Gerholf has so many vices he should open a sex dungeon! It's got to pay better than brazing broken castings. So, what to do with all these tools? Do you sell them on Marketplace, or have some kind of consignment shop for tools where you live?
I served near there in a small town called Boesingfeld near a town named Rinteln (spelling of the town is suspect as it was many years ago 1967/1972. My daughter was born at the British Military Hospital there. I also spent two years in Muenster, all while in the US Army. It was a formative time in my life, I still speak pretty fair Hoch Duetsche. Really like your channel.
Hey Matt, nice to see here again! I was wondering if people would enjoy the traveling footage and it turns out they do :). I also just watched your latest church-video and it reminded me so much about my girlfriend's house that we've been clearing out for the past year! Nice to see you have some progress there.
Been looking for one ages now, but all of them the size that is reasonable for home machinist/hobbyist are prices way out of my price point and bigger ones require big truck, require power outlet you can only find in commercial buildings and size to match. I have garage that coul fit 6 meter long industrial lathe, but the power outlet becomes issue, so cannot do much about that, specially when already with the power transfer company having monopoly in transfer prices powering just normal house is expensive and powering such beast would be extremely expensive since it would require upgrade on main fuses to industrial size. Hence i started to build my own lathe from salvaged parts of someone elses started lathe project.
@@Hellsong89 Had a Myford 7 for a few years but had to sell when moving yard, now I have a bigger yard 3 phase power and a big truck I am looking for a decent size lathe for some projects. Have you looked at single to three phase conversions, Andy Reynolds on RU-vid shows ways round power issues. Cheers
I know Paderborn well. My mother's mother was born in Brenken and came to the US in 1921. Her father was born in Salzkotten and came to the US in 1913 after serving in the Kaiser's Cavalry for four years. I took mein Grossmutter back to Germany in 1971 when I was 20 years old. It was a one month trip that altered my life. Thank you for your video. It reminds me so very much of my past.
Can not wait to see those old machines run again! I love doing the same as you, finding old machines, rescuing them and using them on daily basis. Some of them come from the scrapyard, some of them I find online. Old machines are so much better than new ones, better design, better materials, they can last forever with proper maintenance. I am mechanical engineer and I really know that engineering changed - machines were once built to last literally forever, now they are built to last year or two. I have so much respect for what you do and the way you do it. Keep it on!
Better than new ones? Gimme a break! That stuff in the video is ONLY valuable to a collector who's interested in old stuff like that. (My old stuff interest is radios!)
@@glasslinger When I say better I mean longer lasting and much easier to maintain. Yes, new machines are sometimes easier to use and naturally more precise. If you compare overall quality, older machines are superior. New mass produced machines have very low (if any) quality and are not built to last, usualy only until shortly after the warranty period. There are though (some) new machines that have very high quality yet they are rare and usualy extremely expensive. Even some high class brands like Fein, Bosch, Skill, DeWalt etc. produce bullshit products, only in non-commercial class of products can one find machines that can last decades (for example, high frequency industrial grade power tools by Bosch and Fein, woodworking products by Maffel etc.). Even so, there is maintenance issue. I have repaired loads of very old tools and they all have one in common - they are built so that one can easily repair them, unlike modern tools that can not even be dissassembled properly since there are lots of welded or glued joints. For personal use I prefer older machines. I buy them cheap, repair them cheap and use them for many years. They get the work done and when they brake down, I can repair them again and run them for another decade so that my children can use them, repair them (if needed) and use them again. How many modern machine will run in 100 years like that old workhorses shown in this video? I think none.
I went to Germany in 1984 as a soldier stationed firstly in Bunde then onto Osnabruck, Minden, Lubecke, Kiel and Munster. I loved my 11 years in Germany and still visit from time to time as I have a daughter there.
Oh yes, these videos are wonderfull. Keep them coming please. Re-using and restoring all these nice tools and things is very educational, and very important knowledge to us all. Thanks from Denmark
I'm so ready for you to sort through that stuff, I love going through some one else's empire of dirt to add to my own. Keep making videos they make my day better!!! I also like when you say both the English and German words for what something is called, I started learning German almost 100 days ago and it's fun to hear it.
When looking at lathes, start with the bed closest to the chuck. The wear there usually tells the story and determines if the machine is worth restoring.
@@henryrollins9177 Not really. Cast iron doesn't weld easily and welding would warp it anyway. Plus, normal approach is to take off material to the new true surface not add it. In some cases, low spots can be brought back up with special epoxy, but it's not a great solution for the bed and is expensive. However, cost of machining and grinding the bed (let alone scraping) would amount to more than the machine is worth. It makes sense to do it to very nice toolroom lathes like Monarch 10EE etc, but those are worth a lot more to begin with. In the end, it's easier and cheaper to find the machine that is not very worn then to try to repair a bad one. Area next to the chuck where most of the carriage moves are performed is usually the most worn part of the lathe so it's the first thing to look at.
Love the travelogue videos. It's really interesting to get an insight into how German people embrace their industrial heritage. It looks like the Grandpa generation had some really great treasures to enjoy. Looking forward to seeing you restore these items. Many thanks..
I'm very happy to see your videos Gerolf. It's always a pleasure to view your videos because you are not only rescuing old power tools but educating us at the same time. Blessings from Trinidad🇹🇹
I very much enjoy your restoration/repair videos. A stroke high in my spine has permanently taken the use of my hands. Since I'm no longer able to build or tinker, watching videos has become a cathartic relief. And I personally find yours to be amongst the most enjoyable, so thank you.
I love watching all of your scrapyard/restoration videos. Just being able to see someone appreciate and save these wonderful items that were built to last forever and be serviceable to the last screw makes my day. Everything these days relies on planned obsolescence and a giant specialized infrastructure for replacement and continual use, its so great to see someone keeping the machines and tools that made that specialized infrastructure possible working. Keep it up as long as you can, you're doing great things.
This video was the last bit when I decided to become a supporter. If I can help you making those lathes working again, it'll be worth it. Thank you for your content, for sure one of the best youtubers out there.
As a retired motor controls maintenance man who chiefly worked on modern CNC presses, lasers, lathes, machining centers and some late 40's screw machines, I am fascinated by your channel. Please do, more of these restorations, of useful antique equipment.
Thank you for rescuing these old tools! Far too often they end up in scrap piles melted down into new garbage. I try to save old hand tools when they come available in my area. Even if they get a new life in another use, they still have a history and a worthwhile use! Good luck with your restoration work! I will continue to follow your channel!
My connection to Germany is a boss that has relatives in Hannover. Strangely, the town they settled in here in Pennsylvania has an almost identical name. Hanover. Someone from that family visited that town in Hannover, and there are people there with the same surname.
Same for a lot of towns founded by emigrants with desire to their roots. Some have moved on and changed their names or spelling cause why is it called Brunswick ? Take a car and drive from Hannover Germany a bit west , less than an hour and you will be in BRAUNSCHWEIG ... and that city is called in english BRUNSWICK ... same for Köln and cologne. But those city Braunschweig in the US and Canada might have changed the name during the centuries cause germans tried to get ridd off their heritage during the great war and world war 2 and took english spelled names or translations as last name. Schwarzkopf is german and some of those family members had gotten the new family name Blackhead Same for cities that also changed the name. Hanover and Hannover are an easy case ... some are more complicated. And most americans once in a life start the question of heritage and search for roots which is far more complicated here in europe and germany than in the US but even after 2 wars there are still treasures at least in the western part cause most books about births , deaths, marriage had been written not by the city, major, king and so on but by the church and the churches have those books ... even though hand written but not always readable for nowadays germans cause the art of writing had been changed between the wars . This way you can search your heritage by visiting churches or their central archives of the Bishop but it takes time to get through the centuries back till 1648 ... before 1648 and the 30 year war it is much much tougher to find those books cause many had disappeared cause no one want to be killed for being lutherian or catholic ... 30 years of civil war not just 2 or 3.
In the south of Ukraine there were German settlements founded in the 1800s. Some of them are named Neu Danzig, Neu Karlsruhe, with prefix "Neu". These places are now historical only, unfortunately.
Lived in Munster in the early 90's (my dad was posted over there to run the army school). Went to Paderborn several times. I had one of those once-in-a-decade nights out over there after seeing Machine Head. I missed the last train home and got accosted by some students. As soon as they found out I was English, their tone changed and we had a right laugh. Ended going to their dorm, having a smoke or two and got the 6am train home the next day. Vielen dank Deutschland!
Great vid, can't wait to see the restoration. Cannot find estate sales like this in the UK. Everything seems to be auctioned and the prices achieved are nearly as expensive as buying new. A friend of mine purchased a hobby lathe at auction and by the time he purchased the missing, worn out or broken parts it ended up costing 20% more than if he had purchased new. He also put around 100 hours work into the restoration.
Yup ,and he still has an old crap-a bottomless money pit.Sometimes being old means its a junk not a better machine than new. If you expect a perfection from old crap be ready to put $$$ in it .
@@zumbazumba1So true, even though the lathe now works the bed has uneven wear; when he received a quote for milling and full scrape it was 3/4 the cost of a new lathe.
@@isoguy. Only time that pays off is if you have a high end old(not 100 years old like form 1970-80's) industrial quality lathe that will last another 50 years with proper maintainance. Or if you have a 8m long lathe that usualy cost new 250k $ ,then its worthy.For small hobby lathes its not worthy.
I went to High School in Oklahoma, USA. My friend's father was named Rolf Huffnagel. But everyone called him Ralph. I love the restoration and hunting videos!! can't wait for the next installment!
My tongue is hanging out in anticipation. I drove through Paderborn many times, but was stationed in Osnabruek for six years in the seventies. Many fond memories of that time. 🥳
Maybe there is a silver lining there? I’m an American I know many people who do exactly what Gerolf is doing. Used machinery and tools aren’t sitting idle for very long people because are usually purchasing, restoring and using them. So while it’s not good for the buyers (higher competition) it does mean the reuse and restore ideology that this channel try’s to uphold is happening.
@@indianasquatchunters unfortunately I have seen many many times hearing how someone had old tools passed down then they scrap them.... it’s heartbreaking. I hate scrappers with a passion
Have to admit, I'm a scrapper but I know the difference between historical items and cheap.junk. I do not like seeing valuable items sold for scrap value, our yard has a wall.almost a hundred feet long and twenty feet tall with vintage and antique items they have recovered from the crusher.
Scrapper near me also knows what is good and what is just scrap. He sorts all and sells usefull stuff. Bought a old mill of him for little money. Some scrappers do care about history and that is good.
You have inspired me to visit my local scrap yard more frequently, on my last visit I was very fortunate to find that a machine shop was dumping their surplus equipment into the dirty scrap bin which I am able to purchase at 20 cents per pound. I got two 3 jaw chucks, a new 3 ton arbor press, two machine vises, two USA 16 inch C clamps , a Dividing Head with accessory plates, a Super Spacer, a bunch of indexable lathe and mill tooling and also a bunch of scrap steel.
Love your videos. Was stationed in Giessen for 3 years from 1988 to 1991. Loved traveling around Germany and seeing new things trying new food and meeting great people. Thank you for bringing back some good memories from long past.
I am looking forward the Lathe restoration. I love getting up on my days off and having breakfast while watching a great restoration video, and yours are always top notch!
I'm in Australia but have very good friends in Marburg, Hessen, visit Germany regularly in normal times. The lathe restorations look very exciting. Danke Schon Gerloff!
UK here. I did a similar trip two months ago and went to look at (and bought) a micro spot welder. This one is on a small heavy table and uses a foot pedal. It's from around 1950 I think. It's a super rare machine that runs from a normal household 13 amp socket. The machine has many settings and is fully analogue. It's fully adjustable for duration and current - it goes to 100 amps but can do really delicate work too. It will connect a filament like you see inside light bulbs for example. I make metal art and see my new/old spot welder as a way of opening new ways of creating work.
You made Great Finds! I don't know anyone who lives there but my Grandparents came to America at the turn of the 19th to 20th century. I felt I should clarify that because 'turn of the century' is generally thought of the last one! I enjoy your work from my heritage and also enjoy doing the same thing in America. Take Care and be safe, John
Can’t wait for the final restoration! Please don’t think the final video has to be short! I really enjoy the details! Your content is super entertaining!
Always enjoy your videos. My best friend of 53 years has been running a scrapyard since 1953 that he started at 11 years old and still runs it today. Members of my German side of the family are from Mayschoss Germany and were all in the wine business in one way or another. The family name is Steffens.
I'll be damned - looks like someone added an automotive transmission to that lathe for gear-reduction. The ancient lathe on Fab Rats had the same modification.
Its a common thing with those old lathes,switching leather belts is a pain in ass. Its not hard to put a car gearbox between a electric motor and a vbelt pulley that connects to those flat belt leather pulley.Only problem is space.So you might consider using a moped gear box instead.
@@zumbazumba1 I'll keep that idea in mind. If I find an old lathe like this, actually finding a cheap, small manual transmission from a RWD vehicle is not all that common, unless you are willing to pay the premium for a part from a Mustang, Camaro or a truck. Probably better to just switch the whole thing to a more modern system, but I just like this ingenuity.
@@nferraro222 Other than speed control on a electric motor via vfd(variable frequency drive),gearbox is only other solution. just keep in mind these old lathes were never built to run on rpms higher than 500-600 with bushings.If you have to lower speed with just motor it might overload it since usualy motors have 1400-2400rpm. A combination is probably best solution of existing speeds and vfd.
Geld, Religion, Politik.. Prinzipiell wird er aber wohl mit Karotten gezahlt haben.. das, oder mit Geld halt.. (Einfach selbst mal google anschmeißen und Zeit investieren, "sich schlau machen", Preise vergleichen.. wer Zeit investiert und sich in sowas reinfuchst spuckt das nicht vorgekaut dem Nächstbesten der nachfragt auf den Teller..)
Greeting from the UK! Never been to Paderborn but have had plenty of holidays in Düsseldorf. Good to see you with a new project in these strange times and looking forward to learning a lot!
Annoying, innit? I suppose it's an ego thing. It's obvious people like this are unfamiliar with the concept of opportunity cost. Rather than passing something along to someone who will actually use and enjoy it (while making some money for themselves), they'd rather let it collect dust.
@@wes11bravo makes me cry seeing all those American cars rotting in their driveways. Teach a kid to rebuild one, boy or girl. Do something with it. I'd have love rebuild and reuse stuff and not have it their.
@@wes11bravo Oh yep. I've never witnessed the whole thing Americans sometimes mention, where they explain that they are going to use the said thing and the seller is happier to drop the price. There's no way to verify this, it's entirely trust based. It simply doesn't happen here.
I was stationed in Ludwigshaffen for 3 years in the US Army, your video brings back memories. Your English is much better than my German, but I think I still remember how to order a beer so... ;-) Love the old shops!
restoring and saving old tools and machines is quite interesting to watch and you are saving the past equipment used by the inventors of a time gone by.
I work for Siemens Canada as an HVACR mechanic. Always enjoy your channel especially the old Siemens motors. As you know, Siemens has been around for a very long time and the products are top quality.
My mother and father met in Fassburg in 1948 when dad was a USAF pilot flying in the Berlin air lift. Mom was British and worked for the NAAFI. I’d like to see Germany one day.
I enjoy your hunt for tools long forgotten with ideas how to put them to use restoring them and contuing their purpose. I find myself doing the same and am happy seeing this done with folks like yourself around the world. Cheers from Houston, Texas.
I wish I had space for such things. I have a small basement and 1 car garage already full of tools. So many treasures to be had. Very much enjoyed this.
Hello from America I love you videos and I am very excited for your future restorations I really like your philosophy of taking old/broken objects and making them work and nice again if they can be restored! Please keep making these videos! 😊
Gerolf what an amazing adventure you embarked on. It's truly wonderful to see you rescuing these beautiful tools. You certainly have a idyllic and lovely country. Can't wait for more videos I think it's fantastic that you're getting young people interested in this type of stuff. Best wishes from Iowa stay safe and healthy on your travels.
Yes please, let's have lots more treasure hunt videos but even more interesting are your painstaking restorations of these treasures. Can't wait to see you working on restoring the lathes.
Looking forward to your restoration on these. You are preserving history in a positive and informative way, your videos should be in schools to show the kids that old machines still have a place in the modern world and recycling/refurbishing can be fun. Keep up the good work.
It was interesting to see a glimpse of the Dusseldorf area. The patriarch of my Mother's family immigrated from that area to Southern Ontario, Canada with his brother in the late 19th century. Your archaeological expeditions to find old gear are great. Please keep up the treasure hunting.
I'd forgotten how beautiful Germany is and how much I loved driving around there....mostly around Frankfurt/Heidelberg/Mainz and down river to Koblenz. Wunderbar! I await your new videos patiently but wish you'd do one every day!
I love this 'normal' length video. All the information in a quick easy to watch short video. I have time to watch a few more other videos of this length.
I would love seeing those lathes restored. I use one just as you have. Got it when my grandfather died 30 years ago when i was 20. It gets used a lot and works perfect. I love old machinery.
Es gibt in der Tat nichts schöneres als alte Werkstätten im Dornröschenschlaf! Ich bin wirklich wahnsinnig gespannt auf die folgenden Episoden! Besten Dank für deine super Videos!!!
I am really looking forward to seeing you sort through that treasure trove of stuff from the old workshop. I love these videos including the views of rural Germany. Many thanks.
I enjoy your videos. I enjoy restoring old tools, but my knowledge is mostly of woodworking hand tools, so any explanations you can give about the equipment you pick up and restore are appreciated.
Wonderful trip with interesting finds, thanks. I spent two years in Mannheim with the U.S. forces during the cold war (DDR). Would dearly love to revisit as an old man one of these days.
It’s been many years but I think this is a Fischer lathe, although I can’t tell which model. I recall the engineering company I apprenticed to back in the early seventies had one dumped out the back. One of my student engineer projects was to get it levelled, trued, de-rusted and running. As memory serves, this was a truly excellent machine, superior to many other lathes of its vintage. Again if memory serves, the model we rebuilt was 1927 vintage. Can’t guarantee it but it certainly looks like it. One of the things we noted was that the majority of fasteners were metric, but the lead screw was British imperial, but that could have been a modification for the British market. Always great content thank you.
