Military Grade Scrapyard Finds! Repair-A-Thon!
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• Scrapyard Finds Repair...
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• Even More Scrapyard Fi...
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• Many More Scrapyard Fi...
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• Great Scrapyard Finds!...
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• Awesome Scrapyard Find...
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• More Beautiful Scrapya...
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• Huge Scrapyard Finds! ...
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• Terrific Scrapyard Fin...
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• Beautiful Scrapyard Fi...
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• New Amazing Scrapyard ...
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• Incredible Scrapyard F...
Episode 15:
• New Great Scrapyard-Fi...
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• More Amazing Scrapyard...
Episode 17:
• Scrapyard Finds Galore...
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• Scrapyard Finds to spa...
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• Rare Scrapyard Finds! ...
Episode 20:
• Fantastic Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 21:
• More Epic Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 22:
• Scrapyard Finds! Repai...
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• Exciting Scrapyard Fin...
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• Quality Scrapyard Find...
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• Surprising Scrapyard F...
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• Supreme Scrapyard Find...
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• Exotic Scrapyard Finds...
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• Precious Scrapyard Fin...
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• Unique Scrapyard Finds...
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• Valuable Scrapyard Fin...
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• Expensive Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 33:
• Unusual Scrapyard Find...
Such a shame about your trip ending up being a Covid marathon! Good meeting you in Nottingham, Gerolf. Hopefully next time will be Covid free haha
Hey James, happy to hear from you! I hope you are doing better as well. I watched some of your videos just yesterday and and I'm really greatful that I got to meet you and so many other interesting people on my (short) trip. Talk to you soon, man!
@@ThePostApocalypticInventor you might call me stupid but putting a rusty item in warm water can make the rust dissolve a little bit better than penetrating oil. Hence jaw of the face plate could be removed with less work
How about building the community trough say discord channel to get tinkerers together and mixing up the skill sets? Been looking for one. Found couple but one of those had woke as fuck admin who booted me with out actual reason, so something that has no censorship in woke kind, but open community for different thinkers and tinkerers?
@@Hellsong89 I really like the idea!
@@ThePostApocalypticInventor g-r-a-t-e-f-u-l*👍
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Great channel content.
As much as I fully identify with your love and satisfaction of returning things to a state of usefulness, I think that what I enjoy most in my shed time is what your battle with the faceplate jaws reveals. This is that, in order to return things to a useful state, you have to do some abstract and "out of the box" thinking. Fashioning tools, using alternate measures, etc. Its what separates you and your avid viewers from the people who cast these things off in the first place. Keep up the great work.
Heat is your friend here. When I am disassembling such heavy rusted parts I am using gas torch to break the rust. I am spraying penetrating oil on still hot parts and it is being sucked into tiny gaps helping even more. It sometimes takes several cycles with heating and spraying, but results are almost always a win.
A word of caution tho, to do it outside or in a very well ventilated area. The burned oils and chemicals are not good. Most videos I’ve watched over look this harm.
Doesn't the oil burn off before it can be sucked in? I feel like my success comes from penetrating oil soaking in for a few hours then applying heat then percussive removal. Once I put heat on a rusted component I don't bother spraying oil that will burn off. It's kind of a waste in my experience. Pneumatic air hammers do wonders if you can get the metal to vibrate at a harmonic frequency while hot. Shakes rust right out or blasts the head of the bolt across the room and I'm drilling it out.
The disposable MAP gas canisters are great for working on rusty cars when you don’t have oxygen acetylene. The part doesn’t have to be glowing red.
Dear Gennady Y.
👍👌👏 Exactly what I thought instantly too! Additionally this method can be seen working well in lots and lots of different utube videos.
Best regards, luck and health.
There is another method using a spark to break the rust down but it's not easy to do. When I was younger I used it several times on old motorcycles. I used a small welding transformer. It worked for me.
The fight to get that fourth jaw out was relatable. I've had so many days that went sour because I built a tool and it broke, and I was so annoyed I had to walk away and come back to it another day when I was less annoyed. lol
I was told very early on in my career as a seagoing marine engineer that "Nothing can withstand a determined Engineer". I saw many instances of this being true in my working years and watching you beat that 4 jaw chuck, you proved it once again.
Sorry to hear about your trip:( But so nice to meet you!! Until next time! -H
Happy to see you here man! I had a great time for those first few days and hope we will meet again some time!
Wow. I was so invested on getting those jaws out of the big chuck that I GASPED when the socket broke, and then I threw my arms up in mutual celebration when it finally gave way! Thanks for the great videos!
Not sure if you’ll see this but the modern solution to a 4 point bolt is a 12 point socket! As it’s a divisible of 4 it will fit right on if you have the correct size. Though with how stuck those were you may just round off those small teeth. But maybe this tip can help in a future project 😊
I have a set of 8 point sockets that also work well on square head bolts.
Your reply beat me to it. No biggy. I had a Sears Allstate (Puch) motorcycle with 8mm square head bolts buried deeply in the fins. I carried my 12 point on my keychain to prevent its loss.
@Ryan Mansfield a man after my own tooling heart... i REALLY love 12pt Splined tooth sockets... just picked up a second-hand set at a wholesale auction for $2. Best money I’ve spent during this crippling inflation. Put your mitts on a set if you happen across them; you won’t be disappointed!
It might work but there is a reason why chucks have 4 side bolts. Reason is when you tighten these bolts you will use normal human sized strength-but when you are done with work sometimes forces applied by machine are so strong that you will need to use a pipe.And for that is square a perfect shape because of points of contact -these bolts dont rely on corners like normal bolts but whole square should be in contact when wrench is correctly made.Corners are actually little bit rounded so that they dont interfere.
He might not use it for those applications anymore on lathe so his idea to smach the socket is fine but on any lathe socket wont work ,these are big plates and forces can be great when turning.Also keys for chuck lathes are not made from ordinary steel that is used for wrenches ,its special hardened and tough steel.
While at the hardware store, I found 12 point wrenches, but not 12 point sockets that fit the bolt. A solution was needed within that same day, so I made my own 4 sided socket. End of Story :D
It was great having you come and visit!
Hey guys. I was really honored to get a tour of your great makerspace and of some of the historic parts of Digbeth! I really hope to return next year! Cheers, Gerolf
Ooooo dude! That face plate is veeeeery gooood for welding positioner.
Oh Gerolf, so sad to hear you were not well on the trip you had been looking forward to for so long. That really sucks man. Happy you have recovered though. You have the patience of a saint with that big plate job! Great video as usual mate. Stay well :)
One of the common themes of working on old equipment is overcoming rust. Good to hear from everyone else and learn.
I'm almost 60 and spent all my working life in one engineering job or another but have to admit that since the internet it's given my learning curve a second Life. Great channel Gerolf
Gerolf... You have the tenacity a honey badger. I had every confidence in you. I was almost expecting to watch you grab that faceplate and shake it like a Terrier with a sock. I knew that your determination would get the job done. I really enjoy watching you work. I guess it could be said that I am almost " working vicariously through you ". Since becoming disabled ( military service) I most often cannot do many things that I truly enjoy; such as tinkering, repairing things, building what I need from scrap items. I watch you do these things and feel your joy when a project is successfully completed. Many Blessings to you.
Once again a perfect presentation, full of interest. I greatly admire your dogged perseverance!
Aw, that feeling when youve been bustin knuckles on something for what seems an eternity and it finally comes loose/ pops off/ starts up/ turns freely/ fits right- Absolutely incomparable!
I absolutely loved this episode. Much more "down to earth" with the restorations and not so much high tech electrical stuff. I know other people enjoy that, but it's just too complicated for me. This was very enjoyable. Thank you!
Good luck with your lathe, old machine tools can have souls and almost seem alive. I still use my Great-Grandfather's Rockford lathe on occasion. It was built in 1910 and is line shaft driven and about 8 feet long, the sounds of leather flat belts creaking and steel bindings clicking takes me back to when I was young. It may rest in my shop now, but when I use that lathe it feels like a cold winter night, so long ago, in his shop with the fire roaring and the smell of 70 years of grease and cutting oil lingering mixed with smoke from the old man's pipe in the air. Sorry for rambling, that machine makes me emotional sometimes. Your shop is much cleaner than his, the pile of chips beneath his lathe almost made it to the ways at times, there was a wood crate somewhere under the pile, but I never saw it. Best, T.M
You are different man, the amount of ingeneering skills you know and apply to solve this problems is amazing.
Hello from Denver Colorado! You are literally my favorite RUclipsr and your videos are inspiring! I am always acquiring things some people view as junk and bring them back to life and your commentary on our world and life in general is invaluable
hello from Denver Colorado too. :)
This really turned into one of those project you finish out of stubbornness. Can't let that inanimate object "beat" you. 🤣
I have a project going right now where I am dealing with the same thing.
Not only that. The plate would be expensive to buy something of that quality. It will make a fine rotary table.
Damn I was so happy for you to go do some colab adventure, well there will be a next time. I cheered with you once you dislodged the final screw! It may sound silly but watching you persevere through your task, forging your tools, restarting and not giving up until you got it kind of gave me the motivation to go through my tasks today!
You're always forgiven for whatever you need to do to keep sharing your knowledge and experiences. Take care. From Florida USA 🇺🇲😎
As soon as I saw the face plate I was thinking "That would make a great welding positioner."
I was pleased with myself when you said the same thing.
Looking forward to that build.
I've been a machinist 35 yrs (US). I've never seen a chuck/faceplate combo like that. I could see where it would come in handy. Good job as usual!!
You are a champ for not throwing in the towel with that socket.
I always admire the “need a tool, make a tool” folks
Hi Gerolf You are a man on a mission when it come to reusing great old equipment. Great vid.
Sometimes penitrating oil takes a while to get in those small rusted junctions.
I was repairing an industrial laundry washing machine and one of the support spring mounts had rusted together with the spring housing. It took a car jack, and some penetrating oil and about 8 hours of waiting under tension for it to finally give out.
I'm 69 years old and found your channel about 5 or 6 years ago. It's one of my favorites. My happy place is in my work shop in my basement.
So proud of your persistence Gerolf.
That gear and rack chuck mechanism was marvelous to behold... I dont remember ever seeing anything like it, at least not inside of a chuck... Glorious design...
A lathe chuck is the last place I would have expected to see a eagle. Great find! Lucky you! And every time you questioned giving up on the big plate I screamed internally. Glad you didn't.
I just cannot imagine spending a lifetime in a job I didn't like but after being invalided out of the fire service due to spinal injury I had to find something just to keep me occupied. I spent just under a year as the district facilities manager with a large government dept but they decided I wasn't well enough to carry on as it was worsening my injury. Two major spinal operations later I was still looking for something productive to do. RUclips became my friend and I invested in equipment to make my cellar into an electronics workshop. Thanks to RUclips I have repaired countless electrical and electronics devices from radios, TV's to laptops and tablets with outstanding success. I was thinking of trying watch repair next it my fingers at 74 years of age are now a bit 'dithery'. You are never too old to learn and as my grandchildren say...take it granddad, he can fix ANYTHING. That is my proudest testimonial.
I learn something from every episode. I was a microscope repair tech for 20 years at University of California, and worked on many many Zeiss and a Japanese copy Tiyoda. Often had to make our own tools and custom parts, so I appreciate your techniques. I wondered about the quenching, but would have done the same.
I love your philosophy and look forward to every episode you publish. Please know that your work is highly anticipated and thoroughly enjoyed. You never fail to impress and entertain me. Thank you so much.
Your persistence with the faceplate is very admirable. I bet there were many people watching who were willing to buy you the correct sized socket.
Sorry to hear you missed out on your vacation. But loved the new video. The scrap yard repairs and old military finds are very cool!
Seeing that huge four jaw chuck. I was really hoping you wouldn't give up on it. And you didn't, and it came out very nice after all the intense attention it took to free everything up. Continue with the welding assist project with it. I'll be watching... Thumbs Up!
There's something satisfying about getting the job done with what you have on hand!
Love your videos and your vision of reuse and renewal of old discarded scrap. Another man's trash is my pleasure! Yeah!
Seeing the gedore box took me back to the start of my working life as an apprentice mechanic. Mine served me well up until it was stolen a few years ago. I t was replaced as my everyday tool box in my 3rd year but I kept the basic kit I had in the original box as my tool kit in my 4x4 Utility. Anyway I love watching your videos they have encouraged me to tinker more with electronics and electrical items over the last few years and taught me new things.
Thank you so much for the videos! As a fellow tinkerer, I certainly felt the exhilaration when you finally got that faceplate apart. Great work, and excellent patience!
I was fortunate enough to get a box last year and absolutely love it! It is by far the toolbox I tread the kindest.
If it doesn't bother you. Can you please tell me how much did you pay for it (without the shipping)? I know the price will differ from last year (like everything else).
Very satisfying to see all those salvaged and repaired tolls being used.
Love the videos and sorry to hear about loosing out on meeting more people during the time you were sick. Keep up the great work! The world need more people with the insight, patience, and work ethic you have!!!!
Idk what it is but I love watching people struggle to work on old stuff, lol. Maybe it's because so often I look at something like that I'm like "it's just 4 nuts and 4 screws with a lot of rust, easy peazy, right?" Wrong! Silly little things get me every single time, get stuck spending hours trying to unstuck something. Eric from handtoolrescue had a really glorious battle with a little giant power hammer not to long ago, I was very, very, most thoroughly satisfied watching the struggle, XD maybe part of it is overcoming adversity too, idk. But I'm always here to see it happen.
4:58 "Throughout this video, frivolous amounts of penetrating oil will be used..." Best line in the video. Thanks for the laugh, Gerolf!
I wish I had found your channel sooner! I watch a lot of RUclips, mostly channels that being old cars back form the dead as I'm an old car hoarder and mechanic myself. But I also make my rounds with my trailer and Volvo 760 every week to pick up items off of curbs. A lot of it simply works fine and I resell it as-is, and some of it I repair and resell. I've gotten pretty good at replacing TV backlights at this point. A lot of the stuff I find I actually end up keeping and using. I love your whole message! You articulate your passion for fighting against wastefulness and figuring out how vintage gadgets work better than I could, and you share my passion for nature. You're also a much more skilled electrician than I am. I hope to one day be on your level. I spend most of my time working on my vintage Volvo's, but even just by watching your channel I feel I've learned quite a bit about other types of equipment. Not only that, I've learned a little more about world history. Best channel ever.
Sorry you got sick, it sucks. Still your philosophical outlook is very refreshing. Your patience and persistence is also very admirable!
First time I have seen one of your videos. I love that you explain the process, including the struggles.
I served in Frankfurt in the U.S. Army from 90 - 92. Those tool boxes look beautiful. Maybe one day I will get one.
Love your work and followed you for years. Sorry about your UK flu attack but happy looking at waves was the cure! The planet needs people with your attitude of "make do and mend". Your respect for the past (historic places) and the quality of older equipment (hand engineered) in contrast to the consumer culture rubbish of today is so nice to see too.
Sorry to hear about your trip getting cut short. Just found your videos and I'm already finding it fascinating! I'll never look at scrap & scrapyards the same! I'm kind of a tinkerer myself and you've inspired me to make use of my tools and odds and ends I've managed to acquire over the years.
i always look forward to a new episode. when we get stuck rusty parts, it is helpful to soak them in diesel fuel for a few
days to loosen the parts. i used to be a mechanic and i cleaned engine parts in varsol. it is a wonder i am still alive!
Brings back memories for me young man, I worked jobber machine shops all my working career. I have had many lathe chucks apart but never came across one like the last one you disassembled, found it very interesting. On the rotary welding table, I made one out of an old barber chair base, it not only rotated but allowed one to raise or lower the table for ease of loading/unloading and a comfortable working and inspection height.
I have been watching your channel for a couple of years now. Loved the "modification" of tools. My motto is there is never a reason to ever throw away a tool. If they are no good for original use, they can be "modified" or added to another discard tool to make one suited to my needs. Thank you for being a first class innovator and sharing your innovated inventions with us.
Good that you didn't stop when the socket cracked. Many people find it a big hurdle to just admit that the plan was not a failure, their skills were. And if the second try with the things learned went that good. Yep. Good going.
Hi Gerolf. Sorry to hear about your being ill on your trip. I've been in that same position myself ... In reverse! I was in München back in 1985 on a training course and contracted pneumonia ... Before the course even started! Not nice being in a hotel room alone hardly able to breathe and in much pain. You have my sincere sympathies.
This is a bit long but I wanted to share a tip I learned MANY years ago that I have used several times myself since retiring and working on my own restoration projects ... Currently a large pillar drill (70mm column!) and a recently acquired an old Myford ML2 lathe amongst several others in various stages..
I have found that a wax candle can be your best friend in "stuck, rusted part" scenarios. Also with stuck bearings. I'll explain it in a moment, but I find that once I've cleaned off heavy oil and loose rust, then a bath in Citric acid FIRST does a lot to get between rusted surfaces and remove much rust from mating surfaces. Once parts are separated, a fuller degrease and more citric acid cleans items as usual, but before that in order to separate ...
THEN I use the candle; either by local heating or total heating (in an oven), getting sufficient heat into the parts to not cool too rapidly. I melt the candle wax into the joint areas so that the wax stays very liquid with the heat and penetrates deep into gaps. For large interface areas it's worth doing this maybe two or three times.
This works MUCH better than WD40, and WAY cheaper but I haven't had or used Plus Gas (THE best releasing fluid by far) for many years and I keep forgetting to get some. However I had a large bearing last year that I just could not remove despite using different gear pullers and no amount of heavy duty hitting with a 2lb (1kg) lump hammer would shift it despite lots of WD40.
Then I remembered this old trick I'd not used for decades(!!). I heated the whole sub assembly containing the bearing in the vice with a standard propane blow torch, fed in a load of wax and reapplied my gear/bearing puller. But before I could even apply any torque, the bearing literally just fell out! Heat alone didn't help but the wax did the job!
I'm not 100% certain WHY this works so well, but I have a suspicion that the wax, not only helps lubricate the mating surfaces, but similar to the tremendous force generated by a wax motor in a car thermostat, the cooling wax breaks and/or pushes aside many rust grains sufficiently to significantly reduce the friction.
Since last year I have used this technique multiple times including fully releasing a completely rust bound drill chuck that just wouldn't budge at all beforehand.
Surface rust was just wire brushed off, it was submerged in citric acid for two days, dried off, then wax melted into all the gaps and bingo, the chuck key turned. The chuck was dismantled, degreased, cleaned, wire brushed, re-assembled and is now working perfectly and turns VERY easily by hand and tightens well with the key.
I hope you get to try this technique and it proves as successful for you as it has for me. Tschüß.
Never QUIT...You can do it ! ...........And your English speaking skills are excellent!
Always like another scrapyard repair compilation
I love my "electrical engineer toolbox", or that's the translation as best i can tell. I use it at least 2 times a week while doing my own projects. It's got all my electrical testing, fixing, crimping, etc equipment in it. The spanners I got from you are used quite often as well. Not for any major use, just light adjusting. I love posting pictures explaining how this is a 40+ year old spanner (we call them crescent wrenches in the USA), and they don't make them like they used to. With the GDR stamp on them. I've yet to have anyone realize who made them and it makes me happy!
If you are ever in the Seattle of USA I will gladly buy you a beer or 4.
Thank you. Wish you warm winter.
I was saddened to learn that you were ill on your trip to the UK, but am grateful to know that your time alone on the sea shore helped with your recovery.
I found that one three jaw chuck totally intriguing, and would just love to have it for my lathe. I am happy to know that you were able to save that beautiful faceplate.
I love your attitude, if you don't have and can't find the proper tool, make one. I was cringing, when I saw that you were working on the socket while it was too cold. The thing about you, is that you learned enough from the mistake to go on to make the perfect tool for the job.
Great work, I always enjoy your videos. I wish we had scrapyards with the fantastic items you are always able to find.
Enjoyed by your perseverance and your job.
When hitting the screw to forge a new square socket, do not forget to interpose a nut so as not to damage the thread.
Had a great time showing you around Birmingham, looking forward to your next visit!
Hey Stuart, happy to see you here! Thank you so much for giving me a tour of the old canals. You were the best guide anyone could have asked for. I hope I'll be back to Birmingham anytime soon and get a chance to dive even deeper into the rich history of the place with you!
Love the video. I'm a fellow scrapyard treasure hunter. I fully restored 2 atlas 10 inch lathes one from the 1930's one from the 1940's both 54 inch long bed models. If you are going to be doing more machinery restoration. You may want to make or buy a small folding crane. ( I have an automotive style engine hoist)This will allow shifting and moving of heavy parts or machines without the need for calling in more manpower. Also once the lathe is up and running it will allow for moving heavy Work on and off the lathe. Can't wait to see the restoration video on that :)
There is nothing more satisfying than making a tool and having it perform well.
I was taught in my machinist training in the mid 70’s that was a four jaw chuck. As you mentioned irregular items can be accommodated. And you can get more accurate alignment using the independent adjustments for more precision work. Also you can also use risers bolted to the face and machine them with the lathe to obtain very accurate alignment with the axis to the machine.
Not a quitter for sure....
Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking!
Your sheer tenacity with getting the faceplate working has earned you my sub.
Excellent restoration of the faceplate and chucks. A lot of work especially on that last jaw. Well done. Your efforts finally paid off.
I have never seen the unusual independent 3 jaw chuck so happy to watch how this worked.
Thanks for another excellent video.
Dave.
This is a fantastic video - wonderful to see that old hardware deconstructed and restored! I'm also really sorry to hear about your trip to the UK interrupted by illness. I really enjoy your content and appreciate how much dedication you have to creating it!
i now live near Birmingham but grew up in Southampton and spent many a day at western shore watching the oil tankers go by :-)
Sometimes modifying tools is necessary, I buy good quality tools at yard sales for very cheap. Having this surplus frees you to modify and making custom tools is satisfying.
Great video Gerolf, I am always impressed by your tenacity and truly like the old steel vice as a backdrop that you are pounding on.
The temptation to get a 2nd one of these toolboxes is immense...
Watching you work on that stuck bolt until it was freed was great! Thanks for sharing the hard parts, too. It's so often like this, but you kept it engaging through the struggle.
Your perseverance on the faceplate is to be admired, I would have given up in Southampton.
Thanks, another brilliant video, lesson I have learnt, and I will share when heading to the hardware for one item/socket is always buy 2. Because 2 is 1 and 1 is none, cheers
I love my TPIA tool box I got from you last time you did a batch. I use it all the time and most of the tools I put in it are salvaged. It fits perfectly in the back of my car.
One of RUclips's best channels. The genius channels are the ones that teach you while they entertain you. And the best teachers are the best hosts. It's amazing how much you can learn on RUclips. Thank you. :)
Reforging that socket is total genius; German engineering, again victorious. Been using your citric acid process now for a few years, love the results and the way the metal looks after the bath, thank you.
In which ratio do you mix it? And do you use warm water?
Kind regards
Matthias
@@derweihnachtsmann8962 Per his video, it's 125 g of citric acid to 1 liter of water, That is very high strength, ph of 1.
@@divyajnana thank you for the answer :)
especially liked your forging of the metric socket to obtain a square drive for the 4 jaw
Always fun trying to work on ancient tooling without the tools to work on the tooling .
That big 4 jaw plate put up a good fight .
Also , another problem with trying to use heat on a piece like that would be potential warpage .
Maybe not a concern if you just want to use it for a welding table , but , definitely a problem if you were planning on putting back in service on a lathe .
Automatic transmission fluid ( ATF ) makes a good alternative to expensive penetrating oils , especially when mixed with acetone .
I use this for freeing up seized pistons and many other things .
You could also try using a wire brush to knock off as much rust as possible before trying to disassemble , or , putting the whole unit in the acid for a day or two before trying to break it down for a complete refurbishing .
It is nice when you can just let the chemistry do most of the work for you .
Keep up the awesome content .
I love your channel so much. And I really look forward to these junkyard videos. Please keep them going if you can! 😊👍👍
10:29 I had some cheap socket extensions from 1/4" to 3/4" I heated and bent them 90 degrees to use as a square bolt wrench (the reverse end goes on the bolt). works great, here in the U.S. the square bolts are always 1/4", 3/8, 1/2" or 3/4". it always fits perfectly, even the square female bolts are the same way. If you dont want to bend the extension just chuck it up in a drill and use it as is, use 3/4" to 1/2" if it wont fit in your chuck. A socket adaptor set will include up to even a 1" square driver.
Those Stalwille end wrench collection is making my mouth water!
Really enjoy your content! Sorry about your trip . alway enjoy tour trips to the salvage yard. God bless. Keep up the great work. 🇺🇸
It's been fun watching your channel grow. I do enjoy watching you resurrect old hardware and make it useful again. Definitely a handy guy to know post apocalypse!
Nice job as always. You could make your own square drive on the lathe by using it as a manual shaper. If you start with a square piece of material in the chuck or at least a square part (eg..3 jaw doesn't hold a square centered) you can indicate the four sides with an indicator. First you have to grind a broach kind of tool from HSS. Start with a square piece of HSS which ideally has the same width as the sides of the square you want and grind all the necessary clearance angles (you have the books; it's in there ;-)). If not you have this width you have to adjust more or open the corners with a drill before you start shaping/broaching. First cut a diameter in the part which is just included in the desired square size. Indicate from the square section of your part to align the chuck first (some lathes can index, some lathes you can encage in 4 or a multiple of four by switching to the lower gearing.) If not find a way to secure the spindle (unpowered!) Then cut one side by traversing the carriage by hand. You have to go slow like 0,05 mm depth of cut as a maximum. You'll soon find out what the sweet spot is here depending on your strength, your attitude , moment of the day and last but not least, the gear reduction on your carriage. To be continued 3 times/sides and you end up with a square hole. I'm not sure what your skills are at the lathe but this procedure works best if you can cut an undercut at the end of the hole before you start shaping or broaching. I'm Dutch and I'm not sure what the exact phrases should be but I hope I make sense. This undercut allows the chip to break before the end of the hole which works much easier and leaves a better result (otherwise your fighting debris at the bottom the whole time). After broaching part of the square piece and weld a big handle on it. Now you can crank this old piece of iron to the max. A much more convenient way would be to find a milling machine on the scrapyard... Than you could really broaden your machining skills. I hope you will in the near future. Thank you for all your sincere and inspirational uploads and I hope I contributed to one of your next adventures. I'm sad that your trip didn't work out as planned but I'm also glad you recovered well and still able to go there in the future. Keep up all the nice work, much appreciated and stay safe and be happy. All the best, Job PS; after such a struggle I would use new bearings. They're cheap and will last a lifetime on this setup...
First time I have seen the inside workings of a lathe chuck! Now I understand!
If you put a thin piece of flat metal over the top and down the sides can save you also. My lug nuts were tightened at the shop too tight. Great video.
Excellent Video. I Love restoring old Machines. I have 2 Old Craftsman/Atlas Lathes I have restored. Thanks for the Work you do in making these Videos. That was a really interesting 3 Jaw Chuck. Looking forward to more Videos. Big Hello from Texas.👍❤️🇺🇦
Great video. I felt your pain struggling with that rusty part. Glad you didn't give up because now you have a unique tool for the workshop.
Family of my mother comes from Germany around 1900 and was founders for KRUPP, beatiful toolboxes
Some projects require lots and lots of hard work!
When you have a vintage tool & you
know it's going to be a Rock Solid addition to your tool collection when you finish it. All of the hard work you put into it makes you appreciate it that much more!
Awesome video!
I wish you lived closer to me in the United States . I think you would make a good friend to hang out with!
I have enjoyed being subscribed to your channel for a while, now. Living in N. America, I find myself appalled at the planned obsolescence and throw away culture that has developed here. As a modestly organized feinmechaniker and the oldest boy of 17 children, my ability to repair and repurpose things to usefulness has kept me happily entertained as those around me have to wonder what comes next. I will be 70 next year and no longer have a workplace. My tools and much else have disappeared due to others' needs or greed but I still repair and donate bicycles to the homeless and needy here in Colorado Springs with occasional odd jobs and broken down vehicles as challenges. I hope to see many more of your well made and thought provoking videos in the future. Thank you, again.
I've been doing this kind of stuff for many years now, but this guy is truly fantastic
What a fight.
Not so long ago the inspection ordered a change of the 24 1" studs on the dome of a steam engine boiler. Sitting there for 50+ years... You get the picture. When 2 studs were broken things looked difficult. I consulted a British veteran. He said: put the corroded parts in diesel oil for some weeks. Not easy to put an entire steam boiler in bath of diesel.... Never mind.
Giving corroded things a long bath in diesel oil was the British suggestion. In the US they have their magic "Evaporust".....
Time 18:05. You got a nice Mecano there. Lots of possibilities.
It was quite satisfying and inspirational to see you prevail over that rusted jaw.
Hi There, I'm so sorry that you fell ill during your time in the UK, In your opening shot on the canal we see "The Bond" warehouse part of which was an Ice house where ice was brought in by canal boat to distribute in Birmingham, it looks like it has been going through a refurbish. We lived there for a time (2000's) on our narrowboat while working in the area, I see there is a pontoon accros the entrance at present, not too far from the centre of Birmingham, we explored all the accessable canals, and they say there are more than Venice 😀
Hope you get a chance to vist UK again. Keep up the videos, enjoy all esp electronics. Take care, Peter.
"I repeated this until I was almost completely exhausted"
I feel ya.
I have used automtic trans fluid. Soaking the parts for 24 hrs worked well. Really enjoy your work.