Kind of describes the U.S.S.R.'s philosphy in general. Build it to last, no matter how shit it runs. I like the first part. The second... I can only understand if theres no other options that meet the first criteria, but there are. Just not in the Soviet Union where everyone had money, but nothing to buy.
Yes, but they/we "over engineered" in the past. We actually learned to engineer each part to last about the same amount of time and that time decided for the price we offer. They noticed in the past that a car junk yard had drive shafts that lasted forever, but certain other parts died too quick. So they learned to design everything for a certain amount of time/use. Not some of a thing last 100 years after the rest of it was replaced by new and the old in a trash landfill.
@@AnonymousAnarchist2 as cheap as possible while just barely meeting the quotas, not all that far off from modern capitalism, just instead of quotas it's investors and costumer satisfaction. fun fact, The USSR had a very impressive steel production, however it was pretty bad steel because the strict quotas didn't enable factories to upgrade there equipment much, as that runs the risk of lowered production during installation and re-organisation of the factory. So no matter how old the foundry is, if it still runs well enough to meet the quotas, it stays.
A lot of time when something runs like shit, it can be down to just poor maintenance or age. Lubricants dry out, parts get worn, or off balance, rubber that hardens and cracks. Things like this can be repaired with relative ease and make a world of difference. In some cases. All tools are not equal, of course.
@@kmurrpiggy360 You picked up on that too? If he'd drop the dope he could score a box cutter and be able to get on an airplane like any other American.
An english speaking russian here. That drill looks home repaired, the round pin in the square keyway and the circlip are DIY, these came with proper square keys from factory. Also you can even see in the video - the bearings have grooves for rubber seals or metal dust shielding. These rubber or metal seals are really easy to bend when disassembling the bearing to put new grease in so whey most likely were trashed and tossed. A little maintenance and cleaning can really give a new life to these tools. Also in 1976 1 USD was about 75 kopecks, what would put what drill at roughly 65.3 bucks flat, that is without any other associated expences. Also also ask me anything about them tools if there is elaboration needed.
Yeah, and it looked like it may have been repainted too. that drill was maintained with love. here in America, we just get another one, need it or not.
@@marks99999 I think that was the beauty of these old soviet machines. We had stuff like that everywhere, and everything was repaired by the user. The crazy part is that the bad fitment was often considered by the engineers so it works till this day. I have heard stories of truck motors that need rod bearings replaced as often as oil, and the drivers doing that on the road, without any issues, apparently a 1-hour job.
I like comparing economics on this sort of thing. A cordless Craftsman was $60 in the USA with a budget corded nonreversible option running for $20 at that time... kind of neat to compare something like tool cost, we definitely had more options but I imagine Russia had some ability to import stuff, just more expensive maybe?
Fun fact. Your drill is actually 3-6 drills put together. I'm not joking. My great uncle use to fix these things when he was in Europe converting these things after the soviet union fell and they were selling these for cheap surplus. This drill you got is a mix from a standard home version and a front part from a work shop assbly line drill. Gotta give the soviets that, everything is interchangeable.
One of the few nice things about their country, made sure of interchangability so you wouldn't have our version of a dozen different tool manufacturers using all slightly different batteries so you have to stay in their ecosystem of tools
@@lilcabbage1852 If only it were legal to create battery adapters for the different brands, so that it made manufacturers save money & stop bothering to try and create these locked ecosystems.
@@lilcabbage1852 I would look at you after working in the field with Bosch drills against this shit or the same soldering stations. What year would you go crazy? or do you think they just do it this way so that they can’t shove all sorts of shit here and there?
Awesome video. As you pointed out yourself, I love how Russia’s style of making things that function like shit but function forever is consistent among their power tools too lol
@@docnele, We could use some no inflation. Our country has hidden inflation in loss of material quality or portion size along with price increase. That individual bag of Doritos keeps getting smaller. Our appliances get crappier. Then, only when they have reduced it to dollar store quality, the price increases.
An interview with a Soviet engineer who defected to the United States: Int: What shocked you the most when you arrived in the USA? Eng: I was surprised by the sheer volume of propaganda here. Int: But surely, there’s significantly more propaganda in the USSR! Eng: Absolutely, but no one there takes it seriously.
2 different styles of propaganda. USSR: you get so much bullshit you don't know what is real anymore USA: you get so used to bullshit you stop thinking about what is or is not real.
It was just different kinds of propaganda. USSR: Fed so much bullshit you can't tell what's real USA: Raised to believe so much bullshit you don't know what's real
I spent some time in Russia. One of my joys was going thru my late father-in-law's shop and his tools. As an aircraft mechanic he had a great tool set. I realized he had hand made many of those tools. Studying them I learned much about the man. Best of all, I discovered and finished his last project. A homemade 12 inch (30 cm) refracting telescope. It was made using aircraft parts and a handmade mirror. Best of all, when plugged in it would track objects, keeping aimed at a star as the Earth turned. Those old Soviet era craftsman were imaginative and at times brilliant at cobbling stuff together. Heck, I even saw some handmade nuts, bolts and screws..talk about dedication.
My father still has a East German driil purchased from flea market here in Greece. It has a two speed switch with gears (300/600 I think) and is rated at 620 W. But we drilled into very dense cement with the East German drill when the German Bosch 850 W was struggling. Slowly and steady, the East German drill opened more than 20 holes in that cement.
For anyone wondering about Judith (the woman from what I presume is a printing test that was used as packing material): the text is German, and I presume she is German herself as well as the text mentions ARD, a German TV broadcaster. The text describes the book she wrote, containing 30 knitting projects (hats and scarves, among others) and an emphasis on how soft and cuddly they are. Very much not the point of the video, but just in case someone's interested.
Thanks! I saw that the text was German (my first language to whatever extent a two-year-old toddler develops language). I did not, however, have sufficient curiosity to attempt reading it with long-atrophied ability or transcribe and let Google handle the translation.
That makes sense. No market economy so the communist part dictates the price. Instead of its worth what people will pay (market economy) and that's why the American dill has reverse to help it sell so the manufacture can make money.
Yeah, most eastern block countries would overbuild the fuck out of the tools. They were meant to last as long as possible, which is why there are plenty of these old ass tools, cars, guns, you name it, made in the eastern block, still happily chugging along, running like crap, but running now, and probably planning on running long after we're all dead and buried.
I don't understand how Americans even talk about Soviet Union and East Germany cars while they have companies like Ford and General Motors. Who buys American cars even in America? Anybody who doesn't have too much money but can afford a reliable car and has some common sense, buys Toyota or Honda.
@abhijeetkundu2271 I’m going to assume with a name like yours you’re not an American, or at least not immersed in the American culture. Carbine isn’t a fully rational process anywhere, and in the consumers campus side he’s like America car buying isn’t just about getting a vehicle, It’s also about making several social statements. How do you spell showing off how much money you have, your local region, your social class, or subculture, a political affiliation, or what particular club you’re in. We you have people, many, Actually, you can and do judge you off of what car you have. Example I live in the South region,and most people here have pickup trucks. It doesn’t matter if they live in a city on flat ground with mild weather and make >$100K telecommuting as a programmer, they gotta have a pickup truck to show that they are real good country folk. Very matter-of-fact pickup trucks these days are gigantic impractical luxury items. They aren’t inexpensive working transportation anymore. Just watch anything citynerd makes about trucks. I am a very practical man, and every car I’ve ever owned has been a Honda, either a Civic or Accord. If I do say, although they are excellent car purchases in my car and the markets me as a kind of outsider you could say, basically city or suburban liberal, from what could nebulously be called the north even though as a guy from Texas with an accent, I’m definitely from the south.
@@sasl6987 maybe surprisingly, but we did. Not the same ones though. A lot of the same games in principle, but Soviet versions of them with Soviet characters in place of Disney/Nintendo ones.
Imagine a "brotha" pulling out to your car's window and unzipper in front of you... "Well, I don't know why he unzipper right on my window, but WATCHED it all..." I want to emphasized on 'WATCHED' word.
As a child, my older brother, when he was only about 2 years old in 1975-76, threw our drill from the balcony, this is the 5th floor. It's good that no one was hurt. And many years later we found out that another kid who was playing in the yard picked her up and carried her home. As adults, we found out that this drill works and everything is fine with it. It was approximately the same Soviet electric drill.
Somehow related story: I sold a sound system to a landlord of mine as a 17yo teen. 25 years later 1500km from there I start dating a girl and she brings me to her mom's place. My full complete sound system is right there in the basement fully working like the day I sold it.
My dad always said, "Use what you have" and "improvise, adapt, overcome" and "fuck, god damn, son of a bitch cocksucker, come off!!" and then he'd whack something 50 more times after hitting it with the torch.
Since you brought it up, Soviet watches are actually quite nice relative to the bargain-bin prices they sold for both when new and nowadays. I learned my stock and trade on them as a watchmaker. They can certainly be made accurate, but since the last time most of them were given any attention was at the factory, the fact that any still run at all no matter how poorly is a testament. My favorite Soviet beauties are the 1950s-80s Pobeda/ZiMs with the ZiM 2602 and the 1970s-80s Slavas with the Slava 2414 movement family. The 15-jewel ZiM 2602 was based on the French LIP R-26 from 1918 and built under license. However, the 2602 also holds the distinction of being the longest-produced Soviet watch caliber. It was made continuously from 1948 to the mid 2000s in the millions. Pobeda abandoned the 2602 sometime in the 1990s whereas ZIM produced it until their dissolution on June 30th, 2006. It represents the sheer power of Soviet industrialization and its capabilities, where a watch intended for as many people as possible still had such haute features as a glydocur balance and an actual Breguet hairspring all throughout its life span. It's an anachronism by modern standards, as it more closely resembles a pocketwatch movement than an actual wristwatch movement in construction, but its still totally servicable and stands as a testament to early Soviet watchmaking efforts. The Slava 2414 movement family from the Second Moscow Watch Factory, however, is a technical marvel. It has two mainspring barrels coupled together with an idler gear, which was designed to release energy from the mainsprings more evenly as they unwound to the balance wheel, which is abnormally large relative to the movement's size. This is also to increase accuracy as much as possible. Even better, it was an entirely Soviet design made from 1966 all the way until the SMWF's dissolution in 2011. Again, sheer industrial might and beautiful design was pursued here, even at the cost of crude finishing. Much more difficult to service than the 2602 I talked about earlier, but still absurdly accurate for the price. I'm talking within 5 sec/day deviation here when regulated to specs.
Thank you for the education. I spent a lot of long, lonely nights in college, sitting at my desk, tinkering with these Soviet watches- sometimes succeeding, and sometimes throwing them out in frustration.
@@thedoubtfultechnician Can relate, I got my start in college too with similar results. The movement you showed on camera was a ZiM 2608 from the mid-70s. Basically a center-seconds conversion of the old 2602. The USSR really extended the life of the Lip R26 design as far as it could possibly go. Not necessarily a bad thing, it being a good and solid platform even for its age. The designation of Soviet movements conformed to GOST, government standards to which every consumer product in the USSR had to adhere to. This would include your lovely hospital-blue drill. The 26 in 2608 stood for the diameter of the movement (26mm in this case) and the 08 indicated a movement with center seconds but no shock protection on the balance. This also means that it would be entirely possible for multiple different Soviet watch factories to produce movements of the same GOST code, despite being technically very different designs (as seen in the Raketa vs. Poljot vs. Vostok 2209s for instance.)
In the mid to late 90s the market was flooded with absolutely garbage "jewel motion" Russian watches that couldn't keep time for shit. They had jewels, but the gears were garbage
It's like Ladas... they seem like gawdawful little cars but the durn things are unkillable, even if they never heard of maintenance. Garage54 channel does all sorts of horrible experiments on junker Ladas and most survive it.
The price engravement in USSR was, because no inflations of capitalist system, and all prices were fully stable. So, no price rising or changes. Remember, USSR was socialist, not communist.
@@vitacell1 you have to appreciate the stability of the system, the ironic fact that it was the market that brought the USSR down shows how unstable the market system is
@@witext GDP was rising every year in USSR. But politicians were working for capitalist. They destroyed everything in last 5-10 years of USSR. And Gorbachev was working fully for USA government and capitaloid banksters. After the "death" of soviet führer, Stalin, politicians were working for the country destruction, slowly. USSR was destroyed by money with money, and by corrupt politicians.
@@vitacell1 yeah, capitalists often say that the USSRs fall is a sign of weakness with the socialist system, but it was capitalism that destroyed the USSR, not socialism
This is probably a copy of a German tool. Russia copied a lot of German cameras and other technology. So I doubt if a Russian engineer could’ve come up with a power drill. The Russians couldn’t even make a refrigerator. It’s not about capitalism versus communism it’s about smart versus stupid and educated versus ignorant.
This could actually be a really good weapon for the Engie, don't know why I'm the only one to suggest this but it would be something akin to Southern Hospitality, but like a repair chainsaw kinda, like a super fast full auto wrench.
Yeah, Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, heavy-duty cold weather gear, Russian Vodka, Vostok watches.... if nuthin' else, they do know how to design stuff to _last._
You can still get a Vostok from the original USSR factory which is operational in Russia to this day (although at a slight markup since the 2022 invasion)! They're not the most accurate, but can be easily adjusted to perform within a couple seconds per day, and more importantly, they're probably the most robust mechanical watches period. The service interval is like 10 years, and as an owner I've done everything imaginable with mine (from drilling to jackhammering to punching, swinging bats and rackets, directly smashing it with metal tools by accident, falling, etc) and it still runs accurate. Soviet ingenuity was something else, as modern tests have shown the Vostok Amphibia can withstand over 800m water pressure, while only advertised as 200m resistant (there's a cool video on youtube where they test it).
This is a universal motor (DC or AC). The frequency will have a negligible effect (in the 50-60 Hz range). You can also run it off 120V, it will run slower or try DC, it will run smoother (on non-pulsating DC). The speed will be load-dependent as it is for this type of motors. The rated speed of 800 rpm is very probably given at a rated load of 340 W (or rather a mechanical load which corresponds to this electrical load). Unloaded speed is determined by current rise time in the rotor and bearings friction (and a few other factors).
@@RSB333This is a filter capacitor, not a running cap (it's too small for that), it even has a schematic on the package. Induction motors do not have windings on the rotor and therefore no brushes.
For more context: ЦЕНА 49 руб Is a price - 49 Soviet Rubles. The average salary for the month after taxes in 1970 was 122 Rubles. In 1975 it was 145 rubles.
@@KeksimusMaximus There was, and now there are ones. But it works rather in cities, in a districts with apartment buildings. Each bulding is attached to appropriate municipal exploitation service. Man can call them to order an electrician (for example, to change a lamp bulb), or a plumber etc. Quality of such works is weak, but price is very low, and payment is included in utility bills.
@@KeksimusMaximus you are right. I remember my grandfather has a mechanical drill. And someone was told me that at 90ties when drywalls just appeared on exUssr , screws were also turned by hand.
@@ja6614 Greek is 800BC, Cyrillic is ~900AD from Bulgaria. Vinca script is not related to Greek or Cyrillic. And why you're calling them Serbians, Vinča culture and Slav migration to Balkans are events thousands of years apart.
@@niter43 The Greeks had nothing to do with the helm peninsula, they settled among the Serbs. Throughout Greece and dance you have toponyms and hydronyms in the Serbian language that mean nothing in Greek. And yes, the Serbs have genetic similarities established by DNA Alaniz remains, so your Vienna Berlin School of history is not relevant. The Serbs could not move because the Slavs moved from the Serbs. The Serbs called themselves" Rashans" hence the name for the Russians.
Idk what youtube algorithm they are feeding me today but im here for it! This is the perfect amount of completely random commentary with interesting topics! Definitely subbed
"While pondering a Colt . 45 automatic pistol, Black and Decker determined its features could improve the electric drill. In 1914, they devised a pistol grip and trigger switch enabling single-handed power control and began manufacturing their drill in 1916."
Alot of the old soviet tools and gear was design for easy handling and repair so you did not have to had alot of knowladge to repair them, they normally also had electric schematics with them
Yes, like cars, very basic mechanics, easy and cheap repairs. I remember that every soviet TV came with schematics. But if something was wrong with a soviet TV, a punch on the side could be enough for fix a soviet TV.
For every soviet tool and appliance you can find a western counterpart the device is copied from. Practically every soviet design came from either licensed western manufacturing line or was just stolen IP. Except Kalašnikov and other mililitary equipment. Many people mention here the design was robust but reliable. But what those people don't see is that in CCCP everything was at least 5-10 years behind. Absolutely every thing. So, a soviet 50's radio is problably a copy of German 40's one, etc. Russians stole all the factories and designs and started manufacturing their own. It is a very similar situation with today's russia. Their stolen manufaturing lines produce quality products only as long as the machines can be serviced and the quality raw material was available. For example soviet electric sewing machine my mom bought at mid 80's needed mechanical milling of the main shaft. Because it just didn't rotate inside the machine. And to get that sewing machine you had to wait almost a year to buy it at all.
I just want to add that Solidol is a mineral oil thickened with a soap. The soap may be made from synthetic or natural fats. But soap is not "fat" - it's a soap (duh).
I'm a collector of vintage power tools and never seen a Soviet power tool yet. Based on this drill quality isn't anywhere near to western brands like Metabo, AEG, Fein, B&D etc.
@@bekanav Vintage AEG, black&decker (vintage B&D only!) are also respected. But ppl usually buy new stuff. Some buy and restore old Soviet tools if they want to have a tool for another 100 years
@@markot9902 There's nothing special in Soviet/Russian tools, just cheaply made copies of old western tools (worse materials, bigger tolerances etc.) Eastern block also had a system where manufacture of different products was divided between different countries. Quite large part of machinery came from East Germany and also from Czechoslovakia and even Romania or were designed (copied) there
Dude, you can scold Soviet products all you want, but they work. I saw a refrigerator (Zil), which not only still works properly, but also the original light bulb shines inside it
idk how i ended up so far down the youtube rabbit hole that i came across your dissassebly and commentary on 50 year power tool from behind the iron curtain, but im here for it.
my grandmother's crappy noisy fridge has been working since the 80s, the funny thing is that our fridge that we bought in 2008 has had 2 repairmen appointments already.
Capitalism is all about after sale...! Even the machine was sold..some parts are get quite broken when exceeding 1 years warranty period. They made those parts quality down to 1 year. Socialism is all about saving money and inexpensive for everyone to have ..machine working as hell Even exceeding its lifespan. Simple and hard-core
Socialist leadership at the time prioritized inexpensive goods, durability and use when it came to the planned system. It’s why the Soviet cars and huge apartment complexes were known for their long lives and are still being used. Capitalist brands just care about sales and profit and the workers who actually make the products could care less about durability and use. The businesses don’t care about the workers or the people so why should a worker do nothing more than work for the money? Plus sometimes stuff is made poorly intentionally so that you need to buy more of the company/brand parts to keep repairing it giving even more money to the Capitalist. It’s all just about priorities. Shoot with this in mind I’d take Socialist planning any day. And it’s not like Socialist planned systems couldn’t make high quality and durable products if they wanted.
@@twilightgarrison3671ESPECIALLY with modern computerized systems that combine direct democracy, feedback adjustment loops, and alll of that data for supply chain logistics management. How so few people talk about this is beyond me. It was tried once in Chile with extremely primitive versions and worked well for a couple years as 'cybersyn' before the CIA installed a dictator instead of the elected president. Smh
You earned a new subscriber. I'm a Russian immigrant to America, and I appreciate how you recognized America used propaganda and it's not like the USSR was as bad as America wanted to show it. So commonly people will grab the simplest of things and say to me "Oh yeah, bet you didn't have these back in Russia" or make jokes and insults that are just entirely false, so I like that you didn't just come at it with a "American is automatically better because it's American" attitude. I appreciate you being fair and honest with both tools and also I love your humor. :)))))
I pay attention to just about anything made in Russia or the buffer states from the Soviet era, because that stuff is usually meant to last and be repairable by a novice. Lots of other makers of mechanical stuff could take a lesson...
When I saw the watch movement part I had to write this. I have a Soviet era Russian mechanical watch I picked up in Nassau in 90 when a bunch of their "new old stock" started hitting cheapo tourist shops and I got it because it has a mechanical alarm and I get paranoid on vacation I'll miss flights 😂, it keeps worse time than anything Americans or Swiss I own (not by to much) but all these years later it goes on the wrist when I sleep the night before a Vaca and that mechanical case alarm roaring on your wrist for 30 seconds is enough to wake anyone up, all that with no cleanings or maintenance since 90 and as of last year it's been in the ocean every 3 or so years since, so I can believe their power tools would be just the same, lower tolerances but they just do not break. GREAT VIDEO
Those are actually externally excited DC motors. But because the stator and the rotor are excited from the same source, the polarity doesn't matter. If it changes, it does on both sides of the magnetic "circuit", therefore it works from AC too. The direction of the rotation depends on the relative current direction between the rotor and stator. The caps are usually there for phase correction and some filtering of the commutator noise. One phase AC motors are usually induction types and don't have brushes.
Nice try, but no! These are "Universal Motors" .They can work on AC or DC. They are built like a Series DC motor, not externally excited. Technically we don't use the terms "rotor" or "stator". except in AC induction motors. What we have is wound "Armatures" and two pole field windings. A lot of people do call them "rotor" and "stators", but that really isn't accurate. A very long time ago we had DC motors first and it wasn't until AC induction motors were invented that the terms "rotor" and "stator", came into usage. The motors are distinctly different and the terminology should not be used interchangeably. In order to change the direction, the current is reversed going through the brushes and the armature in relation to the field windings. Universal Motors are configured as Series motors because they immediately produce a lot of torque. We use gearboxes to slow the output speed. The armatures spin very fast, where as in AC induction motor, the speed is dictated by the AC frequency. These only exist in a single phase format. Your description of operation isn't horrible, just the terminology isn't accurate. Although universal motors can work on AC, the motor design and construction are that of a DC motor and not an induction motor. Therefore the proper terminology is that of a DC motor. In almost all AC induction motors, we don't use brushes because no supply voltage is fed to the rotor. Current in the rotor "windings', (usually cast aluminum vs. copper wires), is induced from the current that runs through the stator windings. The stator windings are symmetrical vs, the individually wound poles of DC and universal motors. Starting torque is much less and quickly drops off with load. There is an exception in the AC induction family, called a "wound rotor motor". These are 3 phase AC induction motors which have copper winding in the rotor, which are connected to "slip rings" through brushes. (not a commutator like the DC and universal motors. The wound rotor motor has high starting torque and offer adjustable control of torque and speed. Typical application is a hoist winch motor on AC cranes. They are not very common and modern AC variable frequency drives can produce similar characteristic electronically using regular AC induction motors. You won't find these motors in any household appliances. As an Electrical engineer, I think that sadly the internet spreads a lot of inaccurate information. If someone does videos like this they should start with the disclaimer that they aren't educated engineers and that the video is foe entertainment purposes.
@@TheOriginalEviltech I understand the logic and the stator is stationary. But I'm an engineer and a real professor who teaches, so I lean toward using the proper terms. When I read misuse of such terms the alarm bells go off telling me the individual doesn't really know what he's talking about. If I read "the spinny part" and the "bolted down part" , I know that they aren't trying to sound like they know more than they do. I suppose we could all just make up our own terms for things, like little children often do. But when we are talking about a technical field of study, we should try to use the correct terminology. "Rotor" and "armature" are technical terms foe two distinctly different parts of two types of electric motors. The terms are not interchangeable or generic in nature
Tip from an ex-electronics tech, If you're going to 'finger' test to see if something is live or not, use the BACK of your hand. That way they can pick you up off the floor without that crispy smell. 😁😁 Also, when you drill through a piece of wood like that, you need to back out at least once or you'll burn and blunt your bit.
@@robertkalinic335 Yep. Muscles contract and can hold you on. The back of the hand will throw you OFF rather than hold you on. That's assuming you're silly enough to touch it in the first place.
At 9:14 I noticed something... When you touch something to see if current if flowing through the case or housing;...you need to flip your hand over and use the top side of your fingers or back of your hand. Reason is that if it were shorted to ground...and the breaker hasn't caught it ...if you were to touch it with the inside of your hand;...the muscles in your hand could have a tendency to want to retract violently and cause you to grab onto whatever it is your testing. Does this make any sense?
Bottom left information on Russian drill is price: 49 Rubles. There was no inflation in soviet union, and no speculation. Thats now you tell if something is made in soviet union: price is stamped or casted on the product.
There was an inflation in USSR. It was seemed for Soviet citizens that there's no inflation. And prices was printed on factory. But it just because there was no any trade of civil goods with other countries. No in no out. So there was no real currency exchange. And without trade with all othere world there was no choice what to buy. And more awfull that goods was limited. And price was high. Price of this drill is 49 rub. In 1970, average salary after taxes was 120 Rubles after taxes. And there were speculations. Because of limited offer buyers was forced to pay extra money to shopmen. But the official price was correct. Or in some cases make some favor. Also, there was Ration Stamps for getting goods, cars, or even food. It was a horrible time. I'm glad that USSR is gone.
@@andrewkravchenko2443 "Whoever does not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union has no heart; whoever wants to recreate it in its former form has no head.“ - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. I support it. And you are rather a pimply youngster who does not understand a lot.
Now, there wasn't OFFICIAL inflation and speculation in the communist countries, but there certainly was a black market where both such things existed. My parents growing up in Communist Romania, items could officially cost a certain amount, but be almost impossible to find because of shortages. However would find someone that would sell you the thing for a higher price under the table.
@@andrewkravchenko2443 It was the same situation in Romania. To get consistent access to things like food or goods, you had to "know" the correct people, or pay shopkeepers or distributors for a "special access". Factory workers stole goods from their workplace, and then traded with other workers for the goods they took. By the time the shipment actually reached a store for the public, much was gone.
@@andrewkravchenko2443 сомневаюсь что ты жил при СССР и можешь сравнить жизнь в СССР до революции после революции а так же сравнить уровень до и после развала СССР это не совсем компетентно да и люди в то время я имею в виду 80 жили скорее счастливо, а вот как раз 90 всем запомнятся надолго
Funfact: you needed metric to go to the moon, as von Braun hated Imperial. So, the complete Saturn V was designed metric, then engineering drawings were calculated back from metric to imperial. Same for the Apollo Guidance computer...worked completely metric, but then did imperial conversion to the output displays.
It doesn't really matter what unit is used for measurement, you just need the tools and the parts to follow ANY standard so they function for the work. While converting in metric is a simpler calculation anyone who can do middle school math proficiently will have no problem converting imperial or metric or counting the number of units to make any measurement..
The stubbornness of the US and its refusal to adopt the metric system is just silly. I mean how is it that in the 21st century we are still losing spacecraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars because we forgot to convert imperial to metric?! (Mars Climate Orbiter anyone?) Unfortunately as a product of the American education system my brain works best in imperial measurements. But I try to always keep metric conversions in mind when I work on things and I never resist using metric measurements when I can.
I'm an American. The metric system is one of humankinds greatest inventions. The fact I have to live in a nation who uses some throwback shit THEY don't even understand is actually really frustrating.
the funny thing is, in science classes in america, you use metric for everything. and then in the wood working classes in the same school, you are forced to use imperial. As an american, America is ret*rded and our education system is a sham. why we havent started converting to metric is a mystery.
49 is 2 salaries of an ordinary person. Closer to the collapse, salaries were already 100 and then there was hellish inflation. Right now the standard salary is 200k
@@mattivirta That one must have been made for the common man! Not uncommon for the higher ups to have much better stuff. In communism some are more equal than others.
@@paulussturm6572 Capitalism never claims to be fair. There will always be people in more power than others, that will have nicer things. Even in a system where every-one is "equal".
@@SuperFranzs The fairness that communism claims is not in everyone having access to the same goods, being paid the same, or having equal social station. Despite the memes.
I have some Soviet-made cassette tapes from 70's and 80's. They did not lost any audio quality up today. I have also some Sony tapes made in 90's that are unaudible today. Even my German BASF Chrome tapes and Japanese TDKs from the same period lost a bit of audio quality along the years. Those Soviet unbranded tapes has zero audio quality loss.
That might be, however soviet and east german tapes were very abrasive, and had far worse frequency responce than even good Type I western tapes (TDK AD for example). Of course, tapes like Maxell XL or TDK SA were galaxies better.
I have a couple of Soviet era pneumatic rotary tools , much like a dremel, they are very sensitive to over pressure and the bushings or bearings are crap, maybe just worn out. They look to have been very high quality, definitely not a consumer grade tool. Luckily the soviets used npt threads for the air fittings.
As a Russian, my grandpa still has the same Soviet drill that is shown on the video from 1976 in his garage. He uses it to this day and likes it more than the modern Chinese drills
I think this is export version. Nobody would stamp USSR instead of CCCP for domestic. Export versions were sought after as the quality was much better. Maybe not even requiring after-factory repair!
Export version is an ambiguous term. A lot of goods like that ("Made in USSR") were sent to comrades in Warsaw pact countries and they had exactly the same quality as the ones that had "Сделано в СССР". Anyway, the best quality had the ones that were made for the Army and many different government agencies USSR had, and they were marked with special sign.
@@ImperativeGames you contradict yourself by saying that export version is ambiguous while explaining that the only places that would buy Soviet crap were Warsaw pact countries. What’s ambiguous about that?
Yurpian citizen, here... I've lit myself up on 230V on more than one occasion by mistake and while it's not pleasant, it's usually not fatal, barring any pre existing heart conditions, standing barefoot in a puddle of muddy water, and / or discharging straight across the heart.
In work I was standing in puddle of water and switching fuses. Third fuse instantly popping I was wondering something is wrong. Yeh well extension cord was cut and in same water puddle with me. :D
Basically then, what you're saying is that 230v is highly dangerous and surviving a 230v shock is a matter of luck and circumstances and it is to be avoided at all cost.
@@occamraiser I was electrocuted by 230V many times in my over a half century life. Including being a very curious toddler with scissors. lol Horror stories that 230V are many times more lethal than 120V seems overly exaggerated.
What you said is manufacturer is actually price. pretty much everything in USSR had price stamped on it so that sellers cant change prices. This one was 49 rubles which at the time with 0.6590 exchange rate to US dollar would have been $75 equivalent. Which is about 1/4 of monthly salary for a doctor. This mean this was intended for factory inventory not household. Solidol is what Russian army still uses to preserve metal (tanks/weapons), just lather it on, and lock the thing in a shed for a few decades.
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I've had the same drill for about 40 years, doing occasional home improvement work. It finally broke down around 2015. Btw, I honestly don't see how the Craftsman is better, apart from the smooth switch. Maybe it runs better, but just from seeing the internals, it's a tie, if not a win for the union for having proper bearings.
He says it's better because it's more solid and has less trigger slop. The Soviet drill may or may not objectively perform better, but his point is that the Craftsman feels better to use.
In 1976, this Soviet drill was surprisingly affordable for the Russian proletariat, costing about 16% of a machinist’s salary (around 300 rubles), 40% of an engineer’s or doctor of medicine’s salary (130 to 150 rubles), 20% of a master’s (180 to 200 rubles), and just 10-14% of a PhD’s (350 to 500 rubles).
it is worth noting that cost structure was different. While in US before spending your salary on things you want you need to spend them on: loan debt, rent, life insurance, e.t.c., a lot of those things were way cheaper or even free in USSR(like healthcare or tertiary education)
@@leftybot7846 Well naive child even if you had money you are lucky to actually get drill in USSR because they were rarely in stock and you had to be on the waiting lists. Waiting lists had a call each month or so where you had to come or your name is crossed out. After 3 months of this you could have a chance of getting the drill. Dont even dream about good drill bit set in those times. Oh.. you need spare chuck key or brushes? how cute... No matter how bad west was , you got the money you have a drill and any accessory you want.
@@dukenukem8381 Thanks for your perspective. My initial comment was to provide context about the affordability of the drill based on salaries at the time. For those who used these tools for work, like machinists, the cost was reasonable. Additionally, tools were often provided by the government since it owned all the businesses.
@@GooglyMowgli And western companies dont provide tools? You realize that soviet union was a huge potemkin village and abundance of resources and opulence was easily offset by poor management. If you take a sober look at a soviet union it was a hyper capitalist corporate culture state, using internal currency not accepted anywhere else and state from which you could not escape from. Where you owned nothing and everything belongs to bosses with a strict corporate culture you have abide by or face punishment. Not so rosy and affordable now? Oh cold doctor is free wow! Ofcourse its free because they locked you in, tethered you to a lathe and made you follow ideological arbitrary rules you HAD to follow. They need you healthy-ish to work. Thats why overall soviet quality was poor nobody actually LOVED their occupation. Sure there was always exception like scientists and cosmonauts who had it good but thats like 0,1 of population. West is by no means heaven either but this "better live in hogwarts I never been to " about soviet union myths are just misguided. Its like medieval tales good to read , but i wouldn't actually want to live during medieval times.
@@dukenukem8381 how ironic: guy using term "soviet era occupation" about soviet time is calling me naive child. " even if you had money" because most of the people in USSR had no salary ... ? " you are lucky to actually get drill in USSR because they were rarely in stock and you had to be on the waiting lists. Waiting lists had a call each month or so where you had to come or your name is crossed out. After 3 months of this you could have a chance of getting the drill." Do you realize that you literally just replaced "food" and "cars" in copypasta and thought I wouldn't notice? Isn't that the definition of copium? I'm really not into refuting braindead points, especially when it's your word against mine. And mine is that we didn't have such a shortage back then. As a backup of my words you can search for different thematical topics, for example forum article " Профиль al13l Дрель родом из СССР " and by your logic only thing they could argue is how bad it was since no one could afford it. However, there are dozens of comments discussing their experience and not whining how they couldn't find it. Other thing is that you can find millions of cheap-ass offers on the secondary market right now, 30+ years after collapse of USSR. You could argue that just no one needs them in the era of capitalism, but by that logic soviet condenser microphone "19А-19" should also be ass cheap and not cost whole salary like they are right now. Because rare things cost much. Since your copypasta was aboud whole soviet economy, let me share an article on this topic: "Реальное ВВП СССР, России, США и других стран по годам" from pikabu. If short: share of industrial production of Russia in the mid 70's in the world was 20%. Again. 20% of industrial production in the midlle 70's was made in soviet russia. Of course by itself it can mean a lot of things, whole article proves my point that with soviet production capacity(I'm not even talking about military) there could not be country-level shortage you are talking about. It could be a local one, as situation wasn't solid everywhere. Even more ironic that after Gorbachev started to decommunize economy, and stand it on capitalist lines, new sellers and cooperators instead of patching old holes in soviet economy made a giant one by literally throwing away all goods. Search "СССР: Товарный дефицит (видеохроника 1989-91г.)" "No matter how bad west was , you got the money you have a drill and any accessory you want." I, indeed, have a drill. Moreover, more than one. A few of them from different times. One small issue: I live in Russia. And your fairy tales ain't gonna work on me or almost anyone who experienced living in USSR and knows when was "shortage" and when was real **shortage** . And it is reflected in sociological surveys. For example, one made in 2023 by FOM: 80 percent of Russians consider the Soviet era to be a good time, and 63 percent regret the collapse of the USSR, according to new data from the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM). 5 percent of citizens disagree with the good assessments of the Soviet era, 15 found it difficult to answer. Among those younger, from 18 to 30 years old, 64 percent have a positive opinion about the USSR as an era, among Russians from 31 to 45 years old - 79 percent, from 46 to 60 years old - 88 percent, among those over 60 years old - 86 percent. 63 percent of respondents regret the collapse of the Soviet Union, 22 percent do not regret it, 15 found it difficult to answer. 16 percent of Russians, when mentioning the Soviet Union, remember their childhood and youth, 14 percent come to mind good memories and feelings, 11 associate the USSR with a calm, stable life, 8 experience regret, nostalgia and a desire to return to Soviet times, 7 remember a good life in abundance, 6 - unity and friendship of peoples, 5 - care for people, 4 - the kindness of people, political leaders of that time and communism, 3 - stagnation and deficit, another 3 - a large country with a strong economy. So yeah. Twice as many people associate the USSR with a good life in abundance than with stagnation and scarcity. You are not fooling anyone here.
This looks remarkably like a 1/2" Thor electric drill I used to own. It was my grandfather's and it worked great for more than a decade after I got it. The motor finally shorted and I sold it cheap on eBay. Mine had a much bigger gear reduction set but it was also a larger drill. Not a whole lot of difference in construction from the Ruskie drill. Mine was all metal case, but was also older.
I can show you quite a few 3-phase AC motors where I work that MOST DEFINITELY run backwards if you switch the polarity; Phase A goes to wire 1, Phase B wire 2, Phase C wire 3. Switch any 2 wires, and the motor runs in reverse. The remaining 6 wires are connected 4 to 7, 5 to 8, and 6 to 9.
go by per capita rather than numbers outright, since I'm sure the fact the US has 300 something million people might offset this statistic relative to any one other country
I own a Soviet era motorcycle, probably built around 1979. I found it quite by accident. At the time I was running a web site about tanks. I joked I might buy an armored car. One of my readers offered this to me. It was in a warehouse in LA. The sidecar has a powered wheel fixed to a crude differential. Also fitted with a reverse. Painted in KGB Black. I recall around the year 2000 I decided to replace the gas tank. Got a new one for about 10 dollars. My Harley tank cost thousands. I can affirm that 3rd World Grease was also found in the bike. It worked. I also found some western parts here and there. I also own that Craftsman drill. It is a 1/2 and I got it around 1978. Slow but solid.
Sounds like a"Cossack" or "Ural", Both the original and the "clove" were used for courier tasks and reconnaissance; the powered sidecar enabled reasonable "cross-country" performance Basically a knock-off of the German military BMW R-69?. They were still making the exact same bike into the 1980s.
@@bruceinoz8002 Right on. They were BMW clones the Russians reverse engineered, and built about 2 million of. When I registered it in Florida they had nothing on the books about a Russian vehicle, so they let me name it. I called it a Dnepr after the region it was made. I had also heard it called that before (early internet had far less information then) but could not verify. Oh yeah, the bike is happy at speeds no greater than about 45. Over in Russia they treat them like light duty trucks by putting a flatbed where the sidecar is. It is very rugged and though it weighs about 1000 pounds, it is nimble off road and handles well in Florida sand during testing.
Soviet machinery is the way how former soviet bloc citizens learned advanced engineering without understanding how the fucking thing works. I am from Lithuania and I kid you not I used this exact same piece of shit yesterday for some work, and let’s just say I worked on this drill more than the god damn task at hand (overheating problems, I don’t what was wrong)… (we have modern tools, it’s just mine broke, it might’ve been a connection to the motor somewhere since the motor is fine)
Modern ones are simply designed to break after 1 or 2 years. Capitalists are insanely greedy now, it becomes worse and worse every year (since USSR fell).
@@ImperativeGames they're designed to be hard to repair. otherwise it'd not matter how much they break. also idk where you buy your stuff, but most of my machinery already lives for longer than 2 years. Probably won't live as long as my grandmothers stuff however.
6:26 Never Solder Wires LIKE THAT When You Are Dealing With More Then 20 Volts, Ttwist Them Tigether And Only Then Solder, The SOlder Itself If The Copper Is Not Connected Will Work As resistor And Heat Up
Heat is the function of current and not voltage, though, but it's a good point. So your advice is for high current applications, regardless of voltage.
Actually lower voltage stuff typically deliver much more amperage Just compare the wires you see in a car and the ones inside your home 200w @ 220v is 0.9A 200w @ 12v is 16A Solder is fine for mains application, just look inside any power supply and you'd see them solder wires directly into the PCB
I love everything about this video! I was thinking of making the same type of video, but seeing as how I was so entertained by your take I may as well send you all the USSR tools I can get my hands on and then sit back, relax and watch the masterpiece video you come up with! Thank you for the entertainment! From your new (among many) subscriber!
@@thedoubtfultechnician I hope it is fine with you, I have shared this video on my channel. Since I watched it I have thought about it a couple of times thought the day and I just found it fascinating so I think more people should see it. I don't have a big subscriber count, but I still hope it helps you out on your way to 10 000 000+ views, because this video surely deserves it!
5 minutes ago (edited) At 3:48 where you are saying "This is the manufacturer" and you are pointing to "цена 49 руб." That is not the manufacturer's name, but the price i.e. 49 rubles. In USSR, with its strictly planned economy, the price was often marked visibly on the product (I own a pair of scissors from the 1980's made in USSR, and the price is embossed in the handles as "цена 2 руб."). Next to the price you can read "гост 8524-73" гост stands for "государственный стандарт" which means "state standard" (73 is the year of the standard i.e. 1973). Regarding standardization: the electric-motor part (everything that is in blue) is almost identical to the motor side of a SKIL-type saw my late father brought from USSR in 1982.
Respect the soviet one for being all standard parts. You could put in modern double-sealed ball bearings, get the correct key, and lube it with something non-organic and it would probably run like a dream. Not sure about the sleeve bearings in the craftsman... As the plastic wears, the play in the shaft will increase, and I doubt it could be easily sourced.
Cameras and camera lenses were pretty much copied from German Carl Zeiss, after the war Soviets took all the patents, even manufacturing plants were moved to the soviet countries even together with researchers and technicians. For example cameras such as Kiev 88 or Zenit models, lenses such as Helios 44 (Zeiss biotar 58mm 2f) or Helios 40 (Zeiss biotar 75mm 1,5f). They copied a lot of stuff...
@@JazzerciseJustice They economy collapsed because they lacked a foundational understanding of the technology they STOLE, well that and epically bad leadership. If you're smart you reverse engineer the technology, then figure out the functioning principals; the commies weren't smart; they just stole the idea without asking why it's better then other ways of doing things. Look at China, the commies are still stealing tech without actually understanding it. Now take the IBM x86 "reverse engineering" lawsuit we had back in the day; the courts determined because the people who reverse engineered it didn't just copy the designs, instead they reverse engineered the operating principals too, then used that to build their x86 clone instead of just copy/paste it wasn't an IP issue. The difference is obvious but I'm sure the communist smooth brains won't see it.
As a person who works as a Finite Element Analyst or FEA engineer... I can tell you with certainty that our job is to make stuff live through its warranty period and if we can make it break soonest after that period, the better. So in general it's not the problem of stuff from commies or capitalists. It's the price point. If it's expensive and it doesn't break, we don't get to keep our jobs.
Single phase motors run in the whichever direction is twisted. Three phase motors will start by being repelled by the rotary magnetic field (induced by the three phases 120 deg apart). One phase motor does not have rotary magnetic field but a pulsing field that will repell the rotor in whatever direction it started. So in order to start this single phase motor you have a capacitor to delay the current enough so it will have some angle to the magneting field starting the motor. The starting capacitor may be hooked to another winding to create the starting angle in oposite direction. Another way to start asynchon engine is with a rope. Give it a spin in the direction you want to spin. It will start without a capacitor. You can test this on many old powertools with this asynchron motor single phase by winding a rope on the shaft and pull hard and press the trigger. The starting capacitor is usually weak so turning the shaft from outside will overcome that starting capacitor.
Several years ago, I was on prescribed and properly used opiate pain medication for a couple years before my spinal fusion surgery. In case anyone is wondering, no, post-surgery isn't perfect, but it is better than before - namely because I'm not needing to be medicated. Anyway, back to the main point... that shit does in fact result in some really weird purchases. I once left a Toys R Us with $1600 worth of Thomas the Train for my kids. And the online purchases? Jeeze. Don't get me started.
I don't know specifically what you were on, and I'm not for a moment questioning your bona fides regarding your use of it (honestly). This feels like as good a place as any, though, to point out that the withdrawals from Codeine are comparable to those from Heroin (I said 'comparable', not the same, and yes, I do have experience of both, before anyone comes on telling me 'Buddy, you don't know Jack~sh1+!') - so yeah, in the same ball~park as Heroin, but for relatively negligible pain~killing ability compared to your over~the~counter options×, and, for what it's worth, pretty negligible 'buzz' as well. My point being, if it's helping with 'your' pain (not _you_ specifically), great, but the sooner one can taper off that stuff, the better. And for those messing about with it in search of a high, Codeine is serious business - there really are better highs available for the same stakes! (Hopefully I don't need to add, that is not meant as encouragement!) ×'DF118' (No doubt it goes under something snappier sounding in the States) is probably a better - and worse - option in this respect, but if your croaker has you on that, s/he might be better off considering the non~opiate, Lyrica - horrendous withdrawals, horrendous side~effects, but actually decent potential to hit pain, or certain types of pain anyway. Yes, you can also get a bit of a 'dunt' off it, but again, especially for what you get, really, _really_ not worth it. PS - To the O/C, you have my serious respect for knocking the opiate pain meds on the head, it sounds like most of what I've said here is pretty much redundant with regard to yourself. Best of luck with your continued recovery. (And I don't mean to come across like I'm giving anyone who _does_ need those meds a hard time. I'd hardly be in a position to!) "Hey Kids! Come look! I've got you a surprise!" "But Dad - we don't like Thomas the Tank Engine - we're 12 and 14!" "Well, Daddy's out fourteen hundred _bucks!_ *So you damn well like him NOW, savvy?!"*
@@richiehoyt8487 hydrcodone, morphine, oxycontin for starters. Then ambien for sleep, and more. I feel for those who become addicted. I was able to quickly wean off and stop. Now, I absolutely dont want the stuff and refuse it when offered by doctors. I am constantly in pain, but the drugs dont fix it and in fact simply make you not care about the pain but also anything else.
Don’t apologize for the jittery-ness. Your oscilloscope is great. Most phone cameras have what’s called a “rolling shutter” instead of moving up and down like a conventional camera it moves side to side, hence the weird effect
The fact someone already fixed it before instead of buying a new one says allot about how people and times were .also the fact it's serviceable and some one was able to get parts for it says something else as well
@@agathisthegreat Yeah but a lot of stuff these days is designed to break down after so much time has passed to force you to buy a new one or pay for replacement parts that can sometimes run you more then to just replace it with a new one. My box fan recently broke, there was some electrical part on it that fired. To buy that part's replacement along with the tools needed to replace that part properly would cost more than to just buy a new fan.
@@0hn0haha this soviet drill is basically a motor with a pistol grip bolted on and a drill transmission on the front. I wonder what other things used these motors
So stoked iv found your channel!! Only watched this one and im hooked!! Bravo!! I’m always looking for channels like yours with the hands and the top mounted camera! Just my cup of tea,kinda why I do my my daft videos I love tinkering with old and new tools 🤟🤟
21:00 i always say that the one who invented the philips screw needs to be tried by the international court in hague while the torx inventor should get the nobel peace prize 😅
@@jackradzelovage6961 They use squares in wood screws for construction, horrible and strip all the time but usually don't need to come out again. For applications where they need to disassemble, no internal method out there beats torx. There's just so much more surface area for the force to apply so the yield force overall is much higher and it's much harder for the average person to screw up
"this drill is gonna run like shit longer than some modern drills will run period" that analogy applies for alot of other things
Kind of describes the U.S.S.R.'s philosphy in general.
Build it to last, no matter how shit it runs.
I like the first part. The second... I can only understand if theres no other options that meet the first criteria, but there are.
Just not in the Soviet Union where everyone had money, but nothing to buy.
Yes, but they/we "over engineered" in the past. We actually learned to engineer each part to last about the same amount of time and that time decided for the price we offer. They noticed in the past that a car junk yard had drive shafts that lasted forever, but certain other parts died too quick. So they learned to design everything for a certain amount of time/use. Not some of a thing last 100 years after the rest of it was replaced by new and the old in a trash landfill.
@@AnonymousAnarchist2 as cheap as possible while just barely meeting the quotas, not all that far off from modern capitalism, just instead of quotas it's investors and costumer satisfaction.
fun fact, The USSR had a very impressive steel production, however it was pretty bad steel because the strict quotas didn't enable factories to upgrade there equipment much, as that runs the risk of lowered production during installation and re-organisation of the factory.
So no matter how old the foundry is, if it still runs well enough to meet the quotas, it stays.
A lot of time when something runs like shit, it can be down to just poor maintenance or age. Lubricants dry out, parts get worn, or off balance, rubber that hardens and cracks. Things like this can be repaired with relative ease and make a world of difference. In some cases. All tools are not equal, of course.
@@ledocteur7701
Both of you are writing propaganda cliches.
A guy high on pain meds disassembling a Soviet electric drill, I love TH-cam sometimes
yup i subbed
While opening the box with a broken glass 😂
Yeah but Boris does it, with the drill plugged in.
@@kmurrpiggy360 You picked up on that too? If he'd drop the dope he could score a box cutter and be able to get on an airplane like any other American.
Ditto, i have no idea why TH-cam recommended me this clip, but i'm glad it did.
An english speaking russian here.
That drill looks home repaired, the round pin in the square keyway and the circlip are DIY, these came with proper square keys from factory. Also you can even see in the video - the bearings have grooves for rubber seals or metal dust shielding. These rubber or metal seals are really easy to bend when disassembling the bearing to put new grease in so whey most likely were trashed and tossed. A little maintenance and cleaning can really give a new life to these tools.
Also in 1976 1 USD was about 75 kopecks, what would put what drill at roughly 65.3 bucks flat, that is without any other associated expences.
Also also ask me anything about them tools if there is elaboration needed.
Yeah, and it looked like it may have been repainted too. that drill was maintained with love. here in America, we just get another one, need it or not.
my polish grandpa had this drill too, same color even but with orange button and trigger
@@marks99999 The drill head was 100% cannibalized from another drill.
@@marks99999 I think that was the beauty of these old soviet machines. We had stuff like that everywhere, and everything was repaired by the user. The crazy part is that the bad fitment was often considered by the engineers so it works till this day. I have heard stories of truck motors that need rod bearings replaced as often as oil, and the drivers doing that on the road, without any issues, apparently a 1-hour job.
I like comparing economics on this sort of thing. A cordless Craftsman was $60 in the USA with a budget corded nonreversible option running for $20 at that time... kind of neat to compare something like tool cost, we definitely had more options but I imagine Russia had some ability to import stuff, just more expensive maybe?
Fun fact. Your drill is actually 3-6 drills put together.
I'm not joking.
My great uncle use to fix these things when he was in Europe converting these things after the soviet union fell and they were selling these for cheap surplus.
This drill you got is a mix from a standard home version and a front part from a work shop assbly line drill.
Gotta give the soviets that, everything is interchangeable.
One of the few nice things about their country, made sure of interchangability so you wouldn't have our version of a dozen different tool manufacturers using all slightly different batteries so you have to stay in their ecosystem of tools
@@lilcabbage1852 If only it were legal to create battery adapters for the different brands, so that it made manufacturers save money & stop bothering to try and create these locked ecosystems.
@@lilcabbage1852 I would look at you after working in the field with Bosch drills against this shit or the same soldering stations. What year would you go crazy?
or do you think they just do it this way so that they can’t shove all sorts of shit here and there?
Ha, my dad had the same one. The color scheme was the same. It had the metal forward part as well. I assume it was just standard back then.
More fun fact, this test is total garbage because soviet drills were horrible as hell
Awesome video. As you pointed out yourself, I love how Russia’s style of making things that function like shit but function forever is consistent among their power tools too lol
They weren't interested in the user experience, but you doing your job forever. Or until you die. Which comes first...
@@peterkiss1204 It also had eternally same price of 4 roubles as it was stamped on the drill itself-no inflation allowed ;)
@@docnele, We could use some no inflation. Our country has hidden inflation in loss of material quality or portion size along with price increase. That individual bag of Doritos keeps getting smaller. Our appliances get crappier. Then, only when they have reduced it to dollar store quality, the price increases.
That's also true when it comes to politicians, law and economics there.
@@jpvoodoo5522 Yep, methinks the Dollar Tree is ready to change its name to Dollar and a Half Tree. Same shitty stuff though...
An interview with a Soviet engineer who defected to the United States:
Int: What shocked you the most when you arrived in the USA?
Eng: I was surprised by the sheer volume of propaganda here.
Int: But surely, there’s significantly more propaganda in the USSR!
Eng: Absolutely, but no one there takes it seriously.
2 different styles of propaganda.
USSR: you get so much bullshit you don't know what is real anymore
USA: you get so used to bullshit you stop thinking about what is or is not real.
Lame joke.
It was just different kinds of propaganda.
USSR: Fed so much bullshit you can't tell what's real
USA: Raised to believe so much bullshit you don't know what's real
@@dillis2188 nah he cooked
@@proskilz_22nah he's cooked
The CIA is after him now
I spent some time in Russia. One of my joys was going thru my late father-in-law's shop and his tools. As an aircraft mechanic he had a great tool set. I realized he had hand made many of those tools. Studying them I learned much about the man. Best of all, I discovered and finished his last project. A homemade 12 inch (30 cm) refracting telescope. It was made using aircraft parts and a handmade mirror. Best of all, when plugged in it would track objects, keeping aimed at a star as the Earth turned. Those old Soviet era craftsman were imaginative and at times brilliant at cobbling stuff together. Heck, I even saw some handmade nuts, bolts and screws..talk about dedication.
You should definitely find a way to share that stuff with people on the internet, I think a lot of people would enjoy that.
You should upload some videos of that
Yea that would actually be incredible to see
Soviet engineers could build a rocket out of stuff they found in a junkyard. Which is probably not far off.
@@jooot_6850 Absurd comment
My father still has a East German driil purchased from flea market here in Greece. It has a two speed switch with gears (300/600 I think) and is rated at 620 W. But we drilled into very dense cement with the East German drill when the German Bosch 850 W was struggling. Slowly and steady, the East German drill opened more than 20 holes in that cement.
Kalimera.
i like how you have a huge collection of tools lying around yet you're using a broken glass as a knife
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I thought it was some fancy box opener and then I was shook
That is how they do it poor russian and communist terror rejime. Not many tools and they are expensive.
hahaha indeed
Only the lord knows what he's doing with the Alternator on his desk.
For anyone wondering about Judith (the woman from what I presume is a printing test that was used as packing material): the text is German, and I presume she is German herself as well as the text mentions ARD, a German TV broadcaster. The text describes the book she wrote, containing 30 knitting projects (hats and scarves, among others) and an emphasis on how soft and cuddly they are. Very much not the point of the video, but just in case someone's interested.
I LOVE it ! This is an extra step into the absurdly of this video or , my morning frankly
I love it , another demention of absurdly to this video and my morning frankly
Thanks! I saw that the text was German (my first language to whatever extent a two-year-old toddler develops language). I did not, however, have sufficient curiosity to attempt reading it with long-atrophied ability or transcribe and let Google handle the translation.
Yeah, I was busy looking at her smile not the words…
I was interested, thank you
3:47 I am not Russian but i can read cyrillic. It's not the manufacturer, it practically says "price 49 rub"
Здравствуйте товарищ!
:nerd:
That makes sense. No market economy so the communist part dictates the price. Instead of its worth what people will pay (market economy) and that's why the American dill has reverse to help it sell so the manufacture can make money.
Thats why the price is not on a sloppy sticker
@@estafador262dDelinquentovych Can't discount it if now one wants it because its probably the dill you can get.
My grandpa had some soviet tools and BOY are they insanely overbuilt. Those things aint gonna die any time soon.
Yeah, most eastern block countries would overbuild the fuck out of the tools. They were meant to last as long as possible, which is why there are plenty of these old ass tools, cars, guns, you name it, made in the eastern block, still happily chugging along, running like crap, but running now, and probably planning on running long after we're all dead and buried.
I don't understand how Americans even talk about Soviet Union and East Germany cars while they have companies like Ford and General Motors. Who buys American cars even in America? Anybody who doesn't have too much money but can afford a reliable car and has some common sense, buys Toyota or Honda.
@abhijeetkundu2271
I’m going to assume with a name like yours you’re not an American, or at least not immersed in the American culture. Carbine isn’t a fully rational process anywhere, and in the consumers campus side he’s like America car buying isn’t just about getting a vehicle, It’s also about making several social statements. How do you spell showing off how much money you have, your local region, your social class, or subculture, a political affiliation, or what particular club you’re in. We you have people, many, Actually, you can and do judge you off of what car you have.
Example I live in the South region,and most people here have pickup trucks. It doesn’t matter if they live in a city on flat ground with mild weather and make >$100K telecommuting as a programmer, they gotta have a pickup truck to show that they are real good country folk. Very matter-of-fact pickup trucks these days are gigantic impractical luxury items. They aren’t inexpensive working transportation anymore.
Just watch anything citynerd makes about trucks.
I am a very practical man, and every car I’ve ever owned has been a Honda, either a Civic or Accord. If I do say, although they are excellent car purchases in my car and the markets me as a kind of outsider you could say, basically city or suburban liberal, from what could nebulously be called the north even though as a guy from Texas with an accent, I’m definitely from the south.
Toyota is one of the most American made cars in America.
Truly a bittersweet thing. The Japanese outdoing Americans at quality manufacturing. How far America has fallen.@@ShadyJ911
"Smells like ciggarette and ozone" you just described the smell of my childhood lmao
sounds like a retro arcade
@@The_Gallowglass no, it sounds like a car garage in communist times (no car of course). ussr had no retro arcades i guarantee it
@@sasl6987 maybe surprisingly, but we did. Not the same ones though. A lot of the same games in principle, but Soviet versions of them with Soviet characters in place of Disney/Nintendo ones.
@@sasl6987 in the late 1980 we sure had Atari arcades already. I remember playing R-Type, Exolon.
@@The_Gallowglass
More like that chain-smoking priest that invited kids to race slot cars in his basement.
I don't know why this was recommended to me, but I've watched it all.
Imagine a "brotha" pulling out to your car's window and unzipper in front of you...
"Well, I don't know why he unzipper right on my window, but WATCHED it all..."
I want to emphasized on 'WATCHED' word.
As a child, my older brother, when he was only about 2 years old in 1975-76, threw our drill from the balcony, this is the 5th floor. It's good that no one was hurt. And many years later we found out that another kid who was playing in the yard picked her up and carried her home. As adults, we found out that this drill works and everything is fine with it. It was approximately the same Soviet electric drill.
must have landed on soil / grass.
Somehow related story: I sold a sound system to a landlord of mine as a 17yo teen. 25 years later 1500km from there I start dating a girl and she brings me to her mom's place. My full complete sound system is right there in the basement fully working like the day I sold it.
plot twist: it was the same drill
Soviet drills were made to take the easy way down from high-rise construction projects.
stalinium
“I hate slotted screws, the only thing worse than Phillips baby.”
As a Canadian and a Robertson screw fan, I approve of this jingle.
are these the famous bolts from coffee machines? under the name you won't open it
hot take, phillips is worse than slotted. but both should be outlawed
Robertsons are the best
"There's a right tool for every job... and I don't have one either." lol
My dad always said, "Use what you have" and "improvise, adapt, overcome" and "fuck, god damn, son of a bitch cocksucker, come off!!" and then he'd whack something 50 more times after hitting it with the torch.
Since you brought it up, Soviet watches are actually quite nice relative to the bargain-bin prices they sold for both when new and nowadays. I learned my stock and trade on them as a watchmaker. They can certainly be made accurate, but since the last time most of them were given any attention was at the factory, the fact that any still run at all no matter how poorly is a testament. My favorite Soviet beauties are the 1950s-80s Pobeda/ZiMs with the ZiM 2602 and the 1970s-80s Slavas with the Slava 2414 movement family.
The 15-jewel ZiM 2602 was based on the French LIP R-26 from 1918 and built under license. However, the 2602 also holds the distinction of being the longest-produced Soviet watch caliber. It was made continuously from 1948 to the mid 2000s in the millions. Pobeda abandoned the 2602 sometime in the 1990s whereas ZIM produced it until their dissolution on June 30th, 2006. It represents the sheer power of Soviet industrialization and its capabilities, where a watch intended for as many people as possible still had such haute features as a glydocur balance and an actual Breguet hairspring all throughout its life span. It's an anachronism by modern standards, as it more closely resembles a pocketwatch movement than an actual wristwatch movement in construction, but its still totally servicable and stands as a testament to early Soviet watchmaking efforts.
The Slava 2414 movement family from the Second Moscow Watch Factory, however, is a technical marvel. It has two mainspring barrels coupled together with an idler gear, which was designed to release energy from the mainsprings more evenly as they unwound to the balance wheel, which is abnormally large relative to the movement's size. This is also to increase accuracy as much as possible. Even better, it was an entirely Soviet design made from 1966 all the way until the SMWF's dissolution in 2011. Again, sheer industrial might and beautiful design was pursued here, even at the cost of crude finishing. Much more difficult to service than the 2602 I talked about earlier, but still absurdly accurate for the price. I'm talking within 5 sec/day deviation here when regulated to specs.
Thank you for the education. I spent a lot of long, lonely nights in college, sitting at my desk, tinkering with these Soviet watches- sometimes succeeding, and sometimes throwing them out in frustration.
@@thedoubtfultechnician Can relate, I got my start in college too with similar results. The movement you showed on camera was a ZiM 2608 from the mid-70s. Basically a center-seconds conversion of the old 2602. The USSR really extended the life of the Lip R26 design as far as it could possibly go. Not necessarily a bad thing, it being a good and solid platform even for its age.
The designation of Soviet movements conformed to GOST, government standards to which every consumer product in the USSR had to adhere to. This would include your lovely hospital-blue drill. The 26 in 2608 stood for the diameter of the movement (26mm in this case) and the 08 indicated a movement with center seconds but no shock protection on the balance. This also means that it would be entirely possible for multiple different Soviet watch factories to produce movements of the same GOST code, despite being technically very different designs (as seen in the Raketa vs. Poljot vs. Vostok 2209s for instance.)
Let's not forget the Zaria and the Slava Clock, Vostok
In the mid to late 90s the market was flooded with absolutely garbage "jewel motion" Russian watches that couldn't keep time for shit. They had jewels, but the gears were garbage
It's like Ladas... they seem like gawdawful little cars but the durn things are unkillable, even if they never heard of maintenance. Garage54 channel does all sorts of horrible experiments on junker Ladas and most survive it.
Gotta appreciate the government price engraving of 49 rubles. No markups allowed.
All we get is 99 cent arizona iced tea that is price controlled -_-
The price engravement in USSR was, because no inflations of capitalist system, and all prices were fully stable. So, no price rising or changes. Remember, USSR was socialist, not communist.
@@vitacell1 you have to appreciate the stability of the system, the ironic fact that it was the market that brought the USSR down shows how unstable the market system is
@@witext GDP was rising every year in USSR. But politicians were working for capitalist. They destroyed everything in last 5-10 years of USSR. And Gorbachev was working fully for USA government and capitaloid banksters. After the "death" of soviet führer, Stalin, politicians were working for the country destruction, slowly. USSR was destroyed by money with money, and by corrupt politicians.
@@vitacell1 yeah, capitalists often say that the USSRs fall is a sign of weakness with the socialist system, but it was capitalism that destroyed the USSR, not socialism
I cannot express how much I love this. please never stop
this drill could be a team fortress 2 weapon
True.
This is probably a copy of a German tool. Russia copied a lot of German cameras and other technology. So I doubt if a Russian engineer could’ve come up with a power drill. The Russians couldn’t even make a refrigerator. It’s not about capitalism versus communism it’s about smart versus stupid and educated versus ignorant.
In first draft Scout had nailgun
probabbly a heavy melee
This could actually be a really good weapon for the Engie, don't know why I'm the only one to suggest this but it would be something akin to Southern Hospitality, but like a repair chainsaw kinda, like a super fast full auto wrench.
"This drill is gonna run like shit longer than modern drills will run at all"
Already did.
@@sjoormen1 lol, right? I've definitely gone through two or three modern drills since the good old Sovietskiy Soyuz fell apart
Yeah, Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, heavy-duty cold weather gear, Russian Vodka, Vostok watches.... if nuthin' else, they do know how to design stuff to _last._
@@LowenKM don't forget the nuclear-powered icebreakers!
Youre so full of propaganda man. Cannot concieve that maybe their techonology was good. It must be that they were trash but lasting or something.
This Video made me browse Soviet Watches for half an Hour and I dont regret any second of it
Any _second?_ Very punny
You can still get a Vostok from the original USSR factory which is operational in Russia to this day (although at a slight markup since the 2022 invasion)! They're not the most accurate, but can be easily adjusted to perform within a couple seconds per day, and more importantly, they're probably the most robust mechanical watches period. The service interval is like 10 years, and as an owner I've done everything imaginable with mine (from drilling to jackhammering to punching, swinging bats and rackets, directly smashing it with metal tools by accident, falling, etc) and it still runs accurate. Soviet ingenuity was something else, as modern tests have shown the Vostok Amphibia can withstand over 800m water pressure, while only advertised as 200m resistant (there's a cool video on youtube where they test it).
Some of those Poliot watches are beautiful indeed.
They ain't half bad actually, if they are serviced and regulated, like any watch, they keep good time.
Same
i found your channel just now and i love it. Really chill. Nice to watch on the evening.
This is a universal motor (DC or AC). The frequency will have a negligible effect (in the 50-60 Hz range). You can also run it off 120V, it will run slower or try DC, it will run smoother (on non-pulsating DC). The speed will be load-dependent as it is for this type of motors. The rated speed of 800 rpm is very probably given at a rated load of 340 W (or rather a mechanical load which corresponds to this electrical load). Unloaded speed is determined by current rise time in the rotor and bearings friction (and a few other factors).
It has a run capacitor, those are not used in a universal motor
@@RSB333This is a filter capacitor, not a running cap (it's too small for that), it even has a schematic on the package. Induction motors do not have windings on the rotor and therefore no brushes.
You beat me to it, and you explained it better than I would have as well :)
Do you work in a related field?
Also it's amps that kills not voltage, otherwise everytime someone got tased for example they would die
For more context:
ЦЕНА 49 руб
Is a price - 49 Soviet Rubles.
The average salary for the month after taxes in 1970 was 122 Rubles.
In 1975 it was 145 rubles.
But if have this 122 rubles you actualy cant buy this tool becase bild store not exsist.
@@KeksimusMaximus In the USSR you'd just borrow it or ask the local gov office for repairs and they'd send dudes to do it
@@KeksimusMaximus
There was, and now there are ones. But it works rather in cities, in a districts with apartment buildings. Each bulding is attached to appropriate municipal exploitation service. Man can call them to order an electrician (for example, to change a lamp bulb), or a plumber etc. Quality of such works is weak, but price is very low, and payment is included in utility bills.
@@KeksimusMaximus you are right. I remember my grandfather has a mechanical drill.
And someone was told me that at 90ties when drywalls just appeared on exUssr , screws were also turned by hand.
@@KeksimusMaximus In the commie bloc you usually borrow such things from your job, unless you got caught lol
"Greek alphabet with a Slavic extension pack" - I'm Russian and this is the best description of the Cyrillic alphabet
The Slavic script existed before the Greeks.
The Serbians were there before the Greeks. Study what is the Vinca culture that dates back 7,000 years.
@@ja6614 Greek is 800BC, Cyrillic is ~900AD from Bulgaria. Vinca script is not related to Greek or Cyrillic.
And why you're calling them Serbians, Vinča culture and Slav migration to Balkans are events thousands of years apart.
@@niter43 don't try to reason with such people, they have a very special organization of psyche.
@@niter43 The Greeks had nothing to do with the helm peninsula, they settled among the Serbs. Throughout Greece and dance you have toponyms and hydronyms in the Serbian language that mean nothing in Greek. And yes, the Serbs have genetic similarities established by DNA Alaniz remains, so your Vienna Berlin School of history is not relevant. The Serbs could not move because the Slavs moved from the Serbs. The Serbs called themselves" Rashans" hence the name for the Russians.
Idk what youtube algorithm they are feeding me today but im here for it! This is the perfect amount of completely random commentary with interesting topics! Definitely subbed
"While pondering a Colt . 45 automatic pistol, Black and Decker determined its features could improve the electric drill. In 1914, they devised a pistol grip and trigger switch enabling single-handed power control and began manufacturing their drill in 1916."
holy fucking shit, 50 seconds in the guy casually showed off his drug use and opened a box with broken glass, this vibe is IMMACULATE, subscribed
RECOGNITION THAT HE IS NOT IMMUNE TO PROPAGANDA??"??????
this is the best utube hcnalenel
Yeah, this video earned an instant sub for me. Love it.
He flexed dat he can buy lean
murrica bro
same. instant sub lol
Alot of the old soviet tools and gear was design for easy handling and repair so you did not have to had alot of knowladge to repair them, they normally also had electric schematics with them
Yes, like cars, very basic mechanics, easy and cheap repairs. I remember that every soviet TV came with schematics. But if something was wrong with a soviet TV, a punch on the side could be enough for fix a soviet TV.
@@vitacell1 Not a Soviet TV (other E European country), but yes; our TVs came with electrical schematics.
@@vitacell1sounds like alien technology to me.
For every soviet tool and appliance you can find a western counterpart the device is copied from. Practically every soviet design came from either licensed western manufacturing line or was just stolen IP. Except Kalašnikov and other mililitary equipment.
Many people mention here the design was robust but reliable. But what those people don't see is that in CCCP everything was at least 5-10 years behind. Absolutely every thing. So, a soviet 50's radio is problably a copy of German 40's one, etc. Russians stole all the factories and designs and started manufacturing their own. It is a very similar situation with today's russia. Their stolen manufaturing lines produce quality products only as long as the machines can be serviced and the quality raw material was available. For example soviet electric sewing machine my mom bought at mid 80's needed mechanical milling of the main shaft. Because it just didn't rotate inside the machine. And to get that sewing machine you had to wait almost a year to buy it at all.
@@TerryLondon Soviets copied so much things from nazi Germany, like crank flashlights, and Ural copied from BMW... But yeah, AK is their original.
this should have a million views this is exactly the content I want to see
I just want to add that Solidol is a mineral oil thickened with a soap. The soap may be made from synthetic or natural fats. But soap is not "fat" - it's a soap (duh).
Sounds like the ingredients of products referred to as "grease" in the US.
soap, in fact, is a fat acids :)
@@felixyasnopolski8571 But it's not fat.
@@Fedorchik1536 Pedantry at its finest
@@felixyasnopolski8571 petrol is made from crude oil but you don't go around saying petrol is the same thing as crude oil lol!
Tetris music for the reassembly... * chef's kiss *
Bro I just realized it almost sounds like polka music if you think too hard about it.
...For the Game Boy Classic.
In my country, old USSR made drills and tools are very respected. They are the most expensive "vintage" power tools
I'm a collector of vintage power tools and never seen a Soviet power tool yet. Based on this drill quality isn't anywhere near to western brands like Metabo, AEG, Fein, B&D etc.
@@bekanav so you meant german brands?
@@bekanav Vintage AEG, black&decker (vintage B&D only!) are also respected.
But ppl usually buy new stuff.
Some buy and restore old Soviet tools if they want to have a tool for another 100 years
@@markot9902 There's nothing special in Soviet/Russian tools, just cheaply made copies of old western tools (worse materials, bigger tolerances etc.)
Eastern block also had a system where manufacture of different products was divided between different countries. Quite large part of machinery came from East Germany and also from Czechoslovakia and even Romania or were designed (copied) there
@@theniffla6593 In Europe most old high quality power tools are German, except B&D which are made in England
Dude, you can scold Soviet products all you want, but they work. I saw a refrigerator (Zil), which not only still works properly, but also the original light bulb shines inside it
ET-1019A No. E393
Ø 9 mm 800 rpm operating mode S1 (continuous)
220 volts 340 watts 1.6 amps November 1976
Price 49 rubles State Standard No....
Price 49 rubles take my money
idk how i ended up so far down the youtube rabbit hole that i came across your dissassebly and commentary on 50 year power tool from behind the iron curtain, but im here for it.
Yeah, u and me both.
my grandmother's crappy noisy fridge has been working since the 80s, the funny thing is that our fridge that we bought in 2008 has had 2 repairmen appointments already.
Capitalism is all about after sale...!
Even the machine was sold..some parts are get quite broken when exceeding 1 years warranty period.
They made those parts quality down to 1 year.
Socialism is all about saving money and inexpensive for everyone to have ..machine working as hell Even exceeding its lifespan.
Simple and hard-core
Socialist leadership at the time prioritized inexpensive goods, durability and use when it came to the planned system. It’s why the Soviet cars and huge apartment complexes were known for their long lives and are still being used.
Capitalist brands just care about sales and profit and the workers who actually make the products could care less about durability and use. The businesses don’t care about the workers or the people so why should a worker do nothing more than work for the money? Plus sometimes stuff is made poorly intentionally so that you need to buy more of the company/brand parts to keep repairing it giving even more money to the Capitalist.
It’s all just about priorities. Shoot with this in mind I’d take Socialist planning any day. And it’s not like Socialist planned systems couldn’t make high quality and durable products if they wanted.
@@twilightgarrison3671ESPECIALLY with modern computerized systems that combine direct democracy, feedback adjustment loops, and alll of that data for supply chain logistics management. How so few people talk about this is beyond me. It was tried once in Chile with extremely primitive versions and worked well for a couple years as 'cybersyn' before the CIA installed a dictator instead of the elected president. Smh
@@twilightgarrison3671 So true comrade
@@twilightgarrison3671 Well its capitalism ... if it doesnt break you will not buy a new one.
I didn't know I needed to watch someone take apart a soviet drill. Subscription earned.
You earned a new subscriber. I'm a Russian immigrant to America, and I appreciate how you recognized America used propaganda and it's not like the USSR was as bad as America wanted to show it. So commonly people will grab the simplest of things and say to me "Oh yeah, bet you didn't have these back in Russia" or make jokes and insults that are just entirely false, so I like that you didn't just come at it with a "American is automatically better because it's American" attitude. I appreciate you being fair and honest with both tools and also I love your humor. :)))))
Зетка топит за россиюшку из-за бугра. Орууууу
@@АлексейСвиридов-у9о Может его ещё ребёнком родители вывезли. Дебилы любят поорать по пустякам.
I bet you didn't had oxygen in the USSR. Because (as we all know) oxygen was invented by the American Business ^^
I pay attention to just about anything made in Russia or the buffer states from the Soviet era, because that stuff is usually meant to last and be repairable by a novice. Lots of other makers of mechanical stuff could take a lesson...
@@АлексейСвиридов-у9о uhh? Another politician?
Russian is made as cheaply as possible and yet to last as long as possible.
And to be owner fixable with nothing but a hammer.
@@astranger448 and a Sickle.
Exactly the opposite of American "Planned Obsolescence".
@@matthewq4b The sickle is used instead of a flathead screw driver, correct?
phillips as well, in a pinch
Please make a sequel: FEUDALISM vs CAPITALISM: Who Made Better Potatoes?
Considering Europe ditched feudalism before we discovered potatoes (yes they're from the Americas), I'm not sure this is a fair comparison.
@@daanwilmer Potatoes 1570, Feudalism 1848 (for example Austro-Hungarian empire).
capitalist GMO potatoes win every day
@@daanwilmer Irish potato famine started before Russian empire, Austaia- Hungary and Ottoman empire ditched slavery so for 66% Europe it isn`t true.
The earliest experiments with capitalism coincide with the discovery of the Americas. Safe to say feudalism lasted a while thereafter.
You killed it with the 8-bit “Korobeniki” at the end. Now I wanted to see a Buran launch at the end.
When I saw the watch movement part I had to write this. I have a Soviet era Russian mechanical watch I picked up in Nassau in 90 when a bunch of their "new old stock" started hitting cheapo tourist shops and I got it because it has a mechanical alarm and I get paranoid on vacation I'll miss flights 😂, it keeps worse time than anything Americans or Swiss I own (not by to much) but all these years later it goes on the wrist when I sleep the night before a Vaca and that mechanical case alarm roaring on your wrist for 30 seconds is enough to wake anyone up, all that with no cleanings or maintenance since 90 and as of last year it's been in the ocean every 3 or so years since, so I can believe their power tools would be just the same, lower tolerances but they just do not break. GREAT VIDEO
Great stuff.
Any idea what make it is...?
What model do you have?
Those are actually externally excited DC motors. But because the stator and the rotor are excited from the same source, the polarity doesn't matter. If it changes, it does on both sides of the magnetic "circuit", therefore it works from AC too. The direction of the rotation depends on the relative current direction between the rotor and stator. The caps are usually there for phase correction and some filtering of the commutator noise.
One phase AC motors are usually induction types and don't have brushes.
Neat! Thanks for the info.
The stator and rotor are in series, the switch just reverses the polarity on the brushes relative to the stators
Nice try, but no!
These are "Universal Motors" .They can work on AC or DC. They are built like a Series DC motor, not externally excited. Technically we don't use the terms "rotor" or "stator". except in AC induction motors. What we have is wound "Armatures" and two pole field windings. A lot of people do call them "rotor" and "stators", but that really isn't accurate. A very long time ago we had DC motors first and it wasn't until AC induction motors were invented that the terms "rotor" and "stator", came into usage. The motors are distinctly different and the terminology should not be used interchangeably.
In order to change the direction, the current is reversed going through the brushes and the armature in relation to the field windings. Universal Motors are configured as Series motors because they immediately produce a lot of torque. We use gearboxes to slow the output speed. The armatures spin very fast, where as in AC induction motor, the speed is dictated by the AC frequency. These only exist in a single phase format.
Your description of operation isn't horrible, just the terminology isn't accurate. Although universal motors can work on AC, the motor design and construction are that of a DC motor and not an induction motor. Therefore the proper terminology is that of a DC motor.
In almost all AC induction motors, we don't use brushes because no supply voltage is fed to the rotor. Current in the rotor "windings', (usually cast aluminum vs. copper wires), is induced from the current that runs through the stator windings. The stator windings are symmetrical vs, the individually wound poles of DC and universal motors. Starting torque is much less and quickly drops off with load.
There is an exception in the AC induction family, called a "wound rotor motor". These are 3 phase AC induction motors which have copper winding in the rotor, which are connected to "slip rings" through brushes. (not a commutator like the DC and universal motors. The wound rotor motor has high starting torque and offer adjustable control of torque and speed. Typical application is a hoist winch motor on AC cranes. They are not very common and modern AC variable frequency drives can produce similar characteristic electronically using regular AC induction motors. You won't find these motors in any household appliances.
As an Electrical engineer, I think that sadly the internet spreads a lot of inaccurate information. If someone does videos like this they should start with the disclaimer that they aren't educated engineers and that the video is foe entertainment purposes.
@@professorg8383 It's all correct, but i call it roror because it rotates.
@@TheOriginalEviltech I understand the logic and the stator is stationary. But I'm an engineer and a real professor who teaches, so I lean toward using the proper terms. When I read misuse of such terms the alarm bells go off telling me the individual doesn't really know what he's talking about. If I read "the spinny part" and the "bolted down part" , I know that they aren't trying to sound like they know more than they do.
I suppose we could all just make up our own terms for things, like little children often do. But when we are talking about a technical field of study, we should try to use the correct terminology. "Rotor" and "armature" are technical terms foe two distinctly different parts of two types of electric motors. The terms are not interchangeable or generic in nature
Tip from an ex-electronics tech, If you're going to 'finger' test to see if something is live or not, use the BACK of your hand.
That way they can pick you up off the floor without that crispy smell. 😁😁
Also, when you drill through a piece of wood like that, you need to back out at least once or you'll burn and blunt your bit.
You mean using the back of the hand so the hand wont stay in place when you get shocked?
Maybe the bit was Soviet too. It cut like crap, took forever, but still got the job done.
@@robertkalinic335 Yep. Muscles contract and can hold you on. The back of the hand will throw you OFF rather than hold you on.
That's assuming you're silly enough to touch it in the first place.
@@jimmycedillo1585 Maybe the bit was running too fast? what was it, 1800rpm vs designed 800?
@@victorzvyagintsev1325 He said in the video it was the dullest bit he owned.
You commentary is wonderfully insane. Keep it up, this is great!
At 9:14 I noticed something...
When you touch something to see if current if flowing through the case or housing;...you need to flip your hand over and use the top side of your fingers or back of your hand.
Reason is that if it were shorted to ground...and the breaker hasn't caught it ...if you were to touch it with the inside of your hand;...the muscles in your hand could have a tendency to want to retract violently and cause you to grab onto whatever it is your testing.
Does this make any sense?
It does, thank you.
@@CheapCheerful YOU SIR!! You are a LIFESAVER !!! Thank You !!!
Bottom left information on Russian drill is price: 49 Rubles. There was no inflation in soviet union, and no speculation. Thats now you tell if something is made in soviet union: price is stamped or casted on the product.
There was an inflation in USSR.
It was seemed for Soviet citizens that there's no inflation. And prices was printed on factory. But it just because there was no any trade of civil goods with other countries. No in no out. So there was no real
currency exchange. And without trade with all othere world there was no choice what to buy. And more awfull that goods was limited. And price was high. Price of this drill is 49 rub. In 1970, average salary after taxes was 120 Rubles after taxes.
And there were speculations. Because of limited offer buyers was forced to pay extra money to shopmen. But the official price was correct. Or in some cases make some favor. Also, there was Ration Stamps for getting goods, cars, or even food.
It was a horrible time. I'm glad that USSR is gone.
@@andrewkravchenko2443 "Whoever does not regret the collapse of the Soviet Union has no heart; whoever wants to recreate it in its former form has no head.“ - Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin. I support it. And you are rather a pimply youngster who does not understand a lot.
Now, there wasn't OFFICIAL inflation and speculation in the communist countries, but there certainly was a black market where both such things existed. My parents growing up in Communist Romania, items could officially cost a certain amount, but be almost impossible to find because of shortages. However would find someone that would sell you the thing for a higher price under the table.
@@andrewkravchenko2443 It was the same situation in Romania. To get consistent access to things like food or goods, you had to "know" the correct people, or pay shopkeepers or distributors for a "special access". Factory workers stole goods from their workplace, and then traded with other workers for the goods they took. By the time the shipment actually reached a store for the public, much was gone.
@@andrewkravchenko2443 сомневаюсь что ты жил при СССР и можешь сравнить жизнь в СССР до революции после революции а так же сравнить уровень до и после развала СССР это не совсем компетентно да и люди в то время я имею в виду 80 жили скорее счастливо, а вот как раз 90 всем запомнятся надолго
I love that you chose the Tetris theme music, considering it was a game made in the Soviet Union
"Tetris Theme Music" is the Russian folk song "Korobeiniki" no wonder, is it?
@@warsaw1548There are three songs in Tetris, Mode A, Mode B and Mode C. I know "Korobeiniki", but what are the other two?
I just watched a 25 min video of a man playing with a drill and loved every second of it
your chaotic good commentary really deserves a bigger audience.
Funfact: you needed metric to go to the moon, as von Braun hated Imperial. So, the complete Saturn V was designed metric, then engineering drawings were calculated back from metric to imperial. Same for the Apollo Guidance computer...worked completely metric, but then did imperial conversion to the output displays.
It doesn't really matter what unit is used for measurement, you just need the tools and the parts to follow ANY standard so they function for the work. While converting in metric is a simpler calculation anyone who can do middle school math proficiently will have no problem converting imperial or metric or counting the number of units to make any measurement..
The stubbornness of the US and its refusal to adopt the metric system is just silly. I mean how is it that in the 21st century we are still losing spacecraft worth hundreds of millions of dollars because we forgot to convert imperial to metric?! (Mars Climate Orbiter anyone?) Unfortunately as a product of the American education system my brain works best in imperial measurements. But I try to always keep metric conversions in mind when I work on things and I never resist using metric measurements when I can.
I'm an American. The metric system is one of humankinds greatest inventions. The fact I have to live in a nation who uses some throwback shit THEY don't even understand is actually really frustrating.
@@tothesummit5864 US doesn't use imperial, it uses US Customary Measurement System
the funny thing is, in science classes in america, you use metric for everything. and then in the wood working classes in the same school, you are forced to use imperial.
As an american, America is ret*rded and our education system is a sham. why we havent started converting to metric is a mystery.
The last line was saying "Tzena 49 Rub. Gost xxxxx" which means "Price 49 Roubles, Standard XXXXX"
не правда! там написано Борщь!
@@LexGorod Какие ваши доказательства?
@@Zigfried_von_Stahl Кокаинум! >8E
49 is 2 salaries of an ordinary person. Closer to the collapse, salaries were already 100 and then there was hellish inflation. Right now the standard salary is 200k
only 200 k are probably received by 1% of the population and those who work in areas that rob people
Late to this channel, so happy to have found it (thanks Xyla!) - the Old Tony vibe is strong here :-))
USSR watches are good quality. All depends on the movement type. The one you have is a very old one, made for Pobeda, circa 1956 - 1965
i has some Russian pocket watch and ALL have totally worst clock, newer not keep time right and stop many time lot. not good quality
@@mattivirta That one must have been made for the common man! Not uncommon for the higher ups to have much better stuff. In communism some are more equal than others.
@@SuperFranzsYeah, because in capitalism everyone has the exact same things Jeff Bezos does 😂
@@paulussturm6572 Capitalism never claims to be fair. There will always be people in more power than others, that will have nicer things. Even in a system where every-one is "equal".
@@SuperFranzs The fairness that communism claims is not in everyone having access to the same goods, being paid the same, or having equal social station. Despite the memes.
I have some Soviet-made cassette tapes from 70's and 80's. They did not lost any audio quality up today. I have also some Sony tapes made in 90's that are unaudible today.
Even my German BASF Chrome tapes and Japanese TDKs from the same period lost a bit of audio quality along the years. Those Soviet unbranded tapes has zero audio quality loss.
They were made to last
The idea was to fulfill the needs of people, not to sell the same goods every year because "the old one" has broken.
Scotch was the best because you could re-record not fade-away.
Scotch was the best because you could re-record not fade-away.
That might be, however soviet and east german tapes were very abrasive, and had far worse frequency responce than even good Type I western tapes (TDK AD for example). Of course, tapes like Maxell XL or TDK SA were galaxies better.
@@БранимирПетров Which one lasts longer though?
@14:51
"There's a right tool for every job. And I don't have one either..."
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I love that he puts at least one drilling machine back together.
1:20 "now its getting cozy" ; It's German, the lady promises 30 exiting knitting projects for beginners and advanced knitting enthusiasts.
Sticky switch is option Comrade! Just found your channel. Love the humor and AVE feel... Keep up the great work!
I have a couple of Soviet era pneumatic rotary tools , much like a dremel, they are very sensitive to over pressure and the bushings or bearings are crap, maybe just worn out. They look to have been very high quality, definitely not a consumer grade tool. Luckily the soviets used npt threads for the air fittings.
Wonder if they got NPT from the Lend-Lease. We sent millions of tons of stuff, including machine tools from the US to the Soviets.
As a Russian, my grandpa still has the same Soviet drill that is shown on the video from 1976 in his garage. He uses it to this day and likes it more than the modern Chinese drills
I think this is export version. Nobody would stamp USSR instead of CCCP for domestic. Export versions were sought after as the quality was much better. Maybe not even requiring after-factory repair!
Why stamp info in Russian then?
@@kityacat5419 could be exported to neighboring union countries, that's always a possibility.
Export version is an ambiguous term. A lot of goods like that ("Made in USSR") were sent to comrades in Warsaw pact countries and they had exactly the same quality as the ones that had "Сделано в СССР".
Anyway, the best quality had the ones that were made for the Army and many different government agencies USSR had, and they were marked with special sign.
@@ImperativeGames you contradict yourself by saying that export version is ambiguous while explaining that the only places that would buy Soviet crap were Warsaw pact countries. What’s ambiguous about that?
@@inkredibl it was exported to warsaw pact countries, but it was the same as domestic. learn to read
Yurpian citizen, here... I've lit myself up on 230V on more than one occasion by mistake and while it's not pleasant, it's usually not fatal, barring any pre existing heart conditions, standing barefoot in a puddle of muddy water, and / or discharging straight across the heart.
In work I was standing in puddle of water and switching fuses. Third fuse instantly popping I was wondering something is wrong. Yeh well extension cord was cut and in same water puddle with me. :D
Basically then, what you're saying is that 230v is highly dangerous and surviving a 230v shock is a matter of luck and circumstances and it is to be avoided at all cost.
@@occamraiser I was electrocuted by 230V many times in my over a half century life. Including being a very curious toddler with scissors. lol
Horror stories that 230V are many times more lethal than 120V seems overly exaggerated.
@@RustedCroaker Amen to that, I should have been dead a million times over but since I am commenting here....
It's not really the voltage that kills, but the frequency.
What you said is manufacturer is actually price. pretty much everything in USSR had price stamped on it so that sellers cant change prices. This one was 49 rubles which at the time with 0.6590 exchange rate to US dollar would have been $75 equivalent. Which is about 1/4 of monthly salary for a doctor. This mean this was intended for factory inventory not household. Solidol is what Russian army still uses to preserve metal (tanks/weapons), just lather it on, and lock the thing in a shed for a few decades.
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I've had the same drill for about 40 years, doing occasional home improvement work. It finally broke down around 2015. Btw, I honestly don't see how the Craftsman is better, apart from the smooth switch. Maybe it runs better, but just from seeing the internals, it's a tie, if not a win for the union for having proper bearings.
And being a double insulated tool. And with a bit of maintenance, also the union can run just fine. It's just a drill in the end...
He says it's better because it's more solid and has less trigger slop. The Soviet drill may or may not objectively perform better, but his point is that the Craftsman feels better to use.
The Soviet switch was designed to reduce arcs and prevent welding, which makes sense, especially with the higher voltage.
In 1976, this Soviet drill was surprisingly affordable for the Russian proletariat, costing about 16% of a machinist’s salary (around 300 rubles), 40% of an engineer’s or doctor of medicine’s salary (130 to 150 rubles), 20% of a master’s (180 to 200 rubles), and just 10-14% of a PhD’s (350 to 500 rubles).
it is worth noting that cost structure was different. While in US before spending your salary on things you want you need to spend them on: loan debt, rent, life insurance, e.t.c., a lot of those things were way cheaper or even free in USSR(like healthcare or tertiary education)
@@leftybot7846 Well naive child even if you had money you are lucky to actually get drill in USSR because they were rarely in stock and you had to be on the waiting lists. Waiting lists had a call each month or so where you had to come or your name is crossed out. After 3 months of this you could have a chance of getting the drill. Dont even dream about good drill bit set in those times. Oh.. you need spare chuck key or brushes? how cute... No matter how bad west was , you got the money you have a drill and any accessory you want.
@@dukenukem8381 Thanks for your perspective. My initial comment was to provide context about the affordability of the drill based on salaries at the time. For those who used these tools for work, like machinists, the cost was reasonable. Additionally, tools were often provided by the government since it owned all the businesses.
@@GooglyMowgli And western companies dont provide tools? You realize that soviet union was a huge potemkin village and abundance of resources and opulence was easily offset by poor management. If you take a sober look at a soviet union it was a hyper capitalist corporate culture state, using internal currency not accepted anywhere else and state from which you could not escape from. Where you owned nothing and everything belongs to bosses with a strict corporate culture you have abide by or face punishment. Not so rosy and affordable now? Oh cold doctor is free wow! Ofcourse its free because they locked you in, tethered you to a lathe and made you follow ideological arbitrary rules you HAD to follow. They need you healthy-ish to work. Thats why overall soviet quality was poor nobody actually LOVED their occupation. Sure there was always exception like scientists and cosmonauts who had it good but thats like 0,1 of population. West is by no means heaven either but this "better live in hogwarts I never been to " about soviet union myths are just misguided. Its like medieval tales good to read , but i wouldn't actually want to live during medieval times.
@@dukenukem8381 how ironic: guy using term "soviet era occupation" about soviet time is calling me naive child.
" even if you had money"
because most of the people in USSR had no salary ... ?
" you are lucky to actually get drill in USSR because they were rarely in stock and you had to be on the waiting lists. Waiting lists had a call each month or so where you had to come or your name is crossed out. After 3 months of this you could have a chance of getting the drill."
Do you realize that you literally just replaced "food" and "cars" in copypasta and thought I wouldn't notice? Isn't that the definition of copium? I'm really not into refuting braindead points, especially when it's your word against mine. And mine is that we didn't have such a shortage back then. As a backup of my words you can search for different thematical topics, for example forum article "
Профиль al13l
Дрель родом из СССР
"
and by your logic only thing they could argue is how bad it was since no one could afford it. However, there are dozens of comments discussing their experience and not whining how they couldn't find it. Other thing is that you can find millions of cheap-ass offers on the secondary market right now, 30+ years after collapse of USSR. You could argue that just no one needs them in the era of capitalism, but by that logic soviet condenser microphone "19А-19" should also be ass cheap and not cost whole salary like they are right now. Because rare things cost much.
Since your copypasta was aboud whole soviet economy, let me share an article on this topic: "Реальное ВВП СССР, России, США и других стран по годам" from pikabu. If short: share of industrial production of Russia in the mid 70's in the world was 20%. Again. 20% of industrial production in the midlle 70's was made in soviet russia. Of course by itself it can mean a lot of things, whole article proves my point that with soviet production capacity(I'm not even talking about military) there could not be country-level shortage you are talking about. It could be a local one, as situation wasn't solid everywhere.
Even more ironic that after Gorbachev started to decommunize economy, and stand it on capitalist lines, new sellers and cooperators instead of patching old holes in soviet economy made a giant one by literally throwing away all goods. Search "СССР: Товарный дефицит (видеохроника 1989-91г.)"
"No matter how bad west was , you got the money you have a drill and any accessory you want."
I, indeed, have a drill. Moreover, more than one. A few of them from different times. One small issue: I live in Russia. And your fairy tales ain't gonna work on me or almost anyone who experienced living in USSR and knows when was "shortage" and when was real **shortage** . And it is reflected in sociological surveys. For example, one made in 2023 by FOM:
80 percent of Russians consider the Soviet era to be a good time, and 63 percent regret the collapse of the USSR, according to new data from the Public Opinion Foundation (FOM).
5 percent of citizens disagree with the good assessments of the Soviet era, 15 found it difficult to answer.
Among those younger, from 18 to 30 years old, 64 percent have a positive opinion about the USSR as an era, among Russians from 31 to 45 years old - 79 percent, from 46 to 60 years old - 88 percent, among those over 60 years old - 86 percent.
63 percent of respondents regret the collapse of the Soviet Union, 22 percent do not regret it, 15 found it difficult to answer.
16 percent of Russians, when mentioning the Soviet Union, remember their childhood and youth, 14 percent come to mind good memories and feelings, 11 associate the USSR with a calm, stable life, 8 experience regret, nostalgia and a desire to return to Soviet times, 7 remember a good life in abundance, 6 - unity and friendship of peoples, 5 - care for people, 4 - the kindness of people, political leaders of that time and communism, 3 - stagnation and deficit, another 3 - a large country with a strong economy.
So yeah. Twice as many people associate the USSR with a good life in abundance than with stagnation and scarcity. You are not fooling anyone here.
This looks remarkably like a 1/2" Thor electric drill I used to own. It was my grandfather's and it worked great for more than a decade after I got it. The motor finally shorted and I sold it cheap on eBay. Mine had a much bigger gear reduction set but it was also a larger drill. Not a whole lot of difference in construction from the Ruskie drill. Mine was all metal case, but was also older.
This was incredible! I had no idea I needed this kind of content in my life
I can show you quite a few 3-phase AC motors where I work that MOST DEFINITELY run backwards if you switch the polarity; Phase A goes to wire 1, Phase B wire 2, Phase C wire 3. Switch any 2 wires, and the motor runs in reverse. The remaining 6 wires are connected 4 to 7, 5 to 8, and 6 to 9.
Exactly. And 1-phase motors make use of a capacitor for a direction.
One thing to note, more people die from 120 then any other voltage rating. Doesn’t take hardly any current to kill you
go by per capita rather than numbers outright, since I'm sure the fact the US has 300 something million people might offset this statistic relative to any one other country
@@hcolider2817that and us safety standards, almost everything gets reported
@@hcolider2817 Both India and China use 2x0 voltage though.
@@hcolider2817 Europe alone has a significantly larger population than the US.
@@hcolider2817 lol...
I own a Soviet era motorcycle, probably built around 1979. I found it quite by accident. At the time I was running a web site about tanks. I joked I might buy an armored car. One of my readers offered this to me. It was in a warehouse in LA. The sidecar has a powered wheel fixed to a crude differential. Also fitted with a reverse. Painted in KGB Black. I recall around the year 2000 I decided to replace the gas tank. Got a new one for about 10 dollars. My Harley tank cost thousands. I can affirm that 3rd World Grease was also found in the bike. It worked. I also found some western parts here and there. I also own that Craftsman drill. It is a 1/2 and I got it around 1978. Slow but solid.
Sounds like a"Cossack" or "Ural", Both the original and the "clove" were used for courier tasks and reconnaissance; the powered sidecar enabled reasonable "cross-country" performance
Basically a knock-off of the German military BMW R-69?. They were still making the exact same bike into the 1980s.
@@bruceinoz8002 Right on. They were BMW clones the Russians reverse engineered, and built about 2 million of. When I registered it in Florida they had nothing on the books about a Russian vehicle, so they let me name it. I called it a Dnepr after the region it was made. I had also heard it called that before (early internet had far less information then) but could not verify. Oh yeah, the bike is happy at speeds no greater than about 45. Over in Russia they treat them like light duty trucks by putting a flatbed where the sidecar is. It is very rugged and though it weighs about 1000 pounds, it is nimble off road and handles well in Florida sand during testing.
Особенно понравилось про "чёрный цвет КГБ"! А говорят, что пропаганда может быть только коммунистической!
I have that exact craftsmen drill on the thumbnail. I Use it every day to mix up drywall mud, no signs of it quitting any time soon
Soviet machinery is the way how former soviet bloc citizens learned advanced engineering without understanding how the fucking thing works. I am from Lithuania and I kid you not I used this exact same piece of shit yesterday for some work, and let’s just say I worked on this drill more than the god damn task at hand (overheating problems, I don’t what was wrong)… (we have modern tools, it’s just mine broke, it might’ve been a connection to the motor somewhere since the motor is fine)
You still see old Craftsman drills like this as well. Another boss at the company has a mixer machine using one of them attached.
Modern ones are simply designed to break after 1 or 2 years.
Capitalists are insanely greedy now, it becomes worse and worse every year (since USSR fell).
@@ImperativeGames Best thing the Soviets did was keep the politicians and business folk something resembling honest.
@@RichardHewitt-gn5qlyeah they were the problem that pushed them to improve something to look better than soviet union
@@ImperativeGames they're designed to be hard to repair.
otherwise it'd not matter how much they break.
also idk where you buy your stuff, but most of my machinery already lives for longer than 2 years.
Probably won't live as long as my grandmothers stuff however.
6:26 Never Solder Wires LIKE THAT When You Are Dealing With More Then 20 Volts, Ttwist Them Tigether And Only Then Solder, The SOlder Itself If The Copper Is Not Connected Will Work As resistor And Heat Up
Heat is the function of current and not voltage, though, but it's a good point. So your advice is for high current applications, regardless of voltage.
Actually lower voltage stuff typically deliver much more amperage
Just compare the wires you see in a car and the ones inside your home
200w @ 220v is 0.9A
200w @ 12v is 16A
Solder is fine for mains application, just look inside any power supply and you'd see them solder wires directly into the PCB
Okay, But Why Do You Type Like This?
@@stevensonwalker4092 I Was Torchured With Torches So I Tourched The Tworfs And Other Twoligarhs To Stop Throwing Tolmet In Me Eyes, U See?
@@frequencywatchers is this a function of insanity, or just bad practice induced by bad teachers
I love everything about this video! I was thinking of making the same type of video, but seeing as how I was so entertained by your take I may as well send you all the USSR tools I can get my hands on and then sit back, relax and watch the masterpiece video you come up with! Thank you for the entertainment! From your new (among many) subscriber!
You, sir, have a deal!
@@thedoubtfultechnician I hope it is fine with you, I have shared this video on my channel. Since I watched it I have thought about it a couple of times thought the day and I just found it fascinating so I think more people should see it. I don't have a big subscriber count, but I still hope it helps you out on your way to 10 000 000+ views, because this video surely deserves it!
"Frogs, Krauts, and Redcoats..."
You Sir have earned my subscription.
It was totally un-necessary for me to watch this video in the middle of a work-week, but a man cannot resist comparing tools.
5 minutes ago (edited)
At 3:48 where you are saying "This is the manufacturer" and you are pointing to "цена 49 руб." That is not the manufacturer's name, but the price i.e. 49 rubles. In USSR, with its strictly planned economy, the price was often marked visibly on the product (I own a pair of scissors from the 1980's made in USSR, and the price is embossed in the handles as "цена 2 руб.").
Next to the price you can read "гост 8524-73" гост stands for "государственный стандарт" which means "state standard" (73 is the year of the standard i.e. 1973). Regarding standardization: the electric-motor part (everything that is in blue) is almost identical to the motor side of a SKIL-type saw my late father brought from USSR in 1982.
There is no way he used a broken glass bottle to open the boxes
If you open packages with Soviet content you MUST use broken glass. It's in the constitution.
Use and throw away is so capitalistic...😬 🙄 😂
Respect the soviet one for being all standard parts. You could put in modern double-sealed ball bearings, get the correct key, and lube it with something non-organic and it would probably run like a dream. Not sure about the sleeve bearings in the craftsman... As the plastic wears, the play in the shaft will increase, and I doubt it could be easily sourced.
I know the soviets made very good optical equipment (microscopes, binoculars, etc) and apparently some still prefer these over modern equivalents.
Cameras and camera lenses were pretty much copied from German Carl Zeiss, after the war Soviets took all the patents, even manufacturing plants were moved to the soviet countries even together with researchers and technicians. For example cameras such as Kiev 88 or Zenit models, lenses such as Helios 44 (Zeiss biotar 58mm 2f) or Helios 40 (Zeiss biotar 75mm 1,5f). They copied a lot of stuff...
@@S3l3ct1ve As you do when you're at a tech disadvantage and trying to rapidly catch up.
@@S3l3ct1ve Zeiss was a communist German enterprise. Still exists.
@@S3l3ct1veno silly patent rules delaying scientific progress, free to copy stuff as you please, must be nice.
@@JazzerciseJustice They economy collapsed because they lacked a foundational understanding of the technology they STOLE, well that and epically bad leadership. If you're smart you reverse engineer the technology, then figure out the functioning principals; the commies weren't smart; they just stole the idea without asking why it's better then other ways of doing things. Look at China, the commies are still stealing tech without actually understanding it.
Now take the IBM x86 "reverse engineering" lawsuit we had back in the day; the courts determined because the people who reverse engineered it didn't just copy the designs, instead they reverse engineered the operating principals too, then used that to build their x86 clone instead of just copy/paste it wasn't an IP issue. The difference is obvious but I'm sure the communist smooth brains won't see it.
As a person who works as a Finite Element Analyst or FEA engineer... I can tell you with certainty that our job is to make stuff live through its warranty period and if we can make it break soonest after that period, the better. So in general it's not the problem of stuff from commies or capitalists. It's the price point. If it's expensive and it doesn't break, we don't get to keep our jobs.
The last sentence IS in fact a capitalism issue
Single phase motors run in the whichever direction is twisted. Three phase motors will start by being repelled by the rotary magnetic field (induced by the three phases 120 deg apart). One phase motor does not have rotary magnetic field but a pulsing field that will repell the rotor in whatever direction it started. So in order to start this single phase motor you have a capacitor to delay the current enough so it will have some angle to the magneting field starting the motor. The starting capacitor may be hooked to another winding to create the starting angle in oposite direction. Another way to start asynchon engine is with a rope. Give it a spin in the direction you want to spin. It will start without a capacitor.
You can test this on many old powertools with this asynchron motor single phase by winding a rope on the shaft and pull hard and press the trigger. The starting capacitor is usually weak so turning the shaft from outside will overcome that starting capacitor.
I love how authentic and approachable this video
Watching a box being opened with a broken glass bottle gave me low-key anxiety.
I for one adore the chaotic energy of a workshop without ten knives laying around.
23:57 hearing the tetris theme I thought upon complete assembly the drill would blink a few times and disappear
That would’ve been funny- where were you when I was making this video??
Several years ago, I was on prescribed and properly used opiate pain medication for a couple years before my spinal fusion surgery.
In case anyone is wondering, no, post-surgery isn't perfect, but it is better than before - namely because I'm not needing to be medicated.
Anyway, back to the main point... that shit does in fact result in some really weird purchases. I once left a Toys R Us with $1600 worth of Thomas the Train for my kids. And the online purchases? Jeeze. Don't get me started.
I don't know specifically what you were on, and I'm not for a moment questioning your bona fides regarding your use of it (honestly). This feels like as good a place as any, though, to point out that the withdrawals from Codeine are comparable to those from Heroin (I said 'comparable', not the same, and yes, I do have experience of both, before anyone comes on telling me 'Buddy, you don't know Jack~sh1+!') - so yeah, in the same ball~park as Heroin, but for relatively negligible pain~killing ability compared to your over~the~counter options×, and, for what it's worth, pretty negligible 'buzz' as well. My point being, if it's helping with 'your' pain (not _you_ specifically), great, but the sooner one can taper off that stuff, the better. And for those messing about with it in search of a high, Codeine is serious business - there really are better highs available for the same stakes! (Hopefully I don't need to add, that is not meant as encouragement!)
×'DF118' (No doubt it goes under something snappier sounding in the States) is probably a better - and worse - option in this respect, but if your croaker has you on that, s/he might be better off considering the non~opiate, Lyrica - horrendous withdrawals, horrendous side~effects, but actually decent potential to hit pain, or certain types of pain anyway. Yes, you can also get a bit of a 'dunt' off it, but again, especially for what you get, really, _really_ not worth it.
PS - To the O/C, you have my serious respect for knocking the opiate pain meds on the head, it sounds like most of what I've said here is pretty much redundant with regard to yourself. Best of luck with your continued recovery. (And I don't mean to come across like I'm giving anyone who _does_ need those meds a hard time. I'd hardly be in a position to!)
"Hey Kids! Come look! I've got you a surprise!" "But Dad - we don't like Thomas the Tank Engine - we're 12 and 14!" "Well, Daddy's out fourteen hundred _bucks!_ *So you damn well like him NOW, savvy?!"*
@@richiehoyt8487 hydrcodone, morphine, oxycontin for starters. Then ambien for sleep, and more. I feel for those who become addicted. I was able to quickly wean off and stop. Now, I absolutely dont want the stuff and refuse it when offered by doctors. I am constantly in pain, but the drugs dont fix it and in fact simply make you not care about the pain but also anything else.
Though this was about drills, not drugs.
Don’t apologize for the jittery-ness. Your oscilloscope is great. Most phone cameras have what’s called a “rolling shutter” instead of moving up and down like a conventional camera it moves side to side, hence the weird effect
The fact someone already fixed it before instead of buying a new one says allot about how people and times were .also the fact it's serviceable and some one was able to get parts for it says something else as well
I still prefer to (at least try to) fix things before trashing them. Because it is 1. kinda fun and 2. we don't really need any more trash
@@agathisthegreat Yeah but a lot of stuff these days is designed to break down after so much time has passed to force you to buy a new one or pay for replacement parts that can sometimes run you more then to just replace it with a new one. My box fan recently broke, there was some electrical part on it that fired. To buy that part's replacement along with the tools needed to replace that part properly would cost more than to just buy a new fan.
This fact means a lack of products and tools in the soviet union.
This is possibly the single best video title I have ever seen on TH-cam
In 1971, I worked for Penney's in the tool dept. We sold variable speed 3/8 drills way lighter and smaller than this for $25.
Smaller and lighter? You mean made more cheaply and out of inferior materials?
@@0hn0haha this soviet drill is basically a motor with a pistol grip bolted on and a drill transmission on the front. I wonder what other things used these motors
So $193.55 after inflation in todays money
Another comment pointed put the 49 on the drill was 49 rubles (most likely 1970)
Another comment said there was no inflation, though you will need need to adjust for post soviet inflation
So stoked iv found your channel!! Only watched this one and im hooked!! Bravo!! I’m always looking for channels like yours with the hands and the top mounted camera! Just my cup of tea,kinda why I do my my daft videos I love tinkering with old and new tools 🤟🤟
21:00 i always say that the one who invented the philips screw needs to be tried by the international court in hague while the torx inventor should get the nobel peace prize 😅
Bro have you TRIED unbolting Jep YJ body panels?
America just recognizes it when they see fit...so if it was German,they would sue....but if was a yank....they would attack Belgium and Haag. So.....
the only thing torx is good for is being a better allen key than an allen key for hex hardware. the superior head- which is used nowhere- is a square.
@@jackradzelovage6961"Actually, the truly superior head is the one your mother gave me last night." - Phillips S. Crew
@@jackradzelovage6961 They use squares in wood screws for construction, horrible and strip all the time but usually don't need to come out again. For applications where they need to disassemble, no internal method out there beats torx. There's just so much more surface area for the force to apply so the yield force overall is much higher and it's much harder for the average person to screw up
0:40 Did you just use a broken bottle to cut open that box?
The broken glass bottle as a box opener is funny as hell
your one of those channels i find randomly. GOOD STUFF!