My name is Johnny, and you’ll see many restoration video projects here. I restored a lot of different things! From antique tools and machines from the past to rusty, vintage, beautiful items. I have always had a passion for antiques and history, but at the same time, I love to make something beautiful with my own hands. I started to work on restoring projects from my small attic a few years ago. Meanwhile, I developed a lot of my passion, and with your support, I will go even further, trying to share my knowledge, learn, and experiment with many things on this channel. I did all this to follow my dreams for many years: to deliver fantastic restoration content and share this joy with the world!
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Перестали использовать, потому что сейчас больше всяких электрических и бензиновых инструментов. К тому же я на тракторе с роторной косилкой выкошу лужайку в десять раз быстрее, чем этой косилкой. А эта больше для наказания подойдёт, чтобы провинившийся работал дольше.
A magnificent restoration of an ‘urban mobility tool’... even before the concept was invented! Hats off to you! (I have to admit that when you tackled the wheels, I thought it was a goner!)
Those push mowers I know well, as a youth, my grandparents had one, only about 12” wide. My allowance was that mower and what I could earn with it, you earned what you wanted, no handouts, so I developed a route of yards that I did during the summer, $1:00 per yard, 10 yards, I was the richest kid in town. A movie was 50c, Saturday matinee 25c popcorn 10c, bought most of my school clothes and that little mower did it all.
I remember pushing one of those things around as a kid to do my dad's lawn. They don't really cut the grass, they just kind of beat it into submission. 😁
Another item that has come a long way... bravo! Having said that, I would classify it as an ‘unlikely object’! Probably the disowned work of an art deco enthusiast who'd had too much absinthe...!
Keeping the rusticity of the furniture was a very good idea... Wonderful job! I understand that there are some young Polish wines that are definitely worth a visit; cheers!
You could use non ferrous metal (aluminum, copper or brass, wont stick to steel or cast iron) on that wheel. It'll act as a backing plate to weld against.
Forge work: another new talent! This lawnmower was really in a terrible state - you've done an exceptional job! ‘Why have people stopped using it?’... maybe because now, if something isn't plugged into bluetooth and doesn't consume a ton of energy, it's not considered relevant....
What's exceptional about your presentations is that we discover new working methods and new technical approaches every time. And, of course, new skills and talents! There's a paradox in the refurbishment of this book press, because bookbinding is an art that is disappearing...
La gente ha smesso di usarli perché sono a spinta, si fa fatica e non raccolgono il prato tagliato. Ma come cazzo si fa a mettere un titolo così ad un video?
The mower looked heave to me. But just as important. I did not realize till you mowed at the end of your video how narrow it was and seemed hard to push and control. Was it heavy. It sounded like it is made of iron because the parts sounded heavy when you were taking them apart? Great job as always. TNKS
Having pushed those things a few miles I'll give you three reasons they went away. 1. People didn't know how to use them. The proper way is two false starts to get the blade spinning then move head until it slows down and repeat. People tried just pushing them the full width of the lawn. 2. Crappy cheap versions and maladjusted cutting bars, The blades must cleanly meet the cutting bar precisely so it can spin almost free. Too loose and it doesn't cut well, too tight and the blades won't spin. 3. Briggs and Stratton flooding the market with cheap narrow width 1 1/2 and 2 HP motor mowers.
Pretty sure you can still get one by special order it from a larger store. Some people really don't want to pay for gas! checked, you can get a Remington with grass catching basket at Menards for $45 (normally 57)
When I was young, my father had one of those. We would go on holiday for a month and when we got back the grass was very high. I could hear some "rich" people in the neighborhood using a gas lawnmower and always ask why we couldn't have one. Nice nostalgia piece, but I would never want to use one in my old age. The funny thing is, I still have one in great shape. It stays in the garden shed, though.
great job, love the colours, personally id have preferred a glossier finish to the black as oppose to the matt finish. Definitely not taking anything away from your skills involved, cracking work :D
Good job you did restoring that reel-type push mower. You made a new handle for it as well. It looks much better and it works like a charm too. Excellent work.
....because they were bloody awful! I had to use one every few weeks when I was young, you never forget the misery. My father put nails through the rubber tyres to stop the wheels slipping on the grass - it was great for chasing after kids in the street and scaring the bejesus out of them 🤣
I tried a modern version for both environmental reasons as well as I saw it as a great way to get a workout while doing garden work. It worked fine for my small yard the first year, but when I took it in to get the blades sharpened the second year, it didn't work so well.I took it back, and it's still wasn't sharpened right. I gave up on it.
Grandpa had an old relic we used to push around, but was about as sharp as a rolling pin and was pretty laborious to push. I have taken a spin with a nice, sharp pushmower like this, and it did an excellent job. Oddly, several that I have seen at sales and shows have exactly that chunk taken out of the wheel. Early powered reel mowers were crazy machines that looked a lot like rototillers. Golf courses use modern driveable multi-reel mowers because they spread the grass clippings evenly instead of depositing them in piles. I can't get over that you rebuilt the wheel with welding rod. I don't think any of us would have blamed you if you had skipped that.
