After 70 years: Forgotten German drill press is restored and used again! 

Exactly, I like seeing the patina respected instead of trying to make it look like it's on the showroom floor

Thank you, we really love it when there is a story and visual age behind such objects!

Agree completely! And especially appreciate there is NO sandblasting!

I'm sorry I disagree. Repainting to me is great if done correctly! I really!!! Enjoyed viewing the dissasembly . Was disappointed when no sandblasting and powder coating was done. But with that being said. Everybody's opinion is different. You did a great job of cleaning it up!! Thank you it was very interesting to watch. 👍

Totally agree. Why would anyone strip and paint a piece that's supposedly to work and not for display is beyond me...

And there is no bondo!

I had exactly the same feelings. This job is wonderful and keeps the original patina of the time

Thank you for commending on my comment. I had totally forgotten to subscribe to this channel and I want to see what else they have going.@@tr31uk

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What is the wrench you used to remove the retaining ring on the spindle?@@forgottenthings

Not to forget Röhm drill chuck. :) But I don't belive that an actual Flott machine will survive the next 70 years. Machines nowadays are build for stockholders not for users. Too much cheap plastic and electronic toys with microcomputers that make the machines useless in the next 10-15 years when the toys inside the machine will get damaged. Best example is Bosch who produce high torque power drills which burn up their windings and destroy themself when they get hot. The selling point of this machines is not the reliablity but the propriatary Blutooth connectivity to an app in an appstore. But it's a disease on all branches in the moment. No real innovations. Just confetti und blinking lights for the consumer. Look at Volkswagen. They had the chance to show Elon Musk how to build a real electric car. They could have created a standard for car batteries, an automatic system for exchanging batteries in minutes instead of charging them over 50 minutes. They could have build an infrastructure and sell licenses. They could have done joint fentures with Audi, BMW etc. But nothing happended. Instead they build with ID3 and ID4 bad copies of a Tesla. The only idea the managers had was to send apes into the gas chamber at diesel scandal.

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Restorations should leave an item in an improved visual and functional condition while maintaining its original factory character. The goal is to have an item fit for its intended purpose which often means favoring the former over the latter. Leaving unabated rust and cracked chipping paint, for instance, is neither improving its condition, nor maintaining its original character. Cracks, voids and other casting defects may be original, but can compromise its utility and service life. The restoration in this video leaves much to be desired.

If that piece could talk

@@bobweiram6321 está usted equivocado. La restauración debe recuperar el estado funcional y visual garantizando la perpetuidad del ojeto, sin dañar sus caracteristicas tenologicas y extructurales originales a su estado de fabricación. Así mismo se debe conservar, dentro de lo posible, el desgaste del tiempo y el uso propio a un objeto de tal antiguedad. Dado que su valor radica, fundamentalmente, en el registro historico que dicho elemento representa. A lo que usted se refiere, es al reacondicionamiento. Que nada tiene que ver con la restauración. En este caso, estamos en presencia de una restauración realizada desde el conocimiento y el respeto apropiado. Con un resultado excelente en todos los apectos.

Totalmente. Hay muchos que se hacen llamar restauradores y son capaces de masillar un martillo.

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Indeed!

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Yes, we love that as well! Thank you!

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Danke für das Lob!

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Just a few more days, stay tuned!😎

Danke!

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Thank you very much! More content is in progress.🤩

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Thank you! We didn't check the motor at the beginning, so it was a complete gamble whether it would work or not

It was a great video! I would love to own that drill press! The tool to use to check windings is called a Meg Ohm Meter. Usually, black windings is a bad sign. It means the winding got heated up too much and the insulation is damaged. But, I am uncertain what kind of motor it actually was as I do not recall seeing a start switch or start capacitor. But again, it sure ran nicely. Nice work!!

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Dankesehr! Wir haben einige tolle Fahrräder im Lager, davon kommt auch in Zukunft wieder was!

@@forgottenthings Das klingt doch super!

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