Antique Telescope Restoration - DIY
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- In 2008, I bought an old telescope at an auction. I got it for really cheap and kept it for years untouched.
A few days ago, I decided to restore this telescope. As it is all made of brass, I used ketchup to remove the oxydation. I applied a light coat of ketchup, let all the pieces seat for about an hour, cleaned the ketchup with warm water, then polished the pieces with 0000 steel wool and a buffing wheel.
I replaced the leather wrapping of the telescope with 1.6mm/4oz leather. I also made a hinge for the telescope case with a piece of leather.
I hope you'll like both our videos.
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As much as I like a nice weathering, this turned out just too freakin beautiful to be true!! Love it so so much!
Thank you very much Karoline! I like old weathered stuff but I also like shiny😉
Wow - just wow! I don't suppose that telescope is hugely valuable but to see a wonderful old instrument treated with such love and care absolutely delighted me. Beautiful work.
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This video is _exactly_ what I had been looking for… ;-)
Thank you. Happy I made it and you found it! Thanks for watching!
A very professional refurbishment of a old and very well made telescope,it is a collectors piece now,well worthy of a 5 ☆ rating
Thank you very much Sir! A collector piece indeed. I will give it to my son my he is old enough😊 Thanks for watching!
Vraiment superbe collaboration entre vous-même et Olivier ! Bravo à tous les deux !
I'm not the king of the english langage but it's a marvellous work , superb restoration and a beautiful trip in the past, thank you so much.
Aucun problème, les commentaires en français sont également les bienvenus. Merci en tout cas, j'apprécie vraiment !!
This video got uploaded the same time I was talking with my dad about our telescopes and scopes. Such timing my man.
Oh nice!! What a coincidence!!😊
Absolutely beautiful work. I just came across an antique telescope as we were cleaning up my Mom's place. I don't know whether it belonged to my Mom's family or my Dad's family. Whatever the case, it looks very similar to yours when you started.
Thanks a lot. You just found yourself a family treasure. Take great care of it and have a nice day.
Tu viens enfin de me montrer l'utilité du ketchup, ça vaut déjà un pouce bleu, et un autre pour la qualité de ta restauration, spécialement le travail du cuir.
Merci Richard ! Comme quoi, ça peut être utile le ketchup😉
Wow, what a piece. Beautiful restoration.
Thank you very much!!
Bravo pour cette magnifique restauration et merci pour votre collaboration avec Olivier 👏👏👏👍
Merci Mathieu, c'était un plaisir de travailler avec lui.
Today I found pretty much the same telescope in the trash, I stumbled upon a treasure!! It’s a Ducretet & Roger PARIS. Honestly I pity the people who threw it, not knowing the value of it. Anyways, that was a really good restoration, really informative and instructive too, thank you! Now I will go and take care of my new gem, good day!
That's crazy what people throw away. You are very lucky to have found it. Happy you learned something from my video, and good luck with yours :)
I don't even want to know how much that restoration was but that is one beautiful telescope.
Thank you very much
Gorgeous restoration
Thank you Tim!!
Awesome restoration, and great fun watching this one as well as Olivier's video. Thanks both
Thanks a lot for watching. Glad you liked both videos!
Wonderful restoration. The ketchup works like magic. Of course the leatherwork is beautiful.
Thanks a lot Dave. I works really well indeed :)
WOW!!! What fantastic craftsmanship!!
Thank you very much!
Gorgeous. Absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you Ellen. Happy you liked it.😊
Very nice, and very pleasant collaboration with Olivier Verdier
Merci Antoine ! C'était une collaboration très agréable.
Belle restauration et je ne connaissais pas le coup du ketchup 😁👍🏻
Merci beaucoup. Il paraît que le coca marche aussi très bien. Il faudra que j'essaie ça 😉
vraiment superbe restauration! beau travail!!!
Merci beaucoup !!
excellent work
Thank you James!!
Wow! All around beautiful work! I had no idea that telescopes had so many components. I also learned that ketchup polishes brass incredibly 👍
Thanks a lot mate. Almost too many parts. I was lucky not to lose any of them. Yes it works pretty well😊
Merci à Olivier pour cette découverte (c'etait un peu le but ;) ). Magnifique restauration. Très beau travail sur le télescope et sur la boite. Restaurer ce genre d'objet est aussi rendre un bel hommage à l'artisan qui l'a fabriqué! BRAVO!!!
Merci Pierre-Antoine. C'est vrai, c'est également un hommage à l'artisan qui l'a fabriqué :)
Très belle collaboration avec Olivier et magnifique restauration de cette lunette.
Merci beaucoup !
C'est vraiment magnifique !!! Bravo à tous les deux pour ces très belles réalisations soulignées par une musique qui ne pouvait être autre. Merci !!!
Merci beaucoup ! C'était très intéressant et agréable de collaborer avec Olivier sur ce projet. :)
Great restoration, Nice job
Thanks a lot !!
Very nice work.
Thank you!!!
Now THAT'S a restoration! Wow! Bravo sir, braaaavo.
Thank you very much Luka !!!
Bonjour, très magnifique cette restauration du télescope avec cette belle musique trop super, à plus Jean
Merci Jean ! A plus :)
As kids we used to use brown sauce to clean copper pennies. Wonderful restoration, did the glass need any work?
As mpng as there is vinegar in the sauce it works 😊 No the lenses are fine. I just cleaned them and now I can see very far😉
WoW je ne sais pas où tu as réussi à déniché ce magnifique objet mais bravo. 😍
Merci beaucoup. Je l'ai eu pour presque rien dans une vente aux enchères il y a quelques années :)
Beautiful workmanship on both of you guys. I would've used black sinew for the leather.
Thank you very much. Glad you liked it.
A beautiful restoration.
Thank you Steve!!
purée de tomate, la mayonnaise de 2 makers, enfin on y arrive côté France.vidéo et musique extra un délice à regarder.j' attendais ce concept depuis longtemps qui permet de découvrir de nouveaux Makers . super réalisations à tous les deux.J’espère trouver ce concept dans la communauté des Bichons aussi.Bonne continuation .
Merci Lionel ! Content que tu aies aimé la vidéo. Je suis content de voir que la communauté des Makers français s'agrandit et surtout commence à entrer en contact. J'espère qu'elle deviendra aussi soudée que la communauté anglophone. :)
Fantastic video Red, really enjoyed the resto. I also learnt something new about Ketchup. Great work!
Thank you Brett. If you learnt something and enjoyed the video, my job is done here😉
WOW! Nothing else I can say about that dude.... just WOW!!
Thanks a lot Jamie!! Much appreciated! How the leg is healing well
still painful but getting there mate, pain certainly eased off a LOT :)
Super cool!!! I had totally forgotten the ketchup tip !!!! Great collab 👍👍👍👍
Thanks a lot Gib. Happy you liked it. Brett taught me the ketchup tip :)
Fantastic job at bringing this fine piece of craftsmanship back to life! 👊🏻
Thank you very much Jon. Much appreciated!!
Beautiful restoration -- I've got some old opera glasses I may have to pull out and restore... thanks for the inspiration!
Thanks a lot! Hoooo, I like opera glasses as well...Hope the restoration goes well!! My pleasure!!😊
Interesting idea about the ketchup. I didn't know that! I believe it acts like a "controlled" acidic media. Excellent! But let me do some criticism: I wouldn't apply the double face tape on the middle of the leather strip, as you did. I would do it at the junction, where you did the stich. Over the tape I would draw a straight line to guide the leather installation. I don't know if you noticed but it became spiraled because you "eyeballed" the leather application over the tape... Something I would never do to a fine object like that box is a leather hinge: that's the kind of thing only suitable to very rustic objects. I would install a very shiny and beautiful brass music wire hinge. Beside the better appearance there's a longer durability. Sorry if you disagree or became angry or disapointed, but that's my opinion...
Thanks Roberto. You're right, it's just like a "controlled" acidic media.
The leather hinger was Olivier's idea, a way for me to have something to do on the box, but I will probably change it for a brass piano hinge soon. Don't worry about disagreeing, you have the right to express your opinion as long as you do it politely, which you did, so no problem :)
Spectacular job G. Telescope looks great and the box was great too
Thanks a lot Steve !! Glad you liked both!!
I knew ketchup was good for something. That's an amazing restoration it looks like new. Do you known when it was made? Video is grate as always.
At least it's good to clean brass😉 It was made between 1917 and 1940. Quite old then. Thanks a lot mate!
So beautiful and attractive restoration. Cheers guys
Thank you very much!!
Superbe réalisation de vous 2 😍😍 je suis impressionné par l’utilité du ketchup! 😃😃 bravo,
Merci Etienne. Oui, le ketchup fonctionne vraiment bien. Simple et facile ;)
Merci encore.
Un très beau travail comme d'hab. Great work like every time
Merci beaucoup !!😊👍
a different project for you, thoroughly enjoyed this
Thank you very much!!
Bonjour,
Impressionnant le Ketchup lol.
Très très belle restauration. J'adore... Bravo
Amicalement
Seb
Bonjour Seb, et merci. C'est vrai, le ketchup m'a également très impressionné. Facile et assez rapide.
Merci encore !!
Red
Lovely restoration! Looks brand new. :) Thanks for sharing!
Thank you Seth !!
very nice restoration, congratulations to you both for your collaboration
Thank you Charles ! I'm happy you liked both videos :)
Super belle collaboration entre vous deux pour un résultat splendide!
Merci Patrice !!
Ah oue quand même 😮
Très joli boulot que vous avez réalisé là, tout les deux 👌
La longue-vue est juste magnifique 🤤
Merci beaucoup Christophe !!😉
Great job sir 👌👍
Thank you!
That looks really great, nice to see the final result is such a contrast
Thanks a lot Paul. Glad you liked it!!
What can I say? Project and video were just beautiful as always!
Wasn't sure if you were serious with the ketchup, but it seems to be a great solution. Gotta write that one down for reference!
I never joke about ketchup ;) Thanks a lot mate, I really appreciate it!!
Very nice work!
Thanks!!
You never disappoint the restoration was beautiful. I love every bit of it.
Thanks a lot Dan!! Happy you liked it. It was fun to do even if putting it all back together was a bit tricky😊
Beautiful 😮 !!!
Thank you!!
Beautiful job sir love it. Also learnt a few tricks legend.
Thank you Sir!! Glad if you liked the video and learnt something!!😊👍
Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you!! And thanks for watching!
Bravo ; tres beau travail et belle collaboration . merci.
Merci Olivier ! C'est très gentil !
That came out beautifully! So satisfying to watch. 😊❤
Thanks a lot Billiam, as always, I really appreciate your support!
I don't have anything that needs restoration but I have never been so inspired to go out and paint stuff with ketchup! :D Great video as always buddy, really enjoyed that one :)
Hahaha, painting with ketchup is fun, and makes you hungry ;) Thanks a lot Matt, as always !!
Un plaisir de découvrir ta chaîne grâce à Olivier :)
Merci beaucoup et bienvenue !!
Red, simply stunning. 👌🏻
Thanks a lot Dave!!
Wonderful! A beautiful restoration and a fantastic video.
Thanks a lot Jim. Happy you liked both!!😊
Another great project,another great video,congratulations for all your work my friend,big hug for all ;)
Thanks a lot Pedro, as always!! Hugs to the family!!
Turned out amazing.
Thanks a lot Eric!!
Amazing ketchup restoration 👍
Thanks a lot !! ;)
Awesome and very enjoyable video Red ! You rock !
Thanks a lot Remy. Much appreciated !!!😊👍
Excellent job done of restoration.I don't get such a friend in India to do or help..
Thanks a lot. Me neither, that's why I did it myself :)
Bonjour, très beau travail, le résultat est magnifique.
Bonjour, merci beaucoup ! Je suis plutôt content du résultat :)
Mais quelle magnifique collaboration, bravo à vous 2. Y'a un sacré savoir faire à vous deux c'est ouf!
Merci beaucoup Fabien !!
Всё отлично! Работа, музыка и результат! Посмотрел с удовольствием!
Большое спасибо. Я рад, что тебе понравилось :)
Ma gni fique super travail bravo salut Jeannot 😉🛠
Merci Jeannot ! C'est très gentil !
Très belle restauration d'une longue vue. Merci.
Merci Xavier !!
Une belle collaboration pour un beau projet. Bravo !!!
Merci beaucoup !!
bravo à vous, chacun son art pour un même but. encore bravo.
Exactement ! Merci beaucoup !
Thanks Oliver! that was a fun one.
You're welcome. Thanks.
Red :)
J'adore ce que tu fais
Merci beaucoup !!
Beautiful restoration! Nice leather work! Great tip on the ketchup, makes sense that it would work. I will try it! :)
Thanks a lot Jay. Please do try it, it worked very well for me. If you want a mirror finish, 0000 steel wool and buffing wheel get the job done.
Superbe restauration !!! Un bel objet ! Par contre juste un petit truc hesiter pas a mettre des gant en latex ou des doigtier pour empoigner le laiton car la simple transpiration des mains peut le faire noircir tres vite
Merci beaucoup ! J'avais huilé toutes les pièces avec de l'huile minérale et j'en avais plein les mains ;)
@@RedSmithWorkshop ah ok desole jai pas fais attention !
@@lhorlogeracontretemps6679 pas de problème 😊
Wow absolutely beautiful restoration I like it thanks for sharing your work with us 👍
Thanks a lot Big Boy !! I appreciate you watching! Thanks for the support :)
Wow that was a brilliant video and project :-)
Thanks a lot Pam!!😊
Tomato sauce, brilliant. It looks as good as the day it was made. 👊👊 Right off to watch Oliver's build. 😁
Thanks a lot Martin!! The tomato sauce thing was Brett's tip and it worked very well. 😊
I guess the vinegar is the most active ingredient. But the ketsup paste give it a nice viscosity so it stays on.
@@MartinLegare Exactly!😊
Beautiful as always Red
Thank you Steve. Much appreciated!!
Beautiful work, Sir! 🙌
Thanks a lot Jim!!:)
Beautiful work! 👍👍
Thanks a lot Sparky !! Glad you liked it :)
C est magnifique un superbe projet mené d'une main de maître bravo à vous deux
Et le ketchup exelent fallait y penser !!!
Ps : magnifique musique pour la vidéo j adore ! !!
Merci beaucoup Christophe !
Nice job mate.
Thanks a lot Steven!!
Ca marche plutot bien le coup du ketchup! Joli resultat !
Merci Jérémy, oui, ça marche plutôt bien :)
That is Cool! i like was Pirate Awesome but Good Job Red Smith 😇😇😇😀😀😀😁😁
Thanks a lot! Happy you liked it.
That’s so, so good. Cheers Red!
Thanks a lot Richard!!👍😊
Delicious! Seriously though, great job, Red!
Thanks a lot! Gad you liked it😊
Absolument magnifique!! Cet objet est vraiment extraordinaire! Le coup du ketchup pour nettoyer les parties métalliques c' est une découverte. Elles sont bien en laiton? Merci pour cette vidéo, je m' empresse de visionner la vidéo d' Olivier Verdier, que je regarde depuis ses débuts sur youtube. Une vidéo commune entre lui et toi dans le même atelier ça aurait de la gueule! Merci encore.
Merci beaucoup Patrice !! Oui, c'est du laiton :)
J'espère qu'on pourra se voir un jour pour faire un projet commun dans le même atelier !!
Superbe !! Bravo à tous les 2 !
Il n'y a plus qu'à observer les étoiles !
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Merci Sarah, et bienvenue sur ma chaîne !!
Oui, je suis prêt pour la prochaine nuit étoilée :)
Awesome
Thanks a lot!!
Great project. Smart to use light sewing thread, leaving the option to dye, later. May I ask the lubricant used? Could not quite catch the bottle label. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you! I used mineral oil if I remember correctly. Works very well for this. Thanks for watching!
Hey buddy l challenge u to TRY and make a functional katana, there is not much about diy katanas out there why don't u be the first?
Btw love your videos and keep up the good work
It's a project we have with @Brett McAfee. And I'm gonna need a gaz forge for that. But it will happen one day!😊 Thank you very much
Turned out great! Thanks for the tipp with the ketchup. For how long did you leave the ketchup on before you washed it off?
Thanks a lot. I left it for about two hours on big pieces, and one hour on smaller parts. Thanks for watching!
@@RedSmithWorkshop thank you very much, will try that out!
I just found a 3 - draw mahogany brass 36" telescope at a garage sale and it looks very old and weathered. Almost vintage. The bottom cap was used as a candle. How come? to see the pirates map at night? Did I find an authentic pirates scope?
Maybe, I don't know. Good find though.
Fantastic job! Just out of interest what lubricant / oil did you use when reassembling?
Thank you! I used sweet almond oil because that's what I had, but you can also use lanolin oil. Thanks for watching