A trick I saw somewhere on the web regarding bearings: you need one microwave oven, a moist cloth and a bearing. Wrap the bearing in the moist cloth and put it into the microwave. Because the water boils at 100°C, the bearing heats to that temperature and expands slightly, making it easy to slide onto the shaft, without the need of hammering :) Good job by the way :)
Good work. I found an old Repulsion Start motor, restored it and put it on my old air compressor over 12 years ago. Works great and I have no worry about starting capacitors going bad. LOL
Love your channel man. I’ve been restoring stuff now for fun because of watching this. It’s really gotten me into fixing instead of replacing and restoring grandparents tools (many he made himself and very nicely) etc. it’s worked out well with the small assortment I have. Dremel a lot, Hans sanding, vinegar baths etc. not making any handles ... but cleaning me up.
Andre Will Do It exactly!!! That’s why I love it. Plus, anything with history makes it that much more valuable, especially if you’ve put work into it, it’s got a story or from family but definitely what you said. I started on simple things like chisels and some plaster/drywall spatulas or whatever you call them :). Looks good now. I have a list of tools I want. Mostly though, where I live, space is a premium so it’s also where do I put this stuff ... lol. I don’t live in a city but the town is a tourist town and extremely expensive rent so not a lot of space but I’m really enjoying it and searching regularly on CL. Any suggestions where to find good old tools? Obviously apps and sites ... maybe garage sales I’m guessing ... it can be hard to find. Many of my family are all contractors and carpenters but was never my interest until now. It’s satisfying work. I’m going through my sheds now searching for old tools to fix. Lol. Digging through years of packed stuff. Also repairing some expensive lighters I bought 20 years ago and some knives. It’s easier now days with all the how to’s out there. work Sharp sent me their line of blade and tool sharpeners so I’m using those as well. Sorry if this was a long reply. Just excited to be doing this new hobby. :)
Andre Will Do It the big issue, dear Andre, is that by making these videos you are encouraging so many people to do like you that ultimately there will be nothing left in the flea market or prices will go to the roof.
Daniel Eliahu Shapiro lol. My prob is can’t ever leave the house and my family won’t wake before 2pm. So I’m stuck watching the house and kids ... never can get to those. Been trying for 4 years to get wifey to wake earlier but .. she does work hard all week ... still... I want to go. Lol
I agree that the fan shroud is missing. Also the fan may be plastic but it can still hurt you. And if you’re wearing loose clothing it will wrap it around the fan and that’s another hazard. Finally the two-holed base is probably from a machine this cam from. You don’t need it. The 4 holes on the actual base are normal. You really should use all four to keep the motor tight on the machine. Nice job restoring an antique by the way. I’d say it’s either very old or an import. If it’s American then it’s really old. That type of construction on a small motor like that hasn’t been around since the 50’s. When Nema T frames came around in 1964 most small motors starts being made of welded steel frames and aluminum end bells. Thanks for sharing your work!
Good job man! Well, this engine and maybe the whole drill was made in Czech Republic. Look at the label, there is written "Mohelnice" that's a city where the engine was made. If the year of manufacture is under 1989, the drill was made in Czechoslovakia. It's amazing how far did our machines spread. Greetings from Czech Republic. Keep continue your admirable work! :)
I really wish I had rescued the motor we had used to run the winch to bring the boat in and out of the boathouse at our cabin. It was already used when my grandpa assembled the winch from spare parts in 1959. It was covered in so much old grease my dad would have had a fit if I had tried to salvage it when we tore down the boathouse in 2000 (the roof was shot because we had stopped the annual chore of putting fresh tar paper and roofing compound on its roof after grandpa passed away). It was a nice compact unit like this and was reversible as well.
well done, I have an issue with my log splitter which tripped the main after 1 minute so I might try to follow your instructions step by step. Thank you
Unsafe as well. Anyone accidentally touching that impeller would easily lose a finger. Could knock something up with some scrap aluminum or steel cut to size.
loose a finger by touching a plastic impeller on a maybe 1000rpm motor...are your fingers made of play doh??? i could touch it with my tongue if you pay me enough
For better restoration not only body of the motor and bearing exchange but also windings i recommended Electrosolve.Then you will be sure that even windings will be cleaned from grease deposits. But this is only electrician suggestion :P
great video, not an ounce of fluff, just solid info. I did the same with my old 1948 Delta band saw 1 hp motor a few months ago. With occasional replacement of bearings, and little TLC, these motors can last forever. Thanks for posting.
I usually like that type of info as well. I try to include info in my own videos as long as it's helpful, but I can see how some folks just like watching without narration. 💯
Nice job, but I did not see any electric testing of the windings for earth failure. Also I wonder if a new motor that small cost so much so the restoration are worth it.
Next time on Restoration Wizard, Andre fixes a park bench or something else. Who cares what, I'm gunna watch it. So are you! Why this channel is so satisfying to watch I have no idea but i love it anyway
Please use some image stabilization on the speed up "helmet cam" footage please, it was a little nauseating. Alternatively, set up a fixed camera above your work bench in a top-down perspective. I love the quality you put into your restorations.
what did you do to cleanup the rotor shaft? wire wheel? de-rust solution? what was the spray used to lube the shaft for pressing the bearing on? and how did you clean the rotor exterior? buffing?
I wish the tags on motors had better embossing. Would make them easier to refurbish to look new again. Great work. Have been refurbishing some old motors myself. Wish I had an arbor press for the bearings, but I think I use the same socket and hammer as you. LOL
Nice job. Looks to be a 3-phase motor. Was there any reason for not re-varnishing the windings on the stator? Or replacing the motor's t leads? Just curious...
Excellent work done, much more interesting to watch the video while doing the work. Many many thanks.what about fan cover, if not fix there will be no effect of fan could cool the motor.
Is it possible andre for you to explain in small explanations what you are doing? Just so that those who dont know (like myself) can learn a little bit more about your plans in restoring it and challenges you faced etc...?
So I've acquired 20+ AC motors and I really want some insight to decide if they're worth or even useful for anything at at all. They came from very old nursing home beds from the 70s or 80s and the tags say they're 1725 RPM and 1/12 horsepower.
The fast motion was no problem at all, however, that jerky head camera was making me dizzy and it was actually difficult to follow what you were doing. Maybe next time you should use a stationary mounted camera with the fast motion. That would be much better. I did however enjoy the end product. Looks like it is ready to run for another 20 yrs or so.
Andre, I have an old GE 1/4 hp motor from the 1920s with no bearings (only bushings), it is smoking as though the windings are going out - can these old motors be saved?
When I see this motor it remembers my of when I was younger, I am 14 now so I’m still pretty young. But when I was younger my granddad had house out in the country with a lot of outhouses and so, the previous owner had left a lot of junk behind, so me and my little brother when we where there we used to screw broken things down to atomsize like those motors and chainsaws and seeing what was inside, and of course they never came back together. I also remember a printer that got a very miserable end by a hammer. When we had taken everything apart and when there was no more junk left to screw down (and no it didn’t take like two days it more likely toke some years to get to that point), we started to demolish tin cans he had a cat so often there had been cat food in the tin cans. He had a lot of tools so we had everything we demolished them with hacksaws, hammers, tin snips and we had a vice that we squeezed the cans with and everytime we was there, there became like a mountain of hacksawed hammered and flat tin cans with a lot of sharp edges and a lot of other things that wasn’t so safe but we had fun and I am like a god with a hacksaw now!
Nice work. I felt a little nauseous from the sped up head-cam. It would have been fine at normal speed but the way it was done, the movements were disconcerting. The whole restoration video wouldn't have been too long if you had halved the speed you had that part at. Also a little music in the background or voice-over would have kept it from feeling too long and taken the video to that next level. Keep up the good work.
I always love to see older items refurbished and put back into service. Nice job. And it sounds great too.
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OH wow, I love watching the work you do. I cannot look at anything old with out imagining it restored again. Thank you.
I am thinking the same thing 😂.
there is something very satisfying about restoration videos
I love that AC purr at the end. Also that paint color is conversations. 💯
Great master with a gold hands gave to poor old motor a new live! Good job Andre!
My favorite videos: no annoying monologues boring details
No explaining everything 👍 no annoying music 👍 just showing us how its done ! Thank you great video ! ......... those shorts 👎
A trick I saw somewhere on the web regarding bearings: you need one microwave oven, a moist cloth and a bearing. Wrap the bearing in the moist cloth and put it into the microwave. Because the water boils at 100°C, the bearing heats to that temperature and expands slightly, making it easy to slide onto the shaft, without the need of hammering :) Good job by the way :)
Good work. I found an old Repulsion Start motor, restored it and put it on my old air
compressor over 12 years ago. Works great and I have no worry about starting
capacitors going bad. LOL
Love your channel man. I’ve been restoring stuff now for fun because of watching this. It’s really gotten me into fixing instead of replacing and restoring grandparents tools (many he made himself and very nicely) etc. it’s worked out well with the small assortment I have. Dremel a lot, Hans sanding, vinegar baths etc. not making any handles ... but cleaning me up.
Andre Will Do It exactly!!! That’s why I love it. Plus, anything with history makes it that much more valuable, especially if you’ve put work into it, it’s got a story or from family but definitely what you said. I started on simple things like chisels and some plaster/drywall spatulas or whatever you call them :). Looks good now. I have a list of tools I want. Mostly though, where I live, space is a premium so it’s also where do I put this stuff ... lol. I don’t live in a city but the town is a tourist town and extremely expensive rent so not a lot of space but I’m really enjoying it and searching regularly on CL. Any suggestions where to find good old tools? Obviously apps and sites ... maybe garage sales I’m guessing ... it can be hard to find. Many of my family are all contractors and carpenters but was never my interest until now. It’s satisfying work. I’m going through my sheds now searching for old tools to fix. Lol. Digging through years of packed stuff. Also repairing some expensive lighters I bought 20 years ago and some knives. It’s easier now days with all the how to’s out there. work Sharp sent me their line of blade and tool sharpeners so I’m using those as well. Sorry if this was a long reply. Just excited to be doing this new hobby. :)
Andre Will Do It the big issue, dear Andre, is that by making these videos you are encouraging so many people to do like you that ultimately there will be nothing left in the flea market or prices will go to the roof.
Daniel Eliahu Shapiro lol. My prob is can’t ever leave the house and my family won’t wake before 2pm. So I’m stuck watching the house and kids ... never can get to those. Been trying for 4 years to get wifey to wake earlier but .. she does work hard all week ... still... I want to go. Lol
I agree that the fan shroud is missing. Also the fan may be plastic but it can still hurt you. And if you’re wearing loose clothing it will wrap it around the fan and that’s another hazard. Finally the two-holed base is probably from a machine this cam from. You don’t need it. The 4 holes on the actual base are normal. You really should use all four to keep the motor tight on the machine. Nice job restoring an antique by the way. I’d say it’s either very old or an import. If it’s American then it’s really old. That type of construction on a small motor like that hasn’t been around since the 50’s. When Nema T frames came around in 1964 most small motors starts being made of welded steel frames and aluminum end bells. Thanks for sharing your work!
Nice restoration.
Good job man! Well, this engine and maybe the whole drill was made in Czech Republic. Look at the label, there is written "Mohelnice" that's a city where the engine was made. If the year of manufacture is under 1989, the drill was made in Czechoslovakia. It's amazing how far did our machines spread.
Greetings from Czech Republic. Keep continue your admirable work! :)
I really wish I had rescued the motor we had used to run the winch to bring the boat in and out of the boathouse at our cabin. It was already used when my grandpa assembled the winch from spare parts in 1959. It was covered in so much old grease my dad would have had a fit if I had tried to salvage it when we tore down the boathouse in 2000 (the roof was shot because we had stopped the annual chore of putting fresh tar paper and roofing compound on its roof after grandpa passed away). It was a nice compact unit like this and was reversible as well.
Nice job. And the vintage paint job is a good touch.
My grandmother had a '65 Chevy Biscayne that was the same color.
Perfectly chosen color!
MEZ Mohelnice.... awesome quality electric motors. A dream to restore.
I like like 30km from this place.
Hermano lo Felicito. Quedó Espectacular. Greetings From Venezuela!!!!!
Very nicely done, once again. Great job!
Next time put the rotor+shaft assembly in the freezer before installing the bearings, it will make installation much easier.
A very nice restoration on a good little motor that will run for years to come,worthy of a 5 ☆ rating
Very nice! I like it!
Andre is a kind of guy who will do anything
well done, I have an issue with my log splitter which tripped the main after 1 minute so I might try to follow your instructions step by step. Thank you
glad you restored the motor also some restorers skip this part
Now I want to see you make a vintage electric car with this motor for the rear axle :)
Would also take a really long extension cord!
Nice Video ! One recommendation , mark the end bells ! End bells are, " line bored" and MUST be replaced back as Manufactured !
Shroud on the impeller is missing. This is needed to blow air across the housing that sinks heat from the windings.
Yes, I noticed too. Without it, the motor will overheat.
Unsafe as well. Anyone accidentally touching that impeller would easily lose a finger. Could knock something up with some scrap aluminum or steel cut to size.
loose a finger by touching a plastic impeller on a maybe 1000rpm motor...are your fingers made of play doh??? i could touch it with my tongue if you pay me enough
=0 Im impressed anyone noticed such a thing, unless they're engineers here
@@SlRENN not that hard to notice. I think everyone will see that something is not quite as usual.
Andre you are a great man. I 've watched pony video.
I love your videos. And for some reason, every time I see hammering sped up, it makes me laugh. Thanks!
For better restoration not only body of the motor and bearing exchange but also windings i recommended Electrosolve.Then you will be sure that even windings will be cleaned from grease deposits. But this is only electrician suggestion :P
great video, not an ounce of fluff, just solid info. I did the same with my old 1948 Delta band saw 1 hp motor a few months ago. With occasional replacement of bearings, and little TLC, these motors can last forever. Thanks for posting.
*looks like Andre did it again*
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Great work. It’s maybe a taste thing, but I would’ve kept the old patina on the machine. Polished it tho. Apart from that, awesome
Wish you would show more about the process of cleaning up the parts and what you did inside. I'm curious
I usually like that type of info as well. I try to include info in my own videos as long as it's helpful, but I can see how some folks just like watching without narration. 💯
A great job. I actually had to invoke the settings and decrease the speed to .75 of normal to enjoy, glad I did. Thanks.
Nice job, but I did not see any electric testing of the windings for earth failure. Also I wonder if a new motor that small cost so much so the restoration are worth it.
you are a true artist what beautiful work, i buy only quality stuff where possible, things that can be repaired or rebuilt.
Please don't use the 'head-cam' again when speeding up the video.. all that shaking around is enough to make you nauseous.
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is ok..
I threw up a little between 5:19 and 5:30.
@@Wildstar40 LMfao
MN fq D. Were prep f a
Great work 👍
Next time on Restoration Wizard, Andre fixes a park bench or something else. Who cares what, I'm gunna watch it. So are you!
Why this channel is so satisfying to watch I have no idea but i love it anyway
What was restored, other than a paint job? Was it not working? Did you replace the bearings? It doesn’t look like you rewound it.
Yeah, you took it apart to clean it and paint it, I guess.
..goes to show you, anything can be restored..good job..
Perhaps a metallic racing green might have been better. However, I loved watching this and seeing the final result. 👍
Good job. 👍
nice video please more vintage restoration videos thumbs up
Please use some image stabilization on the speed up "helmet cam" footage please, it was a little nauseating. Alternatively, set up a fixed camera above your work bench in a top-down perspective. I love the quality you put into your restorations.
I did not see what you did with the armature. Also did you replace the bearings and brushes?
The hammering is so oddly satisfying when sped up
what did you do to cleanup the rotor shaft? wire wheel? de-rust solution? what was the spray used to lube the shaft for pressing the bearing on? and how did you clean the rotor exterior? buffing?
Its MEZ Mohelnice? Its Czech! Thats nice:)
I think it looked way better old and worn out. Just clean it a bit but leave it with that vintage look.
I wish the tags on motors had better embossing. Would make them easier to refurbish to look new again. Great work. Have been refurbishing some old motors myself. Wish I had an arbor press for the bearings, but I think I use the same socket and hammer as you. LOL
Can you make out the manufacturer of this motor?
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great restoration love it.. but hopefully next time use tripod or just don't use head cam especially if your speeding up the video. Thanks
I'm here for the restorations
The vortex cooling fan will not cool without a casing. The impeller is preserved, but the fun casing is lost?
My favorite part is the woodpecker. 👍
Nice job. Looks to be a 3-phase motor. Was there any reason for not re-varnishing the windings on the stator? Or replacing the motor's t leads? Just curious...
Always looking forward to your videos!
Excellent video
Excellent work done, much more interesting to watch the video while doing the work. Many many thanks.what about fan cover, if not fix there will be no effect of fan could cool the motor.
What are you using to remove the paint, and what paint is that? It's a really nice color.
Is it possible andre for you to explain in small explanations what you are doing? Just so that those who dont know (like myself) can learn a little bit more about your plans in restoring it and challenges you faced etc...?
nicely done. you need to find the cowl for the cooling fan. without it, it will not cool the motor .
The way you insert back the bearing by knocking it. Doesn't that bent the shaft?
Great project and video production!
Excellent work. i like the woodpecker sound :)
I think you should make a nice fan out of it.
Nice rebuild. Was it hard to find the replacement bearings.
How did you know where to position the bearings on the shaft?
Did you take measurement before removing them?
Very cool. What will you use it for? I just found an old electric motor that I'm going to fix up as well
Great restoration,but there is one piece missing ... The cover from the fan
MEZ Mohlenice made in czechoslovakia :)
I have mez motor too but 3 phase
Já mám 150W prcka 3F
@@teslakovalaborator Já 125 W 3F
Ať žije nadřazené české strojírenství.
I just fixed the same in a Svit clicking machine.
How do you do if the coil (?) inside the the main cover, that you see fro 3:15, is damaged and you also need to replace the cables?
Any chance we can get a frame of time taken to restore these projects? Amazing videos! Thanks!
where did you get the hammered green paint?
Sweet. What do you do with the stuff you restore?
did it have no cowling for the fan ?
отличная работа!
Great job again, continue like That
Pls check run-out of shaft. Bz The shaft was hammered while attaching the bearing to the shaft. This is not proper assembly.
So I've acquired 20+ AC motors and I really want some insight to decide if they're worth or even useful for anything at at all. They came from very old nursing home beds from the 70s or 80s and the tags say they're 1725 RPM and 1/12 horsepower.
How does a person get into the Antique Motor Group ?
The fast motion was no problem at all, however, that jerky head camera was making me dizzy and it was actually difficult to follow what you were doing. Maybe next time you should use a stationary mounted camera with the fast motion. That would be much better. I did however enjoy the end product. Looks like it is ready to run for another 20 yrs or so.
yeah totally, if he's gonna work on a desk what's the point of moving the camera so much..
I would not call this a restoration but it is a nice referb video
"It was quite a challenge without the right tools..." I see Wiha, Knipex, Ballistol and a Kukko puller? Can't go wrong there!
Awesome job!! Thanx for sharing :)
You must be a great mechanics
Andre, I have an old GE 1/4 hp motor from the 1920s with no bearings (only bushings), it is smoking as though the windings are going out - can these old motors be saved?
so helpful.. thanks sir..
How Did you get the paint so perfect?
Cheers Mate! Job well done!
Felt like I was in a Quake deathmatch - too much camera movement! But, nice restoration.
So why would you remove inside part of the motor ?i mean the bearing
Parabéns ao profissional no exercício da restauração! 👏👏👏
When I see this motor it remembers my of when I was younger, I am 14 now so I’m still pretty young. But when I was younger my granddad had house out in the country with a lot of outhouses and so, the previous owner had left a lot of junk behind, so me and my little brother when we where there we used to screw broken things down to atomsize like those motors and chainsaws and seeing what was inside, and of course they never came back together. I also remember a printer that got a very miserable end by a hammer. When we had taken everything apart and when there was no more junk left to screw down (and no it didn’t take like two days it more likely toke some years to get to that point), we started to demolish tin cans he had a cat so often there had been cat food in the tin cans. He had a lot of tools so we had everything we demolished them with hacksaws, hammers, tin snips and we had a vice that we squeezed the cans with and everytime we was there, there became like a mountain of hacksawed hammered and flat tin cans with a lot of sharp edges and a lot of other things that wasn’t so safe but we had fun and I am like a god with a hacksaw now!
Yes, Andre did it again!
Awsome job Andre, what's the plan 4 that bad boy lol
Suggestion: Only use the "chesty" cam for normal time playback.
Nice work. I felt a little nauseous from the sped up head-cam. It would have been fine at normal speed but the way it was done, the movements were disconcerting. The whole restoration video wouldn't have been too long if you had halved the speed you had that part at. Also a little music in the background or voice-over would have kept it from feeling too long and taken the video to that next level. Keep up the good work.