Tech Gorilla I totally agree! And not because I have people living in my head either! :) I am totally blind and absolutely love watching repair videos like this. Vince is such a good describer unlike so many other TH-camrs in the repair/restoration community who just put music over their videos .
The lever is there to stop to governor when the lid is closed, it wasn't part of the electrical circuit. The brass tab on the right side was one half of the battery contacts.
The most beautiful part of repair is to see and hear the joy that the item was designed for. A music mechanism defines that beauty like no other. The music that mechanism makes hasn't been heard in probably 2 or 3 decades...
Just wanted to say thank you for making these kinds of videos... Your attention to detail and respect for the past of the pieces you work on is so appreciated and satisfying the OCD corners of my mind. I think I could watch indefinitly a zoom-in of these pins pinging while the barrel rolls listening to the tune. So many hours of work/thought put on that! Thanks again and hope you stay safe and healthy.
Great video fantastic mechanism with the governor spinning round really nice piece of engineering that and still works to this day well it does now thanks to you. You got a real bargain something to treasure. Stay safe and see you in the next.
Hello Vince, I've watched your videos since your Mr Telephone days. This was one of the best. Such a joy to listen to you figure this out but the mechanical mechanism was just brilliant to see in action. Keep up the great videos
I agree! The broken piece was connected to the red wire and would ave been isolated from the frame much like the negative was. When it broke off it allowed it to make contact, unless it was an earth positive system, but I have only ever heard of those on very old cars. It would just take a AA or AAA batter set right in that little space.
The battery is 4.5 volts and is placed vertically with the contacts facing the wall of the case. One battery contact is fixed to the black cable plate and the other battery contact is free. When you open the case lid, the red wire contact touches the top contact of the battery and turns on the light.
What a lovely box. I wonder if it held writing things or maybe it was for cigars. The musical movement sounds wonderful when its all back inside and magnified by the box. Really interesting fix.
For some reason that was one of the more satisfying vids . Don't get me wrong I absolutely love watching your videos and don't miss any since i have subscribed . But working on old stuff like that is almost medicinal and calming love the vids Later
Perhaps the light flashes with the music? (Only creating a circuit when it’s touching the pins?) - also there is normally a pin sticking up from the bottom (rather than down from top), so when lid opens, it releases the governor.
An interesting little music box,I’d say dating to the 50s at a pinch,maybe just after ww2 on the outside.they are lovely little machines with such delicate detail Thanks for bringing this to the blue mat VInce.
Great stuff Vince you could probably use a small dc motor in place of the governor it would slow it down with the load of the light on their...To generator power for the light.. But not worth the effort doing that....Anyways keep the videos coming as we are bored at home..
Those little mechanisms were usually bought cheap in hardware stores and men would make these boxes for their loved ones. An interesting refurb Vince :)
Nice one my friend , that would be a great present for a child (or at least I think) I just love those old music boxes , when I was a child I remember I had Nintendo NES , but the music box was like magic to me - no battery, no electricity but still playing .
The bent brass tab you removed I believe is suppose to attach to the red wire and then sit between the music drum and the wood separator. The battery would then sit between the two brass tabs.
(22:25) - Yes of course you keep all that because it was made at the factory. It's not a mod. It's part of the mechanism that stops the regulator/governor when the box lid is closed. That wiry looking thing is simply a spring. >
I was about to scream at you but wanted to wait to see if you figured it out. The red wire should be isolated and run to a tab separately long the top, the tab being the positive battery terminal. The black wire should be run to the tab that hangs over the actuating arm. Then the chassis of the music box should be grounded to a tab at the bottom for the negative battery terminal. That way, when you open the box, the start/stop arm (Ground) lifts up and makes contact with the tab (the one with the black wire leading to the bulb) that is hanging over it, completing the circuit. There is room next to the music box for the battery. Not sure if it is worth it, because all you are doing is lighting up the inside of a closed box. But if you have nothing better to do....maybe if you made the upper part out of white acrylic?
watch battery behind the bulb holder, then the lever that stops and starts the music has one wire to the bulb attached and the other connects to the whole mechanism, basically make the pivot switch stop and start the music and be the switch for the bulb
What a nice video Vince! It's indeed a long time since you did a mechanical item and if you did, it was one of those talking figures. Not that they are rubish or something like that, but an item such as this music box is, like you said many times in this video, very well-made so that you can repair it quite nicely and really enjoy the working mechanism at the end. Really, I love working on this kind of mechanisms too. Besides the light bulb issue, something is not quite right with the tuning of the notes and to correct that you have to tweak those blobs on the "needles", but I guess it is not that easy to do and it is in any case veeeeeery much trial and error. So, just leave it like it is I would suggest. And oh yeah, I really was laughing when you were aligning those needles to the barrel; I've done that a few times in the past and it is really a very time consuming job; but then, when it all works, it is sooooo satisfying... Anyway, great one really, keep on doing those mechanical ones, I love it!
According to the Gueissaz website the company was founded in 1848. From what I have seen all of their products, regardless of date of manufacture, have that date on them. From photos of many mechanisms I've seen, the stop bar is bent to fit each application depending on where the box lid has a protrusion available.
4m38s - note the two holes. Someone has took that off and at the very least added the notch for the (I assume) magnet clasp. How do I know? The holes are wrong way. Probably means originally it only had a hole to start/stop the music box. Someone then added the light and a hole and then finally modified it for the magnetic clasp. The post in the top looks shaped which means it probably used a clasp in the base that was “springy” to lock it. It may also be that post is the original and may have been used to operate the music box. Look for holes :) It’s also possible that surround for the music box was not originally there when the box was made. That looks like someone painted it once it was in place rather than the finish the rest of the box has. My theory is either there was no music box or it was uncovered and then boxed in, light added later and modified again for the magnetic clasp.
been doing a little research on the mechanism and from what I can find the mechanism in use here was changed after 1948. So looking at the materials in use and the machining techniques I would place it somewhere between 1900 and 1948. the box itself could have been made any time.
@@Mymatevince the date on the mechanism is reflective of when the company started. The base is cast alloy so it suggests it was manufactured after 1900. From what I could dig up, that mechanism was in use up until 1948 so it's at least 70+ years old or could be as old as around 120 years. Looking at the box, the box itself is also quite old but at some time has definitely been added to - ie. the picture. Again you could assume the box is somewhere between 50 to 80 yrs old based on the patina and condition/type of wood
The base looks like it is made out of zinc (or zinc alloy), the screws are of the pre-Philips head era. So my guess for it's age would be the late 1940's/early 1950's.
I thought the light bulb might be lit by a dynamo mechanism somehow. As for the lid brake that starts and stops the music it's so obvious in hindsight, my mother has a jewelry box that does the same thing. It's nice when it is left wound up for a week or so then when you open the lid the tune would start playing.
I bet the bulb was wired with a spring switch. when you close the lid the tab on the bottom of the lid opens(breaks) the circuit but when you lift the lid the contact springs back to close the circuit. Very simple.
The ninth fork from the left (as you look at it) sounds horribly out of tune to my ear. It's almost half way in between an A and a Bb. If you decide to take it apart again Vince, have a look at the felt pad and see if you can tune it. :)
I was listening straight through my laptop speakers and I wasn't getting many of the lower notes at all. On second listen, through headphones, I think there are quite a few of the lower notes which are out although not by as much as that particular one.
I'm so glad Vince tried moving it over one peg. I was curious if it would sound better... as soon as he started it I winced. "Nope! Move it back, move it back! You had it right the first time!" Haha.
You know, I've been thinking about the power generation thing. Even though its clear that it wasn't intended to generate power here's what I see. If the blade of the "air brake" were a bar magnet and there was a coil next to it, it could induce a current. Admittedly, it would be far too small a current for the light that's in it. But I bet if you collected that current into a capacitor, it could drive a modern LED for a little while.
I have been looking for something to watch for two hours and just I start watching a Grand Tour episode Vince uploads well I guess Jeremy POWER can wait
Looks like a gap for a AA battery to the right of the mechanism. That brass tab was probably one terminal, the other was what the black wire was fixed to.
It is a motor that pulls it around or a spring. The drum moves at a speed and the light bulb is only a light or a resistor. If the bulb is broken you must replace it.
I Personally Think (Not only for this video) You Should use your Ultra Sonic Cleaner More often it would Have done the Job Perfect :) But still nice you are Making Very Good Content keep Going ;)
The lamp might have been powered by a 3R12 battery. They were very common for many decades and the circuit for the light was probably was designed for the battery tabs.
Hi Vince, got a boring broken item. But probably popular in the current climate where a lot of people are doing DIY. I was using my Black and Decker Mouse sander and it started smelling of burning and it stopped working, I waited 10 minutes thinking it might have a heat protection device and it worked. I ended work for the day after more use and went to turn it on in the morning and it was dead, tried it a few times and it’s dead. Do you want me to sent it to you?
That sounds like the brushes... look at the brushes (if it has brushes) cause I had a belt sander with the exact same thing. It worked, stopped, worked again and then it died completely. The brushes were just completely disintegrated...
Chuck the bulb and wires away. Not meant to be there. The wire stops the govener when the lid is closed. Looks like someone, many years ago, made a music box out of a box! The wood under the mechanism does not look original, neither do the dividers. Still a very nice bit of history. Thank you.
The brass piece you pulled out of the mechanism looks like it should have been attached to the red wire, it looks like there is just enough room on the right side of the mechanism for a battery. With the brass tab at the top against the wood.
(24:35) - Just put the whole mechanism into an ultrasonic cleaner for thirty minutes, then give it a good oiling with some quality sewing machine oil. > Yeah, that watch oil is even better. >
The Light was a home made addition. The black wire went to the large tab of metal for one end of the Battery. the red wire has a broken tab where the original tab ( contact) would have been. Its just a crude bodge to add a light
Did you knowingly use the My Time At Portia soundtrack in this upload Vince ? the tune playing while your oiling the mechanism is the intro from the game.
The tiny bracket on the end of the black cable is from a Condenser which controls the spark to the contact-breaker points inside the distributor on old cars. I don't think the box is anywhere near as old as the mechanism.
Never seen a circuit like it, but what I have seen is a circuit that is close to that, where the circuit is completed when the Brass chiming prongs touch the barrels pins by three different coloured lights each colour was insulated from the other colours circuit, any way long story short the lights would dance as the music played, and me thinks this circuit was an attempt to hack out something like the aforementioned..
I thought that too, maybe that's why some of the pins have the insulation on, maybe they were trying to get the little lamp to light up on certain notes
I couldn’t resist yelling at the screen over and over again that the lever stops the governor when the lid closes and things like: how do you not see this? You overthink that lever! Hahahha I think it was just your electrics orientated mind blocking you from seeing it. Good stuff Vince great video.
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In case you end up selling it. The music is "Mein Herr Marquis, ein Mann wie Sie" by Johann Strauss from the Opera Die Fledermaus th-cam.com/video/VCmIIGHD_sg/w-d-xo.html
People that talk to themselves while they work make absolutely the BEST content. All of my personalities agree.
Tech Gorilla I totally agree! And not because I have people living in my head either! :) I am totally blind and absolutely love watching repair videos like this. Vince is such a good describer unlike so many other TH-camrs in the repair/restoration community who just put music over their videos .
The lever is there to stop to governor when the lid is closed, it wasn't part of the electrical circuit. The brass tab on the right side was one half of the battery contacts.
@@kruleworld I bet the battery was supposed to be one of those 4.5 volt flashlight batteries, and the top contact went to the metalwork.
Yep, perfect answer. It's the same as the dancing ballerina as kid closed governor stopped
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The most beautiful part of repair is to see and hear the joy that the item was designed for. A music mechanism defines that beauty like no other. The music that mechanism makes hasn't been heard in probably 2 or 3 decades...
I love it when you work on these older pieces. The mechanisms are fascinating to see taken apart.
What a nice mechanism. I love how things worked so well in the past without electricity at all.
Just wanted to say thank you for making these kinds of videos... Your attention to detail and respect for the past of the pieces you work on is so appreciated and satisfying the OCD corners of my mind. I think I could watch indefinitly a zoom-in of these pins pinging while the barrel rolls listening to the tune. So many hours of work/thought put on that! Thanks again and hope you stay safe and healthy.
Great video fantastic mechanism with the governor spinning round really nice piece of engineering that and still works to this day well it does now thanks to you. You got a real bargain something to treasure. Stay safe and see you in the next.
"Who cannot like that?" You said it all. Nice video, Vince. Cheers from Greece.
Hi Vince you did a great fix loved the video never got to see before how a music box mechinism works but now i know thanks to you
What a lovely item, and looked like you enjoyed working on it.
Hello Vince, I've watched your videos since your Mr Telephone days. This was one of the best. Such a joy to listen to you figure this out but the mechanical mechanism was just brilliant to see in action. Keep up the great videos
I agree! The broken piece was connected to the red wire and would ave been isolated from the frame much like the negative was. When it broke off it allowed it to make contact, unless it was an earth positive system, but I have only ever heard of those on very old cars. It would just take a AA or AAA batter set right in that little space.
I love watching you fix mechanical things
The battery is 4.5 volts and is placed vertically with the contacts facing the wall of the case. One battery contact is fixed to the black cable plate and the other battery contact is free. When you open the case lid, the red wire contact touches the top contact of the battery and turns on the light.
Thanks to this channel I ha e taken on a psvita repair just waiting for it to arrive along with the parts.
What a lovely box. I wonder if it held writing things or maybe it was for cigars. The musical movement sounds wonderful when its all back inside and magnified by the box. Really interesting fix.
nice way to spend a Sunday in lockdown watching your videos, Brilliant Video :)
Thanks vince so nice to see this i always wanted one jus coz the mechanism looks so nice well done
You could isolate the pins, and ground the light through them. So it would blink with the notes being played...
For some reason that was one of the more satisfying vids . Don't get me wrong I absolutely love watching your videos and don't miss any since i have subscribed . But working on old stuff like that is almost medicinal and calming
love the vids
Later
This was such a nice one Vince. Very relaxing and fascinating to watch.
Loved this one Vince. Great fix
Thank you Mike, this one seemed easy compared to the intricate little gears you work on :-)
Perhaps the light flashes with the music? (Only creating a circuit when it’s touching the pins?) - also there is normally a pin sticking up from the bottom (rather than down from top), so when lid opens, it releases the governor.
An interesting little music box,I’d say dating to the 50s at a pinch,maybe just after ww2 on the outside.they are lovely little machines with such delicate detail
Thanks for bringing this to the blue mat VInce.
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What a nice example of TLC :) Thanks Vince.
I believe the spinning part which is called the governor is the generator of electricity for the light bulb to go on
Good point !
Great stuff Vince you could probably use a small dc motor in place of the governor it would slow it down with the load of the light on their...To generator power for the light.. But not worth the effort doing that....Anyways keep the videos coming as we are bored at home..
Those little mechanisms were usually bought cheap in hardware stores and men would make these boxes for their loved ones. An interesting refurb Vince :)
Cheers Paul :-)
Nice one my friend , that would be a great present for a child (or at least I think) I just love those old music boxes , when I was a child I remember I had Nintendo NES , but the music box was like magic to me - no battery, no electricity but still playing .
Amazing skills. And when you think someone built that maybe 100 years ago.... Gives me goosebumps.
The bent brass tab you removed I believe is suppose to attach to the red wire and then sit between the music drum and the wood separator. The battery would then sit between the two brass tabs.
very good so simple yet so clever
(22:25) - Yes of course you keep all that because it was made at the factory.
It's not a mod.
It's part of the mechanism that stops the regulator/governor when the box lid is closed.
That wiry looking thing is simply a spring.
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I was about to scream at you but wanted to wait to see if you figured it out.
The red wire should be isolated and run to a tab separately long the top, the tab being the positive battery terminal. The black wire should be run to the tab that hangs over the actuating arm.
Then the chassis of the music box should be grounded to a tab at the bottom for the negative battery terminal. That way, when you open the box, the start/stop arm (Ground) lifts up and makes contact with the tab (the one with the black wire leading to the bulb) that is hanging over it, completing the circuit. There is room next to the music box for the battery. Not sure if it is worth it, because all you are doing is lighting up the inside of a closed box. But if you have nothing better to do....maybe if you made the upper part out of white acrylic?
watch battery behind the bulb holder, then the lever that stops and starts the music has one wire to the bulb attached and the other connects to the whole mechanism, basically make the pivot switch stop and start the music and be the switch for the bulb
What a nice video Vince! It's indeed a long time since you did a mechanical item and if you did, it was one of those talking figures. Not that they are rubish or something like that, but an item such as this music box is, like you said many times in this video, very well-made so that you can repair it quite nicely and really enjoy the working mechanism at the end. Really, I love working on this kind of mechanisms too. Besides the light bulb issue, something is not quite right with the tuning of the notes and to correct that you have to tweak those blobs on the "needles", but I guess it is not that easy to do and it is in any case veeeeeery much trial and error. So, just leave it like it is I would suggest. And oh yeah, I really was laughing when you were aligning those needles to the barrel; I've done that a few times in the past and it is really a very time consuming job; but then, when it all works, it is sooooo satisfying... Anyway, great one really, keep on doing those mechanical ones, I love it!
According to the Gueissaz website the company was founded in 1848. From what I have seen all of their products, regardless of date of manufacture, have that date on them.
From photos of many mechanisms I've seen, the stop bar is bent to fit each application depending on where the box lid has a protrusion available.
Shame you don’t see these today because there so fascinating
While that just sounded like noise to me it's nice to hear something come back to life, no matter how horrible it sounds.
About to go to bed, look at the phone and see ‘Trying to Fix’ guess bed will have to wait :)
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Boris Archby put it in watch later next time u see a video u want to see before bed then go back and binge on all the videos u put in watch later
Elizabeth Marks-Graham if only I could :) I don’t have that level of self control. I just love his vids and have to watch when the alert appears :)
Excellent =D Wonderful look at a music box!
Thanks Chris :-)
4m38s - note the two holes. Someone has took that off and at the very least added the notch for the (I assume) magnet clasp. How do I know? The holes are wrong way. Probably means originally it only had a hole to start/stop the music box. Someone then added the light and a hole and then finally modified it for the magnetic clasp.
The post in the top looks shaped which means it probably used a clasp in the base that was “springy” to lock it. It may also be that post is the original and may have been used to operate the music box. Look for holes :)
It’s also possible that surround for the music box was not originally there when the box was made. That looks like someone painted it once it was in place rather than the finish the rest of the box has. My theory is either there was no music box or it was uncovered and then boxed in, light added later and modified again for the magnetic clasp.
been doing a little research on the mechanism and from what I can find the mechanism in use here was changed after 1948. So looking at the materials in use and the machining techniques I would place it somewhere between 1900 and 1948. the box itself could have been made any time.
Thanks for letting me know :-)
@@Mymatevince the date on the mechanism is reflective of when the company started. The base is cast alloy so it suggests it was manufactured after 1900. From what I could dig up, that mechanism was in use up until 1948 so it's at least 70+ years old or could be as old as around 120 years. Looking at the box, the box itself is also quite old but at some time has definitely been added to - ie. the picture. Again you could assume the box is somewhere between 50 to 80 yrs old based on the patina and condition/type of wood
The base looks like it is made out of zinc (or zinc alloy), the screws are of the pre-Philips head era. So my guess for it's age would be the late 1940's/early 1950's.
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ICE CREAM so want an ice cream now lol, Great vid m8, so screeming at the screen lol
I wonder if an ultrasonic cleaner would be useful for this. Pop the spring assembly in that > re-oil > profit.
I'm glad you left the power wiring in. That's such an odd curio. :)
Music choice love it
I like musical boxes!
Another cool vid love it
The “door closed” stopper would have a side effect of reducing the life of the spring, if it is closed for long periods of time while it’s wound up.
I thought the light bulb might be lit by a dynamo mechanism somehow. As for the lid brake that starts and stops the music it's so obvious in hindsight, my mother has a jewelry box that does the same thing. It's nice when it is left wound up for a week or so then when you open the lid the tune would start playing.
Magic, thanks!
Thanks!
I bet the bulb was wired with a spring switch. when you close the lid the tab on the bottom of the lid opens(breaks) the circuit but when you lift the lid the contact springs back to close the circuit. Very simple.
The ninth fork from the left (as you look at it) sounds horribly out of tune to my ear. It's almost half way in between an A and a Bb. If you decide to take it apart again Vince, have a look at the felt pad and see if you can tune it. :)
I was listening straight through my laptop speakers and I wasn't getting many of the lower notes at all. On second listen, through headphones, I think there are quite a few of the lower notes which are out although not by as much as that particular one.
Use a free Android guitar tuning app like gStrings. You will be able to tune each prong exactly by adding or removing solder.
I'm so glad Vince tried moving it over one peg. I was curious if it would sound better... as soon as he started it I winced. "Nope! Move it back, move it back! You had it right the first time!" Haha.
This turned out to be far more interesting than I assumed it would be
This wasn't as important as the other resurrection on this day but was very interesting none the less.
You can fix some of the scratches on the wood by putting a damp cloth over them then use an iron to make steam.
its amazing what you can fix with some cleaning 🙂
You know, I've been thinking about the power generation thing. Even though its clear that it wasn't intended to generate power here's what I see. If the blade of the "air brake" were a bar magnet and there was a coil next to it, it could induce a current. Admittedly, it would be far too small a current for the light that's in it. But I bet if you collected that current into a capacitor, it could drive a modern LED for a little while.
I wonder if the bulb was added during the war years for the blackouts it looks to have age
I have been looking for something to watch for two hours and just I start watching a Grand Tour episode Vince uploads well I guess Jeremy POWER can wait
I love musical fixes like this one and the stylophone. Would love to see an electric guitar and/or an amp on Trying to Fix. Or a keyboard.
Looks like a gap for a AA battery to the right of the mechanism. That brass tab was probably one terminal, the other was what the black wire was fixed to.
Anyone remember when he used to do how to videos anyway great video
Unique item vince a carpenter would be able to repair the damage quite easily but whether it would be worth it not sure
It is a motor that pulls it around or a spring. The drum moves at a speed and the light bulb is only a light or a resistor. If the bulb is broken you must replace it.
You went back to using the wider finger as position one?
I did, I thought it sounded better :-)
What that metal wire dose is stops the music from playing until you open the juley box it stoppes the wind thing that you where talking about
would love to see a woodworker restore the outside!
Hi Vince, what is the song that played over your cleaning montage?
I Personally Think (Not only for this video) You Should use your Ultra Sonic Cleaner More often it would Have done the Job Perfect :) But still nice you are Making Very Good Content keep Going ;)
The lamp might have been powered by a 3R12 battery. They were very common for many decades and the circuit for the light was probably was designed for the battery tabs.
they try to make the light flicker to the melodie
just a thought, is there a watch style battery underneath the bulb?
Hi Vince, got a boring broken item. But probably popular in the current climate where a lot of people are doing DIY. I was using my Black and Decker Mouse sander and it started smelling of burning and it stopped working, I waited 10 minutes thinking it might have a heat protection device and it worked. I ended work for the day after more use and went to turn it on in the morning and it was dead, tried it a few times and it’s dead. Do you want me to sent it to you?
That sounds like the brushes... look at the brushes (if it has brushes) cause I had a belt sander with the exact same thing. It worked, stopped, worked again and then it died completely. The brushes were just completely disintegrated...
Looks like an old cigar box turned into a diy homemade music box.
Maybe you want to add a little rocker switch for the light bulb so you can turn it on and off anytime you want to
Chuck the bulb and wires away. Not meant to be there. The wire stops the govener when the lid is closed. Looks like someone, many years ago, made a music box out of a box! The wood under the mechanism does not look original, neither do the dividers. Still a very nice bit of history. Thank you.
if get the needle-roll on a blank spot to the fingers you have an open loop
Great video :)
The brass piece you pulled out of the mechanism looks like it should have been attached to the red wire, it looks like there is just enough room on the right side of the mechanism for a battery. With the brass tab at the top against the wood.
(24:35) - Just put the whole mechanism into an ultrasonic cleaner for thirty minutes, then give it a good oiling with some quality sewing machine oil.
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Yeah, that watch oil is even better.
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36:50 penny drops for Mr Vince. :D
The Light was a home made addition. The black wire went to the large tab of metal for one end of the Battery. the red wire has a broken tab where the original tab ( contact) would have been. Its just a crude bodge to add a light
And for 10 bonus points.... Name that tune
The handle looks like it might be an old Mah-Jong piece.
I watched to see the 1848 light bulb :-)
Haha, At 21:38, the way you said "Nice", like quite a weird reaction to seeing all that grime. Anyways, great vid as always
Made me laugh
Did you knowingly use the My Time At Portia soundtrack in this upload Vince ? the tune playing while your oiling the mechanism is the intro from the game.
The tiny bracket on the end of the black cable is from a Condenser which controls the spark to the contact-breaker points inside the distributor on old cars. I don't think the box is anywhere near as old as the mechanism.
I agree. I take mechanisms from damaged boxes and figurines and place them in other boxes, figurines, etc.
Never seen a circuit like it, but what I have seen is a circuit that is close to that, where the circuit is completed when the Brass chiming prongs touch the barrels pins by three different coloured lights each colour was insulated from the other colours circuit, any way long story short the lights would dance as the music played, and me thinks this circuit was an attempt to hack out something like the aforementioned..
I thought that too, maybe that's why some of the pins have the insulation on, maybe they were trying to get the little lamp to light up on certain notes
Good vids
I couldn’t resist yelling at the screen over and over again that the lever stops the governor when the lid closes and things like: how do you not see this? You overthink that lever! Hahahha I think it was just your electrics orientated mind blocking you from seeing it. Good stuff Vince great video.
At 9:48 it sounded like an antique Skype call 😅
I’ve got two 65inch TVs with broken screens any one know if u can replace them they got hit
see below different pal tv standards
PAL-B/G/D/K/I
Standards B/G are used in most of Western Europe, Australia, and New Zealand. Standard I in the UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Macau. Standards D/K (along with SECAM) in most of Central and Eastern Europe.
In case you end up selling it. The music is "Mein Herr Marquis, ein Mann wie Sie" by Johann Strauss from the Opera Die Fledermaus th-cam.com/video/VCmIIGHD_sg/w-d-xo.html
Thanks so much :-)
Thanks. I came to the comments on this one hoping that somebody would identify it!