Antique 1950 Calculator - Restoration

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  • Опубліковано 14 січ 2021
  • Today's video is an antique calculator restoration video trying to do some new stuff and not only restore model cars.This is probably the hardest restoration I tried to do.It's not the best but I'm pleased how it turned out. I really hope you like it.
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  • @broadsmilemissmagootewkesb5799
    @broadsmilemissmagootewkesb5799 3 роки тому +595

    I love the fact that there aren't any stupid music overlays. You get to hear every aspect of the restoration which is what makes these video's exceptional.

    • @Wuahia
      @Wuahia 3 роки тому +7

      Exactly dude

    • @terryprideaux
      @terryprideaux 3 роки тому +4

      Nice

    • @leeyli
      @leeyli 3 роки тому +5

      this is what i most like about this videos

    • @plumbr13
      @plumbr13 3 роки тому +2

      Except for O Little Town of Bethlehem at the end.

    • @cathybenson5119
      @cathybenson5119 2 роки тому +1

      Totally agree.

  • @daveb9307
    @daveb9307 3 роки тому +188

    My father was a Monroe tech. starting 1967. He could make these machines and their operators happy.

    • @joijaxx
      @joijaxx Рік тому +2

      Wow! It seems like quite a complicated piece of machinery!

  • @The_Real_Chris
    @The_Real_Chris 3 роки тому +46

    Having collected and restored many Monroe, Friden, and Sweda mechanical calculators & cash registers, I can tell you that without the service manual, it is extremely difficult or near impossible to reassemble a working device. There are so many intricacies and subtle mechanical timing steps that would never be considered without reading proper documentation. Regardless of whether this calculator worked or not, it’s still a beautiful restoration. I wish I had the means to sandblast my cases. I just clean them up as best I can.

  • @EmeraldElbows
    @EmeraldElbows 3 роки тому +198

    I can’t even relax bc I’m SO nervous about how he’s gonna put it back together

    • @rexlex1736
      @rexlex1736 2 роки тому +2

      Maybe he took photos as he disassembled it.

    • @G.B.B.
      @G.B.B. 2 роки тому +4

      I was thinking the same thing! I don't care that he fixed it.... holy hell putting it back together correctly.

    • @HandiCup101
      @HandiCup101 Рік тому

      Me too!

  • @jessicaa.2876
    @jessicaa.2876 3 роки тому +138

    I do love watching restorations like this. This one was quite an large project. You did a fine job. I just wish you would’ve shown how well it functioned at the end.

    • @stephendeluca4479
      @stephendeluca4479 2 роки тому +32

      I suspect that it does NOT work. He didn't even lubricate the mechanism. I think he was only interested in cleaning and painting it. Now it'll end up on a shelf in some millennial's apartment.

    • @marjorie5132
      @marjorie5132 2 роки тому +2

      @@stephendeluca4479 I think so

    • @scottlarson1548
      @scottlarson1548 2 роки тому +8

      Did he reinstall the grimey motor with the frayed wiring? I don't think he did.

    • @lumgs2009
      @lumgs2009 Рік тому +3

      He hasn't because it didn't.

    • @mediumstudio
      @mediumstudio Рік тому +1

      @@stephendeluca4479 I would display that thing on my shelf, for sure - its awesome looking.

  • @Shura-ioff
    @Shura-ioff Рік тому

    Механическая счетно-вычислительная машина с электроприводом. Расцвет такой техники попал на 70-е годы. Я работал на предприятии по ремонту таких машин. Если в кабинете было пять, шесть человек, которые одновременно производили вычисления, шум стоял сильный. Реставрация произведена очень умело. Но, она чисто декоративная, без учёта выявления дефектов и устранения неисправностей. Я уже не говорю про проверку на правильность счета.
    Очень нравится педантичность выполнения работ и отсутствие ненужный слов. Автору респект!

  • @leonardhill4440
    @leonardhill4440 2 роки тому +7

    To just know how to do this is in itself is unbelievable because sometimes there are missing pieces TINY pieces that can make all the difference when putting it back together. There are no directions except what you might find online but the patients it takes and ability to find what’s needed if not then make it???? How crazy is that. You’re AWESOME at what you do please never stop posting. Ty

  • @pengasus
    @pengasus 2 роки тому +24

    How can a person design something like this? It is magnificent.

  • @jimmyp5487
    @jimmyp5487 2 роки тому +13

    😳 a mechanical freakin calculator?? Holy shit that was a smart ass human that designed that!!

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon 2 роки тому

      If you think that is crazy then oh boy let me tell you about a little gadget known as the Curta Calculator

    • @richardmillhousenixon
      @richardmillhousenixon 2 роки тому

      "Curta - Wikipedia" en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curta

  • @br3h_
    @br3h_ 3 роки тому +39

    Me: can we get a new calculator?
    My mom: we already have one at home
    The calculator at home:

  • @ms_ch
    @ms_ch Рік тому +2

    Watching you removing the keys reminded of: Once I was fixing a well loved and lived VCR of a client, and had to take all apart to clean the literal dirt and check if it was just it. Teeny tiny parts, delicate pieces. All cleaned, time to reassamble! That's when I discovered my camera didn't save any photos of the process, so I didn't knew *how* to put it all together.
    And that's how it took me days to complete a job that usually takes 2 hours.

  • @joannebrown4073
    @joannebrown4073 2 роки тому +3

    It amazes how you remember where it all goes back. Xx

  • @hayfire2
    @hayfire2 3 роки тому +4

    One thing is to disassemble the thing but reasembling it? That's a whole other game. Well done!

  • @davidstewart1153
    @davidstewart1153 3 роки тому +61

    There are rectangular bars under the keyboard between each column of keys. They should have been painted red on alternate sides of the rectangle. They are visual aides to mark out columns on the keyboard. Each bar has a knob at the top to change the color, which would be visible through a rectangular window all the way down.

    • @obedmurillo462
      @obedmurillo462 2 роки тому +1

      R/iamverysmart

    • @jpsalis
      @jpsalis 2 роки тому +13

      @@obedmurillo462 What does that even mean? First of all, this ain't reddit. Second, he's just pointing out a mechanical feature of the calculator that wasn't considered in this restoration. I wouldn't have known that, I've never operated one of these calculators. It's a fun fact and a consideration for others undertaking the project.

    • @obedmurillo462
      @obedmurillo462 2 роки тому +3

      Im just making a joke

    • @obedmurillo462
      @obedmurillo462 2 роки тому +1

      Im not saying hes trying to flex how smart he is.... this is just a joke

    • @rexlex1736
      @rexlex1736 2 роки тому

      What? Huh? Run that by me again.

  • @lindathrall5133
    @lindathrall5133 3 роки тому +1

    A VERY IMPRESSIVE MACHINE

  • @erikandersen2477
    @erikandersen2477 3 роки тому +6

    I have always been an admirer of the ingenuity behind these analog / mechanical mashines.
    The video however reminds me that cleaning my own keyboard is long overdue 😳😄

  • @gabrielpowers766
    @gabrielpowers766 2 роки тому +9

    My Dad used to sell Monroe Calculators back in the 50's, 60' and 70's.

  • @makeupyourmindinator
    @makeupyourmindinator 2 роки тому +1

    Oh those poor springs. My heart hurts for those poor little springs.

  • @Tuntalunta
    @Tuntalunta 2 роки тому +2

    Teacher: No Calculators
    Kids in the back of the class:

  • @BrainHurricanes
    @BrainHurricanes 3 роки тому +5

    A little appreciation of how you turned the vacuum cleaner into a background noise!

  • @MrArtVandelay
    @MrArtVandelay 3 роки тому +3

    I worked one of these things in the early 70s before calculators (the Bowmar Brain) came out. The register would move back and forth and up and down for about 30 seconds to do a calculation but every business had this, especially banks. I think we called it a comptometer.

  • @bgdavenport
    @bgdavenport 3 роки тому +4

    Such an intricate analog device.

  • @paytonpryor
    @paytonpryor 2 роки тому +3

    I"m really impressed with how well this piece held up on the insides. Not as much corrosion or rust as I expected.

  • @amilcarmoncada1801
    @amilcarmoncada1801 3 роки тому +10

    Asombrosa restauracion de esta calculadora antigua de 1950, excelente resultado, mis respetos desde Venezuela.👍💯👍🙏

  • @idkidk8278
    @idkidk8278 Рік тому

    Dang that's like one of the final bosses GG lol

  • @fergusof
    @fergusof 3 роки тому +15

    Now you should enlist a trained Monroe technician to make it work properly -- there might be a few old, retired guys who know how. Those gears, levers, and springs all need to be timed correctly. I'm a retired office equipment repairman -- typewriters, mostly. Saw lots of those old Monroes. All I could do was clean and oil -- the repairs I left for the Monroe guys. Good video though.

  • @keithpetrino
    @keithpetrino 3 роки тому +16

    did i miss it or did you forget to lubricate all the mechanics?

  • @zhli4238
    @zhli4238 2 роки тому

    Great job. Now the beauty has been restored. Before spreadsheet on laptop, there were abacus, calculation ruler and beauties like this. Now people can see a real one that’s still around.

  • @chiara-giorgiax9306
    @chiara-giorgiax9306 Рік тому

    I watch these types of videos to fall asleep to when I can’t relax … they really help !!🤟🏾

  • @brianthesnail3815
    @brianthesnail3815 Рік тому

    Goodness me. Just watching you take that apart I kept thinking how on earth are you going to even remember which bits go where.

  • @restoreandrepair-vn
    @restoreandrepair-vn Рік тому +1

    Fabulous work! Each project is both interesting and educational. I learn a lot about items and their workings just watching you.

  • @k.george8722
    @k.george8722 3 роки тому +6

    Wow, an amazing transformation. You did a great job. I looked at the filth inside that you had to clean and wonder where the original owners kept it? Well done.

  • @cassidymd72
    @cassidymd72 3 роки тому +2

    I have one of these still with a carrying case. It was the most popular calculators we had in our division. That was a little over 25 years ago. I can use it for basic addition and subtraction, but there is still much I never learned on it.
    It’s extremely reliable for determining roadway grades.

    • @jasons8479
      @jasons8479 Рік тому

      You were still using these in the late 1990s?

  • @danielleburchette2599
    @danielleburchette2599 2 роки тому +1

    I learn something new each time I watch. Well done.

  • @popcornqueen8659
    @popcornqueen8659 Рік тому

    That was so satisfying, when I was pouring myself a glass of juice the juice missed the cup! Loving these videos

  • @practicalmedicine4359
    @practicalmedicine4359 Рік тому

    When I was a child ( about 7 or 8) we had a friend of the family that had a typewriter repair business in Houston. My mom's typewriter went out and we went to drop it off. While I was there, the owner let me go in the back ( after extracting a solemn promise not to touch anything.). I remember particularly a manual typewriter that he told me was a very high quality machine in its day. The machine dated from the late forties, and the cover was off. Easily one of the most complicated mechanisms I had ever seen ( to this day, to be honest). This was in the heyday of the typewriter ( late 60's) and there were machines everywhere. There was also a a calculator that was being repaired, and the technician ( a real enthusiast) was trying to explain to me how a machine could do calculations,. I think the last thing I understood was, now look at this. The rest was gibberish. But really interesting

  • @vedanshrohila5019
    @vedanshrohila5019 3 роки тому +57

    Imagine getting a heart from Mr. Rescue.Big fan from india

    • @ex_p767
      @ex_p767 3 роки тому +6

      Now you have one 😉

    • @pselk95
      @pselk95 3 роки тому +4

      When I first read this I thought you meant getting a heart like surgery
      I'm stupid

    • @iamothien9420
      @iamothien9420 3 роки тому +2

      I don't think its relevant where you're from, you could have just said "big fan here" ....

    • @fergusof
      @fergusof 3 роки тому +1

      @@iamothien9420 Sure, it's relevant ... so we know there are people all over the world watching these videos.

  • @sergiozullian
    @sergiozullian 2 роки тому +2

    This is a really challenger, level hard!!! Good Job

  • @samanthadean1083
    @samanthadean1083 3 роки тому +11

    I liked it, though you could have brightened the white plastic bits with the uv trick on some other channels like Odd Tinkering...
    Still would love to see you restore a VW Van!!! I want to complete my playlist!!! 😋

  • @houstonceng
    @houstonceng 3 роки тому +3

    I used one of these at work in the 1970s. It had enough digits on it to calculate things that and electronic calculator can’t show. Try the chessboard 2^64-1 calculation.

  • @keineahnung5793
    @keineahnung5793 Рік тому

    My first job was doing payroll for a small company back in 1960, Hadn't seen one of those dinosaurs since then.

  • @L.G..2714
    @L.G..2714 2 роки тому +2

    🇧🇷The best...perfect...wonderfull...🇧🇷

  • @jaymasters1284
    @jaymasters1284 3 роки тому +3

    Ah yes, the forbidden mountain dew.

  • @CoolRestorations
    @CoolRestorations 3 роки тому +2

    You are doing of restorations, keep it up!🛠🎬

  • @thewhiteknight9923
    @thewhiteknight9923 3 роки тому +10

    This was such a cool restoration. Definitely pretty complicated when puting things back together. The video quality, as always, was amazing

  • @changcanche5565
    @changcanche5565 3 роки тому +2

    I adore these videos, they deserve to have more likes

  • @b_shizzle
    @b_shizzle 3 роки тому +6

    Ouuu when he vacuumed the nastiness under the numbers😁

  • @Bill_Hartnett
    @Bill_Hartnett Рік тому

    @3:30 I feel the same way every few years when I clean my computer keyboard.. lol Nice job BTW!

  • @gbzin4684
    @gbzin4684 3 роки тому +7

    Its has been 1 year, I watch your channel since the Porche 356 restoration, your channel quality keep improving
    and nice restoration

  • @georgeshelton6281
    @georgeshelton6281 Рік тому

    Did you notice that I wasn't joking around about myself, if I ever say I sure do miss the good old days? I notice that you tried hard to restore this old calculator! Even though digital calculators, are far more better and superior. 😌 👏 👌 😤 🙌 😔 😌

  • @jdhat1
    @jdhat1 2 роки тому

    O Little Town of Bethlehem was a nice touch at the end

  • @Sjels17
    @Sjels17 3 роки тому +5

    Woe! I really like it! Would love to see more! Greeting from the netherlands

  • @theskyehiker
    @theskyehiker Рік тому

    OMG. I used to have to use this machine, or one very like it. Excellent job.

  • @crisholmurb007
    @crisholmurb007 2 роки тому +1

    Impressive - I have exactly the same machine in my collection. So fun to see it disassembled!

  • @alexbellino9639
    @alexbellino9639 2 роки тому

    Simply...perfecr!

  • @Compassarium
    @Compassarium 3 роки тому +1

    What a great project!

  • @TheGeezzer
    @TheGeezzer 3 роки тому +1

    You were very brave to undertake this one! Well done great job!

  • @jonathanhall7903
    @jonathanhall7903 3 роки тому +5

    This would be easy to do. First, I'd take it to MrRescue, then...

  • @1ninjatiger
    @1ninjatiger 3 роки тому +12

    Would like to have seen the yellowed keys and logos whitened. Looks good though

  • @shayanjameel5819
    @shayanjameel5819 3 роки тому +1

    Nice to see different things other than cars!

  • @theresadimaggio7241
    @theresadimaggio7241 7 місяців тому +1

    Great job

  • @JoseCarlos-yh7ex
    @JoseCarlos-yh7ex 2 роки тому

    One of the most beautiful restoration I've ever seen!!! Really amazing!!!

  • @Jasona1976
    @Jasona1976 2 роки тому +1

    Astoundingly complex piece of equipment. How did you ever know what to do? Amazing work!

  • @ricardogaraycochea1939
    @ricardogaraycochea1939 2 роки тому +2

    Muy buen trabajo, felicitaciones!! 🇵🇪

  • @laurapeterson12
    @laurapeterson12 Рік тому

    Holy geez, the patience needed 💙💙

  • @angusmclaren6257
    @angusmclaren6257 3 роки тому +2

    I would have retrobrighted the name plates and buttons but damn that looks awesome. No idea how to work it but a great piece to have.

  • @lizwygle696
    @lizwygle696 2 роки тому +2

    Looks great. The yellowing items could have been whitened and would have made it so much better. Tysytube Restoration has an awesome method !

  • @jerryjohnsonii4181
    @jerryjohnsonii4181 3 роки тому

    Fantastic restoration !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @barryhunter542
    @barryhunter542 2 роки тому +2

    it's rough when you remember using something being restored.. seams like the one l used had a brown wrinkle finish paint

  • @Z20Videos20nacsmmonv
    @Z20Videos20nacsmmonv 3 роки тому +1

    Very intelligent! It was a beauty. * Muito inteligente! Ficou uma beleza. 👀😎🤩👏0️⃣1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣4️⃣5️⃣6️⃣7️⃣8️⃣9️⃣➕➖✖➗🏡⚠👍🖖

  • @user-wk4ic6mu7j
    @user-wk4ic6mu7j 3 роки тому +3

    10:02 вкусный наверное салат))

  • @glena.guidroz8900
    @glena.guidroz8900 Рік тому

    I really enjoyed your complete restoration of an old Monroe. I used one of these in the early 1960's on a summer job. One comment: Please narrate as move alone so we can know what you are doing. Thanks, do some more!

  • @stilltlrforlife
    @stilltlrforlife Рік тому

    Good thing he showed that it works well too..

  • @jonathanhall7903
    @jonathanhall7903 3 роки тому

    More than I did this week...much more!

  • @johnpietros9439
    @johnpietros9439 2 роки тому +1

    Now it’s a clean still broken calculator

  • @dominikschutz6300
    @dominikschutz6300 3 роки тому +1

    Curious Mark would love it :)

  • @leonardcrane6689
    @leonardcrane6689 3 роки тому

    Remarkable restoration, very creditable.

  • @juaniton.g.6896
    @juaniton.g.6896 3 роки тому +1

    Congratulations! Good restoration! You can turn white this yellowing parts with hidrogen peroxide and sun

  • @bmimoun5774
    @bmimoun5774 3 роки тому +2

    Très bon travail !! Agréable à regarder car c'est relaxant

  • @unknownguy52
    @unknownguy52 3 роки тому +1

    Im a fan of restoration videos this is awesome ❤

  • @zoranpetrovski3051
    @zoranpetrovski3051 Місяць тому

    Awesome work 😮

  • @TechsScience
    @TechsScience 2 роки тому +2

    I had to see it's working

  • @frozenblue77
    @frozenblue77 2 роки тому +1

    amazin restoration!!

  • @tinachambers4887
    @tinachambers4887 2 роки тому

    Nice job have a day love from TEXAS

  • @Fabioperetta
    @Fabioperetta 3 роки тому +2

    MASTERPIECE✌

  • @MrSanmanbob
    @MrSanmanbob 2 роки тому

    GREAT JOB.

  • @eduardoaltata
    @eduardoaltata Рік тому

    wow!! you are a genius!!

  • @mariom7949
    @mariom7949 2 роки тому

    Very nice cleaning job.

  • @judethaddeus9856
    @judethaddeus9856 Рік тому +1

    Your channel is so awesomely relaxing… this video gave me a bit of anxiety though as I was petrified that you’d forget how to reassemble all of those minuscule pieces lol

  • @Linuxdirk
    @Linuxdirk 2 роки тому

    The buttons look like they need a nice bath in H2O2.

  • @Mad9977
    @Mad9977 3 роки тому +4

    great result, pity we didn't see how it works

  • @myfreqquency
    @myfreqquency 7 місяців тому

    All we need is restoration

  • @ComeJesusChrist
    @ComeJesusChrist Рік тому +1

    I would have loved to see it working! Brave project otherwise!

  • @TheRetroDepot
    @TheRetroDepot 2 роки тому

    AWESOME!

  • @ismaelmessias8542
    @ismaelmessias8542 Рік тому

    Acho muito satisfatório esses vídeos 👏🏻👏🏻❤️

  • @justrj1
    @justrj1 2 роки тому

    Very nicely done.

  • @rockubtzer
    @rockubtzer 3 роки тому +27

    Had you removed the buttons & carriage and outer shell. Then sprayed the whole thing automotive brake or carb. cleaner. It would still function. You took a dirty working adding machine that needed only to have the dried grease removed & replaced, And turned it into a broken painted paperweight. There is a knob on the right side to cover where you insert a crank handle so it doesn't need any power to operate enter the number by depressing the buttons, push add or subtract. the buttons remain down. just one pull on the crank will add & subtract a list of running numbers. after the buttons pop back up pulling the crank handle twice totals the list.

    • @obedmurillo462
      @obedmurillo462 2 роки тому +1

      R/iamverysmart

    • @rockubtzer
      @rockubtzer 2 роки тому

      @@obedmurillo462 Not just smart you must be very rich too. I wish you the best. Unless you show the adding machine working like new all you did was lie about restoration. It means working and looking like it did when it was new. I don't think you would get fewer likes & subscribes if you said you tinker and refresh things. We mostly like to see what is inside things. As many people would like to see you smash them as fix them. So why lie. I had a mechanical adding machine with a hand crank. And I used to fix it. I never would have taken it all apart. But springs broke, screws fell out but mine worked after I repaired it. It worked when I sold it. I got it from a scrapyard and fixed it to play with when I was10... got it to work when I was 12 and used it for 20 years.

    • @obedmurillo462
      @obedmurillo462 2 роки тому +1

      Ok

    • @rockubtzer
      @rockubtzer 2 роки тому

      @@obedmurillo462 Is MrRescue just you? or do work for them and get just some of the money? How long did it take for your first 1000 subscribers?

    • @obedmurillo462
      @obedmurillo462 2 роки тому +2

      I have only five

  • @alkinkade
    @alkinkade 3 роки тому

    Take it to the
    Carwash... LOL
    Just Kiddin

  • @laz2135
    @laz2135 3 роки тому

    Came out better than new !!

  • @arunkumaran7141
    @arunkumaran7141 3 роки тому +1

    Biggg fan of Mr. Rescue from India