1900s Door Mortiser [Restoration]

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3 жыл бұрын

This restoration is on a 1900s patented door mortiser made by A.W. Miller Mfg. Co.. You can view the original patent here: patents.google.com/patent/US7....
I obtained this tool knowing it was missing several parts that needed to be remade. Luckily, the missing parts were mostly easy to reproduce, except for the missing hand-wheel. For this, I decided to have all the hand-wheels re-cast in bronze by Windy Hill Foundry. The full process of that re-casting can be seen here: • HAND WHEELS. A Collabo... . Big thank you to him as well!
The original finish for this tool was japanning, but I actually ran out of the ingredients to make a new batch, so I had to resort to repainting it. I made a new handle out of jatoba and brass. I was able to salvage the original cutter, but I wish I could find the other cutters, which apparently came with this tool originally.
As specialized as this tool is, it does perform very well and make quick work of cutting a slot into some test pieces of wood. Definitely faster, easier, and more accurate than chiseling it out by hand.
This tool has an amazing look to it, so I might end up selling or giving this tool away.
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@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

Need some parts re-cast? You can contact Windy Hill Foundry at clarke@windyhillfoundry.com or at www.windyhillfoundry.com. Massive thank to him for helping out with this project!

@kevin34ct 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering when I'd see this video using the recast pieces. I watched that on and that was interesting.

@UncleTogie 3 жыл бұрын

Oddly enough, I saw the casting video already. Beautiful work from you both, as usual!

@keith68 3 жыл бұрын

what do you do with the tool after video is done? I am a locksmith this would be a cool start to a collection

@sarchlalaith8836 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a little thin lead sheet or similar soft material over those vice jaws?

@windyhillfoundry5940 3 жыл бұрын

Glad I was able to help you with this Eric👍

@RamblingEngineer 3 жыл бұрын

I miss trash on the floor, such a great actor!

@Slenkamure 3 жыл бұрын

i know the pandemic takes away another job

@silvahawk7109 3 жыл бұрын

I hope it didn't catch covid! I know it was good about being socially distant!

@diegoviniciomejiaquesada4754 3 жыл бұрын

I feel you bro...

@Sulfuron41 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I was just about to write about how I missed the socially distant trash on the floor when I saw your comment!

@ct92404 3 жыл бұрын

I heard it wanted a new contract and a raise.

@morkovija 3 жыл бұрын

The biggest relief was seeing how this monstrosity actually works. Now I can die in peace

@Frightningman 3 жыл бұрын

When I think of all the mortice locks I've fitted over the years with just a brace & bit, a chisel and a hammer, it saddens me to think that I could have been humping a monstrosity like that about instead.

@morkovija 3 жыл бұрын

@@Frightningman while asserting dominance over client by not breaking up the eye contact while in the process... x)

@aserta 3 жыл бұрын

@@Frightningman You can get an attachment that fits on most hand held routers which allows you to use mortise drills. The part that makes the square hole attaches to the body of the router and the drill goes through an attachment to the collar chuck. The fence doo-hikey is a bit weird to use at first, but it's a decent tool. Certainly worlds better than having to carve it out. Unfortunately, i don't remember the name, i know it's made in Canada tho. I think it's something with a small beaver tail on a square drill as a logo. Oh, and it's not a recent tool, we're talking mid 80's i believe. My Canadian uncle had a couple of them. Alternatively, you could just use the contraption Matthias Wandel made (also, a Canadian...), AKA his panto-router. Which is perfect for drilling square holes and other things.

@Frightningman 3 жыл бұрын

@@aserta I'm 74 next month - retired years ago and I've no intention doing any more morticing unless in dire need. If I am in dire need, I'll use the tools & skills I already have.

@StuartMaginnis 3 жыл бұрын

You've helped take away the anxiety of wondering whether it will show at the end of the video. Thanking you!

@erikhedin1454 3 жыл бұрын

If this one and the apple peeler could mate, the offspring would be the most beautiful, most unnecessarily complicated piece of machinery ever, and I'd be the first in line to adopt it!

@Aleph-Noll 3 жыл бұрын

cant deny it really does do a good job at what it does haha

@oem42 3 жыл бұрын

That apple peeler was a thing of beauty

@sinephase 3 жыл бұрын

is it overly complicated, though? seems like it does the job real quick and if you had a lot of doors to do on a daily basis, you'd want it to last

@hugeinjapan4635 3 жыл бұрын

I made practically the same comment because, like a psychopath, I don't scroll before I comment

@implausibleimpossiblehypot4006 3 жыл бұрын

So your expecting the pearents to put up their beautiful child for adoption somehow I feel like the apple peeler would be a great mother

@mysticarchfire 3 жыл бұрын

This has really become one of those tv series you just get all excited for when a new episode drops

@spugintrntl 3 жыл бұрын

It's weird to hear a theme song that peppy and upbeat and not have it immediately followed by "HEY GUYS THIS IS BLAHDY BLAH HERE AND TODAY WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT YADA YADA BUT FIRST IMMA TELL YOU ABOUT SURFSHARK." I am very grateful for your weirdness.

@runsolo7418 3 жыл бұрын

Head bonking the sandblasting booth, never gets old!

@LuvLikeTruck 3 жыл бұрын

I love it every time

@oldninjarider 3 жыл бұрын

I've met Eric, he does have a flat forehead. ;-)

@cassia_cries 3 жыл бұрын

never stopped laughing since he broke the glass doing it 😂

@hdezn26 3 жыл бұрын

@@cassia_cries I actually missed that one. That would explain the clearer glass after a certain episode.

@cathybenson5119 3 жыл бұрын

Does he ever get a headache? Lol. 👍👍👍🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🦘🦘🦘

@ottomaddox2188 3 жыл бұрын

Breaking apart that old handle kinda broke my heart.

@dacoobob 3 жыл бұрын

same

@aycfes2891 3 жыл бұрын

Idem

@pinballrobbie 3 жыл бұрын

Me too, could have been restored.

@flame3723 3 жыл бұрын

Nooo my heart! It was so nice!

@ZJohnnymnemonic2 2 жыл бұрын

Me too. It was nice looking

@davanders2006 3 жыл бұрын

I did historical restoration for years and I wondered how they cut the opening for the locks. This is why I didn't see chisel marks on the door. I've never seen one of these before. Thanks for sharing

@bikergirl2000 3 жыл бұрын

Could not fathom how this worked until you put it into action. Ingenious! Love the bronze wheels.

@narcoleptic8982 3 жыл бұрын

Eric: *has milling machine* Also Eric: *drills holes in part he's just finished milling with a cordless drill*

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha. You'll see why I couldn't use my milling machine in a future video.

@TexasBaker 3 жыл бұрын

Eric: Uses CNC to mill small metal piece Also Eric: Hand held grinder to cut it in half

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

@@TexasBaker if you don't use every tool in the shop every day, what are you even doing?

@dougscott8161 3 жыл бұрын

At least he isn't using all steam powered equipment.

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

I wish.

@DoomOfConviction 3 жыл бұрын

I’m always mainly interested in the tool itself and less the Restauration process so I’m really thankful to find a channel that uses the finished tools at the end.

@zsandmann 3 жыл бұрын

I was so sad when they wrote out Socially Distant Garbage On The Floor in the mid-season finale!

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

Working on signing a new contract for this season.

@travis7500 2 жыл бұрын

As someone who works on old houses, I want one! Great job! It's awesome to not only see a cool restoration, but learn about tools used a long time ago.

@clydedecker765 3 жыл бұрын

I Can't imagine more than a few of these were ever sold and USED over the years. So complicated and uncouth doing it. Ah the joys of hand drills and chisels - they just look so cool and crafty....

@doktordizzel9261 2 жыл бұрын

Полностью согласен. Неужели проще таскать с собой эту штуку, чем пару стамесок и одну ручную дрель?

@wirenut003 2 жыл бұрын

You would never find a hand tool so complicated made any place in the world NO MORE- Great job bringing that tool to life again.

@ManChildMaineiac 3 жыл бұрын

As a door technician I really appreciate this antique tool! Great job!!👏

@IlhanNegis 3 жыл бұрын

this made me appreciate $80 cheap router and a template little bit more

@SteveSummers 3 жыл бұрын

The face plant on the sand blaster was great! 😂

@randyruppel6727 3 жыл бұрын

I recommend all previous catalog. Where you will find some very memorable face to blaster cabinet content.

@jacefairis1289 3 жыл бұрын

I had legitimately no idea what this thing did til the very end. great restoration!

@frednew7755 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely love that a metal working lathe was used to make the wooden handle. I'm sure that there are machinist out there having a fit but, I like it!

@rontocknell5400 Жыл бұрын

I imagine that anything that can be turned on a wood lathe can also be turned on a metal working lathe. But it doesn't work the other way around.

@user-ju1xm5sx2m 3 жыл бұрын

До последнего не мог догадаться, что это такое! Очень интересно! Всегда смотрю с удовольствием! Я из России. I couldn't guess what it was until the last moment! Very interesting! I always look with pleasure! I'm from Russia.

@Bzzzz1977 3 жыл бұрын

Аналогично. Что только люди не придумают, лишь бы стамеску не использовать.

@kotovsk66 3 жыл бұрын

>Я из России Ты этим гордишься или тебе наоборот стыдно?

@hdezn26 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering what it was too. Til the end of the video.

@user-xl2ok4cr7q 3 жыл бұрын

@@kotovsk66 а как должно быть?

@ttillicome 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-xl2ok4cr7q завидует, не обращай внимания.

@deweyeaves2332 3 жыл бұрын

This mechanism is just genius. Well done on the restoration.

@steveferguson1232 3 жыл бұрын

I’m a woodworker and have never seen a lock mortiser like that. It is totally bad a**. Love how you restore the past

@michelhv 3 жыл бұрын

The buildup towards the power hammer restore is getting CRAA-ZY! Can’t wait.

@misoman 3 жыл бұрын

When you finally retire that table, we need to see what a single match will do to it. I am willing to take bets ;)

@TexasBaker 3 жыл бұрын

I got $50 on instantaneous detonation, but I also have $50 that says absolutely nothing can harm it.

@sciangear4782 3 жыл бұрын

@@TexasBaker put me down for a piece of both of those 😆

@pileofstuff 3 жыл бұрын

My bet is for spontaneous combustion - no matches required.

@avantesma1 3 жыл бұрын

It'll probably be like those "lighting 5000 matches" KZfaq videos, only with just 2 matches: 1 that'll light the bench and the humongous 1 the bench has been turning into over the years.

@petebeatminister 2 жыл бұрын

retire the table? its the next restoration project!

@everythingknife8763 3 жыл бұрын

I got so excited when I saw Molten Bronze was doing a cameo in this episode.

@robhowell7795 3 жыл бұрын

No one on KZfaq does restorations as good as you. You take a real old items and make them new again. Everyone else on here fakes it by aging their items and making them look old. You are my favorite

@walley2637 2 жыл бұрын

wow, i cant believe that someone designed such an intricate machine 100yrs ago and i'm still using a hand chisel and a hammer!

@humancattoy7767 3 жыл бұрын

Windy Hill Foundry did a wonderful job. I saw the video and I am glad I did. You always get me so engrossed in the video, wondering what you are thinking. I'm a fan of the process. You never disappoint.

@suhayl5157 3 жыл бұрын

so that's what this contraption does. I had no idea what it was till the very end. yes, most unnecessary invention, but truly brilliant. good job bringing her back to life.

@nathanokun8801 3 жыл бұрын

That is one ingenious complicated device. Even Rube Goldberg would be proud of creating this thing!

@JLCra87 3 жыл бұрын

The entire video I thought the purpose of this thing was like 100% something else. Very interesting!!

@lucaortolani2059 3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was some kind of sliding door mechanism

@JLCra87 3 жыл бұрын

@@lucaortolani2059 Same here. Or some kind of old rolling barn hoist.

@phukincack1 3 жыл бұрын

Some of these tools, they amaze me with the ingenuity that someone had to come up with them! Great job.

@alan3082 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the coolest videos on KZfaq. I've enjoyed seeing the hand craftsmanship in all your videos but watching this old broken tool brought back to life was great.

@cassia_cries 3 жыл бұрын

also that thing is f'ing amazing

@misterpatina 3 жыл бұрын

And I thought crazy tools were made in Germany 😄 This thing is beautiful. Nice job!

@bobferranti5222 3 жыл бұрын

I'm waiting for the day that you just drop a project completely into the drum intact and remove it finished lol

@pauln2661 3 жыл бұрын

April 1st.

@ShayrinBunny 2 жыл бұрын

Just re-watching this in the background and I had a thought. That work bench will never rot at this point. It's been soaked, stewed and marinated in every restoration related fluid there is. And a few there aren't!

@markhedquist9597 3 жыл бұрын

What an ingenious way to cut a mortise. Some of those old timey tools is the cwaziest tools!

@TreyWait 3 жыл бұрын

That is a big weird machine that does a job I'd still probably just do with a chisel and hammer.

@dacoobob 3 жыл бұрын

that's what makes it cool

@petebeatminister 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, and now it needs a nuclear powered drive to operate the lever...

@SomePeopleCallMeWulfman 3 жыл бұрын

Fun fact: "mortiser" is "Zapfenlochstemmmaschine" in German. Note the triple-m

@SxTxferlife 3 жыл бұрын

Lol thought the triple M was a typo for sure

@M_to_the_T 3 жыл бұрын

And I think it's beautiful

@thecynic807 3 жыл бұрын

How german/saxon is the parent language to english baffles me.

@D45Z 3 жыл бұрын

@@thecynic807 Both modern English and modern German have changed a lot in the last few hundred years. Old English sounded a lot more similar to German than it does nowadays. But then, lots of things like grammar, words or sayings still are very similar or even the same. Such as like Ball = Ball, Salad = Salat, Telephone = Telefon etc...

@Ragnar8504 3 жыл бұрын

@@D45Z Old English and Old High German are a lot more similar than modern German and English (and mostly incomprehensible to modern speakers of either language). BTW, the triple m was introduced with the mid-1990s spelling reforms, prior to that one of the letters was omitted when three identical letters met in a compound word.

@quispegualinchay8335 3 жыл бұрын

there are many 19th and 20th century machine restorers on youtube, but none like: "Hand Tool Rescue" is extraordinary didactic and one learns how to disassemble without breaking

@williamhurt8512 2 жыл бұрын

i specialized in hanging and retrofitting doors in the metro atl, ga. area for over twenty five years, i collect vintage hand tools and never knew that such a wonderful gizmo ever existed..........looks like it took half a day to set a mortise lock with that rig.........with your amazing machining talent i am sure that you can make any size chisel that ever came with it......... nowadays we use a special router, with a long shank, mounted on a very similar jig simply called a lock mortiser........... i still have my "porter cable" lock mortiser and i see that they sell for well over a grand these days..........

@ETKSauron 3 жыл бұрын

Well, there goes my morning productivity...new video time!

@katana24 3 жыл бұрын

play it in 2x spedd and will take you half time to watch

@homeyshlitz 3 жыл бұрын

Before you attached the handle to the main body of the mortiser it reminded me of Lionel' sword from Thundercats show HandTool....thunder..Thunder THUNDERCATS are GO!(ing to install your door locks) Looks great man.

@husky9104 3 жыл бұрын

I love your intros, they are so 80´s.

@rennan408 3 жыл бұрын

yess hahaha

@finnyr9330 3 жыл бұрын

I can't understand why they don't still make these! Router smouter. This thing is awesome.

@Mcbabygravy 3 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh dang, super excited now. Thanks Mr Rescue ❤️

@tomtruesdale6901 3 жыл бұрын

When a bunch of tool designers get together , drink beer, lots of beer and design tools. "Hey lets design a tool to replace a brace and bit and a chisel" .

@jonanderson5137 3 жыл бұрын

Ah, perhaps if you want skilled labor. A door manufacturer that wants a low pay, low skill worker to bang it out all day... this might start making more sense. I'm sure this can't be the only reason for this tool to be developed.

@aw7248 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonanderson5137 If you're prepping multiple doors that need to have the exact same mortise locks installed, then you definitely want something consistent, and less strain on your body.

@donniebrown2896 3 жыл бұрын

@@aw7248 when this tool was made there was no such thing as a "pre hung door"

@technosasquatchfilms 3 жыл бұрын

@@jonanderson5137 Just because a tool makes a job "easier" does not mean it takes less skill to still do that job.

@Adierit 3 жыл бұрын

@@technosasquatchfilms well, considering this tool requires less skill than carefully chiseling out to exact dimensions with a good old hammer and chisel, yes, it takes less skill to do this job with this tool versus the alternative method

@gaynorjackson8857 3 жыл бұрын

Love seeing how you restore damaged tools and you restore them to great workmanship great quality 👌

@DannyMaas 3 жыл бұрын

Had to watch till the end to understand what this tool is for. Ingenious!!!

@geohazelman7039 3 жыл бұрын

Finally! It's been two years since your last upload!!

@budmeister 3 жыл бұрын

What? His last upload was 3 weeks ago.

@geohazelman7039 3 жыл бұрын

@@budmeister 3 weeks is two years to me

@mattgies 3 жыл бұрын

@@geohazelman7039 Maybe you were thinking of Clickspring.

@joannaatkins822 3 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this one, what a fantastic over complicated beautiful piece of machinery

@ShyVioletIsShy 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I see you smile adorkably at the end of your introduction I smile too. Also adorkably.

@hackweezy 3 жыл бұрын

I get so excited when parts go in the sand blaster. I know that *bonk* is coming!

@Summer-it3wh 3 жыл бұрын

Carbide tools and a metal lathe for cutting wood. Nice.

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a genius...

@hdezn26 3 жыл бұрын

Got to shape them tree carcasses somehow! They won't willingly take that shape!

@donniebrown2896 3 жыл бұрын

@@HandToolRescue and humble also

@MetalRestorationBho 3 жыл бұрын

Great my friend! This is a masterpiece. Congratulation from Vietnam.🙂🙂🙂

@jvon3885 Жыл бұрын

This channel has gotten me to go ahead with restoring the few things that remain from my grandfather. An old Greenley Multimeter and an old Coleman gas generator. The generator is now in pieces and I'm about to give up as I left it sir for too long and have forgotten where all the parts go. Bad on my part. However I'm almost done with the multimeter just need to paint and assemble.

@w.w.2restorations.vehicles698 3 жыл бұрын

It is amazing what things survived by not going to the scrap drives during W.W. 2. I am happy to see that it survived. Good one H.T. R. !!

@crimsonixi 3 жыл бұрын

When is the Scaling Banana (for scale) going to make a cameo? Feels like he hasn't been in the show for a while and always been a favorite recurring side character.

@laurigardner6227 3 жыл бұрын

I've looking forward to the banana scale again! Maybe it's joined another show?

@braydenh190 3 жыл бұрын

I love how we are all interested in a metal banana

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe soon...

@Crewsy 3 жыл бұрын

Giant Banana hasn’t been around because they had no aPeel. 🍌 #dadjoke 😜

@user-km8zs2lh1c 3 жыл бұрын

Интересная приблуда! До последних минут гадал-что это? А это,оказывается,для тех у кого руки под стаместку и долото не заточены! Но реставрация,как всегда,класс!

@MrDozer1967 3 жыл бұрын

Стамеской проще... И быстрее...

@user-km8zs2lh1c 3 жыл бұрын

@@MrDozer1967 ни разу не деревяшечник,(всю жизнь с железом),но согласен.Разве что замки в промышленных масштабах врезать...

@ToborGun 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-km8zs2lh1c Именно что в промышленных, и при этом на операцию можно посадить любого, не обязательно, чтобы у человека была квалификация плотника.

@cbmsysmobile 3 жыл бұрын

Received my large screwdriver the other day, thanks so much. Shipped all the way to the UK, arrived safe and sound.

@shawnwright4129 3 жыл бұрын

Always cool to watch you fabricate the items needed!

@The_Shiny_Red_Dingus_of_Mingus 3 жыл бұрын

There are many reasons why I could never do what you do... Time, patience, mechanical aptitude, access to tools, and I would still be waving the centre swing-arm above my head while making lightsaber sounds.

@theropesofrenovation9352 3 жыл бұрын

LMAO

@DiamondDustAndVerdigris 3 жыл бұрын

I was totally thinking the same thing. Well... more like broadsword than lightsaber, but still. LOL

@Syberz 3 жыл бұрын

Me: How often can you reuse Evaporust before you need to replace it? Hand Tool Rescue: Yes.

@DeliveryMcGee 3 жыл бұрын

It says on the jug "until it stops working".

@reigninoel 3 жыл бұрын

@@DeliveryMcGee Yeah that sounds like the only real answer, there are just too many variables at play to say "this product will remove rust for X amount of time". It's a chemical solution and will lose reactivity over time, depending on volume and what you throw in it.

@bernardfender5147 3 жыл бұрын

Is it just citric acid?

@theropesofrenovation9352 3 жыл бұрын

@@DeliveryMcGee Ohhhhhh. Was wondering too!

@R_Forde 3 жыл бұрын

He can run it though a filter and get even more uses out of it then.

@alexgraham9458 2 жыл бұрын

Seeing how this thing worked brought such a delightful relaxing joy

@internet4861 3 жыл бұрын

Good call on the brass wheels

@bryanduncan1640 3 жыл бұрын

The words “sledgehammer”, “crack” and “walnut” come to mind!

@EuelBall 3 жыл бұрын

At least the walnut gets cracked... Then your problem is getting fragments of nut and shell off the floor, or making sure those saw-toothed things get properly alined. :)

@yamal8944 3 жыл бұрын

Привет 🙋‍♂️ долго ждали ))

@azazabacheche3973 2 жыл бұрын

literally had no idea what this was gonna be til the last three minutes, super cool find!

@paulorth2251 3 жыл бұрын

Wow what a piece of nostalgia brought back to life again. Great restoration and thanks for sharing this video with us.

@braydenh190 3 жыл бұрын

Im still waiting for him to come out of nowhere and scream "The Model" at me...

@theregytor2515 3 жыл бұрын

Эгегей))) Ору от радости!! Дружище Ты Красавчик)))

@skoalonguys6788 3 жыл бұрын

This has been very enjoyable to watch. I hope they appreciate the hours of work that went into this perfect restoration.

@klmbuilders5385 3 жыл бұрын

When I restored my Craftsman home to it's 1920 splendor I mortised every door by hand for the locks. I looked at modern boring devices but elected to perform the tasks with a drill and different chisels. Time consuming yes but thoroughly therapeutic!

@deeschoe1245 3 жыл бұрын

Was wondering where the disclaimer was for for not using glue as hair care products🤣🤣

@oldninjarider 3 жыл бұрын

Is HTR going woke?!? #Eek

@aterack833 3 жыл бұрын

Where was it?

@The_Shiny_Red_Dingus_of_Mingus 3 жыл бұрын

It's a reference to a simian branded super/epoxy glue being used as a hair fixative by an idiot.

@timehunter9467 3 жыл бұрын

She used gorilla glue spray adhesive, I can’t believe someone was that stupid.

@JohnLeePettimoreIII 3 жыл бұрын

... or as a sublingual nitroglycerin replacement.

@Kripted 3 жыл бұрын

I love how an april fool's joke became your cannon intro. I love it

@yeagerxp 3 жыл бұрын

Very good restoration to one of the first tools to replace craftsmen👍👍👍Thanks for sharing

@jtveg 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I never knew such a tool existed. All hail the portable electric drill and router.

@tsilfidis1996 3 жыл бұрын

That intro gets me every time xD

@user-xw7hs6md1j 3 жыл бұрын

Как всегда интересно смотреть👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@elizabethrobbins8580 3 жыл бұрын

My grandpa had one of these in his workshop above his garage back in the 60's. He built homes in the Cincinnati area for decades but was retired by the time I was born. His eldest son took over the business and im sure sold all of the cast iron off after grandpa's death. He never had much use for old fashioned hand tools. I remember this one being there because it almost took my four year old foot off when I knocked it off the shelf playing where I wasn't supposed to be.

@kempaswe4022 3 жыл бұрын

It's hard to imagine how much work it was behind making a door in the past. Today we do thousands of doors at work every day.

@roberternest7289 3 жыл бұрын

What happened to the socially distant garbage on the floor? Did they get pinned to a wall by a jeep with a badly designed shifter?

@HandToolRescue 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, you'll see.

@TheCoffeehound 3 жыл бұрын

Socially Distant Garbage On the Floor has left Hand Tool Rescue's employment to pursue other opportunities.

@thesledgehammerblog 3 жыл бұрын

Too soon.

@Prah123 3 жыл бұрын

poor wooden handle :(

@terryhayward7905 3 ай бұрын

That is such a beautifully over complicated tool to do a simple job, I love it.

@gayle525 3 жыл бұрын

Boy that thing really works slick, nice job on your restoration. It better than new now.

@jondough76 3 жыл бұрын

When I saw the Gorilla Glue, I thought we might be getting some hair styling tips as a bonus..

@iamaldovanucci 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone else think one of handle lever looks like the Sword of Omens from Thundercats? Maybe trash on the floor is away prepping for its cartoon debut!

@bumbleguppy 3 жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing. Hand Tool Rescue Ho!

@DaveGDesigns 3 жыл бұрын

That is a cool piece of kit. How could anyone not love old tools 👌🏻

@ritavalade7049 2 жыл бұрын

You find the most unusual/fun things to restore. Fascinating!

@joshfick4107 3 жыл бұрын

@1:26 is where I would have buried my Diresta icepick in my hand for sure!

@user-wv1bl6yn1y 3 жыл бұрын

Hi frend Gizmosity 🇷🇺👍👍👍👍👍

@stewartmcmanus3991 3 жыл бұрын

Well, well, the things you learn by watching this guy. I didn't even know such a thing existed. Thanks for that, Stewie, south west Australia.

@TASTYTREATSPLS 3 жыл бұрын

Cause of you I've been using evaporust for the hardware on a car I'm restoring. Shocked at how well it works. Also I'm jealous that you have an enormous drum of it. Stuff is spendy AF.

@Jarlerus 3 жыл бұрын

In today's standard, it seems like an overly complicated and specialized tool - but I guess it made sense back then, for faster production. :)

@dhamma58 3 жыл бұрын

If you ever had to install these old style mortise locks, or modern ones designed for fancy entry doors...tools like this were a blessing....I paid almost a thousand bucks for a power mortiser and all the different possible bits almost 35 years ago and it saved thousands of hours in door installations since. Sometimes you just gotta...

@bobwitt305 3 жыл бұрын

@@dhamma58 absolutely. Doing mortise locks with hand tools is no fun.

@dhamma58 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobwitt305 not to mention the possibility of a boo-boo on a door that costs more than you are worth!

@bobwitt305 3 жыл бұрын

@@dhamma58 100%. I did a few by hand and it took twice as long as it might of because I didn't want to dig into my life savings to replace a door.

@dhamma58 3 жыл бұрын

@@bobwitt305 exactamente....

@petepeterson4540 3 жыл бұрын

power hammer power power!

@jonminer9891 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, HTR. That contraption is truly suitable for your efforts. I am sure there are innumerable museums that will enter a bidding war so that the ingenuity of the 1900's can be put on magnificent display. Thanks for sharing! Stay Healthy!