woodworking Pedal Power Scroll saw Restoration

#restoration #restoration videos
In this restoration video I will restore , Made by hobbies Ltd of England, started in the 1895 to produce an extensive range of woodworking pedal power tools
I spotted this in a second-hand store obviously with a lot of things wrong with it but where am I going to find another, Did I pay stupid money for it, yes .
Right into the workshop for a few days for a restoration video ,hope you enjoy.
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[@georgebrown8312]

I have never seen a pedal-powered scroll saw before. Awesome job you did restoring it. It works like a charm, too. Great work, Richard.

[@richardrestorations]

Thanks George

[@DanKoning777]

This turned out very nice-you have a real knack for restorations. God bless.

[@richardrestorations]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@stevegood3224]

Hi Richard. That is a beautiful restoration of the saw. My name is Steve Good. I write the Scrollsaw Workshop blog. I know my readers will enjoy your video so I am going to link it in today's blog post.

[@richardrestorations]

thanks Steve for that, yes it is me restoring the gem

[@bmw19877]

Steve Good - a great man in the scroll saw and wood pattern industry.

[@emyrjones2717]

Hi Richard, Another excellent (pre-electric) classic.

[@richardrestorations]

Many thanks!

[@PhDLunaticUK]

I restored my grandfather’s ‘Hobbies Gem’ in 2020- sandblasting would have made the process much easier! I had to resort to buckets of rust remover, lots of wire brushing, and hand sanding! He got his in instalments as a kid in the 30s/40s and used it quite often until the early 90s. Considering how flimsy they seem when in pieces, they make for surprisingly good scroll saws, once you get your pedalling rhythm!

[@richardrestorations]

That's cool having that history with your gem hope you use it Cheers Richard 😀

[@jamesfield5346]

You do great work, my friend. I 100% appreciate you showing people that the same quality and work can be accomplished without having to have all of the expensive machinery. Just a little muscle, finesse and ingenuity. Thank you for sharing your work.

[@richardrestorations]

thanks for watching😀

[@Cradley684]

Great restoration Richard, this company takes me back to the 50s and 60s when I was growing up, are they still in business I also used to have there magazine's they showed you different project's to build !!! . have a nice day more restorations would be nice like that !!! .

[@richardrestorations]

Hi Brian thanks for looking at my restoration of the hobbies gem, The gem first came on the market in 1920s this one is of a later year ,hobbies started in 1895 and is still going mobile.twitter.com/alwayshobbies cheers Richard

[@rirkc]

Man loves his metal work!

[@richardrestorations]

thanks

[@waltersalvadorpalmiero6927]

Muy bueno saludos

[@richardrestorations]

Greetings from New Zealand 😀

[@timothybryan5113]

That was awesome. Nice work

[@brycecrousore1985]

Wow. What a difficult restoration you made look easy ... and spectacular!

[@richardrestorations]

Thank you very much!

[@user-pi8vt7ut3n]

... молодец парень, дай бог тебе здоровья и благополучия, новых творческих успехов, никогда не видел такой механический лобзик, дал вторую жизнь раритету, теперь ему место в музее 👍👍👍😜🤭😁🤫🤔👏👌🇷🇺👈🤔!!!

[@richardrestorations]

Thanks for the encouragement hope to do some more for you

[@user-de9wq1zm9p]

Хорошая работа!!👍

[@bmw19877]

How awesome.

[@ibbobo5162]

excellent restoration thank you - I wonder why some of the parts are made from wood - maybe they were replacements for metal parts?

[@richardrestorations]

Hey, thanks for checking out the restoration! I'm glad you liked it. As for the wooden parts,

[@larrykelly2838]

Great restoration

[@richardrestorations]

thanks for watching😀

[@terrystover7365]

Nice work with great results. I subbed you.

[@richardrestorations]

Thanks for the sub!

[@seehaahok]

🙂👍

[@charleslanier1992]

Now you need to find the table saw that works the same way and restore it.

[@richardrestorations]

Thanks for your feed back cheers Richard 😀

[@rogerpatrongonzalez5800]

👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏🥃🥃🥃

[@richardrestorations]

thanks for watching😀

[@rudybriskar5267]

Were you by chance a body man? I noticed that you're quite adept at working with a hammer and dolly and metal fabrication.

[@richardrestorations]

Haha, not exactly, but I've picked up a few tricks along the way! i had a classic car restoration company and had to pick up a few skills from staff

[@peterzito1372]

Dislike these sped up dismantling and sand blasting camera not in the greatest positions in the beginning while you were taking it apart good resto otherwise interesting piece came out great

[@richardrestorations]

Thanks for your feed back cheers Richard 😀