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. 👍👍👍
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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 !
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 👍🏻
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.
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.
You used a very weak LED. The light bulb has 600 milliwatts. The LED only has 250 milliwatts. Maybe you could use a brighter LED that has more power. Great project, well done!
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.
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!
Так то скорее всего действительно фонарик, у нас тоже такой был. Потом на велосипедах такие ещё делали. А на видео это маячок - чтоб подать сигнал, не более
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.
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?
Считается, что разрывая связь между ротором и статором мы уменьшаем силу постоянного магнита, сам я экспериментов не делал, так следует из инструкции. Конечно один раз сильно не испортит, но много раз не надо. Спасибо!
Светодиод светит в полмощности так как динамо вырабатывает переменный ток, если поставить диодный мост и электролитический конденсатор согласно полярности выхода из диодного моста то свето диод будет гореть ярче и меньше усилий нужно прикладывать для раскрутки самой динамо.
A lot of yall are hating but what if this is what his client wanted? I understand wording has importance but many of you are not experts so just enjoy the video
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 🤷♂️
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?
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.
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.
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 😌🙏
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 !!! 🙌
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 😌👍
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.
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. 😊
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.
I was not expecting the inside to be so complex for something so old, impressive!
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
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.
Oh man, that bakelite finish was next level.
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.
Старые вещи душевней современных !
rus????
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.
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 ;)
The best repair videos on RUclips, bar none. Thank you!
Wow thank you very much !!! 🤩👍
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 😯
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 !
Really loved that sand grinding and powder coating. Great video, it was very interesting to watch.
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!
Your buffing wheel sounds like a sci-fi dystopia.
I didn't imagine there were so many little pieces inside this torch light... 😅
Great restoration! It turned out beautiful!
Thank you very much 😌👍
❤❤❤ vous avez illuminé ma journée avec cette magnifique restauration. Une belle idée d'objet pratique et 100% autonome en énergie 💪
That’s beautiful!!! Great work!!!
Rio de Janeiro - 🇧🇷
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 !! 🫡😅
Could not turn away........awesome work on a awesome item!
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 😌👍
Those days, such elegant way of presentation❤
Добротная реставрация.
Благодарю вас.
some neat piece of old tech, gj restoring it.
What an awesome restoration. Fascinating light. 😊
I think you should add 1 super capacitor. Nice video👍
Beautiful restoration, the effect of the paint job was perfect, hugs from southern Argentina.
Muchas gracias 😌🙏
It's even more surprising that the bolts and nuts on the old machine come loose without being broken.
A superb resto as always. Cheers TheFabrik
You have such nice hands, I love watching you work!
Thank you !!🙏
Another fantastic restoration, love watching your videos
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.
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 was thinking about designing something like this. Did not expect this to have actually been a thing pre LED tech.
I love the use of a file and the powder coating. I'm a big fan of these types of restoration.
So do I 😌👍
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 🙏
Its like a clock repairing, nice job 😀😀
a fabulous work for a fabulous machine .....when you think that this thing has cross the most hard war !!!
Fantastic restoration exquisitely done!
A Work of Art Now . Awesome work.
You used a very weak LED. The light bulb has 600 milliwatts. The LED only has 250 milliwatts. Maybe you could use a brighter LED that has more power. Great project, well done!
Thanks for the tip ! The incandescent bulbs were very poor. I wrote those lamps were made to be seen… Not really to light up things 🤷♂️
Lovely restoration and exited about the future projects
What a wonderful thing such a great design and as always FAB work
It amazes me the condition of the piece of paper with "Subscribe" after 80 years
The faux bakelite is super cool!
Hey thank you !!
Great job as always - and as always: What a nice little piece of clever engineering 👍😊!
Thank you very much Stefan 😌🙏
5:05 - Je pensais exactement la même chose! Superbe restoration, comme d’habitude, très bien fait, bravo!
Un grand merci !
Always enjoy you taking care of business . Thanks
It's really amazing how analog things were back then.
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
I have 3 of these Maxi's. Great restoration!
You made me smile for 11 minutes ❤
Oh glad to hear that !!!
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 😕
Amazing work. I don´t know how your are so patient!!
I had one like it as a kid wish I still had it. Very nice.
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.
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 :)
You do great work. I wish you would make videos more often.👍🏻👍🏻
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 ;)
Такой фонарик в СССР назывался " жучок", корпус у него был пластмассовый и он был помощнее. Где-то у меня валятся в кладовке...
Так то скорее всего действительно фонарик, у нас тоже такой был. Потом на велосипедах такие ещё делали. А на видео это маячок - чтоб подать сигнал, не более
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 ;)
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 😌👍
Amazing restoration 😊
Just beautiful great job and love watching your videos 🎉🎉🎉
Excellent job 👍👍👍
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 !! 😄👍
Amazing Restoration 👍🏻👍🏽👍🇬🇧🇬🇧
beautiful restoration
My father had told me about squeeze flashlights of the WWII era. But I’d not seen one till this day.
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 ;)
That turned out very nicely. Ty.
The last part in the dark looked like something from a horror movie or game😅 nice restoration though!
😱 Thanks a lot 😉 I should have add a scary music 😁
Tolle Arbeit, sowas habe ich noch nie gesehen. 🤠🤘
Thank you !!! Glad you liked it 😌🙏
Videos like this put the fakes to absolute shame. Great work ♥
😉👍
Thank you very much 😌🙏
I wish we still had stuff like this
Нельзя улучшать, убирая следы технологии предков, нельзя вынимать магнит. А вещь потрясающая. Сам был таким улучшитилем, пока ошибку свою не понял.
I just removed the main dents and scratches. There are a few remaining still. And I didn’t remove the magnet !? 🤷♂️
Считается, что разрывая связь между ротором и статором мы уменьшаем силу постоянного магнита, сам я экспериментов не делал, так следует из инструкции. Конечно один раз сильно не испортит, но много раз не надо. Спасибо!
Hello Amala. Cheers from France!!!
Hey merci beaucoup 🙌
Мне понравилось. Спасибо за хорошее видео. Удачи Вам🤝
Merci beaucoup !
I want one! LoL. Thanks for the video.😉👍
Almost like a movement in a watch how cool.
Светодиод светит в полмощности так как динамо вырабатывает переменный ток, если поставить диодный мост и электролитический конденсатор согласно полярности выхода из диодного моста то свето диод будет гореть ярче и меньше усилий нужно прикладывать для раскрутки самой динамо.
Thank for the tip 👍 I know nothing about electricity ⚡️ 😅🤷♂️
They ruined all the work by putting in blue LEDs, old things must remain original for the future, this is restoring history 😉.
The incandescent bulb is in the safety hole, and it works fine 🙌 That anodized brown version existed back then ;)
Fan-TAS-tic!!! 👏👏👏 👊👊👊 😎
Thats the perfect restoration 👍
Wildly entertaining 👌
You have a new subscriber 😜
Hey thank you so much !! Glad you liked it 😌🙏
A lot of yall are hating but what if this is what his client wanted? I understand wording has importance but many of you are not experts so just enjoy the video
It’s ok 🙌 Many people don’t know that anodized brown version existed back then. Thanks a lot for watching and also commenting ! 😌🙏
Great work, I wonder if it could be upgraded more with a small Li-Polymer battery?
For sure !! Thank you very much 👍
Cool job, congrats!
Nice! I have one of those. Thanks to you I might try to fix it too.