Rusty Sickle Bar Grinder Restoration

I found this old grinder near where I live. It is designed for sharpening old sickle bar mower blades. This one was missing some parts and badly needed new bearings and some love.
The thing that really caught my attention about this is the shape of it, I knew the gearing inside would be interesting, and it turned out to be a worm and wheel that is back driven from the wheel, opposite of most worm-wheel arrangements.
I didn't have a proper blade for testing, so I made a pretend blade one. It probably isn't the proper shape, but it's enough to demonstrate the tool working.
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Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
00:28 Disassembly
01:29 Main body and handle work
02:52 Handle bolt
03:31 Wooden handle repair
04:04 Screw restoration
05:19 Spindle repair
06:42 Grinding stone restoration
07:14 Making the sharpening guide
09:54 Painting
10:28 Assembly
11:43 Testing
12:14 Thanks for watching this far 😁
This project has been ongoing for a long time in the background. I had many things causing delays, but we got there 😊
If you enjoyed this video, let me know below! ▼

[@CoolAgainRestoration]

Very nice job there Tom 👌

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@rewlazman]

Glad to see another great video. Please don't wait another 7 months to post another one.

[@WazMakeHere]

I will try my best! 😅 A lot of things on the go over the next few months

[@PureRushXevus]

I'm really glad I was randomly recommended this by YT, but seeing how long it's been since your previous video.. hoping not to wait that long again, it's too good to wait that long o:

[@WazMakeHere]

Some things are worth the wait? 🤔😂 I would love to put out more videos, but life gets in the way!

[@PureRushXevus]

@@WazMakeHere Hehe yep, that's for sure. And understandable, I take it these projects are also very time consuming. Looking forward to the next one :)

[@georgebrown8312]

Awesome work restoring the sickle bar grinder, and making a new tool guide. You got it working like a charm, too.

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you very much!

[@AJR2208]

G'Day Tom, nice job Mate. My Grandfather had one of these, so it brought back my childhood a bit. He put oil seals and a gasket on his and used dif oil in it - he said he was sick of having to add grease when it'd get noisy (secretly though, I think he just like to tinker with stuff). Stay safe and well :)

[@WazMakeHere]

That would also be a reasonable solution Thanks for watching!

[@mambateu]

So glad you came back, I love all the details on your videos, camera positioning, bokeh, the content itself, the editing is good too. Stay here, otherwise we will contact the youtube to change your channel name to waz dont make here.

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! Hopefully it's not such a long break until the next video

[@juleslobo5644]

Tom, it's definitely time to get a nice and powerful sandblasting cabin.. Nice restoration and result by the way!

[@WazMakeHere]

Yeah it would help. I have a small one, but it doesn't work very well

[@r-prorestoration9570]

I had never seen such Sickle Bar Grinder 👍The video was interesting Mate !👍

[@WazMakeHere]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@NathanNostaw]

Nice resto. I really couldn't picture how you would use this. I kept picturing the cranking hand getting cut off with the sickle (picturing a huge sythe) blade. Then the tool rest didn't help, untill you show the actual blade. :) What a cool sharpening tool.

[@WazMakeHere]

Thanks I thought it was just a hand cranked bench grinder at first. I did a bit more research and discovered the wheel was that shape for a reason I was surprised at how quick it sharpened too, these would have been useful tools to have

[@filippofior3722]

This was a great job! Love the attention you gave to the details!

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@billbaggins]

Nice save Tom 👍

[@WazMakeHere]

Thanks Bill👍

[@Mr_Happy_Face]

It's satisfying to see the mechanism work so smoothly

[@WazMakeHere]

Yes I was pleased that it worked so well in the end Thanks for watching

[@Mr_Happy_Face]

@@WazMakeHere would you say you are making your videos in the style of My Mechanics? Do you know him personally?

[@WazMakeHere]

I'm following the formula that works, no worse than a TV show following a format So no talking to open it up for a more international audience, ASMR for relaxing element that is also a popular style (outside of restorations as well), and showing the story as a beginning (here is the thing, it isn't good because___, now I will disassemble it), middle (here are the steps I took to fix it, and the problems I overcame), then the ending (final assembly, reveal, and testing). My methods and tools will lead to a slightly different approach than if someone else made it, so long as both you and I enjoy these restorations, I will keep making these videos!

[@jomercer21113]

Love this restoration!

[@vinceianni4026]

Beautiful restoration mister good job well done

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@westweld]

Nice job Tom.....thats a really cool old tool

[@WazMakeHere]

Thanks mate 👍

[@mlt3258]

Nicely done!!!

[@79NiWi]

Whow i really liked this video great tools and technics. Your welding is already better then "My Mechanics" ;-) but there is one thing you missed out to stand out of the masses on KZbin. Make the end product better then before. Dont leave any imperfections. Tread the metal pieces as a piece of jewelry. I know it will be a hell lot more work but you will see the viewers will skyrocket.

[@WazMakeHere]

Great point!

[@limayaden8458]

"My Mechanics" recommend so here I am,,, and I was not disappointed.

[@WazMakeHere]

Thanks for watching, glad you like it

[@emptylungs]

That was beautifully done. Many people don't have this attention to detail - don't file parts together, don't chamfer the holes, don't redo threads and so on. Your channel will grow a lot and you deserve it! Hopefully we'll see some sandblasting action in the near future? :)

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! I have a small blasting cabinet, but it doesn't work very well. Maybe once I do it up or get a new one

[@RestorationAustralia]

Nicely done.

[@WazMakeHere]

Thanks mate!

[@BLUDAR]

i got one of these, and i need to do it up myself thanks for the vid, saving and subbed... coming from townsville in qld

[@WazMakeHere]

Thanks for the sub! I'm down in Tas 😁

[@zooobidooo]

Excellent job ! Well done 👍

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MyLilMule]

I'm not sure if you can get Evaporust where you live, but I would recommend you try to find it. It is amazing at removing/converting rust. I bet you could have saved the original spindle and wouldn't have had to cut it.

[@evilsquirrel56231]

Excellent work!

[@WazMakeHere]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@AndriiA939]

дуже класна реставрація! приємно дивитися!

[@WazMakeHere]

дуже класна реставрація! приємно дивитися!

[@coutinho640]

Ficou muito bom 😮🎉

[@EduardoGarcia-hf3jh]

Saludos desde Guadalajara Jalisco México 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

[@WazMakeHere]

¡Gracias por ver! De Tasmania, Australia

[@AliAli-zv5ot]

👍👍👍

[@nektoii]

Too fast, IMHO. Where can I get longer video? :)

[@WazMakeHere]

Ha ha, I can send you a few hours of unedited footage 😝 I wish I did a better job of filming this, I was a bit limited when it came time to edit. I learnt for next time

[@ironhead65]

Well now it is too pretty to use!

[@WazMakeHere]

Ha ha. I think I might donate it to a local heritage tool group

[@NotChar]

Aiming for the "people who like My Mechanics but don't look at the channel names on videos" demographic

[@WazMakeHere]

I'm following the formula that works, no worse than a TV show following a format So no talking to open it up for a more international audience, ASMR for relaxing element that is also a popular style (outside of restorations as well), and showing the story as a beginning (here is the thing, it isn't good because___, now I will disassemble it), middle (here are the steps I took to fix it, and the problems I overcame), then the ending (final assembly, reveal, and testing). My experience and tools will vary from others and will result in different techniques along the way. I am new to this style of video and I intend to deviate off and find my own format with time