Awesome Scrapyard Finds! Repair-A-Thon!

[@ThePostApocalypticInventor]

This is Episode Nr.7 of a longer series of these videos. All other episodes are linked in the video description("show more")

[@jeeseajoneson4727]

thanks for having these come out more often

[@natalieisagirlnow]

the big screws look to be from an extruder of some kind, probably injection molder

[@axtschmied]

Wird es auch eine deutsche Version geben? In den letzten Monaten gab es keine deutschen Videos mehr, hast du das endgültig aufgegeben?

[@-flutterby7026]

salvage some solar panels if possible and also if possible could you construct a sterling engine out of salvaged scrap...

[@christopherj3367]

always amazed at whats thrown away. great video thanks for sharing.

[@trialen]

I'm starting to consider moving to Germany, just for the scrapyards.

[@psygn0sis]

After what Merkel did to the country... no way!

[@merlindelhaes9938]

@Higor Ghunter • 64 years ago I don't even know what to say...just...what the heck is wrong with you?

[@waitemc]

Yea I know . Im in

[@giovannifoulmouth7205]

@Higor Ghunter • 64 years ago As an immigrant living in Germany, I'd say your head needs a good purification.

[@escapegoat3472]

Some of the replies to this. What horrible comments.

[@garrieirons]

"Somethings gotta give, but it's probably not this clamp" Gold mate.

[@tariqelageli6552]

I think we can all agree on the fact that that introduction was very nice... Gives a nice touch to the video. By far my favorite youtube channel, thank you for the great work!

[@El_Chompo]

I'm a little bit jealous. The quality of the items in German scrap yards is top of the line. I love the effort you put into preserving these things that were made so well and should have never been thrown away only to be replaced by cheaper modern designs.

[@candidomfito]

The best thing about your videos is that you go to the scrapyard and show us whats worth it to you and why, there are many restore or build channels on youtube but very few that actually make economical sense without a channel, therefor making it useless for the average joe.

[@etchmfg]

My heart drops every time I think about leaving some of those beautiful machines to rust away in the scrap yard. Obviously, one cannot save them all. How I wish we had something like that here!

[@bartenveronique]

My father had the same AEG drill in conjunction with several appliances such as the circular saw, but also a jigsaw, a sanding belt, a planer etc. This machine had served him for nearly twenty years of heavy duty in the building and finishing of our parental house. It broke down a few times, because of the all the work done with it, but in those days you could go to the shop and have it repaired. He felt really sad when the shop where they did the repairs closed. No one else would do it anymore. The DIY-shops are only interested in selling machines, not repairing. By the way, I love your channel.

[@linmal2242]

Lin Mal 1 second ago The rules for recycling are: 1.Re-use 2.Re-cycle 3.Replace - So, re-using/re-purposing is the first priority as it retains the energy and effort invested into the item in the first place. Great posts and good incentive for others to re-purpose the waste from our societies. And you end up with cool stuff!

[@emeltea33]

I completely agree, regarding the clamp and overbuilding of tools in general, "buy once, cry once." The cheapos have their place, such as starting out, or even a single women's closet. Very neat to see that multitool system, and I look forward to what you have to share in the future!

[@SwitchAndLever]

The commercial for that wrapping machine is so weird. So, it's Japanese machine, the commercial is in Dutch but the text on the LCD and machine ("NÖDSTOPP and "Fläskkarré") is in Swedish! Those are some really cool finds though! Wish it was so easy to go into scrap yards in Sweden as it used to be. I remember going with my dad all the time as a kid. Should maybe move to Germany, you got the best scrap yards and flea markets!

[@kz.irudimen]

Sorry for the one year reply but it's likely the ad was dubbed in multiple european countries and they just reused the same video. It's a specialty equipment so they wouldn't have filmed a different ad for every country it was sold in, just difference voice overs.

[@joep041188]

Colin furs made the screw tank you were dreaming of. Well worth the watch, the man is crazy!

[@wrefordjones4021]

Hello Bruder TPAI. I am so Intrigued by your program and actually quite jealous of your skills. I am an ex Siemens employee (ich bin ein rentner ) and still fascinated by the electrical and electronic sciences. I know very little but it does not stop me from being interested. In all you find to use from the scrap yard. I visited Germany on two occasions and I love the country and it's people. I will continue to follow your experiences. Thank you.

[@RichBinell]

I love what you said about the quality of the C clamp. Thank you for expounding the philosophy of quality. Thank you so much. Some of us agree and appreciate you.

[@arnekristianlvikstellander6008]

I have no clue what you’re talking about when you talk about the technical stuff, but I love watching your videos anyway 😄

[@homeistheearth]

What people throw out amazes and depress me.. I like your videos that you give it a new life..

[@barneyfromblueshift]

Like everyone else, these are always my favorite pieces of your content. Thanks, as always, for sharing your knowledge, space, and time with us.

[@Vault57]

Make a giant bolt head or nut and mount it to the wall or a post, then put the wrench on the bolt head (or nut) and hang a sign for your channel from the extended handle. Great channel advert! I have really enjoyed these scrapyard find videos, liked!

[@jjock3239]

A quick way of cleaning dirty threads, is to get a long piece of rope or string, doubling it or tripling the string as necessary to fill the thread. Then spray the string with light oil, and make a couple of wraps on the thread just beside the nut. Screw the thread into the nut, and the string will clean all the loose debris out of the threads. This also works great for cleaning the screw advance on a lathe before doing any threading. I would love to have that 57 Chevy cab forward truck pictured at the beginning of the video. I already own a 55 Chev Cameo pickup, but you can't have too many old Chevy trucks. Interesting video, as usual.

[@techydog7854]

The wrench and c-clamp will be good additions to the toolbox in your panzerkampfwagen.

[@SharkoonBln]

Funny... At first glance I thought ( and am still thinking ) this wrench was used for tensioning tank tracks :)

[@kennyb2497]

I swear I owe you a case of beer. My washing machine recently broke and the only reason I took the thing apart was your videos. Sure Enough I was able to get it back working and saved hundreds of dollars

[@itachi1145]

We need more people making videos like this. The future is never certain, and being able to recycle what would otherwise be scrap metal into something useful or practical or even just entertaining is crucial for moving towards a better cleaner future. I like the idea of doing a fundraiser so you could afford yourself a truck for the items "out of your weight class."

[@staviq]

15:00 Quick tip, use a shoelace. They are not as tight as rope or a cord so they conform to the shape of the thread. If you do two or three turns around the thread with the shoelace and move it quickly, it will heat up and soften the old grease and soak it up better.

[@marcryvon]

Or better, a wire wheel on his drill. Fast and efficient !

[@gordonwedman3179]

@@marcryvon or better yet, a 2000PSI pressure washer

[@christopherforster6555]

Lovely to see you repairing things and making used of them good work .

[@DreStyle]

I'm in love with old stuff,, a guy I know from America found an old abandoned diesel locomotive and he restored it I believe it's now functional as an emergency generator for an hospital

[@BestbredSA]

Gerolf, you have been working hard for many years. I feel you are finally reaching a turning point in your channel and your general brand. I am so happy for you. This content is absolutely fantastic.

[@zolatanaffa87]

04:57 : in the upper left corner of the scale, there is the Bizerba trademark. I wanted to tell you that it is an Italian company specialized in weighing and meat processing systems, founded in 1928 .... but wikipedia also gives me a Bizerba GMBH & co KG from Ettlingen (maybe a branch or a subsidiary) so I'm not sure anymore it is a totally Italian product. The large "screws" (05:49) are probably Archimedean screws: they run inside tubes to move from one end to the other, various grains in grain storage systems (silos). I like this kind of video: I'm always looking for something I know, almost like a treasure hunt. P.S. surely you have already understood that I am Italian!

[@BingKemp]

Yes it is a branch, founded in 1866 in Ebingen, Germany. Oh wait, what?! Bizerba has subsidiaries in 40 countries, one of them being in Milan, 🇮🇹... I hope you are not disappointed. It still manufactures great products today.

[@zolatanaffa87]

@@BingKemp I'm not totally disappointed :-) seeing the name, I made the idea that it was an Italian company with branches in the world (wikipedia says founded in 1928) but it is necessary to see how the corporate structure has changed: if from an artisan factory it has become a company for shares, then it could have become a multinational (international) with virtually no nationality or absorbed by some other industrial group that has maintained the brand. in this last case, it would be one of the many Italian brands that go abroad, totally changing origin. By now my little Italian pride has become accustomed to these sad situations of the Italian economy, even if it leaps with joy every time I see a "made in Italy" on a product used by a foreigner: American, Russian, European or New Zealand who is , here on you tube. Ciao

[@BingKemp]

@@zolatanaffa87 Bizerba is still family-owned and run after all these (150+) years. The current CEO who still carries the founder's family name is also the minister of economics in the federal state of Baden-Württemberg. This is one of the so called "hidden champion" companies that still exist and thrive in the area around Stuttgart and produce unsurpassed quality. I do admit that I do drive a car that is manufactured in Stuttgart (for its quality :-) and my favorite tooling company Mafell is also located there...

[@zolatanaffa87]

@@BingKemp Stuttgart? Near Renningen and Leonberg ... I have friends there: Renningen is twinned with my town: Occhiobello :-) Car produced in Stuttgart ....? mmh ... three-pointed star? But perhaps there is also the factory, with the lion in the shield, of Signor Ferdinando; or even a small unknown brand, even better? I am not very experienced in renting factories in Germany ...

[@Holabirdsupercluster]

This series is just getting better and better

[@antoniov.guerra2677]

I feel envious, because here in Spain I have never seen a landfill of tools like you have there. I would like be like you.

[@jessjulian9458]

I like your creative spirit. Thanks for sharing your talents.

[@shreks_loins3963]

The closest thing I have to a scrapyard where I can find and fix/re-purpose things are thrifts stores. I wish we had scrap yard like the one you have here in America. I love tinkering and fixing old tools/miscellaneous machines. I recently bought an old black and decker drill from a thrift store, the only thing that I could find wrong with it were that the brushes needed to be replaced. It’s a really nice old drill and has plenty of torque for what I use it for.

[@AnanusBananus]

Your english has improved so much 🤯 I need To start a hobby like yours, digging around junk yards.

[@DanielH]

You just convinced me to collect all the old tools I can find. Love your work.

[@MrRourk]

Watch Leo on Sampson Boat Co he has some niffty tools

[@mihamaker]

This is great stuff mate, need to find the time again to go to the crap yard. Those industrial machines and appliances gives me the goose bumps every time I see them. And ideas trough my head... Oh man... Keep them coming...

[@smjones4238]

That C clamp is the "brick outhouse" of tools... Great series of videos.. Hope I someday find that kind of salvage yard. Michael in Colorado 24°F light snow.

[@alfiversen7023]

Oh, I loved the dramatic intro. Keep this series going! Going to the dump today I picked up several fully functioning items for my wood working shop; Clamps, chisel and axes. Just a little cleaning required.

[@MrMattDat]

Great work! Got to agree with you that some of those tools are just things of beauty!

[@mjrdainbramage]

Great video. I really loved the Dutch commercial, showing a Japanese wrapping machine, displaying Swedish product descriptions, and the whole thing presented by a German KZbinr. :D

[@DarkDiripti]

...in english, for a mostly american audiance

[@mrrobotobrains]

That C clamp was big enough to use as an English Wheel build!

[@godhasleftthebuilding3224]

the massive c-clamp goes well together with the the 75mm wrench

[@stevewalston7089]

"So many tools these days are built to only handle the bare minimum", but they are still labeled as "heavy duty" in many cases. Marketing at its finest for those who fall for it. Harbor Freight comes to mind for those who buy things based solely on price. I will say that I heard someone say at one point, "buy the best quality tools you can afford", that may be Harbor Freight for some folks but there are plenty others who shop there due to just being cheap or not caring about quality in the least.

[@tjacksonwoodworker3726]

I like your style! Great job...love your philosophy. I also like to cruise junkyards..it is like Christmas morning..

[@garbleduser]

This video made me cry with inspiration, fear, existential dread, and fear of loss. Please do more like this. You sir have my full attention.

[@louisfaasen4511]

Mr. Post Apocalyptic Inventor, you live in scrap yard heaven! In a poor country like South Africa, the stuff that you buy in scrapyards, are considered gold here in SA! It is unthinkable in South Africa, to buy and restore the scrap that you find. And like the viewer from Belgium, we are not allowed onto scrapyards, ... well scrap is gold!

[@alecjahn]

I'd hate to pick the clamp as my favorite out of all those treasures, but I sure do love that clamp.

[@terrybarton8388]

You sir are a bloody genius! You make us hapless home mechanics feel very inferior. Plus I love how you give us the background info on the names of the companies like on that gigantic wrench!

[@melcoats9696]

I am in Texas and found your channel two months ago and immediately subscribed. You are a wonderful recycler and engineer. Keep posting great videos!

[@FutopiaAD]

You can wrap a couple turns of a small rope around those large threads to clean them.

[@MrPhil1969]

Some great finds. I must say you have much more restraint than I do. Every time you go to the scrapyard I'm saying to myself "grab that! Grab that!" I would have taken that whole grocery wrapping machine and tried to make a 3D printer out of it. I hate to see tools in the piles. Like you, if I see them I save them.

[@markfriesen1435]

I am looking forward to your video on the drill powered tools. That AEG HK727 looks like such a cool item! Hand saw that is a little table saw too

[@starboy80s]

Great video....I go to the metal scrapeyards everyweek....sometimes you find great stuff...sometimes ..nothing at all....I mainly look for industrial tools Lathes,Milljng machines,etc...

[@ianst-claire647]

Hi, In England we call your "C" clamp a "G" clamp; You must of leaned from USA. We include the screw, so call it G clamp; the Americans ignore it! & call it a C clamp. Keep up the good work, Ian.

[@emmah6045]

The saw that attaches to a drill is really useful, especially as a small table saw. . My brother wanted to make some dacron sails for his boat, but the sewing machine motor was not very strong, so he used a heavy drill as the motor, and it worked very well.

[@jjock3239]

What works really well when you want to clean contaminated threads, is to get a length of string, doubling it as many times as necessary, spray with oil or WD40. Then, position the thread to be cleaned so that it can be rotated, put the string in the thread, and rotate the thread while holding the string tight. This will clean a really dirty thread in a few passes. This technique also works to clean the screw threads in a lathe before use. bob

[@Skoda130]

@ 7:38 Hey, that was a Dutch machine! Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@johnmccanntruth]

Really like seeing these treasures rescued from the scrap yard and brought back to life or reused for something new! Keep it up!

[@1pcfred]

You really showed restraint at the scrapyard today. That giant C clamp is like gold. The giant wrench? Well if you ever need that size it'll be great. Could make a great wall hanging in the meantime.

[@alexxxoz]

These scrapyard repair-a-thon videos are my favorite!

[@andrewilliams3406]

The compressor was connected to the VFD so that the pump can be controlled using PID. Instead of cutting out the motor when the pressure reaches its upper limits. PID control will allow the motor to run at varied speed to stay at its pressure set point instead of just switch on the motor when it reach its lower limit.

[@paulvale2985]

The Post Apocalyptic Inventor, thank you for the info on Gedore; as an 18yo electrical apprentice I bought a Gedore socket set (it cost a weeks wage back then) and I still have it!

[@kensherman5589]

Excellent brother teaching people 👏 👍 🙌

[@Silent.Stacker]

Love the “junk” repair videos. Beauty vs junk is in the eye of the beholder. I wish there were more people like you who could see the value in what “modern” society sees as “junk”, suitable only for the scrapyard.

[@PJBonoVox]

I can't help thinking you could probably push bearings and bushings out with that clamp. It's a monster!

[@christiangeiselmann]

Gedore wrench: I actually bought one of these a couple pf weeks ago in order to do maintenance work on the water piping in my house. Pliers of all kind weren't strong enough or had other disadvsntages.

[@zrrion6the6insect6]

These are some of my favourite videos of yours. It is nice seeing people making things useful again.

[@gabrielkennard137]

Does the intro make anyone else feel like they’re watching a physics documentary in high school?

[@danielbear3802]

Wrench would be a good wall hanger or mix it with the large c clamp and make a sign for your shop.

[@deanrobert8674]

With all the parts you have collected now you can build an automated cocktail mixing machine. Like the one " Ave" was going to make ten years ago. I always thought he was going to repurpose his Haas for a wedding anniversary to his better 3/4's, Maybe 1 day

[@justintolentino661]

A comment for the algorithm. It’s so much fun watching you breathe new life into scrapyard finds!

[@horacerumpole6912]

The 'screws' are augers for moving material in pipe.

[@Work_G]

One man's trash another man's treasure, great finds!

[@palimkartoffel1448]

Du kannst die Spindel auch mit der Druckluft grob reinigen, aber Schutzbrille nicht vergessen. 👍🏼

[@patprop74]

Fantastic score! those steppers are fantastic!

[@6stringsbrainfingers]

I love all your videos Man. I give them a thumbs-up before I even watch them and have never made a mistake.

[@RJB_FixinStuff]

For removing rust I submerge them in distilled white vinegar for a couple of days for some really awesome sweat free rust removal!! Seriously it works better and faster than reverse osmosis and distort cheap usually less than $2 a gallon!!!

[@drcarrot415]

By episode 50 you’ll have the nicest air compressor in the entire universe

[@beakittelscherz5419]

I have one rule to go to the scrap yard "just 4 fun" when I actually don't need anything: Only 10 bucks with me. Otherwise I buy the whole shabang... I used to stick weld iron birds with one longer leg and stick them in my front yard 😁😁😁🐦sticky birds🐤🐥😎

[@myshadowkungfu]

"A thing of beauty," your channel like the GEDORE. One of the best channels out there.

[@scotthaddad563]

Another use for the battery powered power supply is for communications. Shortwave radios sometimes operate on mains voltage (base stations) and could become mobile.

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Well I too collect and use antique tools . Since I teach wood shop at public school and from time to time I bring my antique tools to show the kids and even let them try a few out like one my antique Bit and braces

[@Torsan1977]

Epic intro! Thanks for keeping this series going. Industrial history, restoration techniques, hacks and some dry german humour. That's a keeper! :)

[@endutubecensorship]

Excellent video, I'm the same way in seeing value in what others have thrown away and are able to repair and re-use.

[@dizzolve]

I love the blend of science and art. how you let the universe take you to the next project. How fun is that

[@wildonemeister]

I only have one complaint: The video was too short! :P I'm enjoying this video series a lot. Really cool to learn new stuff and to see tools you never knew even existed.

[@AmigaA-or2hj]

9:07. I’ve got the same bench grinder. Same colour, too. But mine is called, “Swinko Kwaliteitsartikelen.

[@LunarHermit]

I love watching you restore and repurpose stuff from the scrap yard! It inspires me to do similar stuff myself. I really want to build a silent air compressor; I already have an old AC compressor, I'm just waiting for a good tank to come my way. Keep up the good work!

[@linmal2242]

The rules for recycling are: 1.Re-use 2.Re-cycle 3.Replace - So, re-using/re-purposing is the first priority as it retains the energy and effort invested into the item in the first place.

[@rolandboyd.rb60boyd50]

the giant wrench will look great hanging on your shop wall

[@nilzlima3027]

always pick up the large overbuilt tools, they will never fail you. the knife guys say " you can cut small stuff with a big knife but you cant cut big stuff with a small knife."

[@utjeisenkuhle1997]

There are a lot of shapers on ebay kleinanzeigen (craigs list), nobody wants them, when you have time you can find one around 300 Euros, the bigger the cheaper they are, small ones go for high prices. I just found a Burgmaster 1d turret drill in awesome conditions for 350, and yes in Germany, and I love it, great machine!

[@briancornell482]

Dark man! Then.... super-creative and awesome! You started low, went to curious and mysterious, and then thundered out the rest of the video with TONS of repurposed work that blew my mind. Way to go!

[@simont3686]

A new video of the favorite KZbinr is always a pleasant surprise.

[@psiclops521]

Well yes, the fans don't have the front guards, but the motors shouldn't be wasted. There are a couple of small, useful motors there and the housings look pretty clean.

[@illyau]

Green light on going full steam ahead. I really enjoy these videos. Maybe will try something like this myself when I rent my first workshop in November.

[@teslakovalaborator]

Keep this series as long as you can, because it entertains a lot !

[@josefkrakel9136]

The wrench and clamp are great Man Cave decor items.

[@tutituti7698]

This tipe of wideos is too interesting I started to repair things because of you

[@stevekreitler9349]

I agree with you on the beauty of both the wrench and the c-clamp. It seems to me that you could make that wrench useful by adapting a large ratchet driver to fit into it, without making any changes to the clamp, itself.

[@GeekMustHave]

" I can't help myself" oh I have said those words so many times. The drill which Frankensteined itself into a power saw was pretty interesting, I'd like to see the other tools related to that. I almost skipped on this video glad I didn't. Keep broadcasting!!

[@MrAlFuture]

More of these episodes, please! They are wonderful! Thank you for everything you do!

[@mctronics7878]

you can use compressed air to clean the spindle...