This Ferris Wheel Needs More Than a Repair.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 มิ.ย. 2024
- Back on to the restoration projects and we dive into disassembling the Eli Bridge Co. #6 Baby Wheel.
Check out the sketchy trip on the day we brought this wheel home: • Can We Save This Ferri...
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Check out the day we brought this wheel home! 🎡 th-cam.com/video/4qbGtvuGWs4/w-d-xo.html
Mr.Rondeau Jeff Barry from Lebanon PA I know this has nothing to do with the video actually but I seen that old satellite dish they don’t work anymore. Did they? I just wondered because I just seen it when that man was taken off the stabilizing cables.
"I don't own the pry bar I went looking for" 😂
Yeah.. strangest thing.. I had this picture in my head of exactly what I was looking for.
I don't mind seeing you go between projects like that. It's probably how I would do it too. I would have a lot of fun working on these types of projects with you!
Thanks for your support
Dude! Don't leave us hanging! LOL!
Heat and patience oh and a BFH! Love watching old things restored. Yes more content would awesome. Thanks Pete
Thanks for watching!
I felt like I needed gloves just to watch this video
Great video Pete! Lots of heat and lots of determination will get it done!
I have access to a large torch but no way to move it at the moment. I really need to get the ambulance back on the road. I could use it a lot these days.
Wonderful as always!
Thank you so much.
I can smell the rust! Lol 😂
Love watching your vids, I'm from the UK and for many years traveled with a full size Ferris Wheel around England, it was built in 1952 in USA but it was Cable Drive not chain driven and shipped to the UK and is still traveling around to this day, so the project really intrests me. I found myself talking to the screen, saying no you do it this way not that way when taking it apart etc, lol. Looking foward to this one
Well be sure to chime in and tell us what we're doing wrong! We have no desire to work harder than we need to! LOL! Although so far, all we've really tried to do was get the spoke pins out so I'm not sure how we could have screwed that up too badly. And trying to get the chain sprocket off which was a modification by the previous owner because this was originally a cable drive. Thanks for watching!
I feel your pain Pete. Many years ago I bought what I was told was an 1958 I couldn't confirm it because I never found the builders plate cable drive #5 Eli wheel with a seized up Allis engine. Took me 5 years to get it going again. Finally sold her to a man in Grand Prairie Texas.
I'd like to work on an old ride with a gas engine just to say I did. There is something about the smell of a carnival ride that runs on gas that brings back memories that many folks today have never even experienced.
Pretty cool project. Looking forward to seeing it completed. Good luck. 👊🏽
Love the video pete!
The cool thing about this ride is you should be able to get factory parts. The bad thing is you can get factory parts at the price they want to sell them for LOL. Those two rings on the center of the shaft are meant for a block and tackle to let the sweeps down. You take the wheel apart with all the sweeps together. Well when they are not this rusty. Not sure why they would have modified it unless Eli Bridge oked that. We had to get special permission to put in a hydraulic lift instead of the Finger masher that they had. This thing is a wreck! LOL that being said do you want to sell it Hahaha. Oh your Granddaughter is not a Parkie or a cannrie . Love it Nope I feel rain Deuces grandpa.
One of the things I've been impressed with is that all of the things like the seat journal pins still measure within the acceptable spec for those parts after removing the rust.. Things were just made better (overbuilt) back then. Now everything seems to be engineered to be just strong enough to do the job (with some margin for safety) but no stronger. This certainly helps the back of the guy who has to assemble it, but they sure don't last as long!
There is a laser rust remover that costs like 10k but it is a god sent. You dont have to sand or have sand all over it just burns the rust rigbt off. If you keep restoring rides it deffinatly would be worth it. A job that would take months would be cut down to a day. And the finish is bare metal and ready for paint. If i were you when you are ready for paint i would take it to a powder coat service. The finish is much stronger and even.
Happy 4th Pete!
And a belated Happy 4th to you too!
Just jealous and wish was your neighbor to help!
Wish I had some neighbors interested in helping!
I just want to know when they are all completed .. i want an invite to your backyard carnival :)
Hey Pete are you accepting donations for the Ferris wheel to get it up and running I was thinking paint
sure absolutely.
Thanks for the update! I was wondering what had happened to this ride after you vlogged the journey getting it home. Good luck with the restoration - it’ll be great to see this rare ride working again.
Thanks for your support!
I think the biggest question is, when are you going to refurbish the satellite dish.
Diddo😊
That’s a satellite dish? I thought it was the Death Star 😅
LOL, that hasn't been used in about 20 years. It was our primary source of entertainment until DVR's became popular. Once we were presented with the idea of being able to record multiple channels at once, we could no longer do that with the dish and had to switch to cable. And then we just kept it because "what if we want to turn it back on some day" and then the hedge row slowly consumed it. I don't even really see it anymore.. Yes, it is there but my brain doesn't even notice it. just part of the scenery.
@@PeteRondeau love your channel Pete.
Spray it down with water the water will chanel through and break up the rust
Never heard that one before.
Oh man....the first Pete Rondeau cliffhanger.....
Yeah, not intentional, I obviously really wanted to finish that. In the past I have always tried to present each thing I work on as a complete story. But that causes me to sometimes not release videos for months at a time. So I'm trying something new. I do work, and you just get to see whatever it was I got done in the time allotted. we'll see how it goes
Use the laser for rust removal. Saves time/effort.
Sure! Send it over!
21:57 nice jingle bells beat
lol. purely accidental, I had to go back to listen for it.
That can frustrate viewers changing up on that, some of the bigger channels will wait till things are further along before showing for that reason. Regardless, I still enjoy all your content!!!!
What it's not running yet😂
Weird, huh? I don't know what happened. LOL
its a pity you cant unbolt it ? from trailer and lay the whole A frame and centre axle on its side work it at ground level be so easier than working up and down a ladder and going back and forth for tools
That was actually Scott's idea, he wanted to pull it under a tree and use the cable hoist to pick it off of there.
You should go get the wildmouse from eagle park. Its complete it just has been sitting for 30 years.
The last time I saw that it was pretty overgrown.. my understanding is that it never even operated due to a death?
Every tool is a hammer, unless it’s a screwdriver. Then it’s also a chisel.
Indeed! LOL
When you said "that'll do pig" I know it was probably a reference to Babe, but I couldn't help but think of gravity falls instead because dipper said that in front of a ferris wheel
You are correct, that was a babe reference, but that is kind of a weird coincidence.
I do wonder if it sat outside that long without paint/regular maintenance would material loss be an issue? Ie is the steel still thick (strong) enough to use.
I was thinking along those lines as well and any issues with cracks and fatigue in the metal.
Great video as always! Your knowledge of vintage rides is so vast and deep - how did you come by it? Is it a combo of like, other mechanical know-how and reading a lot of technical manuals? Did you work on rides in your youth?
My knowledge is a byproduct of my lifetime of work in broadcast electronics and industrial machine design combined with personal interest in the various hobbies I've pursued over the years. I never worked on rides when I was younger but I was fascinated with Disney animatronics since I was in first grade so I suppose that set the stage for some of this. What I'm doing now is due to a of a love of seeing things preserved combined with liking to take things apart and see how they work.
@@PeteRondeau Yeah, that would do it! There's something so elegant about the purely mechanical nature of vintage rides. I understand that modern sensibilities require more "sophisticated" elements, but I personally prefer the older style of rides. I really appreciate what you do in terms of preservation and sharing what you can of what you know! I hope by the time I retire I can do a smidgen of what you do (but probably not enough to get deeply into industrial machine design or broadcast electronics, haha, but enough to read a few books and ask the ride guys I know for some pointers)
How does this compare to the other two rides , by condition?
It is obviously more rusty, but the parts themselves are still within the acceptable wear spec. Biggest issue with this ride are the modifications that were made to it that take it away from stock.
Do you have a decent air compressor on site? If so a Harbor Freight Chief brand air hammer would make short work of the rusted pins and might even be handy to loosen the gear now that you have it under tension. Get one with a hammer tip for the large stuff and a long punch bit for the longer pins that needs to be punched out of holes. Couple hundred bucks at the Hobo Freight would go a long ways instead of swinging the hammer. Looking forward to seeing the results!
Decent air compressor but not enough hose, but that can be rectified. I'll look into that!
So cool 👍 maybe a zipper is next 😂
Yes!😊
Would it have been easier to undo the bearing mounts from the uprights and then take whats left of the wheel assembly down so you could work on it at floor level?
Possibly, Scott wanted to pull the whole thing under a tree and use the cable hoist to pick it off of there, but I don't have a heavy enough vehicle to move it at the moment and you would need to be careful to not bend the spokes. without any of their cross cables and just a few spokes left in position, I fear they would be super easy to bend.
It would be great if you could restore a roll o plane ride we have a few still traveling in the uk we call them the dive bomber over here but they are starting to become rare on the fair grounds
First of all, yes, I would love to tackle a ride like that! Secondly, we still have a surprising amount of them over here. Most of the rides that people thought were rare, thanks to the internet, it has become apparent that there are still a lot more of them running than people originally perceived.
That is interesting thanks for your reply @@PeteRondeau
Can I just follow you around and apprentice for the summer 😂
I could use an apprentice. LOL
Ah...what's a little rust😊
Rust never sleeps.
Every tool is a hammer, except a screwdriver - which is a chisel.
Indeed! and I don't own any chisels.
thats not a hammer lol
I would dismantle it, tell my self i would work on it next week, then ide get overwhelmed and it would sit in the garage forever.
I have been guilty of that in the past, of it not overwhelmed, just lost interest. That is one of the really positive things about making these videos. There are a whole bunch of people watching who keep me motivated.