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I got some silver plated trays that are made of brass a the thrift store. They are worn and need replating. I had intended to cut them in strips and hard soldier with them. Anyone tried this cheap source for rods?
You hit the nail on the head. Nothing is built to last these days; indeed; I argue they are built with planned obsolescense in mind. Designed to fail within 2 years; long enough for the consumer to forget a warranty, but short enough to get the buyer back into the dealership again. I have a 1958 B250 tractor. It was built tough; and is still going strong today. 63 years of hard work and she's still going strong.
Stuff used to be build because no-one had something... If you would still build stuff like a tank, you wouldn't survive as a company. I still prefer the old stuff, my lathe is a southbend from 1931, still turning as needed.. My mopeds are from the 70s.. I don't like the new plastic stuff 😂
17:05 braising is the right choice for the job, when welding most cast iron the reason why it gets so brittle is cause the carbon in the cast iron naturally comes out into the weld, which makes it impossible to properly repair it, the joint does hold, but is extremely weak, almost like hardened tool steel when they forget to bring the hardness back down after hardening, for anyone who was interested in the reason why you "Can't" weld cast iron
That you have excellent engineering and shop skills is a given. I assume you are an engineer. What amazes me is your flawless command of English. Your vocabulary is vast, your understanding and use of idioms is complete, and your accent is almost nonexistent! One thing that drives me nuts is the quality and utility of the items you find in scrap yards, and the fact that you are allowed into scrap yards. I have not found one that would let people in since the 1950s or 60s. Keep up the good work!
Being Old School myself at 72 years of age I can understand your drive In restoring older tools still useful. I find your videos very entertaining and enjoy them whatever subject you choose.. I even try to repeat there correct German names..lol.. Thank you - Ian--UK.
Today's view around the scrap yard, with those electronics, was tantalizing to me. Definitely thought you were going to say "the first item I will take with me will be this mini split air conditioner" After getting some wires from a wire wheel stuck thru my t-shirt, now I won't use one without my work apron on. I do like being able to see the brass repair, proud battle scars. It's a lovely looking vise.
Good stuff. You are carrying on the tradition of thrifty and self sufficient people everywhere, those hardy individuals who see the value of things. This saves money and is a good skill to know in the best of times, and will be like gold in the worst of times. Thanks for sharing!
As a child who grew up on 1970's and 1980's PBS documentaries in Canada, I have long wanted to tell you that you have the best theme music on all of RUclips.
I too am someone who believes in breathing new life into old discarded items. Your channel is facinating and educational. Sometimes I get lost when you talk electronics but that causes me to learn all the more. Thank you sir.
Really enjoy your tool repair videos. The repair work on the second vise was thorough and well done. Very good craftsmanship. Thank you for saving these good old vices. They now have many more years of useful life. Thanks.
It's always a pleasure to see old, damaged tools and equipment brought back to a useful condition. I particularly like that you use previously restored tools in restoring the latest batch of 'junk'!
The amount of effort you put into your restorations shows that you are true to your word and are not just doing this for show. Great content as always and a pleasure to watch! Keep up the excellent work, dude! 🤘
You are a true craftsman, sir. I'm so glad you didn't paint over the brazing. It's a work of art! I can see your beautifully repaired vices being treasured for years to come. Well done 👏
I absolutely love watching your videos. I myself like to try to also repair all the old tools that I find. Because of your projects and videos I have taken to going to the scrap metal yard to find stuff. As always a pleasure to watch you save good tools .
Why is this so entertaining? I think it’s the recycling, and anti-wasteful thing about it. Also fun so see old tools and machines, that are just about to get crushed and melted down, get a second chance and a new life:). Keep it up!
the scrapyards around here will permanently ban you if they catch you even picking a door hinge off the ground, every time i go there I keep asking them when well they do a buy scrap back day, not looking like its about to happen anytime soon.
@@patprop74 if i stay to look at stuff to long they start to follow me until i leave.. i dont get it its only scrap and im more then willing to pay for it... when i was a child i was really into computers everytime i was at the scrapyard to get rid of stuff beyond saving i would get more stuff home then i left there. i would not have afforded that interest if i did not do that... oh i miss the shipping containers with no camaras..
I have one yard that I don't get any hassle. The owner recognized me because I was a pallbearer for his cousin. Sad, but the man let's me pick and dig around. The other yard I go to trys to give everyone a hassle. I make a mental list of what I would like to find and I go with a friend who is selling a load of scrap. We pull in and start slowly off loading his scrap. Anything I see that I want, i put on the trailer or in the toolbox of the truck. That yard weighs you in and out. You're paid for the amount you weigh less leaving so anything I grab is paid for. One time a guy asked me about something on the trailer leaving and I just told him that it wasn't supposed to be scrap and that someone must have put it on the trailer by mistake. If you don't know anyone who sells scrap to the yards, go by one and wave down a pickup truck with two or three guys in it. The pickup without a trailer and two or three guys is generally going to be a few wine-os. It's a couple of alcoholics that gather up enough junk to buy a bottle of booze. Tell them what you want to do and offer to pay them. They'll jump at the deal. They get some junk and let you ride with them. While inside and off loading, do what plundering you can. Since they're getting extra drinking money, they will call you often and offer to take you in. You can even make them a list and they'll do your shopping for you! Hopefully some of this will help. Yall Take Care and be safe, John
@@patprop74 The only scrapyard around me will not allow you to buy stuff either. Kinda stupid IMO, especially when stuff could be repaired & reused... =(
OMG! I WISH YOU WOULD GO CRAZY AND HAVE A MARATHON VIDEO OF REPAIRING OR DESIGNING PROJECTS!!! Some electronic projects projects would be great fun to watch and learn. I'm 60 years old dude and I learn more from you than I did in college. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I know these videos take loads of time to produce. So you get and HUGE THUMBS up for all the effort you put into them. More scrapyard finds would be fun to watch too. Just wandering around with the cam in your hand would be interesting too! Five stars my friend for a job so well done! *****
having watched number of these repair-a-thons I was initially skeptical of how interesting repairing old vices would be and is it really worth the effort to do so, but seeing the various processes involved makes this quite unique and interesting content. thanks TPAI.
Yet another vice repair video..... HUZZAH! I really appreciate the quality of your videos, and I love when you give us the German names and terms for everything. It's always a good day when you upload a video.
It's official I'm clearly and unequivocally a vice collector from now on. I use vices quite regularly in jewelry work and other artistic endeavors in metal. Watching your repair work is very satisfying. Thank you for sharing expertise and your general thoughts.
Same thing but talk to your friends that you are interested in stuff that is broken down and they will give you call if they spot something interesting. I always check all the scrap bins i come cross, even have couple regular bins and know the owners by just going to rommer trough them and then go inside ask if i can take or buy items i'm interested. Most cases they say i can take them for free, so now i'm regular there. I also need some off end stuff like machining hard metal inserts, so i often go them to buy those, giving some extra as compensation to keep things nice and comfy with them. Also some metal fabrication shops around here, i go there with bit of a excuse of asking something specific and while at it.. rommer through their scrap bins :D Also as final tip... talk to random people and if opportunity arises lead to conversation to scrap and broken stuff. I often get tips where to ask about something i'm looking for from them, like some random guy mentioned his father is kinda hoarder with loads of stuff in his garage and i just took the address, went there "hey sorry to bother you, your son jack? mentioned you have lots of stuff in the garage and i might be interested on some of your stuff that is broken/needing a repair, since fixing and building things is kinda my hobby, so would you happen to have anything fitting the description?" Got couple angle grinders, 3 pressure washers, one old drill, old washing machine gearbox with worm gear and some pipe and flat bar peaces for 10€. Other case was this random guys family making spring cleaning in garage and throwing lots of stuff away, so of course i went to look it all trough. Just talk to people and you never know what kind of treasures that will reveal.
Those vices definitely remind me of the Japanese art of Kintsugi (as was mentioned elsewhere in the comments). The practice of repairing broken pots with gold to accentuate the repair rather than try to hide it. Also Japanese is the practice of Wabi-Sabi. Although there is no direct translation of Wabi-Sabi meaning in English, it is basically embracing the idea that everything is beautiful because of its imperfections, in fact more beautiful because it is imperfect, damaged or repaired. These vices fit into that aesthetic perfectly. Great repair jobs TPAI!
2 or more different metals/alloys in contact will create galvanic pair, which in certain condition (mostly moisture) will increase corrosion drastically, so its a good idea to cover it with paint to protect it
Brazing is a fusion of the materials, rather than them being "touching" and liable to corrode. SO there is virtually no chance of galvanic corrosion in this instance.
@@johncoops6897 I can't refer to specific case in this particular situation, I do not have experience in welding or brazing, but I have experience in chemistry in general, galvanization is one way to protect metal piece (intentionally creating galvanic pair and use one metal as sacrificial anode), which is usually done by electrolysis, not by melting one metal over another, but I believe effect is the same: to metals are "fused" together, but there is a clear separation between two metal's crystal lattices (meaning it is not an alloy, which completely changes the chemistry) touching or fusing (melting) should be the same from electrochemistry standpoint, maybe there is some other factor or effect of brazing, which I am not aware of?
I really enjoy these type of videos. You often see "Reduce, Reuse & Recycle" here in the US. I really think Repair needs to be added ! I love to buy used/broken equipment and repair them, unfortunately I do not have all the skills and knowledge you do, but I am learning from you. This makes these video doubly exciting !
I love your channel and I'm glad to be a patron, but I hope you know that you are always welcome to do non-scrapyard videos like you used to that highlighted your creativity as well
You are awesome! What you do is awesome! How you do, what you do is awesome! Please don't listen to anyone telling you otherwise or saying something bad about your channel.
The old UK tool company "Woden" had a range of cast steel engineers vices for sale in the early to mid 1900's. They're tough as hell, but are easy fix with a welder if you do break one because, unlike cast iron, the localised heating at the site of a weld doesn't fill the material with micro fractures. I used to find a vice at the local scrap metal recyclers, buy it, renovate it, use it for a few months, then find something better at the scrap yard, and the cycle started again. I must have bought, done up, and eventually sold 15 to 20 vices over 3 or 4 years ! The last one I found was a quite battered Woden "186e/8A Steel" Quick Release vice. Being an all steel body meant I just built up weld in the few badly mangled areas, and ground it back to the original shape. It's been a real gem of a tool. Since getting that I haven't found any others I wanted to replace it with. I still buy the occasional tatty vice to do up though. Why wouldn't I? They cost their scrap value by weight, they usually just need stripping, cleaning, de-rusting, painting, and greasing. Then once checked over and cleaned up, there's currently an alarmingly large mass of people on eBay who are willing to bid what I feel to be ridicules money for good quality classic vices ! I'm not working at the minute, so who am I to turn down some reasonably easy pocket money ? :D
My good friend, Gilbert! He worked in Germany for 10 years. He was a Welder/Fabricator. He visits regular, as he’s retired. And in turn, his German friend has came here, to the UK. He was fascinated with all the Chimneys and chimney pots here. Lol. Constantly looking up at the heavens . Ha ha. Also taking photos. Chimneys aren’t really appreciated or noticed , unless on a fabulous Georgian building , where they stand out . But the guy said , It’s very differant to home. He’s right, because some people use them as planters in garden. And upclose are beautiful and made very well. Also their very heavy, which beggars, how they got them up there. I’ve removed chimneys that are more basic type. To get down on ground, we smashed up into pieces. No way could we carry down ladder.
Awesome! I wish we had scrap yards like that here in Sweden, I'm a extreme hoarder of "useful" things, and a scrap yard like that would be heaven on earth.
I really like your content. Enjoy your videos and have learned a few things from you. Like your openings very much when you go out on the "hunt" for new treasures. to me that is as important as the rest of the video. You could start your own museum of vises.
You have some serious skills! cutting that iron like a butter is fun to watch. if anyone sees what you're doing on 11:17 and thinks to themselves "I can do it" they're on to some good surprize. THAT GRINDER IS HEAVY AND STRONG! I tried curring a 3mm sheet with modern lightweight 500 Watt rginder and a small wheel and it kept flying aroud.
retrieve,restore, make do,repair and resuse is what i do and you do the same i havent got the money to buy the latest gear so i get what i can and do the best i can and your videos show what can be done with a bit of knowledge,,, keep the content coming buddy
We converted a garage into a home bar/pub. I removed two huge vice. With the auto release lever. Great find. Also a 3’ brass rule And a old skool contraption that is purposely sunken into work table , and it grips the end of timber ....I think??... when your cutting. Regardless!! The lads didn’t give them a look. And they were put in skip. Myself ..... grabbed them at first sight. I won’t use them for years, no doubt. But their here if I do need them. I’m a classic horder. You can guarantee, chuck anything away, and next day you’ll need it😂.
Greetings from Croatia. Great video, as usual. I really enjoy these kind of videos, and yours is one of the best. Keep up the good work in repairing old tools and stuff and putting the videos on RUclips.
Love the brazing. It is such an underappreciated technique usually because people think its weaker. Well it is, but not by a whole lot. And brazing comes naturally if you have any experience soldering.
I really like your showing of the scrap yard. Many things are "recycled" that could just simply be repaired. Another channel I watch is a precious metal recovery channel mainly from discarded electronics. 999Dusan took a two hour trip to a yard that specializes in military scrap, he found everything from filing cabinets to WW2 Sherman tanks. Thanks
When an angle is cut into a future welding spot, it is called a fillet cut. It increases the surface for the weld to take hold. Many years agol, the company that I worked for had to weld a massive weldment for removing and replacing nuclear reactors in sub marines. It took over two weeks to fill in all on the welded points. Thia unit was so big that it had to be trucked to a furnace big enough to heat it to remove all of the stress out of it. After a week in the heat, it was removed from the furnace to let it cool slowly. It rained that weekend and cracked most of the welded seams. This unit had to be returned to us and all of the welds had to be ground out and welded again. A huge setback.
I love watching you repair vices especially when you have to braze or add new replacement parts. What do you do with all your vices when finished? Sell them? Give to friends and family?
Thanks for the info about system koch! I bought a no-brand vise of this design some time ago and was unable to find any info on it. Mine was painted green, never used despite being decades old.
Getting loads of vices is quite addictive! I've now accumulated about 6 of various sizes including my Grandad's monster Record model with a quick release.
Few years ago I actually cracked the cast gear box housing of an angle grinder using a wire wheel. It was completely cracked through, which I've never seen before or since. I was wearing a heavy leather apron and had a good stance to the work piece so I was fine. It was on a peice that had a lot of holes and slots with edges for the wheels wires to kind of 'hook' on to. Just was too much eccentricity with a cheap wire wheel. A lot of force in 1Hp 115mm grinder when you think about it.
Before the advent of cheap TIG welders brazing was the go to technique, most shops had oxy acetylene ( it is very unpopular with the Fire Service these days). This vice repair may have been uneconomic but you are showing and keeping up your skills. Keith Rucker on Vintage Machinery often brazes parts that are un available and would take hours to reproduce. Really enjoyed this one.
Wow, another great video. I must admit I am quite jealous of your access to old vises. Here in Alaska, or even mainland USA such things are hard to come by. My prized vise is 1930s Parker. Have a wonderful day!
with the cost of a new, lower quality vice, and the quality of your repairs, selling your extra ones shouldn't be a problem. if i didn't already have a dozen or so of my own, i would definitely be interested in acquiring one from you. everyone who works on anything needs a good vice or two.
Great work, as always! And thanks for the clarification on the brazing. I knew it sat somewhere between soldering and welding, but didn't really know what made it different. The dissimilar metals explanation was also extremely helpful, especially for someone like me who doesn't routinely work with this. 👍
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Wirst du ein giveaway machen mit ein paar der Schraubstöcke? Wär cool :-)
Denk mal darüber nach einen E Bay oder Etsy Shop mit den überflüssigen Sachen zu machen, die sich so anhäufen
I got some silver plated trays that are made of brass a the thrift store. They are worn and need replating. I had intended to cut them in strips and hard soldier with them. Anyone tried this cheap source for rods?
Do you give tours of the junk yards you visit? I wanna go to the junk yard with you.
WOW WOW WOW First time I saw someone put on penetrating oil on ALL moving parts and let it soak in !!!!!
You hit the nail on the head. Nothing is built to last these days; indeed; I argue they are built with planned obsolescense in mind. Designed to fail within 2 years; long enough for the consumer to forget a warranty, but short enough to get the buyer back into the dealership again.
I have a 1958 B250 tractor. It was built tough; and is still going strong today. 63 years of hard work and she's still going strong.
Stuff used to be build because no-one had something...
If you would still build stuff like a tank, you wouldn't survive as a company.
I still prefer the old stuff, my lathe is a southbend from 1931, still turning as needed..
My mopeds are from the 70s..
I don't like the new plastic stuff 😂
Keep it maintained and your grand children will use it!!!
@@denniswhite166 first my children have to be old enough to be able to use it...
It will last here 😊
You'll be able to open a Vise museum in the next episode!! good finds as usual, i need to repair mine its getting pretty sad.
Love your videos but yes you need to give that vice some love
You could run a separate channel called Vise asylum.
Vise Lords
@@johnpossum556 Or run a Vise magazine.
Vise words
The new channel could be called'' Vise Versa''...
Vise Advisor
"How many vices do you need?"
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor "Yes"
When people try to give you advice, and you hear "add vice".
"The Post Apocalyptic Vice Service"
I like the fact that you also add german translation to many words, i would really like to hear more! Nice job
Every time I see a "stahlwille" tool, I hear his voice in my head.
Just came home tired from welding and doing electrical work all day...new video! Time to relax. Cheers from Argentina
"using an angle grinder to grind an angle" ....it certainly falls within in it's job description.
I don't mind repeated vice repairs - it warms the heart to see these beautiful tools restored to working condition. Well done!
“A grinder and paint make me the welder I ain’t.”
-AvE
AVE is not my Cup Of Tea, but that was Fun.
The original that I remember went " a little puddy and a little paint makes a carpenter what he ain't."
@@andyZ3500s I used to say "A little bit of putty and a little bit of paint all make a window frame look what it ain't".
Philosophers: Everyone has their vices
The Post Apocalyptic Inventor:
He almost needs a second series, Vice Repair-A-Thon
17:05 braising is the right choice for the job, when welding most cast iron the reason why it gets so brittle is cause the carbon in the cast iron naturally comes out into the weld, which makes it impossible to properly repair it, the joint does hold, but is extremely weak, almost like hardened tool steel when they forget to bring the hardness back down after hardening, for anyone who was interested in the reason why you "Can't" weld cast iron
Great explanation, never knew this
Love the message of long lasting tools that can be repaired and live on, built in obsolescence be damned!
That you have excellent engineering and shop skills is a given. I assume you are an engineer. What amazes me is your flawless command of English. Your vocabulary is vast, your understanding and use of idioms is complete, and your accent is almost nonexistent! One thing that drives me nuts is the quality and utility of the items you find in scrap yards, and the fact that you are allowed into scrap yards. I have not found one that would let people in since the 1950s or 60s. Keep up the good work!
Being Old School myself at 72 years of age I can understand your drive In restoring older tools still useful. I find your videos very entertaining and enjoy them whatever subject you choose.. I even try to repeat there correct German names..lol.. Thank you - Ian--UK.
Today's view around the scrap yard, with those electronics, was tantalizing to me. Definitely thought you were going to say "the first item I will take with me will be this mini split air conditioner"
After getting some wires from a wire wheel stuck thru my t-shirt, now I won't use one without my work apron on.
I do like being able to see the brass repair, proud battle scars. It's a lovely looking vise.
Good stuff. You are carrying on the tradition of thrifty and self sufficient people everywhere, those hardy individuals who see the value of things. This saves money and is a good skill to know in the best of times, and will be like gold in the worst of times. Thanks for sharing!
As a child who grew up on 1970's and 1980's PBS documentaries in Canada, I have long wanted to tell you that you have the best theme music on all of RUclips.
Gee whizzz....it's the Post apocalyptic Vice Repairman.
@@FredPutterman So am i :)
I too am someone who believes in breathing new life into old discarded items. Your channel is facinating and educational. Sometimes I get lost when you talk electronics but that causes me to learn all the more. Thank you sir.
Really enjoy your tool repair videos. The repair work on the second vise was thorough and well done. Very good craftsmanship. Thank you for saving these good old vices. They now have many more years of useful life. Thanks.
Your videos are a dose of sanity in this crazy world. Many thanks for doing a fantastic job.
It's always a pleasure to see old, damaged tools and equipment brought back to a useful condition. I particularly like that you use previously restored tools in restoring the latest batch of 'junk'!
The amount of effort you put into your restorations shows that you are true to your word and are not just doing this for show. Great content as always and a pleasure to watch! Keep up the excellent work, dude! 🤘
You are a true craftsman, sir. I'm so glad you didn't paint over the brazing. It's a work of art! I can see your beautifully repaired vices being treasured for years to come. Well done 👏
It makes unreasonably happy when you use tools you have previously repaired. Thanks for another great video.
the brass cross/plus sign was a great touch, makes it look artsy and special.
I absolutely love watching your videos. I myself like to try to also repair all the old tools that I find. Because of your projects and videos I have taken to going to the scrap metal yard to find stuff.
As always a pleasure to watch you save good tools .
The bare brass reminds me of the Japanese practice of repairing ceramics with gold.
Why is this so entertaining? I think it’s the recycling, and anti-wasteful thing about it. Also fun so see old tools and machines, that are just about to get crushed and melted down, get a second chance and a new life:).
Keep it up!
I wish we also have scrapyards that has old useful things like that...
the scrapyards around here will permanently ban you if they catch you even picking a door hinge off the ground, every time i go there I keep asking them when well they do a buy scrap back day, not looking like its about to happen anytime soon.
@@patprop74 if i stay to look at stuff to long they start to follow me until i leave.. i dont get it its only scrap and im more then willing to pay for it... when i was a child i was really into computers everytime i was at the scrapyard to get rid of stuff beyond saving i would get more stuff home then i left there. i would not have afforded that interest if i did not do that... oh i miss the shipping containers with no camaras..
@@patprop74 sadly it happens,
I have one yard that I don't get any hassle. The owner recognized me because I was a pallbearer for his cousin. Sad, but the man let's me pick and dig around.
The other yard I go to trys to give everyone a hassle. I make a mental list of what I would like to find and I go with a friend who is selling a load of scrap. We pull in and start slowly off loading his scrap. Anything I see that I want, i put on the trailer or in the toolbox of the truck. That yard weighs you in and out. You're paid for the amount you weigh less leaving so anything I grab is paid for. One time a guy asked me about something on the trailer leaving and I just told him that it wasn't supposed to be scrap and that someone must have put it on the trailer by mistake.
If you don't know anyone who sells scrap to the yards, go by one and wave down a pickup truck with two or three guys in it. The pickup without a trailer and two or three guys is generally going to be a few wine-os. It's a couple of alcoholics that gather up enough junk to buy a bottle of booze.
Tell them what you want to do and offer to pay them. They'll jump at the deal. They get some junk and let you ride with them. While inside and off loading, do what plundering you can. Since they're getting extra drinking money, they will call you often and offer to take you in. You can even make them a list and they'll do your shopping for you! Hopefully some of this will help.
Yall Take Care and be safe, John
@@patprop74 The only scrapyard around me will not allow you to buy stuff either. Kinda stupid IMO, especially when stuff could be repaired & reused... =(
I was at the scrapyard today and i found a 50 year old voltmeter and an osiloscope
Where was the scrapyard if I may ask.
Nice find, hope it works after restoration.
@@ethanfitton6336 i added a new cord to the voltmeter and tommorow i will test it
@@Varga_Zeteny1 ok, good. Hope doesn't blow up.
@@ethanfitton6336 me too
OMG! I WISH YOU WOULD GO CRAZY AND HAVE A MARATHON VIDEO OF REPAIRING OR DESIGNING PROJECTS!!! Some electronic projects projects would be great fun to watch and learn. I'm 60 years old dude and I learn more from you than I did in college. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK. I know these videos take loads of time to produce. So you get and HUGE THUMBS up for all the effort you put into them. More scrapyard finds would be fun to watch too. Just wandering around with the cam in your hand would be interesting too! Five stars my friend for a job so well done! *****
having watched number of these repair-a-thons I was initially skeptical of how interesting repairing old vices would be and is it really worth the effort to do so, but seeing the various processes involved makes this quite unique and interesting content. thanks TPAI.
👍 Danke fürs Hochladen!
👍 Thanks for uploading!
👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you!
I love how you didn't paint over the brazed part of the vice. It's like the vice has scars,history and personality. It's awesome!
Yet another vice repair video..... HUZZAH! I really appreciate the quality of your videos, and I love when you give us the German names and terms for everything. It's always a good day when you upload a video.
It's official I'm clearly and unequivocally a vice collector from now on. I use vices quite regularly in jewelry work and other artistic endeavors in metal. Watching your repair work is very satisfying. Thank you for sharing expertise and your general thoughts.
I can't believe people throw away these amazing beautiful vices. Made better than 99% of the tools today. Thank you for saving them!
I love this Channel. I must admit I am a little jealous of the junk yards you get to pick over - LOL. There isn't any lik them around where I live.
Same thing but talk to your friends that you are interested in stuff that is broken down and they will give you call if they spot something interesting. I always check all the scrap bins i come cross, even have couple regular bins and know the owners by just going to rommer trough them and then go inside ask if i can take or buy items i'm interested. Most cases they say i can take them for free, so now i'm regular there. I also need some off end stuff like machining hard metal inserts, so i often go them to buy those, giving some extra as compensation to keep things nice and comfy with them. Also some metal fabrication shops around here, i go there with bit of a excuse of asking something specific and while at it.. rommer through their scrap bins :D Also as final tip... talk to random people and if opportunity arises lead to conversation to scrap and broken stuff. I often get tips where to ask about something i'm looking for from them, like some random guy mentioned his father is kinda hoarder with loads of stuff in his garage and i just took the address, went there "hey sorry to bother you, your son jack? mentioned you have lots of stuff in the garage and i might be interested on some of your stuff that is broken/needing a repair, since fixing and building things is kinda my hobby, so would you happen to have anything fitting the description?" Got couple angle grinders, 3 pressure washers, one old drill, old washing machine gearbox with worm gear and some pipe and flat bar peaces for 10€. Other case was this random guys family making spring cleaning in garage and throwing lots of stuff away, so of course i went to look it all trough. Just talk to people and you never know what kind of treasures that will reveal.
Angle = "Chamfer".
Your content is just lovely....thank you!
Any 'retaining piece' = Garter
Really do enjoy your smart videos. Especially the junkyard reconditioning you do. I know it takes time to do these videos. Thank you
Those vices definitely remind me of the Japanese art of Kintsugi (as was mentioned elsewhere in the comments). The practice of repairing broken pots with gold to accentuate the repair rather than try to hide it. Also Japanese is the practice of Wabi-Sabi. Although there is no direct translation of Wabi-Sabi meaning in English, it is basically embracing the idea that everything is beautiful because of its imperfections, in fact more beautiful because it is imperfect, damaged or repaired. These vices fit into that aesthetic perfectly. Great repair jobs TPAI!
Lovely you are saving and restoring older thrown away things. Hope your channel grows and inspires others to do the same.
2 or more different metals/alloys in contact will create galvanic pair, which in certain condition (mostly moisture) will increase corrosion drastically, so its a good idea to cover it with paint to protect it
Brazing is a fusion of the materials, rather than them being "touching" and liable to corrode. SO there is virtually no chance of galvanic corrosion in this instance.
@@johncoops6897 I can't refer to specific case in this particular situation, I do not have experience in welding or brazing, but I have experience in chemistry in general, galvanization is one way to protect metal piece (intentionally creating galvanic pair and use one metal as sacrificial anode), which is usually done by electrolysis, not by melting one metal over another, but I believe effect is the same: to metals are "fused" together, but there is a clear separation between two metal's crystal lattices (meaning it is not an alloy, which completely changes the chemistry) touching or fusing (melting) should be the same from electrochemistry standpoint, maybe there is some other factor or effect of brazing, which I am not aware of?
I really enjoy these type of videos. You often see "Reduce, Reuse & Recycle" here in the US. I really think Repair needs to be added ! I love to buy used/broken equipment and repair them, unfortunately I do not have all the skills and knowledge you do, but I am learning from you. This makes these video doubly exciting !
I love your channel and I'm glad to be a patron, but I hope you know that you are always welcome to do non-scrapyard videos like you used to that highlighted your creativity as well
You are awesome! What you do is awesome! How you do, what you do is awesome! Please don't listen to anyone telling you otherwise or saying something bad about your channel.
The old UK tool company "Woden" had a range of cast steel engineers vices for sale in the early to mid 1900's.
They're tough as hell, but are easy fix with a welder if you do break one because, unlike cast iron, the localised heating at the site of a weld doesn't fill the material with micro fractures.
I used to find a vice at the local scrap metal recyclers, buy it, renovate it, use it for a few months, then find something better at the scrap yard, and the cycle started again. I must have bought, done up, and eventually sold 15 to 20 vices over 3 or 4 years ! The last one I found was a quite battered Woden "186e/8A Steel" Quick Release vice. Being an all steel body meant I just built up weld in the few badly mangled areas, and ground it back to the original shape. It's been a real gem of a tool. Since getting that I haven't found any others I wanted to replace it with.
I still buy the occasional tatty vice to do up though. Why wouldn't I? They cost their scrap value by weight, they usually just need stripping, cleaning, de-rusting, painting, and greasing. Then once checked over and cleaned up, there's currently an alarmingly large mass of people on eBay who are willing to bid what I feel to be ridicules money for good quality classic vices !
I'm not working at the minute, so who am I to turn down some reasonably easy pocket money ? :D
My good friend, Gilbert!
He worked in Germany for 10 years. He was a Welder/Fabricator.
He visits regular, as he’s retired.
And in turn, his German friend has came here, to the UK.
He was fascinated with all the Chimneys and chimney pots here. Lol.
Constantly looking up at the heavens . Ha ha.
Also taking photos.
Chimneys aren’t really appreciated or noticed , unless on a fabulous Georgian building , where they stand out .
But the guy said , It’s very differant to home.
He’s right, because some people use them as planters in garden. And upclose are beautiful and made very well.
Also their very heavy, which beggars, how they got them up there.
I’ve removed chimneys that are more basic type. To get down on ground, we smashed up into pieces. No way could we carry down ladder.
These vice repair videos are great, I like the way you leave those repairs visible, nice work.
Awesome! I wish we had scrap yards like that here in Sweden, I'm a extreme hoarder of "useful" things, and a scrap yard like that would be heaven on earth.
Thank you so much for all your work. Saving these grand old tools is a worth mark upon the world.
Thanks for what you do! You are one of the most educational channels on RUclips!
I really like your content. Enjoy your videos and have learned a few things from you. Like your openings very much when you go out on the "hunt" for new treasures. to me that is as important as the rest of the video. You could start your own museum of vises.
Impressive young man, very knowledgeable , very talented,great speaker and has wisdom beyond his years.
You have some serious skills! cutting that iron like a butter is fun to watch.
if anyone sees what you're doing on 11:17 and thinks to themselves "I can do it" they're on to some good surprize.
THAT GRINDER IS HEAVY AND STRONG!
I tried curring a 3mm sheet with modern lightweight 500 Watt rginder and a small wheel and it kept flying aroud.
Much Respect sir on your love of tools and the knowledge to repair them the proper way.
Is it me or do other people think that those brazen repair look absolutely beautiful, essentially Kintsugi for industrial devices, love it!
retrieve,restore, make do,repair and resuse is what i do and you do the same i havent got the money to buy the latest gear so i get what i can and do the best i can and your videos show what can be done with a bit of knowledge,,, keep the content coming buddy
We converted a garage into a home bar/pub.
I removed two huge vice. With the auto release lever.
Great find.
Also a 3’ brass rule
And a old skool contraption that is purposely sunken into work table , and it grips the end of timber ....I think??... when your cutting.
Regardless!! The lads didn’t give them a look. And they were put in skip.
Myself ..... grabbed them at first sight.
I won’t use them for years, no doubt. But their here if I do need them.
I’m a classic horder.
You can guarantee, chuck anything away, and next day you’ll need it😂.
Love the kintsugi approach to vise repair!!
Another enjoyable journey as you practice your craft!
That's awesome! I rescue iron cookware, knives, vices,etc- whatever is still usable after a restoration!
Greetings from Croatia. Great video, as usual. I really enjoy these kind of videos, and yours is one of the best. Keep up the good work in repairing old tools and stuff and putting the videos on RUclips.
Great video 👍 The main reason for being out of date is software updates not mechanical.
Love the brazing. It is such an underappreciated technique usually because people think its weaker. Well it is, but not by a whole lot. And brazing comes naturally if you have any experience soldering.
Full steam ahead on more projects! Thanks for sharing!
I really like your showing of the scrap yard. Many things are "recycled" that could just simply be repaired.
Another channel I watch is a precious metal recovery channel mainly from discarded electronics.
999Dusan took a two hour trip to a yard that specializes in military scrap, he found everything from filing cabinets to WW2 Sherman tanks.
Thanks
When an angle is cut into a future welding spot, it is called a fillet cut. It increases the surface for the weld to take hold. Many years agol, the company that I worked for had to weld a massive weldment for removing and replacing nuclear reactors in sub marines. It took over two weeks to fill in all on the welded points. Thia unit was so big that it had to be trucked to a furnace big enough to heat it to remove all of the stress out of it. After a week in the heat, it was removed from the furnace to let it cool slowly. It rained that weekend and cracked most of the welded seams. This unit had to be returned to us and all of the welds had to be ground out and welded again. A huge setback.
Some beefy vices. Can't have too many. Can give as gifts. Thanks for the video.
Fantastic workmanship. Thank you for sharing.
Excellent advice! Great finds, thanks again!
You rock mate, your videos are therapeutical. Thanks for this fantastic content!
I really like the Kintsugi repair style on these tools. Highlighting the flaws with brass actually makes them better in my opinion
What u find in the scrap yard is awesome ! I do it all the time .
Lots of work. Worth it.
I think the brass repairs to the vices make them more appealing like those teacups repaired with gold.
Very cool. Keeping this stuff out of the ground is great. Thanks for a great video.
I always enjoy watching a man using his skills to bring old well made tools back to life and put them to good use
Your videos are always entertaining and educational. I truly enjoy these repairathons.
es ist so faszinierend was du machst..
I love watching you repair vices especially when you have to braze or add new replacement parts. What do you do with all your vices when finished? Sell them? Give to friends and family?
Love all of your videos. Here you can no longer wander around the junkyard. Their liability insurance won't let you.
A leather apron is very nice when using the wire wheel.
It keeps the fly away bristles from working their way through your clothes.
Please don't apologize for giving us awesome content.
I love seeing all the different types of repairs you do!
Thanks for the info about system koch! I bought a no-brand vise of this design some time ago and was unable to find any info on it. Mine was painted green, never used despite being decades old.
Love how you brought that old vise back to life, and left the scars to tell the tale.
Great job on your brazing..... from Missouri in the USA
Getting loads of vices is quite addictive! I've now accumulated about 6 of various sizes including my Grandad's monster Record model with a quick release.
Few years ago I actually cracked the cast gear box housing of an angle grinder using a wire wheel. It was completely cracked through, which I've never seen before or since. I was wearing a heavy leather apron and had a good stance to the work piece so I was fine.
It was on a peice that had a lot of holes and slots with edges for the wheels wires to kind of 'hook' on to. Just was too much eccentricity with a cheap wire wheel. A lot of force in 1Hp 115mm grinder when you think about it.
Before the advent of cheap TIG welders brazing was the go to technique, most shops had oxy acetylene ( it is very unpopular with the Fire Service these days). This vice repair may have been uneconomic but you are showing and keeping up your skills. Keith Rucker on Vintage Machinery often brazes parts that are un available and would take hours to reproduce. Really enjoyed this one.
You are rapidly catching up to Mr Pete as a man of many vices, :) Nice work.
Wow, another great video. I must admit I am quite jealous of your access to old vises. Here in Alaska, or even mainland USA such things are hard to come by. My prized vise is 1930s Parker. Have a wonderful day!
with the cost of a new, lower quality vice, and the quality of your repairs, selling your extra ones shouldn't be a problem. if i didn't already have a dozen or so of my own, i would definitely be interested in acquiring one from you. everyone who works on anything needs a good vice or two.
Excellent repair to tools still worthy to be in the work shop.
Great work, as always! And thanks for the clarification on the brazing. I knew it sat somewhere between soldering and welding, but didn't really know what made it different. The dissimilar metals explanation was also extremely helpful, especially for someone like me who doesn't routinely work with this. 👍
Great seeing you not only repair stuff - but USE IT - especially using it to repair OTHER stuff! I HATE how everything nowadays is all throw-away....
Nice repair P.A.I. Those are great vises and the big ones are expensive. Love the videos, full steam ahead!