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i bought this old blow torch for 4€ at a local old stuff store, was in a bad shape, and i did my best to restore.
This is an very beautiful welding lamp from the French Army 1914-1918.
In the front is impregnated a very beautiful canon with wooden wheels and a short inscription ( M.L Paris Bté SGDG 75)
Hy guis, in this video i’ll show you how to restore this beautiful jerry can. I found this at local old stuff, it cost me only 3 euro.
This jerry can is made in 1960-1980 by the company A.Aubry ,still in good condition but with a lot of rust.
Found in an antique shop in Paris.
The seller made me a very good offer, just euro because he was very rusty and said "he's been there for a very long time and i said, why not make a video about how to restore it?
So far is my biggest restoration project.I'm not a professional, i do that for plasure
This Hand Drill machine was made by VAL D'OR in France
was in very bad condition with a missing handle
the first time I started with disassembling the pieces
then I started cleaning the pieces with
grinding drums with metal wire
That took me about 5 hours of hard work
after I made the missing handle from a piece of wood found through the workshop.
to make the wood more resistant I used parquet flooring.
After grinding the pieces I used alcohol for degreasing.
For painting I used a pre-loaded spray with a metallic gray paint, special paint for car rims, I applied four coats of paint.
For the central part I used a black anti-rust paint.
After 24 hours I started assembling the pieces.
Swivel Vice Restoration . I found it in a old market shop on the streets of Paris
and I thought I could make a video for you.
the vise was in good working condition, but it has lost its color
Hello guys today will show you how i recondition this wonderful box a treasure can say,He was in a bad shape when I found him in the junk shop.
For me it was a nice and ambitious project, it took me about a week to finish it because I worked on it every night after my work , it can be seen that I was always wearing another shirt.
Hope you like as much as I like it, it's a very nice decoration object
This ancient ax I found in a flea market.
As you can see the rust began to attack it.
It looks like she had a green paint,
We started restoring by removing rust with a wire brush,With a file we removed the material left from casting the ax head in shape
after which we used an abrasive disc to grinder for the removal of more persistent stains,
after the ax was well-worked
I started polishing with a wheel in the cloth which I applied a polishing paste.
after the tail was sand down i applied a special protective varnish for parquet.
The ax is very good in the garden I will use it to cut the wood for the barbecue.
I found this Tiny Leg Vice in the flea market.
It's still functioning, dirty and rusty, after restoration will be ready for another 100 years.
I applied the rust converter , because the paint does not last.
I found this ugly hammer in a flea shop,was very rusty with broken pieces of it from so much hammering, the handle was very ugly and short, it is seen that it was very used.
I tried to bring it back to its original form
The handle was made from a broomstick I let my imagination play its part
I found this Two Speed Enclosed Breast Drill in a flea shop, as you can see was very used ,
still functional but in a bad aesthetic shape.
I started by removing all the pieces, after which I put them in a container with a metal degreasser for two hours.
After degreasing I started by applying the paint remover, after two coats of product metal starts to look much better.
To remove rust we used vinegar and water
and I let it go 24 hours,
after that I rinsed with wather and started buffing everything.
The next day I began by removing the parts and applying the primerer
in two layers.
For a better finish i have sanded with 800 grid and water.
For finishing i used a special paint that resists pinching and shocks
After 48 hours i started assembling the parts and as you can see it went out very well.
I found this beautiful hand cranked grinder in a flea market,
This grinder did not turn too easily,
as you can see in the video there was no lubrication at all.
It was full of rust and dirt,
the handle also looked very interesting, it was made of a bent metal bar.
I started this restoration by disambling all of the parts that i put in a vinegar bath and a solution made by me from several household products,
the handle was made of a piece of metal and a wooden handle that i removed from an old file.
i have found this Rusty Hatchet at a flea market, has some inscription on the head,it is not very old before restoration it was blue and full of rust , the handle was damaged inside the head
This Vintage Scale is my bigest restoration ever , was so rusty and dusty :)) . I have utilise vinegar to remove the rust and after, a wire sponge with water.I have applied a primer and 4 coats of paint.
Tell me if you like my color combination Gold + Copper. This is only decorative and i will not utilise , i know is not perfect but i like the texture, i didn't want to make smooth , looks much better like that in my opinion
I have found this old file at a flea market, is written on it PROUTAT&Cie , i do not know this mark
Hy guys today i show you a beautifull Flintlock Non Firing Pistol .
After many days of searching at flea markets i found this Replica Gun. I paid for it 7$. I started the restoration with disassembly , after that i cleaned with alcohol.After that i have utilise a wire brass wheel to remove the dirt and other stufs.To make it shine like new i have utilise a buffer pad wheel with polishing compound (fine).
To protect the wood i used a special product name Lasure wich is very strong and resist to scrach.
This vintage oil can is made by B.I.B. Burette Industrielle de Besançon in France.
Is the only oilers agreed by the French army.
I found it in a flea market and it cost me 3 euros.
These Wonder lanterns were very popular with the general public during the Second World War and some State services were also used. What made these lanterns popular is its appreciable battery life,
50 hours of continuous operation.
I chose this orange because it is very visible and very vivid.
I do not know if it seems to you but it looks like a Minion from cartoons
I found this syringe in a flea market, in good working condition but very oxidized because it is copper,
I changed the orings, and the gasket from inside de pump.
This syringe was used many years ago in the garden to apply flower treatments and watering, now it's just a very bright and interesting decoration object.
This is the Pulverisateur Muratori 1955 Paris
I found this sprayer a week ago at the flea market, it cost me 8 euro and was very rust and didn't work.
All gaskets were very old an broken.
This sprayer was used for flower ,potatoes and vines treatment.
It was a very difficult reconditioning,
i found hard all the gaskets because you can not find those sizes anymore.
To remove the oxidation from copper i used vinegar, it worked very well.
To bring copper color back to life i used a metal polish and a polishing disc .
To protect against oxidation i applied a car wax that makes a barrier between the copper and exterior.
After installing all the parts it's time to test this antique jewelery.
I'm really excited that it works.
The sticker was indispensable for the correct completion of the project.
I found this helmet a few days ago at the flea market, it cost me 2 euro and was very rusty as you can see :)).
This will be a beautiful show piece for my room
As you can see that lantern also had better days. I found this green light last weekend in a flea market, usual...it cost me 1 euro, who is crazy to restore a 1 euro flashlight 78 years old, me of course
What do you think about this restoration? I found this Coffee Grinder machine at flea market , that cost me 3 euro the price of a coffee at the bar:)), The grinder was very rusted and scratched.
Let me know if you drink coffee and how much!
This is not my lamp , a friend of mine give to my just to restore and make a video for you :) as you can see is in a bad shape, the paint is very ugly and the plug was damaged and very dangerous.
I found this Vintage Scale at flea market, it cost me 10€ , a very good price i think , the woman who sold me this beautiful scale explained to me that her parents bought in 1920 to sell food to the market every day until they died...
This is a very durable scale and after this restoration will survive for another 100 years
I found this Old cord drill Black and Decker at flea market, it cost me 10€ , is made in England year 1980 , the model is DNJ 52 H30.
Because the plastic was so scratched i didn't manage to save it and make only a clear coat because was so many black spots so i decidet to make orange like the lantern from my old video.
Inside the dril the 2 brushed carbon was missing ,may be someone tried to make it work but didn't managed so it let like that the poor drill. For me was so entertainig to restore this old drill with so many
parts. My friend who make my the electrolysis machine give me the brush carbon for drill, for the metal part i prefered to let the metal expose, look much better like that, and because is aluminium will not rust. Now the drill work like brand new, i think is very happy
Do you like the sound of birds combined with the sound of the tools?
This is a Heavy Duty bench vise made by BISON-SIAL S.A in Poland.
I found this rusty vise at flea market and cost me 10 euro, a very good price, because on ebay i found in much bad shape for 180$.
This one was in very bad shape, very rusted and blocked.
After appling penetrating oil this vise start to moove litle by litle but very hard. To remoove paint from it i utilize some paint stripper ,a plastic tool and a metal brush.To make the same almost original lock i chose to utilize a high quality paint from Hammerite, the color was Green Jad, this color is so beautiful and very strong, i think i will make more tools with it.
Today i restore this beautiful lantern found at flea market.This lantern is made in France around 1920 by Cipel , it cost me 5 euro.The battery for this lantern is very hard to find , but i found an alternative
A very unique and rare Hand mirror.
I found this beautiful mirror few days ago at a flea market, the person who sold me the mirror was very old i think 70 years, and he told me it was his wife’s makeup mirror.
In this video i combined a meat grinder with a balloon paper magasine and a bulb to make a beautiful lamp.
I found this old meat grinder at flea market, it cost me 5 euro and is made in Czechoslovakia.
I found this shovel at bigest Army flea market in France, this shovel was mass produced in France, is made in 1945.
The man who sold me this shovel was a veteran and told me that recived this shovel with his equipment.
This shovel was very rusty and the moving parts were stuck.
I will keep this shovel in trunk of my car, will be very good on winter if i remain stuck somewhere :)) i hope not
he was tired to tighten the bottle caps.I found this unique tool at flea marke somewhere at country and cost me 10 euro.
This drill is still functional but i realy don't know how it work...maybe you can tell me.I don't know the year was made but look like something from 70's 80's for me
This is a very old generator "magneto" for phone calls.This is my moost expensive restoration, it cost me 40 euro.
A telephone magneto is a hand-cranked electrical generator that uses permanent magnets to produce alternating current from the rotating armature.In early telegraphy magnnetos were used to power instruments, while in telephony they were used to generate electrical current to drive electromechanical ringer in telephone sets and on operaor consoles.
This is an old vintage Radiator made by Thermor in 1950's.
I found this radiator at local flea market store, it cost me 12 euro.
This is a very beautiful radiator and very rare in this condition.
This is a very rusted helmet for Firefighter, made in France in 1920.
I found this helmet at flea market, cost me 20 euro.
As you can see is in a very bad condition, i think is better to restore it than to leave rust eat the metal. I am a not a profesionist to restoration so this is why i buy cheap stuff to restore, like that i gather knowledge.
I hope you like it.
Napoleon Bonaparte reordered the various fire fighting organisation in Paris (and later other cities) into a unit of the French Army called the Sapeurs-pompiers.This style of helmet was widely copied across Europe and beyond.
I found this Precision Press to my local flea shop. This is a manuall press particularly suitable for accurate assembly, precision punching and light press work.
Designed to give lasting trouble free service , the Ram & mating Pinion are manufactured in high tensile steel with machine cut teeth to ensure full tooth surface with a central accurately aligned to the center in the ram itself.
The ram can be fitted with adjustable depth stops and slide way gib adjustment.
