Vintage Treasures! A 1900's Workshop Tour in The Heart of Norway

In this video tour of my workshop dedicated to hand and treadle-powered tools from the 1900.s, I express gratitude to a friend for her support and collaboration. I introduce the concepts of hand crank power tools and treadle-powered tools, explaining their manual operation and versatility without electricity. My workshop, situated underground for consistent temperatures, showcases various sections including woodworking, leather working, and metalworking areas. I provide detailed demonstrations and explanations for tools like the metal lathe, forge, and drill press, each with its unique history and functionality. My collection includes antique tools like hammers, planes, hand drills, and saws, some dating back to the 1700's. I highlight restoration efforts, emphasizing the preservation of vintage tools for future generations. I offer practical advice on acquiring antique tools, whether through local sources, online platforms, or auctions. I reflect on the importance of passing down craftsmanship and tools to future generations, emphasizing the connection between past, present, and future legacies in craftsmanship.
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[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you for watching, subscribing and interacting with my videos! It means a lot to me! Huge shout out to my channel members for endless support! Thank you from the bottom of my heart! ✰ Marina Zujic ✰ Alexander Albach ✰ Kathy Kelton ✰ Biglooche ✰ Michael Bradley ✰ Андрией Мигаль ✰ Avenomes ✰ Jose Rosales ✰ Laszlo Marian ✰ Jamie Mccorkindale ✰ Marjet Zondag ✰ Philip Marchand See you in the next one

[@samuellopes4628]

You really have a real treasure, dude!! I loved it.

[@DavidCadena-h1l]

That's not only a workshop, it's a living museum. New to your site. Very impressive. Well done Sir 👏

[@FFD_Restorations]

Very kind of you, thank you dear sir!

[@Control-Freak]

Great tour! I started my woodworking journey acquiring many power tools. It wasn't until I made a Moravian workbench using mostly hand tools that I got the bug. I flattened the laminated top using a $25 Stanley plane and started selling off my largest tools first. A spring pole lathe build is in my future. Typically with hand tools, no noise, no airborne dust and no hearing protection needed, that is why I love it.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks a lot! That is awesome! I wish you the best of luck 🤗 I totally agree, it is a pleasure to work this way 👍

[@SanSan-rj1ng]

Очень нравится одежда того времени. По поводу инструмента,и делом занят и потдержка физиической формы. Просто красота.

[@FFD_Restorations]

😃👍🤝

[@АндрейПяткин-т3л]

Браво !!! Станки и инструменты классные для души инструмент

[@alessandropuzzo6742]

Vero strumenti dell' anima...

[@tadeubotelho4410]

Incredible. In Brazil, the country where I currently live, it is very rare to find tools from the old school. It was great to find your KZbin channel, you became a perfect reference for me. I'm a computer engineer and I work all the time with high technology like nanotechnology, quantum computing and artificial intelligence, but my hobby is old school where I relax away from technology in my studio with old tools. Thank you for sharing your work. I wish you success!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Awesome, thanks for sharing sir! Best wishes from Norway 👋😃

[@brushbros]

Your tools are fortunate for having found you. Brilliant.

[@elceme]

I think it's the best tools setup i ever seen, tools that cross générations 🤩

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wow, much appreciated!

[@AandB1998]

I appreciate getting an in-depth look at your shop and hearing from you! I still maintain that your way of doing things and your choice in traditional ways and your presentation of it is amongst the best on KZbin in my opinion.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wow! I appreciate that very much! Thank you for the support my friend!

[@delboyrams363]

Amazing workshop I love the fact that it's not power tools Keeping a lost talent alive just amazing

[@FFD_Restorations]

Awesome, thanks 🙏

[@keithsaul8905]

I have been mesmerized by your channel. I am very happy you gave us a tour of the shop, you did not disappoint!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@galinapatey9371]

Красота!!!❤️❤️❤️

[@FFD_Restorations]

👍

[@TechsScience]

Thanks for showing these ancient tools

[@FFD_Restorations]

Of course, thank you for watching 😀

[@MrJass2634]

You are my hero! Complete respect for you, sir!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wow, much appreciated Mr. Jass 👋😃

[@paullambert4445]

That was a great tour. I’m glad you finally showed your restoration world. Thanks 🎸🔪

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it ☺️

[@19Bmiller]

The way you keep your shop shows in the work you do. The scenery on the end of the video was enjoyable as well.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Many thanks 🙏

[@kenshaddix-fz4hw]

Fantastic, I could sit in your shop for hours just looking at all the tools. As I have stated before I have some of my😢 great grandfather’s tools he was born in the 1850’s. Also have some newer tools that I didn’t realize were antique or considered vintage. Thanks for a great channel.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks a lot sir! Glad to hear your appreciation towards older tools and that you still have from your grandfather! I bet you have amazing pieces in your shop! Have a good one!

[@andreotten5248]

Es muss nicht immer neues sein alte Sachen sind genauso gut und man sieht’s an deinen Videos. Ich finde das Mega was du da hast, hast du echt was schönes aufgebaut

[@FFD_Restorations]

🤗

[@matthewdbranson]

Thank you so much for the shop tour Boris! It was great to see it all and hear you talking about it. Truly appreciated!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you kindly sir 🙏

[@jaytango3594]

It is so inspiring to see dedication to the craftsmanship and beauty of the past. I do hope that you are able to encourage others to develop a love of slow workmanship and excellence. Your melding of the new technology of KZbin with the old tools of yesteryear is masterful. In my own small way I have tried to do honour to old pieces and tools - with varying results. Please keep creating and recording your skills. Thank you from Australia.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Many thanks for being kind and supportive! I appreciate that very much 🤗 I will try my best! Have a good one, cheers!

[@DodgeDhanda]

A brilliant workshop showing a lot of history & how things used to be done. Also you never have to worry about leg day with all that peddling.

[@ironcladranchandforge7292]

Excellent!! I've been waiting for this video. Thanks for showing us your fantastic shop and tools. You've really come a long ways over the past few years. Your shop just keeps getting better!!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you very much dear sir for being there for me! I appreciate your kindness and patience! Stay safe!

[@russelldunbar2474]

Thank you for sharing, enjoy your videos .the work you do is amazing

[@FFD_Restorations]

So nice of you, thank you kindly!

[@andyc750]

really nice space to work in and your tool collection has become very large over the last years, love seeing the ones you have made and that there is no power tools to be seen anywhere and all the old ones you have brought back to life, keep up with the great work you do and I look forward to seeing what comes next, been really interesting watching your progress over the years and hopefully plenty more to come still

[@FFD_Restorations]

Fantastic, thanks a lot my good friend! Always a pleasure to read your comments 🙏

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

Thank you for the tour. I’ve been curious about some of the things in your shop. I love it that so many things operate with a foot pedal and wheels🤗❤️🐝

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks for watching madam! Happy to see you enjoyed 🤗

[@terryrogers1025]

Thank you for the tour. Enjoyed looking at your shop layout, tools, and your explanations, definitely a worthy goal to aspire to, it must be throughly enjoyable to work in the shop. Appreciate your dedication to your restoration craft. I wish the best to you sir.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it! It definitely is, the best part for me is that I can switch off from daily routines and enjoy peaceful time in the shop. Thank you kindly sir, you have always been kind and supportive 🙏

[@danceswithaardvarks3284]

what a fantastic workplace. Thanks for showing it.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you kindly!

[@ianmacrae4963]

What a beautiful workshop with so many wonderful tools. Thank you for allowing us in for a look.

[@FFD_Restorations]

My pleasure! Thank you kindly 😃👍

[@Quaker521]

Thank you Boris for the tour around your workshop. You have certainly managed to fit in a lot in a small area and you obviously look after your shop equally as well as you look after your tools. It re-enforces the saying that vintage tools were made to last unlike many of the tools we see manufactured today. Thank you for the video.

[@FFD_Restorations]

You are very welcome my friend. I try my best and I'm very grateful that noticed that. Absolutely, I couldn't agree more 👌

[@grzegorzfilipczyk4937]

Niesamowity warsztat, narzędzia. Gratulacje . Wspaniała robota.

[@FFD_Restorations]

🙏😆👍

[@gcgopro6912]

You have achieved something worthwhile and I admire the skills you have!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you kindly, very nice of you to say that 🤗

[@claudiopiteri8621]

This is some sort of sweet dream . Amazing !

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you like it!

[@pattylevasseur4041]

wow THANK YOU SOOO MUCH FOR THE TOUR AND LAYOUT AND EXPLAINING;];];];] you are sooo lucky!!!!! life would be alot less expensive if we went back to treadle times and generational crafting.....i hope you keep this alive for the next generation!!!!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks for watching! I will try my best 😃

[@bhaktapeter3501]

who else thought that pic on the video was a museum with a wax man

[@paulaandersson9156]

Thank you - i love handcraft and history - so your tour was a gem for me!

[@FFD_Restorations]

My pleasure, thank you kindly!

[@grampacross7386]

Thank you for what you do for us and the way you do it.

[@FFD_Restorations]

You are so welcome 🤗

[@daveturnbull7221]

I've got a 28" handsaw that I believe may have been made around 1900 that is in desperate need of a new handle. Originally I planned to make one myself but alas I'm no longer in a position to do so. I would like to send it to you to add to your collection as a thank you for your interesting and educational videos. Just let me know if you are interested.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Sounds great sir, if you are still interested to send it my way please let me know and I will provide the address ☺️ Have a good one!

[@daveturnbull7221]

@@FFD_Restorations Adsolutely! However I'm no longer sure where I've put it so may take me some time to locate it. I'll send you another reply when I do.

[@FFD_Restorations]

@daveturnbull7221 no problem 👍 Sounds good 😊

[@ВладиславКозадаев-и3е]

Доброе утро! Обожаю ручной инструмент. Хороший у вас цех. Очень качественные субтитры. Откуда у вас такое богатство инструмента, наследство?

[@elikalman9066]

Thanks for sharing this wonderful space with us all, I am truly fascinated by your skills taken to such an artistic level. Quite extraordinary how you have preserved and mastered your craft.

[@FFD_Restorations]

You are so welcome! Thank you for the support and kind words!

[@joebonello1609]

Absolutely:WONDERFUL.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks!

[@kringsja922]

Awesome to see Norwegian content, that workshop looks great, have a nice day :)

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you kindly, you too! Skål!

[@ivanstiles7030]

That's a nice shop you've made for yourself. I thoroughly enjoy watching you work with all of your treadle powered tools as well as your hand tools. There's something very satisfying about using antique tools and i have accumulated a lot of them for myself.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Awesome, thanks a lot! I agree, I find it very peaceful and calming. That is the way to go, well done 🤝

[@ZachMaxon]

That may be the coolest shop I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen a lot of them. I love non electric tools and your shop is amazing considering how small it is and how many crafts you were able to efficiently cram in there. I just love it…

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wow, thanks a lot Zach! It means a lot! I appreciate watching and your kind words!

[@condar419]

That was very interesting and extremely well done. Thank you for showing us your workshop and tools.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you very much!

[@paulmaryon9088]

Wow! What a great video, and a wonderful workshop. Thank you for the tour.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it, my pleasure! Take care 👋😃

[@RobertGott-c3f]

The best hand workshop video I’ve seen Thank you 😊😊😊😊

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wow, thank you so much 😃👍

[@RobertGott-c3f]

It's a great channel🤓🙂 Thank tou

[@alantan6255]

Thanks you for tour around your work shop. It looks like a museum. 👍

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it, my pleasure! Thanks!

[@Carl_DenTandt]

Love the shop tour! Like traveling back in time!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed 😃👍

[@vasevas1]

Thank you for the nice information. Lovely channel. Enjoyable videos.

[@FFD_Restorations]

So nice of you, thank you kindly!

[@aureomiragliagundefensesys4401]

Amazing, amazing, amazing workshop!!!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you very much!

[@Customkydex]

Absolutely magnificent!!!!!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Much appreciated!

[@davidparker3346]

Thank you for sharing about your shop and tools you have. It was a great video really enjoyed watching it. I'm in Los Angeles California and glad your videos are in English, you speak very good English by the way.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Awesome! Thank you so much sir! Very kind of you ☺️

[@waelmansour3594]

I like old tools so much, i need an explanation for techniques of work of such old tools and machines . Thanks

[@denisovecm1190]

Вы меня удивили, таким количество старинного ручного инструмента, который весь в надлежащем виде и в хорошем состоянии! 👍😊Сам люблю такие ручные инструменты, что- то тоже есть и у меня. Спасибо за обзор!

[@FFD_Restorations]

👋😃👍🤝🤝🤝

[@daveyjoweaver6282]

A Lovely workshop with Lovely tools! I use and have many of the same tools except most of your treadle powered tools. Thank You Kindly and I look forward to more of your videos. I do have some tools from my family including leather tools used by my Great Great Grandfather who was a shoemaker from the 1840s to the 1870s. I also have a treadle jig saw much like yours and many planes. Wishing you sharp tools and a happy workshop! DaveyJO in Pennsylvania

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wow, that is amazing to hear! Thanks for sharing DaveyJO! You are very welcome sir! Do you plan to get some treadle powered tools as well, to add in your collection? Greetings from Norway 👋😃

[@ruatarengsicolneyrengsi8924]

Really a treat to see your tools. Keep it up.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks a lot, will do!

[@lizardhollow]

Excellent job on the shop tour video Boris! Really complete tour, detailed info, visually stunning….the ending shots were a pleasant surprise and wonderful way to end the video. Thank you so much for this tour! 😊 and for the shout-out my friend. 😊🎉 I had some idea of how many tools and knives you restored but had no idea it was that many. You are making your grandfather proud. 😊

[@FFD_Restorations]

You are very welcome 🤗 That is great to hear, I'm glad that you enjoyed the video. To be honest I was surprised as well. I restored much more than I thought 😅 Much appreciated, very kind of you ☺️ Cheers!

[@retiredusmc9090]

I have the same mounted hand crank drill press and many of the same hand drills. They were just laying around the property I had just purchased. Your work shop is fantastic and fascinating.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Very cool to hear! Much appreciated!

[@stevenvaldivieso8844]

Awesome old world shop. You should be very proud. 👍

[@FFD_Restorations]

I am! Thanks!

[@larrykelly2838]

Thanks for a great tour, appreciate the workshop.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it sir!

[@markopolo5695]

Very interesting video i love seeing old tools like this

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed, thanks for the feedback!

[@konstantinkostin4432]

Замечательное видео и прекрасный мастер!

[@FFD_Restorations]

😃👍🤝

[@alessandropuzzo6742]

Molto bello il tuo laboratorio.. quando guardo i tuoi video mi rilasso . Oggi nella velocità della vita non riusciamo più a apprezzare niente perché tutteo va fatto veloce e bene ,mentre una volta apprezzavi il tempo che serviva per fare . Ciao grazie per i tuoi belli video . Alessandro

[@Aimsmallmiss]

Absolutely beautiful

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@fazeljigry4896]

So nice workshop and very old .i like it thank you for the video.❤

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you enjoyed it, thank you kindly 😃

[@claudiopiteri8621]

Wonderfull ! Thanks for share .

[@FFD_Restorations]

Many thanks, of course!

[@leomartorell939]

felicidades por el video y tambien por su espectacular coleccion de herramientas de taller . Lo sigo desde Tous , un pueblo de España.

[@marchess923]

Cool stuff. Saw things never b4 seen. Inspiring. Gives the home tinkerer some ideas. Tyvm

[@FFD_Restorations]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@gustgatt]

Excelente video y su dedicación a rescatar historia. Gracias.

[@FFD_Restorations]

🙏😃👍

[@smalcstein]

Amaising shop! Museum quality!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Many thanks!

[@byOldHand]

What a beautiful explanation, I felt like I was in the workshop. By the way, my favorite is the foot-powered metal lathe. I also want to see the German-made miter saw in working order as soon as possible. My dear friend, I wish you continued successful work. Stay safe and Cheers 🥃

[@FFD_Restorations]

Hello my dear friend, sorry for late reply! Thank you kindly, it means a lot to me. Stay safe you too, cheers 🥃

[@richardbutterfoss2353]

Wow! Wonderful shop! Congratulations! RWB ❤🎉

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you so much sir 🙏

[@Francispin-y3n]

Que boa surpresa, estava com saudades dos seus vídeos

[@sergek.2413]

Master ! Its a great instrumental word !!!!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Cool, much appreciated 👋😀

[@tejadergote8175]

Unglaubliche Werkstatt und eine sehr tolle Arbeit, mach weiter so! Beste Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Vielen Dank 👋😀

[@laghlaaziz4967]

👍👍❤❤Thank you very much for this valuable informations

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad it was helpful!

[@bhagyeshg.1823]

Great video ! Great Channel ! Here in India British left us legacy, but not a workshop like this. I feel like visiting your workshop.

[@FFD_Restorations]

So nice of you, thank you kindly sir!

[@adrianfrago]

Great and interesting history. Greetings from Venezuela 🇻🇪 😀 👋

[@FFD_Restorations]

Hello Adrian 👋, thank you kindly!

[@andresdelafuente3783]

Hermoso taller!! Geniales herramientas!! Usted es un gran artesano, muchas gracias por mostrar sus habilidades! Lo felicito! Saludos desde mi barrio San Nicolás, Buenos Aires, Argentína. Cheers and good life!!

[@FFD_Restorations]

🤗👋☺️👍🥃

[@knoflook1962]

Wow, awesome!

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@terencebarnett113]

Thank you for the tour of your workshop,I’m jealous,I’m saving on the chance to find a treadle lathe

[@FFD_Restorations]

My pleasure! Please be patient, good luck 😃👍

[@henryganzer4685]

a beautiful place to be

[@ДобрыйПастырь]

Thank you! Very intresting!

[@FFD_Restorations]

You are welcome 😃👍

[@57WillysCJ]

Nice early 20th century shop. I do like the Barnes lathe. I think I visited their factory in the 1980s.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Very cool! Thank you kindly!

[@jfu5222]

I am a first time viewer and new subscriber! I enjoyed the tour of your well thought out shop. I am fortunate to have inherited many fine hand tools from my grandfather who immigrated to Northern Minnesota from Norway over a hundred years ago. Many of my chisels and files have homemade handles that show the marks of my grandfather's hands. I look forward to looking at more of your videos, there's quite a number of interesting old restorations.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Welcome aboard! That is wonderful to hear, especially that you inherited tools from your grandfather. Best part for me is that you appreciate the tools and the story of marks on the handles. Thank you kindly!

[@emran9233]

Wow very beautiful 🎉

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@virgiliomaltos4475]

Una belleza de taller. Es un museo que deleita el ver trabajar esas bellas herramientas. felicitaciones gracias por compartir. Saludos bendiciones.

[@FFD_Restorations]

😃👍👋☺️

[@hermannikarhu620]

This was great video

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad you think so! Thank you kindly!

[@alexgamez9897]

Un vídeo muy interesante,y un taller magnífico, precisamente por lo diferente y por el ambiente que creas alrededor del vídeo y por las herramientas tan poco comunes que usas ,es lo que me hizo suscribirme a su canal, un saludo desde Andalucía, España 🇪🇦

[@MainahTony]

this is very impressive ty for the tour... on a side note, i was lucky to be stationed in Tronhiem for a month

[@FFD_Restorations]

Cool, sounds like you had a good time 😃 Thanks for watching!

[@djdutch87]

Well I watched it twice, and I definitely watch it again. I also have quite a collection of vintage tools. But I don't be as organized as you do. My centerpiece is also a Barnes No.4 treadle but I also have a lineshaft in progress. Your shop is an inspiration to me and I love this kind of videos. ❤ Keep going on and have fun.

[@FFD_Restorations]

That is awesome! I'm glad to hear that you enjoy and appreciate vintage tools as I do 🤝 Thanks for watching and sharing about your tools. I'm curious if you use your tools often or just as a collection?

[@RGRGJKK]

Pura vida execelente proyecto gracias por compartirlo me gusta cuando tengo la ocasión de trabajar con herramientas manuales del siglo pasado.el banco de trabajo estilo escandinavo es muy completo ❤

[@stevenkeithley4336]

Great video bud keep'em coming. Wishing you and yours the best. Stay safe and be well brother. 👊😎🤙🔥🍻🇺🇸

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks a lot, you too brother 👊😃

[@stevesyncox9893]

Cool man, thanks.

[@FFD_Restorations]

No problem! Thanks for watching!

[@nanupin8467]

Compartimos el mismo sentimiento. Saludos, desde Buenos Aires, Argentina. Yo uso herramientas, que pertenecían a mi bisabuelo italiano. Hasta el dia de hoy, funcionan perfectamente. Tengo la enorme suerte, de contar con una fabrica y dos talleres. Mucha suerte, colega.

[@FFD_Restorations]

👋😃👍🤝

[@michaelrickert7999]

Great video. I have a collection of tools, but my display is terrible. You have given me inspiration. Iowa, US.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Thanks a lot! Wow, that is wonderful to hear, O wish you good luck 👋😃

[@brandynpetersen8017]

Tea, I chose tea. My son chose a French vanilla cappuccino. We were fresh out of Turkish delight though. Thanks for the suggestion. We're from just south of Rockford, Illinois. Bluford, Illinois. And I drive a blue Ford pickup. Nice shop, cool old tools.

[@FFD_Restorations]

Wonderful! Sounds nice 👍 Cool ride 🤩 Thank you kindly! Take care!

[@Ashuraizumi99]

Would love to have a work shop like that

[@FFD_Restorations]

👍

[@VíctorRodolfoCaravaja]

😊😊todo una belleza maravilla maestro 😊😊genial todo lo qué tenés. Noo tengo palabras 😀😀Saludos desde Tucumán Argentina víctorrodolfocaraval👍👍👍

[@FFD_Restorations]

🙏 👋😀👍

[@sirstashalot7441]

Why is this the first video of yours recommended to me!? You have the coolest shop I've ever seen! I can't wait to have the space to have an awesome shop like this (I'll be half and half power and hand though.)

[@FFD_Restorations]

Glad to have you here sir! Much appreciated! I wish you best of luck and to have your shop asap 👍