Air Die Grinder Restoration
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- Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
- In this video i'm going to show you how i restored an old Air Die Grinder.
I've cleaned all parts, polished the aluminium case, turned a new connection for the compressed air on a lathe and replaced all bearings. I grinded all steel parts with sandpaper or Scotch Brite and made them black again by heating them up and cool down in olive oil.
If you have any questions about my used techniques, please ask me in the comments. I'm always learnig, looking for new methods and trying to improve my skills, so please give me some feedback, tips or criticism.
My technical english is by far not the best, as i'm still learning technical Terms. So if you find any mistakes, please let me know in the comments.
This is my first video, so i'm sorry for the bad quality at the beginning. Some recordings were quiet dark, i tried my best with the editing software to brighten them up.
Thank you for watching :-)
My Patreon Page:
/ mymechanics
If anyone has doubts about the beauty of precision engineering then look no further than a My Mechanics video. Amazing attention to detail along with exacting standards where nearly good enough is not acceptable to him; only as close to perfection as possible will do. And then to top it off a beautifully shot and edited video for us all to enjoy. Really well done Sir!
Thank you so much for this nice comment!
@@mymechanics Hey Mike, I think you can use some Jazz music as background, it goes really well with what you're doing. You're still new, but you'll grow fairly fast.
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No music please I can play my own if I want it.
The Barking Toad has arrived could not agree more with you !! Brilliant. 👌🏼
I couldn't agree more ... you have to love a job done as well as it can be.
No music, no hyped up talking. perfect my only complaint.......need more videos!!!
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You are right brother. Is just perfect.
Yeah. What Matthew Hare said... Spot. On. 100%. Makes my OCD hairs go all *tingly*. :-)
He'll make a new one
Your're right! More videos PLEASE!!
Incase ppl wondering why he plugged both ends and put sand inside at 10:00 If he didn't fill in with sand. the pipe would make a flat bend and cave in on itself
Amen ;-)
And if you're trying this at home kids make sure the sand is bone dry, otherwise the moisture will expand and split the pipe.
AS in how to make a trumpet👍🏻🙂
That is the way we used to do when making custom brake fluid lines in trucks. Or you can also use coiled spring sets.
Says hes restoring the die grinder.
Then he proceeds to remove the original casting marks and makes the end result better than the original.
Beaut job.
"looks ugly lets make a new one" i love it that made my day
Haha that's cool, thanks
I started laughing
Looks gay, let’s make a manly one.
So does that technically make it not a restoration video because restoration is were you make everything look original.
@@4stardiesel432 Nah, this is truly what restoring ought to be. Restoring it back to its original state as best as possible, and clearly this guy is not like the rest of the Frankensteiners on RUclips. It's not to say it's the best place to find genuine antiques that look their age, but more to rejuvenate a piece to repurpose its functionality.
He made his own air fitting. Tell me that didn't just happen!
I know, right? Amazing - And then he BENT it!
That was mindblowing like omg wtf???
Many do that when you have old standards air fittings.
@@FJERNSYN49 But it wasn't old standard - it was just ugly so he made his own.
That's my reaction after he shows most any part. I have to really check myself on what I think is possible. As much as I try to reuse and refab, this guy makes me readjust my thinking of what's possible and it's awesome. It's not complex either: most vids I've seen he's not getting out some horribly caustic compound to restore things. Just fantastic!
This is so professional. The other channels doing similar restoration videos now look completely amateurish. Man, you seriously raised the bar.
"looks ugly let's make a new one" - my parents
😆
I mean- it’s kind of better than trying to just make “it” look prettier 😶rather let the ugly tool live in peace compared to spending a bunch of money on it trying to change its appearance. 😭- From a traumatize daughter.
Ахаха
hahah
@@NatalieHarrisonLim Awww, I feel you. Have a hug.
I love how you disassemble parts until you literally can’t. No other restoration channel even comes close to this level of detail.
Other people just talk. This man does it, no hype, no music. Just gets to it!
Totally agreed Jeremy it´s an amazing almost exquisit Technician, I envy him in a healthy way.
OK, so I just finished binging your entire catalog in one day, and your craftsmanship is unbelievable. I could watch your videos for hours.... um... yeah... *literally* hours. I look forward to your next restoration. Keep up the great work!!
I just did the same, except I had an extra year's worth of videos.
I just did the same except I’ve got an extra 2 years worth on JL anyways.
Your method of recording the whole process is incredible. The shot choices are great and the pacing of the editing is spot-on. Well done!
Thank you, and specially because this was my first video. I never used a camera before in my life. I had a lot of film to choose from, i don't know how many hours of recordings i have, but i bet it's a lot.
my mechanics What camera do you use?
@@PinballSweden i'm using a digital video camera Panasonic HC-V180.
Your editing is great. Reminds me of Primitive Technology
Oh yeah you're right, just checked that channel, never heard of it before. Someone else mentioned that aswell on my other video, didn't know what he means with primitive technology. Now i get it 😉 thank you btw
Ur face reminds me of primitive technology
yeah, I agree
You ruined my day.
I always wondered how pipes were bent without it simply collapsing or crimping at the bend! I learned something new!
I am absolutely fascinated by the way you lay all the parts out in an exploded view pattern.
Great work as always, thank you.
you'll love www.reddit.com/r/knolling
It's art, as is the filming and sound recording.
.... as if machining a custom air coupling isn't enough, he puts a 90 degree bend in it .... urgggh!!!! Too much! Love the detailed way you work.
@TheJR1948 I was wondering the same thing. He didn't even put a tiny drop in there before he ran it. But he must have an oiler on his compressor, right?
@TheJR1948 yes yes you have 50 years of experience and are highly skilled no doubt but this is not the purpose of this channel or build is it? I do not have 50 years but heck only 35 years and I enjoy this channel because this guy goes beyond what we normally would and that is the beauty of it. Pushing himself and his art. He has the time, the skill and a channel full of people egging him on to do even more. So I would say whether it was an ego trip or not, keep it up "my mechanic". Love your work.
@TheJR1948 So that would put you at around 70 years old, hating on a younger man doing what he enjoys. Bravo. Also just because it didn't make the editing cut, doesn't mean it didn't happen. can't believe I'm saying this to someone your age...grow up
My god, I want to be 40 years younger and start over. Such a complex of satisfying skills!
This is an older "My Mechanics" video that I had not yet seen. Amazing, as we've all come to expect. 6:20 The fact that he machined a new, custom one-piece air hose quick coupler, instead of just buying off the shelf components speaks volumes to his attention to detail.
First time "I make a new one"
Watching “My Mechanic” restore things is like watching the hands of a skilled heart surgeon perform a successful quadruple bypass surgery.
except less gross amr?
And crap I’m out of videos I need more!!!!!
same
same
Same
same
Anxious for the next project.
Amazing. Although i used to think explanations and narrations during a project are helpful, the beauty in being held at attention by watching a true craftsman with an eye for precision, gifted hands to match and a simple straightforward manner make your videos satisfying to behold. Thank you.
To those reading this, watch the other videos and see if my humble opinion is off the mark.
The sand for bending, olive oil for blacking, preheat for easy bearing assembly, these tips are priceless! Thank you 👍🏻
I have to admit that i dont even know what some of the restored tools are for, i just enjoy watching someone who takes painstaking precision in doing a great job. Thanks for sharing.
This is the same as any drill, this type uses air for power.
normal person:
Test it...ok it works, done.
my mechanics:
Test it...ok it works, time to split it into atoms polish those atoms and put it back together again.
"This atom is damaged - I make a new one" 😂
The level of attention to detail is spellbinding!
How do you polish an atom?
With an atom polisher, of course.
@@The4MusketeersYT Duh!
Do not forget the atom polish paste!
Brilliant......should be compulsory viewing in schools.....get kids interested in engineering.
I totally agree with you. Even at the university I would've appreciated watching them to improve the understanding of lots of things like rotatory movement of axes, bearings, pneumatics, steel properties improvement by heat treatments, lathe and milling machining, etc... This guy is a Master!
Absolutelly right!
We are there are tons of stem or engineering specific clubs and activities around well me idk about anyone else
"..get kids interested in engineering."
..So they can get involved in the "race to the bottom" in terms of wages, competing with Indian and Chinese workers on McDonald's rates. No thanks.
..And I'm saying that as someone who has been an Engineer all his working life (40+ years and counting..)
Agree 100% with you. Having the right approach is as important and ensuring that often neglected aspects like deburring should be imbibed at an early stage !!
What comes to mind when I watch these videos is bob ross painting, Stevie Ray playing riviera paradise, my grandma cooking... so relaxing and calm. A pure joy 👍👍👍
you've gotten my mind slightly blown as i'm currently listening to Riviera Paradise after having watched my mechanics work his magic on another piece. definitely a good match!
So many people restoring things on RUclips but I've never seen anyone who applies the level of precision and attention to detail that you do. Awesome stuff.
Am I the only one who had to search another video to understand what an air die grinder is used for? A practical test in the end would make this video perfect. Rated 4 stars.
I return to this every now and then, as it's a masterpiece of a restoration. It's an improvement.
Thanks for your support :-)
I look forward one day visiting a museum of your restorations, that not only include pictures, but these videos themselves. The museum can be a tool to educate how it’s worth fixing and restoring something then just buying new all together. Including the beauty of the process and besides healing the object you can also heal yourself (and in turn the planet).
Love the "exploded view" once disassembled, and just prior to reassembly. As many others have said, you do exquisite work!
My dad was a tool and dye maker for years and years........ Watching these videos with the precise and complex machining being done just makes me appreciate my dad that much more. Awesome videos!
Compliments for a job professionally done.
The machining for instance, very skilled.
One of the few videos where bearings are mounted in a correct way (heat, pressing in etc.)
All in all, a pleasure to watch, so keep them coming :)
Btw; some great tools and machines you have.
Thank you very much! I've learned that every single hit with a hammer on a bearing is one too much ;-)
I appreciate that you don't speed up your videos. It's really hard on the ears when people have the sped of video along with the sped up audio in so many restoration videos. The way you do it is relaxing and easy to watch at night.
Wow, I was waiting to see how your going to machine the 90 deg. fitting. And when I read "preparing to bend" my mind was blown. Excellent job!
Pardon me while I step over to my lathe and whip out a custom designed air fitting and then give it a right angle bend without collapsing it. Great skills. Well done sir...well done.
I somehow start to believe that you just can't set a foot in his shop. Not because there's a mess. Just because it's so shiny, pristine and luxurious in there that one is simply scared to touch and stain something. Amazing restaurations!
And he was even wearing shorts. Probably had "hospital" booties on over his shoes too.
Nevermind the thing working properly. The simple fact that there were no parts left after the final assembly is enough to amaze me! Very cool.
Very good video. Could be used as an instructional. I used to rebuild pneumatic air tools for a Military Depot. Rebuilt precision grinders, impact wrenches, air ratchets, and air hammers. Good point to remember, when assembling, always use pneumatic tool oil on the parts, even on the rotary vanes. Also for the first few runs, always drop three to four drops of pneumatic tool oil in the air connector at first operation after rebuild. Again, great job.
Marvel Mistery Oil is preferred.
We all have to begin somewhere, and this is your beginning. I'm glad you are still restoring these items.
Highlights: Machining the threaded connector and forming the 90 degree bend with the sand, heating the bearings for an interference fit and proofing the surfaces with an oil bath... a work of art !
My old dad "if a jobs worth doing it's worth doing well" would have loved you!! Genius.
Of all the similar channel content (and there are a lot out there) I know you have seen a lot because you have tried to emulate and despite your young channel you have ended up putting yourself in another league. Your attention to detail, sympathetic restoration of original parts and the sheer manufacturing skill is a lesson to the other wannabes. Keep up the fantastic work and I’m sure I’m not the only person to ask for a video about your workshop and engineering background :)
Thank you very much :-)
I'm pretty sure that's one of the cleanest rebuilds I've ever seen. Using the lathe to sand and polish, then using the olive oil to add the beautiful tone, and then hand fabricating the nozzle and then using that technique with the sand to bend it.... I'm slow clapping to this at 1:00 AM in my basement.
I always try to learn, show and use some different techniques, to keep the content as interesting as possible and trying to get that "oh, aha, ok" effect. Seems like i did a good job ;-) Thank you very much.
There is sublime satisfaction in seeing something reach it's full potential. Many thanks for this channel, it is like therapy.
Love watching every one of my mechanics videos.I wish I had the skills he has BEAUTIFUL eye for detail and technique
Thank you so much :-)
The fact that you made ur own air line fitting boggles me
@TheJR1948 ego trip? Quick being such a hating bitch. If he has the skills to build it, much more efficient that hunting it down at a store or waiting for it to arrive.
Yes, you can buy an air fitting like that in the shop.
Butt then you still have a crappy pice of shit that still need more work to get it up till his standards.
So, no ego trip just comen sense
Those who can, make. Those who can't, bitch about it.
Very soon all your videos have a million views 🔥 ;) just did my part and rewatched this old beauty
So satisfying to watch the parts getting cleaned as they turn! Turned out beautiful and your attention to details is incredible! Great job!
You REALLY are the master of dis-assembly and the lathe. "I don't like this piece so I will make a new one"
What a talent. Keep the vids coming! !! !!!
This is incredible workmanship. I really love that you don't talk through what you're doing; it makes it a really relaxing and entertaining watch. Plus we don't miss out on all the awesome, satisfying sounds of each job. I'm so damn impressed.
Yes, exactly! What Mathew said below. More! More! I love watching your videos. I learn so much! And no crummy annoying background music or yakitty-yak. Just my kind of videos. Please make more!
The only thing wrong with this channel is, absolutely nothing! Awesome videos, just need a lot more.
What a nice comment, thank you! I'm glad you like my content, nice to have you here.
Кажется многие хотят музыку, но вы правильно делаете, что снимаете видео без музыки, в ваших видео она не уместна! Приятно слышать как шумит напильник, и работают станки! Вы настоящий молодец, и крутой профессионал своего дела!!!
Absolutely stunning attention to detail and craftsmanship; I’m in awe at how finely you produce parts. Excellent work!
Supurb job 👍 The phrase 'knowing what you are doing' ( I wouldn't ! ) springs to mind.
Thanks 👍
While I'm clueless as to how hot you're getting everything (because I'm an ignorant american) you did an awesome job. Looking forward to more content.
Compressed air actually is cold, the grinder gets very cold when you use it ;-)
Im not surprised why your channel blew up!
For your first video, you have so much more skill and quality than many other restorers.
Its funny, your first video was actually the last one of yours i watched.
Love your work❤
I haven’t the slightest clue what that is, but it was intriguing nonetheless. I appreciate your level of craftsmanship. I’ve used a laser cutter before and glued layers of wood together, if that counts...best of luck with your channel!
Thanks ONSIGHT, i'm glad you like it. It's a rotating grinding tool working with compressed air ;-)
my mechanics please, call me mobbin :-)
Superb video. I just realized I know nothing about the innards are air tools. It's now my responsibility to read more because I wouldn't even be able to take this tool apart. Great inspiration!
binged your videos and loved them. i love restoration channels and your work is just amazing. all the different tools and techniques you use to accomplish the video’s goal is awesome. your vice restoration was in my recommended, so that’s how i stumbled upon your channel.
i’ve always wanted a restoration channel to acknowledge a little “challenge” i guess i’d call it. in the future of this channel in say a year or something, i’d love to see you revisit some old restorations and talk about what you may do differently especially if you learned new techniques. maybe ways you would improve it more, make it quicker, make a process easier. would love to see something like that if it’s ever possible. i like to watch the channel owner grow with their content but reflect back and see what’s changed and what they would do differently.
thanks for the videos. looking forward to the next.
Well as a mechanic with 16 years of experience, i can say that i probaly won't do much different in terms of techniques. But deffinitely could do it in terms of recording and editing. Just compare this video (my 1st upload) to my vice video (6th upload) and you see the difference in quality. But it's going to get much better, specially talking about the audio. So get prepared for the next one, it's going to drop in a few days. Thanks man, much appreciated ;-)
my mechanics awesome. appreciate the response. good luck in the future. already have built up a good base for an audience which is great to see. see you in the next one.
New bucket list addition! Spend a day with "My Mechanic" learning lathe techniques!
This looks like a good quality die grinder. I didn't see any markings whatsoever on it, other than the air fitting. I find that very surprising.
Excellent restoration! You made your grandfather’s air grinder better than new, collector mint condition.
you have inspired me.. i have a Cleco 34 series angle nut driver clutch type in my tool box that is in need of rebuilding. worked for me for months.. the boss tried it and i don't know what he did to it.. it would not spin any more.. in looking at the info.. now i am wondering if he oiled it.. i got it from boeing surplus decades ago for 40 or 50 bucks. i was amazed to see that they sell new for over $3,000 dollars. even used on fleebay for 700.. it sure sped up the engine assembly with all the external bolts on some of the builds.
That's a crazy high increase of value. Thanks for your comment.
Never ever loan a tool to your boss(unsupervised) if you want it back the way he borrowed it.
wayne p His compressor has water in it and he didn’t oil the tool. So it worked and then it sat and rust seized.
What I find utterly amazing is a tool that looks to be a throw away can be repaired whether buying new parts, MAKING new parts, or or even rebuilding the metal!
That was some grade A restoration. Very well done!
Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it
My jaw is dropped with the attention to detail and quality of workmanship.
Few questions:
1. How in the world do you keep track of parts for proper reassembly? What an incredible parts count! There were a million spacers, shims and bits & pieces.
2. How did you clean the air filter? I don't think that was shown.
3. What is the liquid in the washing machine?
I'm going to need you to go ahead and quit your day job so you can upload ATLEAST one new video per week. Thanks- The RUclips Community.
So this restoration was simply to make a beautiful working object out of a working object. I can totally get behind that! You have beautiful hands, @my mechanics!
More like a deep clean than a restoration (and remaking a part for aesthetics), still a really cool video. And I love your other videos too. You really know what you're doing to perfection!
This video and the 1950's Tire Inflator video were the two I watched last. Yet they were the most satisfying to watch. Amazing work.
You are quite talented young man. Thank you for sharing!
Вы делаете лучше чем на заводе.Просто фантастика!
Dammit! I was hoping I could find an early video of yours that I could watch.. I've watched everything 😑😞. Oh well, I guess I'll just watch it again.
Thank you so much for your support :-)🙌🏻
Funny how I find myself still watching these old MM videos for the thousandth time
Es macht richtig Spaß, dir bei der Arbeit zuzusehen :-) Diese Hingabe, die du in die Restauration legst. Absolute Spitze! Das Ergebnis spricht für sich. LG Heiko
Vielen Dank Heiko :-)
I watch other restorers and, I'm like, "you're not going to sand that!? You're not going to take that apart!? You're not going to clean that!?" Sometimes, in the middle, I just have to leave their site. You've made me very particular.
Dude! Thats awesome! Nicely done good sir! I learned a couple tricks during the video too.
Thank you very much Justin
So many things about this video are absolutely incredible. The editing is well done, the lack of talking and background music adds to the desired atmosphere of a how-to video, and on top of that, you didn't like something you had, so you FREAKING MADE A NEW ONE. I love this channel.
And it works in any language.
Superb work! I like the way you turn the parts black, havent seen that anywhere. It looks very nice, the shiny surface and the black parts are perfect together.
Thanks man! Even the black parts have a shiny surface ;-)
"This is ugly. Let's make a new one!" is my favourite part of every My Mechanics video. If only more people afforded their project this sort of care and precision. Brilliant work. Also, I have learnt so many valuable techniques from these restorations. I do believe these videos are of great educational value.
I bet it never looked like that even when it was brand new
I`m amazed he didn`t make the ball bearings he can make a spring out of wire. You are one smart dude my mechanics
Absolute perfection of job well done. Keep up the good work. It was a pleasure watching you doing it. Thank you very much.
Thanks Ahmad! I'm glad you like my work.
You know your onions, lad.
You do a masterful job on these projects.
Very good job man. Definitely learned something new from this video. Wish you good luck with your new channel 👍 I subbed
Thanks a lot Paweł, nice to have you here
I’ve been looking forward to taking my lunch break to watch more of your videos. Making the air fitting, instead of screwing in a cheap replacement, was amazing. Your craftsmanship and detail work is inspiring. Thanks for sharing!
We love your videos, we have even watched them as a family! Please do an old gunky espresso machine!
Absolute perfection. PLEASE don’t add music, the clicking and spraying and sanding noises are what makes this so addictive. Love your editing too - just please make some more if you have the time!
You Sir are a pro.. Great job
That is the highest quality air tool I’ve ever seen. I have taken apart A lot of air tools. Never saw one like that
Devil's in details, everyone talking about air fitting and all. That's super fine but what really made me somewhat happy...at least one person on the whole RUclips (people that restores tools) who uses his god damn brain and fit new bearrings in this case with heat fit and vise instead of brainless smashing them with pipe and hammer. When I see someone is restoring some rotary tooling or with some axles with bearrings, i think that is cool and I pray for fitting them with brain, but no, in all cases I see a man with pipe or something else and a hammer after that i watch almost 30 seconds od sped up video of hitting that thing what means that in real time it maybe took like couple of minutes...sick
I totally agree. Many have never worked on bearing housings that were aluminum or magnesium. We always heated the housings and would freeze the bearing or shaft/bearing assembly. The same with any precision fit component.
I found it quite painful to watch actually. The second I realized he was using thermal expansion to fit such snug components so gracefully I got such a powerful, sudden erection that I doubled over in pain.
For real I actually muttered out loud how he's a genius. Even though it seems like common sense.
Wait, even myself, whose closest introduction to machine work is his 3D printer, knows not to do that to bearings, I've even got a heat fan to, amongst other things, do that... How come those people don't know that?
Mehr, immer mehr davon.
Überragend. All deine Videos! Ich könnte Stunden lang zusehen.
Mit Ruhe und einem Selbstverständnis in Sachen Professionalität und Qualität! Wahnsinn.
absolultely incredible
Obviously a descendant of a Swiss watch maker. Thanks for allowing us to watch you work.
I would have had extra parts left over. lol
Lmao I was thinking the same thing...in about every job he restores no less lol
I’d still scratching my head about where these came from.
Another great video. If I had to pick a favourite part, it's the bending process.
Please tell me why you are so freaking awesome with restoring (and I even saw the vice you did).... WHY dont you restore YOUR vice that you use!? I would LOVE to see that look all sweet and be used. You are a rock star!
Hmm, i guess it's not rusty enough haha. Thank you
You keep amaze me with all your videos. I've seen alot of these restoration videos but your skills are just out of this world! It's so satisfying to watch you remove all scratches and make things shiny again. And not to forget when you're making new parts by yourself. I f**king love it! I just want more, it's like a drug!
Awesome work ! It would be nice if you could explain briefly why you do certain steps. Also a quick before/after comparison at the end would make it look even better :)
Otherwise, fantastic job !
Thank you Dynodzzo! That's a good idea with the comparison, i'll see what i can do in future projects. I tried to keep the text in the video to a minimum, but i could write a much more detailed discription. Thanks for mention it. Which steps you would like to get explained better? What wasn't clear for you?
Yes it's good that you haven't put too much text, but little information on why you do things like at 11:06, you say you use teflon tape but I couldn't understand why (I'm absolutely not into mechanical engineering). At first I didn't understand why you filled the tube with sand, but I figured that one later :) Little things like that !
Dynodzzo i'm using teflon tape on the thread to make it sealed. It's a fast and easy method for connections of compressed air and also water pipes ;-)
I counted 37 parts in that tiny thing. lol I would have never been able to put that thing back together. Awesome work as always. Very smart using the sand.