How crazy it sounds, this video was kind of emotional to me. I come from a town near Eindhoven (homebase of Philips) and as a child we played a lot with exact the same kind of flashlight (in Dutch: knijpkat, literally squeeze cat). It was from my grandfather (who was clearly not a German though) and we had such fun with it. And it was such a good quality, but unfortunately... time took its toll after a while, especially with little kids. So I was really surprised to see this item and it brings back such a good memories. Thank you from the deepest of my heart, Odd (if I may call you that way)!
You may call me that. Thanks! It's always a pleasure to read this type of comments. Actually it's one of my favorite parts of doing the videos. And don't take that wrong, I really like going the videos
He is patient and you can tell he loves fiddling with things and I bet you if something interests him and doesn’t understand the mechanism, he will go out to learn it.
You read my mind, I was thinking to myself "convert it to an LED!!!" Then you did, that's awesome. Definitely keep LED if you plan on actually using it since you can always swap the bulb if you needed to.
... and don't try it with loaded springs... Gotta be loose. Develop a team of springs that are loose. An unstoppable loose springs team. Hell, make some music like you're in a band from, I don't know, E Street. Call yourselves the Loose Springs Team and the E Street Band.
It's always funny when I hear someone watching these at work but then I realize there are so many jobs you can watch these without it disturbing your job, and of course some of you watch them regardless. I've seen what people do on their computers around the office
@@OddTinkering I work at a coffee shop that sees only a little business in the afternoon and much less on an afternoon on the weekend, it's a good time killer! I appreciate it greatly believe me when i say it can be mind numbing on this shift without it sometimes
I am a industrial product design student from the Netherlands and these video's inspire me greatly, in 2 years I will be graduated and hopefuly designing great, durable products like this. It's a shame that nowadays products are all made from plastics and cheap materials which break and then polute our oceaans. I am far from a environmental activist, but i'm often thinking: come on, design some good old fashion products for ones. Keep on the good work!
The Doom game that played on mars (i hink the one before the most recent) had dark passages you needed a flashlight to navigate through. Trouble was, you could either hold a flashlight or use your weapons! So it was basically a decision between seeing your death coming towards you and beeing helpless or shooting blindly in the dark ^^
It is amazing how relaxing your videos are, plus you show objects that I will never see again, thanks for all the effort in editing the video and all that restoration entails. greetings from Argentina :)
There is an Dutch saying that's translate into watching the cat in the dark... I thinks that's where the name comes from haha. This type was produced under Nazi regime in Holland
Excellent work! As always. However… “No measurable current” Meter set to AC volts... meter leads in voltage/ohms sockets. “No measurable voltage.” This type of hand generator would only produce an AC voltage so the meter setting was correct. It would have been made at a time when rectification would be done by thermionic valves and not solid state electronics so a small rectifier would not be available.
@@neyoid You need f***** alternator to make ac directly. Not dc motor. Usually modern Generator had some kind of an alternator. That's why the product is AC Dc motor prodce DC. If you wanted to talk about something, you have to learn.
It was nice to watch you restore this torch. I had one as a child, it was a hand me down from a Uncle who served in WW2. It fascinated me (boys and torches eh?) and my Uncle explained that it was an emergency hand lamp with low illumination designed not to draw attention but to give enough illumination for the immediate vicinity such as map reading or taking your next step only. I don't know how true that is but it added to its interest for me.
If you have a concern with keeping it mostly original, use a lower voltage bulb, like a 1.5 volt bulb. Also, there are bulbs in that voltage that have a small lens molded into the tip of the glass. That may add more focus to the light helping it be brighter too.
My family is from Den Häag We immigrated to the US in 1959. My father told stories about living in rooming houses after the war. He told a story about how he came home late one night. He did not want to switch the lights on because he might disturb other residents. He walked upstairs while he had one of these in his hand. The noise and the flashes scared the family dog. It screamed and howled because it was scared. So every one was suddenly wide awake. I saw this video and knew that this flashlight must be identical to the one he had. Thanks for the memory.
i never comment so i‘m just going for it this time i really enjoy your content and i think it‘s one of the best on youtube it gives me a specific feeling i can‘t really describe. i can stop thinking about all the bad things going on on earth, there is no stupid things in here, no society-bullshit everything seems fine as if when we all were children, and i love that!
I think what you did with the led was the smartest modern upgrade to a great idea that always was a bit flawed, it would be really interesting if you could put a little lithium battery in there and a bit of tinkering to have it able to store a small charge.
This Dynamo puts out AC. How do you make it so it can charge a lithium battery which is basically DC? What components you need to make that work very curious I hope it does
Imagine walking through a forest and wanting a light because you heard a noise. Or imagine a simple stealth scenario... "What was that?" "Wait let me check" *ZZZZT ZZZT ZZZT ZZZT ZZT ZZT*
My scenario: the night shift at Freddy's Me: *HEARS LITTLE GIRL SCREAMING* Freddy: *Deep laughter* Me: what was dat? *Picks up old ahh flashlight* *VROOM VROOM VROOOOOOM*
These were not just used by the Germans, they were developed and made by the Dutch during WW2. People used these because fuel was scarce (all taken by the Germans) and the nights were long and dark (no lighting allowed due to the blackout). I have one of these that my grandpa used in WW2 while he was a kid. I don't think this particular one was used by the Germans, or at least not by German soldiers. The Wehrmacht issue Knijpkat had a leather piece attached to it, text on the bottom saying "Wehrmachteigentum" and it was painted green. One funny detail, this is a prime example of a Dutch wartime produced consumer electronic(using minimal amounts of cheap materials) and it's still produced better than most consumer electronics these days. They make hand-crack flashlights these days and they are 99% plastic and they will break in a few squeezes.
I also have one of those philips, i found it in a vintage store, mine was in better condition when i got it, but it had a little old oil in it so i cleaned it off and put a bit of new oil and now it runs a bit smoother 😄
I had an idea, imagine a horror game where you are trapped in the bunker, with a bloodthirsty monster behind you and you have to wind up a lantern that makes noise and you have to escape without attracting attention. 🤔
The sound it makes and the temporary nature of the light would be a great feature in a horror video game! A lovely restoration, thank you for showing us :D
I showed this to my grandpa and he said he remembers using these during war time. Any chance I can buy it from you so I can surprise him with this for Christmas?
@@bananasrfr14 the one in this video has been polished and an LED added. Not rocket science or magic. And certainly not worthy of restoration status, it was quickly cleaned up and made functional but not like original condition, such as restorations should be
My grandfather has one. I found it his hom, but didn't work. I was only around 15 years old, and don't know what to do. But i found it very interesting. Thanks to share your work, I appreciate it. Greeting from Indonesia.
I wonder what it'd take to add an AC to DC inverter a capacitor and regular LED so that the crank would charge the cap and you'd get light without having to crank constantly.
@Pez de, not much, I would attach a bridge rectifier, a boost buck voltage regulator, a capacitor, perhaps an ultra cap if needed, and then the LED. Oh, and yes keep the LED, and another great find and restoration
I am a fan of antique and vintage items that still work. Putting the original type of bulb is nostalgic, but less functional. I would add a small storage system into it to minimize the analogue "wow" effect the dynamo creates. The LED and quasi bridge you made is a wonderful addition.
Keep the LED light, the dynamo is still original but with a modern update to it, after all it was made to light the way and now its even better than before.
The fact you took something from over 50 years ago that uses scientific principles we take more advantage of in modern day and made a small modern adjustment to it greatly improving the efficacy of the light shows that the fundamental properties of the tech during WWII were very well thought out the bottle neck was the things that made those principles work, and not the principles themselves.
Well im about 4 years too late but i wanted to say awesome video restoring a piece of history. Regarding the LED I have several Russian Zip lights from various years all of which i believe we're based off of the design in your video. All three of them use the same bulb, I found a screw in replacement LED that isn't polarity sensitive and it drastically increases the utility of these old hand crank lights good for if you only need temporary bursts of light and need to conserve your batteries. They are fun to use on occasion also.
Love these old flashlights. Great job restoring them! I say make the bulb and LED easily swappable ‘cause lots of people would love it to be practical and would love to see the original output as well.
Your videos are really interesting especially the type of things you restore are artifacts of the past. And the process of restoring these are really relaxing.
And the screws didn't turn to cheese? If i didnt know any better I'd be thinking stuff was made better and easier to fix in days of yore. But ofcourse this cant be true
Awesome piece of history you fixed there. You also have to marvel at its simplicity, usability and durability, very interesting indeed! Thx for posting this! :-)
Later , I believe in the 80s , they come out with L shaped flashlights with colored switchable lenses ; like red , green , blue and a few other colors . Which I wouldn't be surprised if soldiers didn't just color their lenses their own colors and more than likely used Morse code .
То что было сделано с лампочкой шикарно, даже в голову не приходило что так можно. Ранее приходилост для таких решей убирать патрон, а тут просто нет слов.
There's so many cool gadgets from around the ww1 and ww2 era! This thing could last another 100 years with some care, compare that to a flashlight made today...
Putting in a LED light was interesting, but it was unnecessary. These hand powered lights were pathetic if you see how little light they did produce, but at the time people must have been impressed. It is a PHILIPS lamp. Thanks for sharing this.
I used to have a functional dynamo torch when I was a kid. 1930s, I think, though it may have been older than that. It eventually went the way of the wind. I would like another. I sometimes use the modern versions.
LED means Light Emitting Diode, so putting another diode is redundant. As it is the LED is only using half of the energy you're producing. When you aim the LED at the camera you can see it flickering on and off with the alternating current. You should use a Bridge rectifier instead to convert the AC to DC, they can be ordered in a small chip or made from 4 diodes. Two diodes with the positive side going to the positive of the LED and the negative sides split to each supply. The other two diodes with the negative side going to the negative of the LED and the positive sides split to each supply. Adding a small capacitor across the LED will smooth it out even more.
How crazy it sounds, this video was kind of emotional to me. I come from a town near Eindhoven (homebase of Philips) and as a child we played a lot with exact the same kind of flashlight (in Dutch: knijpkat, literally squeeze cat). It was from my grandfather (who was clearly not a German though) and we had such fun with it. And it was such a good quality, but unfortunately... time took its toll after a while, especially with little kids. So I was really surprised to see this item and it brings back such a good memories. Thank you from the deepest of my heart, Odd (if I may call you that way)!
You may call me that. Thanks! It's always a pleasure to read this type of comments. Actually it's one of my favorite parts of doing the videos. And don't take that wrong, I really like going the videos
Sell the flashlight to him :D
No Patrik, all the restorations need to stay in the Odd Museum (and I'm a her by the way ;) ).
And Koen, we know each other :) .
Klopt Frits was een meeloper,op z'n minst
Vertel die shit
....doe je goed
This thing is a priceless masterpiece.
Can we all take our time to appreciate this man's time in restoring relics from the past?
He is patient and you can tell he loves fiddling with things and I bet you if something interests him and doesn’t understand the mechanism, he will go out to learn it.
"Don't use ketchup for lubrication"
I have to agree, it's indeed not very romantic.
_Unless..._
@@VladTepesVEVO
No.
@@Alias_Anybody every liquid is a lubricant if you are brave enough
Remember Tornberry - *grabs Tabasco*
R/cursedcomment
You read my mind, I was thinking to myself "convert it to an LED!!!" Then you did, that's awesome. Definitely keep LED if you plan on actually using it since you can always swap the bulb if you needed to.
I like so much this type of gadget from another era 🥰
Type*
Nk and japan done sir🙈
YOO I KNOW YOU YOUR THAT RESTORATION GUY
@@TysyTube bruh I'm a girl
@@CircuitWCUE they were talking about the person above him i think
I love watching people restore articles from the past, especially if it's a part of history.
I really don't like taking thing with springs apart because i can't put them back
It took me a moment to realize this easy way to do it. First I tried to get it back while holding it loaded but that was way too hard...
See you gotta talk to the springs first so they know what's going on.... Clears up a lot of confusion and when I started that springs are no problem.
... and don't try it with loaded springs... Gotta be loose. Develop a team of springs that are loose. An unstoppable loose springs team. Hell, make some music like you're in a band from, I don't know, E Street. Call yourselves the Loose Springs Team and the E Street Band.
Don't try it with a yellow bear/rabbit animatronic
@@jarredmattingly5369 springlock Failure
Really cool video mate and such a good item to restore
Thanks mate!
These videos are oddly satisfying and are a great way to pass a slow work day discreetly!! Thank you!!
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It's always funny when I hear someone watching these at work but then I realize there are so many jobs you can watch these without it disturbing your job, and of course some of you watch them regardless. I've seen what people do on their computers around the office
Hey i tell my friend to subscribe to u now when will the new video come up?
@@OddTinkering Thing u should do right now after fixing everything why not sell em
@@OddTinkering I work at a coffee shop that sees only a little business in the afternoon and much less on an afternoon on the weekend, it's a good time killer! I appreciate it greatly believe me when i say it can be mind numbing on this shift without it sometimes
I am a industrial product design student from the Netherlands and these video's inspire me greatly, in 2 years I will be graduated and hopefuly designing great, durable products like this. It's a shame that nowadays products are all made from plastics and cheap materials which break and then polute our oceaans. I am far from a environmental activist, but i'm often thinking: come on, design some good old fashion products for ones.
Keep on the good work!
Very nice restoration my friend. I like that you converted it to LED .. cool. Nicely done 👍👌😉
they should make a ww2 horror game with this as the light
Breaking the buttons with every crank.
ww3*
@Rohit Dev The first game is called "Metro 2033" and yeah you have to hand crank your light because it gets damn dark in the tunnels.
The Doom game that played on mars (i hink the one before the most recent) had dark passages you needed a flashlight to navigate through. Trouble was, you could either hold a flashlight or use your weapons! So it was basically a decision between seeing your death coming towards you and beeing helpless or shooting blindly in the dark ^^
@@Daniel-rd6st I remember playing Doom 3 as a kid and the flashlight situation like that horrified me XD.
Officer: Careful private, you see that? Americans.
Private: Its too dark hang on **CRANK CRANK CRANK**
Officer: Ah shit here we go again
Mason Race nah “its too dark hang on *RAH RAH RAH*
That flashlight is used by germans
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jordan’s
Imagine been an undercover spy and you needed that as your source of illumination.....No Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy there.
We used to have torches like that in the 70s. Seeing you convert it makes me think they should remake them with a storage cell and LED bulbs.
They are already making. You can buy such gadgets in almost any electronic market here in China.
yea, they do, you can order online
The LED improves the function, and since it's a thread in replacement, there's no harm in leaving it installed. Good idea!
It is amazing how relaxing your videos are, plus you show objects that I will never see again, thanks for all the effort in editing the video and all that restoration entails. greetings from Argentina :)
Very old dinamo. Thanks for share. Nice video
I love these types of videos. Helps me relax and get away from all the day-to-day boring routine.
Awesome rigging of the LED. I'd leave it in to compensate for the lack of a reflector cone in there.
@@rmejc don't suck their dicks for too long, he said Germans during WW2. Bunch of stand-up dudes indeed.
@@rmejc *sigh* idiot
@@rmejc look 9 seconds into the video. If you missed that I believe your attention span rivals that of a fruit fly.
what happened here?
@@basicprofilepicture6672 ah, well there was a pretty major idiot that I guess deleted his comment after I pointed it out.
That’s awesome getting things working after so long it’s kinda like going back in time in a way!
He really got me with the ketchup and grease one😂😂
lithium grease, looks a lot like ketchup, it tastes nothing like it
@@arandumendez9557
And You know this how... LOL 😅
@@maleficentcop2752 you dont wanna know
i smelled it
Bananas work better.
They'd certainly have heard you coming in WWII with that thing.
Love the Led upgrade
I wanted to keep it still easily changeable so I can always put regular bulb in there. Easy way would have been to solder it in the lamp permanently
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Petr Říha your entire comment
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@Petr Říha but you forget... He has Isopropyl Alcohol.
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Made in The Netherlands, these were known as a "Knijpkat" it translates directly to "Pinch Cat" Yes, Dutch is a weird language.
Could it be because of the sound it makes when you use it? haha that name is hilarious if you think it that way!
There is an Dutch saying that's translate into watching the cat in the dark...
I thinks that's where the name comes from haha.
This type was produced under Nazi regime in Holland
One of my favorite Ditch translations is Lievehersbestje. It's supposed to be Ladybug. But it's actually Lady Beast. That cracks me up!
Probably because it sounds kinda like cats fighting.
@@hualni It gets weirder: Lieve Heer 's beestje = Sweet God 's little animal.
I don’t know why but the care and consideration you put into restoring these things makes me think of the movie Brave Little Toaster.
Wow, thanks for unlocking some long forgotten memory lol
Excellent work! As always.
However…
“No measurable current”
Meter set to AC volts... meter leads in voltage/ohms sockets.
“No measurable voltage.”
This type of hand generator would only produce an AC voltage so the meter setting was correct. It would have been made at a time when rectification would be done by thermionic valves and not solid state electronics so a small rectifier would not be available.
Damn. U smart man
@@samreiter3116 anyone can copy & paste.he didnt even bother to take the extra spaces out. Lame as f**ck
Also, generators make AC naturally.
@@neyoid You need f***** alternator to make ac directly. Not dc motor. Usually modern Generator had some kind of an alternator. That's why the product is AC
Dc motor prodce DC. If you wanted to talk about something, you have to learn.
@@kylothow stay in your lane bored ass dick head
It was nice to watch you restore this torch. I had one as a child, it was a hand me down from a Uncle who served in WW2. It fascinated me (boys and torches eh?) and my Uncle explained that it was an emergency hand lamp with low illumination designed not to draw attention but to give enough illumination for the immediate vicinity such as map reading or taking your next step only. I don't know how true that is but it added to its interest for me.
If you add a capacitor to the circuit, then perhaps the LED will flicker less.
Also a full bridge rectifier.
@@Landrew0 his led is"special," so it doesn't need it.
Not only you restored it, you actually improved it by making it brighter thanks to more efficient LEDs
The sandblasting always gets me
It's just too satisfying
Yes that's my favoirite part too that's why I made the scene so long
You can watch this forever)👀😉
Good job👍
Looks great, if leave the LED in there.
ok boomer
@@aTH-camUser518 Wow you're edgy, how about you stfu
He should add an full bridhe recrifier with a smoothing capacitor. Ok electroBOOMERS :)
@@AyeYerMa ok boomer
@@aTH-camUser518
Old joke
Not gonna lie, when I saw the thumbnail for a second I thought it was a security camera from Bioshock
had to hunt down this comment
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If you have a concern with keeping it mostly original, use a lower voltage bulb, like a 1.5 volt bulb. Also, there are bulbs in that voltage that have a small lens molded into the tip of the glass.
That may add more focus to the light helping it be brighter too.
My family is from Den Häag
We immigrated to the US in 1959.
My father told stories about living in rooming houses after the war.
He told a story about how he came home late one night. He did not want to switch the lights on because he might disturb other residents.
He walked upstairs while he had one of these in his hand. The noise and the flashes scared the family dog. It screamed and howled because it was scared. So every one was suddenly wide awake.
I saw this video and knew that this flashlight must be identical to the one he had.
Thanks for the memory.
i never comment so i‘m just going for it this time
i really enjoy your content and i think it‘s one of the best on youtube
it gives me a specific feeling i can‘t really describe. i can stop thinking about all the bad things going on on earth, there is no stupid things in here, no society-bullshit
everything seems fine as if when we all were children, and i love that!
These videos are so addictive and satisfying! Love watching this kind of stuff! 😎 👍
he's right, you shouldn't use ketchup for lubrication
use nuttela instead
dejEtack and you can lick it all off when your done!
Yandere Doodles you can do that with ketchup
Just spit on it like everyone else...
Guy: The store is out of Nutella
Person: IM GOING TO NUTELLA
Ella: *takes out headphones* you wot?
Hand Tool Rescue reference.
I love your work.its so awesome 🌹🌹🌹🌹🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤩
I just love how well built and beautiful things used to be.
I think what you did with the led was the smartest modern upgrade to a great idea that always was a bit flawed, it would be really interesting if you could put a little lithium battery in there and a bit of tinkering to have it able to store a small charge.
This Dynamo puts out AC. How do you make it so it can charge a lithium battery which is basically DC? What components you need to make that work very curious I hope it does
Imagine walking through a forest and wanting a light because you heard a noise. Or imagine a simple stealth scenario...
"What was that?"
"Wait let me check"
*ZZZZT ZZZT ZZZT ZZZT ZZT ZZT*
Hahaha, didn't get at once... Now I Get it 😂
My scenario: the night shift at Freddy's
Me: *HEARS LITTLE GIRL SCREAMING*
Freddy: *Deep laughter*
Me: what was dat?
*Picks up old ahh flashlight*
*VROOM VROOM VROOOOOOM*
I love the peacefulness of your videos... sometimes all we need is silence
These were not just used by the Germans, they were developed and made by the Dutch during WW2. People used these because fuel was scarce (all taken by the Germans) and the nights were long and dark (no lighting allowed due to the blackout). I have one of these that my grandpa used in WW2 while he was a kid.
I don't think this particular one was used by the Germans, or at least not by German soldiers. The Wehrmacht issue Knijpkat had a leather piece attached to it, text on the bottom saying "Wehrmachteigentum" and it was painted green.
One funny detail, this is a prime example of a Dutch wartime produced consumer electronic(using minimal amounts of cheap materials) and it's still produced better than most consumer electronics these days. They make hand-crack flashlights these days and they are 99% plastic and they will break in a few squeezes.
The bulb modification was brilliant!
„Brim brim brim brim“ I like the sound
I also have one of those philips, i found it in a vintage store, mine was in better condition when i got it, but it had a little old oil in it so i cleaned it off and put a bit of new oil and now it runs a bit smoother 😄
I had an idea, imagine a horror game where you are trapped in the bunker, with a bloodthirsty monster behind you and you have to wind up a lantern that makes noise and you have to escape without attracting attention. 🤔
lol I was just watching Markiplier play Amnesia: The Bunker and looked up on these mechanical flashlights.
The sound it makes and the temporary nature of the light would be a great feature in a horror video game! A lovely restoration, thank you for showing us :D
Man do i have news for you
Like:
(Flashing the light)
(Light finishes)
Freddy Fazbear: ITS MY TIME TO SHIIIIIINEEEEEE
Keep the LED bulb! 🤣
Great work!
Yeah that gotta work wonder during the night in a war.
Not only do you sound like a hand cranked bike but you light up as well. Perfect!
I showed this to my grandpa and he said he remembers using these during war time. Any chance I can buy it from you so I can surprise him with this for Christmas?
Maximus Plebius thank you, but that one is not nearly as beautiful as the one repaired in this video!
@@maximusplebius9992 ur good man
@@bananasrfr14 the one in this video has been polished and an LED added. Not rocket science or magic. And certainly not worthy of restoration status, it was quickly cleaned up and made functional but not like original condition, such as restorations should be
@@TH-camSupportTeams How adding a *REMOVABLE* LED bulb makes it not a good restoration, all parts are original other than the replaceable bulb.
My grandfather has one. I found it his hom, but didn't work. I was only around 15 years old, and don't know what to do. But i found it very interesting. Thanks to share your work, I appreciate it. Greeting from Indonesia.
"don't use ketchup as lubrication". Well there goes my weekend
Lol. Good joke my dude
Hot Sauce is better for that..... makes it more "exciting"!! Whoooooooooo
@@dadof3bb AHH WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT MY DICK IS _ON _*_FIRE_*
The led is much better and generally lasts longer than a traditional bulb.
Great job keep it up.
I wonder what it'd take to add an AC to DC inverter a capacitor and regular LED so that the crank would charge the cap and you'd get light without having to crank constantly.
@Pez de, not much, I would attach a bridge rectifier, a boost buck voltage regulator, a capacitor, perhaps an ultra cap if needed, and then the LED. Oh, and yes keep the LED, and another great find and restoration
I thought the D in led stood for diode.
@chris you are correct, the diode installed is only useful in dropping the voltage, it was perhaps a zener. I cannot tell from the video
I am a fan of antique and vintage items that still work. Putting the original type of bulb is nostalgic, but less functional. I would add a small storage system into it to minimize the analogue "wow" effect the dynamo creates. The LED and quasi bridge you made is a wonderful addition.
LED is basicly a diode. No needs in rectifier diode if capacitor hasn't been installed.
Also omitting the extra diode will give additional voltage of 0.6v
You still wanna feed LEDs DC even if they rectify it. It's DC when it comes out.
Than you need capacitor to filter your voltage. In other case Diode is quite useless
But a fragile LED could be damaged by this mini-alternator's back voltage
I loved these flashlights as a kid!
Keep the LED light, the dynamo is still original but with a modern update to it, after all it was made to light the way and now its even better than before.
That's an alternator, not a dynamo - - the latter generates dc thru mechanical rectification
The fact you took something from over 50 years ago that uses scientific principles we take more advantage of in modern day and made a small modern adjustment to it greatly improving the efficacy of the light shows that the fundamental properties of the tech during WWII were very well thought out the bottle neck was the things that made those principles work, and not the principles themselves.
Keep the LED light. I like that modern upgrade.
I used to have that, ah you bring back the memory, thanks 💖🌹
hey, it looks like these little things were the inspiration for the cameras in a game called bioshock
Your videos are wonderfully hypnotic.
Add a small capacitor so the LED will stay on longer with lesser trigging. Just a thought. Awesome restoration. Great Job!
1:54
You could use smaller aperture for deeper depth of field.
Well im about 4 years too late but i wanted to say awesome video restoring a piece of history. Regarding the LED I have several Russian Zip lights from various years all of which i believe we're based off of the design in your video. All three of them use the same bulb, I found a screw in replacement LED that isn't polarity sensitive and it drastically increases the utility of these old hand crank lights good for if you only need temporary bursts of light and need to conserve your batteries. They are fun to use on occasion also.
Watching this because of the new amnesia game
same lol, but its not the same one
Love these old flashlights. Great job restoring them! I say make the bulb and LED easily swappable ‘cause lots of people would love it to be practical and would love to see the original output as well.
Next day:
MP-40 Restoration
are you oxuel? Пиши по-русски!
I had one of these just after WWII. Sounded just like yours. Loved it.
Everyone: wow, this is cool.
WWII Veterans: 💣💥🔫✈️
WE GONNA NEED IT IN WWIII
Not many WWII veterans left now.
You made that thing look brand new, awesome restoration
12:45 how my crush crushed my heart
no one gives a fuck
Nobody:
Emos:
can't relate, too aro
Your videos are really interesting especially the type of things you restore are artifacts of the past. And the process of restoring these are really relaxing.
And the screws didn't turn to cheese?
If i didnt know any better I'd be thinking stuff was made better and easier to fix in days of yore. But ofcourse this cant be true
Conspiracy theorist!
Awesome piece of history you fixed there. You also have to marvel at its simplicity, usability and durability, very interesting indeed! Thx for posting this! :-)
I don’t know why the army men didn’t use their phones as flashlights would’ve been more efficient
Cronzie Chaos stupid
Later , I believe in the 80s , they come out with L shaped flashlights with colored switchable lenses ; like red , green , blue and a few other colors . Which I wouldn't be surprised if soldiers didn't just color their lenses their own colors and more than likely used Morse code .
Ethan Castaline aye bruh why so mean
Airon Noles damn you smart 💀
These lights were meant for domestic use. Not for the German army.
I like the LED. Original look and feel, improved.
Also, really appreciate turning the volume down on the rotary tool buffing clip.👍🏼
4:40 I have this sudden urge to clean my ears...
This and not the part with the q tips?
@@Pixal_Dragon tbh q tips are very inefficient in cleaning out your ears. i use a tiny metal spoonlike stick.
To each their own
the change is hand-reversible so no biggie there, good job restoring this
This thing even sounds like an angry German! 😂
Angry German: *WHIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*
OH GOD I HAVE THE EXACT SAME MULTIMETER ! ... And I don't know why this makes me so happy.....
0:28 Wow, looks like his electric measurer need restorement
The Fluke 77 is a classic. I have this same multimeter and it still works perfectly and accurately. It's in better shape, though.
the efficiency after the LED is so satisfying.
no. you didn't clean it like everytime
I think you did a great job replacing the light bulb for a LED, now is fully functional but capable of actual needs.
7:09 Reminded me of dentist toothpaste and now my mouth hurts
I love the mechanisms 🤜🤛
LED's make everything better, including your sex life.
LOL! But look at it from this point of view: If she needs LED lights on her vibrator, do you REALLY want to go there? LOL!
@@wjp255 yes
look in open ass with led...
huh?
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То что было сделано с лампочкой шикарно, даже в голову не приходило что так можно. Ранее приходилост для таких решей убирать патрон, а тут просто нет слов.
There's so many cool gadgets from around the ww1 and ww2 era! This thing could last another 100 years with some care, compare that to a flashlight made today...
Putting in a LED light was interesting, but it was unnecessary. These hand powered lights were pathetic if you see how little light they did produce, but at the time people must have been impressed. It is a PHILIPS lamp. Thanks for sharing this.
I used to have a functional dynamo torch when I was a kid. 1930s, I think, though it may have been older than that. It eventually went the way of the wind. I would like another. I sometimes use the modern versions.
Well done. Looks great.
Cool little gadget.
They used to make things so much more solid.
Nice restoration! I really like that you put labels on things too!
LED means Light Emitting Diode, so putting another diode is redundant. As it is the LED is only using half of the energy you're producing. When you aim the LED at the camera you can see it flickering on and off with the alternating current. You should use a Bridge rectifier instead to convert the AC to DC, they can be ordered in a small chip or made from 4 diodes. Two diodes with the positive side going to the positive of the LED and the negative sides split to each supply. The other two diodes with the negative side going to the negative of the LED and the positive sides split to each supply. Adding a small capacitor across the LED will smooth it out even more.
I never seen one before. Thanks for the education of another WW2 item