1900s Door Mortiser [Restoration]

[@HandToolRescue]

Need some parts re-cast? You can contact Windy Hill Foundry at [e-mail] or at www.windyhillfoundry.com. Massive thank to him for helping out with this project!

[@kevin34ct]

I was wondering when I'd see this video using the recast pieces. I watched that on and that was interesting.

[@UncleTogie]

Oddly enough, I saw the casting video already. Beautiful work from you both, as usual!

[@keith68]

what do you do with the tool after video is done? I am a locksmith this would be a cool start to a collection

[@sarchlalaith8836]

Maybe a little thin lead sheet or similar soft material over those vice jaws?

[@windyhillfoundry5940]

Glad I was able to help you with this Eric👍

[@RamblingEngineer]

I miss trash on the floor, such a great actor!

[@Slenkamure]

i know the pandemic takes away another job

[@silvahawk7109]

I hope it didn't catch covid! I know it was good about being socially distant!

[@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754]

I feel you bro...

[@Sulfuron41]

Hahaha I was just about to write about how I missed the socially distant trash on the floor when I saw your comment!

[@ct6502c]

I heard it wanted a new contract and a raise.

[@morkovija]

The biggest relief was seeing how this monstrosity actually works. Now I can die in peace

[@Frightningman]

When I think of all the mortice locks I've fitted over the years with just a brace & bit, a chisel and a hammer, it saddens me to think that I could have been humping a monstrosity like that about instead.

[@morkovija]

@@Frightningman while asserting dominance over client by not breaking up the eye contact while in the process... x)

[@aserta]

@@Frightningman You can get an attachment that fits on most hand held routers which allows you to use mortise drills. The part that makes the square hole attaches to the body of the router and the drill goes through an attachment to the collar chuck. The fence doo-hikey is a bit weird to use at first, but it's a decent tool. Certainly worlds better than having to carve it out. Unfortunately, i don't remember the name, i know it's made in Canada tho. I think it's something with a small beaver tail on a square drill as a logo. Oh, and it's not a recent tool, we're talking mid 80's i believe. My Canadian uncle had a couple of them. Alternatively, you could just use the contraption Matthias Wandel made (also, a Canadian...), AKA his panto-router. Which is perfect for drilling square holes and other things.

[@Frightningman]

@@aserta I'm 74 next month - retired years ago and I've no intention doing any more morticing unless in dire need. If I am in dire need, I'll use the tools & skills I already have.

[@StuartMaginnis]

You've helped take away the anxiety of wondering whether it will show at the end of the video. Thanking you!

[@mysticarchfire]

This has really become one of those tv series you just get all excited for when a new episode drops

[@erikhedin1454]

If this one and the apple peeler could mate, the offspring would be the most beautiful, most unnecessarily complicated piece of machinery ever, and I'd be the first in line to adopt it!

[@Aleph-Noll]

cant deny it really does do a good job at what it does haha

[@oem42]

That apple peeler was a thing of beauty

[@sinephase]

is it overly complicated, though? seems like it does the job real quick and if you had a lot of doors to do on a daily basis, you'd want it to last

[@hugeinjapan4635]

I made practically the same comment because, like a psychopath, I don't scroll before I comment

[@implausibleimpossiblehypot4006]

So your expecting the pearents to put up their beautiful child for adoption somehow I feel like the apple peeler would be a great mother

[@runsolo7418]

Head bonking the sandblasting booth, never gets old!

[@LuvLikeTruck]

I love it every time

[@oldninjarider]

I've met Eric, he does have a flat forehead. ;-)

[@cassia_cries]

never stopped laughing since he broke the glass doing it 😂

[@hdezn26]

@@cassia_cries I actually missed that one. That would explain the clearer glass after a certain episode.

[@cathybenson5119]

Does he ever get a headache? Lol. 👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘

[@bikergirl2000]

Could not fathom how this worked until you put it into action. Ingenious! Love the bronze wheels.

[@davanders2006]

I did historical restoration for years and I wondered how they cut the opening for the locks. This is why I didn't see chisel marks on the door. I've never seen one of these before. Thanks for sharing

[@DoomOfConviction]

I’m always mainly interested in the tool itself and less the Restauration process so I’m really thankful to find a channel that uses the finished tools at the end.

[@travis7500]

As someone who works on old houses, I want one! Great job! It's awesome to not only see a cool restoration, but learn about tools used a long time ago.

[@ottomaddox2188]

Breaking apart that old handle kinda broke my heart.

[@dacoobob]

same

[@aycfes]

Idem

[@pinballrobbie]

Me too, could have been restored.

[@flame3723]

Nooo my heart! It was so nice!

[@ZJohnnymnemonic2]

Me too. It was nice looking

[@spugintrntl]

It's weird to hear a theme song that peppy and upbeat and not have it immediately followed by "HEY GUYS THIS IS BLAHDY BLAH HERE AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT YADA YADA BUT FIRST IMMA TELL YOU ABOUT SURFSHARK." I am very grateful for your weirdness.

[@ManChildMaineiac]

As a door technician I really appreciate this antique tool! Great job!!👏

[@clydedecker765]

I Can't imagine more than a few of these were ever sold and USED over the years. So complicated and uncouth doing it. Ah the joys of hand drills and chisels - they just look so cool and crafty....

[@doktordizzel9261]

Полностью согласен. Неужели проще таскать с собой эту штуку, чем пару стамесок и одну ручную дрель?

[@wirenut003]

You would never find a hand tool so complicated made any place in the world NO MORE- Great job bringing that tool to life again.

[@frednew7755]

I absolutely love that a metal working lathe was used to make the wooden handle. I'm sure that there are machinist out there having a fit but, I like it!

[@rontocknell5400]

I imagine that anything that can be turned on a wood lathe can also be turned on a metal working lathe. But it doesn't work the other way around.

[@deweyeaves2332]

This mechanism is just genius. Well done on the restoration.

[@jacefairis1289]

I had legitimately no idea what this thing did til the very end. great restoration!

[@СташенкоСергей]

До последнего не мог догадаться, что это такое! Очень интересно! Всегда смотрю с удовольствием! Я из России. I couldn't guess what it was until the last moment! Very interesting! I always look with pleasure! I'm from Russia.

[@Bzzzz1977]

Аналогично. Что только люди не придумают, лишь бы стамеску не использовать.

[@kotovsk66]

>Я из России Ты этим гордишься или тебе наоборот стыдно?

[@hdezn26]

I was wondering what it was too. Til the end of the video.

[@навигатор54]

@@kotovsk66 а как должно быть?

[@ttillicome]

@@навигатор54 завидует, не обращай внимания.

[@robhowell7795]

No one on KZbin does restorations as good as you. You take a real old items and make them new again. Everyone else on here fakes it by aging their items and making them look old. You are my favorite

[@humancattoy7767]

Windy Hill Foundry did a wonderful job. I saw the video and I am glad I did. You always get me so engrossed in the video, wondering what you are thinking. I'm a fan of the process. You never disappoint.

[@steveferguson1232]

I’m a woodworker and have never seen a lock mortiser like that. It is totally bad a**. Love how you restore the past

[@IlhanNegis]

this made me appreciate $80 cheap router and a template little bit more

[@alan3082]

This is one of the coolest videos on KZbin. I've enjoyed seeing the hand craftsmanship in all your videos but watching this old broken tool brought back to life was great.

[@narcoleptic8982]

Eric: *has milling machine* Also Eric: *drills holes in part he's just finished milling with a cordless drill*

[@HandToolRescue]

Hahaha. You'll see why I couldn't use my milling machine in a future video.

[@TexasBaker]

Eric: Uses CNC to mill small metal piece Also Eric: Hand held grinder to cut it in half

[@HandToolRescue]

@@TexasBaker if you don't use every tool in the shop every day, what are you even doing?

[@dougscott8161]

At least he isn't using all steam powered equipment.

[@HandToolRescue]

I wish.

[@DannyMaas]

Had to watch till the end to understand what this tool is for. Ingenious!!!

[@everythingknife8763]

I got so excited when I saw Molten Bronze was doing a cameo in this episode.

[@markhedquist9597]

What an ingenious way to cut a mortise. Some of those old timey tools is the cwaziest tools!

[@misterpatina]

And I thought crazy tools were made in Germany 😄 This thing is beautiful. Nice job!

[@suhayl5157]

so that's what this contraption does. I had no idea what it was till the very end. yes, most unnecessary invention, but truly brilliant. good job bringing her back to life.

[@SteveSummers]

The face plant on the sand blaster was great! 😂

[@randyruppel6727]

I recommend all previous catalog. Where you will find some very memorable face to blaster cabinet content.

[@michelhv]

The buildup towards the power hammer restore is getting CRAA-ZY! Can’t wait.

[@zsandmann]

I was so sad when they wrote out Socially Distant Garbage On The Floor in the mid-season finale!

[@HandToolRescue]

Working on signing a new contract for this season.

[@terryhayward7905]

That is such a beautifully over complicated tool to do a simple job, I love it.

[@misoman]

When you finally retire that table, we need to see what a single match will do to it. I am willing to take bets ;)

[@TexasBaker]

I got $50 on instantaneous detonation, but I also have $50 that says absolutely nothing can harm it.

[@sciangear4782]

@@TexasBaker put me down for a piece of both of those 😆

[@pileofstuff]

My bet is for spontaneous combustion - no matches required.

[@avantesma1]

It'll probably be like those "lighting 5000 matches" KZbin videos, only with just 2 matches: 1 that'll light the bench and the humongous 1 the bench has been turning into over the years.

[@petebeatminister]

retire the table? its the next restoration project!

[@VEY_VICTUS]

Seeing how this thing worked brought such a delightful relaxing joy

[@JLCra87]

The entire video I thought the purpose of this thing was like 100% something else. Very interesting!!

[@lucaortolani2059]

I thought it was some kind of sliding door mechanism

[@JLCra87]

@@lucaortolani2059 Same here. Or some kind of old rolling barn hoist.

[@williamhurt8512]

i specialized in hanging and retrofitting doors in the metro atl, ga. area for over twenty five years, i collect vintage hand tools and never knew that such a wonderful gizmo ever existed..........looks like it took half a day to set a mortise lock with that rig.........with your amazing machining talent i am sure that you can make any size chisel that ever came with it......... nowadays we use a special router, with a long shank, mounted on a very similar jig simply called a lock mortiser........... i still have my "porter cable" lock mortiser and i see that they sell for well over a grand these days..........

[@joannaatkins822]

I really enjoyed this one, what a fantastic over complicated beautiful piece of machinery

[@nathanokun8801]

That is one ingenious complicated device. Even Rube Goldberg would be proud of creating this thing!

[@homeyshlitz]

Before you attached the handle to the main body of the mortiser it reminded me of Lionel' sword from Thundercats show HandTool....thunder..Thunder THUNDERCATS are GO!(ing to install your door locks) Looks great man.

[@gayle525]

Boy that thing really works slick, nice job on your restoration. It better than new now.

[@Mcbabygravy]

Ohhhh dang, super excited now. Thanks Mr Rescue ❤️

[@jonminer9891]

Hi, HTR. That contraption is truly suitable for your efforts. I am sure there are innumerable museums that will enter a bidding war so that the ingenuity of the 1900's can be put on magnificent display. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!

[@ETKSauron]

Well, there goes my morning productivity...new video time!

[@katana24]

play it in 2x spedd and will take you half time to watch

[@ritavalade7049]

You find the most unusual/fun things to restore. Fascinating!

[@geohazelman7039]

Finally! It's been two years since your last upload!!

[@budmeister]

What? His last upload was 3 weeks ago.

[@geohazelman7039]

@@budmeister 3 weeks is two years to me

[@mattgies]

@@geohazelman7039 Maybe you were thinking of Clickspring.

[@cbmsysmobile]

Received my large screwdriver the other day, thanks so much. Shipped all the way to the UK, arrived safe and sound.

[@tomtruesdale6901]

When a bunch of tool designers get together , drink beer, lots of beer and design tools. "Hey lets design a tool to replace a brace and bit and a chisel" .

[@jonanderson5137]

Ah, perhaps if you want skilled labor. A door manufacturer that wants a low pay, low skill worker to bang it out all day... this might start making more sense. I'm sure this can't be the only reason for this tool to be developed.

[@aw7248]

@@jonanderson5137 If you're prepping multiple doors that need to have the exact same mortise locks installed, then you definitely want something consistent, and less strain on your body.

[@donniebrown2896]

@@aw7248 when this tool was made there was no such thing as a "pre hung door"

[@technosasquatchfilms]

@@jonanderson5137 Just because a tool makes a job "easier" does not mean it takes less skill to still do that job.

[@Adierit]

@@technosasquatchfilms well, considering this tool requires less skill than carefully chiseling out to exact dimensions with a good old hammer and chisel, yes, it takes less skill to do this job with this tool versus the alternative method

[@jacq135]

Always nice to see you tinker on old antique forgotten tools and make them as good as new. thumbs up for you

[@MetalRestorationBho]

Great my friend! This is a masterpiece. Congratulation from Vietnam.🙂🙂🙂

[@shawnwright4129]

Always cool to watch you fabricate the items needed!

[@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman]

Fun fact: "mortiser" is "Zapfenlochstemmmaschine" in German. Note the triple-m

[@SxTxferlife]

Lol thought the triple M was a typo for sure

[@M_to_the_T]

And I think it's beautiful

[@thecynic807]

How german/saxon is the parent language to english baffles me.

[@D45Z]

@@thecynic807 Both modern English and modern German have changed a lot in the last few hundred years. Old English sounded a lot more similar to German than it does nowadays. But then, lots of things like grammar, words or sayings still are very similar or even the same. Such as like Ball = Ball, Salad = Salat, Telephone = Telefon etc...

[@Ragnar8504]

@@D45Z Old English and Old High German are a lot more similar than modern German and English (and mostly incomprehensible to modern speakers of either language). BTW, the triple m was introduced with the mid-1990s spelling reforms, prior to that one of the letters was omitted when three identical letters met in a compound word.

[@paulorth2251]

Wow what a piece of nostalgia brought back to life again. Great restoration and thanks for sharing this video with us.

[@Syberz]

Me: How often can you reuse Evaporust before you need to replace it? Hand Tool Rescue: Yes.

[@DeliveryMcGee]

It says on the jug "until it stops working".

[@reigninoel]

@@DeliveryMcGee Yeah that sounds like the only real answer, there are just too many variables at play to say "this product will remove rust for X amount of time". It's a chemical solution and will lose reactivity over time, depending on volume and what you throw in it.

[@bernardfender5147]

Is it just citric acid?

[@theropesofrenovation]

@@DeliveryMcGee Ohhhhhh. Was wondering too!

[@R_Forde]

He can run it though a filter and get even more uses out of it then.

[@gaynorjackson8857]

Love seeing how you restore damaged tools and you restore them to great workmanship great quality 👌

[@TreyWait]

That is a big weird machine that does a job I'd still probably just do with a chisel and hammer.

[@dacoobob]

that's what makes it cool

[@petebeatminister]

Yes, and now it needs a nuclear powered drive to operate the lever...

[@w.w.2restorations.vehicles698]

It is amazing what things survived by not going to the scrap drives during W.W. 2. I am happy to see that it survived. Good one H.T. R. !!

[@СергейВасилич-х6ы]

Интересная приблуда! До последних минут гадал-что это? А это,оказывается,для тех у кого руки под стаместку и долото не заточены! Но реставрация,как всегда,класс!

[@MrDozer1967]

Стамеской проще... И быстрее...

[@СергейВасилич-х6ы]

@@MrDozer1967 ни разу не деревяшечник,(всю жизнь с железом),но согласен.Разве что замки в промышленных масштабах врезать...

[@ToborGun]

@@СергейВасилич-х6ы Именно что в промышленных, и при этом на операцию можно посадить любого, не обязательно, чтобы у человека была квалификация плотника.

[@walley2637]

wow, i cant believe that someone designed such an intricate machine 100yrs ago and i'm still using a hand chisel and a hammer!

[@crimsonixi]

When is the Scaling Banana (for scale) going to make a cameo? Feels like he hasn't been in the show for a while and always been a favorite recurring side character.

[@laurigardner6227]

I've looking forward to the banana scale again! Maybe it's joined another show?

[@braydenh190]

I love how we are all interested in a metal banana

[@HandToolRescue]

Maybe soon...

[@Crewsy]

Giant Banana hasn’t been around because they had no aPeel. 🍌 #dadjoke 😜

[@azazabacheche3973]

literally had no idea what this was gonna be til the last three minutes, super cool find!

[@bobferranti5222]

I'm waiting for the day that you just drop a project completely into the drum intact and remove it finished lol

[@pauln2661]

April 1st.

[@yeagerxp]

Very good restoration to one of the first tools to replace craftsmen👍👍👍Thanks for sharing

[@The_Shiny_Red_Dingus_of_Mingus]

There are many reasons why I could never do what you do... Time, patience, mechanical aptitude, access to tools, and I would still be waving the centre swing-arm above my head while making lightsaber sounds.

[@theropesofrenovation]

LMAO

[@DiamondDustAndVerdigris]

I was totally thinking the same thing. Well... more like broadsword than lightsaber, but still. LOL

[@ScrewsAndTools]

I really like your job and your workshop. I dream of turning and milling machines, sandblasting and so on. Thank you for sharing your experience! Like.

[@yamal8944]

Привет 🙋‍♂️ долго ждали ))

[@stewartmcmanus3991]

Well, well, the things you learn by watching this guy. I didn't even know such a thing existed. Thanks for that, Stewie, south west Australia.

[@bryanduncan1640]

The words “sledgehammer”, “crack” and “walnut” come to mind!

[@EuelBall]

At least the walnut gets cracked... Then your problem is getting fragments of nut and shell off the floor, or making sure those saw-toothed things get properly alined. :)

[@ShayrinBunny]

Just re-watching this in the background and I had a thought. That work bench will never rot at this point. It's been soaked, stewed and marinated in every restoration related fluid there is. And a few there aren't!

[@theregytor2515]

Эгегей))) Ору от радости!! Дружище Ты Красавчик)))

[@rrrosecarbinela]

Always amazed by the ingenuity of the ancestors. Great restoration!

[@deeschoe1245]

Was wondering where the disclaimer was for for not using glue as hair care products🤣🤣

[@oldninjarider]

Is HTR going woke?!? #Eek

[@aterack833]

Where was it?

[@The_Shiny_Red_Dingus_of_Mingus]

It's a reference to a simian branded super/epoxy glue being used as a hair fixative by an idiot.

[@timehunter9467]

She used gorilla glue spray adhesive, I can’t believe someone was that stupid.

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

... or as a sublingual nitroglycerin replacement.

[@alkydaklown]

I couldn't wrap my mind on how this worked, when he 1st started. After seeing it work i can rest easy. Great work

[@braydenh190]

Im still waiting for him to come out of nowhere and scream "The Model" at me...

[@EK--ry3lr]

This is a great day! Got my screwdriver sets an hour ago AND a new video! Doesn't get any better!!

[@Kripted]

I love how an april fool's joke became your cannon intro. I love it

[@sephalon1]

Absolutely beautiful restoration of a tool that should never have been invented.

[@tsilfidis1996]

That intro gets me every time xD

[@stoveboltlvr3798]

That is so cool. I pictured a drilling mortise of some type. What a rare tool that must be!

[@lanfear552]

I don't understand the functionality of the teethed rods on the sides, what are they doing (other than just being present)?

[@HandToolRescue]

All they do it help clear wood chips...apparently.

[@up.grayedd]

At first i thougt i missed a ratched system.

[@skoalonguys6788]

This has been very enjoyable to watch. I hope they appreciate the hours of work that went into this perfect restoration.

[@Summer-it3wh]

Carbide tools and a metal lathe for cutting wood. Nice.

[@HandToolRescue]

I'm a genius...

[@hdezn26]

Got to shape them tree carcasses somehow! They won't willingly take that shape!

[@donniebrown2896]

@@HandToolRescue and humble also

[@ShyVioletIsShy]

Every time I see you smile adorkably at the end of your introduction I smile too. Also adorkably.

[@roberternest7289]

What happened to the socially distant garbage on the floor? Did they get pinned to a wall by a jeep with a badly designed shifter?

[@HandToolRescue]

Oh, you'll see.

[@TheCoffeehound]

Socially Distant Garbage On the Floor has left Hand Tool Rescue's employment to pursue other opportunities.

[@thesledgehammerblog]

Too soon.

[@thefoambone]

I enjoy your channel. I have learned things and I do enjoy the weird restorations. Thanks!

[@willjackson5130]

Stop, stop, stop!! Pull the whole thing apart again. You clearly had a thing that looked like a sword and you didn't even swoosh it through the air even once!! Not a single "For Frodo". For shame, sir, for shame

[@dacoobob]

I was waiting for that moment but it never came

[@nocomprendo1409]

How about "Thunder, thunder, Thundercats Ho!"

[@hackweezy]

I get so excited when parts go in the sand blaster. I know that *bonk* is coming!

[@Jarlerus]

In today's standard, it seems like an overly complicated and specialized tool - but I guess it made sense back then, for faster production. :)

[@dhamma58]

If you ever had to install these old style mortise locks, or modern ones designed for fancy entry doors...tools like this were a blessing....I paid almost a thousand bucks for a power mortiser and all the different possible bits almost 35 years ago and it saved thousands of hours in door installations since. Sometimes you just gotta...

[@bobwitt305]

@@dhamma58 absolutely. Doing mortise locks with hand tools is no fun.

[@dhamma58]

@@bobwitt305 not to mention the possibility of a boo-boo on a door that costs more than you are worth!

[@bobwitt305]

@@dhamma58 100%. I did a few by hand and it took twice as long as it might of because I didn't want to dig into my life savings to replace a door.

[@dhamma58]

@@bobwitt305 exactamente....

[@finnyr9330]

I can't understand why they don't still make these! Router smouter. This thing is awesome.

[@jondough76]

When I saw the Gorilla Glue, I thought we might be getting some hair styling tips as a bonus..

[@walterhbez]

well done! I start the video's, then google wtf it is you are restoring, I'm learning so much right now!

[@БалуМаксиов]

Как всегда интересно смотреть👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@TheFurriestOne]

Huh, what a clever yet reasonably simple and sturdy design!

[@ljtgomes552]

Opa. Hello from Brazil.

[@fredrichardson9761]

Really liked watching the video over at Windy Hill Foundry (actually a while ago) and love this device. I can't believe how much of it you had to create from scratch! Very clever machine, well worth restoration by an expert like yourself!

[@joshfick4107]

@1:26 is where I would have buried my Diresta icepick in my hand for sure!

[@1776Meow]

Simply beautiful craftmanship. You continue to do such an amazing job!

[@ИванЗубов-х7э]

Hi frend Gizmosity 🇷🇺👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnnybaughman7593]

You get the neatest tools to restore... Love every video