"Someone once said: Startups are run by engineers. Stagnating companies are run by accountants. And dying companies are run by lawyers."

So, when are you going to rebuild the locomotive at the steel yard?

Powerful introduction. It's a sad fact that everything you mentioned is so true.

That accent change when you came to know that the coffee grinder was made in Italy. !!

Wow - that Makita looks brand new after your cleaning process.

30 minutes of pure scrapyard stuff? oh YES

Setting up your own online shop might be an efficient way to find good new homes for all the stuff you fix and earn you some extra income along the way. With nearly half a million subs, you have a captive audience that would probably love owning a piece of equipment you lovingly saved from the scrapyard. A bit like a merch-store, just not with useless stickers and t-shirts, but quality-tools you gave a second life.

"And once he had no reasons to live, he found at the bottom a new reason: Spite."

Lovely intro. Too true. Part of the solution may be recognizing the value of the small deeds, in others and ourselves.

The world needs more people like you. I am not electronically smart but good mechanically. I been repairing and repurposing things for 4 decades.

That "seemingly unreasonable amount of work" seems very reasonable to me. Love your videos.

If you're worried about your cutting disc shattering on start-up / when the fixture is still in the at-rest position - that's when the guard protects the operator the least - placing the switches on the left side could mitigate exposing your arm to any fragment's likely trajectory.

You need a backboard on the grinder stand to keep the sparks from flying all over the shop, they get everywhere, and apart from the mess, are a fire risk.

Being a DIY myself, I really enjoy your channel - and share a lot of your interests and philosophy But your small prologues on the state of our world and times, are what makes your channel really special. Your comments are spot on

The 555 output being high is due to the timing cap being high, no significant load while the 555 is unpowered. Same situation with the single-side of Comparator, if you think about it. I typically install a low-voltage LED to ground on them, but a line-sensing Comparator output to that side of the capacitor in the 555 circuit would handle it easily. ;)

Locally in BC Canada we are not allowed to sort through the scrap pile at the garbage dump. It's completely ridiculous that we cannot salvage, restore and reuse perfectly good items.

I'm no electronics engineer but I've been using a foot operated switch from an old sewing machine for my angle grinder and it works just fine 😐

Your engineering knowledge is awesome and only matched by your consideration of the planet. It never ceases to amaze me how much stuff that can be fixed are just thrown away and discarded to the junk pile. Thank you for your incredible channel and never ever stop doing what you do. You are a true inspiration!

Man I’ve been waiting on new videos from you

I love that you use the baby wipes, my father told me this trick, and it really is the best for grimy, oily nasty stuff, even use it to clean oven and it works like a charm! Apparently baby feces need the most aggressive cleaning agents known to man haha

I can only watch so many tool repair videos so you are the only channel that I use for this now that Ave has gone homesteading. I really like the way you explain circuits in a simple way that I can understand with my limited knowledge, it really helps me conceptualise and learn. EevBlog just blows my mind and I switch off.

A hint about using cut-off wheels is always use the right flanges which should be 1/3 the diameter of the disc, if you use a grinder nut with a thin disc it can rupture it, grinder discs have a depressed centre with a small diameter nut that fits into it, but cut-off discs are flat and should have large flanges that match the backing flange.

Repairing old stuff in the search for the mean of life theme just blew my cap off once again😉

What a wonderful speech at the start. I can relate to what you are saying so much as an engineer working from home walking 10feet to my desk and living in a virtual unrewarding world. I seem to have to given up so of my life without any guarantee of health or happiness. I also find hope and happiness in some of the smaller victories of life like small repairs or interactions with people to make their lives better in some way. It's more rewarding than most jobs these days.

The scissor step ladder is just to cool. I would of not let that go into recycling. The scrap guy I know would of sold the item to me at a lose just to see something cool saved from scrap. But they say one man's treasure is another man's trash. I respect your decisions and trust your judgement. Nice video Sir.

I actually found your opening speech rather moving. Thank you for making this type of content. I hope you will continue with this series as long as you are active on KZfaq.

nothing is more relaxing than a German talking about tools.

I believe you are RIGHT! focus on the small meaningful activities in life. This is our true source of happiness. Keep up the good work fellow scrap yard project finder.

Hmmmm.... I really love your scrapyard adventures ! Recycling is under estimated these days, so nice to see you're making an effort to give things a second life.

WOW. Another awesome video. You are an amazing young man. I have learned so much from you in your videos. However, I am an OLD man and I forget a lot. I just wish I could have learned from someone like you when I was a young man. But that is in the past. Now, I wish you lived in America and could teach the young people here. You are so intelligent. My country could become better from your intelligence. I love your videos. Please keep making them. Great job young man!!!!

I've been designing something similar recently. Be carefull with that circuit: when the voltage rises on the capacitor of the first comparator it'll be almost the same as the reference for a little while, and noise will create an oscillation at the output with very high frequency. You can see it on the oscilloscope. I don't think it'll mather for the motor, but it will generate noise in the line. PS: That Makita is gorgeous

That fryer could’ve made an kick ass ultrasonic cleaner! You can buy the board and transducers cheaply on eBay and epoxy them to the bottom of the tanks. You can also add a PID temperature controller with a thermocouple to regulate the temperature of the existing heater.

Whithout any doubt, you prove the value of repairing.

I feel envy for you. You go to the nearest scrapyard and find TOP QUALITY GERMAN MADE STUFF. No matter if not working since are so well done that just after a little twitching and bang!...are back to work like 60 years ago when new. Great content as always .

👍 Danke fürs Hochladen! 👍 Thanks for uploading! 👍 Very good and beautiful, thank you! 👍 Sehr gut und schön, danke!

4:56 a surprising way to remove permanent marker, is the draw over it with a whiteboard marker. I've used this several times, the dry-wipe pens have an enzyme that stops it from setting, this enzyme also lifts permanent marker.

A day later and your words still in my head. Amazing how far a little education and willingness to work get you, and the sense of achievement from it. I tip my hat to you sir!

That intro is really great, I think you spoke to the inner thoughts of many, and gave others something to think on and consider. Meaning in little things keeps the burdens of life bearable. Keep up the good work my friend.

came here for the cutoff wheel mini chop saw and stayed because the introduction inflicted a massive existential crisis

i really love this series, and can't wait until the next installment. you're one of my favorite youtubers. when i was young, my grandfather told me to learn all i could, about everything there is so i would never be out of work. i think yours must have said something similar to you.

If I were you, I would have tried hauling that locomotive engine home! (giggles) I appreciate the circuit explanation, this will come in handy for many uses.

Yes please, more scrapyard content. There's a question I've been meaning to ask you for a while; most post-Apocalypse scenarios involve power grids going down permanently, or at least access to local grids being severely restricted. What's your plan for that? What will you use to generate the power to operate all these rejuvenated tools?

Just found your channel. Wish we had someone like you working to do maintenance and repair on the equipment in our old forge shop. Mechanical presses, screw presses, upset (horizontal) forging machines and pneumatic hammer. US, German, and Japanese machines, we keep these old “cats and dogs” running, rebuilding them from cast offs other shops are ready to scrap. Difficult work and we struggle to repair, remanufacture and make new where replacements simply no longer exist and the companies that once built the original equipment are long gone.

I really admire your drive and ability to “rehab” so many useful items. In the US, I have found a great use for stainless steel grills that have out lived their grilling lives and that is to convert them to rolling tool bases with a cabinet below. Easy to remove grill portion, fab a solid cabinet top and add a few shelves. Most homeowners are thrilled to have them hauled away as they have to be broken down to fit in a recycling bin.

one of the best things on KZfaq, this series

Already the Intro is great - but the clever 'softstart from scratch' really got me!!

Just be careful when you shower sparks all over that green cloth. You don't want to add fire to floods and pestilence, and the world needs people like you....

Designing circuits to accomplish what you want can be as complex as you like, or as simple as you like. So many ways to do the circuit to make what you want. Interesting circuit design with this one... Thumbs Up!

You should make an episode entirely of you rummaging around the scrapyard looking at all the goodies to be found.

Love your vids!! Although the electrical bit was out of my league I’m always glad to learn more.

Fantastic intro. It's really only the answer to the absurdity of existence. To find our own meaning in life to keep us going.

People should listen to the intro. It's very powerful and true. When you think there is no point just keep going. You can do it.

Wow that angle grinder stand is a great and lucky find, as you say it's a rare piece. Seen plenty of DIY ones but that's something special.

I love the value you are able to see in something others thought of as junk. I have always attempted to repair or repurpose anything possible in an effort to conserve its value and use.

Have you ever thought of starting a tool shop where people can buy refurbished tools? I think it could do quite well 😉

Another good video. I have had those drill presses over the years they are really handy for many people who do not want a full scale drill press. The soft start was a nice touch.

Dude that grinder setup rocks! I love the locking mechanism for the work piece. Cheers.

All your video's are good, but I especially liked this one.The opening monolugue was great and resonates in times like these. Thanks for all the effort you put into these episodes.

at 9:15 you need a part to fit on top of the coffee grinder. It would probably look like a funnel-shape and then you could put beans in without spraying them all over. Another great video! thumbs up!

I just came across this channel this evening. As a person who likes (loves) to restore things, in my case guns, bows, motorcycles, cars, etc., this channel is what I enjoy most! Thanks for the awesome videos you share. God bless. Rev. D.

you really should screw a aluminum plate onto the wooden plate for the grinder support, also you should mount a spark catcher that leads into a whater bucket, that would reduce grinding dust and metall shavings a lot

I really enjoy your scrapyard trips. Thank you for making these good high quality tools useful again. You have made them even more useful with your specialized circuits. Thank you from USA.

Simply amazing. I've started repairing and re-purposing old hardware as well. Mainly thanks to you. Still, i'm not as lucky with spare parts, especially with the import taxes to Switzerland... Anyway. Thank you so much for your invaluable knowledge and work.

I want to thank you for the intro to this video this perfectly sums up my feelings for this past summer as I'm about to finish my studies in agricultural field which seems to become impossible in the future at the hands of the Dutch government and the EU. Your intro lets me see I’m not alone in my thoughts and shows me that it’s worth it to continue with my chosen path. Thank you I do really like your videos.

I always enjoy your introductions, and totally agree with your philosophy. Greetings from Italy and keep up the good work!

Was not expecting to get hit with some heavy German philosophy at the top of this video. Although my physical needs are being met, I'm having tons of mental/emotional pain, and I think you captured the sense of despair, meaninglessness, and futility very aptly. "He who has a why to live and can bear almost any how." --Nietzsche That was a favorite quote of Victor Frankel. His book "Man's Search for Meaning" was pretty helpful, and is a quick read. I recommend it to people struggling with "What's the point of trying?". I believe people will find Frankel to be very compassionate towards that kind of problem, and has a deep and genuine desire to help people with it.

I do however enjoy seeing you save older items, keep up the great works. Lee

Thank you for going into such clear detail about the soft start circuit. I watch your videos to be inspired, to relax, and to learn. Great job again!

I applaud your introduction - perfect!

Excellent opening monolog. Great engineering, as usual. I need to visit my scrapyards.

I know it's really late to be commenting, however I've spent years with the 555 timer and think I have the solution to your short glitch issue when turning the grinder on: connecting pin 5 (Control voltage) to such a large capacitor means that there is a significant period that the internal reference voltage to compare against is shorted to ground, causing a delay before the capacitor charges up to a stable value. You need to use a much smaller value, maybe 100nF, so the charge time isn't so long. Hope this helps!

Nice job as always. Please keep these salvage yard finds coming. Very interesting and informative!!! Thanks for your efforts.

I am jealous of the scrapyards in europe and the States, here in Canada metal recycling is such big business that the scrapyards are like black holes, things go in but don't come out. You can't even go in and buy stuff like this, like you can see dozens of table says junked for as simple as a broken cord

good job on that makita drill looks almost as good as new,its a bad world where good stuff just get thrown away. when as you have proved can easily be brought back to life and almost as good as new

Another facinating video Gerolf. Perhaps a worthwhile addition to the angle grinder chop saw would be a retracting saftey guard as found on most wood working chop saws, something to look out for on your next scrap yard visit.perhaps. Best wishes from Wales.

Loved it - to be honest I never worry about the cost/value but just enjoy fixing/repurposing things. I recently repaired a 1950's Weston 505 analogue multimeter - a new digital one would have cost me $10 while the repair cost me $15 in parts BUT was a lot of fun and I have the meter as the end result.

A meaningful and heartfelt introduction to this video. Thank you.

Thank you for all the time and effort you put into explaining and trouble shooting the electrical circuits.

I wish there was someone like you living near me who could educate me. I love repairing stuff, I work at a thrift store repairing bikes but my colleagues often bring me other stuff to fix bc they know I like that and I'm good at it. But working at a store where we repair/overhaul stuff for a second life would be a dream come true. I'm still looking to learn welding, hard soldering and electronics, but unfortunately my workplace is not very rich and somewhat understaffed so for now I'm just repairing bikes and tinkering on my own.

i like your idea of quality used tool store

I've picked up a lot of tips and tricks from you. Love your channel. Thank you!

so much wisdome in the first few sentences! Glad you are here on yt. This is what yt was made for a long time ago...

You have things figured out, my friend :) I find it endlessly reassuring that there are people like you around

I think your videos are amongst the best on the net. You add value and insight to the world. Greetings from Finland, born in Germany. I think the crisis could ba better managed with the protocols from the FLCCC.

The scrap videos are fantastic thanks for sharing your knowledge 🦘🇦🇺👍

This was excellent. I replayed your words from the start of the video over and over. Such wisdom and insight: "Meaning can be found in the little deeds and routines of your everyday life."

Excellent content. Thanks you for sharing all the information. I enjoy every video you make.

I'm glad to see some electronics in the videos..... I've been using one of your relay/555 inrush limiters on my power supply for a few years.... I'll have to try out the new version too.... and I LOVE the spoken intros to these videos. On your electronics bench... I get distracted by that big blue plastic solder sucker.... I've got one of those and it quite literally changed my life.... in England it's now got harder to buy things from Germany so I'm really glad I got it when I did. I love your idea to open a shop.... one of my own dreams. APPLAUSE!

Always love your scrapyard find videos, keep them up

Yes AEG is a shadow of what it was. I had an AEG Lavamat electronic, that eventually I scrapped, because I needed to get new bearings for the drum, and the spider, which were more in cost than the machine that replaced it, just as parts. Still have a nice AEG electric drill, which is over 30 years old, and still in running order. Soft start I have built a few over the years, the first was for a light box, that used 40 40W golf ball lamps in a B22 base, which would trip the 30A mains breaker on every second turn on. Built a triac controlled start using a unijunction transistor to slowly ramp up the power to full, which solved the problem. Another for a large variable voltage transformer, like yours, as it has a DC resistance of 0R5, which led to a massive turn on surge. Relay and a 1 second time delay to short a 10R 40W resistor bank, with a 130C thermal fuse on the resistors just as safety, and it has been in use for a long time. No electronics, just a resistive divider, bridge rectifier and a 470 uF 100V capacitor, driving a repurposed 48VDC relay. Also used the one tapping, 60VAC, with a rectifier and voltage reference, to build a suppressed zero output voltage monitor, so I could get a better reading of the output on the analogue meter I had for it, using the existing scale to allow reading voltage from 60VAC to 360VAC, though it only will do 330VAC with a 240VAC input, but at least the scale is a lot easier to read. Checked calibration on the output, and it agrees within reading error all the way. 230VAC incandescent lamps will run up to 330VAC no problem, provided you run them up slowly so they can heat up, and a 40W lamp is as bright as a 200W one, though lifetime can be measured in minutes there, they turn into photoflood lamps. This was all built using nothing bought new, only stuff already there, either old stock or salvaged parts.

So geil, dass du auch genau diese kleinen Glas Schüsseln hast. Die haben im Westen irgendwie alle.

I love your videos Gerolf. I'm looking forward to the one where you bring the locomotive home and get it running again.

Love the introduction! Helpful words for the current situation I am in, thank you.

I like the way that you think, especially your philosophy in dealing with the world around you. I love repairing old tools myself, though i lack your electronic knowledge base from which to draw upon. Your repairs are ingenious and inspiring. You have a new fan. Thanks for posting.

I love your philosophy and your videos. Plus I learn a lot about tools and circuits. Thank you.

My deepest respect for what you do! I have the feeling that youre skills will be in huge demand in the near future.

nice too see another video gave me a push to try and repair a bosh drill that had stop working cheers alan

Great video and very educational. I enjoy picking and repairing other peoples junk for personal use or to hand off to others in need. Cheers!

Lucky to have this supply of stuff from Germany's golden age of engineering! Keep up the good work :-)

How and where did you learn your circuitry skills? Thank you immensely for this channel