Very Rusty 1860s Cherry Pitter Restoration | Random Restoration
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2024
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In today's video I will be restoring a very old and very rusty cherry pitter which was patented in the 1860s. This cherry pitter was in very bad shape - It was caked in a solid layer of rust. The only paint left was small remnants. Lots of bodywork was required to fix the very rough casting that plagued all of the parts. At the end of the day it was a very fun restoration and transformation.
Like I noted earlier, some of these cherry pitters (of this exact style, made by the same manufacturer) had a patent date of 1863 and or 1865 cast into the main 'body' of the pitter. There were also some of these pitters that had "Patent Pending" instead of a patent date. This pitter never had a patent date or any text cast into the body. I found that these (*supposedly, though I could only find one source) were made starting in the late 1850s, and were made for many years.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Welcome!
0:27 Disassembly Time
2:36 Paint Stripping
3:31 Cleaning Parts
4:00 Some Rust Removal Stuff
4:24 Parts After Rust Remover
4:32 The Mildly Quick Removal of a Very Large Nose
4:50 Abrasive Buff Time
5:53 Wire Wheel Time
6:48 Cleaning up Rough Parts
8:20 Paint Prep
9:04 Painting
10:23 After Paint Adventures
11:15 Reassembly Begins
15:28 A Bit of Testing
16:21 Before and After
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You are soooo funny! Thank God I found this channel!
Hahaha thanks a lot for watching, Gigi!
There are sooo many videos out there… most of um are poo-poo…
I feel lucky to have finally found something that is not only well filmed, exceptionally demonstrated, taking a moment so (we) can examine & understand “what’s what!)
And shhh dont tell anyone but I thought I was the only one who sees & then makes random characters…
You obviously enjoy what you do…. Thank you, I feel honored that you shared your talent and vision!!!❤
Love your humor.
Haha thanks!
Your various figures make from the Cherry Pickers we’re quite whimsical and reduces belly laughs from my home! Thanks!
I just couldn’t resist hahaha thanks a lot for watching, Cynthia!
I restored one of these a few years ago. I treated it like a cast iron pan. I cleaned it up, oiled it, then baked it in the oven. it looked awesome.
Very cool, and not a bad idea! I'm sure it turned out looking pretty nice. Thanks a lot for watching!
Really like your sense of humour !
Haha I appreciate it, Fiona!
I Love to watch really antique things being restored. Almost 160 years old in this machine. Amazing! Keep It up my friend!
Thanks a lot, man! It really is hard to believe that this was brand new at some point so long ago. Looking forward to your next video :)
@@randomrestoration6858 Yep, this is ready to be used. I'm working in a restoration soon I'll share.
@@WorkshopDC Great, I'll be on the lookout for it!
@@WorkshopDC me too 🤙🏻
@@misterpatina 😉
Those are snazzy earrings… they match mine a Lego battle axe & a Lego lance!! We will be snazzy together!! 🙂🤣
Oh yeah we’re going to start a new trend by wearing questionable items as earrings hahaha
Would probably have been mounted on a wooden base, judging by the screw holes in the feet. Beautiful restauration!
Thanks a lot! I do have the wooden base (complete with screws) it was attached to - It's in rough shape, but intend on salvaging/restoring it and reattaching this in the future. Thanks a lot for watching!
Great job! Love how your restorations are fun and light heartted .. Keep up the great work! 👍
Thank you for the kind words, Troy!
Thank you ❤️👍🏼🌵🇺🇸
Thanks for watching!
👍Looking forward to see how it works in the cherry season^^
Thanks, man! I'm pretty curious about how well it works too - I'll definitely test it out on camera once I can obtain some of those elusive non pitted cherries haha
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The next time cherries are in season please make a short video so we can see it action!
Thanks a lot.
Fred Thomas in Skokie IL
I definitely will, Fred! Thanks for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 Summer's heeeeeere! :D
@@paradoxicalcanons True! I better start thinking about giving it a test soon!
Love when you joke around. It's Good for the soul.... : )
Haha thanks - I agree, Jake, life's a lot nicer when you joke around and have a bit of fun!
Nice job Bro! I love how your paintjobs turn out! The fact that the „wheel“ touches the body at the end isn’t too bad, it just shows that these beauties weren’t built perfect back in the days. So it’s legit :-)
And I want to see a video with you, pickin some cherries and testing this beast 😄
Thanks, man! Yeah, they certainly weren't perfect, I guess they were going for function over perfection. I will definitely do a video of this thing in action - I'm very interested in how well it works! If it ends up well and you need a significant quantity of cherries pitted you know who to call 😆
I would love to see a video with this machine working too. Old technologies is very interesting...
@@WorkshopDC This certainly is a very interesting contraption! Once I locate some cherries expect to see it being tested!
Что это такое???
@@randomrestoration6858 I would think that they left them loose like that so they wouldn't jam up and stop working. And the fact that they made them for a long time would suggest that they worked as advertised bro. I have a couple of them and they still work too. Great job.
That looks great!!
I appreciate it, Bill! It's a pretty cool piece - I still haven't actually given it a proper test with cherries since I was so busy this year, but I'm sure it'll still do the job nicely after all these years of use. Thanks for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 it will work perfectly! Old stuff was made to last and work forever!
@@lotsabirds It sure was!
Very nice work!
Hey thanks a lot!
Looks pretty cool
Thanks a lot!
Hi all, I hope you enjoy today's video! If there's anything you'd like to see me do differently in future restorations leave a comment and let me know, I'll gladly take suggestions. Thanks for watching!
Your commentary is very entertaining :)
@@mrradio4944 Thanks, Mr Radio! I'm never sure if it's too much/little so thanks for the feedback!
@@randomrestoration6858 i think your commentary is the Most entertaining in the whole CZcams-Restoration-Game 😄 please keep it up!
@@misterpatina Thanks for the kind words! I'll definitely continue spicing up the videos with my weird commentary 😆
This Video was plenty, no Thanks
Lovely restoration. I enjoy your comments and humour you attach to your work. Greetings from South Africa.🙏
Thanks so much for the kind words, Brian!
First time watcher. The project turned out great with the black screws and wingnut. Can't wait for the next video.
Welcome to the channel, thank you very much, Stan! I'm pretty excited for the next two projects, and they're coming along nicely so fart at least haha. Thanks a lot for watching!
I like this, the humor and bloopers in it.
Great work sir
Thanks a lot, Bianca!
I just found this video today - it's getting closer to cherry season!
It is indeed! I'll have to think about finally testing this out on camera. Thank you for watching!
Very good,show!🙏❤️
Thanks a lot!
Very nice restoration. We'll expect a demo next cherry season.
Thanks a lot! I'll definitely be testing this out on camera once I can get ahold of some cherries :)
@@randomrestoration6858 lo
Thank you great friend. did an excellent job. I left my like. And I already signed up.
Thank you for the kind words!
When you dropped the wingnut, it would’ve been funny if you added the sound of glass breaking
Well hey maybe I'll have to do just that the next time I drop something off camera hahaha
Nice! Never would have guessed it was a cherry pitter - my grandma's cherry pitter has a punch-down arm - punches the pit out the bottom and then the cherry drops off the punch down the back into a bowl.
Whoever got a pit in their cherry cobbler had to do the dishes - I just swallowed the one or two that I found in mine.
Eating a cherry pit or doing dishes is not too difficult of a decision in my books hahaha. I’ve seen the style of pitter you’re referring to. I wonder which design is better? This one is definitely designed to do a lot of pitting in a short time. I’ll have to test it out once I get my hands on some cherries!
@@randomrestoration6858 I am interested to see what state the cherries are in after pitting - the plunge-type pitter I used left an X in the entry side and a small ragged hole on the exit. It looks to me like that pitter you restored might kind-of tear the cherry in half? It might well be much quicker to use, though. The plunge pitter wasn't terribly quick - and in a pie/cobbler nobody looks at the cherries and says, "I won't eat it! These cherries don't look neatly pitted."
@@JAdams-jx5ek I would guess they do get a bit mangled in the process, but like you said, as long as the cherries don’t need to be neatly displayed in some manner they should be fine!
@@randomrestoration6858 cherry pie
@@timsmith1589 It makes sense that they'd be a bit mangled, but would indeed be perfect for cherry related recipes!
I really enjoy your comments... would you keep them on the screen a bit longer so that I do not miss any of them? I am so focused on the work that I do not catch the words quickly.
Thanks for the feedback! I've attempted to increase the amount of time text is on the screen on my more recent videos. It's still not 100% perfect, but much it's better than in older videos like this one. Thanks again!
Excelente Restauración de deshuesador de cerezas oxidada de la década de 1860, lo felicito, mis saludos y respetos desde Venezuela.
Muchas gracias, ¡Aprecio las amables palabras!
@@randomrestoration6858 👍👍
FIBER WASHERS! Great way to attach things, tighten nuts, and NOT mess up nice paint. :)
Hey thanks a lot for the suggestion! I'll definitely look into getting some for future restorations - Nothing sucks more than mangling your fresh paint job haha. Thanks for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 They are available on Amazon an other places in variety packs with many sizes. Plus they are easy to cut and customize. It's easy to make square ones if you prefer. There are also water resistant versions.
Nice job! Would love to see this in action one day
Thanks a lot! I plan on testing it out on camera at some point, but ran out of time to do it last year haha. Thanks for watching!
I cannot work out how a wheel going round and round puts a hole in and not grind it up! That has to be the must have gadget of it's day! Not a video to watch in bed, I kept laughing out loud!! A little plea, from me. Please can the words be a bit bigger or on for a little longer, I had to keep pausing or rewinding (if I was too slow) to read your comments. Amazing work x.
I still haven't tested it out to see how efficiently it pits the cherries, so there's no guarantee that this specific pitter doesn't totally mangle the cherries in the process hahaha. I've slightly increased the text size, and (for the most part) leave text on screen for longer in more recent videos, but it could certainly still use some improvement. Thanks a lot for watching!
Man, I loved the surfer dude and towards the end the project looked dead...but the nuts were happy. The whole thing looks great.
Thanks a bunch! I'm glad the surfer dude is getting some recognition hahaha
I have antique sea fork. (Large pitch fork and regular size, and very old sledge hammerhead, old lead shot mold, to restore.
Full chest of tools also needs restoring and placed back in original tool cupboard with many drawers. I refurbished the oak cub bard yrs ago…. Gorgeous!
Sorry for the late reply, but it sounds like you have quite the amount of future projects to work on! That'll keep you busy for a while!
You must be a magician too , good job.
Thank you very much, said navy, glad you liked the video!
Watching from the Philippines 👏
Thanks for watching, Mina! It's always cool hearing all of the different locations folks are watching from! I'm in the United States
Bad castings but the idea itself is pretty awesome especially considering how old it is!
Agreed, not the best casting, but a very interesting tool for sure. Thanks for watching!
Nice job🙂🙂🙂🌟
Thanks! 🙂
love the colours
Thank you, Marthie!
I understand that these videos, we only hear the noises the engineer makes. Especially when it comes to revamping a certain contraption.
Thanks, George! I reckon it's a bit relaxing hearing the sounds of the restoration.
Wow, excellent!
Thanks a lot!
@@randomrestoration6858 You are welcome. Keep it up.
Love your camera angles!!
Thanks a lot!
Wow, super nice that you reply to all the comments, I really appreciate this! New subscriber! 👍🏼❤️❤️❤️
I do my best not to miss any! Thank you for the support!
Wow this was pretty cool
Thank you, Walter!
great job brother 👍🏻
Thank you, Darck Master!
Mais um belo objetos, esse ficou top hein parabéns pelo trabalho amigo
Eu agradeço! Obrigado por assistir!
Beautiful restoration! I love the color choice. I appreciate your sense of humor. You make me laugh! Onion soup HA! Fired from your dental office and you didn't even work there! 🤣
Hahaha thank you for the kind words, Tammara! That onion soup may have questionable ingredients, but it makes up for it with how delicious it is hahah.
"It has quite a bit of pitting..." Well, it IS a cherry pitter! 😂 I enjoy your videos!
It certainly lives up to its name hahaha.
Very nice
Since this is a cherry pitter, and cherry juice will be dripping down and caught in a bowl, you should use an edible oil to lubricate the wheel, otherwise you will be contaminating the cherries and cherry juice.
You are very correct, Ross! I’ve had a couple of recommendations about both lubricating the wheel and applying a food safe grease to prevent the wheel and hopper from rusting. I still haven’t done either of those things because I’ve been too busy, but one day it’ll be done haha.
Looks like something that comes alive and attacks you in a B movie. That said, great job!
Hahaha it sure does. Thank you!
Excellent restoration. Suggest you reduce unrelated editorial comments by about a third.
Thanks a lot! Haha yeah since this video I have simmered down a bit with the comm3entary, as it was pretty distracting in some of my previous videos, this one included. Thanks a lot for watching!
Nice job. I also love hearing the sheep (or is that a goat?) in the background.
It is indeed a bunch of goats that you hear talking in the background. Thanks for watching!
Interesting device, not technically advanced but still useable today. Many items today require electricity and barely make it the end of their warranty period before they fall apart and are trashed. This thing is over a 100 years old and can still do M its primary function. Nicely done, sir very nicely done indeed.
I completely agree with you there, Paul. This may not be advanced, and the casting may not have been the best, but after all these years it's still perfectly functional!
Hi again, time for my commentary! As always, love the work! I'm starting to think you work for Dremel given the number of those abrasive buffs you run through lol!
Serious ideas though:
1. For the nuts and bolts, hot blueing would give a nice clean look, and you wouldn't have to worry about damaging paint with tool marks. (on the nuts/bolts, anyhow)
2. For lubrication and protection for the unpainted surfaces, a food grade machine lubricant, like Petrol Gel.
3. Tool idea, for the larger components you could probably skip the abrasive buffs and go straight to the wire wheel on the bench grinder, to save some time and money
Hahaha yeah I go through a lot of those buffs! I absolutely agree about bluing, and will definitely be bluing more items in the near future - especially screws/nuts since it hold up way better than when they're painted.
Great recommendation. I still haven't applied any sort of protection around the unpainted surfaces, but luckily it hasn't shown any signs of rusting yet. I'll absolutely look into Petrol Gel and maybe get those areas protected ion the near future.
I agree with you there! With the project I'm working on now I found myself doing the same thing. I even buffed some parts then threw them back into the rust remover. Then I buffed them again and followed all of that up with wire wheeling. What was I thinking hahaha? It was a lot of wasted time, and I'll definitely skip the buffs more and more in upcoming restorations. Thanks for watching!
I was 'nuts' enough to subscribe.😄
Hahahah thank you very much, Ray!
You added a washer to protect the paint, truthfully you should ALWAYS place a washer over a slotted hole, paint or no paint! 😊
PS: I was disappointed with the lack of cherries too!
Agreed! I reckon if there were washers there originally it wasn't too surprising that they had disappeared after all these decades!
One day I'll get my greasy mitts on some cherries and get them pitted with this hahaha. I'm really curious to see how efficient it is at pitting. Thanks for watching!
hola me gustó mucho el video Excelente! Saludos...
¡Muchas gracias!
Keren 👍👍👍👍👍👏😀
Terima kasih!
Many cherry pitters are also sold as olive pitters. Perhaps try some pitted olives as a test run?
I did have someone recommended that to me a while back, maybe I’ll give it a shot!
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Excelente restauracion, al final no supe para que es ese molino, será para maiz?
Oye, esto es para deshuesar cerezas. No pude encontrar cerezas en esta época del año, así que tendré que hacer una prueba en el futuro. ¡Muchas gracias por mirar!
Would sandblasting not remove the paint and the rust in one go?
Good question, It would indeed! Due to lack of space I don't have a sandblaster currently, but plan on getting one (along with a number of other tools) asap. With that said, one benefit to rust remover on certain items is that it's able to soak into screw holes and crevices that a sandblaster couldn't reach.
nice
Thanks a lot! 🙂
Good job brother 👍
Thank you very much!
Great job!! However I would recommend put something on the bare metal to prevent flash rusting.
Thanks, John! I agree, though I still haven't decided what I want to apply to the bare metal even though it's been a couple of weeks.
Oh, the dumpster water is just called trash juice! I bet that soup is wicked though
Oh yeah, you'll have to trust that it's wicked good, Jeromey!
good restoration. you do it over new
Thank you very much!
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up
Thank you very much, oneshot! 🙂
@@randomrestoration6858 You're very welcome
I gotta corn shelled and catch bin to restore. Where did u buy square nuts? My acorn tree does not make square nuts…
Every time I’ve needed square nuts I’ve found them on eBay. There are all sorts of materials and sizes that various sellers have that you should be able to find exactly the ones you want! Hahaha that’d be a pretty unique acorn tree. Thanks for watching!
Que función tiene la maguina no dijeron y no la pusieron a funcionar
Sirve para quitar los huesos de las cerezas. ¡Perdón por no mostrarlo funcionando en la cámara! No había cerezas disponibles para comprar cuando lo grabé, pero lo probaré en una fecha posterior en la cámara. ¡Gracias por ver!
It came out nice. I wonder if a bushing is missing on the shaft that would have held the wheel in place and not allow it to hit the sides.
It's a good question, someone did leave a comment that it's likely that some movement is intentional since it can move side to side which allows for different sized cherry pits, but it moves quite a lot as is haha. Thanks a lot for watching!
Too bad there wasn't a way of shimming the wheel so it wouldn't float but overall very nice restoration and great choice of colors. I love the black contrast on the red background. Very tastefully done. You earned my sub.
Thank you very much, Amanda! I reckon there are a few ways I could stop the wheel from floating, but I’d have to find the best subtle fix, as I’d like to keep it looking as original as possible. Thanks a lot for watching!
No cherries! That's the pits! ;
Haha I’ve been getting an influx of punny comments lately 😆
Классно
Большое спасибо!
nc restore!!
Hey, thanks for watching!
Wonderful red finish! One thing though... If you had found some cherries, the moving parts would have to be lubricated with Food-Safe grease. The type used here would have been toxic if ingested. Above all else, a great restoration.
Thank you, Alex! I will test this in the future, and if I ever use it for anything food related I will certainly use food safe grease. Thanks a lot for watching!
It may not have been red. I have one that is similar. No matter how much I wash it, it is still stained with years of cherry juice.
I did think about that, but in person it really appeared to be paint rather than residue from cherries. I can’t say for sure I’m correct though haha. Thanks for watching!
Why did you not use washers to prevent the paint from being chipped off while tightening screws? I though you saw the washers when you took it apart.
Nevermind, you did add washers later.
The contrast of the black tipped fasteners made the whole thing "pop".
Haha, well I can admit that I was having a hard time deciding whether to use washer or not since the washers and spacers seen during disassembly weren't original to the piece. Thanks a lot for watching!
Good skills indeed, but it is too new now. I feel that simply cleaning and oiling it would have be good for the purpose and with the right patina to tell its story. However, good work!
Fair enough! Thanks a lot for watching!
If you blend wing nuts for a smoothie I think the unhealthiness will be the least of the problems... A new blender will be needed!
You know the age-old saying: A freshly mangled blender a day keeps the doctor away hahaha
Oh can you list brand and chemical types you used? I can use fine ground hulls to blast off rust, but prefer less mess. Most humbled appreciation!
For this project I used a five gallon bucket of Evapo-Rust for the rust remover. Then I used “Aircraft Paint Remover” for the paint stripper. I can’t remember which paint I used, but it was simply spray paint primer and spray paint base coat that I bought on Amazon. Thanks again for watching!
It’s somehow fitting that there’s pitting in the pitter.
Hahaha you're right, it was meant to be!
Good job, this one looks random again.
Haha, thanks man! Yeah, it's definitely a different (but quite cool) piece this one. I promise next restoration will be equally random as well :)
@@randomrestoration6858 I hope so, keep going with the theme.
Хотелось бы лицезреть функциональность сего агрегата в деле.
Он предназначен для удаления косточки с вишни, но я не проверял, насколько хорошо он работает, ха-ха. Спасибо за просмотр!
The original colour appeared to me to be a shade of red called cerise, which literally means 'cherry coloured'. The final hue, not so much.
Indeed, it did appear to be a bit different shade. Once I gain more room for my restoration I'll start mixing my own paint rather than trying to match colors with the paint I'm currently using. Thanks for watching!
Would it work with olives?
I haven't tried yet, but a couple others have recommended testing them instead of cherries. I'll likely wait to give it a proper test with some cherries in the future. Thanks for watching!
What paintstripper you use?
I used a canned Klean-Strip Aircraft Paint Stripper for this project. Thanks for watching!
@@randomrestoration6858 Thx...
Ne için kullanılıyor?
This is used to remove the pits (centers) from cherries. Thanks for watching!
Had one of these many years ago
Very cool. How well did it work if you don't mind my asking? I have to wait a while until I'll be able to give this little fellow a test myself!
@@randomrestoration6858 it worked really well
@@davidstrohmeyer1691 Good to know, thanks for the reply!
Was good but personally would’ve liked to seen you try to sand/file out the casting imperfections better - some of the other channels on here go hard with it and can get crazy results
Thanks, Paul! Due to the age of this piece I really wanted to keep it more original looking than not, but some of my more recent restorations (such as the lead cutter) I definitely went all out to remove as many imperfections as possible. Thanks a lot for watching!
Anyone else get Dr Doofenshmirtz vibes from his subtitles?
Well rumor has it Doofenshmirtz is indeed my last name, but surely there's no correlation hahaha
"Bad cherry pitter"... LMAO!
It was really acting up hahaha.
like the embellishment details when the parts for this simple machine were cast. don't see this nice stuff these days
It’s true. This is such a cool little tool - stylish, simplistic, reliable, and it likely works quite well to top it off. Though I still have to give it a proper test at some point to see whether that last point is true or not!
Try placing your text in the title safe area for those watching on tv monitors.
This would also work with olives
I bet you're correct - It's pretty adjustable for different sized pits, though I still have yet to test it out after all this time to see how well it works haha. Thank you for watching!
Что за прбор и для чего?
Он предназначен для удаления косточки с вишни. Спасибо за просмотр!
Back in those days the parts were prolly straight from the foundry. Sure looks it if not.
Yeah they would have been painted, but aside from that they definitely wouldn't have been sanded to be smooth at all it would appear. Thanks a lot for watching!
Gran bel lavoro, complimenti!! Ma a cosa serviva?
This serve per snocciolare le ciliegie. Lo mostrerò in uso in un video futuro, ma non riesco a trovare ciliegie dove vivo in questo periodo dell'anno. Grazie per la visione!
@@randomrestoration6858 🙏
Puts paint stripper on it, finds out the cherry pitter was painted cherry red. Oh the irony of the thing being quite irony.
Hahaha right, I thought the paint was going to be black, but I guess it was fitting that it would be that shade fo red haha.