation. This machine is the older version of that. It warmed my heart to see you save this old machine.
My wife does a lot of sewing. This would make a great birthday gift for her. Unlike the plastic new one I bought for her.
For anyone reading this comment previous to watching the video... be sure to stay tuned til the very end for one of the most heart-warming messages of our time! You sir are an inspiration!
This is my first ever comment on RUclips since ... ever and I'll use it to tell you that my eyes light up every time I see a new upload. You make the single most entertaining videos of the most thoughtful selections in restoration projects. Kudos and greetings from a German currently watching this on holiday in Japan, hoping to be half as cool one day 😂
You've had that account for 3 years and you never once commented?
@@dietznutz1 most comment sections aren't fun to be in... this community is a wonderful exception
How dare you never commenting on here ever!!!
That’s it, no soup for you!!!
😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️🙏🏻❤️
@@wolfparty4234 That's a risqué joke to send to a german
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20 years ago, I used a 6" version of this device to cut piles of upholstery into samples. The stacks were then trimmed to final size by a machine. Our job was to swing 80-100lb rolls from a palette to the table, roll out piles 80', then cut them into piles 8' x 36". These machines were already antiques back then.
Great video. Thanks
That is a wonderful restoration of an amazing machine. I must admit I took a double take when first you cut through that fabric. The slicing of that abomination of a pizza (if you could even call it that) was just pure bliss. What a clean cut.
Congratulations on yet another well done video. Always glad to see your work.
"dough-based meatstrosity".... i would not call that supposed foodstuff a "Pizza"...
Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio, and apparently, the home of one Wolf Machine Company. That was a fun little rabbit hole to discover. Great work as always!! Much love and respect for your craft!!
Ah, Wolf brand power tools! That takes me back to early '70s Australia, where my dad had a Wolf electric drill, two speed in a tasteful gold painted die cast housing. As far as I know, it came to England with us in 1973, and I wouldn't be surprised if he still uses it now....
My 10th birthday present in 1953 was a Wolf electric drill, single speed, die cast case painted gold. It still works and is in my collection of various drills. Will today’s drills still work in 70 years time without restoration? I doubt it.😀🇬🇧
If there was a Nobel prize for tool restoration, this guy would win every year!
I love those retaining spring brackets for the brushes. So simple and heavy duty.
yup, me too
Now this is a flash back to my past. Used these in the 90s when I worked in a cutting room for a large textile business. Brought back fond memories of all the shenanigans we got up to 😂 Thanks for doing this cutter justice, great restoration 👍
I remember those cutters from my childhood. My father sold upholstery fabric, and the employees would use it to cut the enormous rolls of fabric down for orders. They plugged in overhead, and the fabric would be pulled off of the roll onto an enormous table that was very slippery to make it easier.
First time i went to Canada I was 12, I ordered a pepperoni pizza.. I asked where the pepperoni was when i got it, the waitress said "under the cheese." So i lifted the cheese with my fork and saw the most horrific half inch thick stack of sandwich pepperoni all steamed and slimy looking under there. I looked at her she looked at me as i slowly slid the plate away and asked for a plain cheese pizza.
How Canadians can screw up the simplest of foods is beyond me.
As always, you do the best restorations!
For those wondering 25 Hz power was a thing in the Niagara area for a long time. It was kept around for some factories for well after the conversion of the area to 60 Hz
I have a link but it won’t let me include it
Was that a Tesla thing?
@@CSkwirl Tesla wanted 60 Hz But Westinghouse's Niagara generators were 25 originally as the previous poster stated. Europe started with 40Hz but went to 50.
@@stuartkynoch7289 ah ok, i couldn't remember who had done what, with all the different ideas and err arguments at the time
@stuartkynoch7289 Great answer, but I was still confused about why 25hz, so just to expand on your answer from what I found on Wikipedia. The Nigara Falls generators were originally used to generate DC, and when they were converted to output AC, the frequency was a result of the generators' designed turbine speed.
Edit: My answer is actually a bit of an oversimplification, but I think it is still right. It seems like there was some ability to choose a specific frequency despite the turbine design and 25hz was a bit more of a compromise between what would work best for heavy machinery/transportation and what would work best for lighting of the frequencies that could be generated with the turbine design.
@@CryptomasterLeviathan there's a whole documentary on this, the Westinghouse Tesla Niagara power generation on RUclips somewhere, I've seen it years ago and don't remember the details
I can’t tell you how much I look forward to your next video, and have, since the very beginning.
Thank you for your YEARS of dedication, providing us with the most wholesome, interesting and RELIABLE content on the internet. I don’t think we tell you that, enough. 🤷♂️
Please carry on.
You might look at a small magnetic “pin” tumbler for cleaning little screws and especially knurled knobs and things….you’ll love it.
Please never change. Your restoration videos are too good.
Perfect restoration of a vintage piece of machinery and not afraid to use it to cut that deli meat and cheese abomination. You sir are a master.
22:57 Try twisting the wire “backwards” (counter clockwise) when using stranded wire under screws - it will prevent the strands from splaying out when the screw is tightened. 👍🏻
+1, thats actually a great idea.
This actually makes sense. I will try it.
We called that the reverse twist... actually works really well. First time I've ever seen someone mention this.
Thank You, Thank You for doing another restoration and seeing your humor also!!! Love It, Love It, Love It !!!!!
Excellent restoration as usual. Hilarious as always. That fabric slicing 😙👌.
That pizza is truly a horror to see.
Put some pineapple on it and you're good to go.
@@matteo234321 I'd be more likely to eat it then! But I don't eat that kind of meat so probably not 😄
How wrong am I to want to try one bite?
I love the Jerry Rig Everything reference ("Scratches at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7"), as well as just everything about your channel. I don't know why, but channels like yours spark joy. Maybe it's the simple fact that I'm watching somebody do something I can't. Or maybe it's seeing old things brought back to life. Either way, keep it up! :)
That’s where I’ve heard that before. Thank you it was bugging me.
@@brianchambers8885You're welcome! My husband and I love watching Jerry Rig Everything, so I have that bit memorized! :)
From the detailed deconstruct, then reconstruct, then the WOW of the tool reveal, to the eloquence of a comprehensive pizza review and the WOW of slicing the aforementioned pizza, in a most unconventional way. This video has it all.
As always a super nice restoration! But this time, as an Italian, I truly suffered the last part
The only restoration channel I do not watch at 2x speed
I used to use one of those when I was a teenager back in the 1960's. We also had a straight blade model that worked like a jig saw. Brings back memories!
I’ve loved taking stuff apart for most of my 43 years of life… it’s the putting back together that I always screw up! Left over parts, making due with what I have on hand on the spot instead of waiting and ordering/buying the right ones. These days if I think of something that would work, I’ll just make it if I can. Most of the time I get in to deep and just have to end up buying what’s commercially available anyways. I still try though… I fail 80% of the time, But I still try! Lol! Nice work as always!
Nice job. One of the more complex rescues I’ve seen you undertake. I especially liked the “stripper” segment. Keep up the great work!
I think you may have surpassed yourself with this one. Sublime.
Absolutely marvellous, love your sense of humour. The attention to detail is brilliant. Where on earth do you find stuff to keep renovating I don’t know, just keep on doing it.
Who else was waiting on you to break out the bandages working around that rusty knife. Great video, quality content!
The disassembly alone was a work of art
Ok does anyone else get excited seeing an old rusty screw come out with bright shiny threads?
The stories these old pieces of machinery tell are so cool! I love seeing the spots that wear, the spots that are rebuilt, and repaired (sometimes poorly) and the spots that make no sense whatsoever. Haha that bent brass punch you use also tells quite the story!
worked way better than I anticipated. cool stuff
Nice, a relic from the 'Pay Attention' era before safety was invented
Haha, yeah, this looks like a guaranteed electrocution and/or amputation waiting to happen.
@@TexDrinkwater It does actually remind e of a meat slicer I used when I was young and got roped in to the child labour in my parents shop.
That cut my thumb to the bone on some slippery ham, it was also salty too so it felt really ouchy. 34 years later and still got the scar
Thanks!
"a 30 mm thick ticket for colon cancer" is probably the best description of what canadians transformed this formerly sane italian food into😂
Mate, I doubt the vast majority of Canadians have ever heard of a "Saskatchewan pizza" -- don't blame the country for this abomination.
I thought Chicago style deep dish was bad. But my god, this is monstrous
@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Oh no, stop right there... I say, now I say, Chicago style is a type of pizza that is well regarded as a culinary delicacy. If you tried it, you would have a different opinion. Also, as an Italian, I accept the apology for the abomination in this video.
I love the fact that a straight pin hung in there for so long 😊your videos are the best, but you knew that 😊😊
This might be one of my favorite restorations you've done. That clean cut through the fabric was SO satisfying, I really wasn't expecting it to cut so well. The inclusion of the built-in grinding stones to keep the blade sharp is genius, and it works perfectly. This is a really well-designed machine for it's intended use. I wonder if you could custom fit a sawblade to it to cut through other stuff? It'd be one hell of an OSHA violation.
Beautiful restoration and one of the most terrifying tools I have ever seen 😱
Hello, from Italy. Beautiful video as always, to be honest I am not concerned in the slightest about the pizza, my concern is actually with that Finger Remover 9000. You must have both balls and bearings of steel to use that machine so effortlessly. I've been working as a cook for some years now, use a meat slicer daily, and I honestly shudder to think to be anywhere near that thing while it's turned on. Mad respect to you and to whomever had to use that tool in the past.
What an interesting selection of Mole grips in the disassembly section.
I imagine that thing is spinning a bit quicker on 60 hz. Great restoration as always. I with I had some old clapped out weird gizmo that I could send your way....
Our mat cutter used one of these to cut woven glass fibre mat to patterns for laying in grp mouldings. Reduced fraying compared to a regular boxcutter.
Easily one of the best videos you've made. I read emotions through your hands. The references, the pain, the detail, the death metal beat you cranked out with the motor stator on the lathe. Exquisite. Keep up the fantastic work, and thanks for making these.
my grandpa in Aussie bought a Wolf drill in 1960and i still had it in 2001 it went into Wolf heaven .good solid steel drill
As always, your work shows that for making an excellent restoration video, you need talents in many fields i you certainly show your talents along with making great restorations.
Good frames, excellent pacing, some funny bits and odd references along with technical knowledge. Just what i like about a restoration.
As a pizza connoisseur I want one of these cutters BAD! Sounds like a pair of Vintage Oster clippers which I would love to watch you restore!
My work has an old Eastman Lightning fabric cutter, essentially the same as this just different brand. It's a neat enough machine but the main one we use (for cutting air filter material) is an old Blue Streak II 629X, this one can cut up to 10" high and is insanely sharp, it's really neat and you can still buy these brand new (even though the ones we have are ancient).
I found your channel yesterday, and have been watching different videos. I am loving your sense of humor, it is right in line with my own. Which is on the wrong side of the line for many. I just say whatever comes to mind, if it offends or hurts feelings, so be it. I just say it like it is, to old to care anymore. Really loving the things I have watched you restore. They certainly do not make things like they once did. Thank you for giving new life to great old things, I am new loyal viewer.
Thank you for this, my week was quite stressful and is nice to have a relaxing video to watch!
The little details on this machine are incredibly satisfying to look at.
MY DUDE I missed your videos! Your channel is an absolute goldmine in the slag field of the restoration/repair genre. Rock on!
That is Such a cool restoration cuts that fabric Like smooth butter 45:00 @Hand Tool Rescue
Love the restorations you do. Also very interested in how you repaired that bearing housing so well.
The tools used and the subjects of this video are some serious alternate-universe bizarro obscurity level 11 content and duplicated exactly nowhere. Bravo🌹
Another interesting addition to your "things that want to kill you" collection. Wonderful as always.
You sir, are a restoration God.. love your videos.
Absolute perfection, enjoyed every second of this video. You have a gift to restore. I wonder how many fingers that particular machine removed from factory workers.
You sir have been truly blessed by our great and loving Creator with wonderful talents. And you have a great sense of humor, too. Your pizza ending was HILARIOUS!!!
it was sort of glossed over, but for those ever attempting something like this, "cleaning all the copper out from between the comm bars" is known as undercutting. It very important you do this well. If you don't do a good enough job, it will lead to shorts in the commutator resulting it a lot of sparking which can be an electrical hazard or in some cases a fire hazard. Cut the grooves too deep and you ruin the comm/armature.
The welding work is excellent!
As much as I appreciate solidly-built tools, that thing is utterly un-droppable with all the spindly brass and aluminium bits poking out.
I used one like this when I worked at Chris Craft Cruisers to cut stacks of fiberglass cloth, but it had vertical oscillating knives. Loved your aluminum repairs.
Brawo brawo brawo. Jak zawsze doskonała praca. Gratulacje👍👍👍
Never underestimate humanity's ingenuity and desire to see sharp things spin really, really fast.
That is terrifying. The fabric saw is terrifying too.
A textile knife for cutting fabric. Nice fine! Many are vertical strait blades or a hand held design like a grinder these days.
This might be one of my favorite machines you've rescued. Cutting that fabric was so friggin' cool!
Edit: It's a perfect pizza-cutter too?! This is the best tool in the world!!
the machine is a perfect tool to cut pizza... don't want perfect and the word pizza too close together around this video. there are people reading for whom English is not their first language. wouldn't want to accidently recommend that pizza to them.
@@bmxerkrantz Agreed. That "pizza" was as far from perfect as it can be.
Another masterpiece. I cannot believe how complex that little machine was. Truly unbelievable
The Circa 1850 Stripper poledance was the best! And for the record, that green is hideous. It's the same color as the 2-part epoxy type primer we used on the ship when I was in the Navy....... LOL
You are a restoring and comedic genius
Nobody else even comes close to this guy. He’s the absolute best restoration channel on RUclips.
Cheers, I'm reminded of a winter I spent in Kingston, and imagining that tool slicing through a frozen lake. all the best from warmer climes.
Excellent restoration/repair today. While in college, I worked summers for a friend's father's garment company located in central eastern North Carolina. They produced military contract clothing such as wool uniform Navy skirts and jackets and private label womens wear for department stores. My job was delivering cutout fabric to his 4 regional sewing plants, so I spent a lot of downtime time at the cutting house watching them use cutters with a 10" long vertical knife. They used small hand-held circular cutters for detail and correction work. The vertical cutters could cut 50 or more stacked layers of fabric and the laid down paper pattern at a time. Most of the experienced old cutters were missing at least one finger. And no, we were not Yakusa.
My only criticism is that if all possible, you should have removed the blade first. As it is one big ass razor and is fragile. It is normally an easily accessible and removable part as it must be changed frequently as the sharpening wears it out. Also, the whet stones are normally easily replaceable for the same reason.
The vertical knife could cut thicker stacks, so that is most likely why the industry changed to it.
I have not been in that cut house in over 45 years but I know newer automated ones were in use in the 1980s that used laser marking patterns and computor guided auto knives to eliminate the human an potential for injury.
Thank you for a walk back through my youth.
The parts count on these things are amazing. A modern equivalent would have 1/4 the BoM and be 90% polymers.
Thank you for the awesome restoration, and the immense amount of time and frustration suffered off camera. I think this may be a new subgenre of videos for you. Restoration of tools followed up by the destruction of culinary abominations!!
As always, nice work, and I have to say that the Pole dance thing was hilarious! As for tightening the blade, you may have noticed a small hole in the blade, that corresponds to another hole in the backing that is the same size, this is for you to put a pin tool into, to hold the blade, and stop it from rotating while you tighten the nut. And yeah, that is definitely not pizza, that is something that a Neanderthal would create. the biggest problem with Saskatchewan is that it lacks proximity to hubs of Culture and true Culinary Art Best to head West one province over to become close to proper Culinary practice.
"Every day we stride further from The Light". Good one and nice work!
I just started watching this, but where on earth are you going to find 25hz electrons?
Quelle énergie et patience dans cette réalisation. Un plus pour la petite touche d'humour.
The horror, the horror!! Should not be called pizza! Nice restoration! You can appreciate the engineering today when you look at the old design of the cutter! Nice brass parts and the tank size motor! Love your channel!!
Do NOT tell me you used that electric cutter to slice the ‘pizza’ 😳😱
It may be called Prairie Pizza.
Man, this is the only channel that can get a genuine laugh out of me. Why is dis so unique?
Хорошая работа по реставрации получилась! Классное видео! Мне понравилось! Круто Круто!!!
Beautiful and meticulously piece of restoration work. Best in the RUclips. As a subscriber I am always intrigued by it. It always amazes me. I think if he chooses to have gone to med school- he would be one hell of a brain surgeon.
That's not a pizza. That's like the unnatural union of Chicago deep dish and a club sandwich. Great work as always.
It actually kind of makes sense that it's the English speaking Canadians who managed to make the Chicago deep dish even worse.
Rule of thumb: if it's a Canadian dish but it's not Quebecois...non merci.
And the worst of both. But agreed, great restoration!
Yes, it looks delicious.
The soliloquy at the end describing the pizza was pure poetic perfection.
By the way, something I've been thinking about: I really like the way you speed up the footage in your videos. You have somehow managed to find the exact speed that 1: makes the video fast enough that it doesn't get too long, but not so fast that it's difficult to see what you're doing, and B: changes the tempo like in an old Chaplin or Buster Keaton movie, which enhances your comedy skits perfectly.
You're not just a great machinist, you're a comedic genius as well! You are apparently also a pizza connoisseur. Is there anything you can't do??
Beautiful!!! The best restoration. I want this machine!!