Victor Safe Restoration - Part 5: Broken Cast Iron Repair

[@brockgriffith5271]

I know its little bit of an older video but great spin on a repair Keith. I don't think I would've even thought about putting a beef up plate on that wheel after the fact. I would've machined it in and I'm sure would've too, but you have the know how to fix little things that sometimes get overlooked on accident. Me watchin guys like you that know what they're doin is what's gonna give me the knowledge I can take and use in the shop. I live down in Valdosta so hopefully I can make my way up to Tifton to meet ya. That'd be awesome. Thanks again Keith and keep up the great work.

[@kenzpenz]

Yes !!! This video made my day. Not much on You Tube today, but 7:30 PM my time, Marina CA and sure enough another great video about this safe restoration. Great job as usual.

[@davidmotoman4956]

I like your way of thinking Keith, Leaving a little tell tale of the repair. As always very interesting to watch the master do it Right :)

[@VintageMachinery]

+David Fullston Thanks!

[@donaldasayers]

Visible repairs speak of the care and love that has gone into an object. We live in a world that worships perfection, car's three years old, replace it, (same goes for wives sometimes...) Sometimes it's nice to live with the old, the scratched the slightly imperfect.

[@knikula]

all good stuff...the time flies watching these

[@not2fast4u2c]

That was a Great repair That was a good call to add the extra piece and screws

[@vajake1]

I bet that it was difficult to band saw that part out of the stock while standing on the right side of the band saw! I salute you sir!

[@gordonagent7037]

Keith, your'e a bloody legend, absolutely love your video's. Gordon, Australia

[@VintageMachinery]

Thank you!

[@JackHoying]

A very nice repair to the wheels. Just like building a house, you can see finally see some progress once the foundation is done.

[@markschlegel7089]

Keith your video's are great and the music is great for your style also, I enjoy them so very much. Thanks Mark

[@gizzo123us]

good job Keith that baby is strong now !

[@tileajb1]

I have enjoyed this series immensely. I was particularly interested to see you use the bandsaw to cut the steel. The way you cut the small diameters into the shape was exactly the way I used to cut small diameters into complicated shapes in ceramic tiles. I used a wet diamond impregnated wheel to get the as close to the shape as possible and the tungsten carbide impregnated files to finish by hand. The harder the shape the more satisfaction when completed especially if I managed to get it without breaking any tiles and having to start again.

[@jusb1066]

i really like the idea of putting that extra metal there, super job, several times ive seen similar repairs, with no thought to adding the strength back , just relying on one braze joint, and yep, it ends up breaking

[@toolguy6057]

Nice repair! I'm restoring a PowerMatic 141 Band Saw. Like you, I use my bead blast cabinet a lot, but recently I sand blasted some of the bigger parts in my garage and what a mess! Took me another day to clear everything out and wash down the garage! This is a cool project! I hope you decide to do the soda blasting. Would love to see how that works out! Thanks for sharing your project!

[@rogernadeau3708]

Nice repair Job, Keith !

[@VintageMachinery]

+Roger Nadeau Thank you!

[@kenwood8665]

Keep up the good work Keith.

[@chuckturner6984]

I love it that you play some music while you're fast forwarding. One tune sounded like an instrumental of Billy Joe Shaver's "I'm Gonna Live Forever." Keith, Bowman is the first town down Highway 172 from where I live, in Hartwell.

[@bcbloc02]

Looking good! I like to use JB weld for body work and forming of contours if you need to on metal. It sticks pretty good and it sands and grinds nice. I would never try to actually hold anything together with it but it sure is nice filler!

[@mrjc4949]

Keith. Thanks for sharing the great project videos. Aloha, James Carvalho Maui, Hawaii

[@swarfrat311]

Keith, Great repair! That strap you put on the caster support should do the trick. You will have more "meat" to support the safe. Regarding the price of brass, it would probably be cheaper if you made the dial out of gold! :-) Thanks for sharing the project with us! Have a good one! Dave

[@robertkutz9540]

great job keith looks good.

[@leeh.4453]

I'd like a lot of detail about how that combination lock works, and how you'll get the number marks into the dial accurately enough so it lines up with the ... pins? Tumblers? Whatever they are on the inside. Seeing the inside workings of an old safe is really interesting. Thanks for showing us.

[@arkansas1313]

Keith, a great job on the bandsaw and profiling! Also a nice video of milling and brazing for the caster mount. I really enjoyed your repair process. Very well done! An off topic suggestion: Build a monitor mount above/onto your video camera (maybe some kind of plastic material). Then, when you are looking at the monitor, you'll be looking in the camera's lens area. With that said, I mean no disrespect and please know you are still doing a great job on your videos!!!! Thanks....13

[@arkansas1313]

***** Do that! Apple doesn't have a patent. But you could. Thanks....13

[@shawnmrfixitlee6478]

Good solid repair Keith .. Good job !!

[@specialks1953]

Wow. I saw it move at 17:29 but at least it was early in cutting.

[@mgmoody42]

He added a copper shim after that movement.

[@andymandyandsheba4571]

great repair keith

[@MrUbiquitousTech]

That is a superb repair!!

[@hillearybrown7083]

I like your repair, it is kinda a sympathetic repair

[@VintageMachinery]

Thanks!

[@angryyank68]

Awesome Keith

[@jamiebuckley1769]

nice restoration so far kieth. i was thinking about that number 23 on the inside of the door. just takeing a guess maby its a tumbler set identification number or maby its the quality control inspectors stamp number. anyway love learing things watching your videos. i also have a lathe and a new 9x49 vertical mill its a trump a bridgport clone. the lathe is a 1939 16 inch southbend with a 60 inch bed.thanks kieth.

[@Opinionator52]

Looks like it will last a very long time, and the story that can be passed along and handed down will surely be enjoyed... I thought you might turn a steel piece to shape the dial with and do some metal spinning in brass sheet it would also be one for the books among the group! Great video Keith! :o] O,

[@pierresgarage2687]

Hi Keith, Cast iron work's nice, I kind of like dealing with it, but, the dust is horrible, I noticed you sand, mill and grind without vacuuming, that must make hell of a mess with that black dust. Looked like the original metal from the casting and the newer material from the repair weren't the same, by looking at the chips. Project look's good so far, Pierre

[@joeroberts9502]

@ 26:30 Good point about repair jobs!

[@JohnBare747]

Nice repair job now you can do wheelies with the safe.

[@KnolltopFarms]

Very nice work Keith...funny thing I just noticed about all of the videos coming out from you and the other "Masters of Metal" have been milling machine related, LOL! Just when I get my lathe, many of you all are doing milling...or band sawing, shucks! I guess I'll have to go into the archives and refresh my memory...I even am going to build one of those signal boosters for my Wi-fi the Randy Richard has in his shop, so that I can have one of you "over my shoulder", digitally speaking at least :) I sure hope you have a great week, and keep any and all videos coming, for the above was not a complaint no matter how much it sounded like one, just an observation. Aloha...Chuck

[@KnolltopFarms]

PS, you make brazing look so simple. I hope other folks realize how difficult it can be if you rush it. Nice repair and I thought the narration was nice too, the sound was very clean and your voice is as mellow as a late night disk jockey! Aloha...Chuck

[@robertkavich7426]

Keith , Very nice work on the safe wheels . Just a thought , why not put the safe restoration series on a thumb drive or disc and leave it with some notes in the safe when you are done . This way somebody in the future can see your work ,

[@binks166]

Good Stuff Again ! Thanks Keith, Harvey

[@gbowne1]

In addition to the easy cleanup, the soda blasting is less invasive and damaging (eroding) to the surface whilst still doing the same job that media blasting would do. Theres a bunch of videos on it here. We built our own system but theres several good ones out there.

[@deanerichardson8930]

Nice brazing. I notice you didn't bottom out the steel against the cast iron at the top of the caster, wouldn't that be stronger that just the brazing material incase of tropage. Are you going to fill the countersinks with Bondo to give a smooth surface to paint.

[@kbraby]

The brazing filler has plenty of compression strength, and if you butted it together, you loose the ability to get the braze in there, and loose both shear strength, and the connection in bending moment. Both in my opinion more important than the slight difference in compression.

[@TheMetalButcher]

Very nice repairs Keith. Also, not sure if you would want to trade anything, but I have a 4" piece of brass roundstock that's about 1" thick.

[@robertnowakowski5922]

25:57 words so wisdom...

[@TheDisorderly1]

Why did you grind the new part vs milling the broken part to fit them together? I'm saying you could have milled the broken part straight and flat and then butted the new part against it.

[@ckm-mkc]

You could use walnut shells in your sandblaster - works well, esp. on fragile things.

[@ckm-mkc]

***** Hmmm, you said you had a sandblaster "that made a mess" - I was under the impression this was different than the bead blaster, perhaps a standalone 'outdoor' unit. I was suggesting replacing the sand with walnut shells as the cleanup would not be as bad.

[@stevenacarter77]

Keith, enjoyed good video; have you ever welded cast iron with cast iron ? i do i use old piston rings i get for free @ engine rebuild shop, and 20 mule team Borax laundry additive for flux @ the grocery store. and my Ox/acetylene torch to weld just like your brazing, but the fluxed piston ring should flow in looking like yellow jello makes a very strong weld of same material, cool slow. sand blast, paint.

[@VintageMachinery]

I have some cast iron welding (brazing) rods that I have been playing around with some. Still trying to get used to using it but so far I have liked what I have seen!

[@frankfralick]

speaking of sandblasting making a mess, you could look at dry ice blasting. The mess just disappears. I have seen it used to prep old brick for structural fiberglass reinforcing.

[@BoffinGrusky]

Hey Keith: Who plays the music at about 17:00?

[@1twothreefour5six7]

Amazing

[@chrisstephens6673]

Hi Keith, On the dial, could you not just silver solder a disc on, much cheaper and keeps the battered, but original, handle. Are you going to make a plate listing repairs and date, so your grand kids grand kids know what happened to their safe last century? ATB chris

[@jamesrawlings8493]

How much heat is transferred to the bench vise? Over time will the heat/cool cycle cause problems with the vise's material?

[@mikeadrover5173]

Outstanding work! As always, thanks’ for taking the time to make this video! And I support this site. ~M~

[@tiomthyblake3112]

How do you get the casters voted back on I have taken mine off to clean them and paint them now the bolt will not tighten back up

[@joedell71]

Hi Keith. Great video. I have a quick question for you. What kind of camera do you use to film your videos. Your videos always have such good clarity and detail. I would like to start filming for youtube and am trying to get some idea of what kind of camera to use. Thanks again

[@wheeltapper1]

Hi Keith could you tell me the great piece of music that plays from 9.16. cheers Roy.

[@shubhamjain9194]

Can you please tell which metal you used for brazing?? Also can i perform mig welding to join cast iron pieces together.... Thank You...........

[@shubhamjain9194]

***** thanks much appreciated...........

[@jimclark576]

Really enjoy your videos, this is probably a dumb question, but what size tip are you using to do the brazing?

[@Landrew0]

I prefer the audio dubbed over afterwards. It sounds more composed and thoughtful.

[@jamesrpm]

The repairs are part of the history of the safe .If you wanted a perfect safe it is easier to buy a new one . But no history in doing that.

[@CharlesXavierRoy]

17:30 , I saw that !

[@CharlesXavierRoy]

It would be nice if you can film that part and explain what happen, I am new to machining and this is the first error I made.

[@dixiefix6055]

Where do you get your cast stock

[@dixiefix6055]

Oh ok thanks

[@Frankowillo]

Should have ground the original part first, then matched the new piece. Still, it all worked out okay in the end.

[@dougrundell947]

I changed my settings. Please reply.

[@TheFurriestOne]

Where'd that circle on the band-saw come from, did somebody leave a cold drink sitting there? Also- are ya gonna use some castor oil on those wheels? XD

[@VintageMachinery]

TheFurriestOne LOL - there is a guy who works at the museum who is really bad about leaving cups laying on the machines and leaving behind the rings. The guy who runs the shop here at the museum is always fussing about it! Fortunately, that person is NOT me!

[@TheFurriestOne]

Keith Rucker - VintageMachinery.org Oh, I figured it wasn't you! Maybe that guy needs some coasters glued to the bottoms of his cups? XD

[@carryitaround]

bob ross called these mistakes that work out for the best "happy accidents"

[@mgmoody42]

@2:30 it looks like the other ear had been repaired before? Okay, @21:50 a different camera angle and it looks like a boss, not a repair.

[@raincoast2396]

Leaving a "witness mark" or witness patch (repair) is the way to go.

[@andrewballantine]

***** Keith, in the porcelain industry a visible repair is often referred to as an "honest" repair; apparently secret/invisible repairs are frowned upon. I completely agree that the repair should be visible for future reference.

[@duobob]

***** My Mom and Dad bought, refurbished, and resold furniture in their retirement. When they did a repair and it was visible in some obscure place underneath or behind and out of sight in normal use my Mom would say that she was going to place a little sign there saying "What are you lookin' here for?" 8^)