Powerful Scrapyard Finds! Repair-A-Thon!
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I was interview by Deutschlandfunk Nova today, a nationwide German public radio station. For all German-speaking listeners: You can check out the interview here under the link below this comment. A big Thank You goes out to the team at Deutschlandfunk Nova and the long-time viewer who made this possible! I've been doing this for ten years and have largely been ignored by everyone but my trusry viewers on CZcams,. So it's nice to get some recognition from you guys! www.deutschlandfunknova.de/beitrag/recht-auf-reparatur-wenn-reparieren-selbstverstaendlich-ist
So inspiring to see what you do and how you work. I learn so much from you and others like Marty T all the time.
The diagnosis of the plasma was incredible to take such a complex system and trace it all back to some dirty water just shows me what true genius is.
Thank you so much.
WOW that thing is powerful! 16mm steel!
Congratulations it's time you got more attention considering your message is so eco friendly and educational. 👍🏻
Your first thing should have been a metal three d printer
Sympathisches Interview! :)
I am still so amazed there are no forced ad reads in your videos. Such high quality content, and your Patreon members are to thank for keeping it that way. ❤
You are welcome 😉 but it's Gerolfs vision, spirit and dedication that truly makes it possible.
Loved to see the F&T brand capacitors in the beginning of the video. My granddad was the founder of that company.
I am a few generations removed from several inventors in other fields, it's always a great feeling to see that isn't it ❤
I think this is probably one of the best videos you have put up here. It was interesting, it talked about where you began, and the reason why you are fixing all of these big pieces of equipment. It included some failures (3D printed pulley) - always important to show people that even if they fail with something, to find a new way forward and not just give up.
It included a great example of how to troubleshoot something that doesnt work.
Thank you for this content.
Hoping that, even when you do get a massive workshop full of fancy equipment, that you keep making videos about doing stuff like this on a budget (rather than just tossing around loads of money to solve your problems).
Dear the1stDDD
👍👌👏 I happily agree. I almost stopped watching this channel but especially this kind of content definitely makes me come back respectively ignites my interest once more.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
That plasma cutter is going to be a game changer.
He should scoop an arcdroid cnc
Even the MINI MINI version Is! Parkside has now one for 50 Bucks or so, and its sometimes just a better solution!
And fund to diddleduddle around with it!
Love the enthusiasm when the plasma cutter worked. My five year old said "I knew he could fix it."
An eureka momment
My 2 year old boy gets mesmerized by these videos
@harlanbarnhart4656 Cool! I love it! Great that you got your young child watching this with you! Same for @alfredonski
Apparently, I ain't figured out this tagging stuff with @...whoever ! 🤪
Wooo Hoooo. I know that feeling ! :-)
Ooh yeah baby, it's scrapyard time! Why do I get so excited by German scrapyards? They seem like they are full of TREASURE!
Indeed! But its the same way around as well: I love the american or Australian version to watch! As a German Viewer there is always Stuff you dom´n't see here... . LOw Buck Garage has a pretty cool Video about a Desert Scrapyard. check it out! A good channel also! Greetings from Oldenburg/Germany ;-) Its Sunday, Its Musti1 Time, Its Scrapyard Time!
@@beakittelscherz5419 Thanks! Low buck garage subscribed!
Dear @@beakittelscherz5419
👍👌👏 I watch the mentioned channels too. By the way: Nice to meet you again.
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
That plasma cutter is a proper tool, I would be plasma cutting everything, any slightly tight nuts - PLASMA CUTTER, left the key for a lock at home - PLASMA CUTTER, a tin of beans for lunch - PLASMA CUTTER.
I bought one of the original Murex plasma cutters (one of the first models designed to be used outside of an Industrial setting) and, man, was it a learning curve! Things you need to know to save costs: 1) pilot arc wears out consumables really quickly so don't just start the torch in freezer air but, instead, position the torch at the start of the cut before pulling the trigger, 2) moisture is the enemy of plasma cutters torches. You need a really good line dryer to reduce moisture in your air supply to an absolute minimum. 3) the same goes for oil in the air supply, you may want to look for and combined oil/water separator to fit to the air inlet of the Plasma cutter.
I can't remember the details now but experiment with cutting round pieces and holes. When you cut a hole or a circular piece only one edge has a really clean, accurate edge. This is due to the fact that the plasma is created by constricting the arc in a high speed air vortex so it has a negative or positive rake depending on which side of the arc is considered. One side gives a cleaner edge than the other so if you cut a circular hole and it looks rough try cutting it in the opposite rotation (clockwise/anticlockwise).
Plasma cutter fumes need to be treated the same way as wiring fumes: there is a lot of metal vapour and oxides of Nitrogen in the fumes.
There’s something really special about a German doing a Southern American accent 😂 Well done as usual. Thank you!
Dear justina208
👍👌👏 I agree. Nevertheless: After all those years I still hope that this ingenious guy will lose respectively give up the bad habit to speak typical "German English" so much at last. Especially "though" and "here" and "then" are extremely often used at the end of sentences. All this is definitely not common, not necessary and therefore completely senseless/useless. To be completely honest: To me it's even very annoying and distracting (although I'm a German too).
Best regards, luck and health in particular.
My whole workshop is based on the exact same way as you, everything was purchased broken and cheap and repaired. I just wish I had a great scrap yard like the one you go to, but so many scrap yards are now closing to the public here in the UK, because of insurance against people getting hurt.
that is happening more and more in the USA too but Texas is still relatively free.
You should try Norway. Everything is streamlined and closed down. If stuff is delivered to a scrapyard it is lost to the fixit crowd. A shame for fixers, but it get faster into a meltdown and reuse materials cycle.
UK is pretty much the same when it comes to the council run dumps and so on.@@noldushumlesnurr6169
Your laughter at the first cut is priceless! Well done sir!
Just a quick tip to save you headaches - HF start plasma as yours is will cause no end of issues on a CNC machine. The EMI causes the controllers to crash randomly. Lots of people on forums learn the hard way after buying a HF plasma cutter
Interesting, can you shield the controllers?
@@ArmySigs go on the CNC forums and look at all the inventive ways people try to overcome the EMI issues. 99% of them end up buying a blowback start plasma cutter. Nothing like wasting lots of good steel to finally realise it's not worth the hassle
Thanks for the heads-up! Makes total sense
I have read that quite a few times as well.
EMI? Electro-Magnetic-Induction?
Awe man, with as expensive good nuts and bots are these days, seeing all that basically brand new hardware just dumped on the ground left to rot and rust hurts my soul! There is easily a couple grand worth of hardware in that pile, really glad you didn't let some of them sit there. Wish I lived in Germany to be able to visit these awesome junkyards and pick some great finds and to prevent perfectly serviceable equipment from rotting away.
Best series on youtube right here!! 👍👍
A project supervisor once told me to throw out a similar mixed pile of hardware because he didn't think it was worth paying an apprentice 8USD and hour to sort it. This was decades ago but still seemed silly.
I started watching a vlog by a scrap guy and I am truly amazed by the things he finds and recycles for mostly scrap value. I think still valuable things end up in the scrapyards or the trash dumpsters because it cost more in labor and expenses for the companies to handle the stuff then just through it away it is just short term expediency
@@unclefrogy743 Also consider efficiencies, the company I work for is investing(replacing) in "green" equipment. Sometimes it makes sense but these replaced equipment would still service someone with a lower duty cycle just fine. The risk in finding those people and liability and paper work and and.. results in me picking up the phone and calling a scrap dealer.
Just to get an asset donated on paper consumes several people's time and this is also a large factor.
Last year a large dealer in my area went bankrupt and solt truckloads of new stuff to scrapyard. I know a guy that runs the scrapyard and he told me that they bought just over 70 tons of bolts, nuts, drill bits of all sorts, pins, washers...everyting was packed nicely in boxes and sorted out on pallets when they went to load it. I bought some 70 kilos i believe...just imagine a 4 large truckloads of completely new stuf just piled up by a big CAT loader. I cannot imagine all the stuff that was simply burrowed too deep and forever lost
. Lots of stuff was not of high quality but there were still tons of quality 10.9 and 12.9 bolts, drill bits for metal and concrete, washers...Eventualy they sold few tons but like 99% went to be melted...Such a shame.
I'm sorry. With a wife and kids in today's economy, I can't justify donating. But please keep going I've been watching for 7 or 8 years. I love the content and even when the electrical engineering parts are a bit above my pay grade I learn a lot about troubleshooting my own mechanical issues. Good job!
Hearing you happy and laughing when the Plasma cutter started working made me grin big time! Congrats. So many small repairs to get to the final goal. Awesome man.
I loved your logical method of tracking down the fuse issue. This is the basis of all good troubleshooting.
Man I love your channel. I respect those people who always tries to give life back to old stuff rather than buying new ones.
1. You replaced a ceramic sand filled fuse with a glass one. Usually the requirement for ceramic sand filled is a safety reason so you may want to put "proper" one in. 2. Automotive coolant systems can usually be rinsed out with plain tap water with some "household soda" added. Go through one heat cycle, flush with tap water. Repeat until clean soda water comes out after a heat cycle. Do not leave soda water in, but replace with proper coolant. I have done many cars, with both copper and aluminium parts in the system without having bad effects. Leaving liquids in a cooling system without the proper anti-oxidation additives will be harmful to the system, so your destilled water is probably not suitable to stay in there for any extended period.
You are a rare breed these days. I grew up repairing equipment and cars due to being poor, funny how you learn more that way. I admire your life and skills. Great content as always. 🎉❤
Your next equipment foray should be into metal casting. That 3D printed pulley would have made a good pattern. Lost foam casting can be really, really powerful tech to master.
i love videos : diging in scrap - then repair and use - this is pinacle of this channel !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow! Richtig toll so mitzuerleben woran es gelegen hat, dass der Cutter nicht funktioniert hat! Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass du da eine ganze Weile Ursachenforschung betrieben hast! Bitte mehr davon
Took the words right out of my mouth.
You made an error in replacing the fuse. The fuse you showed originally in it was a type ABC ceramic sand filled high temp fuse. The one you replaced it with was a standard glass type. It will likely fail due to not having the heat dissipation. You might want to change it out wit the correct type fuse, especially if you are using it in a extended use CNC machine.
Slo-blow fuse just takes out the next component. lol
Good advice. Although I must add that the simple glass fuses will hold up just fine as long as their rated current is not exceeded. But in circuits with higher voltages they will explode violently when they blow. The air inside the glass tube expands rapidly by the heat of the arc when the fuse breaks the ciruit. The sand filling inside the fuse reduces the volume of air as well as it dissipates the arc's heat.
really cool stuff! you can consider a VFD for the compressor, and let it run faster at lower tank pressure, regulated by a pressure sensor connected to a arduino that in turn controls the VFD, these can often also be found used for very little money, and will make your compressor fill back up much faster.
You are a beast when it comes to electrical equipment bro. Your skills and knowledge is top shelf.👌👍🤘🔥🔥🔥
Very impressive plasma cutter repair, your troubleshooting was spot on. Hats off! ✌️🎉
Wow! That plasma cutter is a beast! Congrats on the radio interview - well deserved!
The best part is his joy when the thing works. Really felt that. 😊👍
WOW That plasma cutter looks like fun to use. Incredible technology. Congrats on everything working again.
Always glad to find another of your videos.
Stay safe, and happy tinkering!
normaly the pipe from the pump to the tank is is hard copper or steel line with flared fittings, that's why it had UNF threads on it. The reasoning for hardline their is because the pump can get very hot from running long which makes the air come out burning hot at.
Yes I don't expect the rubber plumbing hose to last too long!
That Plasma Cutter is Going To Be A Game Changer
That plasma cutter fix was awesome! A flawless, textbook execution of following the issue to the source as opposed to treating a symptom or two! Beautiful!!!
Bro, those cast iron bath tubs are gold! Maybe not for the weight of them at the scrap yard but... the older style ones done up and painted fetches a good price. Also, retangular ones you can build brick walls to support it and light small fires under them - perfect for when you get out of the city. I´m working on one right now for my wife!! She is a teacher and deserves a bath every now and then (we generally don´t have baths in our country so its quite a novelty).
Wow! That plasma torch works great!
Awesome to see that old plasma cutter fixed :)
Just so you get some of the feedback I bet you wish.
I've made a habit of buying machnies that I need for cheap in non working condition, learning to repair them and then put them to good use. You are quite a big part of why I do that.
My latest achievement: a rinding lawn mower with a non running engine i found for 200€. Used and in working condition, you can't find them below 600, new they cost 1700. All i had to do to get it running again was a bit of modification to the intake valve, because it was stuck open.
Thank you for inspiring people.
It's my job to fix others problems! I love this video showing how others lazy fixes make bigger problems in the future!
Great job diagnosing and fixing the problem with the blown fuse on the plasma cutter! Thanks for sharing with everyone. I hope many of us learn a lot from your well thought out process. Excellent! I also love it when I find such treasures at the scrap yard! I bought several pounds of stainless steel TIG filler rods at scrap prices once. The bolts and nuts & hardware you got were a bargain, I love it! I would have struggled to keep it so limited, and would have bought more than I could ever use. 😁
Can’t wait to see your CNC project
Ridiculously fun, and I rejoiced when the HARD work paid off. Great job ! !😮
Your troubleshooting skills with the electrical components never cease to amaze me. I have never seen a plasma cutter that can cut steel that thick!
The troubleshooting of the plasma cutter was very entertaining and well documented. The euphoria getting it working must have been incredible.
I love that gentle 50Hz hum while cutting, thanks for recording it! :D
All these industrial tool repairs you do are full of useful details and tips for others to follow as well.
Good work!
This was such a joy to watch
Always enjoy your work and findings at the scrap yard. This video was awesome to see and hear your absolute joy & happiness in finding and fixing those great pieces of machinery. Thank you for taking us along and sharing your life with us all
Really love your channel
I love finding used equipment and fixing it, most times the older built equipment is more robust and lasts much longer than new! Great finds!
It's always a joy to see you bring old equipment back to life. Well done on another successful set of repairs.
Awesome content as always dude, That laugh of happiness when you first got the plasma cutter working and realised what capabilities have opened up to you was priceless. been watching for years and I love seeing the constant growth, cant wait to see the future installments with the newfound tooling putting in some work!
As someone who has a service shop for welding and plasma machines, I always find it exciting seeing content related to that field. Happy seeing people still re using old machinery, which in my opinion where made with the intention to last, not to be sold. Also if you want to choose a controller for the CNC, I recommend not to choose a Mach3 one but instead to buy a Chinese CNC controller with a built in THC controller. It's cheap, very user friendly and convenient.
Those are some pretty heavy-duty upgrades! Looks like the TIG welder is already earning its keep, and I can't wait to see you get started on the CNC for the plasma cutter, so it can get to work as well.
Well done. I know and can appreciate the massive hours it takes to refurbish gear like this. A feather in your cap my friend.
I really enjoyed hearing your back story and how you came to be the repair guru you are today. I'm following a similar path of buying old broken tools and fixing them up for use in my shop. It is a really great way to build your tool collection and your skill set at the same time. Thanks for sharing your journey through this process.
Finally some worthy stuff!
HandyTIG looks similar to larger ISITIG or IT252/420GW, but extremely squeezed together.
IT252/420GW is awesome, extremely repairable.
This is the awesome electromechanical inventor I enjoy watching! You are back using your talents brilliantly. Yeaaaaasss! Thank you Gerolf.
👍👍 Great Video,thank you😉.
Ich habe mir mal schnell das Interview angehört,deine Aussagen sind vollkommen richtig!
Es war außerdem nice, dich mal deutsch sprechen zu hören😁!
Grüße
Peter
That plasma is a beast!
Im impressed, I would have thought old industrial gear like that plasma cutter would have been totally wreaked and I wouldn't have risked buying it. What a mug I would have been.
Have you ever considered using the old Bosch pump and motor , even the tank as a Vacuum tank and pump? Although not a perfect unit you can make a very serviceable unit. Great for anything from casting to paint mixing.
That plasma cutter looks like a solid unit, well done.
That. Was. Amazing! I’m always impressed by your ability to repair things. I look forward to the near equipment you source / make
Your talent with electronics and all thing mechanical is amazing. Nice job on the compressor and plasma cutter. I built my own 4’ x 8’ table a few years ago and love it. I wish I spoke German I would love to hear the interview.
You could use that old compressor tank as a soda blaster hopper so you can use the new compressor to remove all of that rust from things like the girder. Just have to set up a tent with a tarp for the floor to make reclaiming the soda during use.
Phenomenal work as always! Thank you for sharing your passion, expertise, and philosophy with us. You are not alone in your belief that waste is all too abundant. As well as your demonstrated belief that restorations are a truly viable means of achieving self sufficiency in the home, and potentially the commercial workshop.
Thanks again for the enjoyable inspirational instructions and glorious deconstruction with purpose!
-CY Castor
A plasma cutter is definitely a game changer in any workshop. A cnc one, Even more so.
Axle bolt is loose on the compressor pump 19:21. Thanks for all the nice projects!
I noticed that when the new compressor stopped at 19:18, a washer under the pulley bolt on the compressor head appears to be still spinning. Might want to check the tightness on that bolt.
Also saw that
Congratulations for getting all that stuff working again. While I am saddened by the mindblowing wastage of our society, I am rather envious of you having access to such treasures, and heartened that you and like-minded people are doing something to try and recycle what you can !
Wow. That plasma cutter. Talk about a hot knife through butter. And such a beautiful cut!
we had a massive CNC plasma table at my old work & it was good for around 18mm steel pretty cool project ngl
As for 3D printed parts - they are not always ideal, but more advanced filaments can help a lot. Like PA-CF can stand very high temps etc and is not THAT expensive. :) Cheers!
Amazing episode, the welder and the plasma cutter were a nice find. Good job giving a new life to this nice equipment 🎉
Really enjoyed this one! Seeing the full system working together and chopping 12mm steel was great,
Great stuff Gerolf, so happy to see you building up your workshop again. I'm always impressed with your electrical technical skills and your troubleshooting acumen.
I noticed the washer on your compressor pump pulley looked loose, hope that bolt is tight. Keep up the good work, and stay safe. I'm excited to see what else you're going to come up with. Thanks!
Cant stop laughing at the way he says "87" 21:02 :D
I am used to cut metal 4 mm thick with an angle grinder, and I alredy thought investing in a plasma cuter, only to abandon this idea, because after seeing new plasma cutters that I could afford in actions they were not much better than an angle grinder, but those were probably rather been cheap versions (or a copressor not powerful enough) compared to what we can see here.
It is just incredible how the machine cuts through 6 mm steal easier than a hot nife through butter!
I must probably conside buying a second hand one with a fix nedeed, not sure though I would be able to identify the fault and repare it, especially if it is in a high voltage circuit board.
Great repare, keep posting, I always enjoy your videos.
That is a potent plasma cutter. great to see it fixed and in action.
Congrats on the plasma cutter and fixing it! :) I admire your precision and thoroughness. I like it. Thanks for the video. Inspirations like this can be uplifting on some days when a man, tired with the work so far, starts to doubt if he'll manage to finish his projects on time. Cheers. :)
Sorry to hear you say you have been 'largely ignored' except for us here on CZcams G. As a viewer of your channel from the beginning, you are a legend mate and sincere person. Oh yeah, 21:02 😂😂 Your sheer joy at the end was infectious, well done man :)
I watch almost all of these, this is my favorite in a long time, new capabilities are always interesting.
Shaking my head at whoever threw away all those nuts and bolts in excellent condition.
Repaired, that plasma cutter is going to be worth it's weight in gold. Congratulations!
Lorch Handy Tig are excellent machines. Probably one of the best in their class. Theyre also very expensive. I have one too that I got new years ago and I cherish it a lot. It still looks like new.
Nice! Our plasma cutter at work has a ring which fits around the nozzle with two little legs on it which run along the job, to keep you about the right distance from the cut. Perhaps this would be a useful addition to your setup.
That old compressor tank would make a great woodburner.
Jetzt kommen langsam die grösseren Kaliber zum Zug....Der Messer Schneider ist kein spielzeug. Geil. Klasse gemacht. Und Mannol hat endlich auch seinen Weg zu dir gefunden. Mein go-to Brand. Top Arbeit.
"I can assure you that we didn't have those back in 87" had me dying!
thouse type of wago clamps showed up in early 2000s. the newer ones are see throu and much thinner
@@nikomangelmann6054 I know. It was the American accent that I found amusing
i love this channel it is fun to watch your projects and learn about electronics etc. i love repurposing recycling and fixing things. Save so much money. Glad you are getting some recognition.
That plasma cutter works brilliantly
you will love having a plasma cutter at your disposal. it makes fabrication work a lot easier :)
How good you must feel restoring these new additions to your shop. That plasma cutter appears to work better than mine...... and it's how old? Thank you for sharing your experiences, it is really inspiring and learning how to persevere and address obstacles is a valuable skill.
Great video! That plasma cutter slices through 16mm (.63 inch!) like a "hot knife through butter", as we Yanks say...
21.03 I can assure you we didn't have these back in 87 ....😂😂😂
Well done. Always an informative episode. I love seeing the stuff people discard in your junkyards. I even saw an EG Civic sitting on top of a pile - these cars are rare and valuable here in Australia.
Great job fixing that plasma cutter. If I were there in that scrapyard I would’ve taken home even that storetec systems carousel warehouse system that you showed at 0:49
Always fun to watch you sort out problems and fix them properly!
Huh, is the pulley on the air-pump slightly bent? Dang! That plasma-cutter is powerful! Excellent acquisition.
Nice! Thorough forensics and a new tool emerges.
That plasma cutter EATS that metal! 😂