One of the things I love is seeing old well made tools being restored. Your restoring the old wheelbarrow was enjoyable to watch Eric. It is now something very useful once again. Thanks
@@jukeman57 Thanks for the speedy response 🙏🏾 There is one problem. I need that area as well. The holes are slightly off compared to the original wheel barrel handle.
Great video. Tip--- I bought handles that had holes pre-drilled and varnished at Ace Hardware online for a decent price. This saved me a bunch of time. Don't forget the wood wedges as well. I restored my 20+ year old wheel barrow and painted it the same color as my house since I had so much extra paint. Knocked it out in a day.
Very nice job! I bought a wheelbarrow thirty odd years ago, and it became very decrepit over the decades to the point of being almost useable. A month ago I decided it was a new wheelbarrow or fix the old one ---and with your "where's the fun in that? philosophy, I decided to rebuild. The wheel was junk. Checking Craigslist "Free" stuff, I found someone discarding TWO old, decrepit wheel barrows, which I picked up. One has a useable wheel which holds air. I tried taking the old hardware out, but it was VERY rusted and I wound up cutting off what didn't want to unthread. The body of the wheelbarrow was rusted and pitted, but still useable. I used my angle grinder with a wire brush, which cleaned that up easily. The other hardware still had some paint on it, and cleaned up with the wire brush as well. The long handles were still useable, but the grain had opened up, allowing water to get in and promote damage. I made new angled wooden wedges. I bought new bolts for assembly Carriage bolts with round heads would have been good. the standard bolts will impair using a shovel to remove the contents of the barrow. I brushed on Kilz primer that I had on hand to all parts, wooden and metal, except bolts, nuts and such. Then I painted everything with white latex outdoor paint. So I have a VERY white wheelbarrow! A word to the wise: your wheelbarrow needs maintenance! After a few years, take it apart, paint it and take care of the bolts so that you can take it apart and reinstall them easily. A little grease on those bolts would go a LONG way, I suppose. If you do that, you wont have a big job to do or face the need to buy a new one. The Chinese invented the wheel barrow only about 800 years ago. One of the great inventions in the history of earth moving ----before that, earth was carried in baskets.
Excellent. I'd love to have that many power and bench tools, too! Speaking of tools, at the end, are you using a digger instead of a scooper to load the wheelbarrow?
Just found you from Phillip! I binged your earlier garage renovation videos and they were just what I needed to get some help with my own! Keep up the great work :)
WOW! You’re an artiste! Thank you for your video. I wish I had the tools, strength, perseverance to do this to a rusted old wheelbarrow I’m acquiring for free but your tutorial will help me tremendously. I also need to find a wheelbarrow liner. Brilliant. Thanks so much.
Thanks for the tut!! I’m gonna be restoring mine today…the original plan was to just replace the wheel…then i realized the wheel guard was loose, then one of the nuts for it was seized from rust, of course in the perfect spot so that the bolt spun in place w/o any space to keep it still…to then notice the wood’s rotted anyways…. after too many attempts, 3 oscillating multi tool blades, 2 hacksaw blades, and the use of a mallet & chisel, i used my “powers of persuasion” to get that final piece separated…glad i have enough of the og part remnants to get accurate dimensions & such from, at least…
On this wheelbarrow restore when painting the inner barrow what kind of hardened paint did you use ? Where I live we put rocks , cinder blocks and other hardened objects “ What to use “ ?
Well... I took this old wheelbarrow and did the same thing you did. By the time I purchased new handles, a new wheel, paint for the tub restoration, new bolts.... I could have purchased a NEW one for about the same price. Plus... restoring one is A LOT of labor and time.
I'm restoring the same wheelbarrow. I borrowed it from the farm next to us. When I saw the condition it was in I asked if she minded if I repaired it. I'm going to paint it her favorite colors once I patch the bucket and removed the surface rust. I'd love to buy a liner like you have. Can you post a link so I can order one?
one of the two thousand fifty five things I have to do around the ol homestead.....great job....thanks for giving me insperation........ PS great looking barrow there.
I have two wheeled barrow with a plastic bowl. Can I replace it with a metal bowl? All the wheel barrow places seem to just want to sell you a full kit:-/ If needs be I do have a drill I could reposition holes.
I remember in the early 1980s helping my dad restore a 1967 mustang and he applied some type of rust eater and it completely dissolved the rust without any sanding or grinding. I don’t know what it was but I’m trying to find something similar to avoid having to grind or sand it off. Does anyone know what does that?
I was hoping you would have shown a little more detail on calculating whear to drill all the mounting holes. Calculating the angle and length of the wedges would have been a help also.
I acquired a contractor wheelbarrow today on which I am about to start a restoration. I really want one of the wheel barrow liners. Can you provide the local company contact info where I might ask if they have one to fit my wheelbarrow? Love the orange and black color scheme and might copy it! Great video and an excellent project result! Thanks for sharing it.
In my own project, I used latex. The real key is repainting after ten years or so before everything goes badly to pot. That's especially true of the threads on the bolts, which routinely get damaged by rust unless greased. They really oughta be galvanized. It was the threads on the bolts of my old barrow that required replacement. Secondarily, the grain on the wood handles was opening up, making rot a LOT easier. Slopping primer and paint on those damaged areas will probably extend the useful life quite a long time. Those are my observations from rebuilding my old barrow.
