It’s great giving a new life to equipment of yesteryear. Well done. For people, like myself, who don’t have electrolytic cleaning facilities, vinegar works well. By soaking rusted metal in a solution of vinegar and table salt (ration of: 1x cup vinegar to a table spoon of salt) over night, depending on the severity of the rust. After the vinegar bath soak it in water with a cup of bicarbonate of soda for ten minutes to neutralize the acid.
Not one of your best ones, but you are learning and that's the most important thing. Good luck in Spain and look forward to seeing much more from you 👍
Thank you, Colin, I agree with you. I needed an easier video just to get one out to you guys as it takes a lot more organizing for the E30 videos than something like this. Lots to come cheers again Colin.
Great video as always, keep 'em coming! I saw the linseed oil and just wanted to give a friendly reminder to always burn the used towels. Linseed oil may self-ignite if you leave the oily towels as they are. Even sawdust from treated wood with linseed oil can self-ignite. You are most certainly aware of this, but for safety reasons - just a friendly reminder :) Greetings from Sweden :)
I don't agree with a few of the comments, I do believe you'd done a fantastic job considering the before photos. For someone as talented as you are, I understand your mind frame in the way you think out and approach each job, meaning you don't rush in you take care as you think each one out. Thank you for sharing your talents with us. Also It's great that you listen and try to please your audience the best you can. Would love to know your first name. Anyway I always look forward to seeing your next restoration, and appreciate your likes comments when you decide to be appropriate. Take care lad.
Seriously big thank you James, my name is Steve. Its nice to meet you. I can tell you are a humble and fair guy, just by the few comments you've left. Its guys like you that keep me motivated James.
You, AvE, and HTR are the guys who make interesting, educational (in a good way), restoration/take apart/intelligent videos. Really, really a great channel. Thanks!
I think you did a great job! I like how you reshaped the handle to make it look as though it belongs on this machete. I also like how you didn't make it mirror glossy. It looks as it should--a working tool. Great job!!! Take care
I enjoyed the extra sass in this one.. and I quite like these simpler videos as well. They balance out the longer, more complicated ones. Sometimes we just like a snack... and more importantly, "another video".. So thanks for making these ones to tide us over..
You have the skills, now comes the time to hone them. Nice job. Adapt to the climate, it saves money. Propane is cheap. I restore in temps ranging from +30C to -40C. I’m gonna follow you. Cheers
Nice work on the blade. Now you can go out and cut down some firewood to heat up the workshop! And i take it you are just waiting for your new safety glasses to arrive? Stay safe and keep up the good work.
@@RestoreIt Sorry for being critical but i get kind of freaky about eye protection - when i was young i got a piece of metal swarf into an eye from a milling machine and it was a massive lesson to learn. Like you i'd just forgotten to put my glasses back on after a work break.
Thanks save it all! I think you're right. I have borrowed my friends a few times, I'm just holding out for a variable speed one as one speed can be scary.
Nice job on the machete 👍 I really don't understand all the thumbs down 😐 I have worked on a few machetes and I think your handles are original, they were a working Mans tool, If you get bored take a look at my machete 'restoration', it gets used on brambles and stinging nettles
It's interesting to note that the rust appears to be mostly of the surface kind (hence the lighter color) but there is deep pitting on the metal. It almost looks like it was de-rusted at some point and then it got rusty again at a later time. Maybe the person who put the new handles had something to do with that too.
Move here to Southern Arizona and be my friend! It's currently 15.5 to 21* C during the day and 2-7* C during the night. :) It's wonderful here during winter. It makes up for us having to suffer through 43* C summers. 😫
I've got a British army survival knife. I think they nicknamed it 'The Pig' and the handles have those gaps/ overhangs on it. They're there for a reason, but I can't remember why. Something to do with keeping your hand cool and dry I think, but I filed mine down as well. It's not a true survival knife, I believe it comes in the transport toolboxes. Kind of a jack of all trades knife. I've also got a Martindale machete. Which is also for the British army. 🇬🇧 Maybe yours is something to with the German army. Take it to Spain. Lol.
Haha, I probably will take it to Spain to be fair. And I didn't know that, thanks for telling me. It was very uncomfortable to use like that. Maybe it because I didn't have gloves on.
I got one similar to yours mine a bit thicker blade . it was used in the tobacco trade I think I would have epoxied the wood and coated it with boiled linseed oil .paid 2 quid at car boot for mine
What are you going to use a machete for? Chop strawberries or stop robbers who have pocket knives, pull it out, be like Crocodile Dundee and say "That's not a knife. This is a knife."
Nice work. Was that linseed oil you used to stabilise the blade after the electrolysis bath? I want to get a set up going myself to clean something very sensitive and want to be sure I use a good oil on the blade to prevent future rusting.
I love watching you work with electrolysis stuff, but I gotta wonder: Does it stink? I can't imagine what the smell of old rust flaking off from that chemical/electricity combination must smell like, especially when you take it out and have to remove the rest yourself.
Can you imagine, after all that hard work, only to discover it was made in China? Just kidding :) good job. I enjoy your restorations and look forward to new video's all the time.
Thanks, J! And yes, it would be a problem. Which is why I'm going to get out there before that comes into place which might give me a better chance of staying.
J Rand I seriously doubt we will even need a visa to visit EU countries. What you have to remember about brexit is that the problem is with the unelected entity that is the EU bureaucracy and not with the people or the governments of any nation.
@@davelowe1977 I hope not, as I have family living and working in Glasgow (Danish) and it would be a sad day for them, if they got kicked out of GB ! - but then again, its politics and you never know exactly how things will pan out. Besides GB and Spain is not exactly on good terms for the moment because all the fuss about Gibraltar.
Restore It Screws are not rivets. Real rivets are held in place by reshaping the metal after insertion. Screws are held only by the threads and friction. Removing the visible head of a screw to make it look like a rivet is fake, and if they actually sell screws as "knife rivets", they are lying.
If I didn't read your channel's name, I would think that aren't you. Sorry bro for saying that, but I'm big fan of your channel and appreciate your work, so I'm sad you're not as same as you used to
Cuando vengas a España, avisa hombre, que seras bien recibido. Con respecto a la restauracion, en varios comentarios, agradecen, y yo tambien, que no lo pulieras hasta el final, sino dejarlo en un estado natural, tal y como es con su edad. Lo de los remaches, podrias haber puesto unos de laton o de bronce, que coincidirían con la edad natural del machete. La terminacion del mango la puedes hacer con aceite de linaza, le da un acabado perfecto. Comentas que no eres profesional, pues no se nota, muy bien hecho amigo mio.
I kind of feel like you phoned this one in ... dont get me wrong the end product looks okay but so much more could and should have been done ... also why restore something if you are not going to use it? seems like a waste of time and money in that case ... keep it up I am pulling for you..... hope you take my suggestions as constructive criticism rather than negative I will be back for the next one
![Scissors Restoration [Decay Stopped - Black Scissors]](/img/n.gif)
It’s great giving a new life to equipment of yesteryear. Well done.
For people, like myself, who don’t have electrolytic cleaning facilities, vinegar works well. By soaking rusted metal in a solution of vinegar and table salt (ration of: 1x cup vinegar to a table spoon of salt) over night, depending on the severity of the rust. After the vinegar bath soak it in water with a cup of bicarbonate of soda for ten minutes to neutralize the acid.
You can also use Molasses, just use a paint brush it is surprising how sugar eats the rust away.
A perfect sensitive restoration, just enough done to bring a very tired machete back to life. Well done 😊
Thank you Si Ames, very kind of you.
Not one of your best ones, but you are learning and that's the most important thing. Good luck in Spain and look forward to seeing much more from you 👍
Thank you, Colin, I agree with you. I needed an easier video just to get one out to you guys as it takes a lot more organizing for the E30 videos than something like this. Lots to come cheers again Colin.
100% understand and looking forward to seeing more. 👍
Great video as always, keep 'em coming! I saw the linseed oil and just wanted to give a friendly reminder to always burn the used towels. Linseed oil may self-ignite if you leave the oily towels as they are.
Even sawdust from treated wood with linseed oil can self-ignite. You are most certainly aware of this, but for safety reasons
- just a friendly reminder :) Greetings from Sweden :)
I don't agree with a few of the comments, I do believe you'd done a fantastic job considering the before photos.
For someone as talented as you are, I understand your mind frame in the way you think out and approach each job, meaning you don't rush in you take care as you think each one out.
Thank you for sharing your talents with us.
Also It's great that you listen and try to please your audience the best you can.
Would love to know your first name.
Anyway I always look forward to seeing your next restoration, and appreciate your likes comments when you decide to be appropriate.
Take care lad.
Seriously big thank you James, my name is Steve. Its nice to meet you. I can tell you are a humble and fair guy, just by the few comments you've left. Its guys like you that keep me motivated James.
@@RestoreIt Thank you Steve.
How does one decide between sand blasting, wire wheel/grinding, and electrolysis?
Look at this man. Getting a sponsorship and shiz. I'm so happy
You, AvE, and HTR are the guys who make interesting, educational (in a good way), restoration/take apart/intelligent videos. Really, really a great channel. Thanks!
This might be far in the future but what about a garden tractor restoration. They are quick and fairly easy. As well as cheap.
Great idea Alex, I have thought about this before and I'm sure it'll be a video one day soonish :)
I think you did a great job! I like how you reshaped the handle to make it look as though it belongs on this machete. I also like how you didn't make it mirror glossy. It looks as it should--a working tool. Great job!!! Take care
Thank you Gary! Glad you enjoyed it.
Nice job, still left it's character in tact.
Michael Meyers would love to have that! Good job!!
I enjoyed the extra sass in this one.. and I quite like these simpler videos as well. They balance out the longer, more complicated ones. Sometimes we just like a snack... and more importantly, "another video".. So thanks for making these ones to tide us over..
Thank you Tina i really appreciate this kind of comment. I'm working on getting content out in a more regular scedudual
Excellent antique restoration... keeping it as original as possible.
Cheers Rob!
Good on you mate , nice one
Nice work 👍👍👍👍👍
Very nice 👍
That was amazing
You have the skills, now comes the time to hone them. Nice job. Adapt to the climate, it saves money. Propane is cheap. I restore in temps ranging from +30C to -40C. I’m gonna follow you. Cheers
Good job ,subscribed!
Awesome
Bon boulot !
I like that you left the markings/abuse on the blade. It gives it character. Good luck in Spain. Practica tu español.
Thank you AzteCypher. This comment is much appreciated.
Excellent video 👍
Thank you, Elektronik
Perfect 👍
Thanks, Hashem!
Nice
Here in Germany it is also so cold because you can hardly work I suffer with you
I really can't stand it any longer. 25 years in cold weather is enough forever.
@@RestoreIt XD
Great Job mate, Gracias.
Thanks, man. Appreciate it.
Phew this was brought from the past and given life for another 100 year future amazing job mate :3
Thank you, Lord, It's always good to see you here.
@@RestoreIt You're Welcome and thank you very much 😃
Cool
Nice work on the blade. Now you can go out and cut down some firewood to heat up the workshop! And i take it you are just waiting for your new safety glasses to arrive? Stay safe and keep up the good work.
Haha thanks Pedro. I do sometimes forget my glasses. I'll try not to in the future.
@@RestoreIt Sorry for being critical but i get kind of freaky about eye protection - when i was young i got a piece of metal swarf into an eye from a milling machine and it was a massive lesson to learn. Like you i'd just forgotten to put my glasses back on after a work break.
Another great video. I liked how it turned out. You will love the bench grinder. It will be well worth the money.
Thanks save it all! I think you're right. I have borrowed my friends a few times, I'm just holding out for a variable speed one as one speed can be scary.
Definitely go with the variable speed. I have one. You can change the speed according to what you're doing and that helps alot.
Love this.
Thanks Alex!
Very good job 👍🏽
Thanks, Ali!
Restore It welcome
Nice job on the machete 👍 I really don't understand all the thumbs down 😐
I have worked on a few machetes and I think your handles are original, they were a working Mans tool,
If you get bored take a look at my machete 'restoration', it gets used on brambles and stinging nettles
sometimes restore a tool doesn't mean perfect look, sometimes just remove the rust and give a second life for an old good mahete.
It's interesting to note that the rust appears to be mostly of the surface kind (hence the lighter color) but there is deep pitting on the metal. It almost looks like it was de-rusted at some point and then it got rusty again at a later time. Maybe the person who put the new handles had something to do with that too.
amazing video
Consider restoring an older kitchen aid stand mixer! 😃
Great idea thank you!
Move here to Southern Arizona and be my friend! It's currently 15.5 to 21* C during the day and 2-7* C during the night. :) It's wonderful here during winter. It makes up for us having to suffer through 43* C summers. 😫
Your eyes your eyes your rice please protect them
Hi Dear.
Its amazing.👍
Thanks, man!
Well I'm from Barcelona and I can tell you that is cold as hell here as well, maybe not as cold, but still.
I miss your videos thanks god it's friday now, and I can enjoy your new video!
Thanks man, I'm going to be posting more soon dont worry!
Nice man 💪, subsribed
great video
Thanks AMR!
Nice job! :)
Thanks Rasmus!
If you move to Madrid i would like to visit your workshop! Nice job
Alicante!
Moving to Spain will be bad when article 13 passes
1:52 HAHAAHAA. That's hilarious.
Hi gys iam back
This is amazing
Thanks man!
Perfect =)
Thanks, Junior.
love your vids
Thanks, RyZEN!
2:43 I love this oil can❤❤❤
I have done a video restoring it in the past, check it out if you missed it :D
@@RestoreIt I've already seen it. It's my favourite restoration.
I've got a British army survival knife. I think they nicknamed it 'The Pig' and the handles have those gaps/ overhangs on it. They're there for a reason, but I can't remember why. Something to do with keeping your hand cool and dry I think, but I filed mine down as well. It's not a true survival knife, I believe it comes in the transport toolboxes. Kind of a jack of all trades knife. I've also got a Martindale machete. Which is also for the British army. 🇬🇧
Maybe yours is something to with the German army. Take it to Spain. Lol.
Haha, I probably will take it to Spain to be fair. And I didn't know that, thanks for telling me. It was very uncomfortable to use like that. Maybe it because I didn't have gloves on.
@@RestoreIt .. Mine hurt like hell too. Lol. Thanks for the reply Steve. Keep doing what your doing. 👍 🇬🇧
I got one similar to yours mine a bit thicker blade . it was used in the tobacco trade I think I would have epoxied the wood and coated it with boiled linseed oil .paid 2 quid at car boot for mine
I wonder how long it took for the British cops to beat on your door after this video went up
Hey man, lower the suspension of the e30, it'll look cool!!!!
Haha all to come!
Bravo👉🤝😍❤
Thanks man!
Jamaicans just call this a cutlass or machete
Or a justice tool.
spain here i come :D
Are you going as well? :D I'd love to start up a 'Restore It Ranch' out there.
@@RestoreIt yep,ill go there too . i wish u a lot of luck with building your new ranch and im supporting u till the end :))
What kind of heater do you use in your shop?
good jop!
What are you going to use a machete for? Chop strawberries or stop robbers who have pocket knives, pull it out, be like Crocodile Dundee and say "That's not a knife. This is a knife."
Where did you get the the screw like pins
Nice work. Was that linseed oil you used to stabilise the blade after the electrolysis bath? I want to get a set up going myself to clean something very sensitive and want to be sure I use a good oil on the blade to prevent future rusting.
A classical Mexican Narco-Machete LOL
Nice video bro and grettings from Mexico 👍☺
Hey thanks Jesus!
Nicely done mate also can u plz tell me the name of those rivets u used on the handle thanx..
How are you going to move the E30 to spain though? aint no restore it without the E30
Very true, I'm going to have to put her in a lorry and get someone to drive it there for me haha. I'm not looking forward to it, I'll be honest.
@@RestoreIt all the best for you and her
I love watching you work with electrolysis stuff, but I gotta wonder: Does it stink? I can't imagine what the smell of old rust flaking off from that chemical/electricity combination must smell like, especially when you take it out and have to remove the rest yourself.
MORE E30 Videos!!!
Depending where you move into Spain can get very cold in here as well
I'm looking at Murcia / Alicante. trust me it's a lot better than the UK.
@@RestoreIt That's true, it's better in those cities that UK in general, you better start practising your Spanish
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Автомобиль восстанавливай, очень интересно!!!!
Fajny film jednak wolę jak Pan przywraca do życia bardziej skomplikowane maszyny pozdrawiam Staszek Jania 😊
I have learned my lesson on this one and will be posting more complex restoration videos from now on :)
Trzymam kciuki i czekam nowe filmy .
Can you imagine, after all that hard work, only to discover it was made in China? Just kidding :) good job. I enjoy your restorations and look forward to new video's all the time.
You should be wearing glasses man. Haha good stuff though.
Looks good.
Where are you finding this stuff?
Wanna trade places? We have the central air on here in Texas...
Oh yes please!
Great job - I like the rusty look!
How is it for you Brits living in a EU country when Brexit kicks in, in 2019, would that be a problem for you?
Thanks, J! And yes, it would be a problem. Which is why I'm going to get out there before that comes into place which might give me a better chance of staying.
J Rand
I seriously doubt we will even need a visa to visit EU countries. What you have to remember about brexit is that the problem is with the unelected entity that is the EU bureaucracy and not with the people or the governments of any nation.
@@RestoreIt Thats my plan as well :D Harder to kick you out if you already here. Register for a residency card as soon as you can.
@@RestoreIt Smart choice, and I hope it goes well for you. :)
@@davelowe1977 I hope not, as I have family living and working in Glasgow (Danish) and it would be a sad day for them, if they got kicked out of GB !
- but then again, its politics and you never know exactly how things will pan out. Besides GB and Spain is not exactly on good terms for the moment because all the fuss about Gibraltar.
But if you move to spain you can't come and fix my e30 for me 😞
You'll have to ship it out to me :D
@@RestoreIt its a deal, but you have to fix it and ship it back 😉
I honestly would’ve kept the handle looking old.
Fair play lad.
What kind of rivets did you use?
Generic knife rivets :) Screw ones. 2.5mm in length.
Restore It Screws are not rivets. Real rivets are held in place by reshaping the metal after insertion. Screws are held only by the threads and friction. Removing the visible head of a screw to make it look like a rivet is fake, and if they actually sell screws as "knife rivets", they are lying.
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So You are going from uk to spain
Молодец хватило мозгов не шлифовать клинок целиком и превращать его в гавно. Респект
Thanks man!
И родное дерево оставил - тоже редкость среди подобных видео.
re: Sharp enough for something I'm not going to use.... Why aren't you going to use it?
Where was it made?
Germany somewhere:)
If I didn't read your channel's name, I would think that aren't you.
Sorry bro for saying that, but I'm big fan of your channel and appreciate your work, so I'm sad you're not as same as you used to
RESTORATION 100
انت مية مية عندي صاطور ابغاك تسنهئ لي تكفئ ياصديق
Restore motor BMW e30 plss
How much is it
Cuando vengas a España, avisa hombre, que seras bien recibido. Con respecto a la restauracion, en varios comentarios, agradecen, y yo tambien, que no lo pulieras hasta el final, sino dejarlo en un estado natural, tal y como es con su edad. Lo de los remaches, podrias haber puesto unos de laton o de bronce, que coincidirían con la edad natural del machete. La terminacion del mango la puedes hacer con aceite de linaza, le da un acabado perfecto. Comentas que no eres profesional, pues no se nota, muy bien hecho amigo mio.
Parameter?
كواك الله
I kind of feel like you phoned this one in ... dont get me wrong the end product looks okay but so much more could and should have been done ... also why restore something if you are not going to use it? seems like a waste of time and money in that case ... keep it up I am pulling for you..... hope you take my suggestions as constructive criticism rather than negative I will be back for the next one
Ну, рукоятку то можно было заменить
I thought about doing that but decided against it.
How’re you going to move your bmw?
A lorry I suppose. it's going to effort, to say the least.