Vintage weighing Scales Restoration
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- These Balance scales where found in the same place as the Beatrice stove
and if you look carefully in the opening scene of that film you can see a
quick glimpse of it on the Wheelie Bin, I'm not sure of the manufacturing
date but I would guess around 1960 ish due to the shape of the body.
It has been a relatively straight forward restoration compared to some
of my other projects but it has been good fun to do.
I chose to paint it Black instead of the white as I thought it would look
better, especially with the Hammered look. Let me know what you think
in the comment below. Thanks for Watching.
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Materials used
Paint £21
Scales £4
weights £2.00
Pre paint Wipes £4.50
Duration
Working hours approx 12 hours
Editing about 7 hours
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This is a hobby for me which I enjoy doing in my spare time. I am not a professional restorer, Painter or fabricator and I know some of my techniques may not be up to the standards of some professionals on here. Having said that if you think you know a better way to complete these works I would be happy to listen,
I will learn from each project to bring you not only a nicer finished piece but also a cleaner piece of editing.
Please leave your comments below and ill do my best to reply to them.
Kind Regards Unique Restorations
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Fantastic job. The scale looks awesome. Without the paint it would have looked more authentic in my opinion.
Fantastic job love it thanks for sharing your time and skill great 🍻🍻👍👍👍👍👍👊
Nice job restoring scale.. Although to get it working perfectly you should have put a bit of emery paper on the knives and if it had bearings buff out the cuts.. Getting on of these to balance perfectly is a art.. If you wondering I was taught and fixed many many of these before electronic scales even existed
Mine was working good but it got loose it's balance and I don't know how to fix it
I loved this restoration , you did an excellent job of it. Thank you for sharing.👍
I jave one identical to this. Got lucky it had the original weights with it.
What a wonderful job!!!!!!👏👏👏
So enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing.
0:20 right there, pick those scales, the Harper one.... That is the one I need to see!!!
Very good job 👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
would love to have a few of the items in that wonderful shed full of restoration heaven... another great job, btw...
Another fine restoration laddie buck!
Nice job! Like the Hammerstite paint.
Great restoration and calibration. Greetings from B'ham Alabama
GREAT job!!
Nice one. Good little project
Nicely done 👍👍👍
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Love this 👏
Very cool. Just found the exact same scale at a thrift store. Missing weights. Unfortunately someone has painted over the original yellow paint with bright red. Plans are to try and remove the red paint with mild stripper...if not successful then strip to bare metal, coat with Spar poly and use as a planter for my deck. Cheers.
Thanks Horkinlugies, good luck with your project. Regards Brian
Nice work keep it up 😁
This is the first scale restoration vid iv seen where its put to the test afterwards, really nice work. I didn't see a point to view the balance like a needle or a set of lines, I think it may be missing a piece or something!?! One can't really tell it's truly balanced just by looking at the side of the scale!?!?
Great restore, but the plate that you put the weight on is on the wrong side. Try mounting it on the other side. Then balance it without anything on it. Then place the 1lb. weight on it and weigh out what you like on the other sid e.
I really like your restoration videos. There is only one thing I would like to point out on this restoration. It seems like the Hammerite paint is too thick. Maybe thin it out and paint two layers using a softer brush. Black colour is not that forgiven.
I totally agree with you, I cant say i was happy with the finished result on this one. The brush wasnt right and i struggled with the heat drying the paint skin too quickly which led to more lines as i tried to smooth it out. regards Brian
If you sharpened the knife edges and polished cuts out of bearings it would work much better and be more accurate. Could do with a pan too. But nice resto
Looks great. I see with all the fussing you had to do why the scales fell out of favor .Still the restoration looks awesome
Hi bro 👋👋👋very good restoration weighing scales 👍👍👍For the work done 10000 likes 🤝🤝🤝
No daba la escala porque esa báscula originalmente venís con un plato incluído. Le restauración está muy bien aunque el color negro no me pareció el más acertado. Saludos.
Gracias Marcelo. Regards Brian
I hope you get to 10,000 subs soon - there is something so satisfying about a blasting cabinet 👍
How many subs for a powder coating setup? 🤔
Really beautiful restoration. I have a vintage set and just wonder what the products you use are: the first paint on product, the 24hr soak and the white pen 😊 thanks
Hi Ava, I used a black hammerite paint on the scales and a paint pen to write the letters. The liquid I used to soak the scales was evaporust. Regards Brian
Nice refurbish job. But shouldn't there be a pointer of some type to show that balance?
What do you call the pyramid looking part that helps to keep the balance?
Nice work on the weighing scale and while I applaud your use of paint by brush for the work it does seem to lack the fine texture of sprayed surfaces. Also where did the weights come from I didn't see them in the beginning. Finally the missing weight pan was a bit of a downer. Overall I am pleased with your work and always look forward to your next video.
Hi Paul, I am expecting a few comments on the paint this time and to be honest its not great. The brush wasnt soft enough to achieve a better result. I managed to find some weights at a reclamation yard last saturday, I only picked them up as i thought it would look better with them by the scales. Thanks for your comment Regards Brian
@@UniqueRestorations thanks for the update, but as I said earlier I do enjoy your work and hope you will continue to do so Paul
not bad.. but this one though.... it was to much black... it makes it look off.. you are coming along and I have seen enough to want to subscribe and watch you grow.. thanks for the share and carry on!
Hi tinkmarshino, I agree the colour choice was wrong and the application too. I saw it coming out better than that but not to be on this one. I may re do it when I get my sand blaster. Regards Brian
@@UniqueRestorations Well live and learn.. at least you saw it before it "became" good eye.. this is going to be fun watching you grow.. I used to love doing this.. But I am mostly to old now.. thanks my friend..
beatiful restore, do you sale it?
Now to find a bowl to put with it.
There's a place in Columbus MS that is more over stocked than that. I'm afraid to walk through the place, afraid something will fall and break. Can't see much of what's there it's so full... and the guy is still buying.
Would love to see that place! People here just through everything into recycle if they cant use it! :(
Hi Toot Tall. It's shame they get to that stage as there may be some little gems buried beneath all that. Regards Brian
@@markjeffels3327 I honestly don't know what might be there. He buys like entire garage fulls at a time, he probably don't know either. He has a lady that tries to help keep it going, but the piles are often over her head. I've found military hats, very old Stetsons, and that's just on the top of the heap. The heavy metal stuff is on the bottom, mostly covered up with other junk.
We've seen this scale at the very beginnings of the previous video. Hint: Right side > Trash can :) Am I right?
Very observant Claymore. I forgot to move it out of shot. Regards Brian
keep your eyes open for a copper or brass bowl when you're looking for more stuff. The bowl would have been brass or copper if this was meant for food weighing. if not, it could have been a steel bowl that is oblong with a kind of pour spout on one end.
"domestic" was indeed meant "kitchen" rather than just "home". The original ivory colour could have been chosen to keep the domestic servants happy instead of that hammerite industrial gun metal tone!
@@francislematt7079 yeah, I wasn't in love with that either. So would domestic mean food use or something else, or does it simply mean that that scale isn't for use in trade? Most later scales say something to the effect of not for trade use. Actually, when he had it all clean and shiny, I was hoping for a clear coat and leave it go at that. Polished metal always looks good to me. I have a hunch the hammered metal paint was used because it was at hand, no other reason, since he's used it quite effectively before... some things look good in it. A warrior uses what weapons are at hand, there is no shame in this.
@@tootall5559 Domestic use only would have meant home use only, not for shops as weights and measures ruling would mean traders have had use precise scales and would be larger too. And most cases a display gauge facing to the shopkeeper and costumer.
@@MusicFurler today most say Not legal for trade or something to that effect. question arises, why would you need such a scale around the house?
What's a media blaster?
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I’m sorry you set them wrong. They should have a tin/brass pan on the product side and your zero is with that pan on. You included the weight of the plastic bowl in the weight making the weight of the rice short.
Another good restoration though with limited resources.
Hi Mark I thought i had used the plastic bowl with a little rice in it to duplicate what the missing bowl would weigh, then calibrated it. Then i added 1lb of rice on top of that to measure it against the metal weight. Is that not right.? Thanks for your Comment Mark. regards Brian
Unique Restorations It would be better to watch out for a proper pan then calibrate it for a straight arm. There was at least one in that room you might be able to convince the store holder to sell. I’m sure you’re going to be a regular customer. However, very few recipes require that level of accuracy, when I was a chef we used scales most for weighing steaks etc as we cut them.
You are doing a great job, and it brightens my day when you post.
Why the tape on the paint brush?
I enjoy your videos, wondering why you did not use a media blasting cabinet to clean up?
Hi Marin, It's on my list of tools I need but at the moment I need a bigger workshop so I can get my lighting sorted out. Then I will have the room to install some better tools. At the minute my work area is about 1.5 meter square. Regards Brian
Hi Marin, I wish i had a media blaster to use it would make my work so much easier. Regards Brian
I hate green kitchen tools.