Making a Wooden Box for my Door Bell
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- čas přidán 25. 06. 2024
- In this video I'm making a wooden box to cover the electrics of the antique German Door Bell I have recently restored on my main channel „my mechanics“.
I've built this little box from european walnut. To mount it on the door bell I've made two mirrored hook latches. To give it all a matching look with the door bell itself I have applied linseed oil on the wood and nickel plated the steel parts. I have used two wood screws to fix the latches, which I quickly sanded clean and also nickel plated.
Be sure to also check out the restoration video of the door bell itself if you haven't already.
Link to the video on the main channel:
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Beautiful work as always buddy. I hope we get to see the next project you do sooner this time lol. The anticipation was killing me. I had to watch old videos to get my, MY Mechanics fix hahahah
What brand of tool are your files?
I would have liked to have seen a transparent box so that we could have admired the restoration work you did on the bell (plexiglass type). Congratulations, you are a very good restorer.
Very good work, as usual. One vitally important thing to remember when glueing end-grain is to apply a thick coat of slightly-thinned glue to just the end-grain itself, allow it to wick into the wood for five(?) minutes, THEN apply regular glue to the whole joint and assemble & clamp it. If you don't pre-apply glue to the end-grain, then, when everything is clamped together, the glue that is trapped between the pieces will wick into the end-grain, starving the joint and making it weaker. That is a major source of the (incorrect) myth that end-grain joints are weaker. (On a small box like this one, that isn't important, but it is still good to get into the habit.)
Swiss knifes... Swiss watches and... Swiss restorations! Perfection and nothing else!
I love MyMechanics so much, but as a woodworker, it's a little bit hilarious to see the steps a metal worker goes through to mill and fabricate wood 😂
I'm telling ya, you could restore a toothbrush and I'd still watch every second in amazement. You do such fantastic work! 🍻
I just pictured a perfect, mirror-shined toothrbush-shaped piece of art, shimmering in every color, the shop lights glinting off of every surface..
@@serenity6415 😂 I can totally see that and agree 100%👍
The bristles are no good , I make new ones!!!
I want a toothbrush restoration so bad now lol
@@theshmoo560 He could do a big wire brush with a lovely wooden handle. He's probably who does the restoration and maintenance work on Thor's hammer.
I love how you do woodwork like a metalworker. I find it's not so easy to attempt the inverse.
I do woodworking, and love how you use your milling machine for those joints. So simple. Thanks for giving me some ideas.
I was thinking the same thing... new woodworking perspective from a milling point of view
Way safer/better to do it on a table saw.
@@MagPel1 None of my table saw blades make a perfectly flat bottom in the kerf. I cringe slightly seeing the wood part moved thru the bit by hand but in the end he has all his fingers. And after all we have 10, we could get by with 9-1/2.
@@PGvisions Well. The mill is basically just a beefy router
I am always cringing when I see woodworking being done on a milling machine. Guess its just another material, and just a little unusual for me. But stunning results!!
A machinist's approach to woodwork. Very cool.
My Mechanic is on another level, I have watched every video multiple times. The only problem is I wish you had more. You are truly a master.
I find it very entertaining that you use milling machines for woodworking.
Because, of course you do. 🤣
This is an awesome little build, I loved the doorbell restoration. Keep up the fantastic work.
It's great to see you back.
His shop is so small that he doesn't have room for metal working AND wood working.
@@Vickie-Bligh
That, and I believe he is Just. That. Good. ❤️
I absolutely LOVE watching him work.
@@jonny555ive Me too. I enjoy watching him work so very much.
It’s admirable and puzzling how he’ll use an ultra precision mill on wood but then he’ll also use hand tools like a rasp on wood, or a file on metal when he also uses a lathe or mill on metal. Like there’s no in-between for him. For example I’d use an angle grinder at some point if I was him but I never see him use one. He’d rather file for hours.
@@davidswanson5669 He does use an angle grinder but it creates such a mess, he limits it's use.
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Beautiful work, as always. Your patience to file out those hooks astounds me.
Most of us would just go down to a hardware store to find something that could be made to work. He “make a new one.”
It has never occurred to me that a simple hook latch can be beautiful... until today.
Watching someone treat wood like metal and mill it or grind it into shape is oddly satisfying to watch.
Anybody else would go out and buy two little hooks. But not this guy. Perfect, as always . . .
Another absolutely beautiful restoration.
I love how the hooks were mirrored, it's just another one of those small details that sets this channel apart from the rest.
To be honest, I actually expected them to be mirrored, I would have been disappointed if they weren't. After watching the first one being locked in place, I was thinking "The other one is mirrored, right? ...Yup, it is!". :)
You are single handedly turning the concept of wood working on its head lol. When does your classes start? The whole restoration turned out amazing. In this day and age I would love to be able to repair and restore at the fine detailed level you do, because all this stuff you restore will be around another 100 + years
No. This is inefficient woodworking.
Anyone with a milling machine know how to push a piece of wood along a fence
This guy. He NEVER gives less than 210% into any of his projects. Half-assed isn't even a concept for him. I am repeatedly and continuously in awe. Bravo, sir.
It is soooo nice to see you do even small holes on bench drill, and don't fall back to hand drill. Details matter!
When you laid out the hooks, I thought, "now, he's just showing off!"
But they certainly fit better than some cheap brass hooks. The fit is perfect!
Greetings from Petersburg!
Friend, you've been gone for so long. I hope you didn't get sick! I am very glad that you are with us again! The box is great.
I'm imagining walking through your house and seeing all the refurbished items.
He has a lovely display of items.
Holy smokes! You did the hook entirely by hand?! 🤯 I'm blown away!!!
The hook latches! Completely made by hand! Out of this world!!
I'm so glad you haven't found your local hardware store!!
Such perfection! I really appreciate that you let the board and the box grain in same direction, and the wood is very beautiful. Congrats!
@my mechanics insights I would have liked to have seen a transparent box so that we could have admired the restoration work you did on the doorbell (plexiglass type). Congratulations, you are a very good restorer.
يعجبني إتقانك لعملك!
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So much attention to the smallest detail. That’s what makes him great to watch.
Your work makes us very happy. Now that is a very rare talent for which, I for one, am extremely grateful. I have to leave you all soon, so thank you for giving me so much pleasure. Every restoration a masterclass. Thank you.
Literally any other person would have bought latches. This man? Hell nah. Amazing.
It's very interesting to see the difference in wood working between a carpenter and a machinist, never the less, EXCELLENT WORK!!
the patience you have to make those latches from scratch amazes me!
That box deserves something beautiful in it, perhaps the electronics of a beautifully restored Bell
2:28 that sanding sound made me uneasy
Great job! Love your videos ❤️
Beautiful work as always buddy. Not only did we get one, but 2 videos this time. I'll take it lol. I cant wait to see what's next. Well done sir. You continue to set the bar higher and higher on restoration project channels. Awesome job
Yes after every project he made he setup the quality higher
@@thekato123 The bar is set to "record" every time. :)
Thank you so very much for your dedication to perfecting your craft. You are very very appreciated EVEN by people like myself....and i happen to be an eternally miserable person that hates almost everything, lol.
Hahaha.
Funniest thing I've read all day so far 🤣
Всегда приятно смотреть на красивую и аккуратную работу! Перфекционизм рулит! Мастеру респект.
The best part is the last screw. It fits perfectly in the clamp. Amazing.
Lovely work. I could easily see another 'insights' video for the mini tumbler.
There's only one thing to say.... perfection as always!
It's a lovely box and I like how you did the joints, but I would've been tempted - _very_ tempted - to make a glass front panel instead of a wooden one, so you could see the electrical arcs. Less historically accurate to be sure, but very tempting.
He likes to use linseed oil. I'm a stain guy.
On my main channel I spend what was probably weeks restoring the electrical parts of this amazing antique door bell. On my second channel I spend time building an amazingly cool box to hide the electronics I spent weeks restoring for my main channel. :) :) :). Love it. :)
Seriously. Is there anything you can't do? You are the best!
Those tongue and groove joints are simple, deceptively so. There are several variables to control. When done properly, as you did, they are beautiful. Of course, it doesn't hurt to use a vertical mill! Well done sir, and thank you.
Based on your joinery techniques and glue-ups, it's pretty clear to me you're a machinist first and a woodworker second (as if we didn't know that already from all your other videos!). But it's super cool to see machining techniques and machinery used for woodworking, very creative!
There is a certain elegance in the way the smallest things are made 🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹🇹
It's not just your physical work that's amazing, i also love your choice of colours. Very classic and timeless.
That's my biggest pet peeve with Tysytube, he does everything good but let's himself down at the end with his choice of colours and materials
The quality of your realisations is what I call perfection =)
What a great way to finish up the doorbell project. This was definitely worthy of its own video. Thanks for sharing your craftsmanship with us. That doorbell is stunningly beautiful now.
It's a treat watching your work, as always. The hooks were just perfect with how nice and flush the screws are, can't believe you filed them by hand like that.
You show unbelievable talent and patience, you are truly gifted.
Awesome 👌
The satisfying “click” of the first hook getting in place gave me chills 😅 Another masterpiece completed! Thanks for the entertainment you provide us. Greetings from Italy
I had the same reaction...like "COME ON...." how did he measure that out to know just have much lip to put on the beginning of the hook and then the angle of the remaining to cam it down at just the right pressure...and then to actually pull it off by hand...
You have to be so good at math and measuring. This cannot be easy. But you make it look like it is. Your shop is always so clean too. Such great videos come from your channel!
Idk why I loved this video so much. You kindof combined the skills of both of my grandfather's into one video. One of my grandpa's was a woodworker with a more rough, cut then measure style. And my other grandpa was a clock Smith, so he was a more precise measure, and mill. Machinist styler worker. Grew up watching and helping both grandpa's. This gave me the satisfaction of both at the same time
Honestly, I've always been way more into metal fabrication than anything in the shop, yet my dad's a carpenter.
It's not been since seeing you work wood as if it were metal that I started to really wrap my head around woodworking. Lol
This dude literally eats, sleeps and breathes perfection.
Very enjoyable to watch a skilled craftsman apply his skills. Excellent!!!!
Rushed straight over here to watch this after the excellent doorbell resto vid, because I knew I'd get more of the same enjoyment out of it. And I wasn't wrong 😁. Thanks man, for a great job and TWO vids not just one. Any chance you can put one out like, every couple of days? 😂 Yeah, it's okay, I know the answer to that 😉. 😎
Finishes the bell off a treat.
Nice job as always. I am almost surprised that you didn't use some plexiglass, so we could see the beautifule mechanism that you wonderfully restored.
Milling machine as router table is an interesting choice!
This second channel stuff is as good as the first channel videos ... Superb ❤
Immer schön ein neues Video von dir zu sehen!
Огонь 🔥🔥🔥! Крючки конечно можно было купить но my mechanics решил сделать их сам и в этом как раз секрет одного из самых успешных каналов. Спасибо!
There's a word I'm trying to think of.... can't remember it.... uuuggggggghhhh!!!!! WAIT! I know! BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
Your attention to detail is one of the things I so admire about you. Making sure your wood grain matched not only on the box but also with the bell took it from being nice to beautiful. It's simple but very elegant and a finely crafted piece of work. Superb, MM, as usual. Thanks for sharing it with us.
You made it top notch as always, but it is a faul to cover that beautiful piece of art (that you restored so beautifully)!
Beautiful work! As a woodworker, I found your methods quite interesting! - Joe
Having breakfast and relaxing.
Delicious, classic and historically correct.
Holly mechanic! How amazing it is!!!
Holy crap, you used a milling machine but still set it by hand?!? Master craft
Those hinges! Well done, beautifully done.
I would like this box to have a glass top, so everyone can see the inner beauty
love the wood working but i think a acrylic case with the old newspaper sandwich in the center would look way cool plus the iner workings of the bell just look so good
Everything this man makes is perfect...respect.
Even such tiny, simple things as hooks are gorgeous when you make them. Your work is so meticulously awesome.
I love walnut and I love what you have done with it.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY CREATE A WOODWORKING CHANEL.. I LOVE IT !!!!!
A wooden box made almost exclusively with machinists tools, now that's somethign I've never seen before. You are an artist!
Perfect dude ! the Walnut really sets the piece off. Stunning restoration
Its so awesome to see First Class precision machine work and restoration! Keep up the awesome work that You do! Thanks for sharing...👍
Its always so cool to see how a machinist does woodworking because it is so different to how a woodworker would do it. Just completely different mindsets on how to approach the construction.
If I ever go to Switzerland it won’t be to tour the country. It would be in hopes I get to tour your shop and work with you for a week.
Awesome! Would've been nice to have had a pane of glass as the top of the box to make a window for watching the gorgeous mechanism in operation. A good excuse for another project and another video!
نعم غطاء شفاف انها فكرة جميلة ..
I disagree. This is a doorbell from 1902 or something. It wouldn't be true to the original.
Oh yes sweet Job Love it Mal wieder Hammer geworden 👍❤️👍
This man upgrading rather than restoring old pieces. Really impressive work.
Filing the top flush. *Chef's Kiss* 😂😂
Astonishing attention to detail, thank you again
Even something as simple as a box made with such dedication and mastery reflects your unmatched passion.
A thing of beauty is joy forever ✨✨
The attention to detail is just amazing. Well done 👍
Machining walnut. Nice.
Like my father would have said: "You have gold hands". Wonderful!
awesome work....thanks for sharing it....very beautiful....i love it....
Sehr sauber gearbeitet. Mega
Beautiful, dude! Really fantastic work! 😃
Stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Strong Clickspring feelings when you were making the latches... :D
Love and appreciate your work and inspiration a lot. Especially your filing! Today I had a smile for you simply ignore basic woodworking techniques and go your own way. Love it!
Simple but meticulously carried out! Beautiful looking piece! Nice work, dude! 👍
When I was trained I was told to never machine wood in equipment designed for steel work, and vice-versa. They never told us why.
A few reasons.
1. Wood holds moisture and guys let it sit and rust.
2. Metal chips and dust get into the wood grain and cause discoloration.
3. The speed selection on a lot of machines don't lend themselves to being efficient.
I'm sure there are tertiary reasons like fires, but I can say from my own experience, rusty stained wood just doesn't look good for fine finishes.
I did have a meat cleaver handle machined out of wood once, it was absolutely fantastic
Who has to clean it? Not the boss…