1960s Omal Universal Money Checker [Restoration]

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In this episode of Restore it, I restore this Bank of England Omal universal money checker from the 1960s.
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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:44 - Pre-restoration test
02:28 - Dismantely
10:39 - Shot blasting
13:07 - Polishing the blasted parts
14:00 - Repairing any damage to the cases
15:29 - First coats of paint
16:19 - Starting the chrome plating
16:55 - Second coats of paint
17:37 - Some electroplating results
17:55 - Sanding the primer
18:17 - The final coats of paint
21:20 - Cleaning all of the small bits
21:57 - Paint the hydraulic cylinder
22:31 - Making a new front screen
23:06 - Polishing the chrome-plated pieces
23:36 - Every part restored or replaced
24:11 - Reassembly
33:24 - Adding the new stickers
34:49 - Plating the weights
35:13 - Adding the stickers to the weights
35:50 - Before
35:55 - After
36:35 - Thanks for watching
Time and costs of this restoration:
Omal universal money checker - £25
Omal Plaque - £5
Paint - £10
Stickers - £20
hydraulic fluid - £1
Polish - £1
This restoration took me 5 days
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@destry232 2 жыл бұрын

That turned out amazing. The hammertone finish is perfecto!

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Miller! I was also pleasantly surprised by the pait finish

@punelopepunstop5515 2 жыл бұрын

The background music is such a nice touch!

@broomad 2 жыл бұрын

I remember using these in the mid-1980s when I started my banking career !!!

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, cool! I didn't think they were using them that late.

@partytempo 2 жыл бұрын

Graphics look gooood 👍 Congrats on the chrome plating - it's cool to see it done on a bench top.

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers, Chris!

@GalvanizedGreatness 2 жыл бұрын

The old things will always have its place for new people

@dan725 2 жыл бұрын

oh no i hope you tested the paint to see if it was lead-based before shot blasting it. Anyways, love the content as always, and upset I missed this video when it was posted! I’m usually on top of it with the notifications arg. Beautiful result!

@USM247 2 жыл бұрын

As usual, your meticulous attention to detail define your work. Job very well done .. and interesting.

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Patrick, much appreciated.

@tomswindler64 2 жыл бұрын

You never fail to disappoint,different type of project.keep on doing what your doing 👍👍👍😎😎😎

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you as always, Tom!

@zedlesshorseman 2 жыл бұрын

It looks really good! I hate to say it, though, but I'm not as much of a fan of that Hammerite paint. I personally prefer a smoother look, but that's just me. You've done a great job yet again! :)

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dave! I agree though. I was wanting to do my usual super glossy look on this but that wouldn't be original now would it :D

@AMG63 2 жыл бұрын

Like always what an amazing job, well done 👏

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dude!

@ronnieahman6958 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job, it looks absolutely awesome

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ronnie!

@konturgestalter 2 жыл бұрын

top notch content. especially the markings in the video are helpful!

@andreasgenazino4999 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty Nice. It feels good inside to see your work.

@RestorationAustralia 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool object, well done.😊

@restorationpl3076 2 жыл бұрын

Great as always !☺

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@sthenzel 2 жыл бұрын

Looks nice! A tip for your metal plating: Polish the bare metal to a mirror finish before any plating, then a thin coat of nickel, maybe a light hand polish, then the chrome, as thick as you want (a car´s outside parts need it a bit thicker than some instruments). The part itself is much easier to bring to a perfect surface than the chrome, if the latter is on a slightly rough surface, you can´t polish that out. For a matte chrome finish a uniform blasting with glass beads should work. I once had to have a piece of brass to be chrome plated and I polished it to a mirror beforehand. When I got it back from plating it was absolutely perfect already, without any further work to be done.

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips thanks, Sthenzel! I'm only using a fake chrome kit which is the nickel kit you're talking about. I need to look into a real chroming kit but I'm not sure where to get one. I think the chemicals needed are too dangerous to sell to the public maybe. Either way, I'll take what you've said onboard, cheers!

@sthenzel 2 жыл бұрын

@@RestoreIt Looks pretty chrome to me! Nickel usually is a bit more yellow and the electrolyte is green.

@54mgtf22 2 жыл бұрын

Love your work 👍

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@stevenkaudeur1342 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool, top job!!

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Took a life time :D

@Cradley684 2 жыл бұрын

Nice job friend !!! .

@jt9498 2 жыл бұрын

Quite interesting, actually. I've never seen one of those before. Quite unique!

@andrethib 2 жыл бұрын

another cool video! years ago, I had a friend who had a summer job at DisneyWorld in Florida in the accounting office. His job was to weigh the stacks of cash as a double-check on the counting machines; he said that they used the Mettler scales like you see in science labs, the ones with the glass doors

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Andre! Maybe one day I'll find and old set of Mettler scales to restore

@ferfernandez9783 2 жыл бұрын

excelente travajo 👏🏻👏🏻

@LuisHenrique-tb2mo 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty good

@GoWstingray 2 жыл бұрын

Would of been cool if you made a custom weight for pound coins, great resto and video thanks

@bobjoncas2814 2 жыл бұрын

..good job, looks great...

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Bob!

@pascaljeske7307 2 жыл бұрын

Yes a very good Job and nice Video you do a amazing Work Love it 👍⭐❤️👍

@electronic7979 2 жыл бұрын

Güzel bir restorasyon videosu. Her saniyesini beğenerek izledim.

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Teşekkür ederim adamım!

@roozygood4885 2 жыл бұрын

درود،از ویدیو بسیار لذت بردم ، مهارت شما در بازسازی تماشایی است، نتیجه عالیست.🎉

@stevenv1999 2 жыл бұрын

You can use a heat gun to speed up the dry time. You get just as good of a result, but way quicker.

@willemp6432 2 жыл бұрын

That`s a great job there mate. I am sure that was not simple...

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Willem! It was a bit tricky at times this one, yes

@gucu 2 жыл бұрын

What a great bit of history and beautifully restored. Do you need to review video footage when reassembling or is it a great memory? Thanks

@re-fix9678 2 жыл бұрын

very nice👍👍

@KathrinRena 2 жыл бұрын

I do hope you tested for lead, prior to sand blasting

@lollerskates766 2 жыл бұрын

Really anything to avoid finishing the Merc, hey? ;) Awesome job on this as usual!

@derek763 2 жыл бұрын

could have also tried the Hammerite aerosol paint and would have dried quicker

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

I didn't think about that. I'll try it out cheers

@I_Cant_win_engagements_D2 2 жыл бұрын

This is great, I wonder if it would work with modern money, or if the weight would be wrong? Also, I don't think "dismantely" is a word. Were you thinking both "dismantle" and "disassembly"?

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. And haha yes I noticed I messed that up after the video was already rendered, my bad.

@gucu 2 жыл бұрын

Invented a new word. Undismantly?

@JeeWeeD 2 жыл бұрын

It looked quite dismantely to me at some point X-D

@malibuclassic77 2 жыл бұрын

Was there a packing or anything to stop the fluid in the damper from leaking if overturned?

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

There was not, I was thinking this as well. I think they just expected these things to stay upright haha

@sthenzel 2 жыл бұрын

I think there was just enough oil in them not to spill out when laying on the side.

@pederdyrskog4379 2 жыл бұрын

Could you show more of the chrome plating?

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Sure I will keep this in mind for the next one. Its replica chrome done with nickel anodes, but i'm looking into an actual chrome plating kit now. So you might see that on the channel some time soon.

@michaelmeyer9665 2 жыл бұрын

You can spray hammerite

@oneshotme 2 жыл бұрын

It looks great!! How many times did you have to go back and look at the video putting it back together? A lot of small parts to this! Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up for support

@wolf1438 2 жыл бұрын

Please use this scale in your future videos for tire balance weights.

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Haha, im not sure It these will help

@4CAR. Жыл бұрын

💯

@RoFFen10 2 жыл бұрын

Someone should make a sticker that says "Not to be tampered with by a youtuber" for future reference. No offence. Great video

@aserta 2 жыл бұрын

The only kink i see is that you lubed the parts. You're not supposed to. Measuring machinery in that realm doesn't use conventional lubrication and it relies on a careful balance of loose tolerances, and oil that's added with the tip of a needle (as in, very little). Mostly because grime will get in those and gum things up. Learnt that the hard way with an elaborate and antique set of measuring devices that just wouldn't work. When i read into it, i had to take it all apart and clean stuff up (i was lucky to find an old maintenance manual for them, which was rare).

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right Aserta. I actually ended up only grease that one piece i show in the video. I'm going to clean it off when im next in the workshop. Its a good job I didn't feel like do any more. Thanks for the advice, much appreciated!

@MissLady-pq4hc 2 жыл бұрын

👍🏼💙

@StraightLineCycles 2 жыл бұрын

🙂

@AlfredGaebeli 2 жыл бұрын

No more vids about the 123 or the bmw?

@RestoreIt 2 жыл бұрын

Many, many more to come :)

@E-hab 2 жыл бұрын

Why don't you use nickel plating instead? It's simpler and effective.

@ChozoSR388 2 жыл бұрын

Why can't stuff these days be non-destructively disassembled like this? I'm amazed by its construction and at the same time, bitter about how much emphasis on serviceability was placed on its construction back then. These days, if something was built like that, it'd be assembled with rivets not intended to be removed. You'd be expected to toss it and go buy a new one.