Restoring a 120-Year-Old Antique Scale

[@dj-dg2wx]

I love the result. Always mesmerized by how brass will transfer to a screw head. It’s bananas!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Totally bananas! 🍌 Thanks for watching!

[@robertmanley7556]

Wonderful old scale ....I just love old items they have such a story to tell . Thank you for bringing it back to life !! Very nice work !! 👍👍

[@CatalystRestorations]

Agreed! Thanks for watching Robert!

[@powertoolsrepair]

Found your video for first time. Great video with tips, good attention to details, was nice to watch it

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks for watching! Welcome aboard!

[@SneakersKicksCreps]

The dial face came out great 👍 nice to see another rusted antique almost ready for the junkyard crushers restored to its former glory. Well done 👏 great video

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks! Always nerve wracking when I've got a big water slide decal to get into place like that!

[@evitasdad]

Oh that is amazing!
Wow, so clever and interesting.
The scales are …. Beautiful!
Thank you for that.

[@CatalystRestorations]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@ivanstiles7030]

That turned out great! Nicely done

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks for watching, Ivan!

[@oneshotme]

It looks great and you did a wonderful job restoring it as well!!!!
Banana
I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks as always for watching!!

[@ThatDutchGuy82]

Awesome job! And very nice that you mention what you use during the video!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks! I try to encourage people watching that they can have the tools to restore their own things too!

[@crazycarl9484]

A joy to watch, great job, thanks for sharing.

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thank you for the kind words! Thanks for watching!

[@georgebrown8312]

Beautiful job you did restoring the antique scale. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. It is wonderful seeing old items restored to their former glory. Excellent work as usual.

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks for watching, George!

[@Bloodshed.restorations]

Turned out great, especially the dial. Do like a nice old scales👍🏻

[@CatalystRestorations]

I gotta thank Richard Restorations for all the amazing work on that dial redesign!! Just beautiful.

[@Bloodshed.restorations]

@@CatalystRestorations I'll check him out.

[@ivanstiles7030]

Beautiful restoration. Nicely done

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks for watching, Ivan!

[@andrewgrace4410]

Very nice restoration 😊

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thank you Andrew!

[@Dtuned69]

Nice how you straightened out those pieces, some of them were bent like a BANANA ;)

[@CatalystRestorations]

💫💫🍌🍌🍌💫💫

[@marcus3261]

Great restoration on the scales, what a lot of hard work and many hours spent restoring it. Hope you have enjoyed doing the work on it. I love a Banana sandwich. Greetings from Ireland to you. 🙋🇮🇪😁❤️

[@CatalystRestorations]

🇮🇪🇮🇪BANANA🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@mskayla7747]

Nicely done. 👍

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thank you for watching, as always!

[@c.i.demann3069]

excellent work

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks for watching!

[@AndreaMerchak]

Great job!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thank you, Andrea!

[@Татьяна-п9ч2у]

Отличная работа!!!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks!

[@jozsefizsak]

Very nice. I suppose it's a candidate for static display, aka, graceful retirement!

[@CatalystRestorations]

It's so photogenic it would be a crime to not have it front and center!

[@johnclendinning1189]

You're the top banana when it comes to restoration!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks! 💯🍌🍌🍌💯

[@garymucher4082]

Nice respectable refurbishing effort. Looks really nice. Thumbs Up!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks for watching, Gary!

[@dougieranger]

Very nice work. Banana’s!!

[@CatalystRestorations]

🙌🍌🙌

[@mcgarnett8127]

Thanks for not being one of the do it all with expensive power tools restorers. Banana!

[@CatalystRestorations]

Of course! That's the whole intent behind the channel, so thanks for noticing!

[@christyhaubert3105]

Another great restoration.

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks Christy!!

[@johnbenham1881]

Banana on a Friday, excellent!

[@CatalystRestorations]

@@johnbenham1881 🍌🍌🍌BANANA FRIDAY 🍌🍌🍌

[@djalmabatista5286]

Parabéns 🎁 🎉❤ficou top 10👍

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thank you for watching!!

[@carissavixen]

This scale is bananas! 🍌

[@CatalystRestorations]

Isn't it?! 🍌🍌🍌💯

[@kd5uxb]

From hunk of junk to heirloom 😊

[@CatalystRestorations]

I'm amazed how simple of a mechanism it is, but that's why it's lasted so long! (that and it's 100% solid metal!)

[@Eezrider13]

Awesome work...Banana

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks!!! 💯🍌💯

[@finalbossediting]

Great video. And if you've ever played Spy Party .... Banana bread!

[@CatalystRestorations]

It wasn't me!!!

[@walterrobbins4470]

I like it

[@CatalystRestorations]

Me too! 😊

[@NowInAus]

Two pounds of bananas please. Lovely work.

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks! Coming right up! 🍌🍌🍌

[@donovanolson85]

Nice to see a new video. Oh yeah banana

[@CatalystRestorations]

⚡⚡ BANANA ⚡⚡

[@bobrobon]

Ring ring ring ring ring ring ring BANANA phoooooone

[@CatalystRestorations]

🎶It grows in bunches, I've got my hunches! 🎶

[@thalitaSamah]

banana! 🍌 excelente trabalho!

[@CatalystRestorations]

🍌Thanks!! 🍌

[@piparalegal2019]

Should have used a BANANA to test accuracy. :P

[@CatalystRestorations]

Dang, that was a missed opportunity, wasn't it? 🍌🍌🍌🤫

[@piparalegal2019]

@@CatalystRestorations As well as the chance to use a BANANA for scale! :P

[@D.K.Lodbrok]

Wow! You can weigh a lot of bananas on that! 😂👍

[@CatalystRestorations]

Truthfully a huge missed opportunity 😭🍌

[@raelenecronin1827]

Ever tried restoring an old bike BANANA seat? Here's to algorithms.

[@CatalystRestorations]

I haven't yet, but it sounds BANANAs
Thanks! 😉

[@tomwagner1764]

I believe the old finish was Japanning. Baked on and hard to remove.

[@CatalystRestorations]

It's definitely possible. I would've loved to have japanned this, but for a piece this size it would've taken me probably 3 months with all the baking cycles I have to do.

[@davidgeorge5630]

Try and ger a small pry bar or old screw driver, the world wood chisle protection association will be fining and finding u.😂

[@CatalystRestorations]

ARREST ME

[@jenniferhart559]

"Now, it's quite simple to deal with a banana fiend. First, you force him to drop the banana. Then, you eat the banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him helpless!" -John Cleese, Monty Python

[@CatalystRestorations]

😂
Suppose he's got a bunch?

[@jenniferhart559]

@@CatalystRestorations "Shut up!"
😠
🥋

[@sandraforsman4971]

Good one, now you can weigh the BANANAs 😂

[@CatalystRestorations]

I've weighed so many BANANAS today!!! 🍌🍌🍌

[@CaroleOsborne-yi6co]

Banana!

[@CatalystRestorations]

💫⚡💫🍌🍌🍌💫⚡💫

[@alexanderalbach468]

Banana ❤

[@CatalystRestorations]

💙💚💜BANANA💜💚💙

[@PSMIGGA]

A great scale to weigh a banana :)

[@CatalystRestorations]

Hugely missed opportunity, what was I even thinking? 😭🍌😭

[@tulliodany]

BANANA is the best

[@CatalystRestorations]

It really is! 🍌🍌🍌💯

[@rafikispepsi]

with the word banana

[@CatalystRestorations]

Keep it secret, keep it safe 🍌🤫

[@oneshotme]

I sure didn't see any other BANANA on anyone's comments

[@CatalystRestorations]

🍌🍌🍌⁉️

[@rogerpatrongonzalez5800]

🥃👍👏🥃👍👏🥃👍👏🥃👍👏🥃👍👏🥃👍👏

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks Roger! 🤘

[@brysonalden5414]

Another meticulous restoration, banana free as always.

[@CatalystRestorations]

Should've weighed some bananas at the end 😂

[@thepeanutgallery2486]

Banana ;)

[@CatalystRestorations]

🍌🍌🍌💯

[@Rankoldbeast_UK]

Banana 🍌

[@CatalystRestorations]

🚨🍌🚨

[@MarkuzZz5]

Bananana

[@CatalystRestorations]

That's a lotta a's and n's but you still passed 🍌🍌🍌💯

[@jason_dean4032]

BANANA

[@CatalystRestorations]

🍌🍌🍌🙌

[@suzanneblack6873]

Banana

[@CatalystRestorations]

🍌🍌🍌💯

[@faermen624]

3+

[@CatalystRestorations]

Thanks!

[@tameshashears1296]

🍌🍌 BANANA 🍌🍌

[@CatalystRestorations]

⚡💫💫BANANA💫💫⚡

[@25RAD]

Banana?

[@CatalystRestorations]

⚡🍌🍌BANANA 🍌🍌⚡

[@VikingHeart1]

🙊BANANA 🍌

[@CatalystRestorations]

BANANA 🌩️🌩️🍌🍌🍌🌩️🌩️