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This is my restoration of an old English made Record No.102 pipe cutter. Although not made from many individual parts, this tool took a while to disassemble. The pins holding the cutting wheels were very tight. I realised after taking all three of them out that they needed replacing. I didn’t want to remove too much material on the head of the tool as I probably would’ve taken off the makers ma...

This is my renewal of three old, English made, girder wrenches. I’ve made a previous video where I’ve restored one on its own, and the finish that time was polished. I thought it may be interesting to do three with different finishes to see how they turned out. These are simple tools, and I was lucky that the threads weren’t seized, and disassembly was straightforward. I have a favourite. Let m...

This is my renewal of an old English made Rededa No.32 woodworking vice. It was a recent acquisition by one of my rusty retrievers. This vice is only made of a small number of parts, and these all disassembled easily. Looking online finds a little bit of information about the ‘Rededa’ company. It was based in Sheffield and manufactured items between 1920’s and 1960’s. I haven’t seen another one...

This is my renewal of an old English made Record No.6 ‘G’ clamp. It was a recent acquisition by one of my rusty retrievers. I’ve not been able to find out the approximate manufacture date. I’m guessing it’s fairly old as the turn screw is a kind of butterfly shape. The newer ones seem to have bars through them. I’ve done a few of these in the past, and I now have a small collection. I thought I...

This is my restoration of an English made Record No.930 set of bolt cutters. These were given to me to restore by a much loved family member who’s had these in their shed for at least 30 years. They’ve very kindly given me a number of tools, with associated stories, over the years, and it’s been my pleasure to have restored these bolt cutters. l was slightly concerned that I’d soften the jaws w...

This is my restoration of an old (English made) Parkinson’s Samsonia no. 37 model J vice. I’ve not been able to find much information referencing the approximate date. If anyone has any knowledge on these types of vices, or a way to work out the approximate date of manufacture, I’d love for you to share in the comments. Some of the screws holding in the jaws were seized. I had to drill them out...

This is my renewal of an old British waterways canal windlass lock key. This is a very basic lock key. It could have even been homemade from steel rod and box section welded together. I removed the rust, tidied up the sharp edges, and fitted a rotating handle. This is not a restoration, but was for a friend who asked if I could tidy it up a bit with my sandblaster, I thought I’d make a quick vi...

This is my restoration of an early (English made) Record 92 pipe vice. I’ve not been able to find much information referencing the approximate date. I’m guessing it’s an early version of this type of vice as the handle is in a ‘T’ shape. Newer versions don’t appear to have this design. If anyone has any knowledge on these types of vices, I’d love for you to share in the comments. l’m very pleas...

This is my restoration of an English made, Stanley Bailey No.5 1/2 hand plane. Many thanks to those who are much more knowledgeable about these hand planes. They've dated it to between 20 and 40 years old. I'm privileged that I was asked by a friend to restore his fathers hand plane. This is the first one I've restored. I hope I’ve done it justice.

This is my restoration of an old (made in England) Record 18” pipe wrench. All the pieces were present, and I only needed to find a new pivot pin for the head. Quite a few different processes were used in this restoration, and I was pretty pleased with the outcome. I understand that restoring something to a shiny finish isn’t for everyone. I wanted the result to work well, and look better (IMHO...

This is my restoration of a vintage pulley. It was obtained by my rusty retrievers from a car boot sale! The wheels were particularly corroded. Both took a long time, and a lot of sandpaper, to restore.

This is my restoration of an old British brass blow torch. I've re-published this video to include a correction in the pump rebuild, and to also show it working. All the pieces were present, and I only needed to make a replacement leather washer for the pressure pump. I decided to do a brushed brass finish. I have another similar blow torch that I may restore to a polished finish in the future....

This is my restoration of an old shoulder brace hand drill. I couldn’t even turn it at the beginning as the gears were completely clogged up with years of dirt. It was missing a fixing screw for the handle assembly to connect to the body. This was a simple fix. The small handle near the drill end was also missing. To match the two handles, I replaced both with new ‘file handles’. They were modi...

This is my restoration of an old club hammer. I replaced the handle with a new extended one that I bought and modified. Getting rid of all the pitting, and then polishing it to a mirror finish was very time consuming, but I'm happy with the end result. I restored this to give as a gift to a dear old friend. All the best in your future endeavours Mr K.

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