1953 Deadlocked and rotten ratchet restoration I Dr. Hut of Handcraft

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In this video I restored an old deadlocked ratchet, which I found at the metal waste.
The ratchet was completely locked and it actually took my some time to get it to move again.
You will see a lot of lathe turning, sanding, sandblasting, filing, cold bluing and more in this video!
If you are willing to support me leave a comment, subscribe and share my work, I really appreciate and it helps me a lot!
I hope you will have some fun watching the video! If you have any further questions on the process, tools, material or else write a comment, I will try my best to answer your questions.
I hope you liked the video! Thank you for watching and feel free to leave a comment and subscribe if you liked :)
Disclaimer:
The experiments are only for educational purposes and serve as entertainment.
I am experienced in handling the used substances and I advise everyone who is not a trained professional not to imitate the experiments I show you.
For experiments which could cause potential danger I will not tell you which chemicals I am using to prevent imitating. Those who know what is happening, know the chemicals anyway and probably are trained professionals. :)
I am not responsible for personal injury or property damage if the experiments will be imitated.
I hope you understand.
I hope you liked the video! Thank you for watching and feel free to leave a comment and subscribe if you liked :)
Until next time :)
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Deadlocked ratchet restoration I Dr. Hut of Handcraft

[@misterpatina]

In which lake did you go snorkeling to find this sweet beauty?

[@BB_Chaptsick]

LOL about your comment. That looked particularly crusty, didn’t it. Anyways, what are you doing watching videos. You should be in your new shop working on your next video…. Totally kidding…

[@misterpatina]

@@BB_Chaptsick hahaha! you got me here 😄

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄😄

[@michaelszabo3071]

😂

[@mohamedzulkifly8966]

😂

[@ronm3245]

Yes, I liked this very much. Thank you.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@quocthanhtran5199]

It’s perfect

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you so much!

[@franksando635]

Nicely done great out come better then it landing in the land fill 👍🏆

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! 🙏🏼

[@jstaatzy5606]

Nicely done! Thumbs up on the cold bluing rust pits. Not everything needs to be polished bright.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you mate!

[@CoolAgainRestoration]

Nice work there 👏

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks my fellow craftsman! 😄🙏🏼

[@supershiba8346]

Wow, great job. Did not expect it to look that good in the end

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you !

[@stephenkent8903]

What a marvelous come back for that old tool. Now it's ready to work for another 100 years.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

I hope so 😄 Thank you!

[@glaglos3414]

Great my Friend ❤

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼❤️

[@diyresttube]

this really awesome to watch.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@johnbender5356]

great job

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks man!

[@RestorationAustralia]

Well saved.👍👍👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks mate ✌🏻

[@oldman3319]

You are a wizard and a very patient man. Respect.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

“You’re a wizard Harry” .. sry I couldn’t resist 😄 Thank you!

[@waltkowalski2347]

Great job. Hello from Brazil

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks mate! 🙏🏼

[@19Bmiller]

Amazing

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@janaharajanrajan4652]

Good work bro 👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@user-sv8fk3ff8u]

Good VERY GOOD 👏👏🍀🌹🍀

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@matui6983]

Ive got a few of that style ratchet from diff makers and I like them. Simple , strong and repairable.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Yeah I really like it too, will definitely use it!

[@vinceianni4026]

Beautiful restoration mister well done

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@scottcates]

Your satin edge treatment finely complements the intriguingly pitted sides.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you 🙏🏼

[@randyclyde4939]

Excellent results! I wasn't sure how the plastic retainer screw effort would turn out. But this begs the question, 'How do you make a Phillips Head screw?' Thanks! Be well, be safe!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@Austeration]

Lovely piece of work that 👍 Very well put together 🦘👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks mate!

[@petricabistricean1806]

Super tare 👍👍👍🍯🍯🍯

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼 thank you

[@JamesMPogue]

A beautiful works. Really turned out great.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@briansworkshop01]

Amazing work thanks for sharing your time and skill 🍺👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you for your support brian!

[@mftmachining]

Sehr gute Arbeit. Ein schönes Stück vor dem Müll gerettet, so muss es sein.👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Vielen Dank! 🙏🏼

[@alexanderalbach468]

Aaand subscribed. Great work👌🏻

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thanks for your support! 🙏🏼

[@scharferschnitt1071]

Perfect. Love the finish on the outside😘

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

❤️🙏🏼 thank you bro

[@davidcoats1037]

Outstanding! 😃👍🏼

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼 thank you!

[@samim208]

Very nice, i like the contrast.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Glad you like it!

[@texas6060]

Great Job. Thanks for sharing.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@lightofthemoon5197]

Nice results 👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@smashyrashy]

Awesome

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@andersonparks1390]

Wow, perfect, but not in the "better-than-new-style". I like the pitting-imperfections as sign of transience. And the ratchet works as new, wunderbar!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@careyalderson7276]

Awesome restoration. The reason for the "clear" electrolysis could be the settings of your power source.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! Well pretty much, yes. Either the settings of the power source or the time, but both pretty much gives the same result. When doing electrolysis for rust removing the water gets brown and “rusty” because of the anodes which corrode due to the process, since there is oxidation happening and not because of the rust removing of the workpiece. Since I only did electrolysis for about 1-2 hours there just wasn’t enough time for the anodes to corrode completely and the water didn’t get brown 🙂 And of course it also depends on the material of the anodes, since you don’t necessarily have to use steel (just in general)

[@nahidnasiriyan1534]

💚💚💚

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

❤️❤️❤️

[@scottcates]

It's nice to see the use of electrolysis to help free up the rusted mechanism.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Yes it’s a great way to remove rust especially when the mechanism is locked by rust!

[@Gabri-991]

Beautiful job.. for a better result during time you could harden a little both the spring and the custom nut you made yourself (I mean: a heat treatment made by both tempering in oil and then a proper annealing).. by doing so the dark colour also will come from the hot bathe in oil (you could use exausted motor oil for a darker colour) during the heat treatment rather then cold bluing (which could be good for the main body bytheway).. also, you did very good using armonic steel, but a little hardening will help to get a even better spring.. Thank you again for the nice video!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Hey mate, thank you for your comment! As far as I know it’s problematic to heat up spring steal, since it will lose its springiness due to the heat

[@Gabri-991]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft thank you for your reply.. my bad, maybe I created a bit of confusion.. by heat treatement I didn't mean just "heating the steel" but rather tempering+annealing.. so that you have to heat the spring till it is "cherry red", bathe it in oil (these two steps are tempering), then heat it again but not untill red, stop first, and then lower the heat slowly (you can put the spring farther from the flame and bring it further and further away slowly).. this last step is annealing and is aimed at removing some of the fragility brought by the temper (otherwise the sping is likely to broke or be too rigid).. I understand it's hard to make it clear in a comment, but I guess you can find lots of videos about heat treatment also here on YT.. key is the experience I guess, so best thing is to make some tests untill you get that unteachable knowledge only experience can bring.. to make it even more complicated, a spring should have harder extremes and more elastic center, and this should translate in the overall process.. but for such small spring maybe this does not make so much sense after all :) you can just try and find the right degree of heating try after try I suppose.. of course all of this is just to bring some little improvement and share a point of view in general, where your spring was already great I must say :) .. and yes, at the end of the day it's definitely problematic to heat spring steel! :)

[@Gabri-991]

My apologies in advance if my comment was not so clear or precise.. you can try to search for "heat treatment of springs" here on YT for a better understanding of advantages and process of heat treatment of springs :)

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@Gabri-991 Thank you for your answer. I now the process of heat treating and the tempering. But the thing is that heat treatment is not possible with every steal, the steal must be heat treatable. And as far as I know spring steal especially loses it’s springiness when heated up

[@Gabri-991]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft thank you, well I would rather say that not all heat treatments are the same.. according to the specific type of steel and the purpose it is used for you will have a different heat treatment, in terms of temperature reached, exposure to heat, time to cooling down etc.. I agree with you that heating a factory made spring is very likely to damage it and in general not a good idea.. I also agree that a spring, once it is made, will tend to lose its elasticity if heated, hence "common" springs are not suited for working in high temperature applications.. other thing we must say that there is no "unique" spring steel.. if you are referring to austenic stainless steel (e.g 302/304) you are right, it is not best for heat treatment, you can only anneal it but not temper.. but everything depends on what kind of "spring steel" you are using.. I guess this is a little too much complex to discuss it in detail in a comment of a youtube video.. my only message was: most of (if not all) the factory made spings are heat treated to get the best spring performance (and resilience in particular).. also for hand-made springs heat treatment could be beneficial.. unless, as you are correctly stressing, the type of steel is not suitable for heat treatment (overall carbon steel is better for hand made springs, since it can be heat treated).. all of this provided that there are no univoquely identified heat treatments or spring steels types, and everything must be evaluated according to the specific case and thanks to the experience acquired try after try :)

[@LittleRestorers]

Great job mate - putting your machinist skills to the test 😉👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

😄 thanks mate!

[@shedmanx3640]

Beautifully done. It’s very satisfying to see what you create from a rusty pile of scrap.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@shedmanx3640 thank you!

[@coutinho640]

🎉🎉🎉

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@joseferreira3422]

Dr.Hut and my mechanics the same person ????

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

I appreciate that, but no, definitely not 😄😅

[@abdullasalim6027]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼

[@TapscottJ]

Beautiful. Love the contrast. Wonder how the plastic got in there?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you! I think maybe somebody once lost the original screw and put in the plastic one

[@TheSockMonkeyGuy]

❤

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@raccabird8889]

Cool video 😊 new subscriber from England

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you for your support!

[@user-hv4px4fj2m]

👍

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@michaelh.7960]

Meine "Ratsche" von Smalcaldia!! Tausend mal in der Hand gehabt! Leider ist bei mir der Innenteil mit dem Vierkant total abgearbeitet, hätte mir gewünscht, ihr arbeitet das auch auf. Aber da werden Erinnerungen wach

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Was meinst du genau mit aufarbeiten vom Innenteil?

[@Werkzeugsammler]

Das ist wieder eine 1/2"Durchsteckvierkantratsche von "Smalcalda"aus der DDR!So was habe ich noch original im neuen Zustand,ungebraucht!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Wow, das ist aber toll!

[@Werkzeugsammler]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft diese 1/2"Durchsteckvierkantratsche gibt's mit Parallel zulaufenden Handstück wie diese hier und ohne Beschriftung!In matt chromatierter Ausführung und brünierte Ausführung!In der brünierten Ausführung stand mitunter der Schriftzug"Göls"drauf!Die 1/2"Durchsteckvierkantratschen mit konisch zulaufenden Handstück trugen die Schriftzüge "Smalcalda"oder" Kampmann"beides DDR Produkte!Die Smalcalda 13ner Nuss von ihrer Ratsche mit Gabelaufnahme gehört eigentlich zu diesem Exemplar!

[@Werkzeugsammler]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft Ich versuche hier mal ein paar Fotos von meinen DDR Durchsteckvierkantratschen in 1/2" und 3/4" Ausführungen einzustellen zum Vergleich!

[@Werkzeugsammler]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft Foto hochladen klappt irgendwie nicht richtig!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Man kann bei KZbin in den Kommentaren leider keine Fotos hochladen. Du kannst mir die Bilder aber gerne an meine Mail schicken !

[@anime3713]

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[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼

[@michaelszabo3071]

Amazing job my friend. Why no table salt in the electrolysis? I figured you only need to make the water electrolytic?

[@scottcates]

Table salt leads to the formation of unhealthy gases. But Sodium Carbonate is safer in that regard. All that is needed is to increase the conductivity of the water and the sodium carbonate in washing soda is good for that.

[@michaelszabo3071]

@@scottcates 🤔🧐🤨 I see I see, thank you for the breakdown senior! 🙏

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Well yes you want to make the water more conductive (You actually don't have to make it more conductive, but it of course speeds up the reaction a lot!). But when using table salt (sodium chloride) chlorine gets produced, and you definitely don't want to breathe in chlorine... If you are interested, here is the reaction scheme: 2 NaCl (s) + 2 H2O (l) --> 2 NaOH (l) + Cl2 (g) + H2 (g) Using Sodium carbonate/washing Soda is much safer and works just as good. But anyways electrolysis should only be done outside or at least in well ventilated rooms, because of explosive gases which are produced due to the process. In the video (and the video description) were I restored the little multitool axe I explained the chemistry behind removing rust with electrolysis a little more detailed. Take a look if you are interested, here is the link :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIPTlmqjmqudqbc

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Exactly!

[@BB_Chaptsick]

Great video, sir. The thing was super crusty. Anyways, great video. And, why did the water not turn brown?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you sir, much appreciated! When doing electrolysis for rust removing the water gets brown and “rusty” because of the anodes which corrode due to the process, since there is oxidation happening and not because of the rust removing of the workpiece. Since I only did electrolysis for about 1-2 hours there just wasn’t enough time for the anodes to corrode completely and the water didn’t get brown 🙂 And of course it also depends on the material of the anodes, since you don’t necessarily habe to use steel (just in general)

[@ericfg806]

Very nice. What I really appreciate is the listing of the methods or 'ingredients' in the recipe for restoration. It's so annoying to watch vids with no explanations of what was used. Also, I like keeping some of the pitting as I think it adds to the appeal.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you very much for your comment’

[@lazyzabel1892]

Yeah, totally wondering why the water stayed clear!!??

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

When doing electrolysis for rust removing the water gets brown and “rusty” because of the anodes which corrode due to the process, since there is oxidation happening and not because of the rust removing of the workpiece. Since I only did electrolysis for about 1-2 hours there just wasn’t enough time for the anodes to corrode completely and the water didn’t get brown 🙂 And of course it also depends on the material of the anodes, since you don’t necessarily habe to use steel (just in general)

[@lazyzabel1892]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft aaaaaah!! And if electrolysis only happens for a couple hours, is the gas that it produces still super flammable, or does it just get more flammable the longer the electrolysis lasts? Just wondering, it’s fun to light the bubbles ;) thanks for your answer, I’ll sleep smarter tonight!! And thanks for the vids, of course!!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@lazyzabel1892 Well it is the same gas, regardless how long you let the reaction happen, so it's just as flammable as it is always. But of course the longer the reaction goes, the more gases are produced. But I have to say that electrolysis should only be done outside or in well ventilated areas and yeah, better don't light the bubbles 😅

[@powertoolsrepair]

How you make your sandblaster air inside clear to film?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

I attached a vacuum cleaner to the sandblasting cabin to clean the air from the dust and I also film with two additional led lights while sandblasting. It’s also important to clean the inside glass and change the protection foil on a regular basis

[@powertoolsrepair]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft Smart to put vacuum cleaner to sandblasting cabinet🤓

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@powertoolsrepair yeah well I mean it works obviously 😄 And I didn’t want to buy the suction system which is meant for the cabin, because it is extremely loud

[@lkazanov]

And of course the ultimate question is, who did this belong to? What were they working on? What were their dreams and their lives?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Would be pretty cool to know indeed

[@simonsimon557]

what keeps the ratchet part in the handle?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

The bolt which gets pressure from the spring and the screw

[@kendelaigarner2174]

Why didn't the water turn brown?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

When doing electrolysis for rust removing the water gets brown and “rusty” because of the anodes which corrode due to the process, since there is oxidation happening and not because of the rust removing of the workpiece. Since I only did electrolysis for about 1-2 hours there just wasn’t enough time for the anodes to corrode completely and the water didn’t get brown 🙂And of course it also depends on the material of the anodes, since you don’t necessarily have to use steel (just in general)

[@oneshotme]

Great looking restoration and you did a wonderful job restoring it also!!! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you very much, I truly appreciate it!

[@oneshotme]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft You're very welcome!! Keep up the great work!

[@TheJcochrane]

🤘👍🏻🇻🇪💪

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

🙏🏼

[@bruceschweigert6457]

Use muriatic acid,much faster!!!

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Hydrochloric acid is much faster for removing rust, yes. But there are a lot of reasons why not to use it so those overpower the benefit of it being faster.

[@horacerumpole6912]

Pointless...

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

What exactly is pointless in your opinion?

[@horacerumpole6912]

@@DrHutOfHandcraft Can you not guess?

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

@@horacerumpole6912 nope

[@KardoLucasLarsen]

With respect for you and your work, the text at the end of the video, this is Jin, Jîyan, Azadî. A Kurdish slogan for women, equality and freedom. Why didn't you write the origin Kurdish text in your video?! This is censorship and turning over the truth. Correct it please ...

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Excuse me please, but I am absolutely not willing to accept your assumption, that this is censorship or anything like that! I wrote it in farsi because I speak farsi and I know this phrase in farsi. That is basically it. The origin of this may be kurdish (I have no idea, I guess it is) but in my opinion it is about the message and not about the language. I wanted to spread the message and show my support through this. Arguing about the origin may be a thing in a certain context, but definitely not in this case. So maybe think twice before accusing people for censorship or “turning over the truth”, that is just absurd. And let me ask you something: Since when do people have to speak the same language to agree with a certain mindset or message?

[@carrestore]

great job

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!

[@diyresttube]

this really awesome to watch.

[@DrHutOfHandcraft]

Thank you!