In the video below I am using for the first time a 150 years old TREADLE POWERED LATHE to make new wooden handles for old files. Absolutely extraordinary experience and pleasure. So simple but so effective, brilliant. Coming across this…
This EXTREMELY rusty axe head is a ground find while metal detecting in Norway. I got it from my friend about 2 years ago. For a long time what to do until this restoration video. I needed an axe/hatchet to…
A huge challenge for me was to restore the BIGGEST Rasp in the world with a few hand tools. I have never seen such a big rasp and so heavy. The rasp is produced in the USA, 1878 was registered…
Amazing piece of history – 70 box scraper plane, era before cardboard boxes. Just a hundred years ago, the most common packaging was a wooden box. This lovely Box scraper plane has been used to remove competitors’ stamps on wooden…
In this video I am restoring a very old and special apple peeler. I was contacted by a viewer from Germany with a really simple but emotional story. He wanted to peel apples and make an apple pie with his…
Today I am restoring something more complex – old drill press restoration. This bench drill press is hand cranked and it was really hard to get hands on it. I am so excited to show you each step of this…
In today’s post I will be doing old half round Swedish chisel restoration. It will be great addition to my other restored chisels. The chisel’s handle is really basic, so beside restoring chisel I will be making new bigger wooden…
Definitely interesting old one and a half hand sided saw rescue. In this restoration video I tried to rescue this hand saw, unfortunately because of too deep pitting on saw blade I couldn’t get result what I wanted. Anyway, I…
This is my first old woodsman’s cleaver restoration! I am very excited for this one. This is a Scandinavian type of barking tool or bark peeler. Mostly they are shaped as axes, but not so often as a cleaver. I…
Hey, welcome to another great restoration! Today I am restoring destroyed old rubber hammer. In this restoration video I was hand sanding more than ever before. Was it worth it? Read till the end to see an amazing transformation! …
