Kitchen Scale Weights Restoration

[@gerryholden]

Not kitchen weights but industrial laboratory weights, probably a dyestuff lab by the initial appearance. The three holes are for missing small weights and the two slots are for sub-gram weights made of platinum rectangles (the wide shallow slot which would have had a clear plastic cover) and for sprung tweezers to handle the small weights (the narrow slot).

[@CrustyRestorations]

Awesome , thanks for the info👍

[@chrisbartrum3201]

I have a similar set that belonged to my father, a pharmaceutical chemist. They had to be calibrated every year by Weights & Measures and any cleaning strictly in the hands of experts to retain their accuracy.

[@BillDavies-ej6ye]

And now they weigh less!

[@Rocketman88002]

@gerryholden, was going to say about the same thing. I had a secondary standards set just like the one shown in the picture in my calibration lab. I used it to calibrate scales. The standards were referred to as transfer standards that were checked by a environmentally controlled laboratory with standards traceable to the National Bureau of Standards (now N.I.S.T.)

[@akluke8320]

Beech - I’m sure that’s what it has been constructed with. Beautiful colour & durable.

[@WootTootZoot]

Agreed

[@knottyal2428]

Also agree.

[@geraldstamour1312]

Hella dope results, @CrustyRestorations!

[@a.p.a.woodmetal3412]

Very beautiful restoration 👌👍👍👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you for watching :)

[@willieckaslike]

A beautiful restoration of a interesting item. To find a complete set of weights, I would imagine to be quite rare. Thank you for sharing !

[@CrustyRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed it, scales are mid progess👍

[@peterdurnien9084]

Nice have you checked the weights now they are abraded and polished. I remember some weights my mum had that had a hole in the bottom that had lead in it with a stamp mark. The lead was for adjustment due to wear. If they were weighing light lead could be added and melted in to make the weight up.

[@DonnaMSchmid]

What a beautiful set! Great job!

[@NowInAus]

Beech wood. Love working with it. You made it shine mate ❤

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you! Cheers, much appreciated 👍

[@suhayl5157]

good job; looking forward to the restoration of the scale it self.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, scales are mid progress 👍

[@АндрейНикитенко-ф4с]

Without checking and calibrating weights? And the rest is all beautiful.

[@georgebrown8312]

Nice job you did restoring the weights for a kitchen scale. They look much better than before. Excellent work.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you very much!

[@MHow-qc3ns]

Your attention to detail is admirable. Some collector will be over the moon with this restoration. BRAVO!!

[@mkprodetail8714]

Dam that's Awsome mate

[@RamkrishnaRamu-x2d]

Excellent work mam ship

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@fabiandaroca]

A spectacular restoration!!!!

[@lindofabio1]

Very Good. Congratulations.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you very much!

[@garyostrander2507]

Phil - that was a fantastic restoration = Love the wood grain on the carry box 👍👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks 👍

[@GrandsonofKong]

Nice job and looks great. FYI, polishing/sanding the smaller weights most likely made them less accurate. Not really an issue with the larger ones. I assume you were going for them to look good over super accuracy anyway.

[@CrustyRestorations]

They we're being scraped by the owner, so better wall art then melted👍😃

[@mjtunstall1976]

look like beech wood to me, nice restoration!

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you very much!

[@morenaarcangeli9174]

Molto bravo ottimo lavoro davvero... Ora tocca alla bilancia... Non vedo l'ora di vederti presto all'opera con la bilancia!!! Ciao grazie del video!!! 🇮🇹💯👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

Graci, thanks very much, scales are in progress 👍

[@rodolfojimenez6988]

It was necessary to preserve the holes of the gram weights, perhaps one day I would be able to find them

[@CrustyRestorations]

They can always be redrilled if I find some ,thanks for watching 👍

[@samyakjain4626]

Amazing Work

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, appreciated👍

[@TheSnioff]

Why did you cover those three holes? Maybe there are some weights missing?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Maybe, but if so, long gone. Can always be drilled out👍😃

[@rogerstokes123]

Great video!!!!!

[@CrustyRestorations]

Glad you enjoyed it👍 scales are next

[@paulotts]

Did you check the weights for accuracy when you finished with them?

[@CrustyRestorations]

No , more decorative these days👍

[@Чёрт_Лысый]

А зачем? Это же в духе азиатских "реставраций" - сделать вид, что нашёл. Помыть, покрасить и выбросить. Потому, что это больше не работает 😅

[@paulotts]

@@Чёрт_Лысый Get a translator for your computer or don't reply to my comments. I don't read gibberish.

[@rolandelstner7332]

I think it is beech. Pretty good work!

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks...👍

[@MASI_forging]

What a beautiful work 👍👍

[@julianalcorso5703]

Great work> I think the large rectangle used to hold 0.0, 0.2 and 0.5 gram pieces of brass with one corner turned up, for mor accurate measudements. The smaller rectangle used to hold a pair of tweezers for picking up these small pieces. My set has many of these pieces so that any combination of small weight could be made. Hope this helps.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks for the info!👍👍 much appreciated

[@IRONHEAD12701]

🤩WOW, BEAUTIFUL JOB.👍🏻 Every time you used a different polish or paste, I would think, “Damm, this guy has a talent for details.” Even the hardware got a high shine. Screws, hooks and hinges looked brand new. Fantastic work ❤

[@CrustyRestorations]

Amazing words of appreciation, many thanks.. yup, certainly took a while.. scales are next, about 90% done 👍

[@guylabesseuille2716]

En debut de vidéo, vous demandez de quel bois il s'agit. C'est du hêtre (beech in inglish). C'est un bois dur sui correspond très bien pour ce genre de fabrication.

[@zakmikati]

So beautiful...

[@DrMrSmooth]

Amazing restoration mate! 😊

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks chap👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

No, I really should, everyone has mentioned. But the owner was going to melt them for scrap, so brought them, at least saved from the smelter 👍

[@jt9498]

Beautiful restoration! Great job!

[@ganikudul674]

Amazing bro👍👍👍👍👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks ✌️appreciated

[@n.k.6231]

Coming now to your channel. From Brasil 🇧🇷. 🙋‍♀️ 🤝

[@CrustyRestorations]

That's amazing, worldwide.. many thanks.👍

[@rustyyazo]

Good job. Looks very nice.

[@carrestore]

Great job

[@willemsplein4d]

Indeed, beech wood. Had these sets at elementary school in The Netherlands to learn about weights and scale.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks,most people think beech 😀👍

[@deliriousdevil5114]

I miss the yellow paint. Otherwise really nice looking.

[@CrustyRestorations]

The yellow was nice, but thought the natural look. Thanks for watching 👍

[@zoranpetrovski3051]

Awesome work 👏

[@Алик-Звездунов]

Nice job! 😊

[@markgordon4368]

An engineers calibration kit, I worked for Herbert and Sons Ltd. One of the oldest companies in the UK we had to have them sent from the HQ to the engineers, Bizerba (you may have seen these German scales on Morrisons food counters, )we all carried both One of these sets and cast iron, when we still sold things by the lb we carried imperial weights too! Your set is missing the "delta" weights which were sub gram platinum which you used to test for what point your scale rounded up to the next increment on the scale, you should be able get these weights tested and recalibrate by the TSO (trading standards office) we never polished the weights as it would make them lighter, nice job.😊 I still have my imperial cast iron weights 😊

[@CrustyRestorations]

Ah, great info, much appreciated. They might not be as accurate, but people rarely use them these days. And I brought them, as they were going to be sold for scrap value..😳 so at least they didn't get melted down 👍

[@markgordon4368]

@CrustyRestorations it was nice to see them, and see someone tidy them up, however if you have a scale in your shop there is an engineer who visits tests and repairs it, that includes all the supermarket checkouts and those self service ones too they have two scales! 😉

[@thehampshirewoodturner]

What a great job it looks fantastic, the wood i think is beech, it has those characteristic black flecks in it

[@CrustyRestorations]

Much appreciated, loving the turned wooden animals👍👍

[@swampy1584]

Nice job

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks👍

[@nigelwylie01]

Is this wood Ash or Beech? Ash is the wood of choice for tool handles, due to its toughness and springiness. It has a yellow hue. Beech on the other hand has a pink hue, very distinctive medullary rays. It is the wood of choice for fine box work, because the wood grain is very even, and allows fine shaping without splitting or veering off course. It is clear to me that this box is made of Beech.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks for the wood info, much appreciated👍

[@smickster]

This looks a lot like oak to me.

[@duncanhurst2888]

Really beautiful work - and it is beech wood.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks 👍

[@taunteratwill1787]

Expensive weight set I guess. 😎

[@wimleuvelink3567]

volgens mij is het beuken en die kleine gaten zijn voor gewichten

[@Geocolonel]

It's a beech wood.

[@bharatshah5862]

A JOB WELL DONE

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks 👍

[@andreviersen3524]

Looks beautiful new. Could have come straight from the shop. Everything old perfectly removed

[@jeremyhejduk2429]

I would agree, Beech. Or European Beech. It’s a beautiful, durable wood.

[@kramerdesignco]

well done!!!

[@capers72424]

How did you test the weights after?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Finally got round to the weights, all pretty much the same... in the scales video you can see 👍

[@sansui_miau4450]

First of all a fantastic detailing job! - But - gonna shock you ? if I say an old patina of the box was somehow interesting? same way weights - ok dirty can be clean & polish a bit but I am closer to "a bit patina" friend...(weights collector)

[@jflaplaylistchannelunoffic3951]

Between 9:25 and 14:10 there is no sound. Probably file compression issue.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Hmm, weird, thanks for letting me know... pesky compressions...👍

[@Brauma54]

I have a set very similar to this. You’ve inspired me to find them and give them some love. I used to work for Pitney Bowes, a postage meter company. We had “swing” type scales for weighing letters and parcels. The weights were for calibration

[@CrustyRestorations]

Go for it, will look good when restored👍

[@marioguisandepelic1784]

Maravilloso trabajo !! Bravo !!

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks, appreciated 👍

[@CogentConsult]

The proper saw to use would be a Japanese flush-cut pull saw. Very inexpensive and very effective.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, I will need to invest, slowly getting there 👍

[@jshale12]

Anyone know what went in the two straight trays?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Some people suggested smaller weights, but the owner was going to sell them for scrap, so at least saved from the smelter 👍

[@gualtieropugliesi7552]

Bravissimo. Meticoloso e precisissimo. Complimenti!!👌

[@CrustyRestorations]

Really appreciated, thanks👍

[@NolaGal2601]

Beautiful work! What is the rectangle shape for?

[@CrustyRestorations]

That's a good question, not sure. Been looking, suspect smaller weights🤔👍

[@jesseratcliff3508]

Fractional weights?

[@NolaGal2601]

@@jesseratcliff3508 that makes sense.

[@pfadiva]

Could have been for tweezers/tongs to pick up smaller weights. My lab reference set has tweezers for the smaller weights to enable them to be handled easier while you have gloves on. Reference weights are never handled with bare hands. Skin oils cause corrosion which will affect the weights.

[@victorlaiviera9683]

Would the sanding and polishing affect the weight of the weights, especially the smaller ones?

[@CrustyRestorations]

I don't think so, was taking of scale and oxidation in my opinion but a lot of other people think otherwise. But the owner was going to melt them for scrap, so at least saved from the smelter 👍

[@plumber3006]

Bravo Monsieur 🤙

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks, appreciated 👍

[@-zubzero]

It looks like beech wood.

[@user-tq5lu1wp7e]

It is the same, what i thougt. In Gemany beech wood is the standard material for boxes like this.

[@elizabethwatson71]

The wax is the most perfect finish. I don’t as a rule use bees wax, as I find is so soft. I usually use carnauba wax. But nothing beats a wax finish. It makes the wood more touchable

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, still learning, wax can be tricky sometimes ❤

[@cardinalrestorations]

Grest job! Miles different then the original. I wonder why people paint nice wood. Always confused me.

[@willieckaslike]

I agree, one cannot (imho) better a woodgrain finish !

[@CrustyRestorations]

I mean the yellow was lovely, but grain any time 😃

[@bouhmidimohamed3555]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mikenelson9026]

Would love to see a follow up comparing the weight on a new scale

[@CrustyRestorations]

Scales are in the process, finding the time is the tricky bit👍😀

[@arthurcrown3063]

These look like the weights we had in school for Physics. Our kitchen weights were naturally Imperial, stacked from 2 lb up to quarter ounce.

[@CrustyRestorations]

A few people have said the same 👍

[@GothaCotopaxi]

It is beech wood

[@CristianeGiungi]

Belo trabalho, mas tampou os três furos dos dois pesos de uma grama e um peso de duas gramas. O jogo não está completo.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, the holes can always be drilled out if the weights are found 👍

[@OaMaaM1775]

If no one answered your question it is (ブナ) buna or Japanese beechwood. I like using this wood if I can get it, but it is a hardwood used in making Japanese hand planes because of the hardness and ease with which it can be cut and shaped.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks👍

[@Lovecc09]

Дерево - это бук.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks👍

[@scotter_dotter]

Beautiful

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you

[@tekanova7480]

What is the white material you encased the brass pieces early in the video ?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Hi, its in the video at 03:00, salt, flour, vinegar 👍

[@stefanlindberg5063]

How much does the wheigts weigh after restauration?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Not.sure, it's more decorative these days👍

[@GregorAndre]

That looks like beech wood.

[@James-ru4jx]

The weights must be re-calibrated .

[@CogentConsult]

That wood looks to be Beechwood.

[@porlibre1211]

The first flower with the bee is a white digitalis, be careful when touching it, it affects the heart.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Yup, aka foxglove... many thanks 👍

[@porlibre1211]

The slot in both the base and the lid was used for tweezers. The largest slot only at the base was used to put some silver metal sheets that weighed 1g, 2g, 5g and I think also 10g, I don't remember if there were more weights. We used it when I was little at school for chemistry class. I seem to remember that there were 3 of 1gr, 2 of 2gr and I don't remember how many of 5gr.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Ah, a few people have said chem weights now.. the owner was going to sell them for scrap, so hopefully have at least saved them from the smelter👍

[@_MONOTYPE_]

Там ещё пинцетик должен быть, а в прямоугольном отсеке под стёклышком грамульные пластиночки. В отверстие которое чопики забили весы вставлялись.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks for the information, the owner was going to scrap them 😮👍

[@mpalaskokkalis1476]

Perfect 👌

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thank you👍

[@IvanIvanov-ml9nt]

Молодец, классно смотрится

[@CrustyRestorations]

Many thanks 👍

[@husseindowaji6867]

هل توافقني الراي ان الاوزان فقدت دقتها ولا يمكن استخدامها بالمعايرة والضبط؟ بل يمكن وضعها في متحف

[@CrustyRestorations]

Yup, but they we're going to be melted for scrap, so saved 😀

[@edmundschulz3806]

What did you use to remove the oxydation?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Hi, its in the video at 03:00, salt, flour, vinegar 👍

[@Glugfish]

Wood looks like beech.

[@drucker03]

The residue of oil is the result of wrong application. When oiling wood you have to remove the excess with a dry cloth before the oil is drying. Otherwise you have these sticky areas of oil which will never completely dry. Besides that: You really didn't recognize beech? I don't think so. It was just a bait for comments.

[@CrustyRestorations]

Always learning, early days 👍

[@thepeakfreak]

Dude just sanded off the precision weights!

[@kathydonaldson863]

I guess they're not Class A anymore 😳

[@CrustyRestorations]

Finally got round to the weights, all pretty much the same... in the scales video you can see 👍

[@kevinsterner9104]

Why did you put multicolor paints all over it so you could "restore" it? Why did you fill the holes for the smaller weights?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Found off ebay, they we're going to be scrapped. Missing weights are well missing. The holes can always be redrilled 👍

[@johnconnor555]

Good job man but still no sound from 9:25 to 14:10...

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, what with work, trying to do the scales etc, not much time for the sound. Hopefully the same issue won't occur on the next video 🤔👍

[@laszlobunda7908]

Looks like beech wood

[@fgb3126]

Are you going to restore the scale too?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Yup, just in the process of those. When I have spare time allows, hopefully finished soon 👍

[@CrustyRestorations]

Scales now restored.. feel free to have a watch, came out quite nice I hope 👍

[@awansky7288]

Good job on restoring the scale weight, but kinda disappointed when you cover the small 3 holes. My family has bigger scale weights that can measure up to 100kg İt's still working now and they often ask me to clean it, and everytime i clean it they always make sure i don't increase or reduce the weight Sorry for my bad English 😊

[@CrustyRestorations]

Thanks, the holes can always be redrilled if needed. 👍

[@joaodejesuscostaesteves4656]

It seems plátano

[@СергейБелов-р2н]

Калибровать гири кто будет?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Calibrated in 'kitchen scales' video 👍

[@ЕвгенияРылова-щ9м]

А сами весы ?

[@CrustyRestorations]

Scales are the next video, soon to be finished 👍😀

[@karolczapko4790]

This wood is probably beech