Those are great tools made with craftsmanship, not like most of the junk you get today that is designed to break after certain amount of time, so you will buy new product when the old breaks.
It is precisely an exponential pleasure when we use more and more tools that we have found, dismantled, restored. Each tool has a new story and we have a workshop like no other.
you produce the most beautiful work. i wish I knew you personally so I could shake your hand and be able to express how mentally satisfying your videos are. the entire process you present to us is genuine therapy. i truly appreciate you.
I think it's amazing what they hide in those metal pieces. I've found all kinds of cool stuff hidden, I just have to remove all the superflous material to reveal them.
The perfection and methodical way that this guy works at is awesome. He’s on a totally different level to most of us. I’m a perfectionist and my restorations have to be just right or I consider them a failure. Therefore watching most other restoration channels leaves me feeling uneasy. With Meine Meckaniker, I can relax and would watch a 4 hour restoration video if he made them that long; they’re that satisfying to watch. May he never outgrow his hobby. Thank you sir, for your inspiring work. 🙏🇦🇺
@@ivanf.8489 No argument from me on that, but it is not patience that is lacking in this case. I have approx ten million other interests including restoring antique and vintage manual typewriters. Learning how to become another 'my mechanics' is a fair way down on my 'to do' list; given enough time it might rise to the top and become a burning ambition.
Good day mate. Thanks for the brilliant content👍, however, Filing those neodymium magnets was a bad idea. Without the protective nickel coating they will quickly oxidise. Perhaps try some enamel paint to protect the exposed surface.
I saw these used in the German screwdriver restoration and I had hoped you would post a video for their production. Everything you do has both function and form in harmony. Truly impressive work, thank you.
Did you have to make sure that you put the magnets into the first jaw in one orientation, and the opposite orientation for the second jaw, so they would attract instead of repel when you hold the jaws together back to back?
@@michaelesposito2629 The jaws will stick to the vise regardless of how the magnets are oriented within the jaws. But for the jaws to stick to each other when they're removed from the vice,, those magnets have to be oriented correctly... one jaw with "north" facing up, one jaw with "south" up.
@@mymechanicsinsights I can attest to this actually being a real PITA! I work with neodymium magnets a lot and it's surprisingly easy to mess up. I found that using a marker to mark the faces that stick helps a lot to keep them oriented properly while working with them.
my mechanics must be either a master watchmaker, or car prototype builder - perfect solid fit every time, no rattle, no wobbling.... PERFECT....... Chapeau !!!! 🎩
my mechanic's wife: 'Hi, I bought new cutlery' mm: urge to remove sharp edges, rising... wife: 'I cant cut veggies with a spoon!' mm: 'it is now, a shiny spoon!'
I worked in a machine shop for two years while finishing school and although I did not choose that trade as my career I am glad I can do some machine work if I need to. Great to watch a skilled machinist at work.
Look at this dude, able to measure the depth of his cuts and stuff. Only machine I get to use these days is a brake lathe and it's a ton of guesswork because nobody knows what the numbers on any of the knobs mean.
For the magnets it would have been better to err on the side of them sunk in than sticking out. They would still work even if they did not contact the vice.
@@GilliamVespa Yep, They will oxidize and disintegrate in short time. Could try to recoat with an epoxy paint but I don't know how successful it would be. Depending on the quality of the magnet, the nickel coating does detach with knocks on the edges, several of my smaller neodymium magnets have started to "fall apart" in this way, the edges were too sharp.
I would really like to see workshop tour video(s) with descriptions of the capabilities of all the machines, tools, equipment etc. Opening up the drawers, everything, finding out when and how he obtained it, if any if it has an interesting provenance etc. Also a look at the stash he keeps in stock.
Your english is excellent. The mistakes you do make are minor, and end up being endearing because of how much we like you and what you do. I've always been more inclined to fix things rather than buy new ones, and your videos have really broadened my perspective on what I consider fixable. So that's awesome and I thank you!
The Rusty Arbor Press 🤩 one of my favorites videos... love the blue color 😃 Just a curiosity... something can be done with all this aluminum scraps? Amazing video as always 👏
@@KatanaGuy I don't think recasting aluminium is easily done by yourself, to get good alloy results, but I am not a metallurgy person, just a mechatronics engineer
Looking very nice! The only thing I am a little concerned about is that you filed the protective coating off the magnets. I am not sure what the implications of that are, but you might want to add a very thin layer of lacquer to protect the exposed magnet.
Is making the magnet holes a little too deep and then place some filling to compensate once the glued magnets are in a good idea? (TBF, I have never even gotten into a 'shop like this.)
@@7636kei the closer you can get the magnets to the surface of the material they should adhere to, the better! I think that a small gap or a thin epoxy layer will not be an issue though.
@@7636kei The holes for the magnets should have been recessed ~ 20 thou, to avoid the magnets shattering if they impact something. And that was a pretty tight press fit, so a TINY amount of glue would have sufficed to not have the hydraulic issues. Filing of the nickel plating was a bad idea too. They'll start to oxidize, swell, and then start to break apart.
Yeah should've definitely make them deeper. Didn't expect the hydraulic function to be that bad. But after i pressed them in there was no way in going back and i had to file them off. If they break i maybe can peel them out or if i need to make new ones then i make them deeper. Lesson learned. Thanks for the comments.
Deff worth trying to avoid! Also the actual magnet material can be pyrophoric under cutting/drilling and produces some especially not great dust. Neodymium magnets are best kept in their factory state.
I know very little about machining but this is still fascinating to watch. That arbor press you used is my favorite restoration. It is a piece of art. Love your videos, keep them coming. 🛠
I just got a cutter head like this at auction...actually, I bought a lot of 33 of them! I'll keep one and sell the rest. Now I have ideas how to use it. Thank you for all you do for all of us! Best, Andrew @BranchAndFoundry
Can I bring you my husband for restoration of body parts? Oh better yet!!! Build me a new and improved one? Seemed like a good idea.😎 You are amazingly talented and thank you for showing us. Cheers 🍻
When I was teenager doing my apprenticeship we had a dozen tool makers in just our workshop alone(my factory had 5 workshops) they could literally make anything from nuts and bolts to whole machine part's with the words of "leave it with me!"
Note, the magnets are available in washer style and this would avoid the capture of epoxy. Once you break the outer layer of those magnets, they tend to fall apart in my experience. You might also drill a pin hole to allow epoxy to escape. Beautiful work as always.
Silly question, but in all these cases there is a lot of rest-product, or debris. Sometimes there is probably more residual leftover material than what is in the finished piece, what do you do with that? Throw it away? Recycle? Gather and smelt in your dwarven forge?
