Vintage Blow Torch Restoration - Max Sievert APH Brass Blow lamp from Sweden
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- In this video we restore a vintage brass petrol blowtorch by the Swedish maker Max Sievert. It has a silent start so don't adjust your volume. Now, we know some people just love the sound of their own voices, it seems young Max couldn't get enough of seeing his own name printed on his great work, see how many times you can count it stamped on the blow lamp.
During the course of the restoration of the Max Sievert model APH blowtorch we discover that all the fibre and leather washers have perished and need replacing, so we make some new ones using leather punches.
Because the body and most of the working parts are made of brass everything is first placed in a bath of distilled vinegar to start the cleaning process, after this all the bits are placed in an ultra sonic bath to further clean them before any polishing starts. At Restore and Make we're very keen to start with the least invasive processes first to avoid abrading away the history of the pieces we restore.
When the Brasso metal polish seems that it will take an age to finish the project DIY Dave uses an old trick learnt from his old pal Aladdin and summons up a genie who grants his wish of an Axminster AC150BB buffing machine.
Some of the small retaining nuts were impossible to replace, although they certainly need it, if anyone knows the specific sizes of these please let us know, either in the comments or by email.
The video took so long to produce that there wasn't enough time to film the blowlamp being lit, so a separate video will be made of that soon.
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Cracking little resto job, I've got one of these on list to do. Great inspiration 👍
I have 4 of them and I have restored the first one. I am now moving to the second.
Well done and thanks, I just got a pretty grotty one from an antique shop. Needs plenty of tlc!
To my knowledge the threads of sievert are unique. At least that’s how it goes for the svea 123 sieverts I’ve got. Parts are difficult to find. These really are shelf art at this point. Pretty 😍
Lovely job, and quite relaxing to watch. My own personal approach would be to leave much of the patina on the brass. To me it looks more authentic without the super-polished finish. But no criticism intended, -it's just 'different strokes for different folks'. I have one the same which I'll restore soon. Thanks.
That's lovely! Beautiful bit of kit lovingly restored, Monsieur Dave. I can understand the frustration over your nuts, though. They looked a little worn. Still, c'est une oeuvre d'art. Mme L.
Bonjour Madame, merci pour votre gentil commentaire, je suis chuffed you liked it👍😊vous avez raison now't worse than worn out nuts😳😂😂
Does it work?
We're is 1434
Und jetzt Benzin rein und anfeuern !
It's just going to corrode again, minus all of the material that you spent half the video grinding away. That hurt to watch