A129 year old tool , brought back , and probably good for another 129 years . The basic design of this tool is still in use at framing shops and quality furniture makers . Excellent job !!!
My recently passed father (91) was a builder...I discovered the same type of guillotine type miter cutter. Looks like it's well over 100 years old. I remember playing with it when I was very young, forgot all about it but just discovered it again when I inherited my fathers house with all his very old tools...a very cool old school tool!
These are fantastic tools.....especially the older ones with better steel..... Once you use one, you will never be satisfied with trying to cut another miter any other way.... Fantastic job on the restoration..Nicely done..and not overdone.... Enjoy it and pass it down to the next couple of generations..!!!
I have found your channel and subscribed today. I am very happy to watch a true craftsman using period tools ( and using them properly!). Many of the restoration videos from others show clumsy work ethic and improper tool for the job and improper use of the tool. Thank you for making videos showing the proper and correct use of tools! I am a retired Master Packaging machine Repairman and spent many hours of restoring and retrofitting industrial machinery and find a sublime joy in seeing the job done properly in your videos!
Thank you very much. I’m just a self taught amateur trying my best to rescue these old tools. I’m learning new skills every day. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel.
I think there's a lot of people they don't know what you are doing. You doing fantastic job and you And you deserve all appreciation, admiration and respect. Beautiful job man and thanks for the video God bless you 🙏👍
Wow MTW... ! Yet another superb restoration! Very well done Sir! You made all the right decisions in terms of finish... bare metal and Danish oil... just what was required. The overall effect is beautiful - even the casting imperfections add to the character. And what a machine! It seems to cut perfect miters. Thanks for sharing, more please! Greetings from Southport.
Wow when I saw the antique miter before you started on the project, I thought to myself that, that would be a fantastic job to do. And so you did. Congratulations well done Sir 👏👏
great, less is often more. finally someone who doesn't destroy the patina! I don't like when sanding, filling, sanding and painting again! please keep it up 🤗👍👍👍👍👍 Michael
I have two of these I picked up a while ago (not sure if the same makers, but definitely in as bad conditions! ) and have been putting off attempting to restore them..you have encouraged me to dig them out! Thank you!
Very nice. I’m glad I could inspire you. This is what I’m here for. If I could save one tool from being scrapped then my job is done. Enjoy your restorations.
That was a epic build 50 to 60 parts fantastic job looks amazing and the color just right thanks for sharing your time and skill amazing just amazing stay safe 🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍👍😷😷
Love the metal finish, without paint. Classy. Oooooh and a white worktop and back-drop🧡Keep the uploads coming please. We need them in the UK more than ever 🧡
Thanks. I’m glad you lied it. I’m trying to improve my lighting, hence the white background. I’m trying my best to keep videos coming. Thanks for watching.
Beautiful! ... I keep hoping I can find one of these in good enough condition that its restorable. Most are beat and broken around here. At least previous repairs to yours were done well. Thanks for sharing!
Keeping the metallic look I think its much nicer; often we see with other restoration video's that they almost always spraypaint evrything! And than 'highlight' the lettering, with makes it according to my taste almost like the look of a cheap toy. The approach in this video is much more monumental, almost sculptural. Nice !
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thank you very much. This is more than just a tool, It is a beautiful historical piece of art. My job as the owner of such a piece is just to clean and let it speak for itself.
That came out really well and I like the oiled finish. It’s looks to have had some repair work done over the years and a new handle added as well but it’s still an awesome piece. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
Personally once completely disassembled everything would have been put through the dishwasher, multiple loads, on high with extra caustic to completely remove as much oil and grease as possible (the dishwasher is perfect for that) and then an extended time in the rust remove/ cure solution to totally shut it down. Very interesting tool though and great work re-vitalizing it!
@@mytinyworkshop1213 nah, just do it when senior management is visiting their mom.... i swear i never tasted anything weird with the other dishes going through after. Iron comes out looking new! I guess you don't want to do it too much though, unlike my one experiment for a baked wrinkle paint finish. Now that not only stunk the kitchen out, then the entire house.... the following weekend roast joint was in-edible for the cross contamination! Cost me dinner out, a new oven, and almost a marriage!
Reminds me of fixing things with my father when i was a kid, but there needs to be more beer, swearing, and hours spent trying to figure out how it goes back together.
About Danish oil for other materials than wood I didn't hear too, but I have new scissors for metal in the conservation oil. I can't cleaning this viscous and sticky substance all the time!
A tradie wouldn't carry this around in his kit in 1890, in fact it would have cost 6 months wages. I guess it was out of a furniture production shop or an undertaker for making coffins. I saw one of these when I was a kid in 1950, my dad was a SP bookie and we visited lots of small joinery shops in the inner city industrial areas where there were a lot of craftman shops. Long time passing!!! Stephan
What a great tool ! And what a great restoration ! Ten Dollars well spent. Make sure you keep this tool. Keep it in the family. You'll regret it, one day, if you don't.
15:38 < Previous weld job on the swinging section. I was hoping for a new paint job, but to each their own. It looks way better than it did. Good work! Subbed!
When I was doing finish carpentry, this tool would have been very useful. try shaving off 1/64th of an inch with a power miter saw. It can be done, but you really have to get a feel for it. I got really good at it, in fact so good the boss said I was the only one to use the saw, so I cut everybody's stuff. Some fit so tight that I'd put them up on the wall where they went, and the guys would miss putting glue and screws in them because they stayed up until the boss came along and bumped into them and they fell down. Of course that was with hardwood, not pine, so it's not so easy to trim, it was oak, and oak is tough, but I think this thing would trim it down like a hot knife through butter. I wouldn't use it for my initial cut, just for trimming to the Nth degree.
Yes, you should make the initial miter cut with a saw, and only then use this trimmer for the final fine adjustment. They are a fine tool to have for accurate work.
@@tootall5559 I'd love to sit and have coffee with you and hear all about it. 😊 People like you are getting way too hard to find. I have been buying up all of the antique woodworking tools that I see me potentially using/restoring. I want to learn the "intimate" side of woodworking before I dive into the power tool arena. I feel as though it'd be more rewarding. Yes, it would take longer, but the quality level of handmade items is typically much higher. I wish I would've had this desire 20 years ago, but I suppose it's better now than never. 😄
Mr. Tiny: please invest in a set of standard and metric socket wrenches! I am now sixty-three years old. I have worked with tools since I was eighteen. Open end and crescent wrenches have thier uses, but not the way you were using them. Since the heads of the bolts were oiled, those types of wrenches were inherently unsafe. Those blades (as you found out) were quite sharp. Please listen to a pair of knuckle-busted hands! By the way, the miter came out beautifully!
A129 year old tool , brought back , and probably good for another 129 years . The basic design of this tool is still in use at framing shops and quality furniture makers . Excellent job !!!
Thank you
My recently passed father (91) was a builder...I discovered the same type of guillotine type miter cutter. Looks like it's well over 100 years old.
I remember playing with it when I was very young, forgot all about it but just discovered it again when I inherited my fathers house with all his very old tools...a very cool old school tool!
Thank you. It took me a long time to find this gem. Enjoy your dads tools, I love the old school tools.
Love that you Lube everything before taking it apart, unlike other channels that make you wait for eveything...Thanks
The workshop might be tiny but your skills aren't.Well done Bro.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
These are fantastic tools.....especially the older ones with better steel..... Once you use one, you will never be satisfied with trying to cut another miter any other way.... Fantastic job on the restoration..Nicely done..and not overdone.... Enjoy it and pass it down to the next couple of generations..!!!
Thank you very much. This will most definitely stay in the family now.
Incredible my friend boggles my mind how resourceful we humans were. Love your channel I get entertained 🤔and educated on the side 👍
Perfect restoration of an amazing tool. Thanks for sharing. Greetings from Ukraine.
I have found your channel and subscribed today. I am very happy to watch a true craftsman using period tools ( and using them properly!). Many of the restoration videos from others show clumsy work ethic and improper tool for the job and improper use of the tool. Thank you for making videos showing the proper and correct use of tools! I am a retired Master Packaging machine Repairman and spent many hours of restoring and retrofitting industrial machinery and find a sublime joy in seeing the job done properly in your videos!
Thank you very much. I’m just a self taught amateur trying my best to rescue these old tools. I’m learning new skills every day. Thanks for watching and welcome to the channel.
I’ve never seen one of these and was skeptical that it did a very good job until that very last cut. Extremely satisfying!
I think there's a lot of people they don't know what you are doing.
You doing fantastic job and you And you deserve all appreciation, admiration and respect.
Beautiful job man and thanks for the video
God bless you 🙏👍
Excellent job. Thank you for saving this great antique tool. Thanks to you it will last another 100 years. Best regards from the USA
Thank you. This is my goal. I love saving old unwanted tools and giving them a chance to live on
Wow MTW... ! Yet another superb restoration! Very well done Sir! You made all the right decisions in terms of finish... bare metal and Danish oil... just what was required. The overall effect is beautiful - even the casting imperfections add to the character. And what a machine! It seems to cut perfect miters. Thanks for sharing, more please! Greetings from Southport.
Thank you, I’m glad you like it. The casting marks tell a story, it would be a sin to destroy such history.
That was beautiful to watch, thank you for uploading.
Great respect to designers, manufacturers, careful owners and you!
Absolut Steller resto ration. I love these old machines!! Built to last YEARS>>>>>
Wow when I saw the antique miter before you started on the project, I thought to myself that, that would be a fantastic job to do. And so you did. Congratulations well done Sir 👏👏
Thank you. I’m glad you liked it
Awesome restoration. You got it working again and looking better as well. Great work.
Wow, never thought that it was going to work as well as it did...good job...😊
Great restoration. The trimming looks and sounds really satisfying
great, less is often more. finally someone who doesn't destroy the patina! I don't like when sanding, filling, sanding and painting again! please keep it up 🤗👍👍👍👍👍
Michael
Thank you. I judge each restoration differently. Something like this deserves to tell a story.
I have two of these I picked up a while ago (not sure if the same makers, but definitely in as bad conditions! ) and have been putting off attempting to restore them..you have encouraged me to dig them out! Thank you!
I like how the cutters travel in an arc. Neither my Fox Champion nor my Lion/Pootatuck have this feature. Now I want one like yours!
Very nice. I’ve started a few restorations since watching your videos. Keep on inspiring me sir
Very nice. I’m glad I could inspire you. This is what I’m here for. If I could save one tool from being scrapped then my job is done. Enjoy your restorations.
That was a epic build 50 to 60 parts fantastic job looks amazing and the color just right thanks for sharing your time and skill amazing just amazing stay safe 🍺🍺🍺🍺👍👍👍👍😷😷
Thanks a lot.
Excellent work. It was a joy to watch. Greetings from USA
Thank you for watching
Its amazing what can be done with just two adjustables and a can of WD40 ! Brilliant restoration Well done
A lot can be done with simple tools and perseverance
So far 187 didn't like it. Why not? Beautiful job and I like your reassembly technique good watching.
Thank you. Glad you liked it. Not everyone can be pleased. If only they could share what they didn’t like.
Das Teil ist so massiv gebaut, das hält für die Ewigkeit!
Love the metal finish, without paint. Classy.
Oooooh and a white worktop and back-drop🧡Keep the uploads coming please. We need them in the UK more than ever 🧡
Thanks. I’m glad you lied it. I’m trying to improve my lighting, hence the white background. I’m trying my best to keep videos coming. Thanks for watching.
Brilliant restoration I always struggle to remember where the screws go so shy away from complicated jobs even when I take photos.
Thanks for sharing
I’d happily take a car apart and reassemble. I’ll only have a few bolts leftover
thats one hell of a find for only ten quid ! You're certainly building up a beautiful old tool collection, can't wait till the next one, stay safe.
Many old things have sizes that don't conform to any standard
Absolutely. I did have to drive a few hours but it was so worth it.
Wow. Super nice!! I’d love to find some of these old tools. I think they work better than the new crap!
Absolutely. There sure is a reason why such a dirty and rusty tool can still work after 100 years.
That's a really amazing tool and you did a wonderful job restoring it
Thank you very much
Lovely tool, very nice resto.
Beautiful! ... I keep hoping I can find one of these in good enough condition that its restorable. Most are beat and broken around here. At least previous repairs to yours were done well. Thanks for sharing!
Keeping the metallic look I think its much nicer; often we see with other restoration video's that they almost always spraypaint evrything! And than 'highlight' the lettering, with makes it according to my taste almost like the look of a cheap toy. The approach in this video is much more monumental, almost sculptural. Nice !
I couldn’t have said it better myself. Thank you very much. This is more than just a tool, It is a beautiful historical piece of art. My job as the owner of such a piece is just to clean and let it speak for itself.
I love the way you work... your esthetic. I am betting that when you finished, it looked and worked better than new.
Thank you very much. I really appreciate this comment.
that'a a great tool and a great restoration
Thank you
im so glad you showed it in action at the end!
That is what a lot of these resto sites forget, show the darn thing doing what it wants to do.
An excellent restoration... WELL DONE!!! 10/10
Thank you
Another cracking video and what a lovely bit of kit, I like how you just left it unpainted, it looks the business 😎👌
Thanks very much, glad you like it
wow one of these would have been good back in my framing days. awesome restoration!
It’s a shame so many framers didn’t / don’t know about this tool.
That came out really well and I like the oiled finish. It’s looks to have had some repair work done over the years and a new handle added as well but it’s still an awesome piece. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I dig the Danish oil look. Nice job.
Thank you
Personally once completely disassembled everything would have been put through the dishwasher, multiple loads, on high with extra caustic to completely remove as much oil and grease as possible (the dishwasher is perfect for that) and then an extended time in the rust remove/ cure solution to totally shut it down. Very interesting tool though and great work re-vitalizing it!
Thank you. I’d need a dish washer to do all that.
@@mytinyworkshop1213 nah, just do it when senior management is visiting their mom.... i swear i never tasted anything weird with the other dishes going through after. Iron comes out looking new! I guess you don't want to do it too much though, unlike my one experiment for a baked wrinkle paint finish. Now that not only stunk the kitchen out, then the entire house.... the following weekend roast joint was in-edible for the cross contamination! Cost me dinner out, a new oven, and almost a marriage!
Reminds me of fixing things with my father when i was a kid, but there needs to be more beer, swearing, and hours spent trying to figure out how it goes back together.
Sounds like fun times. Thanks for watching
This fine restoration is an excellent exercise in how patience and perseverance provide fine results. Thank you. Best wishes and stay healthy.
Thank you very much, I’m glad you like it
using a chisel for a giant screwdriver! genius! I am totally stealing that!
Absolutely perfect! Well done mate!
Thank you
First time viewer. Grand Rapids is my hometown. I need to look up info on that company. Nice work. Will definitely watch more.
Wow. I like it! Especially the Danish oil. Didn't know that would work on metal.
Neither did I until I saw someone else do it.
Great work as always but i was SO looking forward to a great paint job on this one
Nicely done, sir. Had not seen this type of tool before, but looks like it could definitely do the job.
Thanks, glad i could show you something new
Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching, glad you like it
That looks amazing. I’d never have thought to use Danish oil on metal!
Same here, I saw this technique on another restorers video.
About Danish oil for other materials than wood I didn't hear too, but I have new scissors for metal in the conservation oil. I can't cleaning this viscous and sticky substance all the time!
Hand Tool Rescue likes to use Danish oil on metal and he's got a black japanning recipe that looks authentic.
@@mytinyworkshop1213 об б ясно юб0м из-за ххх
Love it! Need for my shop..thanks for restoring.
Great job and I liked the Danish oil.
Thank you. Glad you like it
Awesome restoration for an awesome piece.
Thank you
Hi bro 👍👍👍 awesome restoration 👍👍👍good video 👌🏽
Thanks bro
Very nice restoration.
Thank you
A tradie wouldn't carry this around in his kit in 1890, in fact it would have cost 6 months wages. I guess it was out of a furniture production shop or an undertaker for making coffins. I saw one of these when I was a kid in 1950, my dad was a SP bookie and we visited lots of small joinery shops in the inner city industrial areas where there were a lot of craftman shops. Long time passing!!!
Stephan
Thanks for sharing. I like hearing stories like this.
Que buen trabajo. Que bella herramienta. Ahora vale mucho más. 👍
Muhteşem bir çalışma oldu, tebrikler dostum. Zamanımızda bile çok işe yarayacak bir aletmiş bu.
I would love to find and restore one of these. I would then put it to work. Great Video
I hope you find one. It’s a joy to work with
Nice restoration
That's cool.... I'm from Grand Rapids, MI
What a great tool ! And what a great restoration !
Ten Dollars well spent.
Make sure you keep this tool. Keep it in the family. You'll regret it, one day, if you don't.
Thank you. I searched a couple months for this and traveled a couple hundred miles. There is no way it will leave my home. Glad you like it.
Very nice work.. That bare metal looks really nice.. Good job, as Hancock would say...
90/100
Nice cleaning job!!! looks great MTW.
Thank you.
Good Restoration Done 👍
👏 👏 👏
Thank you
Nice piece... 👍
Thank you.
Great job I hope to get as good as you with my restoration projects
The main thing is to have fun and do what you like and want. I’m still learning new skills every day.
Good job! i was surprised you didn't paint it and fix some of the rust pits in it.
Beautiful. Well done
good work
Thank you
15:38 < Previous weld job on the swinging section. I was hoping for a new paint job, but to each their own. It looks way better than it did. Good work! Subbed!
Absolutely Beautiful!
When I was doing finish carpentry, this tool would have been very useful. try shaving off 1/64th of an inch with a power miter saw. It can be done, but you really have to get a feel for it. I got really good at it, in fact so good the boss said I was the only one to use the saw, so I cut everybody's stuff. Some fit so tight that I'd put them up on the wall where they went, and the guys would miss putting glue and screws in them because they stayed up until the boss came along and bumped into them and they fell down. Of course that was with hardwood, not pine, so it's not so easy to trim, it was oak, and oak is tough, but I think this thing would trim it down like a hot knife through butter. I wouldn't use it for my initial cut, just for trimming to the Nth degree.
Yes, you should make the initial miter cut with a saw, and only then use this trimmer for the final fine adjustment. They are a fine tool to have for accurate work.
Another great story, thanks for sharing.
@@mytinyworkshop1213 I have lots of stories, when you're old that's all you've got. However, I did write about 30 fiction books as well.
@@tootall5559 I'd love to sit and have coffee with you and hear all about it. 😊 People like you are getting way too hard to find. I have been buying up all of the antique woodworking tools that I see me potentially using/restoring. I want to learn the "intimate" side of woodworking before I dive into the power tool arena. I feel as though it'd be more rewarding. Yes, it would take longer, but the quality level of handmade items is typically much higher. I wish I would've had this desire 20 years ago, but I suppose it's better now than never. 😄
Mr. Tiny: please invest in a set of standard and metric socket wrenches! I am now sixty-three years old. I have worked with tools since I was eighteen. Open end and crescent wrenches have thier uses, but not the way you were using them. Since the heads of the bolts were oiled, those types of wrenches were inherently unsafe. Those blades (as you found out) were quite sharp. Please listen to a pair of knuckle-busted hands! By the way, the miter came out beautifully!
Muy buena restauración. Enhorabuena. Un saludo
Thanks
Very nice job. I never knew anything like that existed.
Thank you, glad I could show you something different.
Big job, that´s very nice.
Well done. Amazing job.
Great tool,great job again,but why didn't painted black the parts like they were before ?
I wanted to show off the beautiful casting. Paint would take it look too new.
Looks and works great, well done.
definitely a thing of beauty now.
Thank you
Beautiful work….🔨⛏️🛠️🔧🔩⚙️🗜️👍
I like ur video keep up the good job thank.
Fantastic 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you
Love your work 😎👍
Thank you. Much appreciated
Beautiful job and machine.. what's the widest material will it cut?
I love that unpainted look 🙂
Outstanding job 👍
Thank you
Отличная работа! Привет из Беларуси!
Perkins and Company still makes woodworking machines in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
It’s nice to know such an old company is still alive
Truly amazing what you do.
Thank you very much.
Very Good . I like to bring rust back to life. take advantage of everything that seems to be unusable. Does anyone have the same ideas with me?
I grew up poor, 'fix it till unfixable then repurpose it' was and is my family's motto.
Absolutely. It’s nice when you can look at such a tool and see the beauty in it before it’s restored.
This should be everyone’s motto.
@@mytinyworkshop1213 I totally agree.
@@vargr The same opinion
Beautiful.
Thank you
Sandblasting is my favorite part of the restoration process.
Very kewl job dam that is Sharp.