Grab a drink of choice and schedule some alone time with this one:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrMVIBtqFW6O0-MWq26gqw
The bench vise and vertical jack were awesome, I had to take a break to tell you all about it before diving in for a binge watch of the rest of them!
I've been watching his videos as well. There are a lot of tool "restoration" videos out there but most of them consist of some guy using a wire brush to knock off a little rust followed by a coat of black spray paint. He really does a restoration. That tire gauge and the die grinder are pieces of art.
No E36 M3ty music, no annoying babbling, quality workmanship. That was almost therapeutic to watch.
It's just mesmerizing. I watched the tire gauge, and now I have to go through all of them.
This is not helping my desire to own a mill and a lathe. Because that's obviously the only thing preventing me from doing work of this quality.
Keith Tanner said:It's just mesmerizing. I watched the tire gauge, and now I have to go through all of them.
This is not helping my desire to own a mill and a lathe. Because that's obviously the only thing preventing me from doing work of this quality.
Right?!? I love how he's like "I'll just make new screws" or just machines some random complicated part.
Javelin said:Grab a drink of choice and schedule some alone time with this one:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMrMVIBtqFW6O0-MWq26gqw
The bench vise and vertical jack were awesome, I had to take a break to tell you all about it before diving in for a binge watch of the rest of them!
The bench vise was recommended at me. I closed the tab when he used WD40 in an attempt to break the jaw free. At that point, I pretty mucn lost all expectations of skill.
Maybe the guy can hand whittle perfect parts from solid blocks of iron, but come on. WD40 is not a lubricant or a penetrant.
That's true, but you're only penalizing yourself. Just look away, then enjoy the rest.
In reply to Knurled. :
German WD40 is not US WD40...
Keith Tanner said:That's true, but you're only penalizing yourself. Just look away, then enjoy the rest.
Perhaps you're right, but people using WD40 as a lube or penetrating oil is as off-putting as people who smack their lips as a form of verbal punctuation. I just tune right out.
Knurled. said:The bench vise was recommended at me. I closed the tab when he used WD40 in an attempt to break the jaw free. At that point, I pretty mucn lost all expectations of skill.
Well, he managed to get it free and continued on to finish the restoration so something happened there.
Javelin said:In reply to Knurled. :
German WD40 is not US WD40...
My Google-fu has failed me. Care to elaborate?
stuart in mn said:Knurled. said:The bench vise was recommended at me. I closed the tab when he used WD40 in an attempt to break the jaw free. At that point, I pretty mucn lost all expectations of skill.
Well, he managed to get it free and continued on to finish the restoration so something happened there.
Ironically(*), I have found that water is a really good solvent for freeing up things seized by rust. Water is the ultimate solvent, and it will get into the rust and turn it into a fine abrasive paste.
When I picked up the RX-3, all four brakes were rusted solid from nearly 40 years of sitting and it would not roll. Some water and a little BFH time to shock the water into place, and it rolled freely. For example.
(*) - The "WD" in WD40 stands for Water Displacer. The product is a waterproofing spray. Yet water is as good or better for freeing up rusty things.
Javelin said:In reply to Knurled. :
German WD40 is not US WD40...
Especially when it's Swiss WD40 
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The guy is Swiss, not German.
Oh yeah. Tool and fabrication porn. Two great tastes that taste great together.
I loved the disassembly of the tire gauge. Remove part >EXTREME CLOSEUP>repeat until completely disassembled. His skills are amazing. I was not expecting that level of finish at the outset.
BoxheadTim said:Javelin said:In reply to Knurled. :
German WD40 is not US WD40...
Especially when it's Swiss WD40
The guy is Swiss, not German.
It's all Greek to me! 
From the vice video, first comment from the guy: “WD40 is no penetrating oil, I know now thanks”
I think an electrolysis bath would have been a great place to start on the vice. Regardless, it turned out beautifully.
Vise = shop tool.
Vice = Smokes, weed, scotch, hookers, blow, etc.
If we can be that picky about WD40 then we can be that picky about everything.
In reply to Trans_Maro :
Yep, I really screwed up on that one. 
I’d never heard of using olive oil to finish parts like that. That’s a neat idea.
In reply to Knurled. :
Did you really stop looking when you saw him using WD40? You really missed a lot.
That thing was stunning when he finished, and his attention to detail is incredible.
You’re missing a great show.
Trans_Maro said:Vise = shop tool.
Vice = Smokes, weed, scotch, hookers, blow, etc.
If we can be that picky about WD40 then we can be that picky about everything.
Vice = shop tool in British (and Canadian) English. Pbbbbth.
EastCoastMojo said:I loved the disassembly of the tire gauge. Remove part >EXTREME CLOSEUP>repeat until completely disassembled. His skills are amazing. I was not expecting that level of finish at the outset.
I know, right? After buffing, he had those metal parts gleaming as if they'd been chrome-plated.
I look forward to passing out watching these tonight. Thanks for sharing!
Pretty sure the guy went from roughly 90k subs last night to over 115k this afternoon. Pretty impressive.
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