I made a japanese style tanto kitchen knife with hammered blade. Tough this is the first knife I've made it turned out quite well. Do you like it? Should I make more?
Check out how I made a kiridashi of my own design. I decided to make a second knife. This design turned out to look super awesome and it really fits my hand perfectly. I'm not using any serious blade steel because I didn't have any when I got inspired. Just practicing making stuff and videos.
I can never find my pens erasers an other stuff when I need them. I decided to solve the problem by designing this scandinavian design inspired plywood table organizer. I love the striped look of thick blocks of plywood and I think It's very underused material. The design is very minimalistic, the organizer fits well 3 pens (pencil, ballpoint and marker), phone vertically or horzontally, erasers and other small stuff and hard covered notebooks and even my sunglasses if needed.
This is how I made earphones from plywood. Very fast and easy project for beginners but it requires some special tools like lathe if you want a round shape for your headphone casing. Wooden headphones are a great way practice with leathe and it is and unique piece of accessory that will turn some heads. If you don't have a leathe and still want to make a pair of these awesome wooden heaphones, ask me and I will help you figure out way to do it.
I found this old rusty wrench from a fleamarket. I decided to polish and restore it to its former glory.
I made this curved clip-point knife as my third knife. The idea was to make a cool looking knife which could be used like a small machete or kukri. I came up with this design. It kind of resembles elven swords from lord of the rings. This is only my third knife but there will be more.
I decided to make another elven style knife. This time I took my inspiration straight from the sword called Orcrist from Hobbit movies because I liked the shape of the blade and I thought it might work well as large knife. I think it turned out great and still a little orginal looking.
I'm making another kiridashi knife. This time I'm using water hardening spring steel. I'm not sure about which exact type of steel it is it is. As my other knives this one too is my original design.
This was kind of an experimental video. Instead of making a ball out of aluminium foil, I tought I'd try to make a ring out of it. As an additional challenge I tried to do it with minimal tools. Using an anvil or something similar might have allowed me to pack the foil tighter together to get an even more perfect result.
This is my first try on making a throwing star AKA shuriken. This project was practically free to make and the materials cost less than $1. One of these could be made in one hour or with fewer tools, so its super simple project for beginners. It works well after a few practice throws but I have already a lot of ideas how to make it better in the future.
I found a couple old rusty lawn mowers dumped in the woods and I thought I'd save the blades to make some knives out of them. This is the first one of those knives. Be sure to check out also the second part of this project.
This is the second part of my first lawn mower blade knife video. Be sure to check out the first part also! I recovered two blades and I only used half of the other blade on this project I will definitely be making some more knives from the rest of the materials.
I found a 3 old axe/hatchet heads for a few euros. I thought restoring one of them would be a nice practice since I've never re-handled an axe. In hindsight I probably should have removed the rust with electrolysis, but the axe head had a lot of dents so I probably would have sanded it anyways. I might try that on some of the other axe heads I bought when I get around to it. What do you think? I would be happy to hear any tips since this was my first try on doing something like this.
I have wanted to learn aluminium casting and passing 5000 subscribers seemed like a good occasion to do just that. Thank you all for subscribing. I figured lost-foam cast would be easiest way to start. These are my first tries on metal casting so there is still a lot to learn. I also made a quick foam cutter, I don't really have the space for a large cutter at the moment.
How I restored pair of old and rusty tin snips.
I bought this rusty antique monkey wrench with a few euros for restoration. The old tool does not have any markings on it. It had a lot of rust on it and the jaws were not moving properly. The back of the wrench had been used as a hammer so I filed out all the badly bent edges and the surfaces of the jaws. I did not change the handle as it seemed to be in a decent condition and not rotten. It only had one small crack. The end of the handle wouldn't have come off because it didn't have a nut like most similar wrenches so I couldn't just have made a new one with leathe in few minutes.
This time I will be restoring an old Stanley no. 151 spokeshave. The tool had some rust, the paint was coming off, it had some a lot of paint drops on it and the blade was extremely dull and a little uneven. I repainted the body, removed the rust and sharpened the blade.
I found a rusty old grease gun to restore for a couple of euros. The tool was rusty and dirty but seemed to work fine so I removed the rust, cleaned it up and gave it a new paint job.
I got this rusty antique axe head for $4. I this was a nice tool restoration project once again and I leaned a ton. This was my second axe restoration. Go check out the first one too!
I bought the rusty old hammer from a flea market. However it was unusable because the head handle was loose. I'm not sure how old it is or if it is antique. I decided to cast a new handle from aluminum and polish the head up. The hammer head had some rust and a lot of cement or plaster (I'm not sure of the correct word). I the makers mark as a bee or something similar, if you're interested. I wan'ted to make something more creative this time as I've not made such projects in a while so I though I'd make some sort of viking inspired design. My friend immediately called it Mjolnir. I think this one turned out super awsome!
This week I wanted to try something different, making a ring from 50 cent coin.This is a really simple DIY project that could be done with quite minimal tools. But of course I used what's available to me as this is something I've never tried before.
I found this old rusty file for around 3 euros. It as a fair price as the file part costs easily 20 euros. It was a little quite rusty, the file was a little dull and the handle was made of cardboard for some reason.
I found this old Black and Decker D500 vintage cord drill online for restoration project. I haven't yet restored many power tools and I thought this is just a clean up job, but little did I know the tool was making a terrible sound which had to be repaired before using. The drill had only a little rust, but it was covered in dust from the inside and had a lot of wear on the outside. All the greas was either dry or done. The terrible noise was coming from the rotor rubbing against the part around it. This was caused by loose bearing. I couldn't find a new bearing but I fixed the problem by filling the bearing with copper paste. It was only a little loose, maybe some tenths of a millimeter but that was enough to make contact. This is most likely not a permanent fix but it worked well when I tested it for a while. I can always add some more copper paste if needed. If I find a new part I will change it of course.
This week I wanted to make Aquaman's weapon, the trident of neptune from the new Aquaman movie. Instead of the real deal I made a tiny weapon. I liked the movie and I this seemed like an interesting, yet feasible challenge. I would like to cast it in full size but that would need lots and lots of brass and currently I don't have room to store 2 meter tall trident. It's not my usual project but I learned a ton and I think it's important to constantly try and learn new things.
I went to see if a local fleamarket had some cool old tools for restoration projects, which it rarely does. I was surprised to find this beautiful old masonry hammer only for 50 cents. I've seen people ask a lot more for similar ones. The handle was not realy staying on well so I needed to fix that.
I bought this old straight razor for a couple of dollars for restoration. I thought since the blade was not chipped it should be quite easily restored although it is very rusty. Also the rust was not layered so I was hoping it was only surface rust. It turned out there was some pitting which is bad because on a razor there is not much steel to grind down to get rid of the pits. Luckily I managed to get rid of them. After removing the pits I polished the knife up to 2000 grits and then continued with metal polish compounds.
This time I'll restore this Japanese kitchen knife. I thought it would be a nice project for restoration although it was old and in rough condition. The blade is chipped and it is rusty. The handle is also badly damaged. I decided to replace the handle with secret wood handle that had kind of ice looking resin part.
I bought this old rusty soviet/USSR firefighter’s helmet for $15. So it’s perfect item for restoration. The helmet had some dents the leather liners was dried up and the metal parts were rusty one of the rivets attaching it to the helmet was also gone, so it was nice practice for all sorts of skill needed in restoring antique and old items. I also noticed it wasn’t very well made the weldings keeping the thin on top attached were poor and it was far from symmetrical. I’m not sure if that is usual for helmets of this age.
I bought lot of old lighters from auction for restoration. The lighters are missing parts, have dents and some rust and oxidation. I'm sure I'll be able to restore at least some of them. The lot had 4 of this type of lighters and a couple really old ones. The lighter has 3 parts. The lighter itself, a tank for extra lighter fluid and a cap. I think it's called Tommy style lighter after brand of Tommy lighters. I have no idea what the brand on it is.
For this week’s restoration I found a rusty vintage or maybe even antique coffee grinder. I believe the manufacturer is Fabrica Nazionale and it was made in Italy. I also found similar one for sale on ebay for $50. Mine is little more rusty but the other one was missing a part. I only paid 10 € for this. As most of my restoration projects, I bought through an online marketplace. Hopefully next summer, when there are more flea markets than during winter, I find items with more interesting stories behind them.
This weeks restoration project, vintage Wonder flashlight/lantern, cost me only 0.7€. It is very patinated and had a bit of rust and as you will find out later on the video there was other issues too..The restoration started as usual by disassembly. The flashlight was very pleasing to diassemble, so many little parts but still so simple. Kind of like legos.
As this weeks project, I will completely restore this rusted and damaged vintage pocket knife. The large blade has small crack and the tip is badly bent. The guy who sold this to me told it had been sitting in a box which was packed away in 60's which means this knife is at least 50 years old but probably older because is clearly wasn't new when it was put in the box. I think it's Solnigen pocket knife, because of the shield symbol and text on the blade., Usually they say "Solnigen garantie"
Today I'll be restoring this rusty antique lighter. It has been damaged badly by the rust and is in urgent need of restoration. The whole top side had rusted and the stone didn't even move when I begun. Luckily the lighter is made of thick plate and the rust had not gone trough. The cap didn't have much extra material left though. After removing the rust I found stamp saying FZ 522 and the bottom of the lighter says 522 too.
In this week’s project I will restore the original Nintendo Gameboy. As a 90’s kid I thought it would be cool to restore a Gameboy. Or should I say retrore. I bought this one from Japan. It’s obviously dirty but it’s also very yellow no rust this time. With this rust would be very bad. However the screen is broken and it is missing a lot of vertical lines. Otherwise it seems to be fine. I had some issues with turning it on when I tested it but after I got it on, I’ve had no trouble. The batteries I used were probably dead. It’s also missing the screen cover/lens.
In this video I'll be restoring an old rusty straight razor. In my last razor video the handle probably isn't as good as I can do but I'ts still my second watched video at the moment so I felt like I had to make another one with handle that sticks with the original design. (psst. the intro is a satire...)
I bought a lot of 4 old items a while back the lot had this multicolor refill pen, the razor (brand is razo) and two completely worthless rusty items. I knew this pen would make a good video and also the razor might make a video. After searching Ebay I saw one of those razors being sold for 100 USD and I think the pen could be worth at least 60-70 USD and I paid around 16.5 USD euro for the lot so it was a good deal if I want to sell those. I'm actually not sure if this should be called pen or pencil in English but pen is shorte, so...
This week I'll restore an antique letter scale. It is rusty, paint is coming off and the brass is badly oxidated. One of the legs has broken off at some point and someone welded it back on destroying the decorations on the body. I'll try to remake those as well.
I found this rusty old Japanese kitchen knife while browsing ebay. What a great find for my restoration projects. It has some rust and the handle needs to be replaced. I was a little surprised how much rust there was on the tang. Luckily it still had quite a bit of steel left so I didn't have to weld a new one on. I used copper and walnut for the handle. All the pitting was sanded from the blade and it was polished to super mirror shine.
I bought this rusty vintage Imco safety lighter on ebay. It was sold with the heavy wear and mention that flint needs changing but NO pictures or mention of the destroyed of the screw, which made it impossible for an average person to change it. I'm sure they knew what they were selling to me but I can't really complain since it made the project much more interesting.
In this episode I'll restore this vintage Corgi Junior Whizzwheels Mercedes-Benz 280 SL toy car. I really wanted to see if I could make a new windshield. That turned out to be quite tricky. I tried also to cast it from epoxy but then I found that easiest way was to from a piece of plexiglass. I know there are vacuum forming tables etc. but I don't think it would have not been sensible to make or buy one for only this project. I'll make on if there is more need for it but I don't want to have one taking up space just in case I need one.
This time I restored the original SNES. This is the PAL version and it is quite badly yellowed and dirty both inside and outside. Inside also had some stains of something which I seemed to be yogurt or other dairy product. It had been poured in from the game slot and it caused some trouble with reading the games. Luckily most of the yogurt had missed the pins. These retro consoles are lot of fun to restore.
I bought a lot of pocket knives for few euros. One of them was this rusty vintage knife. It was made in Solingen, Germany. I don't know anything else about it. It looks like it was made maybe in 50's and the handle could be made of ebonite. I wanted to try to do a recycled plastic handle because I thought it would look pretty similar to the original one although a wooden handle may have looked better. Also recycling is always a good thing these days. And I guess since I'm an "influencer", I should do something good with that every once in a while say maybe one or two of you get interested in recycling stuff because of this.
I this episode I’ll restore this old lift arm lighter from 1930. I think the manufacturer is called Polo. It has a bad spark, minor dents that need to be fixed and the plating is mostly gone. No extreme defects this time. I think the seller also accidentally sent me extra an lighter. I too has some minor dents and the plating is almost completely gone. The brass on both lighters is also patinated.
A few weeks ago I bought this cute little vise to use on my projects since I typically work on small items. I think it’s a jeweler’s vise but I have no idea who made it and when. This is much more practical for small projects than the big vise you’ve seen me use. Doing my squeeze lighter restoration I however ran in a problem with the dents in the anvil part of the vise. The dents caused the other side of the rivets I was hammering to deform which doesn’t look good although it has no affect to the practicality of the rivets. So I decided I should probably do complete restoration since the jaws are also pretty worn out.
Restoring the original Gameboy got me really interested in restoring and repairing more of these old gaming consoles like this Nintendo NES along side with the knives, tools, etc. I might move into other old electronics as well. I haven’t really done much this type of work ever but with every project I learn and get better.
Times restore another straight razor. These are great projects for restoration. Some of you didn't like that the original handle was not used in my fist 2 restored rusty razors. I wanted to see if I can save the handle on this one. I always think no more razors because I literally spent hours and hours sanding the hardened steel, but I still always seem to do more of these...
I bought this rusty vintage lighter which was found from the ground. I will restore and rescue this vintage item. The lighter is an Imco Triplex 6600 Junior. I really enjoy repairing these Imco lighters because they have such interesting mechanics, but I will do other stuff as well. You can see one side is much rustier and the rust is darker because it has been underground. That speeds up the rusting process because the water in the dirt doesn't evaporate as fast as from the surface. The lighter need a complete reassembly because it needs to be re-plated with nickel to prevent it from rusting again. I'm wondering if my video titles should say ASMR restoration or repair because so many comments in my video mention that.
I will try to restore this rusty old Tonka dump toy truck. Can I rescue it? I don't know the exact model of the toy but I believe it is a Tonka truck from 1970's. The sticker on it says Toronto Canada. There is a lot of rust and the paint is gone on large areas. The windshield is very scratchy. The white plastic on the wheels has yellowed.
I will restore this rusty 0.5€ pocket knife back it's former glory. I found it from a flea market. The knife is very rusty but there is no major damage besides the pitting from the rust. I hope it's not rusted beyond restoration. I found this very interesting because before actually starting the disassembly I didn’t notice how the assembly was done and I thought it would be a nice project because the pins were hidden and I was curious how the covers of the handle were done, was it paint or something or something else.
I bought this rusty antique door lock. The lock is jammed from rust and as it turns out I was sold wrong key with it. I will restore the lock and make a new better key for the lock.
In this episode I will restore the Gameboy Pocket retro console. This unit is missing the glass screen on top of the actual LCD screen and also the battery cover. I managed to find an original cover. I will show you how to fix a screen burn and do a general cleanup on the Gameboy. I don't do electronical work every week but I promise there will be also this type of videos every once in a while.
Couple weeks ago I found this rusty cast Iron pan from a dumpster. I didn't see any cracks so I thought it's definitely worth saving and of course It makes also nice little video of the restoration and seasoning process. Next week I'll do something more complex again.
This week I restored this rusty old steam engine model. I'ts pretty rusty and I didn't work when I tested it. I found the water tank was full of some white substance which probably had blocked the airways of the engine. But can I get it running? Stick around to find out.
In this episode I will restore this Rusty Imco Funkmeister spark lighter. It has a lot of rust but luckily It's mostly on the surface and there is even some of the old plating left underneath. Regardless the metal has a lot of pits and need a good sanding. Luckily there are no dents as those are always a pain to fix. After sanding down all the pitting I re-plated the parts with nickel to protect it from corrosion. For this video I had to get a larger container and do some adjustments to the system.
Welcome back to another restoration. My dad bought a lot of old tools from an auction for a few euros. One of the items was this dented vintage breast drill. It's a hand cranked drill and it's in need of restoration. I believe it was made around 1940's. It has some rust and most of the old paint has come off. I decided to restore it and see what's inside. I will clean it throughout, give it a new paint job and grease it so it will be set for another 70 years of drilling.
This week I decided to turn an oil bucket I found from trash into a melting furnace for my casting projects. A little break from restorations videos and good chance to practice some different skills. I'll get back to restorations next week. I got a chance to do a lot of welding and also to get back to metal casting. It has been almost a year since my last attempts.
This week I will show you the restoration of this vintage coffee grinder. It has some rust and it's definitely well used so it's was a great project for restoring. I only saw a picture from the from when buying and surprise surprise, it was broken from the back. I'm really just trusting that these items are broken so they make more interesting restoration projects.
I wanted to restore a PlayStation 1 for my next console restoration / repair. I got this forgotten Playstation from person who told me it started having issues and then it was stored in a shed collecting dirt and dust, but hopefully not rust.
This World War I Trench lighter in in dire need of restoration and repair. It's missing some parts and rusted badly. I started restoring this lighter long ago but I continued now because I finally came up with a plan to make new screw for the bottom. Th lighter was made by Imco. You've seen me restore number of Imco lighters previously. They have usually interesting mechanics. Unlike the previous lighters, this design was also made by other manufacturers.
This weeks restoration project was an old amptutation saw. These were used by doctors to through a bone when something needed to be amputated. The saw has some rust on it and I was to sand everything flat and replated the parts that have been nickel plated originally plated. And of course it needs to be able to cut through a bone. As you can see I made this video in to a Halloween special.
I needed a DualShock controller for my restored PlayStation 1 so I wanted to do a restoration and repair for one. I got my hands on this abandoned DualShock controller for the PS1. It was sold to me as working but, as usual it was broken… The shell is also quite badly yellowed and dirty. Couple of the screws on it were rusted.
I needed a bench grinder for the shop and restorations so I decided to buy old quality tool and restore it rather than buy a new Chinese grinder. I found this old Metabo that I liked. It works but there is still some restoring to do as there is some rust and cord is bad etc. It also has a badge the Finnish importer has added on it. Since that is not an original badge I decided to replace it with custom badge of my own since the grinder will be used in future videos.
I will be restoring this dented vintage Tommy-style lighter. I restored one of these almost a year ago and that restoration was one of my first popular videos so now after passing 500 000 subscribers I wanted to try to restore one better. That video was also where I originally got the idea to get my nickel plating set up. I didn't have one at the time so I started plating things a bit later. Starting my new channel "Odd Experiments" this was a perfect opportunity to show in detail how anyone can make a simple plating set up with relatively cheap parts.
Sega Dreamcast restoration – In this video I will restore Dreamcast console launched by Sega in 1999. I bought this yellowed console and a game from Japan. This is a e version of the console, which can be seen from the red Dreamcast logo. Dreamcast has been one of the most requested consoles in the comments even though back in the day it was a flop.
Restoration of badly a yellowed Sega dreamcast controller and VMU for the extremely yellowed Dreamcast console I restored earlier. Like the console this unit also has only cosmetic defects. There are some glue reside from stickers and the yellowing is pretty bad.
Restoration of WWII era dynamo (hand crank) flashlight. This week I restored this hand-crank flashlight made by Phillips (type 7424). These were used by Germans in WWII. When I got it I had no idea if it worked. After testing thatt it in fact wasn't working I opened it up to find what's going on.
Restoring the original Xbox. In this episode I will restore this old Xbox. The console is very dusty and it has some problems, but nothing beyond restoration. The disc drive is stuck and it won't save the time and date if it's unplugged. Both are common problems with the Xbox and pretty easy to repair. This unit has been unused for along time and it also needs to be cleaned from all the dust on the inside and outside. I wanted to publish this episode right before Christmas have got this gaming console for Christmas almost 20 years ago.
For a long time I've wanted to restore one of these old hand cranked pencil sharpeners. Restoring mechanical items is always so interesting and this type of vintage sharpener are beautiful. The sharpener was very rusty and it didn't sharpen pens very well so it was in need of a restoration. This pencil sharpener is made by Boston but I'm not sure what year it is. Possibly from the 1940's.
In this week’s episode I will restore this broken Xbox controller S. The cable is broken, and the shell is yellowed. Also the thumb sticks need some restoration. When I tested it I was able get it working briefly but then the cable seemed like it was completely done. The footage of the controller connecting briefly was the last time I was able to see any signs of life. But luckily, I was able to pin point the issue so I could still repair the old cable and not change it completely giving it a few more years. The shell was also not properly closed and after opening it I found some pieces that held the screws had broken off.
This mini lighter in missing some parts and it is in general very dirty and in need of full restoration. The lighter is very small only an inch or 2.5 cm tall. It’s the smallest lighter I’ve ever seen. It used to be nickel plated but the plating has worn off. The plating has to be restored. I also need to make a new screw for the flint because it would be very hard to find one.
I got this ancient looking can opener for just 1€ to restore it. While restoring it I found out it was not a worthless vintage item like I thought… The can opener is pretty rusty and the old paint is partially gone. Also the wooden part is pretty bad looking and there is a bit of mold on it. Sometimes looking for items to restore I make similar finds which I could flip fast for good profit. My typical projects are so laborious and require me to buy expensive parts so they are not usually good for making profit. So far I’ve kept all the items to myself. However it would be interesting to occasionally post videos doing restorations for business and flipping flea market finds for profit. Would you be interested in such videos?
After a while of searching I was able to find bad enough Game Boy for my restoration videos only for $2. Usually I have to pay a little extra for the worst items. The console was sold as junk and for spares but pretty much everything except the speaker is broken. The mother board doesn’t power on. The shell is badly yellowed. Stickers are in terrible condition and the screen is badly burned. I will try to restore this fully rather than use it as spares for easier projects because I’d still have to fix most of the parts.
I got my hands on this old Beattie jet lighter. It was specifically designed for pipe smoking. It has a second wick in horizontal pipe which creates pressure and a jet flame when heated. These are rare and collectible lighters.
In this episode I will restore and repair this extremely yellowed Sega Saturn Vintage console. The console is broken. It doesn't read CD's which is common with these retro consoles due to several reasons.
In this episode I will restore the yellowed Sega Saturn controller which was seen in the last episode. The controller was even more yellow than the console. It's actually one of the most yellowed items I've restored. I think the previous DMG Gameboy was quite close and The Sega Saturn was probably the most yellowed item I've ever seen.
I bought this lam which is from and abandoned German bunker, to restore it and make it into an industrial style lamp for my home. I completely rebuilt the lamp making it safe to use and installed a smart bulb to be able to control if remotely. I'm very happy with the results of this restoration. Would you have this in your home?
I received this Batmobile from based on the Tim Burton's Batman movie. It was basically trash, nothing worked and there was a lot of corrosion and other damage. Many parts were broken and the car wasn't even connected to the (previously) wired controller anymore. Mary of the screws were damaged or missing which could mean somebody tried to fix it but gave up.
In this episode I will restore this Nintedo 64 (N64) which is very yellowed and doesn't show any picture on the TV. This model was originally transparent blue/white but now it's more transparen green/yellow. There seems to be also some damage from water or other liquid.
In this video I will restore this Nintendo 64 controller for my restored N64. The controller is badly yellowed and very dirty from years of use. The joystick is badly damaged which makes it impossible to play with it.
I will restore this small jewelers's anvil. It's quite rusty and the paint is coming off. It's also very small but it would be still nice to be able to hit it a bit harder if needed without the anvil moving or me having to bolt it to the table. I decided to solve the problem bu making a stylish base for it. Inside the base I will hide almost 3kg of steel to add some weight to the anvil still keeping it movable and compact.
I bought this retro Formula racing game for restoration. It's called Grand Prix and it was made by CGL. The LCD screen badly damaged and one of the levers has been broken.
In this episode I restore a Playstation 2 (PS2) slim which I got for $7 as part of a junk lot of consoles. Low end price for working device is typically around $50. Black consoles can be cheaper because there are more of them available. As a bonus I got a free game, DBZ Budokai Tenkaichi, it's quite common game and even in good condition not very valuable.
After restoring a white Playstation 2 I thought I need a pair of white controller to go along with so why not restore myself a pair. I found a pair as part of a junk lot. I've restored few other models of the DualShock controllers. This one looks quite similar on the ouside but the inside is all new although it has very similar structure.
In this episode I will restore this rusty vintage fan. The fan has lots of rust and all of the wiring needs to be replaced. This project was lot of work because there were so many phases in the work.
In this video I will restore a Gameboy Advance SP. by Nintendo. The console is broken in half and it won't charge. Also the screen cable has been damaged and the screen need to be replaced. Gameboy Advance SP was finally the Gameboy everybody had been waiting for, it had illuminated color screen and battery. The screen was a huge upgrade from to the Gameboy advance which always needed good lighting to play it.
In this video I restore rare Casio Heli-Battle Handheld console. In 1980's Casio better known for their calculators and watches made also gaming consoles such as this Heli-Battle game. These days, they go for high prices on Ebay if they are in good condition.
How to restore broken and yellowed Lego Star Wars stormtrooper with retrobrighting This stormtrooper toy is actually an alarm clock but I think it's cooler as just a collectible piece rather than an actual alarm clock. The item is very yellowed and the clock doesn't work.
I will restore this this Nintendo GameCube Console which won't work and is dirty and yellowed to brand new condition. Nintendo released GameCube released nearly 20 years ago to compete with Playstation 2 and Xbox
How to repair and remove yellowing Nintendo GameCube controller. I will restore this controller which was sold me as junk on ebay.
Restoration of rusty gun shaped pistol lighter. I will restore this cool looking cigarette pistol lighter and make it work again.
This GoPro was sent to me to be restored and repaired by a subscriber who didn't have any use for it. The camera was released by GoPro on 2012.
Restoring and repairing Xbox 360 with red ring of death and stuck disc drive. I got this Xbox as part of broken console lot from Ebay with some Playstations. I started by checking the error code the console gives. Mine is 1023, which is almost always related to a cold solder in CPU or GPU. The disc drive is also not working. I can hear it trying to open but I doesn't.
Restoring & repairing Xbox 360 controller that won't turn on and that is yellowed. I bought this controller as junk from Ebay.
I restored this vintage mining lantern from East Germany, DDR. It's very rusty and the battery is completely dead. I bought this awesome looking lantern couple months ago from a flea market.
Sony (PSP) Playstation Portable 1000 Restoration. In this video I will restore and repair the first version of Sony PSP. The console came to me as part of lot of old consoles. It's dirty, the buttons are yellowed, it makes a horrible noise when I try to play a game and the circle button need to be pressed really hard.
In this episode I restore a yellowed retro joystick. The model is QuickShot Python 5. The controller is yellowed and even though it was sold as working to me on ebay, it turned out to be drifting to right.
In this episode I will restore this Large lighter made in occupied Japan by Reliance. The lighter is very oxidized and in need of a restoration. I also thought it looked worthy of gold plating so I wanted to practice that skjill on it. I used laser cleaner loaned to me by W2M to clean up the dirty and oxidized surfaces.
I will restore this broken and yellowed Super Nintedndo Entertainment System (SNES). This moden is the NTSC model for North America. The console is dirty, yellowed and won't play games.
I will restore this Coca-Cola 6 pack. It's very rusty and it's missing the handle It's likely made during WWII because, usually these are made of aluminum but during the war aluminum was used for planes etc. and materials for these were changed to steel.
In this episode I restore a popular 3rd party arcade controller for the SNES. It's calles Super Advance and it was made by Asciiware. The all the buttons and switches are not working and the console has yellowed a little.
I will restore this vintage air compressor. It is a made for painting with an air brush. The compressor is a bit rusty, has been damaged at some point probably by a fall and the bottom plate has cracked. It also came with an old motor for it which was not working well. It will be a useful tool in the future.
I will restore this PlayStation 2 which won't start. PS2 is the best selling gaming console ever made, only the GameBoy (all models included) has sold more units.
I found this cast iron skillet from a dumpster and decided to restore it. It's very rusty and it's missing a handle so I need to make a new handle. Funnily enough it was the same dumpster I found the previous cast iron pan too.
In this episode I will restore this Invader console made by Gakken. It's not working and the screen is broken and it needs a full restoration.
I will restore this rusty mechanical elephant bank made by Hubley. The mechanism is not working and it's missing a spring.
Subscriber of mine asked me if I'd like to restore Nintendo DS Lite handheld received as part of a gaming console lot he bought. Naturally I said yes and he sent it to me. He was very kind to add some spare parts for me too so I can try to make some sort of FrankenNintendo. And just because some of you are probably curious the 3rd main board I didn't show much on the video had a power issue and there was lots of white glue on top of the chip responsible for powert management. The glue is hard to remove but likely that chip was somehow damaged, becasue everything else seemed fine. I might try to remove the glue and replace teh chip some day.
In this video I'll restore a trech art lighter shaped like a book from World War I. The lighter was handmade by someone during the war. It was not designed to have the wick and cotton replaced because it was soldered shut. I desoldered the triangle pieces of copper to remove the "hinge" and then I desoldered the bottom of teh fuel tank to remove the cotton and old wick.
I will restore and upgrade this broken and yellowed PlayStation. The coinsole doesn't read discs which is very common and easily fixable issue with these old consoles. I also found something a spider nest from the inside. During the dissasembly I found the remains a of a spider and a spidernest. It's very common I find bugs inside these old devices, I'm, not sure why, maybe they're dark and warm places?
I will restore this Arcade Joystick for my PlayStation that I restored and upgraded recently. The controller is quite yellow ans the joystick sometimes gets stuck. The controller was made by Asciiware in the 90's. And it has extra switches to simulate automatically pressing buttons.
I in this episode I will restore a Japanese kitchen knife with a lot of rust. Rust has eaten a lot of the steel away. Also the handle was not in good shape and the wood had split. I started by removing the handle. I used block of wood to hammer it off the knife.
In this video I restore a 1950's Big Beam flashlight. The Flashlight is rusty and the paint is partially gone. Thgere are also some dents.
I will be restoring this Atari 2600 console. There are issues with the image. This model is knows as "light sixer" it's not the very first version of the console but still has the wood panel in front.
I will restore this antique Ice Cream Maker made by Frost King and make ice cream with it. The machine is very rusty and the wood parts need some restoring.
I bought this Nintendo Wii as part of a bigger lot 10 Wii's for $50 to restore and repair them. It's however not working. It turns on but nothing shows up on the screen and the disc drive makes a horrible noise.
I bought this pair of broken Nintendo Wii controllers to repair them. The Wii remote doesn't turn on and the button on the nunchuck controller are not working.
I restore this fire extinguisher from 1900 and test it. The fire extinguisher has lots of damage, it's oxidized, the bottle on the inside is broken, the hose is unusable and there are some dents. I've wanted to have one of these for a long time because the mechanism they use is so interesting. Also they look really nice. These type of extinquishers are called soda acid extinquishers. They use water that has soda in it and a small bottle of acid. When the extiguisher is flipped upside down, the soda and acid mix generating CO2 that will cause pressure to build in the extinguisher and that forces the water out.
I will restore this broken PS3 slim that has no power at all. I will also remove the yellowing and give the console a basic clean up. The console has no power at all, fault like this is typically because of broken power source, but in this case the issue is with main board.
