Vintage West German Barometer Repair & Restoration plus How to Calibrate for your area

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Жыл бұрын

This little barometer was in pretty poor condition, but I didn't want to just throw it in the bin - so time for some repair work and a bit of a paint & clean. Plus the instrument needed calibrating!
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@blissbrain 5 күн бұрын

Thanks for the tutorial! You helped me calibrate 2 vintage barometers!

@mr.chronograph9022 Жыл бұрын

My Selsi Forecaster was made in England in 1940. Still works!

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Excellent! They made some good stuff back then! 👍😊

@Th3Pr0digalS0n Жыл бұрын

Fun little repair. These weather instruments are fascinating.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks TPS! Yep and I've always been a bit of a weather watcher! 😊👍

@theaussienurseflipper.8113 Жыл бұрын

As kid in the 70s my parents had barometers. They had couple of the them. I use to like little houses they had with the boy and girl, one would come out for rain or sun shine

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, I've seen those ones! They are very cool 😎👍

@IM-qq3jf Жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. These are my my favorite videos of yours. I collect Barometers. And I think, Thanks to your clock repair vids, that I may have stumbled across why old barometer pointers dont move from high to low pressure as much anymore. Well they have much the same clock like movements in them. So they proberly " gumup" with old dryed out oil ! ( I lernt this from you ) So if I use your technique of cleaning away the old oil and then applying new oil, I think that we could regain full movement in the dial pointer again ! I noticed that the micro chain on the barometer you were working on looked to be stiff and " gummed up ". I was actually waiting for you to use your clock cleaning technique on that unit. I,am a big follower of you, Love your vids. I,am looking to retire in 4 yrs and move from Newcastle NSW to central VIC ! All the best Chris. Say hi to Christine for me. Ian T.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian! 😊 You could well be right about the works needing a clean & re-lube. I didn't bother going to that much trouble and the barometer is actually fluctuating quite well now anyway. I think the main use of barometers is to see if the pressure is rising or falling rather than reading off the exact barometric pressure! Be sure to call in and say hello when you make it down mate! 😊👍 Christine says Hi back! 😊

@perrynelson4254 3 ай бұрын

Excellent video! Particularly liked the tip on how to determine the casing makeup...bakelite or plastic.

@TheUltimateRecycler 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Perry, glad you enjoyed it! 😊👍

@ScrapMetalTV. Жыл бұрын

That come up like new 👌

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Yeah, it did come up pretty well! Thanks mate 👍😊

@seanwilson471 8 күн бұрын

Lovely little Barometer and probably a high quality vacuum movement been German. The little disc is simply a vacuum chamber.

@TheUltimateRecycler 6 сағат бұрын

Thanks Sean! 😊👍

@rossfindlay2664 Жыл бұрын

Wow, Great fix Chris. Learning heaps from these types of videos. Cheers.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Ross! 👍😊

@DocJonesGarage Жыл бұрын

Good one Chris, hope the shoulder is healing up. my knees are my barometer these days ☔

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Haha, my knees too Doc! Yep, shoulder is going quite well now, thanks 😊

@glennm9307 Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris! I was just given a vintage SELSI Barometer. Your video helped me understand how they work and how to calibrate it. Thanks Again!!!

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped! Thanks Glenn 👍

@ShadowMoonFarms Жыл бұрын

I love to learn how things work. That was fascinating. Thank you

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Cynthia, glad you enjoyed it! 😊

@glenhehir3833 Жыл бұрын

Great work Chris. Never knew you could recalibrate them. Lovely little barometer.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Glen! 👍😊

@chrisbroad5825 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video and showing how to calibrate the barometer at the end, which was the part I especially needed. I just picked one up from the thrift store that has the same guts but the surround is wood ships wheel.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Yep, they turn up at thrift stores quite often and I usually grab them! Thanks for watching Chris 😊👍

@katrinaharber2263 Жыл бұрын

Looks great once you cleaned it up. Another interesting one Chris.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Katrina, yeah it cleaned up very nicely! 😊

@shift4311 Жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that. Thank you.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

That's great! Thanks for watching! 😊

@noddynoodle7060 Жыл бұрын

Another awesome repair Chris 👍👍

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Noddy, yeah it came up pretty well and is working nicely 👍😊

@RetifsGarage Жыл бұрын

Very cool repair, I learned how to adjust it !

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Retif! 😊

@me-cq7wv Жыл бұрын

Looks great. Top Marks

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks 😁👍

@michael5089 Жыл бұрын

Great information here for me to do some maintenance myself, subbed❤👍👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Excellent Michael, welcome to the channel! 👍😊😊

@tirebywall6915 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video! My grandfather gave me his old barometer (of the same make) and my wife and I have since been trying to figure out how to get it back up and running. It was jostled from zero over the years. Anyway, your video certainly helped! Thank you!

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

That's great! Thanks for watching! 😃👍

@DavidTipton101 Жыл бұрын

Nice job Chris 👍🙂

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! Hope you guys are well 😊

@freedomfighter8958 Жыл бұрын

Magnificent

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching FF 😊👍

@antigoseraros 7 ай бұрын

Excelente! Parabéns

@TheUltimateRecycler 7 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊👍

@kelleyo9134 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thank you! While I was setting my barometer, the tiny needle that points snapped. Any suggestions how to fix that?

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

Ooh, that will pretty much mean some type of replacement needle I guess! Thanks for watching 😊

@DavidTheDave Жыл бұрын

From memory the disk is actually two disks, one concave and one convex, sealed together. When the atmospheric pressure changes the needle is moved by the differential between that and the constant pressure (could even be a vacuum) in the hermetically sealed discs.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

That sounds an accurate description David, thank you! 👍

@theaussienurseflipper.8113 Жыл бұрын

Back in the late 80s, mate some German 2 part stuff, look like the JB of wot we have these days. He paid like $40 which was a fair bit money back then. But he glued the the end of his gear stick of a Cortina 1968. It's head like a little fall thing at the end inside we have met the gearbox. It would have taken a lot of pressure. It lasts to the 3 months and he glue it back on again.

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

That sounds like a pretty good test for it Graham! I do like the JB Weld, it's pretty versatile stuff!

@Water.hammer 5 ай бұрын

So how would you calibrate it without the Internet and googling what the pressure is?

@TheUltimateRecycler 5 ай бұрын

I guess that's why the internet is so handy!! I guess if you had access to an official weather station in your local area, you could check with them - otherwise, I don't know!

@martincowie4520 Жыл бұрын

Have you been checking to see if the barometer is keeping the correct pressure after a change in pressure?

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

It is responding well to the change in pressure Martin - which is all that I'm really interested in to be honest. I don't really care what the actual pressure is but I do look to see if it's dropping, stable or rising. So no - I haven't actually checked that the pressure reading is accurate.

@martincowie4520 Жыл бұрын

@@TheUltimateRecycler I was just curious, if these things were actually accurate? I'd always suspected they weren't, but who knows, perhaps I've been unfairly dismissing them!?

@martincowie4520 Жыл бұрын

You might be in a unique position to have a handful of different models in your shop and see how they keep track with one another...

@TheUltimateRecycler Жыл бұрын

@@martincowie4520 Yes, it would be an interesting comparison indeed. I only have this one in the shop at the moment though. I suspect that they won't be very accurate also!