As an old man, over 70 years old and never traveled, I appreciate you channel. I enjoy when you show some of the country around, that way I get to travel through the lens of your camera, for that I say Thank You for taking us along with you.
@@linmal2242 74 here too, I feel old because I worked in a factory for 40 years on a cement floor. That took a toll on my body, being over weight, no, height impaired didn't help.
@@adlerweb OMG, OMG, OMG ! I thought it was a joke, but that's a real word in German ! (and a paragraph in English) Funny guys the Germans, they invent ingenious rockets, build iconic cars, but their keyboards have no SPACE-BAR ???
@@sayeretmatkaal While "Landwerkstattsgebäudengrößenbeschränkungsverordnung" could be a German word (or rather a overly complex composite word) for a size regulation on buildings in rural areas containing a workshop, there is - to my knowledge - no regulation with this name. There are some regulations regarding nature preservation, work safety, taxing, etc, which might limit how you could build a workshop. These are different in each federal state and spread over multiple regulations/laws. So while technically still a "real" German word, it is still more a joke on our tendency to regulate everything in overly complex and detailed rules with names even Germans can't remember.
I'm pretty sure even getting permission to demolish the old building and build something the same size on the property would involve a lot of bureaucratic hurdles in germany taking years to get all the plans approved. If it's not a construction zone, it might even take longer to get them to change the zoning of the property to allow for a construction project. On top of that, it's probably so remote that you would need to find a water source, and permission to use that water and build wastewater drainage pits, build your own electrical supply system and so on. It sounds fun to take on a project like that at first, but it takes a lot of time and effort (and money) to realize a project like that in a very strictly regulated country like germany.
Your channel is a breath of fresh air in a world of what has often become ‘junk-communication’. Thank you. Your pleasure at finding and viewing those educational banners was palpable. I hope you manage to follow your dream of owning that (or another) piece of land and making something special out of it. Would certainly be a great place for off-grid amateur radio! Hopefully we see more of this place in your future videos. Les in UK
I hate ShitTok along with the "shorts" that YT keeps shoving down our throats lately, it's clogging up search results with garbage & false information and worst of all it's _dumbing down everyone that comes in contact with it._ I honestly cannot wait for this trend to die and fade into obscurity. Another great episode as always, thank you for uploading! 👍👍
The Soviet wrench was made by Novosibirsk tool’s factory, according to the logo ( H letter in a diamond figure). The factory is exists and produces tools nowadays. A small update: H letter on the logo means the first letter from Russian name of the city of Novosibirsk, Новосибирск.
I have an old small 1/2 drive socket set form them which appears to have never been used. The weird part is that I am in Australia and have found a few others online in Australia with other Novosibirsk sets.
Be careful with the plastic you used for the meter, if it is subject tio a static charge, it can move the needle, i had a couple of nice meters with plastic fronts that did this, i scrapped them because i couldn't simply replace the fronts If you need thin glass, try small picture frames and cut to size
There's on old technician's trick to fix this. Wet your finger with soapy water and coat the inside of the plastic/glass. This creates a slight conductive film that discharges the static. Dryer spray may work even better.
I am a mechanic an part-time farmer in Wisconsin, USA. All of the videos I watch have to be somewhat educational even if they do have some entertainment along the way. It thrills me to take things that others discard and make them work again - especially older items that were made much more robust than a lot of what is made today. I enjoy your videos where we get a glimpse into the way things are in Germany. We in America sometimes have some unfounded misconceptions about especially Eastern European countries. Thanks for what you do.
Making a tool box could have been a training piece in an industrial apprenticeship program. I grew up in West Germany and we did a bunch of those projects during my training to become an industrial mechanic.
No apprentice would have gotten away with using two different lengths on hinges butted together or with using dissimilar metals that have a galvanic reaction though, don't you think? That is cool training though, I am learning how to do manual machining and all the books start you off with making your own fixtures and tools.
As a Hungarian I can confirm that the "Precizios" (lit. precision) wrench was indeed manufactured in Hungary or at least manufactured for Hungarian import. If you can give some info on what's on the other side I could try investigating where it could've come from.
I have one of these that spent 80 years in the ground! Presumably lost by a Hungarian soldier in what is now western Ukraine during WW2. It still looks good, and I still use it!
Those school posters are amazing! That kind of illustration is becoming a lost art. Yes, you could use a graphic design program to create something similar, but there is just something about a carefully hand-drawn illustration that warms my heart! What a great find.🙂
I hope you get that property. The area looks amazing this time of the year and I imagine it will be covered with snow over Winter. It is a very big job to be able to set this up to live in. Good luck. Will follow your adventures regardless of what YT does.
My son has the same British Isles map, but with a twist: his version is titled “Die Britische Inseln” and has German place names. We live in Canada and I have no idea how the map came to be here for us to find in a second hand store.
I would certainly watch any work you might do with the rural property. I would really love to see the Bee House put back in operating order. Of course they would want the orchard to be functional as well. 👍
It would be such a shame to lose videos such as yours because of a popularity algorithm. I truly enjoy watching the restoration efforts of old equipment and the eloquent historical context that you add.
I always enjoy your videos, I am 80, and because I was a pilot in the RCAF during the cold war, I particularly enjoy your stories and travels into the former East Germany. Because I like educational documentaries, I often have to fight the youtube algorithms to find my favourite material, so I understand the logic of setting up a mailing list. I hope you continue with your interesting discoveries. Who wouldn't want to own 2 1/2 acres of property. It would depend on the price, and the risk associated with leaving your improvements there unsecured, while working from your primary residence. I also assume, that there would be no possibility of municipal power, and that means depending on a generator. It would also be important to determine if a reliable source of water is available, or would you have to search for a site to dig a well. I like the idea, but those are some of the considerations that would concern me.
A dream property for sure, considering your current place is small, you should upgrade, And on top of that, you could make small roads to help move the material. Love those drawings too!
Your philosophical bent enriches your pursuit of sustainable practice and application. It is such a pleasure hearing someone as articulate as you giving voice to what many of us only experience intuitively.
Hi from the US. My ancestors came from Questenberg, located about 50km south of Quidlinburg near Sudharz. My last name is similar to Questenberg, but the spelling has been changed several times as my ancestors migrated from Germany to England and then to America. I visited Questenberg several years ago and also started my journey from Cologne, since I worked there for several years and have friends and colleagues that my wife and I visited at the beginning of our holiday. I always enjoy your videos and the story of your travels, but this video is very special for me since I have experienced very similar locations as your recent journey. Thank you for the very interesting story and for your efforts to document and share them with all of us. Cheers!
It's been an absolute pleasure to watch your filmmaking style develop, to see you focus in on a topic of interest and explore it in an educating and entertaining way. I admire the videos, the content, your logic; to catch a glimpse into the rhythm of your creativity has been an inspiration. I will give you some money on Patreon so that you can continue to make these videos. Bravo!
I have always appreciated your videos and their long format since finding you here. I also restore older things that are discarded by modern society. I hope that you find the inspiration to undertake a large project someday soon before you are too old and lose the ambition.
Thanks for the tour and the philosophical comments (on which I can only agree)! Building your shack in a beautiful piece of land you can call your own is a dream a lot of us share. Evaluate first all the impacts on your personal and professional life, as such a project is a monstrous time-eater... However I am sure your community would love to give a hand for the rough work and help you make this dream come true.
I really love your idea to start using a backup communication system and not relying on youtube as much. You're 100% correct that educational content is supported less and less by major platforms each year, and building a community not tied to any platform is a solid solution to that problem.
I’m sure you really enjoyed that trip. The breakdown drawings of machines and cathode ray tubes etc….yes I was one of the kids that stared at them for a long time figuring out how everything worked. I really enjoy them. They were and still are great to look at for me. Thanks!
Tona was first estabilished in 1892 in Pečky in a former Austro-Hungarian Empire (Czech Republic nowadays) as a steel smelting factory. The production changed trought years, from making parts for agricultural machinery to various engineering products. In 1950's they build their own forging factory and started a production of various hand tools up until the privatization in 1992. In that year Tona became a part of THE STANLEY WORKS. In 2010 the Tona factory in Pečky was closed, which led to the creation of Tona Expert brand (part of FACOM). In 2018 the brand was rebranded to EXPERT by FACOM. The current factory is located in Kolín.
I love your videos, also you give me the occasional view of where I grew up as a British kid in the 1970s and 80s. I have so many happy memories of Germany, it was such a beautiful and friendly country to grow up in. One day I would love to visit Germany again, to see some of those sights again and also, the food in Paderborn was always spectacular! Thanks for sharing your stories and your restorations. I love how you show us the adventures that can be had in mechanical history. Keep up the great work. 😁
I started watching your channel becasue I love tools and electronics. I love the repairs and ideas brought up about sustainability. But these recent videos that have had "adventures" and exploring new places have been amazing. If you undertook the tremendious job of clearing out this new location and rebuilding the structures, I would be excited to watch the progress.
I love the idea of recieving updates via amateur radio! I've recently got started by listening to weather satellites (thanks to the Save It For Parts channel).
Great episode! Thanks. That looks like a great property! When i met my wife in Brazil, we were renting an apartment in the city. I was getting restless and proposed that we buy a piece of land and just move, but there was a catch, we didnt have any money. We had what each month brought in which was enough to pay rent and normal expenses. So we took out a loan and moved to the land, everyone thought we were crazy. It was literally just bush, no house. We set up initially with a tent, then a roof over the tent, then we got electricity and had piped in water from the neighbors. We had a brick stove, showers with hot water from the fire, our bathroom was just tarp wrapped between a series of trees! I then built a hut... then built a two story minihouse using concepts borrowed from the earthship movement and other recycled items like pet bottles stuffed full of plastic waste to use inside the walls. We were probably the happiest we have ever been... so what happened? My wife was selected for a job in a public federal university and we had to move to a city hours away. So we ended up selling and living the cramped city life with a longing for contact with nature.
Dude that alpine slide looks like so much fun! Also really digging that hand made post apocalyptic tool box! I totally think you should get the property, I'll come out and help you with those weeds! Looking forward to the newsletter
The Real Estate looks amazing! I hope you can get it. I grew up in a large city but in 2004 I was able to purchase 63 acres of timber and open fields in the mountains and I love it here.
Years ago I worked for Thomas & Skinner magnet company in Indianapolis Indiana, while there I built my own toolbox, it stayed with me for years until one of my later employers talked me out of it, he was a great friend so I let it go. Something like a toolbox that you use every day becomes part of you, thank you for respecting that old box.
Love the video and the message. Germany is a fascinating country to explore, as a most countries in Europe. I don't have Instagram, TikTok or SnapChat as I fail to see whats so "k00l" about something lasting 10 seconds, and then gone forever... The property you showed us would be amazing for setting up your own alternate base of operations, away from the too busy and restrictive big cities.
Being someone who daily drives a pickup that I also use for hunting, fishing and building material hauling trips I can't imagine the stress of having a premium price one.
You are one and only! I mean it! The show format and content... most importantly, your efforts in regards to the preservation and presentation of old but still very live technology is what makes us all waiting for your new episode... the educational part of your work I do NOT mention here since I believe that it's the part of all this effort that reflects you as a character and that shouts out to all of us to get together and to form a friendship and interest based, international community that is based on values that in risk of getting lost! Να είσε πάντα καλά φίλε!
I am in USA Michigan. A famous author Mark Twain said "buy land. They don't make it anymore". I don't know the availability of heavy equipment for clearing a road and building sites in Germany. Having said that; I have already done what your considering for that vacant forest land. My wife and I love it, produce much of our own food and I have built up a large workshop to play in. I am soo glad we took the shot.
To fix and repair things is becoming a lost art. Many times I'm thoroughly disappointed when I have left things to so called "professionals" with fancy titles, only to find out that I could have done a better job my self. Incredible! Channels like this are very important. They educate people and gets their imagination going.. Keep up the good work!
I cannot describe how great this content is. History (and respect), creativity, culture, nature, buildings, tools .... and always something to learn! I am also a big fan of homestead videos, really awesome what ypu can do yourself if you step out the brainless programmed buy-everything-you-need-new society. It is really a shame that YT starts to decline the growth of such channels. Your videos and other I mentioned is the real life as it should be. I am very glad and proud that I build a huge storage container out of scrap wood. These kind of videos made me doing it. It makes me feel great, it is amazing. However the other side is disappointing, good stuff toss away so easily. Non creative and brainless. I only spend $120 (materials; glue, screws, wood oil, paint, water resistant covering) to make a $3000 container when buying new. Insane right? Notice that money isn't the issue but it shows what you can do by using your brain and body. Those rich content videos are essential for a better world. Don't give up, please continue. I will subscribe to your e-mail list. Thank you for the great content you make!
Wow those drawings and pictures were amazing, simplistically drawn yet providing great detail, and the brilliant colours, wonderful , yes they ought to be framed and displayed to be enjoyed.👍😏🇬🇧
Kampmann ist definitiv DDR. Die anderen Schraubenschlüssel die du als moderne aussortiert hast, wurden auch in die DDR-Importiert. z.B Iron Bull, Everest, Diamond, Asahi(ASH) gab es auch in der DDR. Vorallem in der Industrie. Desweiteren sind mir auch gekröpfte Gedore Ringschlüssel bekannt, welche als Satz für 58 DDR-Mark erworben werden konnte. Die blauen DDR-Schlüssel sind eher eine Heimwerkervariante, die sind relativ weich.
This was the most interesting material I have ever watched. I am very technologically minded like you. Although I am a doctor, I have been immersed in electronics from a very young age, and I still love repairing old radios and electronic gear. My forte is Yaesu, Sony and National Panasonic gear from the 60s and 70s. Although my collection of equipment goes back to the 1940s. I also have a passion for mechanics having been forced through necessity as a young man to keep my cars running. Your video of the overgrown block took me back to my childhood. My grandmother had a huge overgrown block where we played as kids. Buy it!
Fantastic content as always. For your upcoming UK trip I wonder if you would like to visit the former and current Industrial land of South East Wales. Would love to host you on part of your trip and potentially visit old Iron works, Canals as well as current Steel processing facilities here. Regards Paul
I'm always astonished whenever someone reminds me that most European countries are like the size of our individual states (in the US). A great video as always! Notes: - Those bunker lights are awesome! - Nature really did just decide "nah, I want this land back" - Yes please, watching you cut through brush and rebuild old buildings would be very interesting! - Ohhh! I've moderated and created many moderately sized discord servers at this point if you're interested in getting some help with it?
I appreciate the fact you make alot of different items a second life. Furthermore, you are bringing back to life other one. You are contributing to history and the lifecycle of different objects. It's interesting and a nice learning experience to see how it was back in the day, to enjoy all those older equipment that are still able to work perfectly good even to our days. Thanks for everything. Greetings from Eastern Canada
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Linus media group believe the same thing and have created float plane. maybe consider speaking to them and hosting your content there as well as youtube. your content is invaluable and should be protected.
Die Wandkarten waren ja ein sehr genialer Fund. Ich habe bereits die zu deinem Generator passende Karte "Der Drehstrommotor" und die "Funktionsprinzip des Drehstroms" aus der gleichen Serie. Hoffe ich schaffe es, die Generatorkarte noch zu ersteigern.. würde meine Werkstattwand super vervollständigen.
An email listing should be fine, maybe a self hosted website with your own domainname. I' m running also a simple blog on my own domain with an external hosting provider with backups. Nothing on instagram, facebook of that kind of stuff............
I started to watch and a minute in stopped. I will wait to later so my wife can sit and watch with me. My life has been touched by many Eastern Europeans. I learned mechanic, electrical and especially manual machine tool operation and repair in several machine shops. All the guy's could fix what they run and make adjustments.
The governments don't want us to share information or be self sufficient, Or at least that's how it appears to be heading unless a drastic change happens. Love the things you are doing and your look to a sustainable future. Thumbs up!
There is growing number of people who are transitioning to independent content for their entertainment. Your channel stands out and Many other creators mention and recommend it regularly. I am not sure youtube will be best place in the future for channels like your's but I do hope you all coordinate and move some place together if that happens. Thank you for the work you do on these videos, they are entertaining, educational and intersting.
❤❤❤❤ You are a younger me,,, please don't stop with your adventuring. Pick up whatever you find,, if you don't need it,, someone else will Continue turning your dreams into memories and you will have a rich life.
I love your explanations of electrical circuits and components. I am currently in school for mechanical engineering and found our basic circuits class to be very boring. As a lot of my class work is online, I miss seeing large detailed cutaway drawings of things. Your channel is awesome! Thank you for all that you do!
I hope you still read these, I was at a ham radio related function not a month ago and someone recognized your channel's sticker on my laptop lid at a demo I was giving in southern Indiana in the US. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for continuing to make them.
I'm British but moved to Hessen (near Fulda) in 2013. Last year (for work) I moved to South Brandenberg. So now I own a house in the old DDR! It's a great place. So many empty buildings and places (like bases) to explore.
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, you would never imagine what a beacon of light you have been to me in some very dark days gone past. Any time you would travel to South Africa, I would be delighted to host you in the city of Durban on the east coast. it would be lovely to see that huge property become yours and a new village of inventors springing up in East Germany. I have a brother in Germany.
I have made many comments of the time on your channel. I have enormous respect for what you do, and the history you show us. I would so love to visit Germany one day it's on my bucket list. Much respect from Australia.
Oh, go for it. No more having to smell other people's barbecue, putting up with your neighbour's yapping dogs, clearing their cat's mess. I wish I had the wherewithal when I was younger to do such a thing. The place looks fantastic.
The cabin would be an excellent project. We did this with our own house, a broken stable building which has been our home now for 30 years. If you can get that property for a reasonable price it will make a fantastic property, if you can get it, buy it!
Loved to watch the new video! Missing the old ones with lots of inventions and problem solving though. The ideia of buying a property to restore the building and, who knows, build a new TPAI shack would be amazing! Looking forward for the next episodes of this saga!
The swivel wrench from the unidentified batch is east german. It is an original swivel for the legs of a ' camp tourist' tent trailer. These trailers were sold in the west as Alpen kreuzer. It works really wel as you can use the small offset to quickly get the leg down and then tilt the handle to the side to Apply more tourqe.
Wieder ein sehr schön gemachtes Video. Da ich auch ein großes Herz für alte Dinge und alte Technik habe, schaue ich Ihren Kanal schon seit Jahren. Meine drei Pkw sind zusammen aktuell 82 Jahre alt - wenn das keine Liebe zur Nostalgie ist... :) Viele Grüße aus Sachsen! :)
Clearing land and reclaiming / sustaining the work that came before you, then leaving your own labours behind is very rewarding. Obviously you have discovered this in the tool and electronics restoration you do - I think you would come to appreciate a project cabin such as this as well if the access to the site is suitable in the fall and winter months. Doing some of this work in the snow can be a pain, but being able to sled in materials and sled out firewood or debris is much nicer than dealing with mud! 😂
I can't be the only one thinking I would love for you to start a travel channel and film tours like you did with this one. Perhaps even interviewing some of the older locals and finding out what the country was like from their perspective during the cold war.
I stumbled onto your channel some time back. I look forward to every time you post a video. Thank you for providing history and restoration of the tools from the past.
Das ist wahrscheinlich der Kanal den ich am liebsten verfolge obwohl es nicht so häufig Videos gibt wie bei anderen, sind deine die besten meiner Meinung nach mach weiter so!
Commenting from the state of Iowa, in the USA. I absolutely love your channel. Please continue, and I thank you very much for creating such interesting content.
A most interesting travelogue back in time. It reminds my time in the US military when I was stationed in Berlin and was surrounded by East Germany. The year was 1972.
Greetings from Morocco or Marokko.Thank you so much for all the videos. I really enjoy all the various contents which make your videos so interesting, educative, and Not boring
Hi from the uk Due to my parentage I am part german and part lithuanian and due to my age I no longer have any living relations in either country. I have been to Germany many times in the past both for work and pleasure but I have never been to East Germany, I am in awe of what I can see it looks as though the east is a real area of opportunity and from my worms eye view you could do a lot worse than purchase that land and buildings Keep up the good work Zed
I've been watching your videos for years. Never left a comment until today. I think it would be awesome to see you fix up an old abandoned property. I'm sure given a little notice you could get help clearing the land from some of your followers.
One thing wrong, this lamp flickering is visible and it can cause seizure to people with epilepsy. Good thing that with LED tech this kind of obstacle gone away. About changing broken glass for plastic in this ampermeter, glass was used there for purpose, it gather less electrostatic charge than plastic. If you still want use plastic, make sure it have some antistatic coating on side where needle is, otherwise readings can be not accurate.
I understand your worries about RUclips, the news letter is a great idea. Thank you for your work and letting us share it with you, I wish you a successful future.
I love Your videos, and Your style of live. I agree with You about this tictok trends. I wiil be glad to don't loose contact with You and Your materials
A little bit of everything in this video, 17:18 is a real masterpiece good find.. The colors are so crisp I'd say they got unrolled not many times.. I once found in a house clean up, world war II antiwar posters and post cards put out by the Quakers back in the 40's.. As for buying and renovating the land I say "Yes".. A chainsaw and weed eater would clean that up in a few weeks.. I never really started making money till I stopped paying rent and got an acre of land and moved on to it..
Love your channel, I cannot believe there is so many abandoned places in your country with such a large population, indeed if you have the feeling that piece of land is for you then pursue it. If you keep making I'll keep watching 👍
You should buy that property. Its very do-able. Reinstate the access road with a chain saw and strimmer. Your Subaru should be able to get up there no problem. Clear the brush from around the house, demolish the house and burn all the timber and build a new wooden structure. It would basically be a very large shed. Worst case you could use it as an airbnb most of the year. It might well appeal to someone to stay there in the summer. It looks like a very nice rural plot.
That property is great. A small tractor with a 1.5-2 metre brush mower, would clean it right up to get your vehicle in. Also the small tractor would help with daily chores in the orchard/yard. If you can get the property at a reasonable price, I would go for it. Best wishes from Northern Canada.
Hey. My mother worked at RFT in a small shop in a little town in the Ore Mountains. Still have the same power supply and all the bench tools they used. They were involved in the production of radios and amplifier boards.
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As an old man, over 70 years old and never traveled, I appreciate you channel. I enjoy when you show some of the country around, that way I get to travel through the lens of your camera, for that I say Thank You for taking us along with you.
Never too late to start travelling!
Old ? I'm 74 and I'm not old yet ! But I do like his 'old' school equipment videos !
Yes, thankyou for taking us along with you.
@@linmal2242 same here
@@linmal2242 74 here too, I feel old because I worked in a factory for 40 years on a cement floor. That took a toll on my body, being over weight, no, height impaired didn't help.
Im in Australia, that is a dream property for me, so tranquil and imagine the size of the workshop you could build!
I'm sure there is a Landwerkstattsgebäudengrößenbeschränkungsverordnung for that ;)
@@adlerweb thanks. my first real laughing out loud today. great joke
@@adlerweb OMG, OMG, OMG ! I thought it was a joke, but that's a real word in German ! (and a paragraph in English)
Funny guys the Germans, they invent ingenious rockets, build iconic cars, but their keyboards have no SPACE-BAR ???
@@sayeretmatkaal While "Landwerkstattsgebäudengrößenbeschränkungsverordnung" could be a German word (or rather a overly complex composite word) for a size regulation on buildings in rural areas containing a workshop, there is - to my knowledge - no regulation with this name. There are some regulations regarding nature preservation, work safety, taxing, etc, which might limit how you could build a workshop. These are different in each federal state and spread over multiple regulations/laws. So while technically still a "real" German word, it is still more a joke on our tendency to regulate everything in overly complex and detailed rules with names even Germans can't remember.
I'm pretty sure even getting permission to demolish the old building and build something the same size on the property would involve a lot of bureaucratic hurdles in germany taking years to get all the plans approved. If it's not a construction zone, it might even take longer to get them to change the zoning of the property to allow for a construction project.
On top of that, it's probably so remote that you would need to find a water source, and permission to use that water and build wastewater drainage pits, build your own electrical supply system and so on.
It sounds fun to take on a project like that at first, but it takes a lot of time and effort (and money) to realize a project like that in a very strictly regulated country like germany.
Your channel is a breath of fresh air in a world of what has often become ‘junk-communication’. Thank you. Your pleasure at finding and viewing those educational banners was palpable. I hope you manage to follow your dream of owning that (or another) piece of land and making something special out of it. Would certainly be a great place for off-grid amateur radio! Hopefully we see more of this place in your future videos. Les in UK
I hate ShitTok along with the "shorts" that YT keeps shoving down our throats lately, it's clogging up search results with garbage & false information and worst of all it's _dumbing down everyone that comes in contact with it._ I honestly cannot wait for this trend to die and fade into obscurity.
Another great episode as always, thank you for uploading! 👍👍
The Soviet wrench was made by Novosibirsk tool’s factory, according to the logo ( H letter in a diamond figure). The factory is exists and produces tools nowadays.
A small update: H letter on the logo means the first letter from Russian name of the city of Novosibirsk, Новосибирск.
I have an old small 1/2 drive socket set form them which appears to have never been used. The weird part is that I am in Australia and have found a few others online in Australia with other Novosibirsk sets.
@@CollectorOfThings Globalization is so globalization))))
These were 40 Minutes of high quality entertainment/education. Thanks for putting in so much work!
Always is, when watching TPAI😊
Be careful with the plastic you used for the meter, if it is subject tio a static charge, it can move the needle, i had a couple of nice meters with plastic fronts that did this, i scrapped them because i couldn't simply replace the fronts
If you need thin glass, try small picture frames and cut to size
There's on old technician's trick to fix this. Wet your finger with soapy water and coat the inside of the plastic/glass. This creates a slight conductive film that discharges the static. Dryer spray may work even better.
Oh yes it can be an issue with some plastics, but in this case the meter works just fine with the 'new' transparency
I am a mechanic an part-time farmer in Wisconsin, USA. All of the videos I watch have to be somewhat educational even if they do have some entertainment along the way. It thrills me to take things that others discard and make them work again - especially older items that were made much more robust than a lot of what is made today. I enjoy your videos where we get a glimpse into the way things are in Germany. We in America sometimes have some unfounded misconceptions about especially Eastern European countries. Thanks for what you do.
Love the exploration of Germany. Please go into shops, talk to people and show us more of the buildings and countryside
Order a traditional lunch at a pub and really make us all miss Europe. I once had a pork knuckle, hefeweizen and strudel for lunch there. Heaven
Your "how to build a linear power supply" is still one of my all time favourite videos on RUclips ever.
Making a tool box could have been a training piece in an industrial apprenticeship program. I grew up in West Germany and we did a bunch of those projects during my training to become an industrial mechanic.
No apprentice would have gotten away with using two different lengths on hinges butted together or with using dissimilar metals that have a galvanic reaction though, don't you think? That is cool training though, I am learning how to do manual machining and all the books start you off with making your own fixtures and tools.
As a Hungarian I can confirm that the "Precizios" (lit. precision) wrench was indeed manufactured in Hungary or at least manufactured for Hungarian import. If you can give some info on what's on the other side I could try investigating where it could've come from.
I am Hungarian too and I have a lot of tools from this brand, but I dont know, was it a Hungarian brand or not.
I have one of these that spent 80 years in the ground! Presumably lost by a Hungarian soldier in what is now western Ukraine during WW2. It still looks good, and I still use it!
Those school posters are amazing! That kind of illustration is becoming a lost art. Yes, you could use a graphic design program to create something similar, but there is just something about a carefully hand-drawn illustration that warms my heart! What a great find.🙂
So true👍
I hope you get that property. The area looks amazing this time of the year and I imagine it will be covered with snow over Winter. It is a very big job to be able to set this up to live in. Good luck. Will follow your adventures regardless of what YT does.
My son has the same British Isles map, but with a twist: his version is titled “Die Britische Inseln” and has German place names. We live in Canada and I have no idea how the map came to be here for us to find in a second hand store.
My friend has a really cool poster. Moss, Ferne, und Pilzen
I would certainly watch any work you might do with the rural property. I would really love to see the Bee House put back in operating order. Of course they would want the orchard to be functional as well. 👍
There is quite a lot of content to make from just that bee house alone, not to mention the redt of the property. Maybe he will go through with it!
It would be such a shame to lose videos such as yours because of a popularity algorithm. I truly enjoy watching the restoration efforts of old equipment and the eloquent historical context that you add.
I always enjoy your videos, I am 80, and because I was a pilot in the RCAF during the cold war, I particularly enjoy your stories and travels into the former East Germany. Because I like educational documentaries, I often have to fight the youtube algorithms to find my favourite material, so I understand the logic of setting up a mailing list. I hope you continue with your interesting discoveries. Who wouldn't want to own 2 1/2 acres of property. It would depend on the price, and the risk associated with leaving your improvements there unsecured, while working from your primary residence. I also assume, that there would be no possibility of municipal power, and that means depending on a generator. It would also be important to determine if a reliable source of water is available, or would you have to search for a site to dig a well. I like the idea, but those are some of the considerations that would concern me.
A dream property for sure, considering your current place is small, you should upgrade, And on top of that, you could make small roads to help move the material.
Love those drawings too!
Your philosophical bent enriches your pursuit of sustainable practice and application. It is such a pleasure hearing someone as articulate as you giving voice to what many of us only experience intuitively.
I'd love to watch a land clearing/renovation series.
Me too, TPAI new house / mega workshop build GO!
Hi from the US. My ancestors came from Questenberg, located about 50km south of Quidlinburg near Sudharz. My last name is similar to Questenberg, but the spelling has been changed several times as my ancestors migrated from Germany to England and then to America. I visited Questenberg several years ago and also started my journey from Cologne, since I worked there for several years and have friends and colleagues that my wife and I visited at the beginning of our holiday.
I always enjoy your videos and the story of your travels, but this video is very special for me since I have experienced very similar locations as your recent journey. Thank you for the very interesting story and for your efforts to document and share them with all of us.
Cheers!
It's been an absolute pleasure to watch your filmmaking style develop, to see you focus in on a topic of interest and explore it in an educating and entertaining way. I admire the videos, the content, your logic; to catch a glimpse into the rhythm of your creativity has been an inspiration. I will give you some money on Patreon so that you can continue to make these videos. Bravo!
yes, its always an interesting adventure even when it is occasionally something that I am not as interested in.
I have always appreciated your videos and their long format since finding you here. I also restore older things that are discarded by modern society. I hope that you find the inspiration to undertake a large project someday soon before you are too old and lose the ambition.
Thanks for the tour and the philosophical comments (on which I can only agree)! Building your shack in a beautiful piece of land you can call your own is a dream a lot of us share. Evaluate first all the impacts on your personal and professional life, as such a project is a monstrous time-eater... However I am sure your community would love to give a hand for the rough work and help you make this dream come true.
Perhaps some volunteers want to help as admin or moderator in other channels like discord or telegram
I really love your idea to start using a backup communication system and not relying on youtube as much. You're 100% correct that educational content is supported less and less by major platforms each year, and building a community not tied to any platform is a solid solution to that problem.
Great video - and absolutely buy the property- you have considerable skills- and the home restoration would be bringing back a piece of history
nice Move that you collect East German items in Empty Banana boxes. 😀
I’m sure you really enjoyed that trip. The breakdown drawings of machines and cathode ray tubes etc….yes I was one of the kids that stared at them for a long time figuring out how everything worked. I really enjoy them. They were and still are great to look at for me. Thanks!
Tona was first estabilished in 1892 in Pečky in a former Austro-Hungarian Empire (Czech Republic nowadays) as a steel smelting factory. The production changed trought years, from making parts for agricultural machinery to various engineering products. In 1950's they build their own forging factory and started a production of various hand tools up until the privatization in 1992. In that year Tona became a part of THE STANLEY WORKS. In 2010 the Tona factory in Pečky was closed, which led to the creation of Tona Expert brand (part of FACOM). In 2018 the brand was rebranded to EXPERT by FACOM. The current factory is located in Kolín.
I love your videos, also you give me the occasional view of where I grew up as a British kid in the 1970s and 80s. I have so many happy memories of Germany, it was such a beautiful and friendly country to grow up in. One day I would love to visit Germany again, to see some of those sights again and also, the food in Paderborn was always spectacular!
Thanks for sharing your stories and your restorations. I love how you show us the adventures that can be had in mechanical history. Keep up the great work. 😁
I started watching your channel becasue I love tools and electronics. I love the repairs and ideas brought up about sustainability. But these recent videos that have had "adventures" and exploring new places have been amazing. If you undertook the tremendious job of clearing out this new location and rebuilding the structures, I would be excited to watch the progress.
I love the idea of recieving updates via amateur radio! I've recently got started by listening to weather satellites (thanks to the Save It For Parts channel).
Great episode! Thanks. That looks like a great property! When i met my wife in Brazil, we were renting an apartment in the city. I was getting restless and proposed that we buy a piece of land and just move, but there was a catch, we didnt have any money. We had what each month brought in which was enough to pay rent and normal expenses. So we took out a loan and moved to the land, everyone thought we were crazy. It was literally just bush, no house. We set up initially with a tent, then a roof over the tent, then we got electricity and had piped in water from the neighbors. We had a brick stove, showers with hot water from the fire, our bathroom was just tarp wrapped between a series of trees! I then built a hut... then built a two story minihouse using concepts borrowed from the earthship movement and other recycled items like pet bottles stuffed full of plastic waste to use inside the walls. We were probably the happiest we have ever been... so what happened? My wife was selected for a job in a public federal university and we had to move to a city hours away. So we ended up selling and living the cramped city life with a longing for contact with nature.
Dude that alpine slide looks like so much fun! Also really digging that hand made post apocalyptic tool box! I totally think you should get the property, I'll come out and help you with those weeds! Looking forward to the newsletter
I had a friend video they entire ride there, it is beautiful
The Real Estate looks amazing! I hope you can get it. I grew up in a large city but in 2004 I was able to purchase 63 acres of timber and open fields in the mountains and I love it here.
Here in the States, you can buy properties like that, but I would do it if I had the resources. Remarkable opportunity. Love the channel and content.
Hej from Sweden! My mother is from Germany and my Oma was from Dresden. I learn a lot of things about Germany watching your videos.
Curious that the spanner (wrench) made in the USSR had the fact in English on the handle. For export possibly? Keep up these great videos please
Years ago I worked for Thomas & Skinner magnet company in Indianapolis Indiana, while there I built my own toolbox, it stayed with me for years until one of my later employers talked me out of it, he was a great friend so I let it go. Something like a toolbox that you use every day becomes part of you, thank you for respecting that old box.
Love the video and the message. Germany is a fascinating country to explore, as a most countries in Europe. I don't have Instagram, TikTok or SnapChat as I fail to see whats so "k00l" about something lasting 10 seconds, and then gone forever... The property you showed us would be amazing for setting up your own alternate base of operations, away from the too busy and restrictive big cities.
Being someone who daily drives a pickup that I also use for hunting, fishing and building material hauling trips I can't imagine the stress of having a premium price one.
You are one and only! I mean it! The show format and content... most importantly, your efforts in regards to the preservation and presentation of old but still very live technology is what makes us all waiting for your new episode... the educational part of your work I do NOT mention here since I believe that it's the part of all this effort that reflects you as a character and that shouts out to all of us to get together and to form a friendship and interest based, international community that is based on values that in risk of getting lost! Να είσε πάντα καλά φίλε!
I am in USA Michigan. A famous author Mark Twain said "buy land. They don't make it anymore". I don't know the availability of heavy equipment for clearing a road and building sites in Germany. Having said that; I have already done what your considering for that vacant forest land. My wife and I love it, produce much of our own food and I have built up a large workshop to play in. I am soo glad we took the shot.
Love the adventure. Love the format and editing. More please.
To fix and repair things is becoming a lost art. Many times I'm thoroughly disappointed when I have left things to so called "professionals" with fancy titles, only to find out that I could have done a better job my self. Incredible!
Channels like this are very important. They educate people and gets their imagination going..
Keep up the good work!
I cannot describe how great this content is. History (and respect), creativity, culture, nature, buildings, tools .... and always something to learn! I am also a big fan of homestead videos, really awesome what ypu can do yourself if you step out the brainless programmed buy-everything-you-need-new society. It is really a shame that YT starts to decline the growth of such channels. Your videos and other I mentioned is the real life as it should be. I am very glad and proud that I build a huge storage container out of scrap wood. These kind of videos made me doing it. It makes me feel great, it is amazing. However the other side is disappointing, good stuff toss away so easily. Non creative and brainless. I only spend $120 (materials; glue, screws, wood oil, paint, water resistant covering) to make a $3000 container when buying new. Insane right? Notice that money isn't the issue but it shows what you can do by using your brain and body. Those rich content videos are essential for a better world. Don't give up, please continue. I will subscribe to your e-mail list. Thank you for the great content you make!
Wow those drawings and pictures were amazing, simplistically drawn yet providing great detail, and the brilliant colours, wonderful , yes they ought to be framed and displayed to be enjoyed.👍😏🇬🇧
I collect old technical illustrations when I find them in the US but they are usually pencil and not in color, Those are fantastic.
Kampmann ist definitiv DDR. Die anderen Schraubenschlüssel die du als moderne aussortiert hast, wurden auch in die DDR-Importiert. z.B Iron Bull, Everest, Diamond, Asahi(ASH) gab es auch in der DDR. Vorallem in der Industrie. Desweiteren sind mir auch gekröpfte Gedore Ringschlüssel bekannt, welche als Satz für 58 DDR-Mark erworben werden konnte. Die blauen DDR-Schlüssel sind eher eine Heimwerkervariante, die sind relativ weich.
This was the most interesting material I have ever watched. I am very technologically minded like you. Although I am a doctor, I have been immersed in electronics from a very young age, and I still love repairing old radios and electronic gear. My forte is Yaesu, Sony and National Panasonic gear from the 60s and 70s. Although my collection of equipment goes back to the 1940s. I also have a passion for mechanics having been forced through necessity as a young man to keep my cars running.
Your video of the overgrown block took me back to my childhood. My grandmother had a huge overgrown block where we played as kids. Buy it!
Fantastic content as always.
For your upcoming UK trip I wonder if you would like to visit the former and current Industrial land of South East Wales.
Would love to host you on part of your trip and potentially visit old Iron works, Canals as well as current Steel processing facilities here.
Regards
Paul
It's so satisfying to see these old items still working and people like you fixing these.
I'm always astonished whenever someone reminds me that most European countries are like the size of our individual states (in the US). A great video as always!
Notes:
- Those bunker lights are awesome!
- Nature really did just decide "nah, I want this land back"
- Yes please, watching you cut through brush and rebuild old buildings would be very interesting!
- Ohhh! I've moderated and created many moderately sized discord servers at this point if you're interested in getting some help with it?
I appreciate the fact you make alot of different items a second life. Furthermore, you are bringing back to life other one. You are contributing to history and the lifecycle of different objects. It's interesting and a nice learning experience to see how it was back in the day, to enjoy all those older equipment that are still able to work perfectly good even to our days. Thanks for everything. Greetings from Eastern Canada
EMAIL LIST / NEWSLETTER:
Please just send me an email and I will add you manually: inventordonations@gmail.com
When you send an email, it would be nice if you could include your COUNTRY in the email.
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Maybe a self hosted Lemmy server would be a good idea as a alternative. This way you wouldn't be at the mercy of some company's whims
Linus media group believe the same thing and have created float plane. maybe consider speaking to them and hosting your content there as well as youtube. your content is invaluable and should be protected.
Dasha/Даша not Datcha
omit the "t"
Die Wandkarten waren ja ein sehr genialer Fund. Ich habe bereits die zu deinem Generator passende Karte "Der Drehstrommotor" und die "Funktionsprinzip des Drehstroms" aus der gleichen Serie. Hoffe ich schaffe es, die Generatorkarte noch zu ersteigern.. würde meine Werkstattwand super vervollständigen.
An email listing should be fine, maybe a self hosted website with your own domainname. I' m running also a simple blog on my own domain with an external hosting provider with backups. Nothing on instagram, facebook of that kind of stuff............
I started to watch and a minute in stopped. I will wait to later so my wife can sit and watch with me. My life has been touched by many Eastern Europeans. I learned mechanic, electrical and especially manual machine tool operation and repair in several machine shops. All the guy's could fix what they run and make adjustments.
The governments don't want us to share information or be self sufficient, Or at least that's how it appears to be heading unless a drastic change happens. Love the things you are doing and your look to a sustainable future. Thumbs up!
There is growing number of people who are transitioning to independent content for their entertainment. Your channel stands out and Many other creators mention and recommend it regularly. I am not sure youtube will be best place in the future for channels like your's but I do hope you all coordinate and move some place together if that happens. Thank you for the work you do on these videos, they are entertaining, educational and intersting.
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You are a younger me,,, please don't stop with your adventuring.
Pick up whatever you find,, if you don't need it,, someone else will
Continue turning your dreams into memories and you will have a rich life.
I love your explanations of electrical circuits and components. I am currently in school for mechanical engineering and found our basic circuits class to be very boring. As a lot of my class work is online, I miss seeing large detailed cutaway drawings of things. Your channel is awesome! Thank you for all that you do!
I hope you still read these, I was at a ham radio related function not a month ago and someone recognized your channel's sticker on my laptop lid at a demo I was giving in southern Indiana in the US. I really enjoy your videos. Thanks for continuing to make them.
I'm British but moved to Hessen (near Fulda) in 2013. Last year (for work) I moved to South Brandenberg. So now I own a house in the old DDR! It's a great place. So many empty buildings and places (like bases) to explore.
Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, you would never imagine what a beacon of light you have been to me in some very dark days gone past. Any time you would travel to South Africa, I would be delighted to host you in the city of Durban on the east coast. it would be lovely to see that huge property become yours and a new village of inventors springing up in East Germany. I have a brother in Germany.
I have made many comments of the time on your channel. I have enormous respect for what you do, and the history you show us. I would so love to visit Germany one day it's on my bucket list. Much respect from Australia.
Oh, go for it. No more having to smell other people's barbecue, putting up with your neighbour's yapping dogs, clearing their cat's mess. I wish I had the wherewithal when I was younger to do such a thing. The place looks fantastic.
The post-apocalyptic theme rebuilding of those buildings and that property on a month-to-month, RUclips basis, would be a goldmine
Absolutely loved seeing you use decades old, cold war era power-supply to charge/run a more modern piece of tech 🤣😎🤓😎
I would love nothing more than you acquiring the property and sharing your journey.
The cabin would be an excellent project. We did this with our own house, a broken stable building which has been our home now for 30 years. If you can get that property for a reasonable price it will make a fantastic property, if you can get it, buy it!
Yes, buy the property. I think we would all enjoy watching you restoring it to make a private place for you to go!
Loved to watch the new video! Missing the old ones with lots of inventions and problem solving though. The ideia of buying a property to restore the building and, who knows, build a new TPAI shack would be amazing! Looking forward for the next episodes of this saga!
The swivel wrench from the unidentified batch is east german. It is an original swivel for the legs of a ' camp tourist' tent trailer. These trailers were sold in the west as Alpen kreuzer. It works really wel as you can use the small offset to quickly get the leg down and then tilt the handle to the side to Apply more tourqe.
Wieder ein sehr schön gemachtes Video. Da ich auch ein großes Herz für alte Dinge und alte Technik habe, schaue ich Ihren Kanal schon seit Jahren. Meine drei Pkw sind zusammen aktuell 82 Jahre alt - wenn das keine Liebe zur Nostalgie ist... :)
Viele Grüße aus Sachsen! :)
Clearing land and reclaiming / sustaining the work that came before you, then leaving your own labours behind is very rewarding. Obviously you have discovered this in the tool and electronics restoration you do - I think you would come to appreciate a project cabin such as this as well if the access to the site is suitable in the fall and winter months.
Doing some of this work in the snow can be a pain, but being able to sled in materials and sled out firewood or debris is much nicer than dealing with mud! 😂
I can't be the only one thinking I would love for you to start a travel channel and film tours like you did with this one. Perhaps even interviewing some of the older locals and finding out what the country was like from their perspective during the cold war.
I stumbled onto your channel some time back. I look forward to every time you post a video. Thank you for providing history and restoration of the tools from the past.
Das ist wahrscheinlich der Kanal den ich am liebsten verfolge obwohl es nicht so häufig Videos gibt wie bei anderen, sind deine die besten meiner Meinung nach mach weiter so!
Commenting from the state of Iowa, in the USA. I absolutely love your channel. Please continue, and I thank you very much for creating such interesting content.
Hello from Nottingham, hope you enjoyed your visit. It would be amazing to watch you restore that land into somewhere liveable.
A most interesting travelogue back in time. It reminds my time in the US military when I was stationed in Berlin and was surrounded by East Germany. The year was 1972.
Greetings from Morocco or Marokko.Thank you so much for all the videos. I really enjoy all the various contents which make your videos so interesting, educative, and Not boring
Hi from the uk
Due to my parentage I am part german and part lithuanian and due to my age I no longer have any living relations in either country. I have been to Germany many times in the past both for work and pleasure but I have never been to East Germany, I am in awe of what I can see it looks as though the east is a real area of opportunity and from my worms eye view you could do a lot worse than purchase that land and buildings
Keep up the good work
Zed
the quality of your videos and the stories you tell are getting better and better. greetings from Argentina
I've been watching your videos for years. Never left a comment until today. I think it would be awesome to see you fix up an old abandoned property. I'm sure given a little notice you could get help clearing the land from some of your followers.
One thing wrong, this lamp flickering is visible and it can cause seizure to people with epilepsy. Good thing that with LED tech this kind of obstacle gone away. About changing broken glass for plastic in this ampermeter, glass was used there for purpose, it gather less electrostatic charge than plastic. If you still want use plastic, make sure it have some antistatic coating on side where needle is, otherwise readings can be not accurate.
I understand your worries about RUclips, the news letter is a great idea. Thank you for your work and letting us share it with you, I wish you a successful future.
Greetings from Ireland, we also had those cloth backed maps in school. Pleasantly surprised to see one of my country on your channel.
I love Your videos, and Your style of live. I agree with You about this tictok trends. I wiil be glad to don't loose contact with You and Your materials
A little bit of everything in this video, 17:18 is a real masterpiece good find.. The colors are so crisp I'd say they got unrolled not many times..
I once found in a house clean up, world war II antiwar posters and post cards put out by the Quakers back in the 40's..
As for buying and renovating the land I say "Yes".. A chainsaw and weed eater would clean that up in a few weeks..
I never really started making money till I stopped paying rent and got an acre of land and moved on to it..
Those engineering rolls are amazing in clarity and color !
Lovely educational posters, it did remind me of my school days ❤
Love your channel, I cannot believe there is so many abandoned places in your country with such a large population, indeed if you have the feeling that piece of land is for you then pursue it. If you keep making I'll keep watching 👍
The rendering and palette of those posters are dreamy ❤
9:16 that unit is awesome. has built in sound bar with some matching movable speakers with a receiver built in. oozing 60's lounge style
the property looks like a beautiful valuable place. especially for the upcoming bad times
You should buy that property. Its very do-able. Reinstate the access road with a chain saw and strimmer. Your Subaru should be able to get up there no problem. Clear the brush from around the house, demolish the house and burn all the timber and build a new wooden structure. It would basically be a very large shed. Worst case you could use it as an airbnb most of the year. It might well appeal to someone to stay there in the summer. It looks like a very nice rural plot.
That property is great. A small tractor with a 1.5-2 metre brush mower, would clean it right up to get your vehicle in. Also the small tractor would help with daily chores in the orchard/yard.
If you can get the property at a reasonable price, I would go for it.
Best wishes from Northern Canada.
I very rarely watch the long videos. but I took time to watch this. thanks for existing!
Your pronunciation of TONA is spot on. Greetings from Czechia. Keep up the great work!
Hey. My mother worked at RFT in a small shop in a little town in the Ore Mountains. Still have the same power supply and all the bench tools they used. They were involved in the production of radios and amplifier boards.