Scrapyard Finds to spare! Repair-A-Thon!

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

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[@woodworkerroyer8497]

Isn't asbestos only dangerous if you break/scape ie release particles into the air? I guess you don't want it on the machine to be able to break, but many people grew up around asbestos and have lived into their 90s or more with few health problems.

[@gabrielledesma9558]

Wasn't easier and better just to buy a new bearing for the hammer drill?

[@abdulahkovacecic4446]

@@gabrielledesma9558 he trys to fix stuff that are reasonable to fix and reuse as much original parts as possible also fix them if its reasonable enuff

[@bubbadmatt8124]

I keep thinking that steam engine would perfect setup in a grade school classroom as a teaching tool. Would've been cool to see one of those in my elementary growing up.

[@dusty2206]

AKA buy his girlfriend a wedding ring.

[@wes11bravo]

Your philosophy on repairing has absolutely influenced me, my friend. I needed a grinder. Rather than buy a new one, I repaired my 20 year old (but high quality made in the USA) Dewalt by simply cleaning it, renewing the grease inside the gearbox, and replacing the power cord by adapting one from an old computer. It runs perfectly! An hour of work saved me at least $100.

[@thomashowlett8295]

I have a 25 year old Hilti brand 4 1/2" grinder that I've replaced the cord and the brushes on, and it still works great!

[@readysetsleep]

I noticed the new Festool and Milwaukee tools now have plug and twist cords. Surprisingly cutting the cord on a job site is a common accident. I have my dad's old Milwaukee sawzall from the 1990s, those had twist plug cords back then too.

[@henrikjorgensen1614]

I repair all i can do and never throw out anything useful ;-)

[@kz.irudimen]

I "restored" (cleaned and repainted) and old grinder that came with my parents house when they bought it 30+ years ago. It's probably 35 or 40 years old. It's kind of shit, has no power at all and it stalls very easily but it's still nice to have it working and being able to use it. Better than buying a brand new cheap one.

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Dear G. K. 👍👌👏 WOW! Extremely well repaired simply fantastic finds again and as always. Congrats! Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

[@richardbinell2053]

"Then pushed the bearing out, using my vise, a punch, and---a second pair of hands." Laughed out loud. Thank you for sharing your experiences, your sense of quality, and your sense of humor. It matters.

[@silasmarner7586]

The cap on the motor and the replacement rotor for the hammer were suuuuper good choices Mr. Post Apocalyptic! Very very nice work sir! And the steam motor factory was tops!

[@girliedog]

I marvel at your ability to re-enliven these old castaways. Bravo!

[@nicholashacking381]

I love your Scrapyard Finds videos. My father was a dentist, he was what we would call an 'early adopter', in the 1970s he bought an ultrasonic cleaner for his instruments (I still have it) and a friend asked him to clean a piece of jewellery. She was not at all pleased when it cleaned the silver plate off what she thought was solid Sterling silver!

[@dominicdelprincipe2583]

That little model of a steam engine powering several machines in a 'factory' is amazing! What a miracle you can still get parts for it. Great content, PAI

[@sergeiokatieff1060]

German scrap yards look like tools and machinery Klondike.

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

He must live near the best scrap yard in Germany. I rarely see anything beyond car parts and completely broken shit on scrap yards around me.

[@hedning003]

@@Animaniac-vd5st in sweden,u r not even allowed to enter the scrapyard at all,or to take stuff from the dropoff-area,so everything is scrapped...sadly

[@Animaniac-vd5st]

@@hedning003 Oh, you have to pay for the stuff you wanna take from the scrapyard here in Germany, and some yards don't want you roaming around at all.

[@hedning003]

@@Animaniac-vd5st i woud gladly pay for the stuff,but here u r not allowed to even take a bolt whit u

[@prixmyo]

Once at the local dump/recycling station, i had a glimpce in the metall container. Which is allways full of mowers and other golden relics an almost complete 90's Kawasaki KX80... We aren't allowed to pick thing out of the containers here either, but some stations do actually salvage stuff and put them up for sale.

[@bunkie2100]

Seeing that model steam workshop brought back memories. In 1966 when I was 10, I spent part of a school year in Copenhagen and I remember spending a lot of time looking at Märklin and Fleischmann model train catalogs. The Fleischmann catalog had, in addition to trains, various stream toys, something that I have never seen in America before or since. Thanks!

[@christopherbose3461]

I stumbled upon your videos about a year ago. I watch to help learn more with my projects and diagnosis with customers I may have with my start-up handyman/mechanics business.and your introduction here is my mantra. You're an amazing good-hearted dude, dude. Keep being you. C.Bose C.B. Construction and Mechanics

[@darrelsartin4355]

It's amazing what you can find while you clean something. Not to mention it's a lot more pleasant working on a relatively clean piece of equipment.

[@billsmith5166]

The steam engine and tools are in great condition. I'm surprised that it's all there!

[@user-yw8sr3uj1w]

I would love if scrap yards were around where I live. It would be awesome but someone didnt like it and now we cant

[@josephking6515]

Wow, what a way cool toy. I have never seen anything even close to that before in my 64 years. Very nice just like the rest of your rebuilds. 👍👍👍👍

[@piraterockNrollradio]

wish there were more folks like you in the world.. but on the upside. more scrapyard treasures for us!! keep up the good work!

[@rickmathews1154]

That little steam engine model is the coolest thing I've ever seen. Love watching your finds, keep bringing these great videos

[@marcsjunkbox]

Großartiger Kanal! Speziell dieses Video zeigt, dass man so viele Dinge mit relativ einfachen Mittel reparieren kann.

[@TheUncleRuckus]

Loved this one 👍👍 That little steam engine is cool AF! I've never seen one like that before with tools. It's so cool it's like a little functioning workshop. Again, great video and thank you for uploading!

[@danhard8440]

its very fortunate that these machines come into your hands to be repaired and put back into service it helps out the guys that want to work but cant afford brand new equipment

[@JH-zy1dj]

I've been watching the channel for some time now. I have to say your work on the music, video production, and content is amazing! At the minimum your channel reminds me to be creative as much as possible. Thank you for that!

[@richardbinell2053]

I have recently taken up lapidary work and making cabochons here in Santa Fe. I have purchased two very old, but high quality machines to do this work and am in the process of rebuilding both. Simple things. Replace motors, clean, and paint. Replace drive motors and drive bearings. Not hard. Just things most people without your inspiration and influence would not attempt. I, and everyone who watches your videos, thank you for both.

[@johnvalenca3481]

I got to tell you, the way you make your point about society is truly refreshing. I hate waste. My work involved refurbishing shoes to give then a 2nd life. Not the same as fixing tools, but the underlying idea is reducing waste. So thanks my friend for the great videos as well as making me feel like what I do is righteous. Two thumbs up brother!

[@barthanes1]

Awesome finds, those Bosch jackhammers paid for everything else.

[@johnpartridge7623]

I like what you do, it is refreshing to see somebody repairing & using old equipment, keep it up 👍

[@geraldswain3259]

Spot welder was a marvellous find and repair ,a real quality piece of equipment ..another one of your marvellous how to repair videos .well done .

[@lfowkes11]

The little model machine shop is fantastic, beautiful attention to detail. Here in the U.S. the belts are referred to as garter springs, I use them often in various machine tool designs for retaining segmented rings and such that must expand and contract radially. Always enjoy your videos.

[@patring620]

The hammer drill refurbishing was very cool. A great find for you.

[@letfreedomring43]

Your page popped up in my suggested feed and I have really enjoyed the videos I have watched thus far. You are a true master craftsman/engineer/inventor. LOL You are gifted with many talents and I appreciate that you share you talents with the world. Thank you my brother...

[@Ascania]

That spot welder is designed to hang on a balanced steel cable from the ceiling, so the user only needs to pull it horizontally to the workpiece passing by on the assembly line. You fairly quickly learn the difference between weight and mass using one of these.

[@Elfnetdesigns]

Automotive industry used them before robots took over.

[@Charlie_Crown]

@@Elfnetdesigns Body shops still use them, when replacing new panels, to make the repair as original as possible

[@lourias]

OMG, my 21 yr grandson was watching this from over my shoulder. As you were working on the hammers, he commented, Back massager." As you were testing the hammers, he proclaimed, "GREAT back massager!!!" Then, I stated that the fan had a bad capacitor because it started so slowly. He eyes 👀 widened when you stated what I said because he did not know that me, a 55 yr old woman, even knew about electric motors. Yes, yes, I love how I can learn so much from sitting on my backside, waiting for time to pass.

[@markarrington3869]

I love it,education at your fingertips

[@martinda7446]

You are a very young granny! ...And that would be if your grandson was six! Don't sit on your backside waiting for time to pass, get down to the scrapyard and grab a couple of motors etc. and make some stuff. Now that would impress the lad...Come on Granny get going.

[@denniswhite166]

I was watching by myself and thought "I wonder if that motor has a capacitor, of it does that's the first thing to check". I learned that here on TPAI. If we had the internet when we were of school age we would know so much information!!! I cringe when I see kids today playing computer games when all this knowledge is here for free!!!

[@markusallport1276]

@@martinda7446 Hahhahahaha Kudos!

[@cmotdibbler4454]

It's funny how the mind works, I have spent my entire life working with many of the things you have in your videos and when you use various things like oils, a grinder, or that spot welder I swear I can smell them.

[@abdulahkovacecic4446]

Hahahh true

[@josiahtheblacksmith467]

Yep, and I can smell the way a spot welder smells when it is working.

[@Martin-pb7ts]

Love your name! The blast from the past brought many images and memories flooding back! :-)

[@beakittelscherz5419]

I still remember the smell of our family blue double cabin VW ... and that was 50 years ago :-D

[@jackking5567]

Lucky find with the spot welder. Those are solid and rarely break. Valuable and useful!

[@Reaktanzkreis]

I got the same spot welder. It comes from a close down company several years ago. The only different is mine got a little switchbox with a timer, a current control and it runs on 400V. It is a very useful tool. And nearly "unkaputtbar" (undistructable). We got some good scrapyards here. But not all over the land. The one I got in my area is more for electronics/ electric /telecom and computer gear. I recently bought a 3kVA mains transformer 230 to 2100V . It could be fun to play with it.. It will spent its future in my power amplifier.

[@markhodgson2348]

Love the steam workshop, i have a old mamod steam roller that was my stepmothers ,needs restoring though

[@StrPtrn]

Ha! I just realized, an hour after watching your video, that when I saw that fan started badly and thought to myself "Hmm, I wonder if that's a bad capacitor...?" - this is all thanks to your previous videos!! I didn't even know motors HAD capacitors, until you explained it well in a bench grinder repair way back..! Thanks for the lessons! ❤️

[@josepimann7384]

That steam engine set up at the end was super. Glad you were able to save it. Thats going to make someone super happy to have..

[@matthewf1979]

That steam powered workshop model is *AWESOME!*

[@fugenfuller-rp1fu]

I watch your channel for years now and since then i tried to repair broken items around my house. In 80% of the cases I succeeded. Thanks for the great content.

[@Hellsong89]

I'm pretty much in same figures and lucky i have recycling place right next door so i can go there and look for spare parts. Collecting carbon brushes seems to be pretty good idea, since most tools ether have owner being the fault or simple things like chipped brushes etc.

[@tomjones8345]

Ich finde Deine Video´s super inspirierend! Ich arbeite in einem Elektrogroßhandel. Wir haben da auch eine E-Schrottbox. Was ich da schon alles "gerettet" habe..Etliche Multimessgeräte, Leuchten(1 SMD-LED defekt), Computer, bis hin zu einem HD-Beamer bei dem die Horizontal/Vertikalverstellung ausgehangen war. Die Messgeräte haben meist nur kleine Defekte oder die Batterien sind ausgelaufen. Ich Zerleg alles, mach alles sauber und die Dinger laufen dann wieder Top! Bei den Leuchten ist es ganz schlimm. Sehr oft ist nur eine LED hin und schon geht die ganze Lampe nicht mehr. Zum Glück kann ich SMD Löten und so hab ich immer schöne Leuchten für nix Kost. Ach übrigens das ich mir ab und an was aus der Box nehme ich natürlich genehmigt solang es nur für den eigenen Gebrauch ist.

[@TimSavage-drummer]

Love the intro, completely agree, you never stop learning.

[@SarcasmSage-w6o]

Never stop! 👍

[@mecabrico]

@@SarcasmSage-w6o : I often say : a day when we haven't learned anything is a wasted day.

[@jamesbrooks2132]

Your tiny scale steam-powered workshop is one of the coolest old gizmos I have ever seen. Thank you for bringing it back to life and sharing it! I now feel like I must have one for myself.

[@williamcummings6562]

These were all fun to watch. Had a steam engine when I was a kid. Loved that thing

[@sheep1ewe]

Awsome! How i wished one of those Wilesco stem macines whan i was a child! Now i got a few of them they whare quite easy to restore and i was supprised that it was still possible to order so many new parts even for the 1960s machines!

[@samsiryani9023]

Your skills and knowledge of different electrical and mechanical are priceless sir, you are a dying breed unfortunately and we need your skill set to be passed on to the next generation whom have no type of skills other then ordering or surfing the internet. Much respect sir much respect 👍💪🏻

[@tonybrock5288]

"The people who are best ... are the ones that have embraced that they have to learn all the time". Thanks for that insightful comment! I agree! 👍

[@marcerivest6204]

Great finds,l would love to have any of these items. I have built a Wells manufacturing steam engine about 15 years ago. The model engine that you restore is something that a lot of people would love. Great video.

[@johndboy1965]

its nice to see someone else salvaging and reusing stuff ive done this since i was young as my family could not afford new items and i learnt from my father to fix or make what i needed congratulations to you for doing what you are doing

[@mikemakuh5319]

That spot welder makes my mouth water. Its made so well!

[@lv_woodturner3899]

Thanks, another good repair-a-thon video. I love the model steam driven line shaft. I have not seen one of these before. Glad it was easy to get back to working order. Dave.

[@Zooumberg]

I can see Fred Dibnah glued to your channel. RIP Fred, TPAI is continuing your work.

[@transistor754]

Awesome! "The Right to Repair" is new in New Zealand, and you are leading the way! VERY Envious of your Wilesco workshop, can't understand why it was so cheap... in NZ you would not buy that for $5000.... (2500 Euro?) Also in NZ we don't have people selling useful (used) things very cheap at all. They think everything is gold.

[@johnbouttell5827]

Thanks for showing us what you're learning. You are an inspiration.

[@jordangrubbs9687]

The steam model is great! Your videos are always appreciated

[@whatwillaguydo1186]

That miniature steam powered workshop is amazing!

[@audiodood]

Good to see these old things working again!

[@mikehensley78]

that little steam engine set is a work of art. awesome video!

[@GrumpyTim]

I love your way of thinking, great videos. The fan is typical of the "replace the whole unit" mentality, when all that was needed was the motor capacitor, a commonly failing component. Keep up the excellent work :-)

[@UnearthedMind]

Love the repair-a-thons, keep em coming! :)

[@spacewavecr]

So cool how you turned that Bosh in to living again. Great channel :)

[@chancey47]

We are "trashing" ourselves into oblivion on this planet. Recycling contributes significantly to reducing our environmental footprint. Keep up the good work. You are inspiring!

[@Hellsong89]

Its not even recycling, but repairing useful stuff to be reused. Specially older stuff while not efficient as new, are far easier to repair than modern machines.

[@CommodoreFan64]

@@Hellsong89 Agreed, I try to do that as much as I can, and what can't be saved I make sure it goes to recycle if possible. I do it alot with old electronics, and computers, and even have an AMD Athlon II era computer in use from 08 at work for a basic office PC running Manjaro Linux, and it will keep doing so till it can no longer serve its usefulness, or dies.

[@mojoblues66]

This is a political issue. As long as conservatives are at the helm, nothing will change.

[@chancey47]

@@mojoblues66 Give it a few years, we'll all be singing a different tune. At 72 years old, my two points of reference draw a line into a pretty scary place. I will still keep my optimism, and keep visiting my local scrap yards regularly. Kudos to all of you who do the same. You are forward thinkers.

[@chancey47]

Give PAI a little money to help him keep up his good work. He is inspiring in what he does. We need a grass roots campaign.

[@jonkwin9620]

Great video, very enjoyable for us 'fixit' types, thanks

[@MichaelMcFearin]

Wonderful as always and the steam engine kit was the thing of dreams, so cool.

[@Johnsmith-wh1sx]

One of my favorite channels on KZbin

[@monkeywentbananas]

Wunderbar! I love Your scrapyard find restorations!

[@Flymochairman1]

Yeah, fantastic finds and excellent work! Saving much from the scrap bin that have been tossed aside. Sometimes I wonder why, looking at some of the tools and equipement, that the operators could not fix it themselves! They are tradesmen and women, after all. The steam-powered work-shop at the end was really the icing on the cake, as it were. What a cute piece. What has been lost to progress has been kept in miniature, lest we forget! Lovely toy. Thank you again, sir! Keep Safe and Well!

[@jonasduell9953]

I'd so take that universal round blade cutter for all my homemade sausage, bacons and other things kitchen... this scrapyard man, I need it

[@boomerhgt]

Brilliant videos very interesting and a lot of satisfying watching old equipment being repaired

[@petergaiser4213]

Die Dampfmaschine ist absolut super 👍👍👍

[@x_ph1l]

That steam engine workshop model is so awesome! Thinking about back then, there were no electricity, but still people had drill presses, grinders lathes and so on. Thanks for the video!

[@evensgrey]

About the only thing inaccurate in the model is the steam engine in a real shop would be in a separate room. (This helps control the spread of grime from a very grimy system, what with coal ash, grease, and coal dust.)

[@slshanklin]

Another way main shafts had been powered was from a water wheel from fast moving rivers and waterfalls.

[@evensgrey]

@@slshanklin And there was at least one mill in the UK, built before how to use a steam engine to drive the main shaft directly was worked out, that used a steam engine to pump water up to a high-level tank so it could drive a waterwheel-driven main shaft.

[@danshields3654]

Love the videos keep them coming. As your videos have shown we have become a world of throw away not diagnose and repair. I am a retired mechanic and alot of mechanics today just replace parts there is very little repair which is sad I have tried to show my sons how to check stuff to see if it can be repaired but sometimes it takes to long for them.

[@SANTO971]

Amazes me how much knowledge you have

[@twocvbloke]

School, college and university is where you're taught to pass exams, real life however is where you're taught to live, survive and solve problems... :) But that aside, that little steam workshop model is pretty neat, I'd add a DC motor to it to act as a generator to power some lights added to the roof of it, giving it more display potential with it lit up... :D

[@42lookc]

You must live in a big city to have the kinds of items you display show up in your scrap yards. Very impressive finds and refurbishments!

[@christiangeiselmann]

As for "Sozialkaufhaus" (social department store), the usual business model is: taking stuff from households (e.g. when elderly people give up their place) for free, repairing and cleaning things, and selling them cheaply to whoever wants them, but preferably poor people. Moreover, in running this operation, the company also creates employment opportunities for people in search of such, very often long-term unemployed, or elderly who do not get offered ordinary jobs anymore. Founders are often charitable organisations. Typically, a Sozialkaufhaus would indeed run fully on the income generated from their operations. Such stores can be found in many German towns.

[@yereverluvinuncleber]

Top tip - cut the component leads to size before soldering them to the board. This reduces the stresses on the PCB tracks.

[@scruffy6151]

The toy steam engine set was a good find. Good to see it working. Well done on repairing the rest of the tools.

[@jamessmith7691]

Very nice job on the ultrasonic cleaner. You have a good knowledge of electronics. On the power tool part you are lucky to get the parts for them. I went the same way for a power cord on two electric power saws. I had to use a power cord minus the female end and carefully reuse the slide ends as nobody seemed to carry them. You have a great channel.

[@bardenegri21]

That little machine shop is amazing!

[@michaelb.5345]

Very much enjoy your subjects and videos. Great knowledge and skill go into your videos. The various scrapyard finds and repair of those finds are my favorite. Keep them going. Thank you

[@martinpanev6651]

I absolutely love these videos. The only reason I don't want more... out of 500 reasons I do want more, is that the more of these videos I watch the more old tools I buy, some of which I have absolutely no clue how to fix, other that I need to machine new parts for. I recently fixed a steam engine the size of me. This has become an addiction. (Edit) I am a machinist, a clockmaker kind of machinist. I ended up with a Bridgeport and a Monarch lathe/mill along with my sherline and proxxon. Now I am trying to do a vise. And soon another mill

[@louisfkoorts5590]

Very nice, to see the steam model. This takes me down memory lane. Now I can't remember what happened to mine, years ago. My mother had a way to "springclean" my room ever so often! Raids, confiscation, unsafe, to dirty... 🤪 I often miss my mother aswell. Time has a way. I enjoy the scrapyard repairathons. Confiscation

[@Albert87nl]

this is deff my fav channel :P i like how you see potentional in stuff. instead of somany only garbage

[@curtisroberts9137]

The little steam powered machine shop was the best find in the bunch!

[@tinkmarshino]

Damn I love that little steam shop!! What fun it is.. I always enjoy fixing and playing with broken things (for the last 60 years) and I enjoy watching others do the same.. tank you young man.. carry on, have fun and stay safe!

[@ArmySigs]

that little steam powered workshop is awesome, seems like a classic 'only in Germany' thing :)

[@DocWorst]

Großartiger Introtext, das ist auch meine Erfahrung.

[@oneeyewanders]

My favorite series of all my subscriptions.

[@vdekjEE]

That spot welder is such a good looking tool!

[@smartchip]

I am a Electrical & Electronic Engineer, as well as an Electrician, this is a really good channel and a good person, why is Germany so good, look at the parts available, for the bosch units and the steam engine, simply delightful, thanks,

[@msylvain59]

Esbit heat tablets can be found in french military rations, together with a folding sheetmetal stove, you heat your cans of food.

[@fritzkuhne2055]

i have heard esbit is over 100 years old and was invented for military coocing and heat

[@sheep1ewe]

My brother (he's in the army) tould me that too, however i think the modern civil wersion is a bit less powerful. Awsome to find another of my favorite KZbinrs here by the way! Your analytic videos are realy awsome!

[@DickHolman]

It was the same for UK forces, & popular with civilians as well. I have one for day-hiking. :)

[@MrLukealbanese]

One of the very best channels on KZbin. Fantastic!!

[@RocRizzo]

All you need is a little lathe for that steam shop. Then you can work on all sorts of micro things. Perhaps even build something quite small!

[@shamrock1961]

Great video!! Don't make us wait so long until your next one!👍

[@randomfish42]

Seeing that stationary steam engine brings back some memories! I had the standalone unit and polishing wheel when I was a kid. I still remember lusting after that workshop unit but it was rather out of my price range.

[@ProtonOne11]

Same here. I have to admit tho, that steam engine never got much use. It was interesting to run it two to three times, but then it just sat in a sad corner and i was busy building things out of the meccano metal pieces again...

[@filmbluff99]

-ƸӜƷ- Totally agree. My Meccano set saw 100 times the use that my small steam engine had. I still believe that Meccano was one of the best toys ever.😀🇬🇧

[@QuebecoisSti]

The little steam workshop was magnificent! So cute! I enjoy your repair-a-thon. Greets from Canada.

[@moredakka]

14:10 i'd expect there to be a messy smear of thermal compound between the heat sinks and the transistors. I would have added some upon replacing the burnt out transistors.

[@handyhippie6548]

As always, an outstanding show of skill and knowledge of damn near everything. That steam engine and mini shop was a real find. 100 euros would have been a bargain, but less than that was a steal. Thanks for showing it to us.

[@DanieleVetrucci]

The capacitor is the first thing made in Italy I saw in your videos a bit of satisfaction also for us, greatings from Italy.

[@TheRainHarvester]

So satisfying to see stuff work!

[@ignisfatuus]

Oh man. I was in the same spot recently with a bosch router. Ordered and waited 10 days on a new rotor, but then couldn't get the old bearing off -- had to order and wait another ten days for a new bearing! Trying to save $5 on a new bearing was not the way to go. :)

[@JC-11111]

That steam engine is sweet! Lol! Look at the tiny bench grinder!