This restoration is on a model "M" round knife cloth cutter made by The Wolf Machine Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The company had been in business since 1888 and still makes these types of products today. My best estimate places this machine being made in the early 1950s.
This tool made for a very interesting restoration as I came across several parts and problems I've never seen before. Most interestingly, this machine runs on a 25 Hz electrical network which only existed in small ares around the Great Lakes region in North America from 1895 to around the 1950s.
Other than the motor, the entire machine has a much smaller amount of steel components than you would imagine.
In the end I will probably use this to cut all my pizza from now on. You can check out the fantastic welder who helped me fix the aluminum components @wheatlandwelding on Instagram.
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Best restoration channel on KZhead, nobody else can compare
I agree.
Yes. Equal to MyMechanics IMHO!
I really love this autistic humour :)
Nobody headbutts a media blaster cabinet better!
the rest feel fake and half are - they purposely ruin old stuff just to 'restore' it
Way back in late 1969 I worked for a short time in a men's clothing factory. in the cutting room. The EXPERIENCED cutters used machines like this. I was warned, more than once to be careful around these things, because they were kept razor sharp. The men would cut 6 inch deep layers of cloth to make men's suits. ($1000.00 each in 1969). This video takes me back to a much different time in my life. ;-)
That is crazy, even the modern hand rotary cutters are super sharp but 6 inches of fabric is madness.
I hear ya. For a time I worked in the cutting department of a large furniture manufacturer. The round blades only got used for crosscutting. Some amazing machines!
You know it’s serious when the sharpening tool is built in!
I wonder how many people are missing fingers because of these. Yikes!
the pole dance was very funny😂
Not gonna lie, that's impressive af that it can cut through that monstrosity of a "pizza" with so little effort that it doesn't even disturb the bottomings.
Ahaahahaaaaaa the "bottomings" 😂
This is an excellent restoration video, but I must say that it pushed a few emotional buttons. My mother worked in a factory that made bath towels. Towels are woven in one long continuous roll that has to be cut into individual units. A cut mark is woven into the cloth, but because of variations in the weaving process, it was impossible (at that time) to automate the cutting task. From 1950 until 1986 my mother used a cutter like this to cut towels. There were a few differences between her cutter and yours. Towels were cut one at a time, so the design of the base plate was different. There was a simple toggle switch, so the blade kept spinning until you turned it off. The device was suspended from three long springs; at rest it was about 12 inches above the cutting table. My mother would reach under the spinning cutter, pull the next towel into position, pull down the cutter, cut the towel, do a visual inspection, fold the towel (she could fold a towel with one hand), and throw it into the right stack. She did this hundreds of times a day - for 36 years. One day her timing was off just a bit, and she cleanly sliced off the tip of her left index finger. She announced her retirement two weeks later. If you want a feel for what using one of these day after day was actually like, I suggest listening to James Taylor singing "Millworker."
Respect to your Mom
She was tougher than most men today, my aunt worked in a Warners factory making bras and women’s stuff for 35 years that was some hard damn work.
Lol. No-one cares.
@@Jackoe69 your right
(I had an old Makita angle grinder with a toggle switch. "Apparatus predates safety"... As a certain AvE on KZhead once aptly put it :) Thanks for sharing your story - I, for one, find these things super interesting. Anyone who says otherwise is just here for repaironography - (You know the ones: "Make it shiny, so I don't need to develop any skills to feel satisfaction...") - To the few Negative Nancies that replied before I did: Watching repairs on KZhead does not constitute manual labor, ya softies. Also; if you don't care about someone's story... just move on. Commenting negative things is just an ineffective way to cover up the insecurities about your own station in life. There's more productive things to do in life than to defecate on other people's efforts to make us all a little wiser.
OMG I loved the pole dance scene with the "furniture stripper" 🤣 Long time subscriber, keep the amazing videos coming!
😂 I probably shouldn't have taken a drink of coffee right then 😅 that was pure gold!!
@@rwisti11301962 Same. Almost did a spit take.
The "fava beans and a nice chianti" noise he makes at the end of that is just *chef's kiss*.
It got my thumbs up😊
There is another episode where he throws one dollar bills at it. 😆 Unfortunately, I can't seem to remember which video it was.
Always love to see a new variation of the Finger Remover 3000. Love your channel.
45:08 The pizza description is amazing in its accuracy. Strong work my friend. Much love and blessings to all ❤️ Stay safe everyone 🤘😎
Ce n'est pas une pizza, c'est juste un empilement de jambon hyper épais, ce n'est clairement pas à faire, trop de viande comparé au reste c'est immangeable
My mom used to work in a place where they made stuff with fabric. Over the years several co workers lost fingers and even half of a hand due to working with machines like this one. They where razor sharp and sliced through flesh and bone without a problem. Most bodyparts could be rescued due to the clean cut. My mother always says that she still can hear the screams. She also was one of the company "medics" don't know how it's called in English (Betrieblicher Ersthelfer). Those machines don't care what they cut, they simply cut!
First Aiders, in the UK.
I don't speak german, but I know a little bit. "Ersthelfer" has to do with "first aid", so "First Aider" like the other comment said fits very well. Google Translate says "Betrieblich" means "operational", in a "work" context. Rather than "Operational First Aider" like Google suggests, I would say "Workplace First Aider". Does that seem about right to you?
Danke shön, nothing beats the vivid vision of chopt of fingers right before bedtime 😂
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@@patrikhjorth3291 it was great 🤣🤣 never slept better
"a 30 mm thick ticket for colon cancer" is probably the best description of what canadians transformed this formerly sane italian food into😂
Mate, I doubt the vast majority of Canadians have ever heard of a "Saskatchewan pizza" -- don't blame the country for this abomination.
I thought Chicago style deep dish was bad. But my god, this is monstrous
@@skeetsmcgrew3282 Oh no, stop right there... I say, now I say, Chicago style is a type of pizza that is well regarded as a culinary delicacy. If you tried it, you would have a different opinion. Also, as an Italian, I accept the apology for the abomination in this video.
I used this tool extensively at a handmade paper plant back in the 1970's. Their ability to sail through an inch thich stack of heavy cloth was truly impressive.
Can you imagine the 6 month training period in the Wolf assembly plant to learn how to put these things together? Yeah, and not enough screws. Great video.
Please never change. Your restoration videos are too good.
Excellent restoration as usual. Hilarious as always. That fabric slicing 😙👌. That pizza is truly a horror to see.
Put some pineapple on it and you're good to go.
@@matteo234321 I'd be more likely to eat it then! But I don't eat that kind of meat so probably not 😄
How wrong am I to want to try one bite?
This is my first ever comment on KZhead since ... ever and I'll use it to tell you that my eyes light up every time I see a new upload. You make the single most entertaining videos of the most thoughtful selections in restoration projects. Kudos and greetings from a German currently watching this on holiday in Japan, hoping to be half as cool one day 😂
You've had that account for 3 years and you never once commented?
@@dietznutz1 most comment sections aren't fun to be in... this community is a wonderful exception
How dare you never commenting on here ever!!! That’s it, no soup for you!!! 😂😂😂🤦🏻♂️🙏🏻❤️
@@wolfparty4234 That's a risqué joke to send to a german
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If there was a Nobel prize for tool restoration, this guy would win every year!
Another interesting addition to your "things that want to kill you" collection. Wonderful as always.
22:57 Try twisting the wire “backwards” (counter clockwise) when using stranded wire under screws - it will prevent the strands from splaying out when the screw is tightened. 👍🏻
+1, thats actually a great idea.
This actually makes sense. I will try it.
We called that the reverse twist... actually works really well. First time I've ever seen someone mention this.
That is a wonderful restoration of an amazing machine. I must admit I took a double take when first you cut through that fabric. The slicing of that abomination of a pizza (if you could even call it that) was just pure bliss. What a clean cut. Congratulations on yet another well done video. Always glad to see your work.
"dough-based meatstrosity".... i would not call that supposed foodstuff a "Pizza"...
Greetings from Cincinnati, Ohio, and apparently, the home of one Wolf Machine Company. That was a fun little rabbit hole to discover. Great work as always!! Much love and respect for your craft!!
20 years ago, I used a 6" version of this device to cut piles of upholstery into samples. The stacks were then trimmed to final size by a machine. Our job was to swing 80-100lb rolls from a palette to the table, roll out piles 80', then cut them into piles 8' x 36". These machines were already antiques back then. Great video. Thanks
It never ceases to amaze me just how many different vicegrip variations there are 👍
I remember those cutters from my childhood. My father sold upholstery fabric, and the employees would use it to cut the enormous rolls of fabric down for orders. They plugged in overhead, and the fabric would be pulled off of the roll onto an enormous table that was very slippery to make it easier.
Hello, from Italy. Beautiful video as always, to be honest I am not concerned in the slightest about the pizza, my concern is actually with that Finger Remover 9000. You must have both balls and bearings of steel to use that machine so effortlessly. I've been working as a cook for some years now, use a meat slicer daily, and I honestly shudder to think to be anywhere near that thing while it's turned on. Mad respect to you and to whomever had to use that tool in the past.
For anyone reading this comment previous to watching the video... be sure to stay tuned til the very end for one of the most heart-warming messages of our time! You sir are an inspiration!
My wife does a lot of sewing. This would make a great birthday gift for her. Unlike the plastic new one I bought for her.
For those wondering 25 Hz power was a thing in the Niagara area for a long time. It was kept around for some factories for well after the conversion of the area to 60 Hz I have a link but it won’t let me include it
Was that a Tesla thing?
@@CSkwirl Tesla wanted 60 Hz But Westinghouse's Niagara generators were 25 originally as the previous poster stated. Europe started with 40Hz but went to 50.
@@stuartkynoch7289 ah ok, i couldn't remember who had done what, with all the different ideas and err arguments at the time
@stuartkynoch7289 Great answer, but I was still confused about why 25hz, so just to expand on your answer from what I found on Wikipedia. The Nigara Falls generators were originally used to generate DC, and when they were converted to output AC, the frequency was a result of the generators' designed turbine speed. Edit: My answer is actually a bit of an oversimplification, but I think it is still right. It seems like there was some ability to choose a specific frequency despite the turbine design and 25hz was a bit more of a compromise between what would work best for heavy machinery/transportation and what would work best for lighting of the frequencies that could be generated with the turbine design.
@@matthewmccormick6643 there's a whole documentary on this, the Westinghouse Tesla Niagara power generation on KZhead somewhere, I've seen it years ago and don't remember the details
Now this is a flash back to my past. Used these in the 90s when I worked in a cutting room for a large textile business. Brought back fond memories of all the shenanigans we got up to 😂 Thanks for doing this cutter justice, great restoration 👍
You mentioned the 25Hz being odd. I worked as a Control System Engineer on the pump stations in New Orleans. Pump Station #6, on the South end of the 17th Street Canal (that breached during Katrina) still uses the same 25Hz (it may have been 24 or 26Hz) electrical pumps that were installed around 1899-1901. I don't recall the exact date any longer, but it's posted in front of the building. 25Hz was a common industrial generator frequency back in those days. It was interesting to work with it.
Still a thing for a NJ train line too?
@@randomfrequency not sure about that one. Never seen their system. Could be, as long as it's still maintained and useful.
@@scottpageusmc wikipedia page on Amtrak's 25hz system seems to suggest it's still a thing
@@randomfrequency awesome. Those systems still work, so probably not worth the money and effort to upgrade it. They're very robust and built to last, I know that much.
@@randomfrequency biggest issue we ever had was the windings on the rotor. Had to be replaced every now and then.
I love those retaining spring brackets for the brushes. So simple and heavy duty.
I love the Jerry Rig Everything reference ("Scratches at a level 6, with deeper grooves at a level 7"), as well as just everything about your channel. I don't know why, but channels like yours spark joy. Maybe it's the simple fact that I'm watching somebody do something I can't. Or maybe it's seeing old things brought back to life. Either way, keep it up! :)
That’s where I’ve heard that before. Thank you it was bugging me.
@@brianchambers8885You're welcome! My husband and I love watching Jerry Rig Everything, so I have that bit memorized! :)
Italian guy here, I feel bad for you, man! At least, recognizing the sickness is the first step of healing 😂 Keep up with the good work!
Dude, that thing is an absolute beast, cutting through that thick fabric and the following culinary catastrophe like they were nothing. I can't imagine what that thing would do to the poor sap who fumbles it while operating. Though the doctors would probably have an easy time fixing the damage with such a clean cut. yikes 😅
Ah, Wolf brand power tools! That takes me back to early '70s Australia, where my dad had a Wolf electric drill, two speed in a tasteful gold painted die cast housing. As far as I know, it came to England with us in 1973, and I wouldn't be surprised if he still uses it now....
My 10th birthday present in 1953 was a Wolf electric drill, single speed, die cast case painted gold. It still works and is in my collection of various drills. Will today’s drills still work in 70 years time without restoration? I doubt it.😀🇬🇧
As always a super nice restoration! But this time, as an Italian, I truly suffered the last part
I can’t tell you how much I look forward to your next video, and have, since the very beginning. Thank you for your YEARS of dedication, providing us with the most wholesome, interesting and RELIABLE content on the internet. I don’t think we tell you that, enough. 🤷♂️ Please carry on. You might look at a small magnetic “pin” tumbler for cleaning little screws and especially knurled knobs and things….you’ll love it.
Perfect restoration of a vintage piece of machinery and not afraid to use it to cut that deli meat and cheese abomination. You sir are a master.
Nice, a relic from the 'Pay Attention' era before safety was invented
Haha, yeah, this looks like a guaranteed electrocution and/or amputation waiting to happen.
@@TexDrinkwater It does actually remind e of a meat slicer I used when I was young and got roped in to the child labour in my parents shop. That cut my thumb to the bone on some slippery ham, it was also salty too so it felt really ouchy. 34 years later and still got the scar
The Circa 1850 Stripper poledance was the best! And for the record, that green is hideous. It's the same color as the 2-part epoxy type primer we used on the ship when I was in the Navy....... LOL
That's not a pizza. That's like the unnatural union of Chicago deep dish and a club sandwich. Great work as always.
It actually kind of makes sense that it's the English speaking Canadians who managed to make the Chicago deep dish even worse. Rule of thumb: if it's a Canadian dish but it's not Quebecois...non merci.
And the worst of both. But agreed, great restoration!
Yes, it looks delicious.
Nice job. One of the more complex rescues I’ve seen you undertake. I especially liked the “stripper” segment. Keep up the great work!
The disassembly alone was a work of art
What a fantastic machine that I never knew existed. And it works so well, too. Great restoration.
Brawo brawo brawo. Jak zawsze doskonała praca. Gratulacje👍👍👍
I used to use one of those when I was a teenager back in the 1960's. We also had a straight blade model that worked like a jig saw. Brings back memories!
Absolutely marvellous, love your sense of humour. The attention to detail is brilliant. Where on earth do you find stuff to keep renovating I don’t know, just keep on doing it.
Easily one of the best videos you've made. I read emotions through your hands. The references, the pain, the detail, the death metal beat you cranked out with the motor stator on the lathe. Exquisite. Keep up the fantastic work, and thanks for making these.
I love this channel, great restorations, and all the fun wrapped up into one video! Thanks, and have a good one!
Glad to see you respect the law of brass. Looks great.
The stories these old pieces of machinery tell are so cool! I love seeing the spots that wear, the spots that are rebuilt, and repaired (sometimes poorly) and the spots that make no sense whatsoever. Haha that bent brass punch you use also tells quite the story!
Love all your videos... I wish you had the time to put out a new video every day. I can't wait for a new one to come out... they are simply amazing. So many of the items are something I've never seen before or even knew existed. You ROCK! ✌
Thank You, Thank You for doing another restoration and seeing your humor also!!! Love It, Love It, Love It !!!!!
This might be one of my favorite restorations you've done. That clean cut through the fabric was SO satisfying, I really wasn't expecting it to cut so well. The inclusion of the built-in grinding stones to keep the blade sharp is genius, and it works perfectly. This is a really well-designed machine for it's intended use. I wonder if you could custom fit a sawblade to it to cut through other stuff? It'd be one hell of an OSHA violation.
MY DUDE I missed your videos! Your channel is an absolute goldmine in the slag field of the restoration/repair genre. Rock on!
Magnificent restoration job you did restoring the fabric cutter. it looks much better and it works like a charm too. I have never seen one like that before. Excellent work.
Thank you for this, my week was quite stressful and is nice to have a relaxing video to watch!
I imagine that thing is spinning a bit quicker on 60 hz. Great restoration as always. I with I had some old clapped out weird gizmo that I could send your way....
Always excited for a new handtool rescue!
The little details on this machine are incredibly satisfying to look at.
That must have taken weeks, Krylon spray, had to go 0.25 speed for that. , that went on amazingly. I'd have never guessed that end pinion was threaded onto the shaft, ive had a treadmill motor with an LH thread for an end bolt. The comutator wear is fascinating, why doesn't it wear evenly? That was a beautiful motor, like a Brook crompton . Now at the end , deeply disturbed by the meat stack. I am with you, I recently complained and had a refund from an "Artisan pizzaria " that made a garlic bread with a 2cm thick base. The Italians made it perfect, dont change that, copy it. Great video.
Absolute perfection, enjoyed every second of this video. You have a gift to restore. I wonder how many fingers that particular machine removed from factory workers.
Who else was waiting on you to break out the bandages working around that rusty knife. Great video, quality content!
The welding work is excellent!
The horror, the horror!! Should not be called pizza! Nice restoration! You can appreciate the engineering today when you look at the old design of the cutter! Nice brass parts and the tank size motor! Love your channel!!
Do NOT tell me you used that electric cutter to slice the ‘pizza’ 😳😱
It may be called Prairie Pizza.
Love the restorations you do. Also very interested in how you repaired that bearing housing so well.
Thank you for the awesome restoration, and the immense amount of time and frustration suffered off camera. I think this may be a new subgenre of videos for you. Restoration of tools followed up by the destruction of culinary abominations!!
I love the fact that a straight pin hung in there for so long 😊your videos are the best, but you knew that 😊😊
That is terrifying. The fabric saw is terrifying too.
You are hands down the BEST KZheadr out there!! You are the only one I will stop whatever I am doing (except for driving) to watch as soon as it is posted. Thank you for giving me such joy in watching your videos.
Perfect restoration and, as always, entertaining as hell. 👍🤙😎
I love your 1980's-style intro!!! LOL
As always, your work shows that for making an excellent restoration video, you need talents in many fields i you certainly show your talents along with making great restorations. Good frames, excellent pacing, some funny bits and odd references along with technical knowledge. Just what i like about a restoration.
As always, nice work, and I have to say that the Pole dance thing was hilarious! As for tightening the blade, you may have noticed a small hole in the blade, that corresponds to another hole in the backing that is the same size, this is for you to put a pin tool into, to hold the blade, and stop it from rotating while you tighten the nut. And yeah, that is definitely not pizza, that is something that a Neanderthal would create. the biggest problem with Saskatchewan is that it lacks proximity to hubs of Culture and true Culinary Art Best to head West one province over to become close to proper Culinary practice.
You are a restoring and comedic genius
Beautiful restoration and one of the most terrifying tools I have ever seen 😱
As much as I appreciate solidly-built tools, that thing is utterly un-droppable with all the spindly brass and aluminium bits poking out.
My work has an old Eastman Lightning fabric cutter, essentially the same as this just different brand. It's a neat enough machine but the main one we use (for cutting air filter material) is an old Blue Streak II 629X, this one can cut up to 10" high and is insanely sharp, it's really neat and you can still buy these brand new (even though the ones we have are ancient).
worked way better than I anticipated. cool stuff
Love the machine as well as your dedication
This might be one of my favorite machines you've rescued. Cutting that fabric was so friggin' cool! Edit: It's a perfect pizza-cutter too?! This is the best tool in the world!!
the machine is a perfect tool to cut pizza... don't want perfect and the word pizza too close together around this video. there are people reading for whom English is not their first language. wouldn't want to accidently recommend that pizza to them.
@@bmxerkrantz Agreed. That "pizza" was as far from perfect as it can be.
The parts count on these things are amazing. A modern equivalent would have 1/4 the BoM and be 90% polymers.
Thank you for all the laughs and entertainment ❤❤❤
Another masterpiece. I cannot believe how complex that little machine was. Truly unbelievable
Хорошая работа по реставрации получилась! Классное видео! Мне понравилось! Круто Круто!!!
I feel like this is a scale model of something a Bond villain would feed his victims into.
A lot of his gadgets would be good for a Bond villain. Have you seen the Sally Saw?
The stripper part had me rollin lmmfao. I was not expecting that. This, the awesome stuff you make, and restore is why your channel is one of my favorites. The intro gets me every time too. 😂
As a pizza connoisseur I want one of these cutters BAD! Sounds like a pair of Vintage Oster clippers which I would love to watch you restore!
it was sort of glossed over, but for those ever attempting something like this, "cleaning all the copper out from between the comm bars" is known as undercutting. It very important you do this well. If you don't do a good enough job, it will lead to shorts in the commutator resulting it a lot of sparking which can be an electrical hazard or in some cases a fire hazard. Cut the grooves too deep and you ruin the comm/armature.
Nobody else even comes close to this guy. He’s the absolute best restoration channel on KZhead.
Excellent use of the calibrated workbench in disassembly.
You go for it!! No body else comes close you just take on anything!! Thanks for your video
By the way, something I've been thinking about: I really like the way you speed up the footage in your videos. You have somehow managed to find the exact speed that 1: makes the video fast enough that it doesn't get too long, but not so fast that it's difficult to see what you're doing, and B: changes the tempo like in an old Chaplin or Buster Keaton movie, which enhances your comedy skits perfectly. You're not just a great machinist, you're a comedic genius as well! You are apparently also a pizza connoisseur. Is there anything you can't do??
the stripper sliding down the pole was epic and original 😂, great restoration, never seen a machine or a pizza like that before 😊.
Beautiful!!! The best restoration. I want this machine!!
"Every day we stride further from The Light". Good one and nice work!
Excellent restoration/repair today. While in college, I worked summers for a friend's father's garment company located in central eastern North Carolina. They produced military contract clothing such as wool uniform Navy skirts and jackets and private label womens wear for department stores. My job was delivering cutout fabric to his 4 regional sewing plants, so I spent a lot of downtime time at the cutting house watching them use cutters with a 10" long vertical knife. They used small hand-held circular cutters for detail and correction work. The vertical cutters could cut 50 or more stacked layers of fabric and the laid down paper pattern at a time. Most of the experienced old cutters were missing at least one finger. And no, we were not Yakusa. My only criticism is that if all possible, you should have removed the blade first. As it is one big ass razor and is fragile. It is normally an easily accessible and removable part as it must be changed frequently as the sharpening wears it out. Also, the whet stones are normally easily replaceable for the same reason. The vertical knife could cut thicker stacks, so that is most likely why the industry changed to it. I have not been in that cut house in over 45 years but I know newer automated ones were in use in the 1980s that used laser marking patterns and computor guided auto knives to eliminate the human an potential for injury. Thank you for a walk back through my youth.
Man, did that machine ever bring back some memories. Most good and one particularly bad. In the early 90's I cut the tip of my middle finger on my left hand OFF with a Wolf machine just like that one (except the Hz). Had it surgically repaired. But it is still numb after 30 years. Out of necessity there is little in the way of a safety device on any of those style machines. These days most people wear a Kevlar glove when using one. However, at the time; I was not. I would urge extreme caution when using.
That's a beautiful piece of machinery.
Excellent work as ever ! Loved the "Stripper" bit ! ^^
EXCELLENT RESTORING!!!! - I actually hurt myself watching this one...lol My stomach muscles are very sore (and not from that thing disguising as food) from laughing so hard at that red top stripper.... and then you just popping in like that...OMG I was cracking up sooooo hard!!!! A THAT is why this is one of my TOP 10 CHANS I'm subbed to, and that's out of nearly 600.... you really are TOTALLY ORIGINAL!!! GOOD LUCK ON YOUR MOVE!!!!!!! - BTW ... wth was that thing that replaced you smacking your head on the media blasting cabinet???
I just started watching this, but where on earth are you going to find 25hz electrons?