Hi folks! I found this key-cutting machine online, and my heart whispered to buy it and offer it a fresh start! I hope you agree with this decision and enjoy the video! I worked many, many hours on it! Thank you for your support and for your time! Johnny! 😍
Thanks for the Canadian content portion of the program. We in Canada used to make almost all of our own machenery and we stopped doing this now. We buy from Japan and China. Again Thanks for this
You are the finest restorer I watch on TH-cam, and this is evident from the cleanliness, mastery at work and the great effort you make. Thank you from the heart
I was actually a locksmith for around 20 years and this brings back some memories for me. Thanks for the share, it's nice to see this classic machine being restored to its former glory ;)
my dad was a locksmith when i was growing up. i used to cut spare keys for friends, without asking of course . his was big , green and heavy like that one , same brand , different model i think.
You did a great job restoring the key cutter. Thanks for sharing, it's nice to see this classic machine restored to its former glory ;) it took a lot of work to clean all the parts and adjust the depth of cut properly physical. It looks beautiful
It was nice to watch this video restoring every parts of the machine that is must needed when u restor any machine every one must watch this vedio. Good and perfect restoration
Fantastic job you did restoring the key cutting machine. I bet it took a whole lot of hard work to clean all the parts and adjust the cutting depth properly. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work.
Beautiful restoration job you did restoring the key cutting machine. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. I bet you adjusted the guide part that the key slides on for accuracy. Excellent work.
This project/ restoration was not for the faint of heart in regards to the number of parts, cleaning, reassembly, and adjusting every thing back to running order, you got yourself another subscriber with a like sir, enjoyed the video. Excellent finish.
I had no idea that Canada was exporting machines like this to Europe! It is obviously for the European market, as in Canada we use 110-120 volts at 60 hz, and the data plate shows 220V 50Hz. Nice to see it restored! I remember seeing many just like it here in Canada - with 110V motors, obviously! They used to be in EVERY hardware store!
Another great restoration and a great way to make additional income! I use to work for a retail store and was trained to use the engraver in jewelry and the key cutter in sporting goods. Some times I would spend the day going back and forth to those two departments because I was the only one on the shift that knew how to use both machines.😊 Glad you listened to your heart and made it useful again. ❤
At least you didn't bury it in mud and claim it was found that way. Really tired of restorers doing that, with guns, knives and tools. What idiot deliberately damages tools to make them worse? I skip those sites.
Very nice video. I have one of these machines I've been using for about 45 years. One worn tooth on cutter. I've never had to adjust it. It took a fall and pin for making it automatic broke. Might fix that some day. It has some worn covering. But other than that, works perfectly. The nice thing about these machines is that they will cut even the old Curtis steel cylinder keys like a warm knife through butter.
Hello ! What an exceptional restoration of a legendary machine! (Now, I'm going into "chauvinist mode" and I assume!) You should know that some members of my family have worked at Dominion Lock in Montréal virtually all their lives, and now I understand why they were proud of it: this little marvel was perfect, as everything else they build! What's more, when I was very young I used to stop off every day at the local ironmonger's on my way home from school; it was run by family friends, the Lanctôts... The ‘key machine’ fascinated me! I always wondered how it worked, but I couldn't go near it as it was the responsibility of adults... 50 years later, I finally know how and why it made keys so well! Thank you so much! (By the way, there are still three of these machines - only slightly younger - making keys in my neighbourhood!)
In the mid 70s my father used to use a machine very similar to this for key cutting in our shop. He bought it 2nd hand and he had to do pretty much the same as you did with this. Great video
My father-in-law worked as salesman for Gits Brothers. Neat to see. The Gits brothers developed the 2 color injection molding for the Pontiac Indian head hood ornament.
I’ve got a machine just like that except a little newer. I got rid of that dangerous wire wheel and replaced the motor with a 115 volt 60 cycle and bought a new cutting wheel and it works great.
Thank you! I chose to spray paint this time because I could see the colours matching in my head: Hunter's green with Silver Hammerite. The Silver isn't available in my powder-coating stock or in my country, so that's why. 😃
globally, it is a good job. Such a piece of machinery asks for tuning after assembly, same as a lathe or a milling machine, probably not shown in that video. very good video
Did you replace the bearings in the motor? Very nice detailed work, got very wrappedupin your video to the point where i was worried about runs in the spray paint!
Very nice restoration ! The only difference on this machine versus a Canadian version is the electric motor, 230V instead of 115V and the European plug. 😊🇨🇦
As a retired Locksmith/ Safe technician I say it turned out pretty well except that the tip of the duplicated key should be ground down a bit on the underside.
Hi there! When I have big projects like this, with a lot of parts, I take pictures. That's more than enough for me, but not for everything usually I do it for small little things to make sure I don't miss them.
That must have taken You quite a bit of time to do. But alas I can see it was all worth it. You definitely 😁 deserve an Oscar for that Job 👌👍💯😁! Sincerely 🤠 Mr Severance, "The Cake 😋 🍰🎂 🥳🎉 🎊 Man".
It my first time seeing 2 wire's connected with a beefy screwed contour plus another plastic cover, the one in the mortar disassembly. Nowadays you will see either a press-on or a srew-on piece of connector
That’s a work of art,restoration on another level and I think your gloves were more of a hindrance then a help,looks like they kept getting caught up in some of the dismantling,bit too big me thinks
@petegonzales7525 Ebay, local websites where you can find old stuff, flea market. If you want to do this, this is the easiest part, I think, to find things..right? 🤔 😅
my Dominion lock machine looks a bit younger than yours. I duplicated keys in my workshop whit that machine until 6 years ago, when i bought a new one. new one is not automatic like old one! the old one is still in good shape, and stored in the attic!
Quick question - is this machine rare because it's old, or rare because the type of machine is hard to come by? Because my local hardware store has an extra one hanging around that I think doesn't work anymore. On top of the two others that get used all the time.
Not very easy to find the same. I couldn't find one online or on the auction websites and as I know the company doesn't exist anymore, so, nobody will produce them anymore. 🙂
You didn't use the wire wheel to remove the swarf. That key will damage the lock it is inserted into with the shavings of metal in place. Don't ask me how I know...
@@kayleysaunders4589 Swarf are the ragged, tiny pieces of metal on the edge of a workpiece that has undergone stock removal by abrasion or cutting. Consider it frayed metal.
Looks like that machine may have been made in Canada, but exported to Europe or Asia. The 230v with two round pins on the power plug are standards in Europe, Russia and Asia. Canadian power plugs have two flat blades and a standard 120v.
where i live they still use these very key cutters at the lock smiths shop. so happens I'm also not far from where this machine's motor was manufactured.
I have yet to figure out why they strip the pai t off with stripper then sand blast. The sand blasting will take the paint off in one step without the mess of ghe stripper.
I can help with that mystery. 😀 There are four common scenarios: 1. The paint contains dangerous chemicals such as lead (my case) - that need to be stripped chemically and dispatched correctly. Sandblasting will help only to contaminate everything with lead. 2. The object cannot fit the blasting cabinet; 3. The paint is too solid, or many layers were applied (sandblasting can take too long, and a lot of media and energy will be used ), so a little paint stripper will help. 4. Just for diversity Maybe there are more reasons, but for now, this is what I can't tell. Best, Johnny
Looks like it needs adjusting. The notches of the copied key were a bit offset horizontally. Or maybe that was a trick of the camera. Generally one adjusts that by shimming the cutting wheel.
Hi folks! I found this key-cutting machine online, and my heart whispered to buy it and offer it a fresh start! I hope you agree with this decision and enjoy the video! I worked many, many hours on it! Thank you for your support and for your time! Johnny! 😍
Thanks for the Canadian content portion of the program. We in Canada used to make almost all of our own machenery and we stopped doing this now. We buy from Japan and China. Again Thanks for this
@@rosellabill Thank you for watching my videos! In Europe it is the same, we import almost everything...
OY!!! You misspelled your own name !!! Such are the brainwaves of perfectionists 😸🤣💋🫶🏻😂
@gaylereid8264 , thanks for letting me know! I didn't see that till now 😅
@@rustyshadesrestoration
HaHaHa❣️ I am impressed w/ the swiftness of finding my correction, I mean comment. They don’t call me eagle eye for naught 😻
No annoying "music", no unnecessary talking, just the sound of tools. Love it!
Thank you JT!
No talking. No annoying crap music. Just the sounds of tools, machines, and scraping. Love it ❤
I love canadian manufacturing, the world needs more of it.
Agree! 🥰
You are the finest restorer I watch on TH-cam, and this is evident from the cleanliness, mastery at work and the great effort you make. Thank you from the heart
Wow, thank you! 😊
I was actually a locksmith for around 20 years and this brings back some memories for me. Thanks for the share, it's nice to see this classic machine being restored to its former glory ;)
I'm happy I could bring back those beautiful memories with my video! 🙂
my dad was a locksmith when i was growing up. i used to cut spare keys for friends, without asking of course . his was big , green and heavy like that one , same brand , different model i think.
You did a great job restoring the key cutter. Thanks for sharing, it's nice to see this classic machine restored to its former glory ;) it took a lot of work to clean all the parts and adjust the depth of cut properly physical. It looks beautiful
Glad you enjoyed it
You are an artist! I admire anyone who has skills like these in this video!!
Thank you! 🙂
It was nice to watch this video restoring every parts of the machine that is must needed when u restor any machine every one must watch this vedio. Good and perfect restoration
I made keys on a machine very similar to this,back in the early eighties. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Cool! I'm so happy that I could bring it back to life. It is satisfying to duplicate keys 😀
The only channel that I found what I was looking for
🙂
Not often that you see a Canadian brand!!!
Fantastic job!!! ❤️❤️❤️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That's right ✅️
Fantastic job you did restoring the key cutting machine. I bet it took a whole lot of hard work to clean all the parts and adjust the cutting depth properly. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work.
I'm so happy to know that you enjoyed the video. Thank you for your feedback and for watching my work! Cheers
Just wow, so many parts. I love watching your videos. I love antiques.
Glad you like them!
Снова и снова восхищаюсь вашей работой!
Beautiful restoration job you did restoring the key cutting machine. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. I bet you adjusted the guide part that the key slides on for accuracy. Excellent work.
Thank you so much!
Had one in my parents general store. I could pretty much run it blindfolded. Very nice job. Brings back memories.
This project/ restoration was not for the faint of heart in regards to the number of parts, cleaning, reassembly, and adjusting every thing back to running order, you got yourself another subscriber with a like sir, enjoyed the video. Excellent finish.
Thank you!
I had no idea that Canada was exporting machines like this to Europe! It is obviously for the European market, as in Canada we use 110-120 volts at 60 hz, and the data plate shows 220V 50Hz. Nice to see it restored! I remember seeing many just like it here in Canada - with 110V motors, obviously! They used to be in EVERY hardware store!
Another great restoration and a great way to make additional income! I use to work for a retail store and was trained to use the engraver in jewelry and the key cutter in sporting goods. Some times I would spend the day going back and forth to those two departments because I was the only one on the shift that knew how to use both machines.😊 Glad you listened to your heart and made it useful again. ❤
Wow! That's so amazing! Thanks for sharing this! 👍 🙂
I especially loved seeing the motor compartment! Cool restore, nice work!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wow what an incredibly complex machine. We think that old things were simple, but this is on par with the engineering in a mobile phone
At least you didn't bury it in mud and claim it was found that way. Really tired of restorers doing that, with guns, knives and tools. What idiot deliberately damages tools to make them worse? I skip those sites.
That's hardly any restorations lmao
But ya got to love the rusty plastic 😅
Yeah, not only is is dishonest, I feel really bad for the tools! Lol. Just really wasteful...
@fgjhham89 Next thing we'll see is someone claiming they found a 57Chevy BelAir Coup in Swampwater USA.
In pretty good shape overall but definitely needed some tlc. Great job!
Thank you! 🙂
@@rustyshadesrestoration you're welcome :)
Very nice video. I have one of these machines I've been using for about 45 years. One worn tooth on cutter. I've never had to adjust it. It took a fall and pin for making it automatic broke. Might fix that some day. It has some worn covering. But other than that, works perfectly. The nice thing about these machines is that they will cut even the old Curtis steel cylinder keys like a warm knife through butter.
Hello ! What an exceptional restoration of a legendary machine! (Now, I'm going into "chauvinist mode" and I assume!) You should know that some members of my family have worked at Dominion Lock in Montréal virtually all their lives, and now I understand why they were proud of it: this little marvel was perfect, as everything else they build! What's more, when I was very young I used to stop off every day at the local ironmonger's on my way home from school; it was run by family friends, the Lanctôts... The ‘key machine’ fascinated me! I always wondered how it worked, but I couldn't go near it as it was the responsibility of adults... 50 years later, I finally know how and why it made keys so well! Thank you so much! (By the way, there are still three of these machines - only slightly younger - making keys in my neighbourhood!)
Oh wow! Thats a interesting coincidence. Thanks for sharing! :D
Wonderful job.
Thank you very much!
So many parts in one little machine; great work indeed!
Thank you 🙏🏼
Thank you! 🙂
Masterpiece 😮👌
Perfect attention to detail, great work👍😀
Thank you! 🙂
Very nice,nice to see an older piece brought back to life.great video as always.just keep doing what your doing.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Thank you so much, Tom! 🙂
Very interesting. I have never understood that keys are copied like that. A clever machine.
Indeed! 🙂
Beautiful restoration and color 😊
Thank you very much!
Nice work. I enjoyed the video.
I'm happy to know that! Thank you! 🙂
I love watching I find it enjoyable and relaxing seeing all the different things u bring back life amazing 😊😊😊😊😊😊
I'm so glad to know that! 🙂 Thank you for watching!
Ok the casting was pretty sweet 🤗
Thanks 😁
In the mid 70s my father used to use a machine very similar to this for key cutting in our shop. He bought it 2nd hand and he had to do pretty much the same as you did with this. Great video
A lot of fine tuning and adjusting to get the cutting depth set properly, lots of wasted key blanks lol. Very nice work on and old classic key cutter.
My father-in-law worked as salesman for Gits Brothers. Neat to see. The Gits brothers developed the 2 color injection molding for the Pontiac Indian head hood ornament.
Superb...👍.
Thank you! 🙂
WOW! I'm sure glad you knew what you were doing.
Always! 😀
Wspaniała renowacja ☺️
Dziękuję! Pozdrawiam
Hello mister beautifully restored good job well done
Thank you! 🙂
Very nice!
Thank you! 🙂
I’ve got a machine just like that except a little newer. I got rid of that dangerous wire wheel and replaced the motor with a 115 volt 60 cycle and bought a new cutting wheel and it works great.
Very much enjoyed this
Glad you enjoyed it
Great job molding the thumb screw! Just curious as to why you didn't powder coat instead of spray painting though.
Thank you! I chose to spray paint this time because I could see the colours matching in my head: Hunter's green with Silver Hammerite. The Silver isn't available in my powder-coating stock or in my country, so that's why. 😃
@@rustyshadesrestoration Awesome! It definitely turned out great!
Restoration is perfect... but what actually amazes me is the fact you can work with all those little pieces/parts while wearing those gloves on, lol
Thank you, James. It is nice to hear from you! Cheers
bravo superbe travail very best
Merci beaucoup! 🙂
Fine work 👌 Love from India ❤
Thank you 😊
Fantastic work as always 😍😍
🫠
Beautiful machine
globally, it is a good job.
Such a piece of machinery asks for tuning after assembly, same as a lathe or a milling machine, probably not shown in that video.
very good video
Thank you! Yes, that's correct!
Yet another great job.
I appreciate that
Did you replace the bearings in the motor?
Very nice detailed work, got very wrappedupin your video to the point where i was worried about runs in the spray paint!
Thank you! Yes, but only one; the other one was in perfect shape. The paint job turned out fantastic. I'm super happy with these spray cans.
Jolie travail 👍👍👍
Merci beaucoup! 🙂
Derien 🙂
Nicely done. 👍
Thank you! 👍
Very nice restoration ! The only difference on this machine versus a Canadian version is the electric motor, 230V instead of 115V and the European plug. 😊🇨🇦
Omg.....how long did this actually take??? You made it look fantastic!!
The restoration process and the video production took me precisely 28 days.
Great restoration. Is that a rotating file?
Thank you! More like a blade than a file...
What year is that , I'm guessing somewhere between the 50's and possibly early 80's
The company was founded in the 20s and closed its doors in 1985. I think the same as you..
Great restoration, my friend. This looks like its from the early to mid 60s, just a guess.
Thank you so much! I think the same, but I can't be 100% sure. I couldn't find a similar one on the web..
Well done 👍🙌
Thank you, Marja! 🙂
Loved this. Brilliant work. Thank you. 💯
Glad you enjoyed it!
As a retired Locksmith/ Safe technician I say it turned out pretty well except that the tip of the duplicated key should be ground down a bit on the underside.
Thanks for the tip!
Super sprawa!
Dziękuję!
Magnifico . Gostei de ver seu vídeo. Parabéns,
How do you ever keep track of what goes where when reassembling??!! Do you have to refer back to your video?
Hi there! When I have big projects like this, with a lot of parts, I take pictures. That's more than enough for me, but not for everything usually I do it for small little things to make sure I don't miss them.
Bravo !!! 👍🏻
Virou uma jóia... parabéns!
WoW very nice linda video ❤❤❤
Is the key actually working? That cutting wheel looks quite uncentered
After wire brushing, yes, it worked.
That must have taken You quite a bit of time to do.
But alas I can see it was all worth it.
You definitely 😁 deserve an Oscar for that Job 👌👍💯😁!
Sincerely 🤠 Mr Severance,
"The Cake 😋 🍰🎂 🥳🎉 🎊 Man".
Hahaha, Oscar? 😀 Thank you for your kind words! 🫠
Love this ❤❤❤
Przepięknie jest ta maszyna odrestaurowana Pozdrawiam mile i serdecznie. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Dziękuję bardzo! Pozdrawiam
see how old machines are made for durability? today's tool are just made to be maintained, not to last long.
It my first time seeing 2 wire's connected with a beefy screwed contour plus another plastic cover, the one in the mortar disassembly.
Nowadays you will see either a press-on or a srew-on piece of connector
nice job! But how did you restore the bakelite plug?
Thank you! I just replaced it with a new one.
That’s a work of art,restoration on another level and I think your gloves were more of a hindrance then a help,looks like they kept getting caught up in some of the dismantling,bit too big me thinks
I'm glad you enjoyed the video. I just changed the gloves brand this time, but not the size and somehow, they're a bit bigger 🤷♂️
Where can I buy something like this? I want to learn how to restore things like the key cutter.
I found it online
@@rustyshadesrestoration what website/ websites do you use to find the things you restore? This is something I really want to do.
@petegonzales7525 Ebay, local websites where you can find old stuff, flea market. If you want to do this, this is the easiest part, I think, to find things..right? 🤔 😅
Ok. Thank you very much.
Certainement plus beau maintenant qu'à sa sortie d'usine ;)
Merci beaucoup!
Tolle Arbeit wie gerade gekauft sehr gut 👍 👍 👍
Aber mal eine Frage, warum hört man immer Zug Hörner im Hintergund ,war da eine Veranstaltung 😂
Thank you. I live close to a railway station 🙂
my Dominion lock machine looks a bit younger than yours. I duplicated keys in my workshop whit that machine until 6 years ago, when i bought a new one. new one is not automatic like old one! the old one is still in good shape, and stored in the attic!
Quick question - is this machine rare because it's old, or rare because the type of machine is hard to come by? Because my local hardware store has an extra one hanging around that I think doesn't work anymore. On top of the two others that get used all the time.
Not very easy to find the same. I couldn't find one online or on the auction websites and as I know the company doesn't exist anymore, so, nobody will produce them anymore. 🙂
You didn't use the wire wheel to remove the swarf. That key will damage the lock it is inserted into with the shavings of metal in place. Don't ask me how I know...
What’s “swarf”???
@@kayleysaunders4589
Swarf are the ragged, tiny pieces of metal on the edge of a workpiece that has undergone stock removal by abrasion or cutting. Consider it frayed metal.
Looks like that machine may have been made in Canada, but exported to Europe or Asia. The 230v with two round pins on the power plug are standards in Europe, Russia and Asia. Canadian power plugs have two flat blades and a standard 120v.
That's right! 👍
How in the world can you figure out how to put it back together?!?
Amazing!
where i live they still use these very key cutters at the lock smiths shop. so happens I'm also not far from where this machine's motor was manufactured.
I have yet to figure out why they strip the pai t off with stripper then sand blast. The sand blasting will take the paint off in one step without the mess of ghe stripper.
I can help with that mystery. 😀
There are four common scenarios:
1. The paint contains dangerous chemicals such as lead (my case) - that need to be stripped chemically and dispatched correctly. Sandblasting will help only to contaminate everything with lead.
2. The object cannot fit the blasting cabinet;
3. The paint is too solid, or many layers were applied (sandblasting can take too long, and a lot of media and energy will be used ), so a little paint stripper will help.
4. Just for diversity
Maybe there are more reasons, but for now, this is what I can't tell.
Best, Johnny
Super !!
Looks like it needs adjusting. The notches of the copied key were a bit offset horizontally. Or maybe that was a trick of the camera. Generally one adjusts that by shimming the cutting wheel.
It seemed to be in very good condition ^^
It was broken enough to don't work...
Биение на фрезе меня одного смущает?
Все замечательно, но не понимаю, как можно окрашивать метал без предварительной грунтовки?
There is no need always to use primer, mainly if you use hammer paint, one of the most durable paints on the market.
How do you remember where all the screws and things go back in to? You got to have a good memory 😵💫
How on earth do you remember how everythng goes back together?!
What is the tool used at 10:33?
A drilling machine and a snipe-nose pliers
@@rustyshadesrestoration Thanks. I was so concentrated on the pliers, I did not see the drill.
Duplicadora de llaves, algo muy común todavía acá en Argentina
It will not work for North America. This machine operates on 240v at 50 cycle
That's in great shape as is. Just needs a cleaning. They make a mess when you use them anyway.