Restoration of a greek brass pepper mill I Dr. Hut of Handcraft
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Welcome back and welcome to all new subscribers! I am so happy to have you guys here!
I bought this pepper mill from a private guy. He told me that he had found it at the metal waste. Good guy, selling stuff from the metal waste 😄
You will see a lot of sanding brass on the lathe, lathe turning, cold bluing, vinegar bluing, wire brushing and more in this video!
If you are willing to support me feel free to leave a comment, subscribe and share my work!
I hope you will have some fun watching this video! If you have further questions on tools, my work or the chemistry behind the methods I use like cold bluing or removing rust, don’t hesitate to ask!
Disclaimer:
The experiments are only for educational purposes and serve as entertainment.
I am experienced in handling the used substances and I advise everyone who is not a trained professional not to imitate the experiments I show you.
For experiments which could cause potential danger I will not tell you which chemicals I am using to prevent imitating. Those who know what is happening, know the chemicals anyway and probably are trained professionals. :)
I am not responsible for personal injury or property damage if the experiments will be imitated.
I hope you understand.
Music at the end: Allégro - Emmit Fenn
Until next time!
Much love, Dr. Hut :)
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I love things that have history, whether it be household or garage tools! The Greek key decoration is lovely and I wonder about its history! Beautiful restoration yet again!
Thank you, glad you liked the video!
I really appreciate how you do your videos. with th e craftmanship of repair and the chemical explanations of the fluids used for the parts. Oh, poofs and booms are a nice touch. Keep it up. Thanks!
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it! 🙏🏼
What a beautiful pepper mill.
Thank you for your comment!
Based on the shape and engravings of it it’s a Greek coffee grinder Cool work 👏
Thank you very much!
Greek yes, but I am pretty sure that it is a pepper mill. The guy who sold it to me had a similar one for coffee and the inner parts looked different, bigger and the shape was also different. But I am sure that It’s also possible to grind coffee with it 😄
@@DrHutOfHandcraft pepper or coffee this is an artifact with obvious Arabic influence. It most probably comes from the Greek Ionian part of Micra Asia , modern day Turkey. The minimal amount of engravings points to an everyday used item rather than a show off kitchen asset.
@@georgiewanders Why arabic influence? The engravings (meander) are ancient greak ornamentation.
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Influence regarding the use of brass in that manner. Other then that the engravings are obviously Greek going back a couple thousand years. Greeks were already using brass for much more complex things like navy compasses since Aristotle's time (c. 330 B.C.). For example the Antikythera mechanism is an ancient Greek hand-powered orrery, described as the oldest example of an analogue computer was also made of brass.
@@georgiewanders Ah okay now I understand! Thank you for the info, that is very interesting! 🙏🏼
Yes, please, on the vinegar bluing procedure.
Hey mate, thank you for your comment!
Of course you have to degrease the parts first.
Cold bluing with vinegar is actually pretty simple (doesn't work with stainless steel): The acetic acid of the vinegar reacts with the iron and builds Iron (II) acetate. In this reaction hydrogen is also released. The reaction scheme goes like this: Fe + 2 CH3COOH --> Fe(CH3COOH)2 + H2
Iron (II) acetate makes the steel turn black. Btw Iron acetate is also the product which we receive when removing rust with acetic acid. In that case we brush it off, in this case we conserve it to stay.
Heating of the vinegar is not necessary but it speeds up the reaction, since chemical reactions take place faster with higher temperatures. There is a rule of thumb which says that chemical reactions take place double to triple times faster when the temperature is raised for 10 Kelvin. The name of this equation is the 'Arrhenius equation', you can check that out if you are interested!
If you want to try that out remember doing this only with a proper container, which is heat resistant. I used Borosilicate 3.3 glas.
I hope my explanation was good enough. Let me know if you have further questions, I will be happy to answer them!
The end made me laugh so hard 😄😄😄
Sweet job my friend!
Glad you enjoyed it mate, thank you so much! 🙏🏼
It’s a Turkish ottoman Haci Artin coffee grinder. (19th century ?)
Nice and clean restauration. Very well done. 👍
Thank you very much for your comment mate!
It looks a little like the coffee grinder you’re talking about , but it’s actually greek and a pepper mill. You can tell that it’s greek from the symbols on it, which are called meander
I jumped both at the noise from the science experiment, and the sneeze xD
I really like the black and gold contrasts on this, the brass rivet on the handle was much nicer than just the same colour on everything like the old one
😂😂 that’s why I wrote “attention: loud” in the subtitles so you guys don’t jump 😂
Thank you very much for your comment mate! 🙏🏼
@@DrHutOfHandcraft I knew it was coming, yet I still got spooked haha
@@PureRushXevus 😄😄
Beautiful restoration from rubbish to stunning love the video congratulations on a superb restoration
Thank you very much for your kind words! 🙏🏼
What’s up Dr?
Just for your info that’s a Greek not pepper mill but Coffee mill!!!
Good job!
Thank you for your comment
Excellent restoration
Thank you! 🙏🏼
Another example of your amazing talent and fantastic skills. Thank you for sharing this video and for the knowledge you share with your viewers. The final scene made me jump out of my seat 😂 Congratulations!
Thank you so much for your kind words, I really appreciate it! 🙏🏼
Amazing work! More people need to see this. I hope that the algorithm catapults your videos to everyones front-page! :)
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
What an absolutely stunning piece (after all your hard work) gorgeous!
Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Modern mills are much more useful. You can easily remove tray, which is held on the thread, also parts are plastic and no not contain zinc.
@@user-rv9vw5ef9e I am sure that that is matter of taste 😄 And btw, brass always contains zinc 😃
I love this channel. Other than the lathe, just tools we all have is used. Actually makes me feel like I can do a restoration.
Thank you so much mate!
Of course you can! I don’t know if you are a mechanic or so, but I am not and I am able to do restorations, so you definitely can do that too! And I only bought this lathe a couple of months ago and you can do what I did also without a lathe, just more time consuming.
I was actually thinking about doing a video where I restore something with tools that really everyone has or tools that are at least very cheap. What do you think?
@@DrHutOfHandcraft that would be great!!!
That mill is so pretty! I love the extra detail and design of it. Looks like it belongs in the kitchen of Rick Deckard, Blade Runner.
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How much patience and attention to each of the details. You rock bro !
Thank you so much!
This isn't just arestoration, You made the whole thing like new. Amazing
Thank you so much 🙏🏼
Great Job.
Thank you!
Beautiful
Thank you!
Well done, sir.
Thank you very much 🙏🏼
Wow! If I hadn't seen you do the work I'd have thought you bought a brand new one. Well done, sir.
Thank you so much!
Haha…. Nice ending. It will work as a peppermill for sure, but I think it was actually made to finely grind roasted coffee beans. Turkish coffee is the best. Anyways, you put a lot of work into that. It looks great. Awesome job, sir!
Thank you mate!
Actually the guy who sold it to me had another one of these, looking slightly different from the inside, which he was selling as a coffee grinder 🤔 I guess both works 😄
I think it is a turkish (or so) coffee grinder, no pepper mill. Therefore, the closed back. To catch the coffee.
Pretty sure that it is a pepper mill. The guy who sold it to me also had a coffee mill that looked more or less similar from the outside , but the inner parts were different. Also it is a greek pepper mill, which you can tell from the engraving, its called meander key
Beautiful! Your respect for the item you are working on is wonderful!
Thank you!
Fantastic job and video thanks for sharing your time and skill🍺🍺👍👍
Thank you very much brian! 🙏🏼
Similar like this , we used to blend coffee beans
Yes the coffee grinder looks similar to this one :)
Stunning work as usual Doc. You knocked it out of the park.
Thank you very much for your support Dave!
.....every time you are using your dentist-tools I start shivering 😱
But the restoration is perfect. As usual on your channel !
Sorry for that 😄 Thank you !
Great video, I love the little experiments.
Thank you very much! Glad you like the experiments! 🙏🏼
That is neat. Very good restoration job. The grinder is working like a charm. Good work.
Thank you very much! 🙏🏼
You have nice videos with restoration. Keep going mate 👍❤
Thank you very much mate! 🙏🏼
A very good Restauration Love it nice Job and Video ❤️👍❤️
Thank you very much Pascal 🙏🏼
Neat job!
Thank you!
Best Videos on Your Channel! I love it ❤️
Thank you so much ❤️
Great work ! Amazing finish ! Greetings from Germany :)
Thank you very much mate!
Grüße aus Frankfurt! 😄✌🏻
Love it 🤗
Thank you!
رهيب ... ممتاز .. ومتميز واكثر من رائع.. أحسنت العمل
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congratulations 👌. Top class filming and efiting as your handcraft. i'm sure your channel Will get the views it deserves son.
cheers 👍
Thank you very much mate! 🙏🏼
Very nice pepper grinder.
Yes indeed! Thank you for your comment!
Wow fantastisch 😀♥️😄 Nachhaltigkeit ist jetzt so wichtig👍
Merci 🙏🏼❤️
awesome as always
Thanks mate! 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Amazing work!
Thanks a lot!
Excellent!
Thanks a lot!
A good solution for not polishing brass 👍😍
Thanks mate! I am personally not a fan of mirror polishing, so I wanted another finish
Very nice job!
Thank you!
Looks new, well done.
Thank you so much! 🙏🏼
Nice work. And bless you :-)
Thank you! 😄🙏🏼
Very nice work
Thank you very much! 🙏🏼
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Very nice! Too pretty for me. I'll go use the $9.99 one from Amazon. :D
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Absolute shot in the dark guess of the bottom symbol is maybe it represents Mount Olympus?
Yes maybe, good idea!
Excelente trabalho. Parabéns 👏👏🇧🇷
🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼✌🏻✌🏻✌🏻
These burrs look nicer (far more teeth, more complex machining) than the burrs I've seen in similar mills coming out of Greece today. I wonder who made this one.
Btw I've seen meanders on Italian-made brass mills as well.
Thank you for your comment!
Hey. Nice video! Good luck with your channel...👆
Thank you very much!
extrem edles Gerät
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My first impression is confirmed and so, I've just subscribed.
Have a lovely week!
PS; May I add a link to your channel on my Pinterest account?
Thank you for your support!
Yes if you like 😄
Love your work, greatings from Argentina. The channel Is amazing, and for about two weeks ago, another of my inspiration channel. I'm glad that you share this videos, the quality of the restoration and filming Is superior.
Thank you very much, this really honors me! 🙏🏼
I restored an old Turkish brass pepper mill a couple of years ago. It was much more decorated, but in better condition than yours Mostly steel wool, and fine sandpaper. I use it every day.
Very cool! Maybe mine is also turkish?
Can you recommend steel wool? I was thinking about using it but I was not sure and didn’t want to damage the brass too much and because it already had some deep scratches I was a little afraid of steel wool, so I stayed with very fine scotch brite.
Thank you for your comment!
I noticed that symbol on the bottom but I didn't recognize it.
Great work nonetheless, Congratulations!
Thank you very much !
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Why are you awake after 1am, I thought you were a student in the medical field, isn't it bad for you to screw up your rhythm?
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@@TinaMdot Yes I am a medical student and I have a very screwed sleeping rhythm 😂 I was studying and after that replying to some comments ! Good night ✌🏻 😄
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Good night👋
Muito bom !
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An excellent job as always, it looks beautiful. Loving your videos and little experiments.👏😊
Thank you so much julie! 🙏🏼
I don't have time to read some of the comments. but excellent video 😊
Thank you very much! 🙏🏼
Coffee mill aka mocha mill. My grandma owned a similar one she brought back from Spain in the 1930s. Pepper mills with a reservoir at the bottom don't make sense.
I actually have a pepper mill with a reservoir at the bottom 😄😄 It is a greek pepper mill, pretty sure about that 😄
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Easiest way to answer this question is trying to grind coffee beans with this mill.
If this works: it's a coffee mill for picknick or travelling (telltale sign: foldable crank) for one or two small cups of mocha á la Turka, which is the traditional way to brew coffee in all countries of the former Ottoman Empire.
If not - because the entrance "holes" of the grinder are only big enough for the much smaller peppercorns: it's definitely a pepper mill.
BTW: kudos for your marvelous work!
@@HolgerGruber thank you 🙂
Wonderful job 👍
And, yeah, you called for it 😋: what is this vinegar blueing thing?
Hello again Jerome, thank you very much!
So the cold bluing with vinegar is actually pretty simple (doesn't work with stainless steel): The acetic acid of the vinegar reacts with the iron in the steel and builds Iron (II) acetate. In this reaction hydrogen is also released. The reaction scheme goes like this: Fe + 2 CH3COOH --> Fe(CH3COO)2 + H2
Iron (II) acetate makes the steel turn black. Btw Iron acetate is also the product which we receive when removing rust with acetic acid, remember? In that case we brush it off, in this case we conserve it to stay.
The heating of the vinegar is not necessary, but it speeds up the reaction, since chemical reactions take place faster with higher temperatures. There is a rule of thumb which says that chemical reactions take place double to triple times faster when the temperature is raised for 10 Kelvin. The name of this equation is the 'Arrhenius equation', you can check that out if you want!
I hope my explanation was good enough. Let me know if you have further questions, I will be happy to answer them!
Thanks again and greetings from Germany.
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Thanks for the explanation 🙏
I suspected it had a link with anti-rust vinegar method, but now I’m wondering: is the protective layer enough « protective » since in the other process it seems not too difficult to brush it away?
And greetings from France 😊
@@DrHutOfHandcraft thank-you!
@@jeromebarois1875 Great question! The Iron II acetate on the rust removed parts is like only a top layer which is caused by the reaction, you can even clean it away with your finger, because it is also very loose. When bluing you have a degreased and clean part, which you put in the vinegar for some time (with heat) and the iron acetate layer is more durable. And of course you have to conserve it afterwards, if you don’t do that it would probably come of easily (like with other bluing methods). You could probably brush it away also, but I am pretty sure that this also works with regular bluing methods, like some quick bluing substances, since its only a thin and superficial protective layer.
After all I think that this method should be as durable as other bluing methods if done right! 🙏🏼
Thanks a lot again for your support! 🙏🏼
@@jeromebarois1875 Ah and I forgot: When removing rust with acetic acid there is of course also the rust (which of course is not only iron) which is included in the reaction. Basically the term “rust removing” is not 100 % scientifically accurate, since you are converting “the” rust into something else. With the bluing method we don’t have the rust taking place in the reaction. I am sure that this is also an important factor.
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Hallo, Sie haben es wie neu restauriert und es sieht toll aus
Vielen Dank! 🙏🏼
Actually looking at that symbol it’s the Minoan part of Greece
Hm interesting observation 😄🙏🏼
It looks excellent and you did a masterful job restoring it as well!!!!
Enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up for support
Thank you very much for your support mate! 🙏🏼
@@DrHutOfHandcraft You're welcome!!
It is for coffee and not for pepper, it is beduin tool!
The guy I bought it from actually had a coffee grinder to sell. I also looked at that one, it was built a little bit different in the inside..
I guess pepper and coffee would work 😄
What is the goopy substance used to clean the brass?
Vinegar, salt and flour. It removes patina of brass, bronze and copper. 1/3 of all
Now it cost more then its worth.
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حجازيه اصليه 💐
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You did not remove thread burrs at the inner side of milling cone.
Do you mean the part that has the shaft on it? There was no thread. And like I said in the video, that part is hardened, so I couldn’t do much on it
Whole video was worth it just for the end. Long con restoration channel just for that gag.
Long con?
@@DrHutOfHandcraft like you only made a restoration channel to make that specific joke
@@Geerah Now I got it 😂 I really have a very sensitive nose 😂
I want a chemical explanation of vinegar bluing.
Hey mate, thank you for your comment!
Of course you have to degrease the parts first.
Cold bluing with vinegar is actually pretty simple (doesn't work with stainless steel): The acetic acid of the vinegar reacts with the iron and builds Iron (II) acetate. In this reaction hydrogen is also released. The reaction scheme goes like this: Fe + 2 CH3COOH --> Fe(CH3COO)2 + H2
Iron (II) acetate makes the steel turn black. Btw Iron acetate is also the product which we receive when removing rust with acetic acid. In that case we brush it off, in this case we conserve it to stay.
Heating of the vinegar is not necessary but it speeds up the reaction, since chemical reactions take place faster with higher temperatures. There is a rule of thumb which says that chemical reactions take place double to triple times faster when the temperature is raised by 10 Kelvin. The name of this equation is the 'Arrhenius equation', you can check that out if you are interested!
If you want to try that out remember doing this only with a proper container, which is heat resistant. I used Borosilicate 3.3 glas.
I hope my explanation was good enough. Let me know if you have further questions, I will be happy to answer them!
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Thanks for the comprehensive explanation. Did you study chemistry ⚗️ at Uni?🤔
@@LFKGooner You’re very welcome mate! No I am currently studying medicine at the University where we also had a lot of chemistry and biochemistry and I had advanced courses in chemistry at school
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Beautiful stuff!
@@LFKGooner 🙏🏼🙏🏼
*Final polishing and other minor details were missing*
I didn’t polish it on purpose, because i wanted a brushed finish and more matte finish
@@DrHutOfHandcraft Ok , sorry
@@saureano no need to be sorry mate, it’s your opinion and I will consider it in the future! 🙏🏼
yes I want all the chemistry that you have ...if not from you who?
😄😄 do you want the explanation of the vinegar bluing?
No pepper, it's caffe mill.
It is a greek pepper mill. Explanation why is in the pinned comment
This is not a peppermill, it is a turkish cofee mill
It is a greek pepper mill. Greak because of the meander signs. Explanation in the pinned comment
Mokka molen.
Yes you can probably also use it for coffee :)
Bluing is blue, that's blacking.
Bluing requires more skill to achieve.
That is wrong mate, bluing is not blue. Bluing is a passivation process where a black oxide coating is applied.