Ah, to discover one of these diamonds in the rough. I was in a retail clothing store in Maine and realized that all of the display tables were old wooden workbenches, complete with vises. Turns out the owner happened on a furniture factory that was being razed. Bought all the furniture for the cost of hauling it away. Saved the contractor dump fees.
Well done @@MatthewPeechWoodworking! I just rescued an old organ from a damp basement and some kind of boring bug...137 years old! Most can be repurposed. I'm turning it into a Hoosier cabinet in the spring! I also refurbish antique tools...I use palm olive oxi degreasing dish soap with warm water and a plastic bristle brush first to knock off the dirt. Metal pieces get soaked in a product called metal rescue (found in automotive section). Jimmy Diresta does an amazing job restoring an old gun with another rust removal product but I don't recall the name... I love roadside ritches!
Enjoy what you share, and I know it's a lot of work to clean up the iron. I'm looking forward to 2024, and getting my woodworking out there and making a buck. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄
That's what I miss about living in Maine, besides the food 😋 I picked up lots of old pieces from various 2nd hand shops that I refurbished into useful items. Most are long since sold, most recently the antique cast iron stove base I turned into a lift top coffee table. But I hung onto the 4 sets of ice tongs one of which I made into a cool modern light fixture
Shouldve tried just soaking in evaporust.. that stuff takes rust off and is non toxic i use it a lot when working on cars here in Wisconsin. Turned out great by way!! Love it!!
I went through an old cabinet shop the other day, been out of business 15 years and they had about ten of these old carts($20.00) after watching your video I’m headed back there soon to buy all of them, thanks Matthew!
We were still using those same type of carts in my shop at work until a few years ago. We're still using antique carts to haul rigging inhaul/outhaul lines, but they've finally started to become unrepairable, so my shop has been building new ones that maintain the look.
If you had a blacksmith, they could have tossed all of the cast parts in the forge, it would have turned the rust into an oxide, that would be easily popped off. then they could have heated the cast parts back up, put a protective oxide finish on it... Which is most likely the original finish on it.
Sir you have done some great work and projects on your channel But this one You have nailed it BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL project thx for sharing Keep building
To clean that rust off, mix a 1:1 ratio of vinegar and water and let it soak at least 30 minutes, then rince with clean water and dry, then protect it with a light coat of oil
That turned out beautifully! I'm always trying my hand a refurbishing old rusted items & adding them to reclaimed wood with character. Not painting, but just cleaning up the rusty parts is definitely more work, but it's so worth it. Thanks for sharing.
Ever tried Evap-o-Rust on something like this? They sell the liquid in Harbor Freight, Home Depot, Lowes etc. but they also make thicker gel versions and sell in various sizes online Very cool having such old, rustic, heavy duty carts.
I really enjoyed this one. I’ve been a restoration mason for the past 20 years and seeing this piece of history brought back to life is just beautiful. Cheers brother.
What an amazing restoration. I love old wood and cast iron. But the fact that you had the wood floor from the tobacco factory is absolutely the icing on the cake. Merry Christmas🎄
Love your “how to make money” videos BUT this video was fantastic. Love seeing history come back to life! Well done! Greetings from Canada. Merry Christmas!
Ah Matt, twice in one day. One of the most enjoyable time in out shop ios reusing reclaimed wood. Fortunately we were able to tear down several barns/houses several years ago to amass a large supply of stock. The time goes by very fast when "creating" furniture/picture frames with the clear scent of pine in the air. Please share more of this type of work as it is very special. Again, thanks.
Maybe on the next cart, you can have all the metal wheels and other pieces sandblasted. But have then sandblasted use walnut shells, corn, or some kind of media like that. It won't destroy the metal but get a lot of the chunky rust off. I will still have a nice patenia if blasted on a low-pressure, too.
Ditto on the walnut shells. I have done a lot of sandblasting. Walnut shells take care of the rust but leave the character of the old metal. Sandblasting new wood is also a way to distress the wood by lowering the soft wood between the denser rings.
It looks amazing!!! Now if might suggest something for those ends where it looks where you cut the pieces if you use a grinder to rough it up it will look exactly how it was before all beat up, but overall it’s an incredible piece, Will love to have one of those when I am going furniture hunting, thanks for sharing
You can get a 'wetblast' wand for your pressure washer, siphons a tiny bit of sand from a bucket into the water stream, will literally just wash off paint and rust. So fast and easy it's hard to believe.
It looks great and you got a great deal on the carts. I'm more of a fan of the top being planed a little more. Old wood deserves to be saved. I try and use some old wood in every project.
Great restoration Matthew. Couple of options: evaporust (I haven't used any but from what I've been reading it seems to work very good; it's not toxic and can be reused); you could've found a shop in your area that has a cabinet style sand blaster that would let you use it For finishing the metal, boiled linseed oil (it seems to work better if you heat the metal)
Matthew, how many hours did you have invested in the project including trial and error. It is an awesome result. I imagine the follow on carts will take less time.
Nice work. I am redoing a metal bench that rusted. I used OSPHO to kill the rust and wiped it down with mineral spirits. It looks pretty good. It will get painted but that is the clients preference.
That penetrating oil does eat rust, but it's also eating your profits. Try a 50/50 mix of acetone and the cheapest automatic transmission fluid you can find. The ATF is loaded with anti-rust agents, and the acetone helps it penetrate into tight spots. It's an extremely effective solution on rusted automotive and machinery fasteners at a fraction of the cost of that stuff in the spray can. Put it in any old pump spray bottle you have laying around.
Sweet refurbishing! I enjoy seeing old items like that being updated and made useful again. My wife is from the tobacco state of Kentucky. We saw a Christmas tree made with tobacco sticks, which are getting harder and harder to find. But with your ideas of using fence slats, they could be made from that, too.
Great rebuild Matthew. I hope you and your entire family have a blessed and wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. I can't wait to see what new ideas and projects you share with us next year.
I actually have a couple of these old carts that I knew I didn't want to get rid of. HOPEFULLY I don't drag them around unfinished for 20 years, too. Well, they've been in my brother's garage for 10 since Dad passed, so I guess I'm on the way.
Awesome project! I really enjoyed this segment. Also, it is important to use a tack cloth, but they can be problematic if you are using a water based finish. With oil, no worries.
Ahh, my ears heard “710” sand paper and I was like YES YES THAT STUFF IS AWESOME. Seriously, anyone who has misc paper that’s not 3m 710 or any of the cubitron stuff, toss it all and just use the 3m. Saves so much time!
Tung oil on the iron parts would give you the same black look with an oily finish. Merry Christmas to you and your family. Have a happy and safe holiday.
I've done two of those, one is in my living room and the other is in my basement unable to sell who da thunk it. The one I use is stained the one I can't seem to unload is just clear coated so it's still the gray patina. Oh well. Yours turned out great. Good job.
You could have rubbed cooking oil on the cast iron parts and thrown them in a 500 degree oven for an hour to put a nice black finish on them. Season them like a cast iron pan. I have an old coffee grinder that I did that with.the cast iron parts. It is a very tough finish.
Awesome, how long did it take you to refinish? And if you were going to sell this project, how much would it be ? Thx and great job . Love your chanel.
We were repairing a building that used to manufacture wooden ladders. They went out of business. The head guy that showed me the things that needed repaired also showed me a room with at least thirty of these. He said I could have as many as I wanted. For nothing. I passed. Damn
I was looking into these carts about a month ago, before I saw this video. They are really cool; however, people are getting savvy to the fact that they are selling for big dollars to carpenters like us who are flipping them. I'll keep looking but reasonably priced ones have been like finding a needle in a haystack.
Ah, to discover one of these diamonds in the rough. I was in a retail clothing store in Maine and realized that all of the display tables were old wooden workbenches, complete with vises. Turns out the owner happened on a furniture factory that was being razed. Bought all the furniture for the cost of hauling it away. Saved the contractor dump fees.
I love when I’m in the right place at the right time!
Well done @@MatthewPeechWoodworking! I just rescued an old organ from a damp basement and some kind of boring bug...137 years old! Most can be repurposed. I'm turning it into a Hoosier cabinet in the spring!
I also refurbish antique tools...I use palm olive oxi degreasing dish soap with warm water and a plastic bristle brush first to knock off the dirt. Metal pieces get soaked in a product called metal rescue (found in automotive section). Jimmy Diresta does an amazing job restoring an old gun with another rust removal product but I don't recall the name...
I love roadside ritches!
Enjoy what you share, and I know it's a lot of work to clean up the iron. I'm looking forward to 2024, and getting my woodworking out there and making a buck. Merry Christmas to you and your family! 🎄
That's what I miss about living in Maine, besides the food 😋 I picked up lots of old pieces from various 2nd hand shops that I refurbished into useful items. Most are long since sold, most recently the antique cast iron stove base I turned into a lift top coffee table. But I hung onto the 4 sets of ice tongs one of which I made into a cool modern light fixture
Man I miss Maine. We sure do like to hang onto old equipment and tools lol
Shouldve tried just soaking in evaporust.. that stuff takes rust off and is non toxic i use it a lot when working on cars here in Wisconsin. Turned out great by way!! Love it!!
Great tip! Thank you.
I use it as well for restoration projects works great, cuts the rust with no dust and leaves the patina!
I went through an old cabinet shop the other day, been out of business 15 years and they had about ten of these old carts($20.00) after watching your video I’m headed back there soon to buy all of them, thanks Matthew!
From an old tobacco farmer, and I remember those in the warehouses, it is good to see them restored and put to good use.
Beautiful piece of history brought back to life, very very nice Matt.
Many thanks!
Matt, I've seen those carts come up at auctions on several occasions. I'll be looking at them a little different from now on. Ty.
Nice!
I am so jealous. I love old stuff like that! 😄
We were still using those same type of carts in my shop at work until a few years ago. We're still using antique carts to haul rigging inhaul/outhaul lines, but they've finally started to become unrepairable, so my shop has been building new ones that maintain the look.
Wow ... those "industrial salvage" coffee table carts are nice.
I'm waiting to see what you make with that 3" strip you cut out of the middle board.
If you had a blacksmith, they could have tossed all of the cast parts in the forge, it would have turned the rust into an oxide, that would be easily popped off. then they could have heated the cast parts back up, put a protective oxide finish on it... Which is most likely the original finish on it.
Nice!
Sir you have done some great work and projects on your channel But this one You have nailed it BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL project thx for sharing Keep building
Now we need a video to recreate this cart using new wood!
This was a lot of fun to watch! I've rescued a few old pieces from winding up at the garbage dump.
Thanks!
Recently found you here on UA-cam. I loved this video. You are informative, and I learned a lot from it. Thanks for sharing your ideas.
You are so welcome!
Love the old restoration stuff!! That turned out great
Thanks!
To clean that rust off, mix a 1:1 ratio of vinegar and water and let it soak at least 30 minutes, then rince with clean water and dry, then protect it with a light coat of oil
That turned out beautifully! I'm always trying my hand a refurbishing old rusted items & adding them to reclaimed wood with character. Not painting, but just cleaning up the rusty parts is definitely more work, but it's so worth it. Thanks for sharing.
Yes, you are so right.
Ever tried Evap-o-Rust on something like this? They sell the liquid in Harbor Freight, Home Depot, Lowes etc. but they also make thicker gel versions and sell in various sizes online
Very cool having such old, rustic, heavy duty carts.
I have one similar to that, it's from a railway for baggage, it also has the tug wheels and handle that pull it from the front.
Nice!
That was spectacular.... Love the way the your cart turned out.. Merry Christmas!
Thank you. Merry Christmas!
I really enjoyed this one. I’ve been a restoration mason for the past 20 years and seeing this piece of history brought back to life is just beautiful. Cheers brother.
As always, a very informative and inspiring video. Thank you for always being willing to teach and share your heart for wood.
My pleasure!
What an amazing restoration. I love old wood and cast iron. But the fact that you had the wood floor from the tobacco factory is absolutely the icing on the cake.
Merry Christmas🎄
Fabulous job, it looks amazing. Just the type of thing I love. Old stuff is the best, so much character. Pea green with envy!
Absolutely Gorgeous!!🤩
Love your “how to make money” videos BUT this video was fantastic. Love seeing history come back to life! Well done! Greetings from Canada. Merry Christmas!
Thanks so much!
Another great build and you make lots of sense when you talk about looking at using things for something else than what it’s made for
I just bought one of those from my neighbor for $50. Thank you for showing me how to make it beautiful!
Wonderful!
Very interesting and motivating! I am going to look for some old treasures!! Thanks for the great video!
It's out there! Go get it!
Thanks for the videos. Have some great ideas. For the old cast parts to get clean without the dust try electrolysis
@@jasonlato578yes, very simple with a 12v battery charger, and easy on your hands if you have arthritis. No dust everywhere, too!
Ah Matt, twice in one day. One of the most enjoyable time in out shop ios reusing reclaimed wood. Fortunately we were able to tear down several barns/houses several years ago to amass a large supply of stock. The time goes by very fast when "creating" furniture/picture frames with the clear scent of pine in the air. Please share more of this type of work as it is very special. Again, thanks.
Maybe on the next cart, you can have all the metal wheels and other pieces sandblasted. But have then sandblasted use walnut shells, corn, or some kind of media like that. It won't destroy the metal but get a lot of the chunky rust off. I will still have a nice patenia if blasted on a low-pressure, too.
Ditto on the walnut shells. I have done a lot of sandblasting. Walnut shells take care of the rust but leave the character of the old metal. Sandblasting new wood is also a way to distress the wood by lowering the soft wood between the denser rings.
It looks amazing!!! Now if might suggest something for those ends where it looks where you cut the pieces if you use a grinder to rough it up it will look exactly how it was before all beat up, but overall it’s an incredible piece, Will love to have one of those when I am going furniture hunting, thanks for sharing
Thank you for all your time and effort. You have just giving me some great idea's.
I love to see old things restored. Beautiful work Mr Peach!
Love those old factory carts for different things. Awesome job
Loved this Matt. Absolutely stunning!! 😍😍😍😍😍
This is AWESOME! Great job Matthew!
You can get a 'wetblast' wand for your pressure washer, siphons a tiny bit of sand from a bucket into the water stream, will literally just wash off paint and rust. So fast and easy it's hard to believe.
It looks great and you got a great deal on the carts. I'm more of a fan of the top being planed a little more. Old wood deserves to be saved. I try and use some old wood in every project.
I am a sucker for old wood!
Great Job. Nice result. I would have distressed the ends of the clean cuts of the top just to blend in with the rough look.
Great restoration Matthew. Couple of options: evaporust (I haven't used any but from what I've been reading it seems to work very good; it's not toxic and can be reused); you could've found a shop in your area that has a cabinet style sand blaster that would let you use it
For finishing the metal, boiled linseed oil (it seems to work better if you heat the metal)
Matthew, how many hours did you have invested in the project including trial and error. It is an awesome result. I imagine the follow on carts will take less time.
What an awesome find and a great restoration project. It turned out great. Merry Christmas to you and yours
Nice work.
I am redoing a metal bench that rusted.
I used OSPHO to kill the rust and wiped it down with mineral spirits.
It looks pretty good.
It will get painted but that is the clients preference.
That penetrating oil does eat rust, but it's also eating your profits. Try a 50/50 mix of acetone and the cheapest automatic transmission fluid you can find. The ATF is loaded with anti-rust agents, and the acetone helps it penetrate into tight spots. It's an extremely effective solution on rusted automotive and machinery fasteners at a fraction of the cost of that stuff in the spray can. Put it in any old pump spray bottle you have laying around.
Sweet refurbishing! I enjoy seeing old items like that being updated and made useful again. My wife is from the tobacco state of Kentucky. We saw a Christmas tree made with tobacco sticks, which are getting harder and harder to find. But with your ideas of using fence slats, they could be made from that, too.
Patina is EVERYTHING!
On the next one, 2 or three bar clamps would hold the frame together. You could even pull the old top boards off.
Instead of sanding or grinding to remove rust you could use a wire wheel to remove flaked rust then treat it with PPG DX520.
Thanks for the tip!
Great rebuild Matthew. I hope you and your entire family have a blessed and wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year. I can't wait to see what new ideas and projects you share with us next year.
I actually have a couple of these old carts that I knew I didn't want to get rid of. HOPEFULLY I don't drag them around unfinished for 20 years, too. Well, they've been in my brother's garage for 10 since Dad passed, so I guess I'm on the way.
Love this. Very good job.
Wishing you and your family a merry Christmas and happy new years
Good job to the person that is doing this video love it
I’d buy at least 50 of them if I could find them at that price, WOW!
Congratulations
And great job.
That looks amazing! Excellent work!
Awesome project! I really enjoyed this segment. Also, it is important to use a tack cloth, but they can be problematic if you are using a water based finish. With oil, no worries.
Beautiful work! Outstanding video.
Thank you!
This looks great. Do you have any tips on how to find reclaimed lumber?
Awesome, I have an old cart now I have an Idea of how to bring it back to life , Thank you and wishing you and your Family a Very Merry Christmas
Same to you!
How cool... old oak is tough. Id keep it this cart for your shop for lumber stack move
It is tough for sure. This one is claimed but I have more.
@MatthewPeechWoodworking it would be great to see the results on the rest.
Ahh, my ears heard “710” sand paper and I was like YES YES THAT STUFF IS AWESOME.
Seriously, anyone who has misc paper that’s not 3m 710 or any of the cubitron stuff, toss it all and just use the 3m. Saves so much time!
Tung oil on the iron parts would give you the same black look with an oily finish.
Merry Christmas to you and your family. Have a happy and safe holiday.
Thanks for the tip. Merry Christmas! 🎄
Dude that's so awesome! Also I'm glad I'm not the only one who vacuums themselves while working!
Lol yeaaa
I've done two of those, one is in my living room and the other is in my basement unable to sell who da thunk it. The one I use is stained the one I can't seem to unload is just clear coated so it's still the gray patina. Oh well. Yours turned out great. Good job.
You could have rubbed cooking oil on the cast iron parts and thrown them in a 500 degree oven for an hour to put a nice black finish on them. Season them like a cast iron pan. I have an old coffee grinder that I did that with.the cast iron parts. It is a very tough finish.
You did such an amazing job, it’s so freaking beautiful.
Very nice! I wonder how Ospho would work on that rust, followed by an oiling?
Great stuff. Merry Christmas. Thanks for all the great videos
That turned out great great job
Love the video. The cart looks fantastic. Keep the ideas a coming.
Thanks! Will do!
I enjoyed the video, nice change of pace
Marry Christmas 🎄
Thanks! Merry Christmas!
Great restore.... hitting local scrap yard tomorrow!! Would you recommend using tabketop sandblaster for the metal piece?
Great video. I enjoyed watching this format.
Merry Christmas to you and your family.
$20 each!!?? Damn! That’s gold!
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Hi nice job well did, and have a merry Christmas and a happy new year 👍🐝🌲☃️
Merry Christmas!
Very Cool!! Looks Great… Merry Christmas 🎄
Thank you. Merry Christmas.
Great find and build Matthew.
Those cart are the best things ever
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What a find - nice work!
You should run that into the secret man cave... That would look great in there!
Well done sir!
Lol yea!
There’s a lot of steakhouse restaurants that like these old antiques.
Came out great, nice rustic look.
Thanks!
This is so cool! Made back when they would last forever.
Yes!
That looks incredible!
Very cool! That looks great
Thanks!
Awesome, how long did it take you to refinish? And if you were going to sell this project, how much would it be ? Thx and great job . Love your chanel.
My friend you are a magician, wonderful video!
Thanks!
We were repairing a building that used to manufacture wooden ladders. They went out of business. The head guy that showed me the things that needed repaired also showed me a room with at least thirty of these. He said I could have as many as I wanted. For nothing. I passed. Damn
Thank you for sharing! Blessings to you and your family.🙏👍❤️🇺🇸
Thank you and same to you.
As always Matthew …… Beautiful
you could soke the metal in vinager over night and it will remove rust.
Looks great! Can you tell us which products you used? Type and grit of sanding or grinding materials? Thank you for your time!❤
I have them linked in the description. I started with 80 grit and worked my way up to a 320.
I was looking into these carts about a month ago, before I saw this video. They are really cool; however, people are getting savvy to the fact that they are selling for big dollars to carpenters like us who are flipping them. I'll keep looking but reasonably priced ones have been like finding a needle in a haystack.
Did you ever try vinegar to remove rust? I used it on old tools and it worked nice. Small ones of course.
Could have put some clamps (pipe clamps) on ot when you took off the end tension rods.
Wowza!!!! Great job!!!
Thank you!
What a great find for $20!!
I had a cart very much like this for years. Miss that cart. You have this uncanny Billy Bob Thorton vibe about you lol. Think its the way you talk.
Lol I e heard that before