Brilliant,I hate the throwaway society we live in today,I have been refurbishing stuff for 50 years,I'm 80 and still tinkering away in my little garden shed, it keeps my mind and fingers happy,I'm have neighbours forever calling round with stuff to be saved from the salvage,I'm love it,and might I add keep your vidios coming great viewing
He's noticed the drop off on views and subs, and asked what people like to see. people always say this is what they like to see, yet he has other things he wants to do. THIS is why I subscribed; diagnose, repair, hack, add BT to an old car stereo, etc.. Not meant to sound mean, just my 2 cents.
Since I was only 7 back in 1962 and my father worked in a junkyard amoung other places, I have been interested in things thrown out by others. Either part it out for something to use or get it to work in whole. What your doing reminds me of my whole life of dragging home discarded items to tinker with. : )
I have a 27 inch HDTV/DVD player combo that I found next to a dumpster that only needed it's power board re-capped, so these sort of repair videos are something I really like because it shows me how to fix other items I might find.
yes power board re-capping is the classical... fucking industrial obsolescence behaviour... it´s all about money, selling crap tech, weak build, breaks down after 2 years warranty time, goes to junk / recycling, owner "needs" to buy new crap.... it´s a fucking system, fucks up the planet, should get stopped somehow... more n more people just should stop buying new crap, go to scrapyard, buy cheap "scrap", repair, use for years, spare the money and say: fuck you - wasting ressources damn capitalism system
TPAI you're a man after my own heart. My wife tells me to "throw it away" but I sift it away in the shed to re-use later (sometimes many years) then I say "saved us 50 quid that has". Touche! Keep up the great vids mate.
we have a saying (which I often tell my wife) in Finnish "Aika tavaran kauppaa" = something like "time trades the stuff" i.e. they will find their use in due time.
@@SamiMarjeta This has been true in many occasions in my case and videos like these help me and inspire me to scavenge the right parts and materials. Luckily I have an old farm place with lots of space where to store (read: hoard) stuff.
I like these videos because I'm not very good with electricity. I always been good with mechanical things. So when I see you fixing something that involves both it is easy for me to follow the electrical side of it and understand what's going on.
It's a bit hard to tell without being there in person, the audio doesn't translate well to actual sound I have found... I wouldn't be surprised if it was the powercord that was the issue, I have one identical, and the cable guard as he called it, is too stiff imho, and you often find the cable breaks where it enters the cable guard... (mines been through three sets of brushes, and that cord has broken twice at that point...)
Great work, lots of fun to watch and benefiting all of us who believe in fixing things rather than replacing things. It is amazing to me just what people will get rid of.
Fabulous video, and for me, one of great satisfaction since I also much prefer to repair than to buy new. Yes please - more of this kind of video. Regards Mark in the UK
I have made money by repairing other people's cast offs. Washers (mostly something simple like a belt or pump), Dryers (belts, thermostats, or heating elements), refrigerators (mostly defrost timers and heaters), vacuum cleaners (mostly belts, brush rollers, and carbon brushes), gas lawn mowers (mostly dirty carburetors). I also keep things around the house working well. Early on, I would find repair books in libraries, but now you can find a lot of information on the internet. I'd swear that some people would junk a car if it had a flat tire. Nobody fixes things any more.
I love all these repairathons! Vinegar can get bad rust off if you can soak the item. Even things that seem to be just a tool shape made of rust can be saved.
Many people throw away good stuff that can be repaired, and you have shown us this. Love your videos and I like those old European made machines, the two Bosch grinders, pipe vice etc. Thumbs up!
I really appreciate when you mention German technical terms and names. Those are often hard to find without having a paper German-English technical dictionary. That AEG drill is awesome - my parents still have one from late 70s and it still works, having “built” three houses through its life. At one point my father had replaced the bearings and did maintenance on the gearbox, and maybe the brushes were replaced once and the commutator was very delicately turned mirror smooth, but no part replacements were otherwise necessary. The model we got has a torque controller that does a reasonably good job: as the load is increased, the speed varies just a little.
It really is surprising the things that get tossed. As for that grinder (the blue one of course🙂) sometimes in the industrial sector, things will get tossed just for having a missing guard for instance. Pretty much all of my heavier equipment has been rescued from the scrap yard lol. Love your videos, thanks for the share😊.
And we wonder why European manufacturing is considered “uncompetitive”. Idiots throw stuff out instead of calling the manufacturer and ordering a replacement part (or doing it online if possible). No wonder - the amount of money spent to replace all this tossed stuff must be immense. It adds up really quickly.
LOVE these repair videos! I've always loved seeing what I can bring home from the scrap yard and it's great to see another person saving things. Almost all my tools are refurbished scrap metal!
I used to see those pipe vices in hardware stores and plumbing supply places when I was a kid. You could buy various lengths of iron pipe and have it threaded while you wait. That was about 60 years ago.
Great Video again😎👌 To solve the cidric acid pouder Quickly you only have to pour half a liter of hot water over it and quenched a bit. Then you can fill the bucket with cold water. 😉 Greetings from Oldenburg.
@@boredfartless4221 I'm just a little strange like that i suppose, but you can rest assured that I too am human; since I'm fairly sure his gender is irrelevant to what he's doing, i described what i saw as a human act - I could also have been inclined to describe it as a personal act by calling him a capable person, though his actions were not as much contingent on his particular individuality as his human capacity for using the hand-brain combination. I'll welcome your description of what you see even if i may disagree with your choice of words :)
@@boredfartless4221 You must really be bored well beyond flatulence to try to stir that pot here with me, and somewhat burnt since you decided to capitalize a common phrasing as if to preempt its' animation into an enemy worthy of a full frontal assault; How's about you go watch some debate videos about pay gaps or whatnot where people actually go nuts about the whole they/them shizz if that's the direction your current interest turns your nose? I'm not minding at all calling this man a man, as i did above when answering your first query; I just found it a more enticing and worthwhile praise to give him in a slightly more aloof phrasing than you might be used to reading wherever else you spend your time, and I don't see any reason to alter that praise regardless of your opinion of it since it was not meant for you :) I guess I should be eager now to await further attempts to pass judgements of my character by your great self in however few words you manage to pass beyond your fingertips - perhaps i'll even be disappointed by anything less than complete condemnation and melodrama; that is how these exchanges are supposed to play out isn't it?
The pump from the fire fighers you've seen in the scrapyard is a turbine pump driven(Turboturbinentauchpumpe) by water. It was very popular back in time when we didn't have mobile electricity. Pump water throuch the blue connectors and get water out off the red one. Cool thing, I'd love to get my hand on one of these. You can get basement nearly dry with it.
You manage to pack so much work into such short videos. Many other creators spend more time repairing one single item - so your channel feels like the best investment of watchtime, and you add so much value with informative commentary!
Nice. The blue Bosch angle grinder, if you are working at a company, and the cord is damaged, usually for safety they will make you throw it away... At least in the USA they often do. To send it out for repair would cost more than a new one.... So in the scrap bin it goes... I have a different job now, but I used to get some pretty cool tools out of work dumpsters....
@@sailingsolar2371 With in a large company you are going to pay a purchasing department employee to locate the cord from a vendor, obtain a quote, place the order, receive the order, process the invoice and pay the end voice. Then you are going to pay a mechanic to stand there and repair a 100 dollar grinder when he could be repairing something that would actually make you money. By the time you are done you have hundreds of dollars out in repairing a used grinder. Sounds crazy, but if you've never managed cash flow/budgets for a company then you wouldn't understand the costs associated with each process. We figured out that each purchase order we place costs us 80 dollars. Doesn't matter if its a 10 dollar item or a million dollar item. Each step of the process cost money. In a small mom and pop shop without tons of over head, yeah, order the cord of amazon on your credit card and repair it.
@@Chocolate_dragon the company i work at is a company that has the ability to repair those types of things and re-certify it, so as long as the thing isn't completely busted... sweet
@@thomasknight-wagener6630 I worked in an industrial electric motor shop and they would throw them away instead of repair, they threw away a Milwaukee portable bandsaw that only needed a new switch rather than repair it because of "reasons ". I had all kinds of things before I got a divorce and lost a garage full.
You are my guy ! I wish i also had somwher near from my home scrapyard... :D I think scrapyard is home for the most "young handyman" .It hurts to see so many nice stuff at scrapyard...Nice video and greetings from Czech republic.
I like your channel, I have had talks with many people over how much good things end up in a junk yard, In our areas the dumps that have this or deal with this type of stuff will not sell or allow you to take these items...
Very intetesting video, especially the ice cube maker. This series of videous has a lot of value, because it shows the ingeniousity of the engineers that design the things, and also the ignorance of the people that throw away things without even try to find what's wrong with them
From my experience with water pumps: if you open it, it is better to replace the rubber gasket with a new one because otherwise when you put the lid back there are high chances of water to enter the pump. The rubber from the gasket in time will become stiff/petrified so it will still hold until you open it but the rubber will lose its qualities to expand. If you don't have a new gasket you could try with some type of silicon based sealant instead of the old gasket (this is an ugly hack, but depending on the sealant type some use it with success). Thanx for the info regarding Bosch green angle grinder, I knew those are bad (in their technical manual they specify not to use those more than 15 minutes, then let it 30 minutes to cool) but I did not expect plastic gears inside.
Definitely more videos on this, show the world that throwing away because there's a small problem is a bad idea, because it's a waste of money and resources when a simple fault can be fixed by someone who knows how... :)
Gruß aus Bayern! i love recycling stuff and am addicted to Elektroschrott! (scrap) Old laptops, Canon cameras I install CHDK on, old printers. Great to find someone online like me!
Another entertaining, and wholly satisfying video. Kudos on the stainless steel straw also. Wonderful to watch you keep good machines running for hopefully many years to come.
I do love your videos. I have just spent the last couple of hours going back in time through your channel. I'd buy you fish and chips and a pint anyday. I was once told that I am the best 'bodger' ever known. I think that was a compliment - maybe. At our local tip they often have things that I could use. I didn't mind paying a bit for them and in the past I have given a fiver. Now there are cameras and they are not allowed to sell or give anything. They witter on about saving the planet and then throw perfectly good items that could easily be repaired in the crusher or whatever. Most of the local markets have closed as have car boots. I'm sure many of the local councillors own shops or are in the retail business and don't want market stalls or car boots around. They even shut down one butcher at a market because his awning was the wrong colour. Anything electrical has to be certified as safe before it can be resold. That consists of checking for externally damaged leads, plugs, etc. and a quick test. No qualifications are required and the certificates can be bought almost anywhere. Most charity shops won't take anything electrical because they are charged far to much for some plonker to check it. Nearly everything these days is deliberately made with strange screws, etc or the battery 'cannot' be changed so that it has to be thrown away. Not in my house it doesn't. Keep up the good work, excellent channel. Regards from England.
First of all I congratulate you on your philosophy to recycle/repurpose. I see you have many talents as well. I wish I had access to a similar junk yard. And of course - I subscribed.
Just google around and keep your eyes open and mouth talking. I have received lots of things for free just by talking to people and always checking sides of the road/street and taking mental notes. Like old car that had been sitting year on the side of the road, front of the house. Happen to pass it and asked about the car. Owner wanted to get rid of it, so we took care of the paper work and i promised it to be removed with in week. Told the guy leave name part empty on buyers side as car would probably end up to my "buddys name". Took paper, drove other side of the town 5min trip and haggled local scrap yard out of 160€ and they come pick it up. 160€ for half hour of "work".. it pays to talk to people :D I never even started the car, just looked it trough to check if there was any cash, tools, what ever useful inside.
1:37 is indeed firefighting equipment. That turbine is used to suck water from a lake, or reservoir into the firetruck. It's essentially a big turbo pump, you connect the blue inlets to the truck's pump, and pump water through it, which turns the turbine, which turns the pump and you get water out of the third (red) connector - So you can suck water into the firetruck, as long as the truck's water tank is not completely empty. Just an FYI, I personally think that it's a cool gadget ;)
I been giving 2 excact same angel grinders like the one you restored. One of them branded Wurth tho. But people trow out grinders all the time. And most cases seems to just be a faulty wire..... :D
My God what a poverty product has reached Bosch with its green model. Here in my bricocenter for 12 euros I bought a Chinese product ... it lasted two hours before smoking, but the angular head was in metal !!! and to think that my Bosch drill (made in Switzerland by Scintilla A.G.) is from 1976 and still works: the spindle shaft dances a little but still does its duty. Beautiful pipe-wise! It reminded me of my family plumber when he came to do the plumbing repairs! Good cocktails for everyone, now that you have ice, you have to offer!
I think they were better back then. In that one here u can see the price difference - a lot of plastic parts, harder to service if possible at all. Also the gears are different if u look closely (green = straight gears / blue = helical gears I think u call them)
2:07 min Exakt so ein Rohrschraubstock befindet sich bei uns noch im täglichen Einsatz. Hersteller war/ist Peddinghaus oder Gedore. Ich muss noch einmal auf das Typenschild schauen. Ein echt tolles Teil! :-)
It's a shame we live in such a disposable society where thing are always thrown away instead of repaired, things used to be made to last now they are made to break within a relatively short period of time. Good to see someone actually repairing reparable items though.
I love this series! Keep up the great work! Can't imagine why that angle grinder got thrown!?! Maybe the missing guard was enough for them to throw it out? Or an intermittent fault with the soft start?
Great stuff mate, good to see someone really put there money where their mouth is in terms of sustainability, recycling and reuse. That has inspired me to go for a hunt around some of the yards here. Problem is that most of the stuff thrown out in Australia these days was cheaply made Chinese crap to start with :-(
I have subscribed to your channel and wanted to say a few things. I find myself watching your videos more often lately because of the quarantine. It is not mandatory here in California but I am doing it anyways. I wish I had your electronic skills they are remarkable to say the least. Also your English is impeccable. I go to scrap yards often here in Los Angeles so I understand the thrill of it. I have a studio near Spacex and I used to grab metal parts from them when it was allowed...You would be in heaven. I love the introduction theme music your videos push me to do a bit more at my studio. Your MIG welding is good if you didn't improve it yet (I am sure you are totally busy) instead of going on a straight line when using the gun try to make small tiny Us. I am originally from Southern Italy and I have several German friends. They see beauty in the Italian way of doing things I see awesomeness in the German way of building things. Hope to run into you in Europe sometime in the future. keep making great videos and keep fixing vintage quality products one item at a time. Cheers
Of course we want to see more! What tinkerer wouldn’t want to see you tinker with and try to fix stuff. Especially thrown away scrap items we might never use but need to keep them “just in case”. Right? Haha
looks like people really enjoy you pulling stuff out of the scrapyard and giving it a new life - also seems like the english version is way more popular than the german one...germans still seem to have enough money to buy new, haha. liked and subscribed, hope to see more of that stuff :)
Not all germans :) I am german too and I do the same way as he does in most cases. I think it´s a shame to waste any kind of machine / devices with no or slightly "damages" that can be repaired easily. It´s a fckn waste of environmental ressources, energy and so one.... Only problem I have is, I am from the "new" part of germany, so here called "eastern germany" and much more people here are doing the same way as I (in ex gdr good machines, material, etc. was rare, hardly available, no materials... so ppl mostly repair the stuff like seen in his videos...) so the problem here I have is, in scrapyard places of my city, i hardly find usable stuff because i am not 1 of 100s doing the same way.... so it´s pure luck here to find stuff like the blue bosch angle grinder :=(
Regarding the number of English-speaking views, MANY more people around the world speak English than German. I'm sure that that accounts for most, if not all, of the difference in the number of views.
