Amazing Scrapyard Finds! Repair-A-Thon!
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
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Episode 1:
• Scrapyard Finds Repair...
Episode 2:
• New Scrapyard Finds! R...
Episode 3:
• More Scrapyard Finds! ...
Episode 4:
• Even More Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 5:
• Many More Scrapyard Fi...
Episode 6:
• Great Scrapyard Finds!...
Episode 7:
• Awesome Scrapyard Find...
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Nice now let's build a jet
The torch looks beautiful.
Using natural gas and compressed you would have achieved a neater seam. Borax paste coating the area and scrap brass instead of welding rods, you would have avoided the lumps of weld. Alternatively silver solder and A 4 flux from Johnson Mathey.
Unlike using the welding technique natural gas and compressed air enables the brass or solder to run along the crack or seam. Try it
Should have read compressed air
"You can't weld cast iron"
That's why called it *cast* *iron*
What a great company for trying to uphold their repair warranty after all these years :)
Why couldn't they fix it!!??!!??
@@tomsuica8731 ?!?!?!??!?!?!?!!?! Because some faults probably aren't worth fixing, it might have been dropped and have a crack in the casting for instance.
@@VeraTR909 hahaha no man... Its just choosing where to spend money. Of course its possible to repair. It's probably just some rubber o rings again or gaskets
The company has to spend labour while they already shelf new parts. So its an easy business choice
@@MrJob91 Meh, they sold those parts separately so i would guess they would have fixed it that way if they could but cool, keep on hating. I'm kinda done with this shit now...
We saved so much money on Black Friday by not buying anything at all.
Lmao same
99% of the black friday deals were literally trash for 10% off :D
@@xcruell I got 15% off some hose clips and 20% off a hammer handle for something I'm making :D
Ditto that. Almost every need I have has for years now been met from the things other people throw away. From clothes, computers, and phones to tools, household items, ect. -even Black Friday can't beat free.
Save it for a blue monday....
More repair-a-thons please, learnng so much about electrical currents and welding, thank you. 👍
You have obviously hit something right with these repair-a-thon´s. I dont´´t know what is is that makes it so satisfying watching you salvage old stuff, but it is. The fact that you don´t pretend to know everything and show how you learned the hard way that a old acetylenetorch is the wrong place to save money, so us, the viewers, don´t have to make the same mistake is very admirable. Repair-a-thon has inspired me to have 4 old cheap grinders each wit a different disc instead of one brandnew that I has to change disc at all the time. Greetings from Denmark. You are doing a good job with these videos
Every time I watch these programs my appreciation of German excellence in industrial quality goes up a notch.
Great intro - I thought I was the only one who felt like that about black Friday craze being spread around the world.
what about the outro? cheers from Italy!
@@blazodeolireta Ciao della terra/paese dove vivano gli kenguri.
My local councillor has suggested a "no-spending day" instead.. And actually, I like the idea!
@@5084204 I support that idea.
Black Friday is dying. Fewer and fewer shop it each year. 2019 was a bust in the US. Amazon killed it. And besides what do you care if people get their jollies shopping what’s it to you?
As an English speaker, I really enjoy hearing the proper pronunciation of German words and names. Thank you for doing that!
Yes, ditto. It's excellent.
Ja, mir auch!
Just FYI - Intro music was turned down 95%.
I was wondering if it's my phone or not
My money's on the strike algorithm.
@@Lokalaskurar No way, the intro music is one of the pieces that TPAI composed himself.
i think that was an intentional shoutout to the haters
@@charlesangell_bulmtl I couldn't hear it. I actually quite like the music TPAI makes. I've asked him to publicize more of it - nice, clean electronic music - but he doesn't seem to have gotten around to it yet.
I also work in house hold waste removal business and its amazing what people discard. I often salvage what i want and can use or donate to a charity what i can. Madness !
Keep up the good work - we can learn lots from the repairs. Thanks
Sitting here with a hot tea on a cold Sunday morning in the UK. There is nothing better then watching the latest TPAI scrapathon. Keep them coming and don't make them short. Love the new term- "wussified". Unfortunately it sums up where we are going.. Thank you so much for your videos.....
Good video.
The DC motor is powerful enough to be used on your metal lathe to provide a lot of speed control.
Dave.
I find very respectable and admirable if you want to sell something you have found in the scrapyard and fix it because you have the knowledge that 99% of us don't have. That's the best recycling a product can have
I share your horror at the fantastic equipment thrown in the scrap , I have found many good things in the skip , But beware don,t end up being a hoarder !
The people need to sieze the means of destruction! Make waste pay; make wasters pay!
p.s. Tools are a contagion.
@@michaelthibault7930 It feel you there with the contagion of tools. It’s human nature to hold on to things that are potentially useful. I try to give away tools I have multiples of to friends and family so they don’t have to buy new ones.
You should see about o-rings designed for hvac (heating and air conditioning) applications
Im sure they are availible in Germany. They last so much longer that the black ones
they are bright green or bright red in color , the wide range in temperatures they are designed
to work in is what gives them this advantage.Cheers from the U.S.A/Nick
I think I'm not the only person when I say I absolutely love the format of these scrapyard item repair videos, always beginning with some chat about our messed up throwaway society and the camera panning around different areas of the yard, then selecting some key items and restoring them. Also during the process giving us some words translated into German and going into the history of the products and companies who manufactured them. Don't change a thing with these videos TPAI, they are gold.
Keep the Repair-A-Thons coming brother, they're great. 😁
2:50 I'm a nurse. In the US, we call those Hoyer Lifts. They make mesh nets that are snuck under the patient while they're in bed or in a chair and then they're lifted. They work very much the same way as an automotive engine crane. Honestly, being a medical device, you're right that it's probably expensive - I'd challenge probably not justifiably so. It seems many medical devices, at least here in the US, have never been subjected to any kind of practical scrutiny when it comes to cost effectiveness. They're overbuilt, but not necessarily in a good way.
Absolutely love this channel and love the repair a thon. Always waiting for your videos. Keep up the good work. Englishman in Egypt
MI6?
OH, PLEASE!! DO MORE SCRAPYARD REPAIR-A-THONS!! love these!
Thank you so much for not using loud, annoying music. Love this channel.
Your intro was right on point. I do not have access to a scrapyard like the one you go to but we have a town
"recycle center". Depending who is working that day I ""may "" be allowed to take something out. Not even allow to buy anything there. When I am allowed to pick it is incredible what I get. As I mentioned before the theme of my channel is reclaim repair reuse recycle. Nice safety upgrade on the cart. I am just getting into DC motor controllers & gathering information. Great video big 👍
Stay safe, Joe Z
For me, the greatest pleasure of watching your presentations is the "educational format" you create for your viewers. That value alone is worth the time to visit and absorb your teachings, especially the generosity of you speaking in English and German. When I consider the safety tips you presented on the oxy unit torches...that was worth the price of admission alone! Well done, very well done!!
The idea of an electric go-cart using a tread-mill motor is exciting. Can you do a build ?
Please more, I really enjoy this kind of video. 👍👍
Dank deiner Videos habe ich mir zugetraut mein Electra Beckum Schweißgerät zu reparieren und es nicht wegzugeben, obwohl ich eigentlich von Elektronik wenig Ahnung habe. Ich musste nur ein paar kaputte Dioden im Gleichrichter tauschen.... Dank deine Videos weiß ich überhaubt wie ein Gleichrichter funktioniert 😅
I really enjoy seeing what cool things you dig up from the scrapyard.
Upending -- even occasionally -- the sequence of discover;haul;diagnose; repair;deploy would make for an interesting change. Especially if the identity of the finished object can be obscured, at least initially.
I personally mostly go after electronics at places like this and in my experience it is very rare that a little bit of rain causes an issue. I personally would have been all over those reel to reel units :P
Greetings from the UK.
This is such a great channel. I like to repair tools, your level of expertise is incredible.
That's a crazy scrapp yard you go to. I live in San Antonio TX and there's either a car junkyard or a metal recycling yard where they're always busy cutting up everything in to smaller pieces so the place is mostly empty.
You do what you want or need to do. Your chanal is a gold mine of information. Thank you.
I love this! Wish I had a cool scrapheap like that close to me! I did however repair a Warn pullzall 220v winch that I found at work. A resistor and a some of the winding had burned up. Replaced the resistor and soldered a wire to the part of the winding that had burned, put some epoxy on it at it worked!
Please keep on making more junk yard videos. They really make my day Sir.
your an example for all the DIYers ! Scrapyard finds are my favorite!
I see a mutually-beneficial opportunity for top-tier repairers to get free scrapping privileges in exchange for endorsement of the source scrapyard(s). _Grosso modo,_ anyway.
The only problem is that the large collecting places of garbage are forbidden to do any trade with people repairing stuff. There should be an opportunity to buy in price of weight.
Love your opening speeches on these videos! Couldn't agree more.
BTW. You can reset the security code by sticking the car stereo in the freezer for a few hours. I got the tip many years ago from a friend after having picked up and repaired a Pioneer unit from the nineties. Worked fine for me.
I enjoy seeing the scrapyard repairs and often wish there was such a place available to people like me in my area. There are only automotive junkyards, but they don't let anyone wander thorough them out of liability.
Black Friday at the scrapyard, I will be there 5 am with a big smile and a cart . You should try braising with a TIG torch as a heat source with silicon bronze rods. Which is stronger, and is very much more controllable.
I'd love to see more repair-a-thon episodes, especially if the salvaged parts end up in future creative projects such as your robot platform. Thank you!
Love the Repair-A-Thon videos!
One thing I've noticed is the age of vehicles in the scrapyards you visit, on average they look to be at least 15 to 20 years old. Here in the UK most scrapyards are filled with cars 10 years old or less. Most of my friends buy new cars on PCP finance of which they will never actually own but still spend a fortune on. While I drive a 16 year old car that cost what they pay in 2-3 months.
I have a bunch of used torches I've bought of the usual auction site. My advice is to take them to a welding supply that can test them for you. My supply depot did it for just a few bucks and while they were at it they replaced the broken glass on my regulator. O and never use a hose that you haven't owned form new. The hoses are subjected to all kinds of don't do that. I've never had a failure of a torch, but I have had hoses fail. Mostly because people abuse them.
I love watching you fix the old German tools like that torch. We just don't have stuff like that in the USA. I love the old gas welding and cutting stuff they are works of art. Even the most utilitarian ones look awesome.
I'm so glad that you have done these in English, but also that you include the German names (and pronunciation) of various terms. I spent some time working in Germany (Duesseldorf) during the 1980s, and learned a lot of terms, but never became fluent. I still keep up a basic working knowledge of the language. Sometimes when speaking to an otherwise competently English-speaking German (as most Germans are), knowing a technical term 'auf Deutsch' is helpful. Often I know the term in German for which he or she doesn't know the English word.
These scrapyard repairathons are fantastic. Great gas torch company for looking after their customers and products. We need to reward companies like that! Cheers, Craig
When I worked for my brother-in-law he was so afraid of lawsuits because of defective equipment. He bought all new equipment for every contract. Once the contract was finished he threw away more good equipment, some of it never used, and some of it very expensive to replace.
When I hauled the equipment to the county scrap yard there were always gleaners going through the refuse. I made certain that they knew about the good items it was dropping off. Seemed like such a waste to bury it.
Love the repair a thons. In Australia our voltage is 230v yet all the dc treadmill motors I have recovered are 180v dc. We must be a lot lazier than you Germans as I stopped picking up treadmills after I brought home my eighth unit in 18 months. All were pickup for free or out on the street for free. The ones that raise and lower the deck are good as you get a linear actuator as well. I converted a 240v Ac belt sander to the 180v dc treadmill motor and I’m very happy with it as now it is variable speed both faster and slower than the Ac motor. I bought all the parts of eBay and followed the instructions I found on UA-cam and I couldn’t believe my luck when it worked perfectly first time. I even added a tacho so I know what the rpm is. It hasn’t missed a beat in two years. Jeremy Fielding has the best channel I have found for explaining electric motors and how to repurpose them. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I like the way you do your first attempts on video, you did an outstanding job brazing for a first attempt
one thing to watch for when testing for a gas leak is to make sure to use a non-petroleum based soap on the oxygen, Oxygen will react with oil and oil based product and could explode. Great video.
Repair-a-thons are some of my favorite, a great compliment to the variety of stuff you do. Thanks for kicking ass and sharing the journey.
Sorry but you need to make more videos CAN'T get enough of them, i love watching you reuse and repair items.
I have been doing electronics for over 20 years and i mainly stick to basic stuff, but LOVE watching you repair or make things like i do, I must say i don't think there is too many of us guy's or girls left who do these things.
Ich freue mich immer, wenn ein Video von dir kommt, interessant und lehrreich zu sehen und der richtige Gedanke - weiterverwenden und reparieren statt neu kaufen...
scanner ending was cool. my vote for continuing this scrapyard type video. thanks.
This was a brilliant episode and I would love to see more like this please.
Many thanks,
Joe
I enjoy watching you take junk & make it useful again. I have repaired DC motors & AC & DC controllers. Keep up the videos of fixing motors & electronic equipment. Thanks.
One good tip some old ship yard workers gave me regarding oxy- acetylene, concerned the gas lines. Don't run the two lines tightly together (a lot of people tend to tape both lines together for neatness), the reason is that if the lines are together then it is easy for bits of molten metal to get caught between them and burn them. Not so much a problem if your brazing, but if using the torch for cutting metal it is a good idea to keep the hoses apart.
I love scrapyard repair-A-Thons-especially when you repurpose items for different use. I'd love to see you use that DC motor on a robot build! Also, I was really impressed with that German company letting you mail them the 40+ year old acetylene torch for examination and possible repair. Glad you bought the new one from them, they deserve your business.
Scrap yard finds are my favourite videos. Especially your opening commentary on our unfortunately wasteful societies. Keep up the excellent informative and conscientious videos!
The odd looking cast-iron object is a coal heated iron, very common in rural areas here in Brazil when I was a kid, you fill it with ember, open the back and do a pendulum movement to re-heat ;-)
Love your videos. So much is discarded that could be fixed . Keep it up from the USA !
Love the repair vids, especially the electronics! I sometimes work at an "e-waste" recycler and it's amazing the things that come in to be thrown out, for free! Much of it works just fine, I'd bet well over 50% and the rest is often something fairly minor wrong. The hardest part a lot of times is not bringing home too much!
that sounds like a great job.. would be nice to try, here in sweden it's forbidden to take anything from the recycling station :(
Arrange to do the work _at work._ if it's worth even slightly more functioning than as scrap (whether in the melt or over-the_counter as-is), then it's worth considering adding value to the item and having that value end up in your employer's register…
When you put a lump of iron in a microwave, I said "what?!! What?!! WHAT?!?!?!" ... but then you explained and I calmed down.
You've reminded me now...... I really really really must get the rotary encoder in my sequencer fixed.
It's great to see you sharing some more of your amazing power electronics knowledge with us again.I like your new smaller isolation transformer.
You can use a pencil and or pen eraser to clean the switch contacts. The motor can be used to generate electricity. Nice finds!
I am jealous of the scrape yards that you have access to. Th ones by me are picked clean all the time. Thank you for these videos.
Repair-a-thons are great, but I also like build videos.
Your opening dialog was spot on (at least for us here in America). I couldn't agree with you more.
Scrapyard repair videos are my favorite. Keep up the good work from Indiana, USA.
YES!!!!! More Repair-a-thon videos, please? Of all of the junkyard repair videos out there, yours are definitely hands down the best of the best. The broadness of the types of equipment is awesome!!! Thanks for sharing it with us!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do more Repair-A-Thons! It is one of my favorite things on UA-cam. My grandpa always told me that when I was old enough, he would take me to the junkyard and let me play around and pick out stuff. Turns out that junkyards like yours don't really exist in the states as much anymore, and my grandpa was thinking of the types of places he had in his youth. There are only automotive scrapyards, and scrap recycling yards. I have always wanted to find a place like what you have, so I can do exactly what you do.
FULL STEAM AHEAD! You are a legend!
Scrapyard finds are the best. Always nice to find something for a quick sale too
This guy is superb and may well be of great help to us all post apocalypse. Just record what he posts in some way you can access when, if, all the centralised resources, including mains power and internet, go down
I love the work that you do and repurposing old things
24:09 Ooof! One nice thing AvE does is lower the volume of his videos when a power tool spins loudly.
Those treadmill motors are pretty popular for DIY wind turbine generators too.
sincerely, I like more the videos when you make things and explaining all the process, your projects are unique. I know rescuing tools is a youtube trend right now but there are so many channels to choose.
In my case I don't hate your videos from the scrapyard but I like more your old stuff... well, as I was following you since day one... or maybe day two :)
But hey, do what you want, I keep following you
Seriously my favorite series on UA-cam. I love reusing things, scrap yards, and the general idea of having to fix and create from what's left if everything was to end. Please, don't ever stop going to that scrap pile! :D
about 2 years ago, i work at a bar, the co2 tank was tied with a chain, and the chain was fixed with a nail in the wood
Every time you go to the junk yard I'm jealous - there is nothing like that near me. Where i used to live there was one but that's over 1,000 miles away now. I enjoy your visits to the junk yard and see items I would love to have. Sometimes you choose them sometimes not.
I would have arc welded the iron because with grinding it would have been near impossible to detect the repair. On items that get a coat of paint after the repair I prefer brazing. In any case your first attempt at brazing went well. Not so pretty but it worked. Only practice will help improve your braze.
I really liked your initial speech at the beginning, quite on point.
I actually like the design of the torch cylinder cart, I think it needed a plate contoured to the bottle cylinder radii fastened at the upper saddles.
Nice save on the Becker cd player
I wish i knew electronics the way you do. Maby use the motor for a small boat build? Solar cells, lithium batteries and that engine!
20:34 You're right. That sort of thing happens a lot over here. I picked up a $200 garbage disposal unit that had been curb tossed. Only thing wrong was one of the wires just inside the access panel had come loose. 2 minutes work and it was humming along. Still using it today
101 of buying used gas oxy set check all parts and change were needed, other way to fix cast iron is drill small 3mm holes along the sides of the break and grind a 30 degree rough to both broken sides use 3 mil wire to stitch together preheat wire as you go and fill grinded trench with braize locking the stitch and break together stronger fix
Finding things that can be repurposed is great. Enjoyed this video.
Greetings from Canada. I love watching your Repair A Thon videos, as well as single repair videos. Keep up the entertaining work.
How did you not have "I'll be back..." at the end of your Terminator sequence at the end of your video. I enjoy your scrap repair-a-thons a lot and appreciate the effort you put into filming these interesting items.
I really love your videos and am slowly working through them. Next time you get something like the flat iron maybe you could try asking the guys from "my mechanics" or "LADB Restoration" as they both do a lot more restoration of old cast iron. It would be great to see a crossover where you guys got together and did a big restoration maybe for charity
"Airconditioning unit" is basically a compressor and heat exchanger for a small walk in cooler or split fridge system like you'd find in a bar or cooling display counter in a store...
woosified society is a good way of saying we have things too easy now. can't wait for you're next video. And thanks for sharing your knowledge and experience.
Yes please to more repairathons! Brilliant videos, watching you in Scotland!
Just bought a DC motor to use on my pillar drill and now Looking forward to building a speed controller. Great channel.
my advise for the homeowner is to go with lp or propane and oxy set up. All I used in shipyards and cuts just fine. You dont need the gas to be high pressure out of the cutting torch but the oxygen and your cuts are limited to the oxygen pressure. I cheaper in the long run and honestly a lot safer over all especially in shop spaces
love watching you repair broken stuff and finding another use for items you find in the scrapyard .
Love these videos! Especially when you hit me with some unexpected "In German called..." language knowledge! haha
me too. I'll always accept a free lesson!
I admire your work brother keep it coming.....Chicago USA 🇺🇸
Yes. Your scrapyard videos are so good and I am sure will inspire others to keep trying to reduce reuse recycle. You certainly inspire me. You are an amazing man!
Thank you for discussing safety, unfortunately that is not always done on UA-cam. You have my respect.
Thanks for posting these videos. Scrapyard repair-a-thon are very good. Greetings from Ireland.
Hands down the most educational video I have seen.
Fantastic as always! Some of the best repair and restor videos!
As many Scrap a thons as you can physically make please!! It gives me some hope for the future, which is in short supply these days.
Excellent set of repairs and would like to see many, many more.
Thanks for sharing
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Please check so there is non-return valves where you attach the hose on the burner handle. They prevent the hose from exploding. It is a good safety equipment together with the flashback arrestor on the gas regulator. Sometimes the hose connectors have built in non-return valves. The flashback arrestor only protect the gas bottle.
Love these scrap yard episodes - I have learned so much. Please do more!!