A lot of others say it too, but I have to agree. This is the absolute best restoration channel. From the quirky chaos gremlin running the shop to the incredible restorations. Also, you show how things were meant to be used. You run the item back through its paces. Thanks for being you and the work you do!
He also doesn't do fake restorations like so many other channels that leave items in acids and bases to further corrode them. I like that he also tried to make strange old tools from their patent drawings.
@@ericmorrison278 yes it's become a real problem because they are doing for views and ad revenue only. Unlike this guy who finds items at a junk shop or garage sale and restores it properly while still being entertaining
I see that heavy, cast belt guard and think about the stuff we buy today that is considered high quality. Thanks for keeping alive our memories of the long lost tradition of building things to last forever. Your videos inspire several projects in my own shop, and I seriously envy the old tools you are able to find. Excellent work. Thanks much.
@@biohazardlnfS its also survivorship bias, The tools seen on a channel like this were the good stuff back then too. The cheap ones from back then just like the cheap ones today ended up in a landfill. Like I think I found this tool on a vintage tools site that has a Harvey price list the nameplate in the video says style D, they have a D-10 on the price list $230 in 1959, today that is $2500. So assuming the data i could google is right, It was a tons more expensive tool back then.
@@filanfyretracker That is true. But I really think that quality was one the first things to go when profit maximization became the norm. Even much of the expensive stuff to day isn't built to last for ever and then to be refurbished and last for another eternity, like many of the older quality products. I have been through old lathes that were bulky, cheap and crappy when new, they still were crap some 30++ years after. But still functioning crap.
No kidding, I read this comment early on in the video and spent the next 25 minutes thoroughly confused… seagull? What seagull?! And then I laughed until my ass fell off! As you put it, and quite correctly… needed that! 👍🏻
I love the intro so much! ❤ It's so unnecessary that it become necessary. He not only restores old tools, he restored my love of late 80's and early 90's sitcom intros
My five year old daughter loves your videos. We watch a restoration video each night before bed, and this is our favorite channel. Sofia says “thank you and keep being funny!” She really likes the sounds you make when it smells bad! #giggles
I watch a lot of restoration channels but yours is totally my favorite. No smoke, dude. Occasional chat, sometimes. Always great projects and, this is the whyfore for me, grotty hands. Get in, graft and get it done..brilliant. Thanks
Indeed, one of his hands is plastic. Rubber-molded, to be more precise. It's good for torquing stuff. He just counts turns. Lovely little thing, isn't it?
Me again… can someone give me a timestamp as to when exactly this plastic hand appears? I keep watching the video over and over but I only see real hands and 2 hands. 🤦🏼♀️
After watching Blondie Hacks build one I, a person who never has had and never will need a die filer, know exactly what all the parts you're pulling (wrestling) out are for. It's like a refresher course in niche, useless knowledge. I love it.
Me too. I had never seen or even heard of that tool until I watched her build one. And yes, for someone who can barely hold a hammer the right way up, I sometimes marvel at the sheer amount of knowledge I have about tools and techniques for woodworking, machining, blacksmithing, etc. I have absolutely no personal experience with any of these things, and would undoubtedly hurt myself quite badly if I ever attempted to use any of them in real life. There's just something extremely satisfying about watching people who do know what they're doing do those sorts of things.
@@eatenkateHonestly, I do think we'd be more capable than most of the "ordinary" modern-day people with the same lack of skills as us, but also lacking our knowledge. Still, we'd be nowhere near as capable as the ones who actually have both the skills and the knowledge. But simply knowing that something can be accomplished and what it takes to do so is still a not-inconsequential leg-up over having to figure it out for yourself, I feel.
Sad that so many of the better tools like this are not made any more or are so high priced that getting one is out of most peoples price range. Most of them were not cheep back in the 70's & 80's when I was using them, but you could save a bit each week and still get the older ones so you could have them in your home shop. Now if you buy some of the equipment there selling for a small shop. If you get 5 years out of it, you did not use it much or your good at fixing it. It just seems like you don't see the guy down the street that every one knows, that has a nice shop setup and has the tools to help you fix almost anything you bring him. People just don't fix any thing any more.... Great video, Thanks for taking the time to make it....
It seems like a very heavy and complicated machine just to push a file up and down but there’s no doubting the quality. Awesome restoration as always. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
When something seems way too much for its purpose, it's probably because it needs either durability against extreme elements or deep precision and exact motion.
All that mass smooths out the operation of the jigsaw and filer. These filing machines really shine when you are making a right angle up to a scribe line, as there is nice slow control, cheers!
The file needs to have both weight and torque behind it in order to function properly. Otherwise it would bog down the moment you press material against it.
A beautiful piece of kit! A thousand adjustments needed for use maybe once or twice a year. What a wonderful excercise in over engineering! Hours and hours of fun in setting up for 10 mins work! Simply beautiful and restored to perfection as ever.
"I forgot this spring.." That in a nutshell is why I respect you. Integrity... You can't teach it, you can't explain it.. you either have it or you don't. Kudos to you sir, and congratulations on another quality episode 👌
That’s a really cool machine and unless I missed it before, I’ve never thought to use a sharpening stone to shine up and clean a badge plate before. Really cool restoration
I had the day off work, my son got excellent exam results, we had a takeaway for dinner and I have a perfect g+t in my hand, and there was me thinking my day couldn’t be better - but I was wrong. At the first few notes of your theme tune, I was grinning like a child when the Dukes of Hazard comes on, like hearing the opening credits to the 6 million dollar man, as though seeing your best mate for the first time in ages… and, as always, you never fail to put a great big smile on my day and lift my spirits, returning my faith in human nature and restoring calm to the world. Thank you, as always, for a special few minutes.
what's cool with your videos is that I can watch them with my 7 and 9 year old sons, they laugh as much as I do and at the same time we learn to tinker. THANKS
Another gem from back when it was built and designed to last. I would not mind having it in my workshop. And as so many others said before, the restoration looks awesome!
This has got to be the best episode ever. An old machine made the way it should be made - not like what we find in stores now - built to LAST!!! I got a huge chuckle when he squeezed the duck's bills together!
Ive been watching your videos for years.. I have no iterestest in these machines in the real World, but I do LOVE watching you Repair these old Machines back to NEW, stay awesome MY DUDE and keep making these awesome videos
A friend if mine has one in working condition. It came from Sheffield England & now lives in Austria. His main power tools are all older than both of us. We had fun cleaning out an old Holbrook lathe main gearbox. The dirt inside that was WW2 vintage. it was practically archaeology. You'd love it 👍 We kept a plant pot under the bench with every old imperial alum key we found in it, they all fit something one day.
Every time someone screeches at me for back-dragging a file, this is the machine I tell them about. Glad you have a nicely restored example so you can also tell people they are wrong.
I am absolutely wrapped in your commentary. Brilliant and much appreciated !! You should inculcate this into the rest of your TH-cam countrymen. They spend the first 30% jabberwaffling on about themselves or non-related information. You're the man.
my favorite thing about your videos is that not only do I get to learn about cool old machines, but that it is presented to me by just a goofy little guy. A silly fella, if you will.
The wretching I was kind of ready for but the "my eyes" had me rolling. I had to rewind and watch it again cause I missed some. Great project and outstanding work as usual.
brilliant awesome restoration as always. I love the intro so much thank you for showing the world how to restore things in the best way. I hope to see a video sooner
This is restoration on another level,there is about 2-3 TH-cam channels that I always watch which do this sort of thing and this is one of them,thanks for sharing Peace from Ireland
3 mois sans vidéos, j'ai failli avoir peur. J'ai bien cru devoir m'inquiéter. Super content que tu aies repris du service. J'adore tes restaurations ☺ (3 months without videos, I almost got scared. I thought I should be worried. Very happy that you are back in service. I love your restorations ☺ )
@@mattarnold6229Importante regra sobre o uso de cigarro: você pode fumar aonde bem entender, desde que não seja perto de mim. Regra extra: fumante, após fumar seu cigarro, sempre descarte a bituca em um lugar apropriado. Caso não o encontre, coloque-a no bolso, engula-a ou introduza-a vigorosamente no seu reto.
If you are struggling with the hammer drive rivets that hold the plaques and labels on, try some Neji-saurus pliers. They're also good for mangled dome head screws and other small fasteners in distress.
You are sunshine, my only sunshine. You make happy when skies are grey! You are the best! Thanks man, you and your content means so much for me and for many others!
That was really nice of a fan sending in missing parts. If I had any parts you needed for a video and knew about it… believe me, it would be my time to shine.
8:19 one of the things that always impresses me most about your videos is your ability to get thing’s completely stripped down and taken apart, anyone who’s ever tried to take things apart (especially old things) knows how pieces can stick together after years and how impossible it can be to separate them. I’d end up stripping a screw or something and calling it quits because usually the shit I’d end up taking apart wouldn’t be worth drilling out a screw or bolt
Hi, hand tool rescue, Thank you very much for the nice video and the only real entertaining half hour in the last weeks. I really appreciate all the work you put into these videos and all your skills. Thank you 😊
The seagull was perfect. Fits the HTR esthetic, literal and analog. Somebody else would have cut to a clip from The Birds or a seagull meme, but HTR went and found the perfect crafted seagull for the gag. Bravissimo!
Sexy machine and another entertaining build. I never fail to learn something watching HTR. I know the builds are not really meant to be a how-to but there is always some nugget of experience in the restoration like restoring the tags.
Blondihacks has a whole series where she machined a die filer from a kit. One episode details both where to get downstroke files and how to adapt existing files for a die filer. Also, she noted that you don’t want to use motor oil as it aims to suspend metal particles so the filter can get them. As there is no oil filter, you want the particles to settle and not damage the machine.
Just a future project idea, a mid-1950 DeWalt radial arm saw. I bought one that needed some work, watched too many of your videos, and took it all the way apart, and then life happened. Now I can't remember how it all goes back together. I bet you would have a great video showing me how to put it back together lol. Thanks for another great video.
I watch a lot of restoration channels and I gotta say that I appreciate that you don't artificially inflate the length of your videos by needlessly adding in busy work. Also... *A lot of channels*: First, I am going to scrape it, then wire brush it, then electrolysis to remove rust, then rust remover to remove rust, then wash it with soap/water, then individually sand blast each part. Like you didn't need to do half that, much less show you sandblasting for 5mins. So in that regard GJ! Keep up the quality work!
Pretty cool machine. Authentic restoration as always. The attention to detail without going overboard is especially nice. I did notice that his drill chuck is pretty worn out. lol
I AM SO HAPPY!!! I have wanted the socially distant trash back for some time. Glad to see they have come together and are now only emotionally distant.
I don't understand why "die filers" died out. It seems like a very useful tool for precision metal work and I'd love to own one. Thanks for rescuing one.
![Antique Sulfuric Acid Milk Fat Tester [Restoration]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/RMo74gggN2k/mqdefault.jpg)
![1960s 3-Phase Electric Chainsaw - Stihl [Restoration]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/ft6EWBQs4f8/mqdefault.jpg)
![1930s Electric Shear [Restoration]](/img/n.gif)
A lot of others say it too, but I have to agree. This is the absolute best restoration channel. From the quirky chaos gremlin running the shop to the incredible restorations. Also, you show how things were meant to be used. You run the item back through its paces. Thanks for being you and the work you do!
He also doesn't do fake restorations like so many other channels that leave items in acids and bases to further corrode them. I like that he also tried to make strange old tools from their patent drawings.
check @mymechanics
One million subs speaks to his authenticity. No fake restos like 95% of TH-cam.
I didn't know fake restos are such an issue. #realworldproblems
@@ericmorrison278 yes it's become a real problem because they are doing for views and ad revenue only. Unlike this guy who finds items at a junk shop or garage sale and restores it properly while still being entertaining
Your skill and humor make this channel the Bob Ross of restorations.
I see that heavy, cast belt guard and think about the stuff we buy today that is considered high quality. Thanks for keeping alive our memories of the long lost tradition of building things to last forever. Your videos inspire several projects in my own shop, and I seriously envy the old tools you are able to find. Excellent work. Thanks much.
You can still easily buy stuff that last forever but it's tons more exspensiv3
upload some videos! subscribed to see what you're doing
@@biohazardlnfS its also survivorship bias, The tools seen on a channel like this were the good stuff back then too. The cheap ones from back then just like the cheap ones today ended up in a landfill. Like I think I found this tool on a vintage tools site that has a Harvey price list the nameplate in the video says style D, they have a D-10 on the price list $230 in 1959, today that is $2500. So assuming the data i could google is right, It was a tons more expensive tool back then.
@@filanfyretracker That is true. But I really think that quality was one the first things to go when profit maximization became the norm.
Even much of the expensive stuff to day isn't built to last for ever and then to be refurbished and last for another eternity, like many of the older quality products.
I have been through old lathes that were bulky, cheap and crappy when new, they still were crap some 30++ years after. But still functioning crap.
Yoooooo he’s back! Its so good to see the no longer socially distant but still emotionally distant garbage on the floor is okay. I was worried.
The seagull bit was the best thing I'd seen in a while. Needed that!!
No kidding, I read this comment early on in the video and spent the next 25 minutes thoroughly confused… seagull? What seagull?! And then I laughed until my ass fell off! As you put it, and quite correctly… needed that! 👍🏻
he stole that bit from the Ferrari, DeLorean, Lamborghini brothers.😁
but seriously, thank you for being 1 of the few Actual Restoration youtubers.
I love the intro so much! ❤ It's so unnecessary that it become necessary. He not only restores old tools, he restored my love of late 80's and early 90's sitcom intros
My elderly mom loves the intro too. I got her interested in restoration videos too. He's the "funny guy from Saskatoon with the cool intro."
Because of this channel I mounted a wire wheel in my drill press a couple years back. Turned a never-used boat anchor into an often-used thing of joy.
I restored a drill press and that was the absolute first think I did was put the wire wheel on it. HAHA
You used a wire wheel on a boat anchor? Wouldn't it have been easier to use the wire wheel on a drill and move it around instead of the anchor?
@@courier11sec Oh, great, NOW you tell me!
@@MattStum 😄
I also learned that trick from this channel!
“Babe! The unhinged tool rescue genius posted their latest video! Drop everything!”
Lol!
Super original.
Everything?
Glass shatters In background “on my way?!”
Spot on
My five year old daughter loves your videos. We watch a restoration video each night before bed, and this is our favorite channel.
Sofia says “thank you and keep being funny!”
She really likes the sounds you make when it smells bad! #giggles
I watch a lot of restoration channels but yours is totally my favorite. No smoke, dude. Occasional chat, sometimes. Always great projects and, this is the whyfore for me, grotty hands. Get in, graft and get it done..brilliant. Thanks
the comedy of some of the restorations/side videos is great too
He finds such marvelous toys. I loved the compactor that he did a while ago. Such a safe OSHA approved machine. LOL
Burnishing that Butterfly name plate is one of the most satisfying things I've ever seen
its incredible how he used the plastic hand through the whole restoration
sometimes i thought it was his hand but it was really the plastic one!
Indeed, one of his hands is plastic.
Rubber-molded, to be more precise.
It's good for torquing stuff. He just counts turns.
Lovely little thing, isn't it?
I'm not happy about seeing this comment after watching the whole video.
ngl... i did double take at this XD
I’m sorry, but WHAT?!? Am I missing something here? I don’t get it.
Me again… can someone give me a timestamp as to when exactly this plastic hand appears? I keep watching the video over and over but I only see real hands and 2 hands. 🤦🏼♀️
I'm in Germany and I keep seeing the title for how it's spoken in German: "Dee Filer" . Another perfect video of skill and subtle humor. Thank you!
Bro I am DYING this was hilarious from start to finish. The intro, the crazy face, the retching, all of it was just genius.
Yes him grabbing the birds beak was funny
Had me in stitches as usual. I'd love to me you one day. I think we'd get along great. Keep up the gr8 vids man
Finally! A new video, always the best.
After watching Blondie Hacks build one I, a person who never has had and never will need a die filer, know exactly what all the parts you're pulling (wrestling) out are for. It's like a refresher course in niche, useless knowledge. I love it.
Me too. I had never seen or even heard of that tool until I watched her build one. And yes, for someone who can barely hold a hammer the right way up, I sometimes marvel at the sheer amount of knowledge I have about tools and techniques for woodworking, machining, blacksmithing, etc. I have absolutely no personal experience with any of these things, and would undoubtedly hurt myself quite badly if I ever attempted to use any of them in real life. There's just something extremely satisfying about watching people who do know what they're doing do those sorts of things.
@@Wishbone1977 When the apocalypse comes we will be the absolute WORST back seat drivers 🤣
@@eatenkateHonestly, I do think we'd be more capable than most of the "ordinary" modern-day people with the same lack of skills as us, but also lacking our knowledge. Still, we'd be nowhere near as capable as the ones who actually have both the skills and the knowledge. But simply knowing that something can be accomplished and what it takes to do so is still a not-inconsequential leg-up over having to figure it out for yourself, I feel.
Before I watched this I was just looking for a die filer , now I have to have a Butterfly die filer . Well done ! The search begins.
Sad that so many of the better tools like this are not made any more or are so high priced that getting one is out of most peoples price range. Most of them were not cheep back in the 70's & 80's when I was using them, but you could save a bit each week and still get the older ones so you could have them in your home shop. Now if you buy some of the equipment there selling for a small shop. If you get 5 years out of it, you did not use it much or your good at fixing it. It just seems like you don't see the guy down the street that every one knows, that has a nice shop setup and has the tools to help you fix almost anything you bring him. People just don't fix any thing any more.... Great video, Thanks for taking the time to make it....
You’re the only one who can make me laugh during a disassembly with zero commentary.
It seems like a very heavy and complicated machine just to push a file up and down but there’s no doubting the quality. Awesome restoration as always. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
When something seems way too much for its purpose, it's probably because it needs either durability against extreme elements or deep precision and exact motion.
All that mass smooths out the operation of the jigsaw and filer. These filing machines really shine when you are making a right angle up to a scribe line, as there is nice slow control, cheers!
The file needs to have both weight and torque behind it in order to function properly. Otherwise it would bog down the moment you press material against it.
Kind of like the spleen deflenser on Ren and Stimpy.
@@ronm3245like the ol rump bumper 😂
Eric, another beautiful restoration! And a very useable addition to the chaos, that is your shop.
A beautiful piece of kit! A thousand adjustments needed for use maybe once or twice a year. What a wonderful excercise in over engineering! Hours and hours of fun in setting up for 10 mins work! Simply beautiful and restored to perfection as ever.
Wow - the precision fits of those shafts (and not just the moving shafts, even the attachment mount points) is impressive.
"I forgot this spring.." That in a nutshell is why I respect you. Integrity... You can't teach it, you can't explain it.. you either have it or you don't. Kudos to you sir, and congratulations on another quality episode 👌
yes you can teach it his parents taught him
That’s a really cool machine and unless I missed it before, I’ve never thought to use a sharpening stone to shine up and clean a badge plate before. Really cool restoration
Your vid’s by far hands down are the best restoration videos on TH-cam. Don’t stop making them. No other compact! Keep up the good work my man!
I had the day off work, my son got excellent exam results, we had a takeaway for dinner and I have a perfect g+t in my hand, and there was me thinking my day couldn’t be better - but I was wrong. At the first few notes of your theme tune, I was grinning like a child when the Dukes of Hazard comes on, like hearing the opening credits to the 6 million dollar man, as though seeing your best mate for the first time in ages… and, as always, you never fail to put a great big smile on my day and lift my spirits, returning my faith in human nature and restoring calm to the world. Thank you, as always, for a special few minutes.
I am consistently amazed how few nuts, screws, and bolts you manage *NOT* to round out and destroy. I don’t know how you do it.
what's cool with your videos is that I can watch them with my 7 and 9 year old sons, they laugh as much as I do and at the same time we learn to tinker. THANKS
Another gem from back when it was built and designed to last. I would not mind having it in my workshop.
And as so many others said before, the restoration looks awesome!
This has got to be the best episode ever. An old machine made the way it should be made - not like what we find in stores now - built to LAST!!! I got a huge chuckle when he squeezed the duck's bills together!
Ive been watching your videos for years.. I have no iterestest in these machines in the real World, but I do LOVE watching you Repair these old Machines back to NEW, stay awesome MY DUDE and keep making these awesome videos
A friend if mine has one in working condition. It came from Sheffield England & now lives in Austria. His main power tools are all older than both of us. We had fun cleaning out an old Holbrook lathe main gearbox. The dirt inside that was WW2 vintage. it was practically archaeology. You'd love it 👍
We kept a plant pot under the bench with every old imperial alum key we found in it, they all fit something one day.
This is the bench tool of a Jedi Knight. Not as clumsy or random as a double-cut flat file; an elegant bench tool for a more civilized age.
My favorite restoration channel, hands down.
*plastic hands down
Every time someone screeches at me for back-dragging a file, this is the machine I tell them about.
Glad you have a nicely restored example so you can also tell people they are wrong.
Big smile on my face when I got the notification of a new video! Love your work keep it up!
I am absolutely wrapped in your commentary.
Brilliant and much appreciated !!
You should inculcate this into the rest of your TH-cam countrymen.
They spend the first 30% jabberwaffling on about themselves or non-related information.
You're the man.
Wonderful restoration job. I have never seen a die filer before. It looks much better and it works like a charm. Excellent work.
Loved the new method for operating the sandblaster. Top notch tip to share with the wider world.
This has to be one of the most fascinating and complex restorations I have seen on your channel. Bravo! Well done!
my favorite thing about your videos is that not only do I get to learn about cool old machines, but that it is presented to me by just a goofy little guy. A silly fella, if you will.
Another great resto! Always a joy to watch and occasionally laugh at your antics. Keep up the great work!
The wretching I was kind of ready for but the "my eyes" had me rolling. I had to rewind and watch it again cause I missed some. Great project and outstanding work as usual.
I remember finding your videos back a couple years ago and the difference now is astounding, keep up the great work man!
I'm amazed by the amount of machine work that went into old tools. Lot's of steel, lots of time. Thank's
brilliant awesome restoration as always. I love the intro so much thank you for showing the world how to restore things in the best way. I hope to see a video sooner
This is a great restoration show , this guy proves we are all a little out there .
I love watching the videos just happy to give my time up for someone who actually busts ass to get actual work done. Keep it up man!
I couldn’t’ve imagined a more sensuous scroll saw attachment demonstration than that.
Yay you're back! Love your sense of humour and the effort that goes into showing the process. Love your work
You’ve always had my favorite intro but this one was the best of all. Yuh have such a good sense of humor which is rare for these types of videos
This is restoration on another level,there is about 2-3 TH-cam channels that I always watch which do this sort of thing and this is one of them,thanks for sharing
Peace from Ireland
I love this channel. So relaxing to see this guy take something so old and make it beautiful again. Thank you for saving our history
Love your work for years now ❤ Thx for showing the world how to restore things in the best way ^^
Aaah... restoration, nutella, brass, spring-launched projectiles, "ay-ay" sound effects, wire-wheeling (or wheel-wiring, not sure?), sensual paint spaying, skillfully executed assemblage garnished with light cussing... The perfect afternoon!
As always, lovely restoration and entertainment to boot.
I have no idea what a die filer even is, but I know that I am absolutely committed to seeing this one get restored.
Wonderful project as always.... you really know how to work a shaft.
I do not own any "shop" or tools, I do not know how to use most tools and chemistry you are using. And yet I constantly watch your videos hypnotized!
3 mois sans vidéos, j'ai failli avoir peur. J'ai bien cru devoir m'inquiéter. Super content que tu aies repris du service. J'adore tes restaurations ☺
(3 months without videos, I almost got scared. I thought I should be worried. Very happy that you are back in service. I love your restorations ☺
)
ton thé, t-a-t'il ôté ta toux?
@@mattarnold6229Un canard est un animal très polyvalent car il sait marcher, nager, voler et fait aussi un bon rôti.
@@mattarnold6229Importante regra sobre o uso de cigarro: você pode fumar aonde bem entender, desde que não seja perto de mim. Regra extra: fumante, após fumar seu cigarro, sempre descarte a bituca em um lugar apropriado. Caso não o encontre, coloque-a no bolso, engula-a ou introduza-a vigorosamente no seu reto.
Total eye candy. The tool, the tiny hands. Even the bird was excited for this one.
They should give you the Canadian medal of superness.
HTR uploads a video, that's a good day on my book
Dude I've been watching your vids for years now and I'm so glad you've come this far, the videos keep on improving!
This is the best restoration channel. No fake restorations like some do
If you are struggling with the hammer drive rivets that hold the plaques and labels on, try some Neji-saurus pliers. They're also good for mangled dome head screws and other small fasteners in distress.
You are sunshine, my only sunshine. You make happy when skies are grey! You are the best! Thanks man, you and your content means so much for me and for many others!
What a great job. You do wonderful work you have a eye for detail. Always look forward to seeing your next video Thank you.👏👏👏
That was really nice of a fan sending in missing parts.
If I had any parts you needed for a video and knew about it… believe me, it would be my time to shine.
*Awesome guy, love his videos, great inspiration just gets better* 🔥💚
8:19 one of the things that always impresses me most about your videos is your ability to get thing’s completely stripped down and taken apart, anyone who’s ever tried to take things apart (especially old things) knows how pieces can stick together after years and how impossible it can be to separate them. I’d end up stripping a screw or something and calling it quits because usually the shit I’d end up taking apart wouldn’t be worth drilling out a screw or bolt
Hi, hand tool rescue,
Thank you very much for the nice video and the only real entertaining half hour in the last weeks.
I really appreciate all the work you put into these videos and all your skills.
Thank you 😊
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
Your restoration channel is so much better than any other I've seen. You make them look like lame beginners.
That is a VERY neat machine! Glad you saved it! Great tool to have around a guy's shop!
I'm glad to see another one of your amazing restorations. I've missed you. I hope you're doing well? ~Kevin
"A veiwer sent me some parts." 😄I love how you managed to find the only person with a box of bits for this in the world.
such a great community.
That intro 😂 never gets old
But the garbage is becoming more social!
The seagull was perfect. Fits the HTR esthetic, literal and analog. Somebody else would have cut to a clip from The Birds or a seagull meme, but HTR went and found the perfect crafted seagull for the gag. Bravissimo!
Sexy machine and another entertaining build. I never fail to learn something watching HTR. I know the builds are not really meant to be a how-to but there is always some nugget of experience in the restoration like restoring the tags.
I disagree - I believe that the vids are step by step how to restore gear
take it apart, clean it, make what you can’t source
Extra cool machine with a killer trip to resto land.
Great photography and yuks too!
Blondihacks has a whole series where she machined a die filer from a kit. One episode details both where to get downstroke files and how to adapt existing files for a die filer. Also, she noted that you don’t want to use motor oil as it aims to suspend metal particles so the filter can get them. As there is no oil filter, you want the particles to settle and not damage the machine.
ikr?
Hand Tool Rescue Is amazing. It's like watching restoration videos that were directed by David Lynch.
I’m impressed on keeping track of all the parts for disassembly and assembly.
Great restoration, HTR! Machine looks like it’s ready to go ANOTHER 60-100 years!
Just a future project idea, a mid-1950 DeWalt radial arm saw. I bought one that needed some work, watched too many of your videos, and took it all the way apart, and then life happened. Now I can't remember how it all goes back together. I bet you would have a great video showing me how to put it back together lol. Thanks for another great video.
I don’t know what that thing does, or even what it’s used for but I’m just happy to see HTR do his magic. Cathartic as heck!
Glad to see your expert use of that great wrench. I love mine.
Taking that first bolt off with the long side of the hex key was a gutsy move.
Same sentiment as others, one of those channels I’ll have an extra long bathroom break at work for. Don’t ever change ❤
you glorious bastard.
well done sir.
i restored an oliver a few years back.
great machines.
There is something about the callus nature in which you disassemble these machines which I admire. It can only be had by the hand of a professional.
I watch a lot of restoration channels and I gotta say that I appreciate that you don't artificially inflate the length of your videos by needlessly adding in busy work. Also... *A lot of channels*: First, I am going to scrape it, then wire brush it, then electrolysis to remove rust, then rust remover to remove rust, then wash it with soap/water, then individually sand blast each part. Like you didn't need to do half that, much less show you sandblasting for 5mins. So in that regard GJ! Keep up the quality work!
Another sterling contribution to the growing epidemic of tool envy! Superlative work, sir.
Pretty cool machine. Authentic restoration as always. The attention to detail without going overboard is especially nice. I did notice that his drill chuck is pretty worn out. lol
I AM SO HAPPY!!! I have wanted the socially distant trash back for some time. Glad to see they have come together and are now only emotionally distant.
Watching you use the milling machine is my favorite part of your videos.
I don't understand why "die filers" died out. It seems like a very useful tool for precision metal work and I'd love to own one. Thanks for rescuing one.
You know what my favorite day of the week is?
Any day that you release a video!
Thank you.
Gotta say, none of the other mysterious restoration channels ever have me laughing. Thanks for another excellent episode of shenanigans boss.