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3:01 oh god you found the arm breaker! There is a higher chance that that drill will break your wrist/arm than to kill you by electricity ! Those drills are so powerfull that they can swing a grown man.If i havent seen it i wouldnt beleave it .In a shipyard a 2 men were drilling a ships deck made of stainless steel sheet metal ,it was 10mm thick but the drill was 30mm.Now they did drill the pilot hole and they did go 25mm then 30.But something happened and drill got jammed and drill knocked guy that was holding it on the floor.Nothing bad happend to him ,nothing was broken except the pride ,but after that they used 2m long pipe to hold it. The reason why they convinently put 3/4 NPT water pipe is so ,you can go to a hardware store and buy any length you want.Whatever you do BE CAREFULL with drills like those. Also building a drill stand ,simple out of U channel or square tubing would be a great idea,those things have more power than any cheapo drill press.Wish i had one of those...
FWIW, if you want to use LED for task lights, it *REALLY* pays off to spend a little more and get high CRI LEDs for light that is close to sunlight in quality. I used the ones that are in the DIY Perks lighting tutorial videos and will never buy any other strips again!
If you get a piece of polarizing film out of a dead LCD screen and put part of it on the magnifier and part over the LEDs--turning one 90 degrees--you won't have to worry about glare anymore. (I used this idea with my camera lens and flash to take straight-on pictures of an aquarium. There was *plenty* of light, but no reflection off of the glass.)
The company who made the thread cutter send manual free of charge and are very nice. You try to replace the battery in an iPhone apple basically think your evil.
And that is exactly why there are alternatives like the Fairphone. Even no tools required to swap the battery (for model 2. for model 3 don't know actually, but guess it wont be very hard)
You have great wisdom for such a young man. Your comment that the most valuable thing you can do is to learn a new skill is spot on and yet so overlooked today. I am a mechanical engineer and have spent the last 42 years designing machine tools, primarily for the automotive and aerospace industries. My design philosophy has always been to keep things as simple and robust as possible, and I appreciate seeing that in many of the tools you refurbish. That seems to be a common design criteria in German designs. I was fortunate enough to work many years with with a mechanical engineer who grew up in Germany during WWII. Klaus came to the U.S. in the early 50's and was the most brilliant engineer I have ever met. I learned more from him then I ever did in my formal education. Today I see so many people, particularly young people who have no concept of how things work and sadly, no desire to learn. Keep up the great work.
That drill looks like it would be a handful, I was worried when you were drilling the metal that you were going to get your teeth re-aligned by the handle if it got caught on the workpiece. Great video as always!
At work we have a large drill similar to this. High torque, no clutch. I can't tell you how many times it has taken me for a ride, or twisted my wrists. The main issue is if it catches your first response is to tighten your hold (gripping the trigger tighter). You have to be strategic with your hand placement and wrist position, much like riding a dirt bike up a steep hill. With great power comes great responsibility :)
@@emeltea33 My father had one like that and I can remember him drilling holes in a concrete slab and yelling for help because the bit had jammed and he was running in circles with the drill, thankfully we got to the power outlet before he was badly injured.
I had a drill with high torque like that almost rip my thumb off. It took about 6 months for my thumb to get back to normal. Everybody I know who uses them regularly has a similar story. I'm VERY cautious around hand held drills now.
Lost count how many times one particular drill got away from me. It either pulled the plug out of the wall socket or literally ripped it's own power cord out. Only use stuff with a clutch these days.
@@philippsaure7545 - not sure if those magnets would be strong enough. I'd imagine some neodymium magnets arranged in some sort of lever arrangement inside a fabricated base would work?
i know he just used what he had already, but there are those same strips that come with the tri color, so u can change it to any color. it helps if u want to use a different color for different applications. i find his color there to be too yellow, or the color temp too low.
We have a Bosch twin handle drill at work like the one you repaired. I've had a few fights with it ;-) I call it the wrist breaker! Not too long ago I was enlarging a hole to 19mm and the drill bit snagged, before I could let go of the trigger, the drill bit bent! I had to buy a replacement one from eBay and never told anyone LOL
@Ultimate Handyman: So you're admitting you're not such the ultimate handyman after all, hunh? 🤣 It reminds me of the first drill I bought. It was a 1/2hp Craftsman with two handles like that and a third D handle in back. Max speed was only 600rpm because it was meant for steal and concrete. I put it on lay-away and bought it with my paper route money. 35+ years later I still have it but the variable speed switch has cracked through.
Those big drills, I used to have a few older ones like that. I mainly used them for mixing paint, concrete, thinset, plaster or anything heavy like that. They work very well for that type of stuff.
Hallo from Connecticut! Bridgeport is a post-industrial city in a rough spot since most manufacturers left, sometimes it already feel post-apocalyptic there. Very funny to see a Bridgeport part with Ein/Aus written on it!
My heart is warmed watching your videos and realizing there are people with good head on their shoulders and good hands growing out of their shoulders (vs out of their ass) and also having a very healthy attitude towards machinery, its quality and longevity. I feel a special kinship towards you as I am of the very same mind. Thank you for the videos!
Greeting TPAI! Not in Bridgeport, Connecticut but in a town some miles to the north west. I used to work in Germany in the 90's. Was in Berlin in 2019 couple months before covid and had a great time, as usual!
I'm from Bridgeport CT originally and live in New Haven CT now, about 20 miles east. I appreciate your shout out and I look forward to your videos, especially these repair and refurbish type. I agree with you about the fact that we don't appreciate our past and are addicted to our new disposable society. Keep up the good work! Cheers, Pete.
I lived in Bridgeport for a few years. They used to call it BridgePuertoRico it wasn’t until like was older that I learned that was meant as a slur. I always thought it was because of all the awesome Puertorriqueños culture there.
Just as a safety reminder the left thread nut must be on the left side so your rotor is probably flipped arround. This way the wheel can loosen itself.
Love your videos, I had an old Bosch hand drill die (after I dropped it) instead of going out & buying a new one, I opened it up & repaired it with help of an online schematic! It now works fine. I just wanted to thank you, I never would have attempted but that because of your videos, it gave me the confidence to try. Ich danke dich darube echte :-)
When a company takes good care of those who have their equipment, as in this case they send you manuals and respond to you, you have to buy them or advertise them, there are companies that give pleasure and others that better erase them from the planet and never recommend them
I totally agree. One example: COTO relays’ applications support is in Germany and they were excellent, even though I didn’t even buy anything from them - just asked about surplus parts I got. If you need reed relays, I highly recommend them. It’s also one of the few companies that stayed private in the US and continue doing a great job and are all hardcore engineers.
@@absurdengineering My example in computer related, for Years.. GENIUS answer very good, Noctua from Austria incredible quality, expensive but the best and they give you gift adaptors if you have a product, some are craps when you need something.. like EVGA with warranty, if you buy most expensive Powersupply from EVGA has 10 years warranty.. but in Latin America they reduced to 3 years... why? they pay more than other countrys and lost 7 years of warranty... in power tools BOSCH removes security Switch in angle grinder in Latin America .. why? is a matter of life and death and again we pay more price products..
@@nopochoclos Speaking of computer hardware, you reminded me of my positive experience with Cherry GmbH. I carelessly damaged some of the key-caps on my Cherry Stream keyboard (which is an excellent keyboard for office/productivity use). I emailed them to ask whether they sold replacements, and I made it clear that the damage was my fault. The next thing I knew, they had removed the relevant key-caps from a donor keyboard they had lying around their office and posted them to me free of charge in a neatly hand-addressed envelope. Really impressive.
Your videos inspired me to bring one of my broken tools back to life! I was taking apart an old printer, when my little 12V drill seized up! I had just purchased some 18V drills, so I set the 12V drill aside to deal with later. Today, I was cleaning my shop and decided to dismantle the broken drill. When I opened up the motor, I found a tiny, broken retaining clip (from the printer) stuck between the rotor and the stater. I cleaned everything out with a toothbrush and reassembled the drill, and it works again!
Hubbell in Stratford is HUGE in electric switches and stuff. They used to have a campus off the Merritt with their name and global logo. I think it is a college now. Eaton is another really big name in control circuits that hailed from Connecticut.
I like what you do, I get a lot of my tools out of the scrap metal dumpster, I have a 6" and 8" bench grinders, many hand tools that were rusted and or stuck. I have a Lincoln 150 amp Weld-N- Power gas powered welder that took about four hours to get going, I love it, it is also a 4000 watt AC generator so I use it to power my house when the power goes out. Several snowblowers, many lawn mowers. All brought bask to life with a bit of effort. I applaud you.
thank you from a fan in Texas.I really enjoy your channel and I like the small but important history lessons of the industrial development of our world. Much respect!
these repair-a-thons are my favorite video series on youtube by far. most of the large power tools i use in my shop i got because someone else first threw them away. either they were given to me for free, i was paid to haul them away during a clean up job, or i bought them cheap at an auction and repaired or modified them myself to suit my needs. i have also designed and fabricated many pieces of equipment myself such as a hydraulic press, a manual tire changer, a sandblasting cabinet, a small paint booth, a hydraulic lift table for repairing motorcycles/atv's/riding mowers, an engine hoist and stand, a lift boom for my tractor, and a coal fired blacksmithing forge. all were made from salvaged materials and/or scrap steel. i'm self-employed, and i earn a living fixing, building or destroying whatever someone will pay me to fix, build or destroy, and have done so for over 26 years. when i was young, my grandfather told me to learn all i could, about everything there was, and i would never be without work. best advice i ever got.
I learn something every time I view your channel. So in return, I share with you. I work in an Emergency room, for many years. Those blades you used to remove the sealer. Don’t cut towards yourself. They will go right thru your hand and to the bone. I have seen this so many times. Thank you for sharing what you know.
Not sure what it is... the voice over, or the video style, or the good tools. But I keep rewatching these episodes over and over again. I greatly enjoy your work.
Great job as usual. I love the scrapyard shows. You find such amazingly good stuff! The magnifying light was a real gem! For the old bench grinder, I would have left the guard off the side that was missing and installed a wire wheel instead of another grinding wheel. A bench mounted wire wheel is very useful.
I'm gonna be hitting my local yards soon thanks to you! Finally found one that lets rando's wander around looking for odd things. 09:24 "... easier if I had fastened it to the workbench." It's so good to know I'm not the only dumbass who does dumb shit like that.
I love your opening philisophical musings. Its unlikely that the bulk of the "throw away society" will ever even watch these videos, but you'll probably convert some of the people who are curious but are afraid they don't have the skills. Keep up the good work, very entertaining and well paced.
There must be scrapyards such as this somewhere around the NYC area, or in the outlying boroughs or counties of New York. Anyone from New York, Nassau County know of any?
I have same urge too! Just that I think either lawyers/insurance prevent us from doing this (thanks to those idiots that got hurt 'picking' and sued) in the US. I do know of some places for auto parts, but lately, they want to know what you want and will 'pick' the part for you. Even antique shops have gotten in on 'picking' parts from scrappers and now sell them at premium although they aren't always worth it. Sometimes, its just luck for me.
Pretty much none of the yards in the UK will let customers walk around these days, health & safety. When I was a kid in the 80s my dad was a mobile car mechanic, he use to take me to the junk yards so I could get into the tight spaces he couldn’t reach! 😂 Can’t imagine that happening these days.
Thanks for taking the time to make this and to considerately place the advertisements. It really enhanced the video. Weird that so many other people just stick them in just any old where or don’t think about where they show up - it can really break up the flow of an otherwise nicely produced video. Greetings from Norfolk, UK
Not from Bridgeport, CT, but I am from New Britain, CT, hometown of Stanley Tools! Love the videos. I’d credit this channel as well as the “My Mechanics” channel for getting me excited and interested in tool and machine restoration. Can’t wait for the next video!
Be careful with those big drills! My dad used to use one to bore big holes out of big oak beams in old buildings for restoration work, he said that one time the drill caught in the hole and the second handle came round and knocked him out cold!
Welcome from Bridgeport! (Very close by, actually) Bridgeport is probably best known for the Bridgeport milling machines and the Moore jig-bore series of precision machining centers. The city was also the hub of firearm and ammunition manufacturing in the 20th century. Majority of the rounds fired or dropped in WWII came from this place.
Back in the mid 1970's I was on a scaffold platform with another worker putting up an overhead crane using a "Gut Buster" drill like that one. As it was a long way down to release the castors in order to move the scaffold tower to the next position we got someone on the ground to move it for us while we stayed on top, on this occasion they forgot to put the brakes back on and the 1 inch drill bit (25mm) bound in the hole, before I could let go of the trigger switch the whole platform started to turn along with the two of us hanging onto the gut buster. These days a mag drill/rota broch would be used for such work but back then the company I was working for did not have one. The puls width light dimmer can be made with far fewer components using a 555 timer chip.
Well, if your buddy ever needs to drill holes through an I-beam, he knows where to look:) That drill looks like a real beast - maybe it's time to build a mag-drill.
I was born in Bridgeport ct and almost dropped when I heard you mention it. We called it Bridgepit lololol. It use to be a nice port city but in recent years, I've heard it run down.
The Fein drill reminded me of an old vintage Bosch GD25 I rescued recently, no clutch, no soft start, but bags of torque and easily rips itself out of your hands if you're not careful. The first replacement power cable I put on was trashed on its first big job, I've since added another handle on the top where it would've had one originally and treat it with a bit more respect!
Vielen dank! I have had enough of working for tech companies and I am trying to get assigned to one of the front-line refugee stations to work helping people. I have converted a van into a living area/workshop and I hope to be putting the skills you are teaching to good use!
I noticed several old cast iron radiators. I had a DYI-crazy friend who built a huge hot tube in his house. He put six of those old radiators outdoors, connected to the water supply. Underneath them he installed gas burners (natural gas was cheap back then here in Texas). The water flowing through the radiators got heated and he could regulate the temperature by adding or removing more gas to individual radiator burners. It was a pain to get set up, especially considering the huge amount of water it took to fill his indoor 'pool'. I think you could make a great solar water heater, with no need for electric solar panels. Just set a bunch of old radiators out where they can usually absorb sunlight. Once the kit got warm, you would open a pump or a gravity flow. You could start with them empty or already full of water. It would be best to allow the flow to go downhill to be able to empty the radiators when needed. Adding rock or gravel fill close around the radiators might increase their energy retention - or help them retain the night's cold.. Anyway, thanks for the always great videos. You should make an opening page with your neat quote about developing new skills rather than hoarding expensive hardware.
Wow, you know a tool is heavy duty when its attachment is Morse Taper 2. Had no idea they made handheld drills with MT2. Ooh man, you overheated the edge of that chisel right at the end...
At 2:20, the grime on this machine is chocolate mixed with machine oil. It was probably used in a biscuit or chocolate factory. I used to repair these machines at a chocolat factory (Neuhaus) as a student during the holiday.
Do make a video of different applications of the TL494! As a software person, it is always interesting to see how software can be replaced with hardware.
I remember those type of switches from UK desk lamps from the 70s. The 'on' press button makes the 'starter circuit' momentarily when you press it... so no quick 'jab' at the switch, it was press, hold till the ends glow, then release. Quite a neat design for the time to eliminate the 'glow starter'
The sound of that grinder sounds like a million bucks. Sounds powerful and smooth. Makes those $75 box store grinders sound like.... ...like they are made in China. Love your content and reasons for doing these videos. GRRREAT stuff. (Spoken in Tony Tiger)
In Albany, Oregon we have Burcham's Metals. Great yard to walk around looking for stuff. From farm stuff to high tech, and everything in-between. They sell a lot by the pound.
+GF+ has a presence in the USA as well, i was once certified for use of their IR high purity plastic pipe welding equipment. Excellent product, training and support. I am not only jealous of the threading tool but also that cool magnifier. The dimmer is very nice but I, personally, would prefer the daylight spectrum fluorescent light over that poor yellow LED spectrum.
What gets thrown away . Heard a true story of a chap walking by a skip with a lovely Harrison lathe sitting along side it. It turned out that the technical college didnt want it and the council hadnt worked out the risk assessment procedure of how to get it in the skip !!. If the chap removed it from the site that day, he could have the lathe for free. He managed to remove it too 😁. You are a man after my own heart , good on you !.
Absolut geiler Gewindeschneider :-D Faustregel > pro 2 Umdrehungen >1/2 Umdrehungen Zurück zum Spänebrechen. Bei Innengewinden bricht einem OHNE auch mal gerne das Werkzeug dabei ab... . Öl sollte immer verwendet werden! Es lohnt sich den ganzen Vorgang mal nachzulesen ... . Prima Kanal Mann! Ich liebe die Schrottplatztouren,- Habe das früher viel gemacht für Werkzeug usw...
One of your best videos yet. Excellent job repairing those tools. To buy these tools new would be very costly. I like the way you repaired the drill and magnifying glass, and made them better. The threader is a treasure. Only needed to be cleaned up. These high quality tools will be useful for years to come. People who throw these things away are foolish. Your tool repair videos are my favorites. What did you decide about the Mercedes? How is the repaired trailer working out? Did your girlfriend sell her house.? REGARDS
I’m from the southern part of the state of Rhode Island about 90 miles(140 km) away from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Hello from the US! Love the content. Mike D.
I love watching your videos. Its like there is so much at scrap yards that can be fixed with just a little fix here or there and its up and running or even be used from something completely different. Just like that rebar its like why do they junk it when its so darn expensive to buy it brand new. I had an Amish naighbor that had and old rear tin tiller he took the motor off to use for a round his home. He gave me the old tiller. I bought a new motor bell housing and I have used it every year so fare for my garden. Brand new the tiller is worth 5 grand and all I spend on getting it up and running like new was like less than 300 bucks.
A trick with those 12V LED strips is that you can put them in series if you've got a 24V power supply. The positive of the first strip connects to the +24V supply, the negative of that strip then connects to the positive of the second strip, and the negative of the second strip connects to the ground/0V of the supply. Both strips do need to be the same size though, so there's not too much current going through one strip.
My dad uses rebar for his farm, tomatos like to creep up on the rebar so it's pretty good to make structures for the plants to grow on when making the farm, though at the end of the year when the season is almost over it's a paint to dismantle it back again. They're pretty cheap and last much longer than wood sticks though
One thing I appreciate about these videos, is that unlike AvE, there's no yells about "Focus you F**K!" because he knows how to manually focus on a close up object :)
Hallo and wie geht's from Hartford, Connecticut, USA!!! While not Bridgeport per se, I'm only 30 minutes away by car so, hey, that's close enough for me! Love your channel and the scrap-a-thons!!
you already have a foundry, you can melt raw material from the scrap yard and reuse them. Aluminium for example, very easy to melt and cast into mold shapes that you need for your projects
A neat option for a grinder that has parts missing on one side, is to fit a tapered spindle adapter ("pigtail") over the existing spindle, and fit polishing mops for metal.
I picked up a two handed drill from my neighbors trash bin, replaced the cord and it worked great. Very heavy, powerful, but slow. Maybe ill replace the grease and see if that helps. Thanks boss!
For that handle with the variable speed control for the drill a rubber hand grip would insulate your hand from the metal also using a thin plastic liner on the inside of the pipe would help as well which could be made from a soda bottle or similar bottle of the same thickness and attach to the inside of the pipe with adhesive as well as filling the pipe with the adhesive to keep everything from vibrating and shorting out
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Please put the names of the repaired goods into the description so other people trying to repair them can find your video and fix similar problems on those machines! :)
3:01 oh god you found the arm breaker! There is a higher chance that that drill will break your wrist/arm than to kill you by electricity ! Those drills are so powerfull that they can swing a grown man.If i havent seen it i wouldnt beleave it .In a shipyard a 2 men were drilling a ships deck made of stainless steel sheet metal ,it was 10mm thick but the drill was 30mm.Now they did drill the pilot hole and they did go 25mm then 30.But something happened and drill got jammed and drill knocked guy that was holding it on the floor.Nothing bad happend to him ,nothing was broken except the pride ,but after that they used 2m long pipe to hold it.
The reason why they convinently put 3/4 NPT water pipe is so ,you can go to a hardware store and buy any length you want.Whatever you do BE CAREFULL with drills like those.
Also building a drill stand ,simple out of U channel or square tubing would be a great idea,those things have more power than any cheapo drill press.Wish i had one of those...
Thanks so much for these videos. I love seeing the old tools brought back to life and it is very inspiring.
FWIW, if you want to use LED for task lights, it *REALLY* pays off to spend a little more and get high CRI LEDs for light that is close to sunlight in quality. I used the ones that are in the DIY Perks lighting tutorial videos and will never buy any other strips again!
If you get a piece of polarizing film out of a dead LCD screen and put part of it on the magnifier and part over the LEDs--turning one 90 degrees--you won't have to worry about glare anymore. (I used this idea with my camera lens and flash to take straight-on pictures of an aquarium. There was *plenty* of light, but no reflection off of the glass.)
Lots of rebar, "I only buy when I have a concrete use for it." +1 pun!
I liked "...the switch is dirty, but works Fein."
You just cemented his reputation, or at least laid some solid foundations.
As a Dutch speaker "having a concrete use for" is simply the obvious choice of words, especially when interpreting or translating a script
@@wolfetone2012 Maar taal moet vloeien. je mag het niet vast betonneren :-D
Oh I missed that one. Lol
The company who made the thread cutter send manual free of charge and are very nice. You try to replace the battery in an iPhone apple basically think your evil.
Yes we brake their business model, obsolescence apple that is.
It is just one of the many reasons German Engineering still carries a lot of positive vibes.
Lots of people will damage their iPhones trying to replace batteries and then cry for warranty repairs once they break it!
And that is exactly why there are alternatives like the Fairphone. Even no tools required to swap the battery (for model 2. for model 3 don't know actually, but guess it wont be very hard)
@@algemeennut6683 No thanks, iOS is awesome. You can keep your Commiephone.
You have great wisdom for such a young man. Your comment that the most valuable thing you can do is to learn a new skill is spot on and yet so overlooked today. I am a mechanical engineer and have spent the last 42 years designing machine tools, primarily for the automotive and aerospace industries. My design philosophy has always been to keep things as simple and robust as possible, and I appreciate seeing that in many of the tools you refurbish. That seems to be a common design criteria in German designs. I was fortunate enough to work many years with with a mechanical engineer who grew up in Germany during WWII. Klaus came to the U.S. in the early 50's and was the most brilliant engineer I have ever met. I learned more from him then I ever did in my formal education. Today I see so many people, particularly young people who have no concept of how things work and sadly, no desire to learn. Keep up the great work.
War conditions are very effective in rooting out weak, overcomplicated and expensive designs. No wonder it made great engineers even better!
The scrapyard a thons are the best. So cool to see these tools resurrected.
That drill looks like it would be a handful, I was worried when you were drilling the metal that you were going to get your teeth re-aligned by the handle if it got caught on the workpiece. Great video as always!
At work we have a large drill similar to this. High torque, no clutch. I can't tell you how many times it has taken me for a ride, or twisted my wrists. The main issue is if it catches your first response is to tighten your hold (gripping the trigger tighter). You have to be strategic with your hand placement and wrist position, much like riding a dirt bike up a steep hill. With great power comes great responsibility :)
@@eclsnowman Yeah, my dad's got one at work, it's broken wrists before.
@@emeltea33 My father had one like that and I can remember him drilling holes in a concrete slab and yelling for help because the bit had jammed and he was running in circles with the drill, thankfully we got to the power outlet before he was badly injured.
I had a drill with high torque like that almost rip my thumb off. It took about 6 months for my thumb to get back to normal. Everybody I know who uses them regularly has a similar story. I'm VERY cautious around hand held drills now.
Lost count how many times one particular drill got away from me. It either pulled the plug out of the wall socket or literally ripped it's own power cord out. Only use stuff with a clutch these days.
Instead of another drill press, you could use this big Fein drill to build a mag-drill. Cool idea, ha?
Had the same suggestion. Could make for an awesome Video.
Maybe with Microwave Transformers for the magnets.
@@philippsaure7545 - not sure if those magnets would be strong enough. I'd imagine some neodymium magnets arranged in some sort of lever arrangement inside a fabricated base would work?
@@samvalentine3206 Right, similar to how magnetic base (e.g. for dial indicator holder) works.
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@@samvalentine3206 You are most likely right. Maybe such a configuration could even save some space and increase the usability of such a device.
Think that's a bit of a heavyweight
I have a lot of respect for the person who rebuilds equipment. There is a lot of satisfaction in the tools you use.
That lamp and magnifier is just awesome and the conversion to dimmable LED was perfect.
Yeah and he gave me THE solution for an old reading lamp for which there's no more replacement bulb. Great idea !
i know he just used what he had already, but there are those same strips that come with the tri color, so u can change it to any color. it helps if u want to use a different color for different applications. i find his color there to be too yellow, or the color temp too low.
@@sMASHsound yea I agree. Should be at least 5000k for cool or day colour. Warm is rubbish
We have a Bosch twin handle drill at work like the one you repaired.
I've had a few fights with it ;-)
I call it the wrist breaker!
Not too long ago I was enlarging a hole to 19mm and the drill bit snagged, before I could let go of the trigger, the drill bit bent! I had to buy a replacement one from eBay and never told anyone LOL
Now you did, and to everyone 😂
@Ultimate Handyman: So you're admitting you're not such the ultimate handyman after all, hunh? 🤣
It reminds me of the first drill I bought. It was a 1/2hp Craftsman with two handles like that and a third D handle in back. Max speed was only 600rpm because it was meant for steal and concrete. I put it on lay-away and bought it with my paper route money. 35+ years later I still have it but the variable speed switch has cracked through.
Those big drills, I used to have a few older ones like that. I mainly used them for mixing paint, concrete, thinset, plaster or anything heavy like that. They work very well for that type of stuff.
I have one branded wolf , he was brave holding at face height if that drill suddenly bit .
I’m surprised the drill didn’t fling you around the room.
Be careful with old grinder wheels, even new-old-stock.
The binding material degrades over time and they can explode.
Important note! Same with old cut-off discs. Those things actually have an expiration date on their label.
Good to know
If you doubt the danger, google it. The damaged from an exploding wheel can be horrific.
@@SpaceMarshalGyorni No worries m8 rub the date off and she's good as new. Still got most me fingers as well.
Cautiously and just very lightly tap any grinding wheel with a small hammer to make it ring. If it gives a dull sound, do not install it.
Hallo from Connecticut! Bridgeport is a post-industrial city in a rough spot since most manufacturers left, sometimes it already feel post-apocalyptic there. Very funny to see a Bridgeport part with Ein/Aus written on it!
My heart is warmed watching your videos and realizing there are people with good head on their shoulders and good hands growing out of their shoulders (vs out of their ass) and also having a very healthy attitude towards machinery, its quality and longevity. I feel a special kinship towards you as I am of the very same mind. Thank you for the videos!
Greeting TPAI! Not in Bridgeport, Connecticut but in a town some miles to the north west. I used to work in Germany in the 90's. Was in Berlin in 2019 couple months before covid and had a great time, as usual!
Word to the wise, when drilling large diameters, drill a pilot hole first at least the size of the larger bit's chisel point....
Nah just find the torquiest drill you've got and hold 'er one handed like it's a kill shot.
@@ayitsyaboi That only works if you also hold it sideways like a gangsta and scream the magic words "straight outta Compton"
The Greenlee pulley is used in pulling large feeder wires. Cool finds today.
I'm from Bridgeport CT originally and live in New Haven CT now, about 20 miles east. I appreciate your shout out and I look forward to your videos, especially these repair and refurbish type. I agree with you about the fact that we don't appreciate our past and are addicted to our new disposable society.
Keep up the good work! Cheers, Pete.
I lived in Bridgeport for a few years. They used to call it BridgePuertoRico it wasn’t until like was older that I learned that was meant as a slur. I always thought it was because of all the awesome Puertorriqueños culture there.
Just as a safety reminder the left thread nut must be on the left side so your rotor is probably flipped arround. This way the wheel can loosen itself.
Great finds - like the magnifier and yes please do an episode on the TL494 - Stay safe
+1
Happiness comes as your notification
That is SO true
Hello from Connecticut. Keep up the great work, love your channel.
Love your videos, I had an old Bosch hand drill die (after I dropped it) instead of going out & buying a new one, I opened it up & repaired it with help of an online schematic! It now works fine. I just wanted to thank you, I never would have attempted but that because of your videos, it gave me the confidence to try. Ich danke dich darube echte :-)
When a company takes good care of those who have their equipment, as in this case they send you manuals and respond to you, you have to buy them or advertise them, there are companies that give pleasure and others that better erase them from the planet and never recommend them
I totally agree. One example: COTO relays’ applications support is in Germany and they were excellent, even though I didn’t even buy anything from them - just asked about surplus parts I got. If you need reed relays, I highly recommend them. It’s also one of the few companies that stayed private in the US and continue doing a great job and are all hardcore engineers.
@@absurdengineering My example in computer related, for Years.. GENIUS answer very good, Noctua from Austria incredible quality, expensive but the best and they give you gift adaptors if you have a product, some are craps when you need something.. like EVGA with warranty, if you buy most expensive Powersupply from EVGA has 10 years warranty.. but in Latin America they reduced to 3 years... why? they pay more than other countrys and lost 7 years of warranty... in power tools BOSCH removes security Switch in angle grinder in Latin America .. why? is a matter of life and death and again we pay more price products..
@@nopochoclos Speaking of computer hardware, you reminded me of my positive experience with Cherry GmbH. I carelessly damaged some of the key-caps on my Cherry Stream keyboard (which is an excellent keyboard for office/productivity use). I emailed them to ask whether they sold replacements, and I made it clear that the damage was my fault. The next thing I knew, they had removed the relevant key-caps from a donor keyboard they had lying around their office and posted them to me free of charge in a neatly hand-addressed envelope. Really impressive.
@@patrickwigmore3462 Interesting..
The thread cutting machine is incredible. I'm so glad you and the scrap yard operator recognized it's worth and saved it.
Your videos inspired me to bring one of my broken tools back to life!
I was taking apart an old printer, when my little 12V drill seized up! I had just purchased some 18V drills, so I set the 12V drill aside to deal with later.
Today, I was cleaning my shop and decided to dismantle the broken drill.
When I opened up the motor, I found a tiny, broken retaining clip (from the printer) stuck between the rotor and the stater.
I cleaned everything out with a toothbrush and reassembled the drill, and it works again!
Ct resident here ✋🏻 didnt know something like a switch could be all the way over there. Never thought of ct making stuff like that
Hubbell in Stratford is HUGE in electric switches and stuff.
They used to have a campus off the Merritt with their name and global logo.
I think it is a college now.
Eaton is another really big name in control circuits that hailed from Connecticut.
@@jimurrata6785 huh cool! the more you know!
Bridgeport milling machines come to mind...
Greetings, from Bridgeport Connecticut
I like what you do, I get a lot of my tools out of the scrap metal dumpster, I have a 6" and 8" bench grinders, many hand tools that were rusted and or stuck. I have a Lincoln 150 amp Weld-N- Power gas powered welder that took about four hours to get going, I love it, it is also a 4000 watt AC generator so I use it to power my house when the power goes out. Several snowblowers, many lawn mowers. All brought bask to life with a bit of effort. I applaud you.
thank you from a fan in Texas.I really enjoy your channel and I like the small but important history lessons of the industrial development of our world. Much respect!
I love those German optical manufacturer logos! Beautiful. Just like the Zeiss Ikon logo on my old cameras
Your videos are of the "feel-good" type.
I like the idea of repairing and possibly enhancing old but still high-quality usable tools.
these repair-a-thons are my favorite video series on youtube by far. most of the large power tools i use in my shop i got because someone else first threw them away. either they were given to me for free, i was paid to haul them away during a clean up job, or i bought them cheap at an auction and repaired or modified them myself to suit my needs. i have also designed and fabricated many pieces of equipment myself such as a hydraulic press, a manual tire changer, a sandblasting cabinet, a small paint booth, a hydraulic lift table for repairing motorcycles/atv's/riding mowers, an engine hoist and stand, a lift boom for my tractor, and a coal fired blacksmithing forge. all were made from salvaged materials and/or scrap steel. i'm self-employed, and i earn a living fixing, building or destroying whatever someone will pay me to fix, build or destroy, and have done so for over 26 years. when i was young, my grandfather told me to learn all i could, about everything there was, and i would never be without work. best advice i ever got.
I learn something every time I view your channel. So in return, I share with you. I work in an Emergency room, for many years. Those blades you used to remove the sealer. Don’t cut towards yourself. They will go right thru your hand and to the bone. I have seen this so many times. Thank you for sharing what you know.
You could turn that large drill into a magdrill using an old microwave transformer, could be handy to have
It's ALWAYS a good time when a scrap yard repair-a-thon drops.. 😁
Elegant work on the drill restoration/motor controller and PWM-controlled dimmer, and the grinder!
Yes, go full speed ahead on more of this!!!!
Not sure what it is... the voice over, or the video style, or the good tools. But I keep rewatching these episodes over and over again. I greatly enjoy your work.
Those large drills make wonderful power units for custom machines. I used one to make a line boring machine.
Great job as usual. I love the scrapyard shows. You find such amazingly good stuff! The magnifying light was a real gem! For the old bench grinder, I would have left the guard off the side that was missing and installed a wire wheel instead of another grinding wheel. A bench mounted wire wheel is very useful.
Adding the handle and speed controller to that old drill was really cool. What a great way to resurrect an old tool.
I'm gonna be hitting my local yards soon thanks to you! Finally found one that lets rando's wander around looking for odd things.
09:24 "... easier if I had fastened it to the workbench."
It's so good to know I'm not the only dumbass who does dumb shit like that.
I love your opening philisophical musings. Its unlikely that the bulk of the "throw away society" will ever even watch these videos, but you'll probably convert some of the people who are curious but are afraid they don't have the skills. Keep up the good work, very entertaining and well paced.
Is it weird that I keep finding myself wanting to visit Germany again specifically for your scrapyard?
There must be scrapyards such as this somewhere around the NYC area, or in the outlying boroughs or counties of New York. Anyone from New York, Nassau County know of any?
@@samvalentine3206 Probably with uptight assholes running the place, much too worried about getting sued to let anyone rummage through the place.
No, not weird at all. I have the same urge 😉😋
I have same urge too! Just that I think either lawyers/insurance prevent us from doing this (thanks to those idiots that got hurt 'picking' and sued) in the US. I do know of some places for auto parts, but lately, they want to know what you want and will 'pick' the part for you. Even antique shops have gotten in on 'picking' parts from scrappers and now sell them at premium although they aren't always worth it. Sometimes, its just luck for me.
Pretty much none of the yards in the UK will let customers walk around these days, health & safety.
When I was a kid in the 80s my dad was a mobile car mechanic, he use to take me to the junk yards so I could get into the tight spaces he couldn’t reach! 😂
Can’t imagine that happening these days.
No more drilling without saftey glasses on !!! Trust me you do not want steel in your eye
Thanks for taking the time to make this and to considerately place the advertisements. It really enhanced the video. Weird that so many other people just stick them in just any old where or don’t think about where they show up - it can really break up the flow of an otherwise nicely produced video. Greetings from Norfolk, UK
Born and raised in Bridgeport Connecticut then Stratford Connecticut and now I'm in northern New Hampshire! So here's your shout-out!
Not from Bridgeport, CT, but I am from New Britain, CT, hometown of Stanley Tools! Love the videos. I’d credit this channel as well as the “My Mechanics” channel for getting me excited and interested in tool and machine restoration. Can’t wait for the next video!
I'm not from Connecticut but hello anyhow. Love your videos, it's so fantastic to see these beautiful tools restored.
Be careful with those big drills! My dad used to use one to bore big holes out of big oak beams in old buildings for restoration work, he said that one time the drill caught in the hole and the second handle came round and knocked him out cold!
Welcome from Bridgeport!
(Very close by, actually)
Bridgeport is probably best known for the Bridgeport milling machines and the Moore jig-bore series of precision machining centers.
The city was also the hub of firearm and ammunition manufacturing in the 20th century.
Majority of the rounds fired or dropped in WWII came from this place.
For the Fein drill: maybe a magnetic base?
Back in the mid 1970's I was on a scaffold platform with another worker putting up an overhead crane using a "Gut Buster" drill like that one. As it was a long way down to release the castors in order to move the scaffold tower to the next position we got someone on the ground to move it for us while we stayed on top, on this occasion they forgot to put the brakes back on and the 1 inch drill bit (25mm) bound in the hole, before I could let go of the trigger switch the whole platform started to turn along with the two of us hanging onto the gut buster. These days a mag drill/rota broch would be used for such work but back then the company I was working for did not have one. The puls width light dimmer can be made with far fewer components using a 555 timer chip.
Well, if your buddy ever needs to drill holes through an I-beam, he knows where to look:) That drill looks like a real beast - maybe it's time to build a mag-drill.
Safety aspect here :- If that large drill was ever too snatch you could break your wrist or be severely hurt.
I was born in Bridgeport ct and almost dropped when I heard you mention it. We called it Bridgepit lololol. It use to be a nice port city but in recent years, I've heard it run down.
The Fein drill reminded me of an old vintage Bosch GD25 I rescued recently, no clutch, no soft start, but bags of torque and easily rips itself out of your hands if you're not careful. The first replacement power cable I put on was trashed on its first big job, I've since added another handle on the top where it would've had one originally and treat it with a bit more respect!
Vielen dank! I have had enough of working for tech companies and I am trying to get assigned to one of the front-line refugee stations to work helping people. I have converted a van into a living area/workshop and I hope to be putting the skills you are teaching to good use!
Man your intro to the foundational principles behind these videos is excellent.
I noticed several old cast iron radiators. I had a DYI-crazy friend who built a huge hot tube in his house. He put six of those old radiators outdoors, connected to the water supply. Underneath them he installed gas burners (natural gas was cheap back then here in Texas). The water flowing through the radiators got heated and he could regulate the temperature by adding or removing more gas to individual radiator burners. It was a pain to get set up, especially considering the huge amount of water it took to fill his indoor 'pool'.
I think you could make a great solar water heater, with no need for electric solar panels. Just set a bunch of old radiators out where they can usually absorb sunlight. Once the kit got warm, you would open a pump or a gravity flow. You could start with them empty or already full of water. It would be best to allow the flow to go downhill to be able to empty the radiators when needed. Adding rock or gravel fill close around the radiators might increase their energy retention - or help them retain the night's cold..
Anyway, thanks for the always great videos. You should make an opening page with your neat quote about developing new skills rather than hoarding expensive hardware.
Wow, you know a tool is heavy duty when its attachment is Morse Taper 2. Had no idea they made handheld drills with MT2.
Ooh man, you overheated the edge of that chisel right at the end...
RIP the chisel edge, that old wheel chipped it at @27:14. You can notice it start to chip away on the left hand side almost at the edge.
At 2:20, the grime on this machine is chocolate mixed with machine oil. It was probably used in a biscuit or chocolate factory. I used to repair these machines at a chocolat factory (Neuhaus) as a student during the holiday.
You’re forming the best most comprehensive vintage power tool prop store in Europe, simultaneously making super interesting content
Do make a video of different applications of the TL494! As a software person, it is always interesting to see how software can be replaced with hardware.
I remember those type of switches from UK desk lamps from the 70s. The 'on' press button makes the 'starter circuit' momentarily when you press it... so no quick 'jab' at the switch, it was press, hold till the ends glow, then release. Quite a neat design for the time to eliminate the 'glow starter'
I wish my local scrapyard had such good things. All they have is broken parts of cars built not to last, and plastic junk.
14:35 - THIS!!! is fantastic. Must have, best find of the month for you. I'd pick this up in an instant if I had the opportunity.
The bench pipe threading machine brilliant , great video
Nothing better than sitting down with a cup of coffee on a cold Sunday morning and seeing a new TPAI scrapyard video pop up!
My favorite series on RUclips. Keep it up, sir. Much respect from Palm Beach Florida
The sound of that grinder sounds like a million bucks. Sounds powerful and smooth. Makes those $75 box store grinders sound like....
...like they are made in China.
Love your content and reasons for doing these videos. GRRREAT stuff.
(Spoken in Tony Tiger)
No from Bridgeport, CT but only live an hour from there. Big fan of your channel. It has given me interest in reusing/repurposing things!
In Albany, Oregon we have Burcham's Metals. Great yard to walk around looking for stuff. From farm stuff to high tech, and everything in-between. They sell a lot by the pound.
Chuck Norris is still wondering what happend to his dremel...
😂😂😂😂
Chuck Norris doesn't need a Dremel, he just chops things with his bare hands. And sands with his beard.
The pipe thread cutting machine is the catch of the day. These machines don't come cheap. This one is of a very good design too.
+GF+ has a presence in the USA as well, i was once certified for use of their IR high purity plastic pipe welding equipment. Excellent product, training and support. I am not only jealous of the threading tool but also that cool magnifier. The dimmer is very nice but I, personally, would prefer the daylight spectrum fluorescent light over that poor yellow LED spectrum.
For drilling steel that was perhaps three times the preferred rpms. High speed drill doesn't really mean what most people think.
Pi x d x n over 1000 equals meters/min (25 for hss, d in mm)
n is then the required revs.
I would like to know more about the dimmer circuit that you described, and Thank you for so much valuable information!
What gets thrown away . Heard a true story of a chap walking by a skip with a lovely Harrison lathe sitting along side it. It turned out that the technical college didnt want it and the council hadnt worked out the risk assessment procedure of how to get it in the skip !!. If the chap removed it from the site that day, he could have the lathe for free. He managed to remove it too 😁.
You are a man after my own heart , good on you !.
Absolut geiler Gewindeschneider :-D Faustregel > pro 2 Umdrehungen >1/2 Umdrehungen Zurück zum Spänebrechen. Bei Innengewinden bricht einem OHNE auch mal gerne das Werkzeug dabei ab... . Öl sollte immer verwendet werden! Es lohnt sich den ganzen Vorgang mal nachzulesen ... . Prima Kanal Mann! Ich liebe die Schrottplatztouren,- Habe das früher viel gemacht für Werkzeug usw...
One of your best videos yet. Excellent job repairing those tools. To buy these tools new would be very costly. I like the way you repaired the drill and magnifying glass, and made them better. The threader is a treasure. Only needed to be cleaned up. These high quality tools will be useful for years to come. People who throw these things away are foolish. Your tool repair videos are my favorites. What did you decide about the Mercedes? How is the repaired trailer working out? Did your girlfriend sell her house.? REGARDS
Love your videos. I myself go to the scrap yard and hunt for tools to fix and bring home. Your channel inspires me. Thanks
I’m from the southern part of the state of Rhode Island about 90 miles(140 km) away from Bridgeport, Connecticut. Hello from the US! Love the content. Mike D.
Maybe a magnetic drill stand? Great video as always.
Yeessss!! Love the scrap yard videos , and your excellent attitude towards re-using and recycling old or broken things.Bravo Gerolf!
I love watching your videos. Its like there is so much at scrap yards that can be fixed with just a little fix here or there and its up and running or even be used from something completely different. Just like that rebar its like why do they junk it when its so darn expensive to buy it brand new. I had an Amish naighbor that had and old rear tin tiller he took the motor off to use for a round his home. He gave me the old tiller. I bought a new motor bell housing and I have used it every year so fare for my garden. Brand new the tiller is worth 5 grand and all I spend on getting it up and running like new was like less than 300 bucks.
A trick with those 12V LED strips is that you can put them in series if you've got a 24V power supply. The positive of the first strip connects to the +24V supply, the negative of that strip then connects to the positive of the second strip, and the negative of the second strip connects to the ground/0V of the supply. Both strips do need to be the same size though, so there's not too much current going through one strip.
My dad uses rebar for his farm, tomatos like to creep up on the rebar so it's pretty good to make structures for the plants to grow on when making the farm, though at the end of the year when the season is almost over it's a paint to dismantle it back again.
They're pretty cheap and last much longer than wood sticks though
I'm from Bridgeport Connecticut. Also home to the vertical milling machines that go by that name. Cheers!
I used to run Bridgeport series 2 N. C. mills, my favourite by a long way ❤️ and I've used lots of different makes over the years
A "fine" drill project.
I installed a motor control into a project box back in the 80's,and can now control fans,lights,etc.
One thing I appreciate about these videos, is that unlike AvE, there's no yells about "Focus you F**K!" because he knows how to manually focus on a close up object :)
I like how quiet your lathe is. Super informative! I love how thorough and detailed your are; always learn something from every video!
Hallo and wie geht's from Hartford, Connecticut, USA!!! While not Bridgeport per se, I'm only 30 minutes away by car so, hey, that's close enough for me! Love your channel and the scrap-a-thons!!
you already have a foundry, you can melt raw material from the scrap yard and reuse them. Aluminium for example, very easy to melt and cast into mold shapes that you need for your projects
A neat option for a grinder that has parts missing on one side, is to fit a tapered spindle adapter ("pigtail") over the existing spindle, and fit polishing mops for metal.
I picked up a two handed drill from my neighbors trash bin, replaced the cord and it worked great. Very heavy, powerful, but slow. Maybe ill replace the grease and see if that helps. Thanks boss!
For that handle with the variable speed control for the drill a rubber hand grip would insulate your hand from the metal also using a thin plastic liner on the inside of the pipe would help as well which could be made from a soda bottle or similar bottle of the same thickness and attach to the inside of the pipe with adhesive as well as filling the pipe with the adhesive to keep everything from vibrating and shorting out
Its amazing to think that a switch built in the state I grew up in ended up on your bench! Hello from the states, loved the video.
I like the technique you used at 26:11! Simple way to create 3D parts with sheet metal and simple tools!