BOLTR: Old School Milwaukee Sawzall
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- Опубліковано 14 кві 2017
- This is a badass Milwaukee Sawsall. It's old. It's metal. But is it Skookum?
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There's likely to be an elderly retired Milwaukee toolmaker watching this video with a proud tear in his eye, as he watches part of his life's work under the spot light, finally being given the true recognition he deserves.
dav snow Fuckin' poetic. Good on you.
Arranging interviews with those old timers would be a real special thing.
dav snow unfortunately he died of mesothelioma. That asbestos just got to him.
Jared Jeanotte that got my grandpa, may they rest in peace, in the big workshop in the sky
inthefade Yep, great idea. I'd love to see that.
Having worked for a milwaukee authorized service center as a young man I've rebuilt more sawzall front ends then you can imagine. This saw you have there has been rebuilt already. It has the updated 1990s era wobble plate. It was originally a two piece operation with the hardened ball stud held in place by a set screw. I have a pro-tip for your rebuild. Grease. Milwaukee used two different greases for these front ends. A greasy grease for the armature to gear(I think Milwaukee type A grease) Then the gear case itself was packed with a thick peanut buttery grease I think was Milwaukee type B. They pro-tip here is PACKED. There's other pro-tips like using threadlock on every screw in the front end. Also make sure the wobble plate bearings fight tight on the wobble shaft and wobble plate. I really enjoy your videos and pet phrases. Skookum AF
Larry5260 s
What decade was it originally built? How much did it cost brand new?
Supply Equals Demand id like to know that as well, skookum AF tool...
Weird you say PACKED with grease, grinders and such will over heat if packed with too much grease but maybe these run slower
Great comment
The color is for indicating how dang cool said tool is. And we all know how cool blue is.
It's probably an insulating varnish to reduce eddy currents in the core of the armature.
@@andy16666 "Eddie Currents" - that was my old morning radio DJ name.
@@vincedibona4687 HAHAHAHA
Love when my youtube people comment on my other youtube peoples videos...
I was scrolling through and saw you and was like that's awesome he watches this guy to!
Electrical motor rebuilder and winder here. The blue dye is for rust proofing and seeing if the armature hits the feilds anywhere. It's common to use spray on blue layaout dye for rust proofing internal components because it will not chip off or wear off unless it comes in contact with another component.
Yup, what he said. I was a US Navy motor rewinder, and that's what I did to ensure no contact on stators from the rotors.
Thanks for the info, I knew about its use for identifying contact but i never realized or even thought about rust proofing.😁
How common is rewinding still? My grandfather was one back in his day. Pretty valuable trade at the time because fewer and fewer young electricians were learning the trade. To my knowledge, it's mostly been phased out
@@Antonio.Aguilera There's a local company to me that has good business doing it. Main customers are the numerous food plants around me. Once you get into big motors it's cheaper to rebuild then to buy a new one.
@@danwolf307 I know it's been a long time. But not waterproofing. Rust proofing
This is relevant to my interests.
congratulations
i really dig that gas powered circ saw vid ya did :)
Thank you! It's way too much fun to use.
I as well, subscribed!
As is your work...I'm subbed. welcome!
Thank you for your story. I now feel good about not trying to catch my niece, when I dropped her.
After all, my sister can grow a new one anytime.
Martin H literally LOL, thanks for the chuckle.
Martin H dude, I thought you said "DAUGHTER", not neice lol. "My sister can make a new one" ahaha
Martin H now that was a good one hahaha
lost at internets for the day. thanks for the funny
hahahahhahahahahalol
never felt anything in common with a power tool untill he mentioned the number of strokes per minute.
reminds me of highschool.
im 26 and Im a service engineer, some of the things you teach us would take years and years to learn, thank you for sharing AvE, my favourite you tuber by far . once im earning the big bucks you sir will be rewarded on patron and i hope to help you pass your knowledge on to future generations.. that bearing removal video... unbelievable!
Mrs. AvE is gonna be pretty upset when you call her Milwaukee in the bedroom tonight.
I think that would only happen if she was using a skookum industrial tool on him and really giving it what for.
Or she might be upset when he starts calling this tool "baby doll".
pulls out the 40 year old bearing grease
With a little modification this tool could become the first literal Will-fuck-ye.
Already TONS of those out there....
The blue coating is to indicate if, and were rubbing is happening
Same with testicles.
Cool channel, subbed!
Mike Cunningham : For balancing. Where it rubbed off is the heavy point so they drilled there.
I'm pretty sure Keith is right, I worked in a shop rebuilding motors as a kid. Some armatures had coloring and some didn't but it seems that any of the higher speed motors did, like I never remember seeing it on a starter motor armature. I don't think it was dykem thou. A few videos back the old growler was mentioned and now this, back in those days would've never believed we would end up as a throw away society like now. We would put new stator coils in to save a case, you had to know how to solder doing that stuff and with an old solid soldering iron. Plus those screws holding the coils in the case were t i g h t.
CCW1911 I would have guessed the coloring was due to over heating. I learn a lot on this channel, thanks.
I remember using my dad's old Sawzall. It was built like a tank and it still came in a METAL carrying case. It was definitely a handful for a young boy to haul around helping your dad take tools into a jobsite.
how I wish I had my dad's old tools
I spent a few years fixing power tools back when these were just old instead of old school, so I have some not-so-fond memories of them. They were (and are) commonly used by plumbers to cut soil pipes, so you can imagine what sort of substances build up inside them. They are indeed skookum as frig. The "weak" points are the bearing on the wobble plate and that D-shaped bushing. When the bearing wears out, there's so much torque that it doesn't stop the tool, but just makes some noise until it completely craps out and falls apart, at which point the plunger stops plunging and no further harm is done. The bushing was about $1.69 and presses out easily. Easy fixes.
Those slotted screws holding the gear housing on are original equipment. They can vibrate loose sometimes, and you can get them tighter with a slot than you could with a Philips. Also, the way to get the back bearing out is to remove the gear housing, then hold the motor with the fan end down, and apply some light-to medium beatage with a plastic mallet against the three bosses for the screws. Inertia will make the armature pop out.
Btw, you should try to get yer mitts on a Super-sawzall. They have a similar mechanism, but with a sliding counterweight to reduce vibration. They also fall apart spectacularly, with much bending and cracking of parts.
what with the steel toe Boots I instinctively stick my foot out to catch falling objects... not a useful reflex when you're barefoot in the kitchen and drop a knife
Elia Deck Change your name to toeless Tim.
Taken Too Seriously care for some foot fillets?
good to know im not the only one
Elia Deck ha same here.... must of been from playing soccer as a kid. That or not wanting to Fak something up. :)
Ty Markle hahaha its a bad reflex when laying bricks I'll tell you that much
I'm very familiar with old Milwaukee Sawzalls as I got my own in the mid 70's. My dad ran a small plumbing company in southern Ca and Sawzalls are a must in remodel and repair; though I believe he bought his first around 1972; keyhole saws and hacksaws were the order of the day until then and I swear I cannot imagine how anyone survived without one. I got a lot of use from my own working for him. But it was usually around 3-4 years of heavy use when the transfer box would fail. Usually the larger reduction gear that engaged the worm gear on the armature shaft would fail; which indicated to me that it was engineered with a lot of forethought. The gear was obviously engineered to fail rather than the armature. I have owned many Milwaukee saws along with one Bosch and 3 Porter Cable. The Porter Cable saws were far above the others. Very heavy duty. The very worst was the Bosch. Pure junk. Plastic gears the stripped with heavy use in less than a month. Makita was not much better, but I never owned one, but have used them and often saw them fail in short order. I can't evaluate them now because my tools are not the new Chinese versions. I wish we could return to a time when every part was serviceable and made from metal. Yes that means the $125 Sawzalls would cost $500. But you buy it once an easy repair it, but the issue now is the repair parts do not exist. Nothing can beat the old school power tools. A time when Craftsman & Black and Decker meant a industrial strength, high quality power tool, instead of the lowest price piece of garbage made for super heavy duty jobs like hanging mini blinds and pictures. They do not sell quality tools at Walmart, yet the cheap, myopic Americans are not concerned in the least about quality, just price. I would rather wait or do without until I can obtain what will last and work best.
Thanks for the video.
totally good advice about " let it fall"
no joke.
Cant regrow parts
StoneysWorkshop as a long time hacky sacker it's incredibly hard to not catch things with my foot.
Squid Master I remember once I catched the hammer with my nuts, first and last...
They have the same rule in commercial kitchens for the same reason - you do NOT want to catch a falling chefs knife or a pot of boiling water.
@@EndingTimes0 In October I caught a falling stone with my left foot. It fell only 20", but it weighed 1200lb. I wasn't 'trying' to catch it though.
@@blackieblack It's automatic to bring my foot up and cradle anything I drop down to the floor. This is one of the many reasons I don't use power tools.
The insulation around the commutator... My father and I started a motor rewinding business in the late 70's and we used to rewind that sort of thing by hand (I could have re-wound your "fired up" dremel too). We used to do that insulation with a ball of nylon string, wrapped around and around, as far up the winding as possible, then tucked the end under itself. After everything was checked and tested, the whole thing was dipped in a very thick shellac and baked in an oven for about 2 hours. We used a big, stainless steel oven that came from a hotel to do that job. It came out "as hard as a wedding prick".
It's great to hear you talking about such wonderful things in other videos, as megger's, growlers, etc. In fact... Up until about 5 years ago, I had a growler, gathering dust in my shed. Regretfully, it ended up in the scrap. I wish I had it now, just so I could do a BOLTR for ya'll. It was a strange and amazing piece of kit. Megger's were always fun when my mates were visiting. I used to ask them to hold the leads... You know!
Keep your stick somewhere nice!
Btw AVE, the copper wire embedded in the brushes is what for the wear limit. it stops the brush overwear and potentially have the spring popping out and making a mess on the commutator. once the brush is too worn it can't make contact with the commutator and tool stops working.
LateNightHacks thanks for sharing
I have this exact sawzall. It's quite the ballsy saw. Love mine. It has two settings, balls out and off
Jerry Wick
I've updated to modern tech, but keep my old one just in case. As you said, it's either off or "hang on for dear life", and you can throw it off a roof and not worry about it breaking.
2250 RPM works out to 37.5 Hz. 37.5 strokes per second. Keep it away from your balls.
You remind me of my dad he would get so excited every time he found a old school tool that he could rebuild and use, he was buddies with a guy that owned a recycling yard he would find some gems, I still have a all metal Skilsaw that he rebuilt.
When my Dad was a teenager, he would travel south to Detroit and spend the summer at my great uncles rebuild shop. They rebuilt anything and everything with brushes. Your videos really bring me back in time when my Dad was so enthusiastic to teach me how to rebuild starters, alternators, tools, etc. Prime content AvE.
this was made when you had to be a real man just to pick up the tools.
Andrew Sommers i swear I nearly had a back spasm the first time I picked up my Sioux dangle grinder, 9"er roughly equivelant to the famous B@D wildcat.
going on year 4 and my damn leg hasn't grown back.
ericsnyder7462 Same here, soon 4 years.
Thanks for the great tool videos. I just ordered one of your Cockford Ollie shirts, and hope to be styling soon. Your work is great for me, because I'm a retired handle cranker, and I'm ill with radiation sickness. Your videos help me through the hard times.
as an aspiring Craftsman, I love watching your vids and my inner child loves watching you take things apart and learning how they work. My proublem was getting it to work again lol
DId I just hear AVE praise a spring washer?
Shocked and appalled.
lettersandnumbers81 Spring washers have their place
lettersandnumbers81 That's not a spring washer in the sense he's been yelling about in the past. That's a locking washer.
lettersandnumbers81 :Toothed washer. Internal tooth. Many times the spring rate of a split washer. Remember, spring rate X compression distance is the clamp load. The teeth of a tooth washer are parallel springs so rate is sum.
Jason Woods. definitely not in the middle of a current path, tho.
Jimmy tsu Many large high amperage battery devices use those type washers. Most commercial APC product use those on battery connections. The constant heat cycles on batteries (testing, usage, float charging) would likely undo the screws within a year. A spade connection would also not have nearly as much surface area.
Classic! I get sick thinking of all the aluminum and stainless old school tools I junked without considering their quality...although I kept a few, like an old Skill worm drive crosscut saw...a jigsaw, a scroll saw, and a few others. I think I will have to rebuild them now. Great vid *AvE*
This is amazing! Built like a tank
"We are going to compare the old Sawzall to the new Sawzall": Jazzed my pints right there
Oh my, that switch gave me goosebumps.
I find tools like this all the time at my local ReStore. Usually in great condition and also very cheap. Old people die, and their kids want nothing to do with all their possessions, so they give them away. You should see the key machine and VTVM I picked up. I have it shown on my channel.
Corporations can be pretty dumb as well. The company I worked for was gathering up some PC's for "recycling" As I worked in the office they said "help yourself to anything in the pile. Sitting in the corner of the pile was a like new Tektronics TDR, which was used to troubleshoot baseband coax ...out to a distance of 10 kilometers.. When new they easily cost over 20 thousand dollars and were kept under constant lock and key. By the way ,if a cable company wanted to see how many tuners you had in your house...this is the tool they would use ,while staying OFF your property.
I purchase all the old quality tools I can find. In one year I have more then enough to perform med home renovation or car repair for pennies on the dollar. Recently proud of the new 1960 black and decker sawzall for $10. It's art
@@stevenhardy2898 people waste some gems
My Grandpa used to be a tool designer for Milwaukee and Westinghouse. I'd bet he'd get a kick out of this.
Did you ever show your grandpa this, and if yes ;what did he say?
We need an update
I have a 70s vintage Sawzall and a 60s heavy duty drill that are based on the same chassis and armature/field design. I was scratching my head as to how I could remove the armature to inspect the bearing at the rear (I suspect it's on the way out in the drill)... Thank you for showing me (at least one way) how that's done! Superb stuff!
Hope you can get the follow up video done someday. I'd love to see it. Great work!
"I can handle wet, cold, hot, sandy, muddy...but sticky? fucking gross!"
7 seconds later he is wrist-deep in sticky, asbestos-laden 50 year old grease.
Grease is greasy not sticky. It's right in the name.
Justin Kenaley : Who says asbestos is in grease? Besides, the fibers wouldn't be respirable. Asbestos won't cause pussy cancer but it certainly causes fear in pussies who have irrational fear of chemistry. Yes, chemtrails are real. Composed of hydrogen hydroxide and dihydrogen monoxide with some carbonic anhydride and nitrogen oxides. Made from fuel and air in the jet engines.
Keith Jurena hydrogen hydroxide and Dihydrogen monoxide you made me laugh 😂 very funny
logan thompson : That is what makes up chemtrails. I shut you not, you ain't even my most favorite turd 😉
Keith Jurena I can get myself around chemistry you've stated water twice with a nitrogen and carbon compound. Chemtrails oh god don't trigger the hippies like you've stated its water and exhaust gas, but fuck me there's some fruit loops around, those who fell for the Dihydrogen monoxide hoax are the worst haha
Switch "CH" = Cutler-Hammer
Very old-school skookum switch maker.
Before eaton ruined them.
Or cole hersee
I'm sitting here with a damn smile on my face that won't quit. Learned more listening to to you Skookumate than i wanted to. Thanks
Wow! I think that was you're best, most information, entertaining, enjoyable, fun, watchable videos you have made. And I'm a big fan of your work so that's saying something. Cool cool. Keep on winning!
ive had my grandpa saw zall "the same on in this vid" since i was 9 "im 28 now" and this damn thing i love its never stopped damn thing will go forever!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have the same one to and it sits and collects dust cause I only use my new one. Gonna start using this one now
I use the m18 fuel alot
I got 1 of those old Sawzall but my son has a dewalt cordless one, so I do not mess with cords now. it is to bad. that Milwaukee will just set and become useless in 20 or 30 years
Auhhh its Saturday, its AvE time and everything is good in the world.
This BOLTR brings back memories for me. In the late 1980s I repaired electric motors and "Old School" power tools like the Sawzall. I believe the Philips headed screws are the factory screws, every sawzall I worked on had that type of screw holding the foot in place. Also the plunger to hold the trigger switch in an on position was made of metal and was part of the switch its self. It would break off or the flared end would give way, so the operator would need to hold the switch in until the cutting job was done. A person could do a rather quick and easy repair to the reciprocating part of this style of saw. Your use of greased rags to remove the rear bearing was cool to see how that was done. I myself would have heated the bearing housing up a little with a torch and then pry the armature and bearing out by prying on the fan like you did. I stumbled across your You Tube channel a couple of months back and thinks it's the second best thing to come out of Canada right after Moose Head Beer.
Thanks for the terrifying flashback, AVE. My father was one of those guys who sent me up on a ladder, and to a lot of other places, with one of those jesless things, and I got shocked every damn time. Same with the old drill he had.
Another awesome video. All my father's tools were "old" ones like that. I too miss the good old days when stuff lasted for decades instead of a few years or even a few months. Like refrigerators. Seriously. Back in the day they lasted forever. I have a perfectly working fridge that is probably 30 years old at LEAST. Might be older.
The one thing that always went bad and was scary on my dads old tools were the power cords. Those old "cloth-y" type cords that frayed and the plastic/rubber underneath cracked. He never bought new cords to replace them either. Many of the tools only had black tape around bad spots and sometimes replacement plastic plugs that clamped on with screws. I remember a tool we used when I was young that had a short in the power cable. Literally had exposed wires that were simply wrapped with electric tape so we wouldn't get fried. The tool would sometimes start to get all wonky and we would "squeeze" and massage the tape, to get the connection good again and then it worked again till the next time..
when I was a kid I got shocked touching the base of an old lamp my grandmother had - they had taped it together, had no ground and the hot was touching the metal base of the light.... light probably sat that way for years and they just switched it on/off - sitting on handmade doilly - damn, I still remember that feeling....
To answer some of your questions about this old tool ( not only did I use them but some people say I AM one) from my personal expertise (Westinghouse apprentice) and slot car racer and full size car racer. From my machining days I would make that cam on an engine lathe set up with a faceplate and a block jig made in a mill. The undercut is to allow the bearing to reach the shoulder for support. Undercuts can actually cause stress risers which is why crankshaft journels have radious shoulders. The motor stacks are blued probably by someone who serviced it to give them some form of rust protection , common in the 60's and70's. The brushes have shunt wires to cut down on the sparking between the brush and the hood in motors were the end cap was in the circuit. Many times these brushes were used in motors with non-conducting caps , just because they fit. I hope this helps . "DON'T PLAY LEAPFROG WITH A UNICORN!!"
i know what all of those words mean, separately
it's like trying to read shakespeare. i know it's english, but damned if my brain understands one lick of it....
Ya, I figured the shaft was held in a jig at an angle on a regular lathe.
This is brilliant in its incomprehensibility.
I think he was saying that the motor thingy-migic was blue dyed to prevent rust and had the shunt wires to stop said thingy-migic from sparking.
Your words of advice about hurting your rotator cuff at work is an incredible piece of advice because just a few days ago I messed up my shoulder and I’ve been toughing it out, but today I’m going to the work clinic to get taken care of. 24 here, Thankyou for your wisdom
Found this legendary channel in looking for other people who restored this skookum legendary tool. Pur genius
give those screws back to philip
Screw Philip.
What in the world did Philip have to do with it!!!
Yeah, give them back. They're mine. High time people realised that.
11:30 great advise, approved ;)
Not a long time ago soldering iron fell off my table, tried to catch it mid-fall, NEVER AGAIN, fizzing sound and the smell of burnt skin...
My grandfather had one of these. My father has it now & it still works.
My exact copy was purchased in 1975. With minor repairs it still runs great.
I have a more modern one, and it seems almost as skookum. A bit more plastique, but the sheet metal seems the same.
Yah but its global materials not north American or European steel :(
It isn’t. I own both and the all metal OG sawzall is much more robust in all areas. Not saying the new version isn’t good. I use the newer one at work everyday. Old one stays home so I don’t get electrocuted when I’m standing in a puddle on the side of the highway
I wonder how many weeks worth of labor the first owner handed over to buy that thing?
Charles Bonanno 69
My dad has the power drill from this era of tools, an absolute unit of a tool, been used since my grandpa gave it to him, nearly 25 years ago. It hasn’t missed a beat, other than the plug needing to be replaced
I love seeing old-style American quality showcased like this. I love it when I can see the innovative design, and tools built to LAST, not engineered to fail on schedule to make you buy another. 🇺🇸
Have an old Thor drill. Thing is like this monster, want it AvE? Great review as always man!
I've always felt the older milwaukees were better than the newer ones.
One reason was that the whole body was aluminum and would dissipate the heat from the motor. Personally using them both I started noticing that the newer sawzalls and drill motors that came from Milwaukee were make with more plastic in the case, and only a small amount of aluminum around the motor. I believe this would cause two issues. Less heat sink area means higher heat, also having a plastic handle the user would be insulated from the heat and keep using it until it burned up instead of setting it down and letting it cool off for a minute. My old milwaukees always outlived the newer plastic case versions.
Fred Flintstone
So making users hot is a good idea. I understand your logic.
Pherhaps plastic case ones should have a temp warning and overload light
I think some of the models had a thermal cutout switch, but usually by the time it gets hot enough to trip that switch some damage has been done. Dissipating the heat with the all aluminum case really was a great idea and that alone increased duty cycle and life expectancy. Higher manufacturing costs of course than going partial plastic. The partial plastics looked fancier, probably helped marketing.
Half my power tools are these aluminum body casings from the craftsman era. Ive tore them down, gave um a good once over and perhaps replace the shredded power cords and keep them going. Hats of to the quality build and simple ingenuity of these machines. My black and decker hand saw is a 12 pound beast im sure you would love to throw a autopsy on.
I have so many old school tools that my dad gave me full metal no plastic. I love them and take care of them I got friends that have bought multiple tools and mine is still going 40 years later. I cried when you took breaker bars to the housing lol.
Just imagine, somewhere someone shooting a news and ave comes to explain what happened lmao
That wourld be pretty skookum
If the rest of the world could understand half what comes out his mouth hed be good for the news
You weren't kidding about the asbestos bit there. That yellowish felt material is more than likely asbestos electrical cloth. I just looked this stuff up and back when they built stuff to last, apparently they put asbestos in everything, from cement, to ovens, and curtains, to dinner table mats, crayons, and carpeting! Christ on a bicycle, those last two are nightmare fuel.
Asbestos is only harmful if it is powderized and then inhaled. Other than that it is harmless.
Asbestos is a natural mineral. We realized that it is resistant to almost everything. I mean sounds good dosent it?
theres also transite asbestos-cement pipe thats still in use for domestic water. fun fact transite is used for water main lines but when its taken out of the ground it needs to be treated and disposed of as hazardous material
Asbestos cigarette filters too
You forgot that asbestos was sometimes put im bbq-gloves and almost PURE asbestos was sometimes used as SNOW DECORATION!
I like the lightening bolts on the side of the tool, indicating the type of shock you get with that beautiful all metal body.
With how excited you get about those little series tool motors, I wish I had an old repulsion-induction motor with shorting rings laying around. Or even a shifting brush motor, those were marvels of electrical engineering.
i've repaired many of these on the bench, be sure to use Milwaukee A and B Grease in the proper places .
the "Wig-Wag" Assembly Brg is the first to go. then the needle Brg. might as well replace both.
Genuine Saskatchewan Bearing Splitter!!
Great combination of blithering and knowledgeable, love it. Subscribed.
My pops still has my Grandfather's. First one I ever used when I was a pup. Still running as well.
"They might be on to something, those metric guys" :* :* :*
Had to replace bearings in a 60v DC motor from roughly the 40's. The numbers did not match anything produced, but they did measure to something very close.
this is still my go to tool when I'm on the job
Great video. Love the old school tool teardowns.
My dad had one of those that was a hand-me-down from my grandfather. The part that held the blade in didn't work too well so it was kind of shitty to use. We live in the greater Milwwaukee area and one day my dad was talking to someone who worked for Milwaukee tool and the old sawsall came up and the guy offered to trade a brand new one so he could use the classic one as an office trophy of some sort. The guy also threw in probably $100 worth of blades which was cool.
should've kept the old one
The guy who worked for Milwaukee knew how to fix the blade retention problem, and knew he was getting the better end of the deal.
Should have just asked him for a replacement part instead.
"Guess what I said then Jerry, I told him I'd even throw in a box of blades hahaha."
If it uses Cutler Hammer switches, it's QUALITY.
I have my father's original Sawsall in its red metal case, looking just like the one in this video. It may be older than I am - if not older, it's close. I remember him using it to install "factory" air conditioning in our 1964 Buick Riviera. A/C was what my dad did for a living. He did such a perfect job, using all factory parts, no one could ever tell it wasn't done in the factory. (He hated those under-dash aftermarket units.) He used it to cut holes for the ducts that had those round, chromed hoopies to direct the air. That would have been around 1965 for that install, so this Sawsall is at least 52 years old. It still works perfectly, although the power cord needs replaced. Cheers.
We've got one of those that we use regularly on the farm! Works awesome!
We call them flat head screwdrivers
Or screw fukkers.
those tend to jump of the screw and go right through the palm...fast n furious :D
+Tomas T
Been there, done that, got the scar, bought the gloves.
well i just dont put my hand there after a couple of near miss situations. i dont know if gloves help anything here/there :D
I go back and forth between "common" and "flat head"... what else do tool Nazis want to call them??
Regarding "good stuff coming from west germany" - Seems like it is a little known fact outside of Europe: The GDR (East germany) produced a enormous ammount of very good machine tools, metrology stuff and so on.
I suppose there is just a perception that East Germany was an utter failure so it's tough to think of top quality items originating from there. We then have great examples coming from West Germany (I have a lovely straight razor made in west Germany for example, superb steel and grind). Makes it seem like a good Germany and bad Germany divide.
Interesting though, your channels great so I'd definitely trust your overall judgement on East German products. Makes me rethink my assumptions.
A lot of very good stuff and one truly shitty car (Trabant).
Let's not forget the Czechs. Some of the best machine tools I have used.
Volkswagen guys know this very well!
Layne Brown my 2000 Passat is held together with gaffer's tape. Over engineered but built to last.
My wife is beside me from time to time when I'm watching AvE. She asked me the other day if he was related to me, cause of the way he talks. I had to laugh and I can see where she's coming from. This is my favorite channel on the tube.
You and I have a lot in common I love rebuilding old things too I'm in America but id like to meet you someday because your videos have taught me a lot, I thank you very much for your advice and thankful of your channel !!!
RF propagation is black magic and I'm an electronics technician with electrical engineering.
AvE, so who died to give that one up to you?
Not only that, it's really hard to find one before they changed their name to Milfuckee in the 90s.
Hand Tool, I watched your gas powered circular saw video last week. Now I'm gonna subscribe. :-)
My father couldn't afford a new milfuckie or default sawzall back in the 80s so he ended up picking it up used for 10$ from a sketchy man presumably in a trench coat. I inherited it from him, and it sat in a box at the shop for a good long while. Then recently ave approached me looking for a mechanical hooha rattler, which I just so happened to have in my trench coat at the time. The rest is history lol.
Thanks! I also watched that last week.
Lake School Restoration Channel Did you remove the rubber fist off the end before you sent it off as well?
You really ate my favorite channel host/producer man. live your work Chris, I hope channel ave stays fun for you and you keep it up till you're about ready for your dirty nap.
Great advice. Learned the hard way never to tough it out at work.
If u report an injury at my work, instant drug test, needless to say there was a lot of untreated limps and cuts,
It stopped when we clogged it with sober guys with paper cuts
nick longstaffe 😂😂😂 that's a damn good idea!
SeptrothFFXI worked really well drug testing ain't cheap, we are fine with having an anti drug policy but when a guy has to take a piss to get medical aid I have an issue
nick longstaffe it's not cheap at all, I woulda tossed in a few stubbed toes too! That's just obnoxious if you get a cut you gota take a piss test. I could understand to a limit but discretion should be used
Guys with recorded pre existing injuries were getting tested for asking for an ice pack after getting off of the 2 hour bus ride in
nick longstaffe that's complete and total bull crap!
Say's he hates sticky, rubs grease all over his hands.
grease isnt sticky its greasy
I have one of these. It was my grandfathers and I still use it today.
I'm glad you realized it's not super old. My dad has a sawzall that makes that look like a lazer from star wars and he used it hard until the day he died .
i have no legs
it's comments like these that make me love the internet
david o callaghan oh my
david o callagcan not walk
@Cetoke I use two books and a pair of C clamps
david o callaghan 😂😂😂😂👍
"Once you're in and out a couple a times, she's hoop-a-jooped."
Sounds like my last girlfriend.
"Deep Ball" - that was my nickname back in high school.
I love your videos. Lots of entertainment and learning. And it's just fascinating. Who needs "how things are made" on whatever cable channel.
"Let it fall," The absolute best advice in the history of workplace advice.
I would like to send you my craftsman 5/16 chuck all matal case drill from the 1950’s....
How can I do this?
Case in point: Dropped a gun, caught the trigger, I now have a hole in my left leg. Exit wound was right next to the kneecap. I cashed in all of my luck at once on that one, I expect to never get out of a speeding ticket as a result. American healthcare? I drove myself to the hospital (~5mi on a Sunday). I drive stick.
James Congdon I'm guessing there was a whole lot of no clutch shifting that day :/
Believe it or not I had to go up some stairs to get to the car, so I thought eh if adrenaline lets me kinda bend it I can make it. Had to get my phone in the car anyway. It actually felt better pressing down the clutch than letting it up. I was stuck behind a jeep for most of the drive. Once I got to the ER I could almost plot a graph of the pain ramping up as the adrenaline wore off. Leg works great now though! It was crapo 9mm range ammo so no ridiculous self defense person melting round wounds, very clean. Felt like getting stabbed by a soldering iron.
James Congdon in hadn't even considered hollow points in that regard. That would have have made the suck exponentially worse. Well glad to hear it turned out ok in the end.
James Congdon
So most of the debt is accrued from an Ambulance pickup?
Scowler
not most, per se. but a LOT of it. it's a taxi ride that costs two or three months rent. mind you whatever they do AT the hospital is gonna run you a years rent or if it's serious a years gross wages. if the bill is gonna be more than that I hope they just DNR my ass. people seriously call an Uber to take them to the hospital instead of an ambulance. people that occasionally have seizures often have on their med bracelet instructions to NOT call an ambulance because they can't afford it and the seizure will likely, hopefully, pass.
about the armature: the crud in the lamination slots is probably a hi temp grease used to mask the outside when the coils were varnish dipped. It saves some time cleaning the cured varnish off. Then the blue coloring is layout dye that will rub off if the rotor is dragging on the stator. The basic sawzall has that "wobble plate" in the gearbox, the super sawzall has 2. check that out sometime. here's some tips- those rear bearings on the armature tend to be reluctant to come out- drill a small hole in the rear-just offset from center in the bearing carrier and use a pin punch to drive it out. this is handy in some of the new plastic tools once the bearing seizes and melts into the plastic. This one might be obvious- when you take out the brushes and plan to reuse- keep the orientation of the curve contoured correctly to ride the commutator or else they will cause some arcing and will have to seat back in. Thanks for the vids!
Nicely done! Just picked one up for 10 bucks-alas no case. Runs perfect and is truly an excellent tool, and is gorgeous. The ergonomics are on point as well. It went through a 2x12 like a hot knife through butter with only 4 Amps! Very efficient. Now I need the box!
@@stevensko9153 Cool. BTW, WD40 is the perfect stuff for cleaning up the aluminum.
Where's the update? I've been looking forward to the completed refurb. :)
Still on the healing bench most likely 🥳
1) Metric? US manufacturers have been using metric bearings since the 1920s. Some agricultural bearings use combination metric and SAE sizing. B) Cutler Hammer switch: two screws on the switch body???? Are the contacts serviceable? iii) Last: McMaster-Carr tome??? A gift from Tom Sachs? He thought you'd be Knolling by now-- but the Empire of Dirt lives on!
Look at that lightning bolt on the side!!! Love it!
i love restoring old tools like that. i buy em as soon as i see em
Huh, switch made by CH. They're still very much in business, making both industrial and consumer grade controllers (consumer grade being game controllers like joysticks, rudder pedals, and other flight sim gear mostly).
HerraTohtori my great grandfather worked for CH from 1920's to the 1960's. Lots of old school WisconsinGerman industrial workers in my family
Cole Hersee...I mistakenly thought of it as Cherry switch. Thanks for info.
22:55 - Easter Egg! You said "whole hog" which is another Milwaukee product: the Hole-Hawg.
I really like when you take old but good tools ,clean them up and make them chooch like new again. While its fun to see crappy old tools smoke and burn, there's just this extra level of satisfaction from restoring quality machines. I'd love to see you do this type of vijao again.
Solid advice about self preservation in this video. I work as an auto tech and I've seen other mechanics reflexively try to catch big, heavy things as they fall and it always ends in tears. Just let it fall. Don't try to push yourself to the limit either because "you have to." You don't. I tore my right Achilles tendon completely in half trying to push a vehicle into the shop by myself because "I had to." Definitely wasn't worth surgery, months of physical therapy, 3 months off work and 3 months on light duty.