Man, you are really different from all these fancy "makers". Thanks for the content, despite the financial constraints. Edit: I just became a patron. Thanks mate
I’ve never thought of supporting anyone on TH-cam. But I’ve been a follower as long as I can remember. I believe you will be the one and only I support. Keep up the great work
Uhm... I assume there is some inside joke I am not aware of, because the word bridge before rectifier implies full wave rectification via the bridge configuration (four diodes in a closed loop design). You can't have a "bridge" rectifier that is less than full wave rectification...
9:00 I think this attitude best describes the inventor/repairer. You don't always have the right tool for the right job, sure it would be make life easier to have the right too, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. I LOVE IT. If I get this new job, I'm totally giving you a chunk of my cash so you can make more things.
Don't worry about talking about your private life, most of us have one and they always get in the way.Even though I am a novice and find my mind wandering when you start drawing schematics I do understand the basics of electricity. I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Please continue to do them.
Outstanding presentation! Your commitment to educating the viewer brings your offerings to center stage within the TH-cam community as a leader in how to and why. I, like thousands more, look forward to your next presentation. What a community you have created, worldwide...
I know firsthand the time consumed with repairing and rejuvenating all manner of tools, appliances, and other equipment. I'm really glad someone else out there sees the value in keeping these things alive for an extra period of time.
What I love about your channel is that you are just you being YOU, and not trying copy off others or hopping on some banwagon. Also you are good at explaining yourself clearly and you are good at keeping your videos interesting, I feel like I am learning something new every time I watch one of your videos. So good to have you back, can't wait to see more videos from you!
I very much enjoyed the part about building the starting relay. A "poor man's" solution to the problem that I have used several times is to disable or disconnect the centrifugal switch and install a momentary "on" toggle switch or button in place of it in the starting circuit. To start the motor activate the momentary switch, turn the main switch on and then release the momentary switch when the motor comes up to speed. Kind of primitive, but it works.Another solution is the "one size fits all" SUPCO APR5 relay which can be made to work with most capacitor start motors under 5HP. Keep up the good work.
The toolboxes were what I used when I worked as an agricultural fitter in the 70s. I only knew of one person who had a different one, it was just an oblong with a homemade tray inside, it was almost a meter long x 30 x 25cm and had two handles on the ends.
3:10 those helical items with interior splines are extruder screw elements. They are normally a high quality steel if you want something neat to forge.
It's so good to see you back again. This is by far one of my favorite channels. Not only are your projects interesting and fun to watch as you progress from idea to completion, but I always come away feeling as if my mind and knowledge have been stretched and exercised a bit. Keep up the good work!
I love watching your channel. Your welding skills look great and your videos are educational. Even your ability to create your videos in two languages is incredible. You are an inspiration. Frank
Super work! It is an eye opener to see: How (what is now) a very simple and cheap circuit, replaces a complicated and prone to failure mechanical devise. Thanks for your videos.
Mouth watering tool haul ! ! ! I wish I be there.you r living in "paradise" ! ! ! if i have power to fulfil my wish,I have only one wish which is,I own all of these so called "junk" and "scrap". God bless you.
Hello Post Apocalytic Inventor Been following you for several years now - you taught me so many things! Thanks for that, and please PLEASE keep doing that. Greeting from Southern Denmark (former Nord Schleswig you might say here 100 years after 1920)
I would not have thought of replacing the centrifugal switch with a delay. Of course, I wouldn't have had the faintest idea how to build the delay anyway. Thanks for sharing--Glad to see you back.
I'm quite a good DIYer and recycler but, man, you're at another levell !! You are a very, very bright young man. I, like many followers here, simply love your trips to the scrap yard and see later the use you make of these finds. Awesome ! Thank you for taking us in your journeys !
Great videos please keep them coming. I have the highest admiration for your knowledge, both electrical and mechanical, not to mention your excellent English.
22:29 Similarly, I repaired checkout stand conveyor belt systems for a major grocery chain. The belts were powered by a General Electric 1/3 HP motor, whose failure mode was always caused by the die cast flywheel weights of the centrifugal switch breaking. The motors were expensive, and removing and replacing these motors was a very difficult and time consuming task. So I tested one of the failed motors to determine how long the start winding needed to be engaged, which was about 2/3 of a second. I bought a bunch of time delay relays from an electronics surplus vendor, which were programmed with a single external resistor. A junction box, $20 relay, a few wires, and an hour and a half or so of labor was all I needed to repair the machinery. The management was very pleased with this, a major cost reduction and much shorter downtime hours.
I like that centrifugal switch replacement. Almost makes me want to do it myself on a nice 80 year old induction motor on my good table saw - the centrifugal switch got tangled up in the wiring and flew apart.
It's great to find someone who is doing your own thing and not reinventing the wheel, Here's a tip for you when using second hand steel mark out your job ,then grind your marks away , remark and then cut you will have a nice neat cut and it won't blow out Cheers from Australia
Germans throw a lot of good stuff out. People from eastern Europe knew that and there were a lot of people making it a living. I have seen vans packed with hi-fi amplifiers to the top. Bicycles, electronics. Sometimes they just bought them for few euro on local flea markets organized in the shopping mall garages monthly. It started to become so big they had to ban this and now it is illegal take the garbage out of the country. It was thriving in the 2000s.
Go to the middle class neighborhoods on their trash pick up day, you will find tons of scrap, get to know the other people picking up scrap and where they take it to get weighed and unloaded and payed, most likely down near the boarder, I have been in and around S. D. from 1969, you will be amazed at what you will find, you just never noticed it before.cheers.
I like your videos and your take on the scrap industry. I have a few dowidat spanners here in Australia. I also love to find old tools and fix them, although no where near your level. I've let the smoke out of a couple of things. All the best.
Another great video! Thank you for taking the time to make, share, and teach! Its creators like you who are helping to fill the "knowledge void" left by public education that sadly seems to get bigger every year. Much respect! K.
PAI rocks!! I actually find it a bit disturbing how anyone can give this guy a thumbs down, even though it’s about 0,01% who does. I wonder what these geniuses have done that makes them so self entitled to criticize the huge effort that this guy does to make scrap valuable tools.
Im sooooo glad, there is a new episode coming up... I really appreciate your work I am always learning something thanks to your skills and knoledge. Also Quite like the way you explain things and give background information integrating it very skillfully. Am already looking forward to the next episode.
very nice video with detailed schematic and photos in a step by step manner so instructive! i just found your videos since those of the stereo/boombox bluetooth hacks. love to do repairs! thanks for making me understand so much stuff.
Nice! My approach with the Bench Grinder would've been a 3-way-switch. You know like the ones for big 3 phase Machines which start in "Star" and then go to "Triangle" just so it would be "with Capacitor" for starting and "without Capacitor" for afterwards...
Excellent video... hot metal, power electronics, and grinding sparks.... 3 of my favourite things! If the plate won't straighten.... you just need a bigger hammer. ;) I *LOVE* your circular cutting attachment for your oxy-torch! .... melting BRASS - nice! I can only do zinc and aloo-min-um. I've got one of "your" timer switches in my power supply to limit inrush current. :)
Clearing out your girlfriend's father's basement would've been a great episode. Like a treasure hunt for anyone who likes German tools, i.e. anyone who likes tools.
I have the same kind of bench grinder, it's marked as "Ferm". It's giving me already 15 years good service after I acquired it second hand. Good to know there is a capacitor underneat !
I love the old, blue, German tool boxes, which can be found at the flea markets for only a few euros. I bought a few and use them to store my extra tools. They are still sold brand new at home improvement stores like Bauhaus.
You might want to add an LED that shows whether the run capacitor is in or out of circuit, so if a failure occurs that you have a chance to notice it before burning out the motor. I really like the reuse / repurpose / recycle styled videos. subscribed!
Glad you're back 👍 I just noticed that if you do a quick power off and power on cycle, the circuit will restart even when is no needed because the motor is still spinning
To protect that board and solder joints...spray or dip it into some polyurethane...once it dries it will not only be better waterproof but also better protected from shorts Very cool setup on that grinder! and boy howdy if you can melt cast iron with that foundry it is pumping out some heat!!!!
I learn something useful everytime I watch one of your videos; they are greatly appreciated. I think I'll head on over to patreon and see what I can do. Keep it up, my friend.
Das war ne clevere Idee mit dem Start-up-Timer. Danke fürs posting! Sowas ähnliches kann man dann auch z.B. für einen Kühlschrank Kompressor nehmen wenn der PTC durchgebrannt ist. Nehme ich mal an.
Cool stuff! I happen to have a German made wrench (Fahr) in my avatar... On a side note, German brick is legendary in the brick business. I love that you scavenge these great things (I hope you get preferential treatment from the yards). Keep on keeping on ✌✊
I was really missing your videos, I don't know why but watching you working on those things is so relaxing to me :D
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That fire had me wondering what kind of mad scientist i was watching lol. I realise it's fairly safe just all i see is a giant blazing fire being blown with a fan. Just found this channel recently love it
Man, you are really different from all these fancy "makers". Thanks for the content, despite the financial constraints.
Edit: I just became a patron. Thanks mate
@noxxi knox true - but I love Furze. It is useless stuff most of the time, but then again: he taught me plumbing, welding & working metal.
@noxxi knox but every one has their forum, I am more into TPAI and some basic stuff - but hey: as long as everyone makes a living - b my guest.
@noxxi knox "useless" is based on perspective mate.
"Don't turn it on, take it apart" fantastic. This is how I do it too giving myself plausible deniability that my work didn't break it.
Yay, you're back...scrapyard find makes my day!!!
I’ve never thought of supporting anyone on TH-cam. But I’ve been a follower as long as I can remember. I believe you will be the one and only I support. Keep up the great work
23:05 a bridge rectifier or A FULL BRIDGE RECTIFIER?
A follower of Mehdi!
FOOL BRIJ RECTIFEYER
ElectroBOOM! I bet this is a rethorical question. If not, it is a FBR :)
Uhm... I assume there is some inside joke I am not aware of, because the word bridge before rectifier implies full wave rectification via the bridge configuration (four diodes in a closed loop design). You can't have a "bridge" rectifier that is less than full wave rectification...
Damn i don’t remember how ave says it
Your explanations of the electronics are really clear and helpful, thank you. My condolences to you and your partner.
9:00 I think this attitude best describes the inventor/repairer. You don't always have the right tool for the right job, sure it would be make life easier to have the right too, but sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do. I LOVE IT. If I get this new job, I'm totally giving you a chunk of my cash so you can make more things.
I love these scrapyard visits!
That grinder repair was life changing. You sir a bit of a genius. Thank you for videos. Please keep making them.
Don't worry about talking about your private life, most of us have one and they always get in the way.Even though I am a novice and find my mind wandering when you start drawing schematics I do understand the basics of electricity. I thoroughly enjoy your videos. Please continue to do them.
Outstanding presentation! Your commitment to educating the viewer brings your offerings to center stage within the TH-cam community as a leader in how to and why. I, like thousands more, look forward to your next presentation. What a community you have created, worldwide...
Greetings from the Pacific Northwest USA! Love to see creative uses from old stuff and old stuff brought back to use! Look forward to more!
I know firsthand the time consumed with repairing and rejuvenating all manner of tools, appliances, and other equipment. I'm really glad someone else out there sees the value in keeping these things alive for an extra period of time.
What I love about your channel is that you are just you being YOU, and not trying copy off others or hopping on some banwagon. Also you are good at explaining yourself clearly and you are good at keeping your videos interesting, I feel like I am learning something new every time I watch one of your videos. So good to have you back, can't wait to see more videos from you!
I very much enjoyed the part about building the starting relay. A "poor man's" solution to the problem that I have used several times is to disable or disconnect the centrifugal switch and install a momentary "on" toggle switch or button in place of it in the starting circuit. To start the motor activate the momentary switch, turn the main switch on and then release the momentary switch when the motor comes up to speed. Kind of primitive, but it works.Another solution is the "one size fits all" SUPCO APR5 relay which can be made to work with most capacitor start motors under 5HP. Keep up the good work.
The toolboxes were what I used when I worked as an agricultural fitter in the 70s. I only knew of one person who had a different one, it was just an oblong with a homemade tray inside, it was almost a meter long x 30 x 25cm and had two handles on the ends.
Even cleaning up the basement of the old house would've been an interesting video on it's own.
It would have been interesting to see what project (major or minor) the man had been doing n the kind of tools he used
3:10 those helical items with interior splines are extruder screw elements. They are normally a high quality steel if you want something neat to forge.
It's so good to see you back again. This is by far one of my favorite channels. Not only are your projects interesting and fun to watch as you progress from idea to completion, but I always come away feeling as if my mind and knowledge have been stretched and exercised a bit. Keep up the good work!
I love watching your channel. Your welding skills look great and your videos are educational. Even your ability to create your videos in two languages is incredible. You are an inspiration.
Frank
Missed you and your videos mate. Was good to see another video appear on my subscriptions
Wow! Excellent mixture of recycling and rebuilding. Thx for sharing 👍
Super work! It is an eye opener to see: How (what is now) a very simple and cheap circuit, replaces a complicated and prone to failure mechanical devise. Thanks for your videos.
Mouth watering tool haul ! ! ! I wish I be there.you r living in "paradise" ! ! ! if i have power to fulfil my wish,I have only one wish which is,I own all of these so called "junk" and "scrap". God bless you.
I love this video series, it's great to see these things repurposed!
Hello Post Apocalytic Inventor
Been following you for several years now - you taught me so many things!
Thanks for that, and please PLEASE keep doing that.
Greeting from Southern Denmark (former Nord Schleswig you might say here 100 years after 1920)
I would not have thought of replacing the centrifugal switch with a delay. Of course, I wouldn't have had the faintest idea how to build the delay anyway. Thanks for sharing--Glad to see you back.
I'm quite a good DIYer and recycler but, man, you're at another levell !! You are a very, very bright young man.
I, like many followers here, simply love your trips to the scrap yard and see later the use you make of these finds.
Awesome ! Thank you for taking us in your journeys !
Great videos please keep them coming. I have the highest admiration for your knowledge, both electrical and mechanical, not to mention your excellent English.
Welcome back. You were missed. Learn so much from you. Keep up.the good work and the videos coming!👍
Wow! As well as being a master of mechanics and electronics, you are also a poet! Loved the intro!
Great video with scrap yard visit and more complex electrical stuff explained well.
Schönes Video! Mir hat vor allem der Part in dem du die Schaltung erklärst gefallen, gerne mehr von sowas! :)
Do you realize just how fortunate you are having access to these scrap yards. I could only DREAM of such a day.
22:29 Similarly, I repaired checkout stand conveyor belt systems for a major grocery chain. The belts were powered by a General Electric 1/3 HP motor, whose failure mode was always caused by the die cast flywheel weights of the centrifugal switch breaking. The motors were expensive, and removing and replacing these motors was a very difficult and time consuming task. So I tested one of the failed motors to determine how long the start winding needed to be engaged, which was about 2/3 of a second.
I bought a bunch of time delay relays from an electronics surplus vendor, which were programmed with a single external resistor. A junction box, $20 relay, a few wires, and an hour and a half or so of labor was all I needed to repair the machinery. The management was very pleased with this, a major cost reduction and much shorter downtime hours.
I always enjoy watching that stepper drill bit in the intro.
Scrap yards are an adventure. It's amazing what is just thrown away.
I smashed that like button right away without even watching the video, I know it would be an excellent video. Welcome back, man!
I like that centrifugal switch replacement. Almost makes me want to do it myself on a nice 80 year old induction motor on my good table saw - the centrifugal switch got tangled up in the wiring and flew apart.
Finally another video of yours! I couldn't wait any longer! Nice to have you back.
Nice video!
It's great to find someone who is doing your own thing and not reinventing the wheel,
Here's a tip for you when using second hand steel mark out your job ,then grind your marks away ,
remark and then cut you will have a nice neat cut and it won't blow out
Cheers from Australia
I'm eager to see the rest of the foundry build! You do a great job of explaining all the steps.
Best of luck of your work
I really wish we had scrapyards like that here in San Diego.
Lol. You have fleamarkets where you can score working stuff for peanuts. Don't bitch.
@@AuWoodStock I've got neither :(
Germans throw a lot of good stuff out. People from eastern Europe knew that and there were a lot of people making it a living. I have seen vans packed with hi-fi amplifiers to the top. Bicycles, electronics. Sometimes they just bought them for few euro on local flea markets organized in the shopping mall garages monthly. It started to become so big they had to ban this and now it is illegal take the garbage out of the country. It was thriving in the 2000s.
@@TechTinkerWorks I don't think throwing out a lot of good stuff is limited to just Germany. The USA tosses good stuff out all the time too.
Go to the middle class neighborhoods on their trash pick up day, you will find tons of scrap, get to know the other people picking up scrap and where they take it to get weighed and unloaded and payed, most likely down near the boarder, I have been in and around S. D. from 1969, you will be amazed at what you will find, you just never noticed it before.cheers.
I like your videos and your take on the scrap industry. I have a few dowidat spanners here in Australia. I also love to find old tools and fix them, although no where near your level. I've let the smoke out of a couple of things. All the best.
I got a kick out of you calling SOS when testing the switch. Too funny!
Denn Schleifbock mit einer DIY Elektronik zu reparieren ist schon cool. Danke für das Video.
Another great video! Thank you for taking the time to make, share, and teach! Its creators like you who are helping to fill the "knowledge void" left by public education that sadly seems to get bigger every year.
Much respect!
K.
I really enjoy the electronic fixes for these. That's brilliant.
Beautiful solution for the broken centrifigual switch. On some of my electronic projects, I used 555 chips to energize relays with time controls.
Welcome Back ! Love the Scrapyard Finds and Repurposing Tools and Equipment .
PAI rocks!!
I actually find it a bit disturbing how anyone can give this guy a thumbs down, even though it’s about 0,01% who does. I wonder what these geniuses have done that makes them so self entitled to criticize the huge effort that this guy does to make scrap valuable tools.
Thanks for sharing. I really enjoy watching your videos. They are very entertaining, interesting and I learn a lot as well. Your work is appreciated.
I've been a machinst/mechanic for 33 years. I love all things mechanical. I just wish I had you're understanding of electronics!
New guy here, I repair Plastic pipe welding machines that are built in Ditzengen so I understand your drawings, Love the channel.
New subscriber. Thank you for saying "auxiliary" correctly! No one does.
Im sooooo glad, there is a new episode coming up... I really appreciate your work I am always learning something thanks to your skills and knoledge. Also Quite like the way you explain things and give background information integrating it very skillfully. Am already looking forward to the next episode.
very nice video with detailed schematic and photos in a step by step manner so instructive!
i just found your videos since those of the stereo/boombox bluetooth hacks. love to do repairs! thanks for making me understand so much stuff.
WOW! Who would throw out a lathe that big.
Yeah, that's crazy. Can't believe they just wouldn't sell it.
Nice! My approach with the Bench Grinder would've been a 3-way-switch. You know like the ones for big 3 phase Machines which start in "Star" and then go to "Triangle" just so it would be "with Capacitor" for starting and "without Capacitor" for afterwards...
That could work if wired correctly.And its simple.
Belated wishes for 2020.
Glad to see that you're back 'online' .
Regards from S Africa
Clive
blue tooloxes , gotta love them ! you get better ones from the scrapyard than i buy !
Excellent video... hot metal, power electronics, and grinding sparks.... 3 of my favourite things!
If the plate won't straighten.... you just need a bigger hammer. ;) I *LOVE* your circular cutting attachment for your oxy-torch!
.... melting BRASS - nice! I can only do zinc and aloo-min-um.
I've got one of "your" timer switches in my power supply to limit inrush current. :)
Welcome back! hope you have been ok
Clearing out your girlfriend's father's basement would've been a great episode. Like a treasure hunt for anyone who likes German tools, i.e. anyone who likes tools.
I have the same kind of bench grinder, it's marked as "Ferm". It's giving me already 15 years good service after I acquired it second hand. Good to know there is a capacitor underneat !
You sir having an amazing electronic and circuit designing ability
This is the best video you have put out in a while. The other ones were just great too, but this was the perfect balance of disciplines, Wunderbar!
00:56 that green bicycle thing looks dope af
Great to have you back, really enjoy the videos.
I love the old, blue, German tool boxes, which can be found at the flea markets for only a few euros. I bought a few and use them to store my extra tools. They are still sold brand new at home improvement stores like Bauhaus.
You might want to add an LED that shows whether the run capacitor is in or out of circuit, so if a failure occurs that you have a chance to notice it before burning out the motor. I really like the reuse / repurpose / recycle styled videos. subscribed!
Glad you're back 👍
I just noticed that if you do a quick power off and power on cycle, the circuit will restart even when is no needed because the motor is still spinning
Good ol' 555 timer! Incredible how useful they can be. :D
I'm really enjoying this scrap-repair series, looking forward to seeing more.
I do like this series quite a bit. Wonderful narration.
To protect that board and solder joints...spray or dip it into some polyurethane...once it dries it will not only be better waterproof but also better protected from shorts
Very cool setup on that grinder! and boy howdy if you can melt cast iron with that foundry it is pumping out some heat!!!!
Hey thanks for taking the time to draw out why you replaced that centrifugal switch with a delay circuit!
Very impressed particularly with your electronic knowledge. Keep up the good work.
Hi. I always enjoy your projects and your fluid thinking to solve problems. Best wishes!
I learn something useful everytime I watch one of your videos; they are greatly appreciated. I think I'll head on over to patreon and see what I can do. Keep it up, my friend.
Das war ne clevere Idee mit dem Start-up-Timer. Danke fürs posting! Sowas ähnliches kann man dann auch z.B. für einen Kühlschrank Kompressor nehmen wenn der PTC durchgebrannt ist. Nehme ich mal an.
Welcome back. Excellent mix of topics today. Thanks.
I enjoyed this very much! Thank you. I especially enjoyed your narration, it adds a lot.
Nothing quite like waking up on a Saturday to new video of yours!
Nice modification to the grinder, and thanks for another interesting video!
Amazing episode, impressed by the bench grinder solution.
Cool stuff! I happen to have a German made wrench (Fahr) in my avatar... On a side note, German brick is legendary in the brick business. I love that you scavenge these great things (I hope you get preferential treatment from the yards). Keep on keeping on ✌✊
He's back! Huzzah! Good show. I predicted you were gonna melt that cast iron when I saw the intensity of the heating.
Your videos are always entertaining and informative. Respect from UK.
Awesome video. Well done and simple.
Your style of reuse is just like they do in India. IF ONLY WE ALL done things this way
Definitely more scrap yard repairs, these are such fun videos!
Grinder modification is just amazing!
Copper in an Iron cruicible tends to make a hole really fast !
I lost my iron cruicible the same way.
wieder was gelernt... du schickst mich immer wieder auf die Schulbank...
danke dir :)
Great Video, especially with usability and cost savings with environmental concerns.
I was really missing your videos, I don't know why but watching you working on those things is so relaxing to me :D
That fire had me wondering what kind of mad scientist i was watching lol. I realise it's fairly safe just all i see is a giant blazing fire being blown with a fan. Just found this channel recently love it
Great video, always enjoy your choice of topics and narration to the processes
Your videos are awesome!!!!! The scrap yard videos are the best!!!!
Definitiv einer der besten TH-cam Kanäle