I am a brand new subscriber to your channel. I really enjoy seeing old equipment being saved, lovingly restored and used again. I look forward to watching more of your videos. Kind regards David Jones UK.
You're a good human being. Sending you strong thoughts of peace, knowledge, love, and wisdom. Also with a thank you from the state of Michigan in the U.S.
From 0:00 to 01:20 is almost poetic and certainly profound. I know many DIY source from China for low-cost, but as we can see in your video, these items stand for more than quality, they stand for a purpose that goes beyond the tool itself, to the builder and back to the tool to help humans over several lifetimes. If any is ECO, it’s the pride and craftsmanship of these wonderful iconic machines. I’m so happy you’re doing what you’re doing! I often e-cannibalize electronics from recycling bins, and I’m amazed what perfectly good and innovative gear is disposed in working condition. Some just need a bit of love to get going. If I had the space, I’d be also trying to do what you’re doing with these fine, almost indestructible, tools.
Go back and get the compactor and fit an electric motor to it. You’ll have friends for life that will owe you a favour because you lent them your compactor. I bought a good quality petrol compactor cheap because the motor was using a LOT of oil. I rebuilt the little Subaru motor on it which was cheap and easy for me to do but I only use it twice a year to re- pack my gravel driveway so I’m happy to lend it out to my family and friends rather than leave it sitting in my shed. That gets me a few favours done and it’s so convenient not having to hire one. I just love these videos. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Absolutely applaud your desire to bring old things back from the dead. I restore police motorcycles, and find myself doing many similar things to you. Very rewarding indeed!
Make sure the metal body on your drill is always isolated from you. I personally knew someone who got "frozen" by a metal cased drill when he hit an electrical cable in a wall. Someone tripped on his power cord and saved his life. He laid down on a table and wept from the pain in his muscles. Use rubber gloves when using that drill. Nowadays, electric drills almost always have plastic bodies.
Ich LIEBE diese Repair-A-Ton videos! Es ist so schön zu sehen, wie diese alten Schätze wieder zum leben erweckt werden. Es ist eine Schande was hier auf den Schrott geworfen wird, das wäre in anderen Ländern undenkbar. Go full steam ahead, man
Awesome video! Your restoration work is very inspiring. This particular video was pure nostalgia. I used to live near an AEG factory 20 yrs ago in, wait for it, India! My dad was an employee there for decades. Also in the same area was the local airport, several defence establishments, an air-force manufacturing hub and also the Indian space agency (ISRO). This AEG factory was a collaboration between a state-run company and AEG, within a huge 240 acre campus!! I vaguely remember huge transformers and industrial induction motors being built there to supply other factories all across the country. I could tell even back then that the stuff was damn good. Incredibly well engineered, extremely well built and superb finishing. There was definitely an aura (of a good kind) around those old state run factories. Of course once our nation went full-scale capitalist, it meant the end of most state run factories. The factory was closed and the land sold as it was prime real estate. Now there's a 5-star luxury hotel where the old AEG factory used to be. Now I make my own motors from 3d printed parts 😂 Times have changed so rapidly! Keep up the wonderful content, two thumbs up every time 👍👍
Exactly! Instead of our throw away economy we seem to have embraced, which is sad and maddening! I for one really appreciate your ethic! Thanks for the videos!
Hi, That kind of blowers are used in gas water heating furnaces, and normally get replaced when bearing noise gets too loud. It's quite possible that noise does not seem too bad, when fan is run alone, as it's not in normally-very-quiet environment in somebody's house. The other factor is when whole furnace gets replaced because more efficient one is installed, but then you would find it as a unit, not a blower alone.
Great job Sir. 👍 I read an article in an old Hot Rod magazine that said we never really own cars. It's just our turn to take care of them for a while. We are the caretakers of the machine. We are the keepers of the iron. And you Sir are the best example of that. I salute you.
The Ixion was German company founded by Otto Häfner in 1919 and they went bankrupt in 2011, I read this from some auction description, which included drillpress made by them. Apparently they also made milling machines and such.
Häfner die auch die ganzen Zimmerei Maschinen hergestellt haben? Ich habe noch nen Kettenstemmer von denen. Stationäre Maschine. Richtig geiles Teil fuer diverse Anwendungen. Sogar Schlitze fuer Fitschbänder kann man damit machen.. 👍👍👍👌😃
I enjoyed this video very much, and prefer your restorations of old tools. Thank you for giving these great old tools many more years of useful life. Your knowledge of electronic, circuits and tools is impressive.
I rememmber my dad goying to switzerland , goying to every srcap yard , getting everything he could ! Now i have so much stuff in my garage , all the tools and stuff is from scrap yard , i love your vids ! Keep it up !
About the pump , it's pretty recent considering the presence of the CE symbol , either if we have been in Europe for twenty years we have started to put some symbols of certification only ten years ago or so, strange enough it's missing the IMQ sign which is instead a standard for heavy duty, expensive equipment, even the btcino plugs have it.
This is a great channel. Thanks for such quality and interesting videos. I sure wish we had anything like the scrap yard you go to. Ours won't allow people to go look around in them. Liability issues. Amazing!
You have a keen eye for spotting metal working equipment vs woodworking! Metal working tools can be used for wood, but the other way around. Tolerances to work wood are not as exacting as metal. Wood machines also run at higher speeds without the need for torque. It is also fortunate to have friends that acquire rare tools for you, aka the heavy-duty hand drill. Nice show although I have noticed that your main skills and interests are in electronics theory and application. Thank You
I love your videos man, thanks for making them. The highlight of my week is when I go to the scrap yard or thrift shop and find something awesome that someone else has thrown away. Nice to see there are still like minded people in the world. Sending you a big thumbs up from America 👍.
I have an old craftsman drill press,cast iron,that I bought and all that was wrong was lubing and some electronic work and it’s a gem! Great video and channel
I work in a company that makes AEG products. Products actually developed by AEG. The license to them is now owned by ABB. What we make is low voltage (sub 1kV) industrial distribution boards and motor control centers. So AEG is still alive to some extent. :) My company is called "Switchgear AB" and is located in Sweden. :)
Both those drills are nice. You did an awesome job on them. I like the old school grease cup on the hand drill. You fill both parts with grease. When you twist it down it little grease is added to the gears. Way cool.
Another excellent video - that drill press is beautiful - I want something like that in my new (old) workshop, I'm kitting it out mostly with old restored tools (I keep the new stuff hidden and out of sight). Brilliant series of repair-a-thon videos :-)
Global economy floods the market with every decreasing quality. I completely agree. I admire your channel and approach to life. I am a pea from the same pod as you! I have a workshop in Southampton UK , and love to repair, restore, repurpose and reuse
I loved the drill press and power drill! Both are museum-worthy. I caught myself watching some of the video with my mouth open similar to an amazed 2-year old kid. Everything about your channel makes me proud of my German heritage. Thank you from Tennessee, USA.
Fascinating work, should be taught as a lesson in schools., dismanteling, dissection , analysis. Just refurbishing a similar pillar drill £30 startrite mercury mk2, skeleton cast frame but with covers. Used red diesel to de-grease, less volatile than petrol. Very little runout at full extension. Love the finds.
Seeing old tools brought back to life and renewed makes me happy because nothing old is ever truly worn out because things were built to last longer granted some old tools are just out right heavy as heck but well worth repairing the majority of the time
I miss your power electronics videos but these visits to the scrap yard are quite fun if not as informative. And I've still got DiodeGoneWild to teach me electronics.
Exactly what I am doing during this lock down. Start on a 1940’s still press tomorrow. One of the modern tools I own. Bat degreaser and dirt remover is carburetor and choke cleaner. Incredibly cheap at an auto parts store and works great
Since I was a child, scrapyards are my favorite places. Much of my toys came from them, which I restored or used in some projects. A beautiful thing is when walking through and exploring you will have ideas that you would not have elsewhere. Coming out of this pandemic, I want to go back to exploring them.
Denke mir bei jedem Video man hat der es drauf ;) Wirklich klasse arbeit die du da leistest. Und sau toll mit den Antiquitäten und das du das Werkzeug auch nutzt!
love your video's....I know they're a lot of work to film and edit and such but you do great work and you're teaching people young and old....keep up the good work buddy
Great work. Having such a sturdy drill press can allow you to have a setup purposed for certain applications and allow for ease of use rather than continually swapping drills and bits. You do a great job and are so inspiring.
hi there just stumbled upon your brilliant channel im exactly the same love finding and restoring vintage tools bicycles and vintage cyclemotors. the firm ixion was founded in germany in 1919 by otto hafner they went bust in 2011 its a shame now everything is made from plastic lasts for a year then kaput where tools made yesteryear were made to last . all about profit now anyway all the very best to germany from durham uk....
Prima Kanal! Ich würde auf jeden Fall das Sägeblatt mitnehmen, da es offensichtlich noch gut in Schuss ist und auch ne gute Sorte (Auch fuer Längsschnitte geeignet)... Prima Video😁👍👌
That pump was a great find. Usually they cut the cords on floor samples so people don't steal them. It was probably from a shop that went out of business
I like WD40, but a lot of people complain about it as a product but that’s because they use it in the wrong applications. WD40 is only paraffin mixed with a light oil so for big jobs paraffin is cheaper as a degreaser. I have tried some of those water soluble degreasers none work as good as paraffin. I avoid using petrol as a degreaser due to its extreme flammability.
Yes, more like this would be awesome! If that pump can push about 52 gallons per minute, it should be powerful enough to make a vapor blaster. Although a urethane coated impeller is preferable for that application. Keep up the great work!
that old hand drill is crazy good, what a great find
I am a brand new subscriber to your channel. I really enjoy seeing old equipment being saved, lovingly restored and used again. I look forward to watching more of your videos.
Kind regards
David Jones
UK.
The pillar drill actually draws and soothes my eyes! Wonderful minimalist functional design!
It's good to see all these old Tools, Pumps & Machinery etc being restored/refurbished & then used, there's a lot of life left in these items 👍
AS ALWAYS..FANTASTICHE!..NEW LIFE TO BEAUTIFUL DEUTCHE ENGININEERINGS!..DANKER!..
You're a good human being.
Sending you strong thoughts of peace, knowledge, love, and wisdom. Also with a thank you from the state of Michigan in the U.S.
Macht mir sehr viel Freude wie alte Geräte wieder ein neues Leben finden. Lieber Gruss aus Kapstadt
TPAI: Thanks for encouraging the rest of us to fix power tools. Your welding machine series is AWESOME!!
Beautiful work as always ❤️
so this is where you found your scrapyard idea.
👋🏻
Well now... fancy seeing you here! 😆
EYYYY I WATCH YOU
A rare bird appeared
From 0:00 to 01:20 is almost poetic and certainly profound. I know many DIY source from China for low-cost, but as we can see in your video, these items stand for more than quality, they stand for a purpose that goes beyond the tool itself, to the builder and back to the tool to help humans over several lifetimes. If any is ECO, it’s the pride and craftsmanship of these wonderful iconic machines. I’m so happy you’re doing what you’re doing! I often e-cannibalize electronics from recycling bins, and I’m amazed what perfectly good and innovative gear is disposed in working condition. Some just need a bit of love to get going. If I had the space, I’d be also trying to do what you’re doing with these fine, almost indestructible, tools.
Excellent commentary at the start of this video. Thanks for your effort.
Beautiful objects, that speak of another age of pride in materials and workmanship. I love these videos.
Go back and get the compactor and fit an electric motor to it. You’ll have friends for life that will owe you a favour because you lent them your compactor. I bought a good quality petrol compactor cheap because the motor was using a LOT of oil. I rebuilt the little Subaru motor on it which was cheap and easy for me to do but I only use it twice a year to re- pack my gravel driveway so I’m happy to lend it out to my family and friends rather than leave it sitting in my shed. That gets me a few favours done and it’s so convenient not having to hire one.
I just love these videos. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I love your work on old "obsolete" tools, just because it's old doesn't mean it's not useful. Well done.
There is something sculptural about that old drill press. It’s really a thing of beauty after it’s restoration!
Beautiful drill press. Nice work getting it back to its glory. I enjoy the history of old tools.
Absolutely applaud your desire to bring old things back from the dead.
I restore police motorcycles, and find myself doing many similar things to you.
Very rewarding indeed!
I love seeing old things restored.
same
Especially german machines
The drill press looks awesome and heavy af. Lovit😁
A Gost Busters worthy Tool!
😃👍
Nicely done. I like the lines on the old drill press. Not just a good working tool, it's also good looking.
Out standing job on the drill press. A great piece for the shop
Make sure the metal body on your drill is always isolated from you. I personally knew someone who got "frozen" by a metal cased drill when he hit an electrical cable in a wall. Someone tripped on his power cord and saved his life. He laid down on a table and wept from the pain in his muscles. Use rubber gloves when using that drill. Nowadays, electric drills almost always have plastic bodies.
The old Tools run and run and run, it is so great. 🤗👍👍👍
Cool scrapyards you have there. The pump is almost new!
Ich LIEBE diese Repair-A-Ton videos! Es ist so schön zu sehen, wie diese alten Schätze wieder zum leben erweckt werden. Es ist eine Schande was hier auf den Schrott geworfen wird, das wäre in anderen Ländern undenkbar.
Go full steam ahead, man
I like the classic industrial aesthetic you give to your restorations.
That's a beautiful drill press, wonderful restoration.
Awesome video! Your restoration work is very inspiring. This particular video was pure nostalgia. I used to live near an AEG factory 20 yrs ago in, wait for it, India! My dad was an employee there for decades. Also in the same area was the local airport, several defence establishments, an air-force manufacturing hub and also the Indian space agency (ISRO). This AEG factory was a collaboration between a state-run company and AEG, within a huge 240 acre campus!! I vaguely remember huge transformers and industrial induction motors being built there to supply other factories all across the country. I could tell even back then that the stuff was damn good. Incredibly well engineered, extremely well built and superb finishing. There was definitely an aura (of a good kind) around those old state run factories. Of course once our nation went full-scale capitalist, it meant the end of most state run factories. The factory was closed and the land sold as it was prime real estate. Now there's a 5-star luxury hotel where the old AEG factory used to be.
Now I make my own motors from 3d printed parts 😂
Times have changed so rapidly!
Keep up the wonderful content, two thumbs up every time 👍👍
Exactly! Instead of our throw away economy we seem to have embraced, which is sad and maddening! I for one really appreciate your ethic! Thanks for the videos!
This is the content that I come here to watch! A journey to the scrapyard where a few things are selected and restored/saved.
This has to be my favorite content on UA-cam
Hi,
That kind of blowers are used in gas water heating furnaces, and normally get replaced when bearing noise gets too loud. It's quite possible that noise does not seem too bad, when fan is run alone, as it's not in normally-very-quiet environment in somebody's house.
The other factor is when whole furnace gets replaced because more efficient one is installed, but then you would find it as a unit, not a blower alone.
Great job Sir. 👍
I read an article in an old Hot Rod magazine that said we never really own cars. It's just our turn to take care of them for a while. We are the caretakers of the machine. We are the keepers of the iron.
And you Sir are the best example of that. I salute you.
He does well!!!
We call that GUN BOAT GREY here in the U.S.A. Another Professional Restoration Job. Thank You.
We do?
The Ixion was German company founded by Otto Häfner in 1919 and they went bankrupt in 2011, I read this from some auction description, which included drillpress made by them. Apparently they also made milling machines and such.
Häfner die auch die ganzen Zimmerei Maschinen hergestellt haben? Ich habe noch nen Kettenstemmer von denen. Stationäre Maschine. Richtig geiles Teil fuer diverse Anwendungen. Sogar Schlitze fuer Fitschbänder kann man damit machen.. 👍👍👍👌😃
I would live in that scrapyard, so much cool stuff!
I enjoyed this video very much, and prefer your restorations of old tools. Thank you for giving these great old tools many more years of useful life. Your knowledge of electronic, circuits and tools is impressive.
Beautiful machine. Great restoration.
I rememmber my dad goying to switzerland , goying to every srcap yard , getting everything he could !
Now i have so much stuff in my garage , all the tools and stuff is from scrap yard , i love your vids !
Keep it up !
About the pump , it's pretty recent considering the presence of the CE symbol , either if we have been in Europe for twenty years we have started to put some symbols of certification only ten years ago or so, strange enough it's missing the IMQ sign which is instead a standard for heavy duty, expensive equipment, even the btcino plugs have it.
Em. That‘s in Germany.
@@danielmunch9568 Nahh .. my grandpa has worked over 20 years in switzerland .. so my dad was gathering stuff from scrap yards , and my grandpa also !
Love this kind of videos .Good job ,well done . Thumbs up
You have one of the most educational channels on UA-cam. Thank you!
it is so great to see this old and discarded tools getting repaired and put to use again... Thank you for the great videos :D
Or just completely working equipment pulled from the junkyard before it deteriorates!
This is a great channel. Thanks for such quality and interesting videos. I sure wish we had anything like the scrap yard you go to. Ours won't allow people to go look around in them. Liability issues. Amazing!
Yes full steam ahead! Thanks for saving some fine pieces of machinery!
Echt löblich, wie gründlich Du die Teile immer reinigst!
i never really comment, but i really love your content, and fixing them is realy fun to watch!!
You have a keen eye for spotting metal working equipment vs woodworking! Metal working tools can be used for wood, but the other way around. Tolerances to work wood are not as exacting as metal. Wood machines also run at higher speeds without the need for torque.
It is also fortunate to have friends that acquire rare tools for you, aka the heavy-duty hand drill. Nice show although I have noticed that your main skills and interests are in electronics theory and application. Thank You
I watch you in Canada and I to see a lot of things in the scrap yards that I would like to tinker with. Keep up the good and interesting work.
I wish I could afford to donate with patreon, but I just wanna say I LOVE the content. So much learning, and seeing how things were made. so cool
It's always satisfying to watch you work
Very impressive and maybe very prescient given our current state of affairs. Thanks for making the effort to educate us!
I love your videos man, thanks for making them. The highlight of my week is when I go to the scrap yard or thrift shop and find something awesome that someone else has thrown away. Nice to see there are still like minded people in the world. Sending you a big thumbs up from America 👍.
Again a wonderfully interesting video that I could watch all day thx my friend!
I have an old craftsman drill press,cast iron,that I bought and all that was wrong was lubing and some electronic work and it’s a gem! Great video and channel
Another fantastic video, you are giving us what T.V. Is lacking!
Once again it's my favorite series on UA-cam.
Agreed.
Watch: 805roadking & Jonathan W
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Your videos are very interesting, informative and enjoying, great work.
I work in a company that makes AEG products. Products actually developed by AEG. The license to them is now owned by ABB. What we make is low voltage (sub 1kV) industrial distribution boards and motor control centers. So AEG is still alive to some extent. :) My company is called "Switchgear AB" and is located in Sweden. :)
Both those drills are nice. You did an awesome job on them. I like the old school grease cup on the hand drill. You fill both parts with grease. When you twist it down it little grease is added to the gears. Way cool.
Another excellent video - that drill press is beautiful - I want something like that in my new (old) workshop, I'm kitting it out mostly with old restored tools (I keep the new stuff hidden and out of sight). Brilliant series of repair-a-thon videos :-)
Global economy floods the market with every decreasing quality. I completely agree. I admire your channel and approach to life. I am a pea from the same pod as you! I have a workshop in Southampton UK , and love to repair, restore, repurpose and reuse
That drillpress is a gorgeous little beauty
Incredible to see so much objects still OK but looking old that ends in the scrapyard. Very nice restoration job !
This old drill press is a real beauty! Well done, man!
That was a score!
I loved the drill press and power drill! Both are museum-worthy. I caught myself watching some of the video with my mouth open similar to an amazed 2-year old kid. Everything about your channel makes me proud of my German heritage. Thank you from Tennessee, USA.
You had some good successes in this video. Keep up the good work and keep these great videos coming!👍
Fascinating work, should be taught as a lesson in schools., dismanteling, dissection , analysis. Just refurbishing a similar pillar drill £30 startrite mercury mk2, skeleton cast frame but with covers. Used red diesel to de-grease, less volatile than petrol. Very little runout at full extension. Love the finds.
good morning young man I love your videos it's so nice to see someone taking care of some of these old tools
Both of those drilling machines are things of beauty.
Seriously made my Saturday complete
Oh my god I cant stop watching these videos
I can’t stop watching these vids!
I bought my first wire wheel after watching your channel. Thanks for giving me the ideas and confidence to restore forgotten objects.
Die Pumpe ist ja echtes GOLD!
Seeing old tools brought back to life and renewed makes me happy because nothing old is ever truly worn out because things were built to last longer granted some old tools are just out right heavy as heck but well worth repairing the majority of the time
I miss your power electronics videos but these visits to the scrap yard are quite fun if not as informative. And I've still got DiodeGoneWild to teach me electronics.
Exactly what I am doing during this lock down. Start on a 1940’s still press tomorrow. One of the modern tools I own.
Bat degreaser and dirt remover is carburetor and choke cleaner. Incredibly cheap at an auto parts store and works great
Since I was a child, scrapyards are my favorite places. Much of my toys came from them, which I restored or used in some projects. A beautiful thing is when walking through and exploring you will have ideas that you would not have elsewhere. Coming out of this pandemic, I want to go back to exploring them.
Very nice, I never am able to find old tools and stuff like this when I have gone to junk yards or yard sales.
Great channel! Not an insult to intelligence, just for a kind of people who seems to be disappearing! Thank you.
I find that cleaning is an excellent way to do a detailed inspection of your project
Denke mir bei jedem Video man hat der es drauf ;) Wirklich klasse arbeit die du da leistest. Und sau toll mit den Antiquitäten und das du das Werkzeug auch nutzt!
Oh man English raving green and Polished brass would look awesome on that drill
love your video's....I know they're a lot of work to film and edit and such but you do great work and you're teaching people young and old....keep up the good work buddy
i really enjoy your videos always very interesting; you are a very clever man thank you for the entertainment and knowledge
Great work. Having such a sturdy drill press can allow you to have a setup purposed for certain applications and allow for ease of use rather than continually swapping drills and bits. You do a great job and are so inspiring.
hi there just stumbled upon your brilliant channel im exactly the same love finding and restoring vintage tools bicycles and vintage cyclemotors. the firm ixion was founded in germany in 1919 by otto hafner they went bust in 2011 its a shame now everything is made from plastic lasts for a year then kaput where tools made yesteryear were made to last . all about profit now anyway all the very best to germany from durham uk....
i really like the drill press and the drill! great video!
Fantastic restoration job on that AEG drill press! :)
And I wonder why anyone would throw away a good water pump. Especially a submersible one.
Eine wunderschöne alte AEG Ständerbohrmaschine Made in Germany.👍👍👍👍👍😀😀😀😀😀 Viele Grüße aus Germany
Prima Kanal! Ich würde auf jeden Fall das Sägeblatt mitnehmen, da es offensichtlich noch gut in Schuss ist und auch ne gute
Sorte (Auch fuer Längsschnitte geeignet)...
Prima Video😁👍👌
That pump was a great find. Usually they cut the cords on floor samples so people don't steal them. It was probably from a shop that went out of business
More like this please :) I'm really enjoying this type of videos. Reminds me of "Sendung mit der Maus" in my childhood.
I like the videos of old tool restoration.
I like WD40, but a lot of people complain about it as a product but that’s because they use it in the wrong applications. WD40 is only paraffin mixed with a light oil so for big jobs paraffin is cheaper as a degreaser. I have tried some of those water soluble degreasers none work as good as paraffin. I avoid using petrol as a degreaser due to its extreme flammability.
I wish there was a scrap yard around me. Love these videos. Very inspiring.
What a beautiful drillpress. Makes me want to go to the scrapyard right now! Thank you for taking the time to share your talents.
I enjoy and admire your work. Well done!
I love that small camel back drill press. I’ve been looking for one for ages
Yes, more like this would be awesome! If that pump can push about 52 gallons per minute, it should be powerful enough to make a vapor blaster. Although a urethane coated impeller is preferable for that application. Keep up the great work!