This is now my favorite episode. "Hey, wish we had a long metal stick thing" *flashback* "Hmm, now if only I had a chuck..." *another flashback* EEehehehhe hoarding pays off.
@@richardpalmer6196 I'm the same. I have a 2 car garage I cannot get a push-bike in because of all the crap I cannot throw away. Only about 10% of it will ever come in useful but the problem is knowing which 10% that is ...
Oh so true, a good friend, an Engineer said to me Engineers never throw away anything useful, and I have lost count of the number of times I have been able to fix or improve using bits and pieces I have saved, and nearly always when everyone is closed, I have even extended this concept to my car in the past, having a boot full of tools and useful bits has enabled me to fix a non functional windscreen washer, on the roadside, miles from home in a Storm, also to mend a windscreen wiper arm, again miles from home, in the rain and with a long journey by motorway ahead of me, I have also mended a throttle cable, in a car park, again with stuff I just happened to have with me, and a friend in the motor trade once remarked to me about my windscreen washer repair that my temporary solutions, are better than most people’s permanent ones ! - Julie
@@julielowe7462 That's just how working smart works. Only people with a brain keep hold onto useful things. You get the scrap for 10$-ish, you keep it for a few months, you use it and saves the day with 0 delivery time; where buying it would've costed over 100$. Over your lifetime you save probably over 100 grand just hoarding things.
My favorite videos are those in which you repair discarded tools and give them a new lease on life. Rebuilding a drill, an old drill press stand and finding a discarded chuck that still has lots of useful life, and combining them to make a useful shop tool is a n excellent example of repair and reuse. Lots of people would like to have such a good drill press. Respect from the USA.
You’re opening remarks are so true! What do we really need and comparing how stuff was made 50 or more years ago is like night and day! So many things are designed to fail and be thrown away and replaced nowadays!
I would’ve LOVED to hear all the things that “could be done” with that MASSIVE toroidal coil… I can’t believe how massive certain things are made for larger applications. This channel has absolutely pushed me to hit my scrap yards.
Gerolf, I really love your repair-a-thons. I make sure to comment on every video so the algorithm sees engagement. I cannot get enough of your workshop - I work in a shop making custom equipment for a small company, and your techniques and low-waste mindset are very educational, I often put your advice to use. For instance, I am now using WD-40 a lot more for rust removal. It's much cheaper than penetrating lubricants. I particularly like your commentary on the state of society and the decline of quality in manufactured goods. Thank you for being one of the most genuine DIY content creators on the internet.
I so much enjoy your videos because you honour the finest traditions of quality German engineering combining this with your vast knowledge of electronics and the ability to reconstruct and repurpose old equipment, I find this amazing in a young person living in a world of cheap, disposable badly manufactured goods. Keep posting your scrapyard and repair videos. I can't wait for the next one.
Please keep making these scrapyard finds repair a thon videos. I am from America and I love your idea that us as people we should all recycle a lot more! You have been inspiring me to keep building things.
Mel from Texas. So happy to have found your channel. It is very satisfying to watch you repair and transform items needlessly tossed to the scrapyards. Please keep making videos!
Within the first two minutes of your narration , you verbalized exactly why l follow your channel . Older is better . ( the exception being my body 😊 ) when you mentioned the cast base for the drill for example , it is iron as opposed to thin stamped sheet metal . Thank you for always pointing out the quality of older tools . Younger people only get to see the current "LET'S MAKE IT AS CHEAP AS WE CAN " manufacturing that is being sold today . Stay safe and healthy .
Really do appreciate your videos. I also think that way too much material goes to the dumpyard. My dad taught me to reuse and give a second life. Why did the neighbours on my street put a very recent stainless steel microwave !! I thought the magnetron would be shut and that the cost would be prohibitive! The microwave works PERFECTLY . I now like to have a quick ride in my neighbourhood to see what items are being thrown out. Ventilators, a modern computer desk, salvaged 18650 batteries from a "old" cordless vacuum!!! Thanks again for educating people and promoting the re-use and re-purpose of items. You have all of my respect !!! :-) dan
First I would like to say that I as an American and ex military who was in Germany in the late 1980s I love your work. The trip you went on to Berlin to show that you are not the only one out there doing what you do. Love seeing the country side again and tha autos on the bahn.
This might just shine the light and help resolve the conflict between quantum mechanics and relativity. I hope Lee Smolin and other physicists are watching.
Hello guys, this is the 16th episode of the "Scrapyard Repair-A-Thon". All other epsiodes can be found in the video description. The videos might be about 20 minutes long, but their production requires a lot of work and time beyond what you see in the video. Often more than 100 hours of filming on side, driving around, finding replacement parts, research, sound and video editing go into each video. So in case you like them and want to see more, maybe consider to support this channel. There are several ways to do that. The easiest way is to support the channel via patreon, or make a donation. Thank you, Gerolf patreon.com/tpai paypal-donations: inventordonations@gmail.com
(I started writing this comment about 12:20 into the video.) I really like the idea of using an Arduino inside the control panel, to turn on/off workshop appliances etc., but I REALLY hope that you don’t make the huge mistake of hooking up the emergency cut off button to the Arduino! I have heard stories of people getting injured by their DIY battle bot, because they made the mistake of connecting the emergency cut off switch to one of the I/O pins on the controller, instead of using the button to physically disconnect the power. 🤦♂️ I don’t recall how badly they were hurt, or who it was. (For those who don’t know what battle bots are, look at the video below.) Much love for the PAI from Denmark! (Keep it coming, and don’t be shy when it comes to protecting yourself whenever you work. I have noticed that you always make sure to use eye, ear, and skin protection when applicable.👍🏻) m.ua-cam.com/video/bENmyokXYuU/v-deo.html
Fantastic as always. So very satisfying to just chill out and watch things be brought back to working life. And your control panel discovery has prompted me to find a local scrap yard and have a look for something like that myself. I'm a sucker for big high quality illuminated push buttons!
You're drilling now! Can't have enough grinders. Regardles, you can sell them if you have to. The Hilti brand is known in USA as commercial grade! Really, tough equipment, not "cheap" in any way. I remember seeing those caravans all over Europe in the summer ofv1986, when I was there. Really cool campers! From Colorado, keep up the great work.
500 people will turn up to ur caravan bringing you so many items for your future videos you will need a trailer on the back of the caravan to bring it all home😁
I love your channel and your thoughtful insight. You are so right when you say that in many ways, we have not progressed. The guys who replaced my 40+ year old furnace in my house said the new one was more than double the efficiency, but I should *not* expect it to last anywhere near 40 years. It seems we've accepted the trade-off of lower cost for built-in obsolescence or lower quality.
Thank you for these brilliant repairs. If only there‘d be more of such people like you - e-waste wouldn’t be that much of a problem. Danke auch für den charmanten Hinweis auf Miele. Deren Waschmaschinen sind bzw. waren legendär. 23 Jahre für eine 5-köpfige Familie = kein Problem. Und danke auch an Hilti, dass es immer noch Ersatzteile gibt für alte Geräte. Is leider nicht mehr üblich heutzutage.
Getting a garage soon, watching your videos makes my mouth water. If only I could find half this stuff. The simple drill press is simple yet effective use of space.
Thanks for another great episode. Regarding a new or a 20 years old car. With a fossil car there is no fundamental difference. But a new electric car is a game changer.
Ha! The drill stand! I bought exactly this model as a child in, I think, the early 1980s, as one of my first tools, and I still own it. It is the most rugged and reliable of all models I have seen since. I especially like that the up and down movement is unlimited.
It is so satisfying when that item you've had for many years is just what you need to finish a project. I'm pleased this sort of video seems to be popular, not just because I like them, but because you were concerned about the viability of the channel a little while back. I hope you don't get bored of making them.
15:20 you got to keep in mind that NiCad batteries do not take damage form being completely discharged. It is actually the other way around. They are stored best completely empty. Some manufacturers even suggest shorting them once they are discharged. My NiCad powered drill was fine after at least 22 years of being empty. Turned out that all those years the charger was broken and not the batteries. Charging them up made them work like how you would expect from NiCad batteries again.
Yes, correct. However what kills them is cell imbalance, since there is a lot of cells without any BMS. What happens is that during use the weakest cell hits zero volts whilst the others have enough power to continue operating the device.... thereafter, the weak cell starts getting negatively charged (by the discharge current flowing through it), which destroys it. You can check a NiCD or NiMH pack by putting it on the charger and measuring each cell voltage as it charges. Good cells will show 1.2V or more, whilst bad cells will show at close to zero volts no matter how long you charge them. My "go-to" drill is a compact Makita 14.4V NiCD unit, however I have upgraded the battery to a cheapo NiMH clone from Ebay. The replacement battery is at least 15 years old, and still works great.
@@MrMaxGyver - if the cells are in parallel, then it is IMPOSSIBLE for them to be unbalanced, let alone creating a problem. This comment thread is about Nickel Cadmium battery packs that are used in old power tools. Except for the most obscure and gutless electric screwdrivers, almost 100% of the packs have cells in Series.
@@johncoops6897 Yes if you find them in parallel they can only be balanced or broken. But dont you parallel some cells that you dont know the charge state or health of. A healthy cell can rapidly discharge through an empty or shorted cell, in worst case creating fire or explosion. That is the main problem of cell inbalance if you ask me.
I love that you rescue and restore objects with years of use left in them that were abandoned too early. I wish more things were kept out of landfills, especially as older devices are, more often than not, of superior construction.
Great stuff TPAI... "Scrapyard Repair-A-Thon" is my favorite, always admire your knowledge, determination and presentation. Looking forward to future episodes and to see what becomes of the MB mechanical fuel injectors
I seriously love your intros. They really set the tone and are a good analysis of the utter abundance / waste we live in today. I mean, I love all of your videos. But the intro is what keeps me coming back for more! :D
I second the sentiment about how cool the flashback to keeping the steel rod was. It's almost (or perhaps precisely!) as if the apocalypse is here and all this time you've been preparing and it's now starting to pay off!
Again, I'm most jealous of your ability to be close to scrapyards like that. I would have bought all of those large masonry saw blades and the sinks. So jealous...
Where Im from, the uhh rural provinces of 🇵🇭, Scrap yards (junk shops) are practically walk in. But of course, being in a low industry level location, I only get co struction metal, some repairable chinesium tools, and so forth, I really envy how advanced other countries' "trash" could be.
@@amielrumbaua8387 Don't be envious, generally in the EU you aren't allowed in scrap yards to rummage for health and safety. Crazy EU laws, more litigious citizens and risk averse insurance companies I guess
Bored Fartless thank god for ?Brexit and maybe after December 31 we in England can get back into scrapyard once again I have two recycling scrapyards literally less than half a mile from my house and I would love to rummage like I used to in car yards
I have the same WolfCraft drill stand, and was given a (second) DeWalt DC 980 12volt akku 3-speed, which fit - with a locking strap I now have a portable drill press! Kuul video, keep up the good work on saving things! :-D
Andrew from Oz here. You are unbelievable lucky to be able to access such material from a scrapyard. Here, it is illegal to remove anything from the dump (= scrapyard?) Once upon a time, material dropped off at the council dump was arranged in piles, by the same thoughtful people who bought it in: Things still OK, Stuff that might be repairable, and Utter junk. Now, there is an Inspector at your shoulder even before you get into their yard! How I hate the laws that prevent us from re-using good stuff. More power to you!!
The 8-bit guy who restores vintage computers has an awesome recipe for the old yellow plastics - put the washed plastics in a black waterproof container, add water and hydrogen peroxide, cover the top of the container with the translucent plastic wrap and put the whole assembly under the Sun for a day, turning the plastic part from one side to another from time to time. This helps to renew the color drastically.
Your intros always amaze me but never more than this one. Indeed, we live in a throwaway society where scrap metals have little or no value. Yet, they are none renewables, and beyond the value of gold or silver, if you ask me, for the tremendous use you still could get out of them. I often feel sad and shameful about how a lot of slightly rusty, yet still good, construction steel gets remelted, at the expense of further energy, to end up with a reduced volume of the same new material. I would never let the Military Industrial Complex have access to any material, least of all non-renewables, like metal, of any kind. Like your dill-press stand, excellent trophy.
I remember the wonder when I first had use of a home market drill press, similar to this latest find. Great for precision bench drilling but I also light. I managed to clamp it to a trailer I was rebuilding which needed a new jockey wheel drilled and tapped. Worked well. Quality of many tools has dropped and I now usually buy older where possible. Cheers
I keep a variety of those printer rods as well. They make great mandrels for making chain mail. Plus I made one into a prop hook for Captain Hook in a Peter Pan play.
Holy cow! that Hilti grinder is a tank! You would get ripped having to use that everyday at your job. Jeez going from a 4.5” to 6” grinder throws me off my usual routine for welding everyday at work.
I clicked through on ad. My 2¢ worth. I know You can't ask for these clicks but I'm just saying it was a really cool multi tool. I have a multi tool in pocket all the time. I love the camper. small campers are so expensive in the US. I think I'm going to share this video to the Arduino group on FB.
After watching your last episode I bought on of those wolfcraft angle grinder stands and it is just fantastic for my purposes. I was looking at a metal chop saw but I really didn't have the room for it in my shop and don't cut a ton of metal. This little gadget fit the bill nicely and I even had a spare grinder to permanently assign to it.
Hey guys, the next episode is online! ua-cam.com/video/9WASKdYV6a0/v-deo.html
At 4:48, what did it say?
This is now my favorite episode.
"Hey, wish we had a long metal stick thing" *flashback*
"Hmm, now if only I had a chuck..." *another flashback*
EEehehehhe hoarding pays off.
Oh my God, my father has risen from the grave . He never met anything that he thought he may not need in the future . 😁😁
@@richardpalmer6196 I'm the same. I have a 2 car garage I cannot get a push-bike in because of all the crap I cannot throw away. Only about 10% of it will ever come in useful but the problem is knowing which 10% that is ...
@@I_Don_t_want_a_handle And if you only threw away 10%, that would be the stuff you would find you needed!
Oh so true, a good friend, an Engineer said to me Engineers never throw away anything useful, and I have lost count of the number of times I have been able to fix or improve using bits and pieces I have saved, and nearly always when everyone is closed, I have even extended this concept to my car in the past, having a boot full of tools and useful bits has enabled me to fix a non functional windscreen washer, on the roadside, miles from home in a Storm, also to mend a windscreen wiper arm, again miles from home, in the rain and with a long journey by motorway ahead of me, I have also mended a throttle cable, in a car park, again with stuff I just happened to have with me, and a friend in the motor trade once remarked to me about my windscreen washer repair that my temporary solutions, are better than most people’s permanent ones ! - Julie
@@julielowe7462 That's just how working smart works. Only people with a brain keep hold onto useful things. You get the scrap for 10$-ish, you keep it for a few months, you use it and saves the day with 0 delivery time; where buying it would've costed over 100$. Over your lifetime you save probably over 100 grand just hoarding things.
My favorite videos are those in which you repair discarded tools and give them a new lease on life. Rebuilding a drill, an old drill press stand and finding a discarded chuck that still has lots of useful life, and combining them to make a useful shop tool is a n excellent example of repair and reuse. Lots of people would like to have such a good drill press. Respect from the USA.
These repair-a-thon videos are so inspiring. Please don't stop makimg them. I love to see you bring new life to other people's cast-offs.
You’re opening remarks are so true! What do we really need and comparing how stuff was made 50 or more years ago is like night and day! So many things are designed to fail and be thrown away and replaced nowadays!
I would’ve LOVED to hear all the things that “could be done” with that MASSIVE toroidal coil… I can’t believe how massive certain things are made for larger applications. This channel has absolutely pushed me to hit my scrap yards.
Great video the Scrapyards are great even if you didn't get items to repair I still think it's cool to see old equipment
Gerolf, I really love your repair-a-thons. I make sure to comment on every video so the algorithm sees engagement. I cannot get enough of your workshop - I work in a shop making custom equipment for a small company, and your techniques and low-waste mindset are very educational, I often put your advice to use. For instance, I am now using WD-40 a lot more for rust removal. It's much cheaper than penetrating lubricants. I particularly like your commentary on the state of society and the decline of quality in manufactured goods. Thank you for being one of the most genuine DIY content creators on the internet.
I so much enjoy your videos because you honour the finest traditions of quality German engineering combining this with your vast knowledge of electronics and the ability to reconstruct and repurpose old equipment, I find this amazing in a young person living in a world of cheap, disposable badly manufactured goods. Keep posting your scrapyard and repair videos. I can't wait for the next one.
Please keep making these scrapyard finds repair a thon videos. I am from America and I love your idea that us as people we should all recycle a lot more! You have been inspiring me to keep building things.
There are no words in English to express how much I enjoy this series. 😊. You are a joy to watch and please keep it going. 👍👍
Holy cow. What a scrap yard! Chock full of spectacular finds.
Well done, what a beats that Hilti is, indeed.
Enjoy the vacation...
Thanks for the inspiration and keep on trucking!
I not only like your videos, your optimistic character, but mostly what you do to be more sustainable - respect!
Mel from Texas. So happy to have found your channel. It is very satisfying to watch you repair and transform items needlessly tossed to the scrapyards. Please keep making videos!
Within the first two minutes of your narration , you verbalized exactly why l follow your channel . Older is better . ( the exception being my body 😊 ) when you mentioned the cast base for the drill for example , it is iron as opposed to thin stamped sheet metal . Thank you for always pointing out the quality of older tools . Younger people only get to see the current "LET'S MAKE IT AS CHEAP AS WE CAN " manufacturing that is being sold today . Stay safe and healthy .
Really do appreciate your videos. I also think that way too much material goes to the dumpyard. My dad taught me to reuse and give a second life. Why did the neighbours on my street put a very recent stainless steel microwave !! I thought the magnetron would be shut and that the cost would be prohibitive! The microwave works PERFECTLY . I now like to have a quick ride in my neighbourhood to see what items are being thrown out. Ventilators, a modern computer desk, salvaged 18650 batteries from a "old" cordless vacuum!!! Thanks again for educating people and promoting the re-use and re-purpose of items. You have all of my respect !!! :-) dan
First I would like to say that I as an American and ex military who was in Germany in the late 1980s I love your work. The trip you went on to Berlin to show that you are not the only one out there doing what you do. Love seeing the country side again and tha autos on the bahn.
Making sparks fly...gotta love that! 😊😎
Laughed out loud when you said, "You can never have too many drill presses!" Loved the accompanying music, too!
Crazy Ole' Ben Franklin and his get rich quick schemes, you would say that.
That was a bit AVEish though
He never has to change bits!
Woodworkers say "You can never have too many clamps", although I imagine that's hardly unique to woodworkers...
You can certainly have *too few* of them, though.
Love it mate, practical engineering solutions and promotes sustainable living. Planned Obsolescence be damned.
Thank you David, you have a great day as well.
This was a wonderful video to watch while baking bread and thinking about electronics projects. Thank you!
"You can never have too many drill presses"
This is the only true universal constant.
Turns out you can never have too many eagles, too.
This might just shine the light and help resolve the conflict between quantum mechanics and relativity. I hope Lee Smolin and other physicists are watching.
you can buy a shit 1 though.
Legit.... I need to have at least 1 drill press.
And clamps. can never have too many clamps.
Hello guys, this is the 16th episode of the "Scrapyard Repair-A-Thon". All other epsiodes can be found in the video description. The videos might be about 20 minutes long, but their production requires a lot of work and time beyond what you see in the video. Often more than 100 hours of filming on side, driving around, finding replacement parts, research, sound and video editing go into each video. So in case you like them and want to see more, maybe consider to support this channel. There are several ways to do that. The easiest way is to support the channel via patreon, or make a donation. Thank you, Gerolf patreon.com/tpai
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Cars are a pretty bad example, fuel efficiency and safety do get incremental updates usually.
(I started writing this comment about 12:20 into the video.)
I really like the idea of using an Arduino inside the control panel, to turn on/off workshop appliances etc., but I REALLY hope that you don’t make the huge mistake of hooking up the emergency cut off button to the Arduino!
I have heard stories of people getting injured by their DIY battle bot, because they made the mistake of connecting the emergency cut off switch to one of the I/O pins on the controller, instead of using the button to physically disconnect the power. 🤦♂️
I don’t recall how badly they were hurt, or who it was.
(For those who don’t know what battle bots are, look at the video below.)
Much love for the PAI from Denmark!
(Keep it coming, and don’t be shy when it comes to protecting yourself whenever you work. I have noticed that you always make sure to use eye, ear, and skin protection when applicable.👍🏻)
m.ua-cam.com/video/bENmyokXYuU/v-deo.html
Gopnik Probably because he didn’t have a working battery for it. It’s also better in the long run, if you don’t mind the cord.
Is there any value in reparing and selling this old tools?
Once you count in price for the item and parts?
Go full steam ahead!
That cable management job was a work of art, I wouldn't have been able to tear it out.
Always great to watch your restorations. This was a lot of fun to watch.
Fantastic as always. So very satisfying to just chill out and watch things be brought back to working life. And your control panel discovery has prompted me to find a local scrap yard and have a look for something like that myself. I'm a sucker for big high quality illuminated push buttons!
You're drilling now! Can't have enough grinders. Regardles, you can sell them if you have to. The Hilti brand is known in USA as commercial grade! Really, tough equipment, not "cheap" in any way. I remember seeing those caravans all over Europe in the summer ofv1986, when I was there. Really cool campers! From Colorado, keep up the great work.
the amount of crazy stuff you find in a junkyard is unbeliveable
Wonderful absolutely wonderful thank you fir leading the way
Wow sweet grinder! Those switches you salvaged are cool too. Love these repairathon videos. 👍
500 people will turn up to ur caravan bringing you so many items for your future videos you will need a trailer on the back of the caravan to bring it all home😁
The drill press stand can also be made into a thread tap jig. Happy camping. thanks for sharing
Its nice to see people saving scrap that really isn't scrap and reperposing it.
I love your channel and your thoughtful insight. You are so right when you say that in many ways, we have not progressed. The guys who replaced my 40+ year old furnace in my house said the new one was more than double the efficiency, but I should *not* expect it to last anywhere near 40 years. It seems we've accepted the trade-off of lower cost for built-in obsolescence or lower quality.
Thank you for these brilliant repairs. If only there‘d be more of such people like you - e-waste wouldn’t be that much of a problem.
Danke auch für den charmanten Hinweis auf Miele. Deren Waschmaschinen sind bzw. waren legendär. 23 Jahre für eine 5-köpfige Familie = kein Problem.
Und danke auch an Hilti, dass es immer noch Ersatzteile gibt für alte Geräte. Is leider nicht mehr üblich heutzutage.
Great Video, please keep them coming, "you just cant have too many drill presses"......................................................... how true
Can’t wait to see your video of the lathe control box. Very cool idea!
Getting a garage soon, watching your videos makes my mouth water. If only I could find half this stuff. The simple drill press is simple yet effective use of space.
Thanks for another great episode. Regarding a new or a 20 years old car. With a fossil car there is no fundamental difference. But a new electric car is a game changer.
Ha! The drill stand! I bought exactly this model as a child in, I think, the early 1980s, as one of my first tools, and I still own it. It is the most rugged and reliable of all models I have seen since. I especially like that the up and down movement is unlimited.
You said it about that angle grinder *WHAT A BEAST!!!*
I had my first panic attack at work today. I'm glad to see this to calm me down when I get home.
With all that tool noise? I would watch a Big Clive long rambly building video instead.
Fun and interesting as always. Your video is much appreciated. Thanks.
It is so satisfying when that item you've had for many years is just what you need to finish a project. I'm pleased this sort of video seems to be popular, not just because I like them, but because you were concerned about the viability of the channel a little while back. I hope you don't get bored of making them.
412,000 subscribers... dude... "YOU'RE A ROCK STAR!!!"
Based Hans, buying vans with gf included, what a steal
15:20 you got to keep in mind that NiCad batteries do not take damage form being completely discharged. It is actually the other way around. They are stored best completely empty. Some manufacturers even suggest shorting them once they are discharged.
My NiCad powered drill was fine after at least 22 years of being empty. Turned out that all those years the charger was broken and not the batteries. Charging them up made them work like how you would expect from NiCad batteries again.
Yes, correct. However what kills them is cell imbalance, since there is a lot of cells without any BMS. What happens is that during use the weakest cell hits zero volts whilst the others have enough power to continue operating the device.... thereafter, the weak cell starts getting negatively charged (by the discharge current flowing through it), which destroys it.
You can check a NiCD or NiMH pack by putting it on the charger and measuring each cell voltage as it charges. Good cells will show 1.2V or more, whilst bad cells will show at close to zero volts no matter how long you charge them.
My "go-to" drill is a compact Makita 14.4V NiCD unit, however I have upgraded the battery to a cheapo NiMH clone from Ebay. The replacement battery is at least 15 years old, and still works great.
Thanks for the tip.
@@johncoops6897 Cell inbalance is only a problem if they are in parallel
@@MrMaxGyver - if the cells are in parallel, then it is IMPOSSIBLE for them to be unbalanced, let alone creating a problem.
This comment thread is about Nickel Cadmium battery packs that are used in old power tools. Except for the most obscure and gutless electric screwdrivers, almost 100% of the packs have cells in Series.
@@johncoops6897 Yes if you find them in parallel they can only be balanced or broken. But dont you parallel some cells that you dont know the charge state or health of. A healthy cell can rapidly discharge through an empty or shorted cell, in worst case creating fire or explosion. That is the main problem of cell inbalance if you ask me.
Hilti grinder was amazing! Powerful unit built to last 100 years
Great save. You sure can't go wrong with Hilti equipment.
Love to see people like you with another thinking like others❤
I love these scrap yard recovery videos. Keep it up, subbed.
Now i finally know how old my drill stand is, thank you for always specifying the year of construction.
I love that you rescue and restore objects with years of use left in them that were abandoned too early. I wish more things were kept out of landfills, especially as older devices are, more often than not, of superior construction.
What a great match - Miele control panel and your lathe! Love these repair videos, thanks!
Great stuff TPAI... "Scrapyard Repair-A-Thon" is my favorite, always admire your knowledge, determination and presentation. Looking forward to future episodes and to see what becomes of the MB mechanical fuel injectors
That hilti is a beast! What a score! Awesome videos as always. Keep up the good work! would love to see a restoration series on your camper!
I seriously love your intros. They really set the tone and are a good analysis of the utter abundance / waste we live in today.
I mean, I love all of your videos. But the intro is what keeps me coming back for more! :D
Can't wait to see more about the restoration of the camper that you and your girlfriend bought. Really enjoyed this video keep up the great work
I second the sentiment about how cool the flashback to keeping the steel rod was. It's almost (or perhaps precisely!) as if the apocalypse is here and all this time you've been preparing and it's now starting to pay off!
Again, I'm most jealous of your ability to be close to scrapyards like that. I would have bought all of those large masonry saw blades and the sinks. So jealous...
I have the upull lot on 8 mile (Detroit) but no upull scrap yards that I know of.
Where Im from, the uhh rural provinces of 🇵🇭, Scrap yards (junk shops) are practically walk in. But of course, being in a low industry level location, I only get co struction metal, some repairable chinesium tools, and so forth, I really envy how advanced other countries' "trash" could be.
@@amielrumbaua8387 Don't be envious, generally in the EU you aren't allowed in scrap yards to rummage for health and safety. Crazy EU laws, more litigious citizens and risk averse insurance companies I guess
Bored Fartless thank god for ?Brexit and maybe after December 31 we in England can get back into scrapyard once again I have two recycling scrapyards literally less than half a mile from my house and I would love to rummage like I used to in car yards
@@danny117hd Next time you see a guy riding around with a pickup bed full of scrap metal ask him where he takes it to.
These are my favorite videos, love to watch old tools and equipment being brought back to life. Thank you :)
Brilliant. The 'Beast' sure was hungry for that steel.
Loved all the cool restores. Gives me a lot of ideas. Now to find a junk pile/yard that would actually have any ports for sale :).
Collision avoidance systems, improved airbag systems, backup cameras. etc
I have the same WolfCraft drill stand, and was given a (second) DeWalt DC 980 12volt akku 3-speed, which fit - with a locking strap I now have a portable drill press!
Kuul video, keep up the good work on saving things! :-D
Some billiard or pool balls would make lovely ends for that drill lever! :) Love your reclamation videos! Thank you!
Andrew from Oz here. You are unbelievable lucky to be able to access such material from a scrapyard. Here, it is illegal to remove anything from the dump (= scrapyard?) Once upon a time, material dropped off at the council dump was arranged in piles, by the same thoughtful people who bought it in: Things still OK, Stuff that might be repairable, and Utter junk. Now, there is an Inspector at your shoulder even before you get into their yard! How I hate the laws that prevent us from re-using good stuff. More power to you!!
i hope we see some of the caravan resto work..great work as usual mate
That control box idea is brilliant
I love the problem solving in these videos
The 8-bit guy who restores vintage computers has an awesome recipe for the old yellow plastics - put the washed plastics in a black waterproof container, add water and hydrogen peroxide, cover the top of the container with the translucent plastic wrap and put the whole assembly under the Sun for a day, turning the plastic part from one side to another from time to time. This helps to renew the color drastically.
Amazing, I love it! I repair recycle and reuse electronics, mostly audio gear, your content is really inspiring! Thanks!
Your english is really good. You're well spoken.
1:50 i definitely would have scoop up that extruded aluminum, very useful
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing
Perfect time. Your new backround for filming is really good.
I hang onto any industrial push buttons/switches I can find. They're so handy for any project, durable and modular.
Wonderful exploration of bringing tools and appliances back to life.
drill press are love , drill press are live , drill press is our masters
Your intros always amaze me but never more than this one. Indeed, we live in a throwaway society where scrap metals have little or no value. Yet, they are none renewables, and beyond the value of gold or silver, if you ask me, for the tremendous use you still could get out of them. I often feel sad and shameful about how a lot of slightly rusty, yet still good, construction steel gets remelted, at the expense of further energy, to end up with a reduced volume of the same new material. I would never let the Military Industrial Complex have access to any material, least of all non-renewables, like metal, of any kind. Like your dill-press stand, excellent trophy.
Those Pelletier fridges are great for flattening Subaru batteries.
I remember the wonder when I first had use of a home market drill press, similar to this latest find.
Great for precision bench drilling but I also light. I managed to clamp it to a trailer I was rebuilding which needed a new jockey wheel drilled and tapped. Worked well.
Quality of many tools has dropped and I now usually buy older where possible. Cheers
Full steam ahead sir.
Thank you.
I keep a variety of those printer rods as well. They make great mandrels for making chain mail. Plus I made one into a prop hook for Captain Hook in a Peter Pan play.
Holy cow! that Hilti grinder is a tank! You would get ripped having to use that everyday at your job. Jeez going from a 4.5” to 6” grinder throws me off my usual routine for welding everyday at work.
Great job. Especially with the "Drillpresse". I think "Hammerschlaglack" would have looked even better." ;) 👍
Very impressive, sir.
Once again, I am in awe of your skills and resourcefulness. I definitely hope to join your post-apocalyptic colony.
I always enjoy these repair-a-thon videos. I also look forward to your videos on the camping trailer. Keep it up!
Great job my man. Always look forward to your videos.
I clicked through on ad. My 2¢ worth. I know You can't ask for these clicks but I'm just saying it was a really cool multi tool. I have a multi tool in pocket all the time. I love the camper. small campers are so expensive in the US. I think I'm going to share this video to the Arduino group on FB.
Radar for blind spot vehicle detection is a valuable innovation in my opinion also the back up obstacle dection.
Great video as usual! Glad to keep seeing this content coming.
Love watching the scrapyard repair-a-thons. you find some cool stuff.
Would love to see some off the caravan restoration if you have time.
Thanks
Nice repair video 👍
I love this kind of content. It is really nice to watch a combination of treasure hunting and technical instruction video. Great, thanks! 👍
Full steam ahead as I find these to be some of the most useful creations on YT.
After watching your last episode I bought on of those wolfcraft angle grinder stands and it is just fantastic for my purposes. I was looking at a metal chop saw but I really didn't have the room for it in my shop and don't cut a ton of metal. This little gadget fit the bill nicely and I even had a spare grinder to permanently assign to it.