I love watching projects that don't go as expected and require additional experience and skill. The reason repairs were required with this restoration and how they were accomplished were fascinating. (I'm now a subscriber.)
I enjoy ever restorations that you do and so I want to say "'I just want to be like the Acme Restoration Guy"' .When I see your videos they remind me a lot about the shop my father had in ILL which he called "'Mr. Fix It" but he did not do the same type of work he worked on small appliances and battery and wind up toys and music boxes. The item that I remember the most that he and I got to work on before his passing was an old pinball machine it tooks us over 6 months to get it up and running. Thank you for bringing me back to a great moment in time and I always look forward to seeing the next to keep restoration video.
I was watching this next to my dogs and the high pitched wirring of the ball tool in the beginning freaked them out. Also I love watching this channel! ❤️
When working with a rivet that old and rusty I generally drill all the way through with a small bit and then repeat with larger bits until I can collapse the ends or sides inward. MUCH easier than weld and filling a piece of broken cast iron. Just the way I've done them - I'm really old and don't like extra work!!! Nice job. :-)
The fellow on your cutter is more likely to be a pixie than an elf. He is sassy, mischievous, impudent, and disrespectful; thumbing his nose, which is a gesture of dislike or disrespect. I really enjoy your restoration videos!
Very nice. I could have used one of those years ago. I still have the block press I made, but cutting by hand was hell. I might put in another crop this spring. 50 grams of tobacco has reached $130AU (I started off paying less the $2). I just forked out another $600, mid video to shop online, to get me through the next month. The world has gone mad with doctors influencing everything, including govt, with things shouldn't concern them... when there are no side-effects on a patient. I've just been bombarded with liver tests, that are always fine, by a new doctor, because I drink and take a lot of paracetamol. Great vid. I'm glad these machines exist... somewhere. I would have thought it might operate better with a single grind edge, like some Japanese knives. I've no idea how commercial tobacco cutting machines work. I could be wrong, it happens, lol. Thanks for the upload.
Прям аж самому захотелось иметь такую вещь! Очень прикольная, многофункциональная. Дети будут в восторге, если им резать шоколадные батончики или конфеты ирис. Гостям не стыдно показать антиквариат. Короче, в хозяйстве пригодится!
I know exactly what that is. When hand rolling cigars. The ends need to be trimmed off. Wow that's pretty cool. Haven't seen one in a long long time. Hand rolling shops still use them. If you go Down South to a hand rolling shops and looking around you might see on still.
This is an interesting little piece of history. It would make a fine ornament in someone’s house and an interesting conversation piece. You did a marvellous job. Well done. I’ve added you to my subscription list. What did you do with the finished piece??
nice work. I'm sure most people don't get how difficult welding the cast iron was. It's one of the most difficult things to weld there is. Most of the time, most people don' t even try to weld it, they braze it instead but that's not as good of course, especially on a stress point like that. Super nice job on that.
When restoring cast iron you need to back the piece, with wood or leather to reduce the chances of breaking it and destroying any resale value. Other than that you did well.
@@AcmeRestorations ha ha. Well at least the dentist doesn't take 3 hours etc... which you mentioned in the video (Though it does feel like it sometimes ha ha) Love the videos.
Great work as usual! Thanks for keeping it real and reminding us that we're all humans and make mistakes sometimes. May I ask why the switch from oxide to beads?
I switched to the glass beads to make it easier to video :) . Seems to have a lot less dust. Still working on improving the sandblasting. Installing a cyclone to the vacuum system this weekend, that should help a lot. Thanks for watching!
@@AcmeRestorations And actually, I have found that glass beads do a better overall job. Seems to cut faster with less texture on the part. But glass beads don't last as long as sand and costs more.
Nice job! I would recomend working on sound on next videos... like in the sandblast part or when you were sanding with that tool (not tha manual part). Great job, though!
@@AcmeRestorations ha ha. I was just joking. But yes I'm sure lots of people will notice it. Amazing videos though how you make those items come back to life.
@@AcmeRestorations True. To be fair it doesn't really matter, You was just demonstrating your amazing work. Really great video and a real craft to get them looking new again.
Only need to control the rate it cools down if you dump a bunch of heat into it; which I did not. This isn't the crank case from a 1967 Ford pickup, it's 1/8 inch thick. If I used nickel 99 or 55 I'd burn a hole in this thing, unless I brazed it, but then I'd have to put a ton of heat into it. For something this small,I find doing it this way works best. But you do what works best for you.
@@AcmeRestorations I was agreeing with you I do this everyday on various projects all day long I have yet to have anything crystallise or crack or fail when in a oven you have better control of heat loss and when and how much over a period of time LOL If I could I would put up a chart showing the temp to thickness to time and the power settings to use a wire size but it's your restoration we all do things different it was good for a hundred old wrought Iron rivet your lucky it moved at all a little heat to expand the surrounding metal might have given better results as it would have moved it a 1k ths of an inch to half giving the rivet a little breathing room to move no I am not dogging you you did okay. I am the armchair Quarterback sorry if you feel badly for my comment. is this French made?
@@petepeterson4540 :) I've been expecting a barrage of comments on the welding. There's more than one way to skin a cat. I will say, it's very nerve wracking to hear the cast iron make noises when it cools! Luckily no cracks. I can't imagine having to do cast iron on a regular basis. I'm sticking with mild steel! Thanks for watching and commenting.
@@AcmeRestorations oh ps we were worried about burning so we covered it lightly with mica dust it worked controlled the oxygen and burned slow and steady till out
Neither. It's for cutting plug pipe tobacco to length. It used to come in bars of plug, and you could buy it by the inch. So tobbaconists would have these on their counters to cut it down to size.
I have to say I like how you make your own rivets =) to my mind that adds an extra touch to the restoration. one thing though, I don't know your experience level for welding, but with cast iron... especially stuff that old, it is not necessarily the age you need to worry about but the composition of the cast material. there's no telling what kind of stuff was used to cast the piece. in my experience heating to around 400 degrees slowly, but on thin stuff you can get by with out preheat)and welding with a high nickle rod for something this small 1/16 at 25 to 35 amps works the best, but I have also had good luck with mig short welds immediate peening afterwards and then a final slow cool covered by beach sand. but that being said the repair you did looks like it would hold up and I too have used JB weld to fill in spots that I could quite reach. all in all nice job =) please keep them coming =) almost forgot you can get nickle mig wire as well =) might make it easier to weld other cast iron projects =)
I've seen some of the newer ones (late 20th century) painted red. The originals from late 1800s/early 1900s were painted all black. If you look closer there are some with different handles as well. The later ones also had the name of the company embossed in the casting. Thanks for the comment!
Cast iron cracks when the temperature changes too rapidly. Normally to weld cast iron, you heat it up gradually to temperatures nearer to the heat the welding puts into the iron, then when you are done, you cool it down slowly in an oven, or even a welding blanket. Too quickly and it will crack. Especially this old cast iron. Good question though. Thanks for watching.
On this you said something about a Japanese reproduction from the Westerners or was it the other way around? Either way I really likes an enjoyed this Video. You not only restored something but you also recycled something too. So very Cool. Thank you.
If by safer you mean a stronger join, then that's what I've been told. Not too worried about the strength, mostly worried about it cracking, So went with the method with the least chance of cracking it. Brazing would require it to be heated up then cooled slowly. If it were something more serious, I'd have gone with brazing. (Also I'm out of acetylene :) )
Kinda smashed it up eh? Those welds will always be a weak point. Welding cast alters its structure making it even more brittle. Brazing is the better method. Next time take a little more care.
Brazing would work fine. So does welding. They both have the advantages and drawback. As it is, I was out of gas and didn't have any nickel rod, and I really really didn't want to have to manage the heat on this 1/8 100 year old ductile metal. Don't need the strength, it's a decorative tobacco cutter not the crank case oof a 65' Ford pickup.
Bigger air compressor is on the list! Also though, higher PSI means more dust and harder to film. Still working on that one. Adding a vortex to the dust collection this week. We'll see how that goes. Thanks for commenting.
