Watched till end because no voice is better than ai voice. And no music is better than non copy right dross. A little of your own friends music is always welcome when that's a thing. But yea over all love the nice quiet straight forward format
Right On!!! I agree!!! Funny.. I never thought about that but have been very annoyed by that in many other videos. I sat through the entire thing. Now that you pointed out no sound just his working sound I found the silence and natural sound very soothing and therapeutic. I also like the sound of the hand generator light. Why don't we see things like that being available now?
A torch is possibly the last thing you'd consider to be 'Precision Engineering'; but this is just that - an artefact that is as beautiful as it is functional. You have brought it back to life, and it's simply exquisite. Fact. Thank you for sharing! Nice one. 👍👍👍
My mother, a WW2 survivor, had two of these (other types of course). Were still in perfect working order when I was young. During the war, when the electricity got cut off and she had to walk home during nighttime as a little girl, she used one of these. In my language they were called "pinch cat" (Knijpkat), I don't know why though.
Becausse of the 'purring' sound I heard. This is just my guesswork .But perhaps it also has something to do with 'De kat in het donker knijpen'. (pinching the cat in the dark). When someone was up to no good.
Thank you for keeping the atmosphere of your videos simple and uncluttered with stupid music or fancy graphics. It feels as though I'm peeking through the window of a master craftsman's shop in the 1940s and watching him work. Love your work.
That’s just superb! I wasn’t sure about the powder coating on the casing but as you were reassembling it, there were unusual patterns as if it was made of Bakelite or it had an age-old patina. It looks fabulous now. Thank you for sharing this!
nice to meet you again. I really like your videos, your work is very good. You did a great job. A lot of technique and precision machining was used to create that simple flashlight! I wish you good health and happiness.
Работа выполнена на все 💯. Здорово. У меня в детстве был также такой похожий фонарик, жучок. Охохо, вспомнил своё далёкое детство. Спасибо за видос, лайкаю мастеру.
Dude… you always impress beyond what I could imagine. That finish, I haven’t seen that cold blue with clear powder coat. Jeeze it is gorgeous. Beautiful work.
The most insane part of this, is the build on the interior. If you look at any crank lights that are sold, not one of them is made with the amount of solid build that this thing has.
And we all know how successful that was against the enemy! Still, gotta love the no batteries required, self reliant technology of the time. Great restoration as always!
@@stashyboy1 That's not the place to discuss History, but the Maginot line was not intended to stop the enemy, but to slow down an offensive and let the main battle corps to intervene. The defeat occurred when the whole mechanized formations rushed to help Netherlands ("manoeuvre Dyle variante Breda") allowing the panzer divisions to cut it from the rest of the forces and logistics ... The rest is tragedy..
Had an actual dynamo that produced an electricity. I love the ergonomic squeeze function. Wish this came on modern lighters( I know this is a flashlight). Well designed.
Nice work and beautiful finished product! In the last demo, you were holding the light backwards. The finger indentations are not supposed to dig into your palm.
Outstanding work! I have got a similar one from my grand uncle back in the 70's. Works still fine. Like it to watch how you bring uniqe things to life again 👍🏻
@@sergdanilin3924i understand. Just bringing it back to life… For the next 50 years 👍 the anodized brown existed back then. The soldier who owned it would have loved to see it like this I’m pretty sure ;) Thank you !
Great resto Well Done. Good camera work too! I had one of these years ago, a WWII German effort made of bakerlite, quite noisey and didnt throw off much light. I guess the whole premis of these was no batteries ever great idea....but a compromise on the lumens!
The light looks great! I especially like the power coated black finish. Thanks for sharing this interesting hand powered light restoration. Is the boat next?
What a complicated and strange object. Never heard about it ever. The final finish is outstanding! For the sake of argument, the cold white LED looks a bit odd, a warm white one would have been more like original ;)
Thanks a lot Damien. I measured 6 volts but for some reason I ignore the vintage bulbs I had were very poor. It works too that’s why I put a replacement bulb :) That lamp was made for the soldiers on the « ligne Maginot »in 1944… Not really to light up things but to be seen by your colleagues 🫣😕😵💫 Thanks again for the support.
Hi. Most likely it gave your position away to the enemy every time you needed light at night. Thank you for the video. I didn’t know there were hand grenade looking light generators in WW II.
I lived near Clusas in France. One of the most beautiful regions in the world. The Col De Les Columbier connects Clusas With Le Grande Bornand. If you go the day the road opens in the spring you can usually see ibex up close.
Yep I measured it. It says 6 volts max… But is it continu or alternative voltage ?!! I must say I have no idea how to test it properly… I take any idea 😉
Very cool piece of old, reliable technology. But imagine you're on patrol in WW2 and you suddenly hear that noise near you. You're going to know what it is and exactly where it is, haha.
A very interesting device. And a good restoration, although the LED is weak. In my childhood there was a similar electrodynamic flashlight from WW2, but Soviet. It had a different design - the movable lever had an axis at one end and a gear sector on the opposite side, and its generator was clearly more powerful.
@@TheFabrik Judging by the appearance of the generator, it is unlikely to be capable of delivering more than half a watt of power and a current of more than 0.1 A. I assume that the voltage can be 2.5 - 3.5V. I think one can be found. That Soviet flashlight used a 0.25A 3.5V bulb.
Belle pièce bien restaurée. Je suis moins convaincu par la finition type bakélite (le corps est bien en alu?), un polissage eut été plus cohérent pour le rendu de l'ensemble et la conservation d'origine, selon moi.
Bonjour et merci pour le visionnage ainsi que le commentaire. Il existait bien une version anodisée de cette lampe de couleur marron ou noir… J’ai hésité mais j’ai choisi cette version ;)
Brilliant however this video is missing something I think the noise in the torch could be cut down… and you can do this Further the torch glass was not restored ( as we can see)… You are one the best on RUclips and attention detail is there. But this video I would give you 60 to 70% Looking forward to the next one
What happened to the blacking? It's the first time I see it do something like that, going misty and cloudy all of a sudden. And do I understand correctly that you're charging a capacitor? I wonder if modern capacitors could feed the led for minutes at a time... Also you should totally do a conversion LED where it's like incandescent yellow) Thank you for another great video!
First time I see it too !!! 🤷♂️ I measured 6 volts but my vintage bulbs were very poor… It worked tho. There is an incandescent bulb in the little hole :) thank you !!!
@@TheFabrik yup I saw you reused the screw hole, which is a nice compromise. I just thought an incandescent would be in keeping with the WW2 time period. 😀 Great video and love your channel.
question; why did they file the base if they were just going to then sand blast it? was it to get rid of the scratches? I thought sand blasting also did that?
If this was constructed like most WWII tech the gears are supposed to be greased. The big felt pads at the sides are meant as an oil reservoir for those sintered axle bushings. Does not matter at all if you don´t use this thing all night, like it was intended to do back then )
What a nice looking item 😮👌
Thank you ! I’ll keep it… Just in case 😅
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It used to be.
@@TheFabrikIf you add a large value capacitor to the LED it will work much better 👍
@@edwardfletcher7790thanks for the tip 🙌 I’m such an amateur. I know noting about electrical stuff 🤷♂️
Man! A whole lot of engineering and precision machining went into making that simple flashlight!
humans is insane. imagine walkoing around without smartphone now :P
This was when they made things to last and not just be tossed.
No "cool" intro, no silly background music. This video was a pleasure to watch.
Oh thank you very much !!! 😌🙏
Watched till end because no voice is better than ai voice.
And no music is better than non copy right dross.
A little of your own friends music is always welcome when that's a thing.
But yea over all love the nice quiet straight forward format
I know no annoying background music, no weird Intro, just repairing lovely devices so awesome!
@@melina001a good
Right On!!! I agree!!! Funny.. I never thought about that but have been very annoyed by that in many other videos. I sat through the entire thing. Now that you pointed out no sound just his working sound I found the silence and natural sound very soothing and therapeutic. I also like the sound of the hand generator light. Why don't we see things like that being available now?
A torch is possibly the last thing you'd consider to be 'Precision Engineering'; but this is just that - an artefact that is as beautiful as it is functional.
You have brought it back to life, and it's simply exquisite. Fact.
Thank you for sharing!
Nice one. 👍👍👍
Thank you !!! 🙌
I love how this channel covers these wonderful old and obscure mechanical devices. Thank-you.
Thank a lot William for being here since the beginning 😌🙏
Man, things back then had a real style to them
Yes and no. I agree I like some old styles. But often times it was because they just hadnt evolved the engineering to make things simpler as well.
My mother, a WW2 survivor, had two of these (other types of course). Were still in perfect working order when I was young. During the war, when the electricity got cut off and she had to walk home during nighttime as a little girl, she used one of these. In my language they were called "pinch cat" (Knijpkat), I don't know why though.
Well we knijp them right? And they look uncannily like a cat :P
Maybe because a cat sees in the dark and knijp on its own means ‘squeeze’.
Purring sound?
@@NOLAfugee That actually might be why...
Becausse of the 'purring' sound I heard. This is just my guesswork .But perhaps it also has something to do with 'De kat in het donker knijpen'. (pinching the cat in the dark). When someone was up to no good.
Thank you for keeping the atmosphere of your videos simple and uncluttered with stupid music or fancy graphics. It feels as though I'm peeking through the window of a master craftsman's shop in the 1940s and watching him work. Love your work.
My thoughts exactly.
Thank you so much 🙌 Glad you appreciated it 😌👍
That’s just superb!
I wasn’t sure about the powder coating on the casing but as you were reassembling it, there were unusual patterns as if it was made of Bakelite or it had an age-old patina. It looks fabulous now. Thank you for sharing this!
Thank you very much ! I’m glad you liked it 🙏
Not a fan of nickel plating?
@@NOLAfugeeI do ! But that brown finish existed back then ;)
nice to meet you again. I really like your videos, your work is very good. You did a great job. A lot of technique and precision machining was used to create that simple flashlight! I wish you good health and happiness.
Thank you so much. I’m glad you liked it. Wish you the best too !! 😌🙌
Работа выполнена на все 💯. Здорово. У меня в детстве был также такой похожий фонарик, жучок. Охохо, вспомнил своё далёкое детство. Спасибо за видос, лайкаю мастеру.
До сих пор лежит из 70-х - 80-х и прекрасно работает. 😊
Fascinating. Sure looked pretty when it was finished; I was impressed that you made your own LED bulb!!!
Thank you !! It was made to be seen by your colleagues ;)
Dude… you always impress beyond what I could imagine. That finish, I haven’t seen that cold blue with clear powder coat. Jeeze it is gorgeous. Beautiful work.
The most insane part of this, is the build on the interior. If you look at any crank lights that are sold, not one of them is made with the amount of solid build that this thing has.
Fantastic restoration job you did on the old dynamo flashlight. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work.
Thank you so much, it must have been a precious help for some soldiers during WWII 😯
This lamp called "lampe à magnéto" were in the collective parts kit of the MAC 31 machine-gun in the Maginot line.
And we all know how successful that was against the enemy! Still, gotta love the no batteries required, self reliant technology of the time. Great restoration as always!
@@stashyboy1 That's not the place to discuss History, but the Maginot line was not intended to stop the enemy, but to slow down an offensive and let the main battle corps to intervene. The defeat occurred when the whole mechanized formations rushed to help Netherlands ("manoeuvre Dyle variante Breda") allowing the panzer divisions to cut it from the rest of the forces and logistics ... The rest is tragedy..
I guess those light were made to be seen and to send signals to your colleagues… Not really for light up things
❤❤❤ vous avez illuminé ma journée avec cette magnifique restauration. Une belle idée d'objet pratique et 100% autonome en énergie 💪
Had an actual dynamo that produced an electricity. I love the ergonomic squeeze function. Wish this came on modern lighters( I know this is a flashlight). Well designed.
I didn't imagine there were so many little pieces inside this torch light... 😅
Great restoration! It turned out beautiful!
Thank you very much 😌👍
Really loved that sand grinding and powder coating. Great video, it was very interesting to watch.
I was not expecting the inside to be so complex for something so old, impressive!
Nice work and beautiful finished product! In the last demo, you were holding the light backwards. The finger indentations are not supposed to dig into your palm.
Outstanding work! I have got a similar one from my grand uncle back in the 70's. Works still fine. Like it to watch how you bring uniqe things to life again 👍🏻
Glad to bring the memories back 😌👍
Beautiful restoration, the effect of the paint job was perfect, hugs from southern Argentina.
Muchas gracias 😌🙏
That’s beautiful!!! Great work!!!
Rio de Janeiro - 🇧🇷
Вот это действительно вещь сделанная качественно и что называется на века, а реставрация и обновление - просто мастерски выполнена 🔥👍👏
Wow thank you very much 😌🙏
Зря он обрабарывал швы напильником, это уничтожение истории, получился как новодел
@@sergdanilin3924i understand. Just bringing it back to life… For the next 50 years 👍 the anodized brown existed back then. The soldier who owned it would have loved to see it like this I’m pretty sure ;) Thank you !
В Советском Союзе подобный фонарик с динамкой назывался "Жучок"😁Видать, потому что при нажиме на рукоять характерно жужжал)
Жучок для освещения, этот фонарь сигнальный, военный. Даже с ЗиП - ом.
Oh man, that bakelite finish was next level.
Encore une fois, très belle restauration ! Et en plus écologique (pas de pile...) bien pratique et économe . Bravo !
Merci beaucoup !! Elle est rangée et prête au cas oú !! 🫡😅
You have such nice hands, I love watching you work!
Thank you !!🙏
Старые вещи душевней современных !
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Great resto Well Done. Good camera work too!
I had one of these years ago, a WWII German effort made of bakerlite, quite noisey and didnt throw off much light. I guess the whole premis of these was no batteries ever great idea....but a compromise on the lumens!
Thank you ! That anodized brown finish existed back then :)
The best repair videos on RUclips, bar none. Thank you!
Wow thank you very much !!! 🤩👍
What an awesome restoration. Fascinating light. 😊
The light looks great! I especially like the power coated black finish. Thanks for sharing this interesting hand powered light restoration. Is the boat next?
Thank you so much John. I don’t know yet… But probably ;)
Could not turn away........awesome work on a awesome item!
I think you should add 1 super capacitor. Nice video👍
Thank you for a nice video and an interesting item!
Bakelite impression really blew me away -- the result is looking awesome.
Thank you very much 🙏
Hey TF
Great outcome! ...man that was a lot of parts. Nice to see it light up some future projects.
Take care of Yourself 😊
Thank you !!! I’m pretty sure that little lamp was your best friend on the ligne Maginot back then in 1944 😕
Another fantastic restoration, love watching your videos
Добротная реставрация.
Благодарю вас.
A superb resto as always. Cheers TheFabrik
Fantastic restoration exquisitely done!
some neat piece of old tech, gj restoring it.
5:05 - Je pensais exactement la même chose! Superbe restoration, comme d’habitude, très bien fait, bravo!
Un grand merci !
Those days, such elegant way of presentation❤
What a complicated and strange object. Never heard about it ever.
The final finish is outstanding!
For the sake of argument, the cold white LED looks a bit odd, a warm white one would have been more like original ;)
Thanks a lot Damien. I measured 6 volts but for some reason I ignore the vintage bulbs I had were very poor. It works too that’s why I put a replacement bulb :) That lamp was made for the soldiers on the « ligne Maginot »in 1944… Not really to light up things but to be seen by your colleagues 🫣😕😵💫 Thanks again for the support.
What a wonderful thing such a great design and as always FAB work
I love the use of a file and the powder coating. I'm a big fan of these types of restoration.
So do I 😌👍
I was thinking about designing something like this. Did not expect this to have actually been a thing pre LED tech.
A Work of Art Now . Awesome work.
It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!!
I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you very much 😌👍
Great job as always - and as always: What a nice little piece of clever engineering 👍😊!
Thank you very much Stefan 😌🙏
Great work, I wonder if it could be upgraded more with a small Li-Polymer battery?
For sure !! Thank you very much 👍
Amazing work. I don´t know how your are so patient!!
I have 3 of these Maxi's. Great restoration!
Excellent job. Very enjoyable video!
Hi. Most likely it gave your position away to the enemy every time you needed light at night. Thank you for the video. I didn’t know there were hand grenade looking light generators in WW II.
Thank you ! I guess it was designed to be seen by your colleagues ;)
Lovely restoration and exited about the future projects
Amazing restoration 😊
I lived near Clusas in France. One of the most beautiful regions in the world. The Col De Les Columbier connects Clusas With Le Grande Bornand. If you go the day the road opens in the spring you can usually see ibex up close.
I agree ! On of the most beautiful mountain !! Je suis pas loin de Grenoble !! 😄👍
Your buffing wheel sounds like a sci-fi dystopia.
Just beautiful great job and love watching your videos 🎉🎉🎉
This one most likely was for reading maps, as the light is very low. Beautiful job to bring it back to it's original state.
Actually is was more designed to be seen by your colleagues ;)
You do great work. I wish you would make videos more often.👍🏻👍🏻
I used a similar one about 20 years ago, it was soviet-made and it looked much simpler, but the sound was 100% the same
Really neat lamp and excellent restoration! Did you measure how much voltage you get out of the dynamo at maximum rotation? 🤔
Yep I measured it. It says 6 volts max… But is it continu or alternative voltage ?!! I must say I have no idea how to test it properly… I take any idea 😉
You made me smile for 11 minutes ❤
Oh glad to hear that !!!
Its like a clock repairing, nice job 😀😀
It's even more surprising that the bolts and nuts on the old machine come loose without being broken.
beautiful restoration
The faux bakelite is super cool!
Hey thank you !!
a fabulous work for a fabulous machine .....when you think that this thing has cross the most hard war !!!
That turned out very nicely. Ty.
Мне понравилось. Спасибо за хорошее видео. Удачи Вам🤝
Merci beaucoup !
Always enjoy you taking care of business . Thanks
Very cool piece of old, reliable technology. But imagine you're on patrol in WW2 and you suddenly hear that noise near you. You're going to know what it is and exactly where it is, haha.
I had one like it as a kid wish I still had it. Very nice.
A very interesting device. And a good restoration, although the LED is weak.
In my childhood there was a similar electrodynamic flashlight from WW2, but Soviet. It had a different design - the movable lever had an axis at one end and a gear sector on the opposite side, and its generator was clearly more powerful.
I measured 6 volts so the incandescent bulbs would be more powerful🤷♂️ For some reason it was weak. There is a replacement bulb that works fine tho 😉
@@TheFabrik Judging by the appearance of the generator, it is unlikely to be capable of delivering more than half a watt of power and a current of more than 0.1 A. I assume that the voltage can be 2.5 - 3.5V. I think one can be found. That Soviet flashlight used a 0.25A 3.5V bulb.
Візьміть лампочку на 3 вольт і буде яскравше світити
Excellent job 👍👍👍
Belle pièce bien restaurée. Je suis moins convaincu par la finition type bakélite (le corps est bien en alu?), un polissage eut été plus cohérent pour le rendu de l'ensemble et la conservation d'origine, selon moi.
Bonjour et merci pour le visionnage ainsi que le commentaire. Il existait bien une version anodisée de cette lampe de couleur marron ou noir… J’ai hésité mais j’ai choisi cette version ;)
Brilliant however this video is missing something I think the noise in the torch could be cut down… and you can do this
Further the torch glass was not restored ( as we can see)…
You are one the best on RUclips and attention detail is there. But this video I would give you 60 to 70%
Looking forward to the next one
Thank you very much ! The glass couldn’t be restored. I wonder how I could have made it 🤷♂️
What happened to the blacking? It's the first time I see it do something like that, going misty and cloudy all of a sudden.
And do I understand correctly that you're charging a capacitor? I wonder if modern capacitors could feed the led for minutes at a time... Also you should totally do a conversion LED where it's like incandescent yellow)
Thank you for another great video!
First time I see it too !!! 🤷♂️ I measured 6 volts but my vintage bulbs were very poor… It worked tho. There is an incandescent bulb in the little hole :) thank you !!!
@@TheFabrikвізьміть лампочку на 3 вольт
I kinda wished you had left the outer portion keep its patina. But other than that, great job. I would never have patience for this lol.
Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
Almost like a movement in a watch how cool.
Hey stop using your flashlight, you're going to give away our position
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Negative, suck it up 🫡
Haha
Mostly on sound discipline tho
if light doesnt give you away the sound sure would! what an amazing piece of history though!
Hello Amala. Cheers from France!!!
Hey merci beaucoup 🙌
I wish we still had stuff like this
Honestly what the hell have we been learning at school? This is amazing work and I don't know what any of those procedures are called or what they do.
Tolle Arbeit, sowas habe ich noch nie gesehen. 🤠🤘
Thank you !!! Glad you liked it 😌🙏
Wildly entertaining 👌
You have a new subscriber 😜
Hey thank you so much !! Glad you liked it 😌🙏
It's really amazing how analog things were back then.
Very nice. I think it would have been even better with an incandescent bulb though.
Thank you ! The incandescent bulb is in the hole… So you have the choice ;)
@@TheFabrik yup I saw you reused the screw hole, which is a nice compromise. I just thought an incandescent would be in keeping with the WW2 time period. 😀 Great video and love your channel.
@@lawrencemanningthank you so much 🙏
Thats the perfect restoration 👍
question; why did they file the base if they were just going to then sand blast it? was it to get rid of the scratches? I thought sand blasting also did that?
Just to get rid of the main dents and scratches… Sandblasting doesn’t remove that ;)
@@TheFabrik ohhh! I didn't know that! Thank you!
I want one! LoL. Thanks for the video.😉👍
Warm/Amber led would make it look more authentic.
The incandescent bulb works too ;) But hey I agree with you 🙌
Nice! I have one of those. Thanks to you I might try to fix it too.
If this was constructed like most WWII tech the gears are supposed to be greased. The big felt pads at the sides are meant as an oil reservoir for those sintered axle bushings. Does not matter at all if you don´t use this thing all night, like it was intended to do back then )