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[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

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[@rasmis]

I was expecting “DIVE DIVE DIVE” after the klaxon.

[@tanjir7116]

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[@tanjir7116]

@W33d Senpai I am subscribe to your channel

[@TheGhostzZ]

technicaly the poor audio quality of that car radio might be cause of dirty play heads!

[@andrewrobotbuilder]

Absolutely love these videos, as always! One request is like to ask: could you number the episodes in the KZbin title according to the episodes please? Tends to make things easier to find previous videos when referring to them. Thanks, all the way from Malta!

[@TheDistur]

They must love you at the scrap yard. "He took what home?"

[@sanyopoweraid1]

Where can we find these kinds of scrap yards that let you roam around and pick through the scrap? I know of vehicle "Youpick" places, but not any that have old tools.

[@chrishayes5755]

@@sanyopoweraid1 google: city name + scrapyard + forum that will find forums where people are discussing scrapyards around your area. or google maps scrapyards then call them.

[@dreamingflurry2729]

@@sanyopoweraid1 I'd love to know as well, as I'd love to pick up some of those quality tools he has shown us (note: I happen to live in Germany as well), same for a couple of those military toolboxes :)

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

Just one little thing I wanted to add: Some people probably don't like mixing old and new technology, like I did when I inserted LEDs and an Arduino into that old lamp enclosure. But you have to see it that way: Nobody has had any use for these lamps in probably over thirty years. Sure the way they were, they were nostalgic and genuine, but they were also just collecting dust in a shelf, while now they will serve a purpose and that purpose is different from what they were made for. I want the lights to flash, so that they will catch people's attention and those old bulbs are just not made for that. Others might wonder: Why do you use something as complex as an Arduino, for such a simple task? Well if you've been following the channel for a number of years, you will know, that I build stuff WITHOUT microcontrollers a lot more often than most of today's hobbyists, but in some cases even I had to realize, that a microcontroller just offers a lot of potential to add new features to something I'm working on later on. While adding new physical circuits would require me to rip the board out of the enclosure and start soldering again, it is possible to just-re-program the arduino at a later date and integrate other features of the alarm system into this same enclosure, without the need for additional components and circuitry. For example: sensors and hidden switches can just be connected to the free I/O pins of the Arduino and it can act as a simple alarm system in itself. While a simpel multivibrator circuit or an NE555 can also flash the lights, it just doesn't have that kind of potential to develop this part into a more capable alarm system. Whenever I use microcontrollers I always think about future changes to the initial (often very basic) design.

[@carola7893]

We love what you did to make that light system from there old airport warning lights. There are a ton of people who do restore and collect old items. But making an old item useful and keeping costs down by modernizing it a bit, is both brilliant and frugal.

[@IslandHermit]

I'm fine with mixing old and new. The important thing is to extend the useful lifetime of the object to keep it out of the landfill.

[@USN_Ret-]

Repurposing discarded items to fit your needs is perfectly fine. The stuff was going to be melted or buried in a landfill if you didn't buy it.

[@kameljoe21]

Nah it was awesome. I want to get one of those super big antenna tower lights and use it for something. i really like what you did to the lights super awesome and it will be used for many years to come.

[@AileTheAlien]

Mixing old and new is totally fine - whatever's fit for purpose, go ahead! Doubly so, when the items are being saved from being recycled into their component materials! :)

[@aarontena]

Greetings Post Apocalyptic inventor! I'm from Spain and I've heard from Taurus before They are still around and making electronic appliances In my house we use their kitchen appliances a lot

[@benholroyd5221]

"Taurus", "still around" I see what you did there.

[@hihitokiri]

Yep, and my parents still have one of those fans at home

[@Ribeirasacra]

Also writing from Spain, Galicia. Have seen the Taurus branded items around. What surprised me is the website says they own Black and Decker. I thought it was an American comapny. Maybe they have rights to the name in Europe?

[@s.m.g.9320]

Hi from Mexico, Taurus also sells here, I have a blender and a single cup coffee machine from them

[@RinoaL]

The extra bit at the end was the best part!

[@Wingnut_Stickman]

It pays to watch to the end, metaphorically too!

[@seanrodden6151]

Fallout 5: European Theatre!

[@sanyopoweraid1]

Where can we find these kinds of scrap yards that let you roam around and pick through the scrap? I know of vehicle "Youpick" places, but not any that have old tools.

[@bruceelliott9651]

The spruce log that was inside the basement entrance was probably put there so that any creatures that fell in could climb back out. I hope you replaced it.

[@MrTBO0013]

Greetings from Canada. My mom is a WWII Survivor who lived in Berlin when the Nazi's took over her parents house which doubled as a trucking business. To her that basement looked more like a bunker. Does that pipe in one of the rooms lead to the river? She thinks it was an outlet for human waste. Just her thoughts. Danke, dass du dieses Video gemacht hast. Bis zum nächsten Mal.

[@buffsheeri]

Ontario Canada here, best to you.

[@HassanDibani]

Oh my god, that old fan is exactly the one that my parents had in the 80s in Morocco. wow, I totally forgot about it until I saw the video.

[@semorrison7082]

I think if you used white leds instead of red, in your alarm system, it would be much brighter. I love your channel, thank you for what you do.

[@Llamarama100]

I still have a Walkman I use at work sometimes, I replaced the belts and it works fine, my boss sometimes borrows it and uses it to play his rave tapes from the 90s

[@squalazzo]

these days is rare to find someone with your level of technical, mechanical and electronic expertise... keep going man, always fun to see your work!

[@ProckerDark]

I think that too, his wide set of skills makes me jealous, he's very good in mechanical, electrical and electronics things. Usually people only excel on one of these things, but he mastered them all pretty skillfully

[@FarmerFpv]

People spend so much money on college to learn something only useful for one thing if any. Go to a trade school and you can learn many things and make more money. College nowadays is useless and so politicized. They only indoctrinate people for their purpose and money.

[@SluSharkND]

When a thief tries to break in, you can easily locate him by looking for the guy cleaning out his shorts after the claxon scares the crap out of him! Outstanding content. I just became a patreon supporter. Keep up the great work!

[@Blox117]

even better if you used a bunch of air raid sirens

[@GeneralSpecifiK]

When you popped that tire and swore at it, I felt that in my soul. I’ve been there… This was a particularly great episode!

[@KnightMirkoYo]

I can't say enough how TPAI gives me hope in humanity. Living sustainable is the most reasonable common sense thing - just use what you have, repair it and keep in good condition. There is no need in replacing stuff with new every couple of years.

[@KnightMirkoYo]

@Stacking Sigma Memories Great stuff, really inspirational! I terrorize my family to let me post free listings for stuff they are planning to throw away. Feels great to know how much doesn't end up in the landfill.

[@everintransit4240]

When I hear the Klaxon horn all that I can think of is "Dive! Dive! Dive!"

[@deadaccount6135]

" Das Boot! " 🤣👍👍👍

[@zoidberg444]

RIG SHIP FOR DEPTH CHARGE! CLOSE ALL WATER TIGHT DOORS! I just got finished reading this amazing book called "Thunder Below" by Eugene B. Fluckey detailing the 5 war patrols he made in 1944 and 1945 in the seas around Japan. It was great stuff.

[@jonathangriffin1120]

Or Al Murray's 'German telephone'........

[@honestguy7764]

Spaniard here! Taurus is one of the largest small home appliances manufacturers. That fan is a classic. As is the Tropicano model

[@andymandiak603]

The basement is where the witch was keeping the children to fatten them up before Hansel and Gretel came by and ruined things.

[@traitorouskin7492]

That looks just like the room where the witch kept me.Cheers ta

[@SeanHodgins]

Love that alarm system! The radio tester is cool. I tried to repair the radio out of my 80's truck, it seems to have lost the bass control and it just puts out an unusual amount of bass to all of the speakers, potentially damaging them. I found a few puffed out capacitors and replaced them but the issue still seems to be there.

[@DieselRamcharger]

heres a video that at about 2:20 has a chart that correlates driver response frequency to capacitor mfd rating. this will help you isolate which cap is bad. alternately you can install the caps inline to the speaker as a "bass blocker". kzbin.info/www/bejne/qZDEnoKkfs1kidE

[@soupflood]

Or perhaps the bass potentiometer is bad

[@aserta]

I'd replace all the caps, as basic principle, even if they're not puffed, they can still be dead or dying. Also, give a good search of all the soldering joints.

[@pauln2661]

@12:37 Can we all appreciate the understanding nature and kind warmheartedness of Gerolf's neighbors. :)

[@wolfetone2012]

16:05 "modern garbage music" Don't worry though, as it will not be thrown out. He'll likely fix it in a future repair-a-thon

[@CDinkle]

One of my favorite bits about your channel is when you get a drill working again, you immediately begin drilling random holes throughout some piece of wood or scrap metal.

[@Airforce1Gunny]

Need to do more of these!

[@dom8420]

Agreed

[@ordinarypete]

You ain’t never lied!

[@aaron71]

Love these videos. Seeing things saved from being wasted is so satisfying. And loved the abandoned exploration at the end! Imagine rehabbing one of those places for an off the grid bunker. Would be so fun to do.

[@ProgramSam]

Hah! I have the exact same fan in a different color scheme standing on my desk right now!

[@Conservator.]

It’s beautiful! 👌

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

@@Conservator. And blows air at you when it's real hot! Yall Take Care and be safe, John

[@patrickhayes3099]

I was asked about shopping and I said I preferred not to go shopping. Instead, I said I would not mind shopping in a 2nd hand store, though I really like to spend time in junk yards. History, creativity, and upcycling are my things. Glad I found you today!

[@rpavlik1]

Crazy cool that you can just buy a new rotor from Makita.

[@thetau4866]

Well, it is a Japanese drill, they aren't stingy about giving you replacement parts, they earn more money while spending alot less.

[@onemansjunk01]

You can buy motors from most companies

[@JohnDoe-pv2iu]

@@onemansjunk01 Yep! It's funny how some of the companies almost want people to fix the old items. I order replacement motor brushes for old tools. The company gave me free a pair of brushes for an old Skil saw. When I wrote to the Dremel tool people I sent them a money order for 10 dollars and asked for however many brushes that would buy me. They sent me 12 pairs of brushes! I have some really old Dremel tools, a couple of newer ones and a Sears brand version(I think it was made by Dremel), the brushes will fit any of them. As 'One man's junk' said, contact the companies about parts you need, most of them are very happy to try to help you. Yall Take Care and be safe, John

[@Hellsong89]

@@JohnDoe-pv2iu And other hand Makita has low voltage protection chip in their batteries that kill it after it goes to low voltage 3 times... Least its 3 times but still that is fucked up.

[@legallyfree2955]

@@Hellsong89 Luckily because of this you can order dirt cheap replacement chips from China (I think about $2 each), though you do then have to muck around a bit to replace it.

[@frederickkeppers8791]

I love that you found the electric ATV. I was thinking of building a MOTORIZED cart with a large wooden pallet for working around the house/garden.

[@Hellsong89]

@Stacking Sigma Memories You lucky bastard! Those things cost 1K at least around here, so way over my budget. Was thinking on building snow pushing thing with tracks from one until i saw the price of used units.

[@Endermanso]

My grandma has a fan exactly like that one! It is orange and works perfectly. I serviced it a few years ago, changeing the old cord and the motor bushings. Now it will run for another 40 years

[@lekronus]

FYI you can mod these BMW units to allow aux input. If you open one up, the cassette tray mechanism is separate and has a relatively obvious three-wire bus that feeds into the main board of the radio. This is L/R/GND line-level stereo, it's possible to hijack it to some typical RCA standoffs. Search "C33 aux mod" for more info.

[@gsuberland]

Love the sound of that claxon. BORP!

[@m3chanist]

That's is one hell of a cool fan...pun possibly intended. Those blades are great, the whole slightly angular aesthetic or the thing. Beautiful. As for that Klaxon light combo, I almost hope someone triggers it, without causing you any loss of course. Add a video camera to capture the full effect, I anticipate a magnificence of cold fear and scrabbling legs as they prepare for whatever impending doom it clearly heralds. Killer robots, a nuclear strike, automatic machine gun turrets, the unleashing of the dogs.

[@nedsurf1876]

Your workshop will sound like a submarine diving to get away from depth charges. Love it! Nice Mario Cart reference. Yes, it looks like a bunker converted into a cellar.

[@WeldinMike27]

I also respect the Mario kart sound byte.

[@saikothesergal]

I honestly love that this man has kept the same intro for forever. It never seems to get old. Has to be one of the best intro's on youtube

[@rlld23]

I really enjoyed the 4wheeler ATV for kids. Could you do more with electric motors and cars , motorcycle scooters. Thanks

[@unocoder7188]

Bravo! What you guys are doing is reducing waste and garbage pileup. It takes a tad of your time to fix old equipmemt. It also keep skills alive!

[@user-fl1jv9cv7z]

From USA thanks for keeping us educated, entertained and satisfied with your resourceful ways. I keep old things alive as well

[@maeve615]

That pan shot of the scrap pile had me drooling. I spotted many things I could use. I haven an idea for that electric 4-wheeler. If you turn it into a large R/C car, build a flat-bed/cargo platform on it & it can be used to carry tool boxes and scrap items

[@Hackbridge1963]

If it's okay, I'd like to share an experience I've had recently. I'm a Postman, and I was delivering to an address, and came across a McCulloch B26PS strimmer thrown out for the scrap man. The pull cord was hanging loose. But it was very clean. "Here boy! Home time". A friend diagnosed it, and told me it needed the recoil spring, and I bought a strimmer head that was missing. Long story short, it's working fantastically and it cost less than £30 to repair. Thank you for your videos!

[@squirrellydan4987]

The alarm system was fantastic! The basement was in it self, alarming.

[@Adam_Lynn]

I can't wait to come back in a few months and see the quad with a full AI programme and grabber arm driving around town and bringing back useful scrap to the workshop.

[@stvennelson7792]

Yes one of the best on KZbin has a new video. Thanks for the great inspiration!

[@Vault57]

Love the retro klaxon and warning lights for your alarm. I have a garage full of junk saved for uses like that. Now I need to get busy...

[@TheFurriestOne]

0:39 Big hammer! Not a thing wrong with it but the dirt. 2:00 Busted neon transformer? So many bike wheels too, so many good parts! 2:10 See a wheeled dolly frame in there. That Electric-ATV would make a decent base for a rover to explore caves, crumbling buildings, and other unsafe places! I mean, the construction of the place is quite bunker-like. Barred windows with heavy shutters, etcetera...

[@guerrilla118]

20:25 thats like the worst place to find childrens toys lol

[@elektroluki1595]

Cool stuff! I pulled a quad almost identical like yours from a scrapyard as well, and mounted motors, battery, and controller from a discarded hoverboard to it. My kids have an absolute ball with the thing! Keep it up with the upcycling!

[@Cerv3ra]

Greetings from Spain. Taurus is a brand of cheap electrodomestics from the Cataluña region, near Barcelona. They started licensing french designs in the 60s, and have been a main brand in this country for mid range appliances to this day, with some good products and others not so good. That fan can be dated to around 1970s. Love your content. :)

[@elektroluki1595]

About the bunker: I cleaned out a cesspool last year which I now use as a rainwater tank for garden irrigation. It wasn't in use for 20 years, but the coloring on the wall and ceiling looked exactly like in your pit. In my case, it was concrete all around, except for one spot, maybe 50x50 cm² where there was no concrete, but gravel. If you find something like that, you can be sure it was a cesspool (Sickergrube), because it is an intentional leak to not have to clean it out so often. The ground underneath might be contaminated then, so think twice if you wanna buy the property. Especially if there was some industry located in the area... Cheers!

[@anguswalker]

Yes, I agree. I think those rooms in the outside building in the woods are likely to be a generator room and a water tank room for some sort of water based industrial process , perhaps stone cutting which would require a water supply. It looks too civilian to be a bunker as such.

[@jimsvideos7201]

20 Euros and an hour of work is a good price for a Makita hammer drill!

[@johnwalsom4739]

I'm a great fan of Zimmer frames and aluminium walking sticks. With the new aluminium welding rods its really versatile with the "click togeher" fittings and pre bent parts. I use it extensively in my airflow measuring gear. Can often be found in charity shop bins. Also laminated aluminium/plastic sheeting from signage company bins.

[@jonassubirana8838]

I live in spain, not only that, but the town where taurus is manufactured is about 30 min drive from my home town, nice to hear you found something from there!

[@spacecase0]

I have a small ATV that I bought from a machinist. It was a fire rescue. He put a 6.5 horsepower gas engine in it. It is ludicrously overpowered. Very fun but not very safe. With practice I have gotten good at not flipping it over while going way too quick. Had not occurred to me that it might have started as an electric ATV

[@scottvittum4462]

Yes, I am very impressed with what you can do with non-junk. I am a cheap individual and have done many of these types of reassignment of non-junk in the past. Unfortunately, I am without a workshop currently to putz like this. Good hunting. As far as the cabin it is clear to me that the cabin is designed to be an Air Raid shelter, like all of these types of shelters it was designed to be totally inadequate for the purpose.

[@gsftom]

Another great video. I also like to save, salvage and repurpose old stuff. Crazy all the things that are thrown away. Great work showing others how they can salvage stuff.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

The desk fan is definately a keeper. I live in New Zealand but if I was closer I would ask to buy it from you, also we are 230/240 volts and 50 Hertz so I don't know what the rating on the fan is. Those radios remind me of the Alpine and Blaupunkt Mercedes Benz radios of the 1970's/80's which are very,very collectable, and I like them especially the ones with 2 dials and the buttons in the middle (early design). If you ever find those in the junkyard, take it home, MB enthusiasts will be your best friends! Even the classic Hirshmann antenna are sought after. Like the alarm and warning lights, and how you put it up with weather protection, good design. Thank you for posting, we like your content.

[@NoxiousPluK]

As always a lovely video, thanks! If I had one point of critique it would be that the audio volume could use some normalization; but it's a minor issue and it doesn't take away from how awesome the content is.

[@shadowbanned69]

Might ba a type of root cellar...or a food storage preservation type system. Hence the pass thru air holes

[@Hellsong89]

And combined utility room looking those pipes going trough.

[@mrfxm55]

Greetings from Florida USA Francisco. I really like your channel. I watch often and am so impressed that you can virtually make anything you can imagine using used and found parts discarded. Makes me want to visit my local scrap yard. I especially like your industrial display and storage finds for your impressive shop. Btw Happy New Years! A universal cultural sentiment.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Very well done again and as always! And of course we want more! 2) I really hope that you will be able to buy this wonderful property in the woods. As always: Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

[@jimcrichton8028]

I enjoy seeing thinks repaired or repurposed, grew up with that approach to life. More strength to you.

[@zband9016]

Loved the red led bulbs and claxons. Reminds me of 60's and 70's era. I also love that old 60's and 70's era tech can be controlled with modern technology like the Arduino.

[@OverbuiltByHenry]

Subscriber from Spain here! I can confirm that the taurus fan is from spain, we had one on the kitchen, a bit bigger than yours, it was a 3 speed feom the 70’s. Unfortunately one day the motor shorted and got burnt.

[@MRrwmac]

As we have said before (many times in answer to your question), yes we want to see more of these type videos please! Great find and repair of old items! Glad you could bring them back to life. The LED lights for the security signal don’t look very bright in the video. I guess (knowing how you always do things right) they are much much brighter in real life?! I’ll bet that blown tire scared you. It would have surprised me also.... haha.

[@etchmfg]

My favorite show! I fantasize about a scrapyard like that.

[@detroitredneckdetroitredne6674]

In the scratch built or homemade built model railroad community a lot to guys use cordless drill motors as the drive motors for their train engines very powerful And I have seen them pull trains that were 40' long great video brother thank you for sharing your knowledge and expertise

[@professionalvr]

My dad also made an alarm system in his workshop with a similar signal horn, but without lights. 12:20 The alarm system sounds like an attack warning on a battleship or a submarine diving down.

[@enriquegarciacota3914]

Hi from Spain! I have seen Taurus, more when I was a child than now. I think my mum had one or several Taurus kitchen appliances.

[@kopriva007]

Great work, as always, bravo. I can't believe that people are throwing stuff and tools that are still working or can be repaired very fast and cheaply. That Makita drill, for 20 euros what you payed for parts and the price that you payed for her in the scrap yard, you can get 70 to 80 euros easily... I live in Croatia, and I would love to go to scrap yard to find and buy old and used tools for my personal use, but I can't do this because this is

[@zumbazumba1]

12:17 Aircraft spotted ! Emergency DIVE DIVE DIVE !Full ballast tanks ,20 degree rudder down ! It reminds me of those submarine horns.

[@mickspencer4171]

The alarm system using that old klaxon and lights is great, absolutely no problem with me mixing old and new if they have a new lease of life, I like the car radio tester as well, another excellent Repair A Thon video.

[@objection_your_honor]

Given the holes on the ceiling and the 2 overflow ports that look like windows, and unpainted cement covering the walls, I'd guess it was a water tank of some sort. Maybe for irrigation? All the junk were thrown in it as a storage when it no longer was used as water storage.

[@ihrescue]

Sounds like a good idea. The upper portion of the building may have been for the pump and drive motor. They may have made it look like a dwelling just for aesthetics.

[@guruoo]

I trash picked an ATV identical to the one you've found. To improve the fit (I'm 6'1"), and tip-over stability, I plan to widen the track with spacers, or wider tires, and swap, or fab new handlebars, and/or steering shaft to extend/move the grip forward.

[@zoidberg444]

I was using a minidisk player in 2005 - for the sole reason it was a lot easier to get in your pocket and the discs didn't get scratched and on long play recording the quality was pretty decent but you could get 2-3 CD's worth of music on a single minidisk. I was using minidisk from 2002 to 2006 and then I got an mp3 player and sold my minidisk player. CD's are a great format - they are still made and sold and people still have large collections of them. I think its pretty incredible that Sony and Philips managed to develop them when they did - to encode all that data, to make such a durable format and to make relatively affordable compact players. I still use my CD player every now and again although I ripped a lot of music off of mine into a format called FLAC which is apparently "lossless" in terms of the human ear.

[@stormkhan4250]

When you were testing the flashing lights and klaxon it immediately made me think submarine operations: "All hands to diving stations! Dive! Dive! Dive!" ;)

[@mattsadventureswithart5764]

Repair-a-thons rock, and enjoyed the place in the woods

[@BRBTechTalk]

I appreciate your ambition to re-use, re-purpose and repair. I am on the same page. I am also one to salvage used or discarded items for re-use. Mostly I focus on computer parts but my car is a 2004 Jeep Grand Cherokee that I am keeping alive, honestly the WJ just keep running.

[@javilarg]

That’s the fan we used to have at my parents’ in Madrid, Spain, in the seventies 😄

[@webmonkees]

another feature of German (VW, Audi, Porsche) 90s car radios is a aftermarket iPod circuit that plugs into the optional CD changer. all the factory CD controls work like normal so that will make restorers happy, no wires cut.

[@mrfrog8502]

12:23 Nice project. Strobe xenon lights would make it brighter.

[@markmoz]

Your opening monologues are, as always, so on point. Keep doing what you do mate. 👍👍

[@ferfernando950]

Greetings from Spain! Yeah Taurus is a quite popular brand of home appliances here, and it's still selling products. Love your videos!

[@MrTumshie]

It is always a joy to see a new repairathon video appear on KZbin. And then added content at the end - you spoil us! Thank you and more of the same will always be welcome.

[@nopenope134]

I like that you brought that old klaxon and obstruction light back to use! Stuff made in the USSR and DDR was simple, and built to last. Something we don't know much about anymore, sadly.

[@DanielLopez-kt1xt]

Well.. i'm from spain, i work in a hotel as maintenance, and my previous boss, who now is retired, had the exact same fan in the workshop. Quite silent and worked perfectly.

[@JoranGroothengel]

I use a taurus fan from this period or a bit earlier every time it gets hot (or my clothes need to dry a bit faster). Mine is a stylish brown and has a dial that is a combined on/off switch and stepless speed control. Really nice and quiet, way quieter than any modern fan

[@avoirdupois1]

The gokart reference was so funny! Great way to show how broken tools can be rehabbed into functional devices!

[@IndianaDoug]

I have also experimented with various DC motors. I built a lawn tractor with a golf cart motor(rated 36v-48v) I will now like to experiment using Lithium cells since the Lead Acid batteries are heavy and bulky, but they are more stable in the conditions the machine will be in. It would be cool to get your thoughts on this potential changeover👍🏻

[@theyouknights3554]

another great production, well done. you missed a masons hammer in the scrap at 0.39 (center screen). How about some merchandise? id love to buy a gee whiz its the post apocalyptic inventor t-shirt.

[@carola7893]

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[@danthelambboy]

On the side of the road I found a Makita drill just like this with charred armature wires. I ordered a new armature from amazon and got it working again. In the same makita box there was a makita impact driver that needed new brushes (aud$5) and a charger which worked. I cant believe someone would throw them out, they seamed so well used that it must have been a tradesmans tools, I am quite surprised that he did not know how easy it is to repair makita tools. Every component comes out easily and diagrams are readily available on spare part websites

[@seandoofer5720]

One of the machines where I work, a jagenberg has the same klaxon, and it has those siemens white ceramic screw in bottle fuses featured on another of your cabin in the woods videos.

[@shamrock1961]

Dude that kid's four wheeler could be converted to a robot of some sort!!! GREAT VIDEO AS ALWAYS!!!!! KEEP THEM COMING!!!!

[@Bronco541]

Mixing old and new tech is the best! That abandoned house is weird! I wonder too if it was some sort of hiding place for people, like an Ann Frank type thing; perhaps during WW2? I'm not from Germany so I have no idea how common these things are or what they look like.

[@TheJohnRowley]

LOL at the broken tyre moment, thanks for leaving that in 😁

[@piconano]

Great video. Looks and sounds like a prisoner has escaped! @12:17 Also, you would be wise to use orange tennis balls on top of those rebars sticking out of the ground, forming your garden fence. @18:25 This will prevent others from falling and getting impaled by one of them. Better safe than sorry...

[@adammesic]

G'N'R was the millisecond of copyrighted music on that old BMW car stereo. Awesome work my man! Just awesome! Greetings from Belgrade!

[@Escylon]

The car radios might have been stolen and once the thieves realised, that you need a code to turn them on, they got rid of the radios.

[@PeterMilanovski]

That sounds unlikely, being a factory car stereo, the only one that I know (don't ask me how I know) that used to get stolen was the alpine units out of the Saab's... The old black with the lime green buttons, back when Alpine was Alpine! Today's Alpine looks like everything else!

[@lighttecsound6818]

Tolles Video, wie immer!!! VG aus Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen wo SEL einst ansässig war.

[@javipz2]

Hello from Spain! My grandmother have that exact ventilator forn taurus brand but in orange colour. Here the brand is taurus. Astron maybe it's some kind of licensed brand to sell taurus on other countries. The one from my grandmother is still workink but we must to watch little kids because that material is prevoius to EU regulations and you can put your fingers on the running blades. Great videos!

[@rexaitken]

Definateley looks like water storage to me. My family bought an abandoned waterworks (in england) and the building we built our house on has tens of small concrete rooms underneath it that are all linked with small passages, that would have been used for water storage.

[@joemama.556]

hey! Spaniard viewer here. that brand was most likely Taurus as is, but manufacturing here under a different name. In the 70's we were still under a brief dictatorship, so it was normal for foreing brands to produce here under a different name. just like indigenous made Land Rover cars were branded as "Santana"