1906 Automatic Pencil Sharpener Restoration
I will restore an antique US automatic pencil sharpener. It was patented in 1906. It's rusty and missing a lot of it's parts, including the mechanism to turn the pen automatically.
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I'm a laser operator at my job, and I am constantly reminding my coworkers in assembly that if they have any rusty tools, I can clean them up real quick, dven personal ones. No one has taken me up on it yet, So I'm glad to see it here!
If I worked there I would go out and find rusty things just to watch you clean them xD
Just be really energy intensive
Oh man, I have a lot of rusty tools and parts you can clean!
Those FOOLS!
There's just something about laser cleaning that I don't care for. The uneven surface finish when compared to sandblasting really bugs my OCD.
That's the oldest pencil sharpener I've ever seen. Its always so cool to watch you remake old parts that have worn out or are missing. Amazing job!
true I love it when they also have to make new parts
I have a pencil sharpener and I want one of these. I know, the most generic response, but I like doing art and writing with hand made, hand crafted materials.
oldest one i've seen is rubbing it on a rock
I just love these old sharpeners, they seem so over-engineered for the problem, but nevertheless they always work beautifully! Well done on recreating the missing parts and making this one whole again.
yeah, it's like their concept of how a pencil is sharpened is so rooted in the motion of using a knife, they recreated that action as a far simpler solution might not have even occurred to them.
Just like Rube Goldberg Machines
Honestly I think this concept may be simpler than the more common helical sharpeners. Of course, nothing is simple than the prism sharpener.
I've got a decent collection of pencil sharpeners from throughout the last century and restored several on my channel, but this style sharpener has always had a special place above the rest to me - love seeing them restored! Thanks for sharing 😊
Why wouldn’t this have been called a manual pencil sharpener? We had automatic pencil sharpeners at this time
@@neisjo most pencil sharpeners of this time that used the marketing phrase "automatic" meant that the sharpener would automatically sharpen the tip to a perfect point every time when you turned a crank. Silly, I know!
@@neisjo Turn the handle, and it 'automatically' sharpened the pencil. Similar to putting a pencil in a hole and applying pressure to 'automatically' sharpen the pencil.
One of the few legit restoration channels.
Are you talking about where he got rid of most of the original components and then the final product didn't even work?
@@nover0570 No need to be a smart ass. This wasn't his best work (or maybe the original design just sucks) and yes it was more of a refab than a restoration. But no, I'm taking about how he restores stuff that was actually neglected. As opposed to the fake restorations many other channels stage by either throwing dirt on something or inducing an artificial patina to make it look old.
@@nover0570didn't even work? Im pretty sure i saw it work.
@@nover0570stop replying to everyone saying it didn't work.
In my opinion restoration is bringing something back to it's state when new. With all the flaws it had. Improving should only be done if the product is going to be used regularly. And with cars for safety/environmental reasons. But i understand you go for looks❤
Some soldering tips, firstly use a smaller torch, secondly don't directly heat the joint, you burned away all the flux, heat the back side of the metal and let the heat flow into the joint. Also try cutting up small pieces of solder and placing them on the join rather than trying to poke a long piece of solder wire into it.
Exactly, this guy dont know how to soldering
If I may also add: Make sure to clean the the parts well where you intend to solder. It will help a lot. Great work BTW.
It looks like he's used to soldering small computer parts, judging by how he used the solder wire
Also having it jammed in the vice like that just acts like a heatsink would be better to use alligator clips or some kind of mechanical tack
I love the quirky bits of humor you include in your videos, like the WD-40 holster and the Ducktor. It just makes your videos so unique!
I thought this was going to be one of your easier restorations. The amount of craftsmanship and talent is amazing. You are a very clever person. Brilliant video.
Dude who are you? You're not just a restorer but a mechanical engineer, machinist and a designer. You're definitely someone big outside of these videos. Wow!
He's Batman. 😂
This has to be the most satisfying restoration I've seen yet. I love that your end product is a restoration and not a modernisation as other channels seem to confuse these 2 concepts. You've managed to keep the charm of the piece without over-machining and modernising it. Amazing work. You have a new subscriber 😊
Your videos are a satisfying mix of antiquing, restoration, engineering, humor, and that great building ASMR. My son had to be hospitalized and I haven't been able to think well, and your videos have been soothing me and delighting me. You are clearly an incredible toolsmith and engineer to be able to design and use so many different tools to achieve your builds/restorations. Thank you for giving me something soothing and satisfying to watch. I have learned a lot! Also, I'm a school teacher but I have never seen a pencil sharpener like this. It's the coolest thing I have seen!
Mr. Odd has gotten so much better at this. Machining and welding and all. Exciting. Granted there are a lot of suspicious looking welds in this video but i'm quite certain the original factory ones weren't better, it's fine.
The pencil sharpening itself didn't make you question anything?
@@nover0570Not his fault the design sucked
have you seen any behind the scenes videos of people who make shit? Having the filming equipment and position for a good shot makes doing "proper" work hard.
@@nover0570 You're dealing with nigh on 120 year old tech here. No, it's not the best sharpener in the world, of course not. It doesn't have the automatically machine ground hard thin blades that most of us use today or the converging grinding heads of a big sharpener from the 60s. It's from the era when people sharpened their pencil with a pocket knife, and this even imitates that action, badly.
@@martinpringle2127 It's also the question of scale. These are in reality very small welds that we're getting a VERY close look at, and they aren't exactly holding a car chassis together, it's all good.
Haha, fastest WD-40 sharpshooter in the west!
The good, the bad and the sharpener
Yes😅😊
@@mariopetracca9695 good one
The knurling on the thumbscrew for the blades and hopper was so satisfyingly good, and not cheap-looking either!
I've never seen such a pencil sharpener as this one and I reckon it would be worth a 1.000 of anyone's money purely for the fantastic job you've done of restoring it. Absolutely marvellous work.
Man, I love that design. I wish I could find a similar sharpener in my price range. A $1,000 sharpener is not one that you use; it's a piece of history you admire and keep safe.
Never, restore then use them, I restore old fans, and them give them away, GE, Igloo , Samson I also restore Telechron clocks too ! Great gifts to be given to those who appreciate the effort and the look !
Been following you for years and I have to say this is one of the best ones you've done yet! Craftsmanship is amazing and finding and recreating the original logo was that much cooler. Seeing something that's over 100 years old being brought back to life is great!
Really cool antique and terrifying reminder of safety guidelines being written in blood. I wonder how many kids lost the tips of their fingers with that thing lol. Thank you for all your videos!
I'm glad Ducktor is always there to supervise the work.
What amazes me is how you're so in to the details and how you build replacement parts so easily. You are a pro, my man. cheers!
It's always interesting to see the different mechanisms that were developed to get a reproducible well formed point on a pencil. Your little gem doesn't look at first like it would do a good job, but it does quite well. excellent restoration and demonstration of laser rust removal!
Makes me sad whoever originally crafted that is long gone. Would be cool if they could see you restore their creation 100 years later!
It was probably a factory that created hundreds or thousands of them. I doubt the person would care much. They were probably made on an assembly line by multiple people.
They’d also probably be ooh’d and ahh’d over all those fancy laser tools, given that this is 1906 we’re talking about
Great job! I couldn't help but laugh a little when I saw the turning mechanism in action! :D
What a truly amazing job you have done on this antique pencil sharpener. Thank you for keeping it out of the landfill.
Always a good day when odd tinkering uploads 🎉💃🏼
Ohh I love old pencil sharpeners. Awesome resto!
I never really thought about the evolution of the pencil sharpener, until now...Lol! That's a very cool sharpener design... now I need to start searching the history of the pencil sharpener... you've given me something else to collect & be curious about... Lol!
My grandfather has one of these pencil sharpeners in really good working condition!
Came out darn nice looking! Blade might-could use a bit of a sharpen, it seemed to be having some trouble cutting, but that's a heck of a rebuild!
I don’t think the blade was having trouble cutting, it looks to me like the blade hitting the automatic pencil turner he made is what’s causing the problems
@@zombiepwner14 i believe that is how the sharpener works, the blade hits the pencil turner causing it to do it's job.
@@FrankSnakeSnail It is, which (in my opinion) is a poor method to make it spin. He could have added spokes between the handle and the body of the sharpener to hit the new sprocket from the other side, then the blade wouldn't be dulled with every hit like it would be with his setup. However, you would risk getting a finger pinched by the spoke if you weren't careful, but not being careful with this sharpener is a bad idea to begin with.
@@zombiepwner14 That part of the blade being dulled doesn't matter. It's the tip that hits the turning mechanism, which is not the part of the blade that sharpens the pencil.
すげー！昔の鉛筆削り初めて見たけど結構画期的だし削るの楽しそう
Absolute pleasure watching you restore this old beautiful pencil sharpener
Your patience and the delicate way you handle tricky situations is truly inspiring to me. When I have to do delicate work I always think of you.
Always excited about how you're going to approach making new parts, you never disappoint. Great work!
I have never seen this type of sharpener before very neat indeed. Excellent job restoring it.
하남보건소 아 진짜 사나이 있다 수 있다 수 있는 것이 아니다 싶으면 합니다
I find your work helps me relax. My wife has just had surgery and now chemo for 6 months so watching your video is a great way of thinking about something else. Thank you.😊
best of wishes to you and your wife.
I feel like applauding at the end of these Odd Tinkering videos. What a star this guy is.
I'm repeatedly impressed by your ability and determination to find ways to get a decent result, even though you don't have access to a huge shop with professional grade lathes, mills, welding equipment etc! Damn good end result! I'd easily pay $100 for it, understanding how much work it took to make new parts, refurbishing the few parts that were still present, ending up with a great final result!
you sir are an artist. I never get bored with, or don't want to see your videos. always amazing work.
I'm stuck at home with Covid, so glad you posted one of your videos. They just make you feel so calm and cozy.
Wow. That is the prettiest and coolest design for a sharpener 🤩 just look at how awesome that turner is
Só posso dizer uma coisa sobre essa tecnologia laser, INCRÍVEL!!!
First time I get to see on of your videos right after the upload. Love your channel, keep up the good work!
I just love your approach to restoring old objects! You are a true Master.... ...and I find it so funny how one can overengineer and complicate such a simple task of sharpening a pencil!
I have this exact one at my home. It belonged to my great grandma, and is in great shape, so I just made a custom french polished spalted maple wooden base for it. Really fun to use, makes a wicked sharp pencil.
Wow, it went from absolutely terrifying to only mostly terrifying! That unshielded blade is alarming.
That was so cool! It's a neat doodad but my dollar store model gets the job done and doesn't take up as much space XD But wow it's a neat piece of history and watching you recreate it from like, half the parts but disgusting with age and improper storage, was an absolute treat.
I was in awe the whole time you made components, I love seeing how things actually work
Cool to think that a pencil sharpener built 120 years ago is still compatible with modern pencils. I guess standards are standards for a reason!
Very nice,glad to see you bringing the pencil sharpener back to life.great video.👍👍👍😎😎😎
Wow, that is awesome how you restored that old pencil sharpener to working order. I am impressed at how you made a new box for shavings and how made a new part for turning the pencil is being sharpened. It also looks a lot better as well. Excellent work.
Working order? Did you watch the end? The thing didn't even work.
@@nover0570 Dude you're fucking everywhere. Get a life.
@@nover0570 Glad I'm not the only one who wasn't fooled by the fakery
@@nover0570 By what standard? This thing is almost 120 years old. Of course it doesn't work as smoothly and efficiently as a modern unit. It probably never did.
Seeing old, American made obsolete-ish equipment is so romantic. That being said, your super modern laser cutters are INSANE !!! I've never seen such a tool. No wonder it has an ON / OFF key.
Hank Hill would be proud of your WD-40 holster.
This might be your best project yet! So many different techniques went into this one
Great job! Always satifying to see a restoration.
It’s academic, that matters. Watch and pay close attention to the video structure, pacing and tempo.
Outstanding restoration! The skill it takes to make your own parts just blows me away!
You did a great job on restoring the pencil sharpener
Restoration is an art, you make it more artistic. I always amazed how you use your tools. Also I like the way you make the missing parts. Thanks for sharing the restoration video with us.
Beautiful job! It probably didn't even look that good when it was sold new ;)
It prolly worked better before he messed it up.
@@nover0570 Obviously not, it had parts missing and many decadades worth of old rust, but I think I know what you are saying. Better to preserve the antique patina, making the item fully functional again while leaving the visible history of the item intact. I personally prefer this as well, I have many antique things, mainly a variety of clocks. I repair them, clean and service the movements but I leave the woodwork and oxidised brass on the exterior as is, they tell their life story with every crack and scratch, while having a beautifully polished and freshly oiled movement inside. Why I respect the work of Odd Tinkering as well as channels that keep the patina intact when doing a restoration/restomod, is that a piece of interesting old tech is saved from the scrapheap and given a new life, and you must admit he's very skilled in making missing (and often undocumented) parts from scratch.
It's honestly always an incredible delight to watch your videos!
Easily one of your best work, insane restoration
i'm so glad you are back aaaaand i'm really freaking blown away with your skills of repairing things such as this real vintage automatic pencil sharpener :) you are the man :) i can't wait to see after it is restore :)
Very beautiful restoration. I love it. Ive never seen another one like this before. Kevin
Your attention to details is amazing.
somehow it never occurred to me that you can just.... Make screws. incredible video as always!!!!
Watching these videos has gotten me into doing work like this. It's really fun and satisfying. Since I've started, I've cleaned and refurbished my old Wii, as well as upgraded and refurbished both my old GameCube and Gameboy Advance.
Same, I replaced the PSU and fan on my childhood PS2. The socket had cracked at the casing and the wires were the only thing holding it in place. I couldn't figure out the screws so I just did the whole PSU. The fan started getting corroded on the metal plating, and tbh my donor one was cleaner anyways. What do you think of cleaning wihout IPA? I didn't use any solvent and the fan came out well. Used cotton buds for some dust here and there. Also, I had it disassembled for about two weeks. I was trying to glue a part back on, failed by applying too much glue/rushing/getting it off-centre, then I tried some tape then realised it could damage the drive, so I gave up trying to put it back on. Turns out the spring holds it well, so I think it's fine. I should ask Odd about how he decided to try automotive polish and what he looked out for. My copy of LSWTVG is unplayable, and is basically one of the few games I repaired the system for. I have some dummy discs I can try some stuff on, but research into it hasn't helped. There's an article that's literally a bloke writing a last-minute paper in his office who used something that made fumes, so he did it in the fire stairs, and quora/wikihow are high on the results. Needles to say, I'm stumped.
@@JACKHARRINGTON I live by IPA lol. I upgraded my GBA with an IPS LCD screen and a USB-C rechargeable battery. I put an HDMI adapter into my GameCube, and basically copied Odd's Wii video and did the same for mine.
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One of your best videos yet. Absolute treat.
I’ve never seen a design like this! It’s so awesome
I’m always excited to watch you use your vast skills to restore and bring new life back to things. You are truly talented in many different things (metal work, woodwork, electronics, etc). There aren’t too many other restoration KZheadrs that do what you do that I admire as much as you; so, you’re in an elite and very small class afaic😎
Amazing work, as always! Just a small suggestion - these blades could really use some sharpening, then it’ll be absolute perfection!
I agree and the knob of the handle could have restaind
I’m really glad there are so many ads! I found so many good products and useless apps‼️ will watch again
What a satisfying machine to both watch be restored and to watch it work.
That is definitely a old school pencil ✏️ sharpener long before the newer ones came out with a shavings catcher
You should really get some firebricks and build a small hearth for when you need to do silver soldering. Another good tip is to always heat the part from the underside of where you're trying to flow the solder to get a better join. Also, of course, give it a quick pickle bath after you finish silver soldering. Great video as always, and it looks amazing.
What a clever invention! Great restoration! Lasers are amazing! ❤
Work fascinates me. I can sit and watch it, all day.
14:05 every time abrasives are involved put a towel over the ways of your lathe. However minuscule the amount, you always want to do that. The ways of the lathe are the most important component. You can fix a lot of things on it, but if you damage them... it costs a lot to fix them.
It’s nice, but no way would I pay $1k for that. Great job finding out about the missing parts and top work overall.
i mean if it had all its og parts and looked decent with no rust and had its label i can see some paying that much for it
@@redschafer7804Yeah, but a fool and their money are easily parted.
@@redschafer7804 Nope. I had an immaculate one of these that came from my Grandparents house when they died, and I got around $300 for it.
@@JSmith19858 Ok i thought that with anything antique the better the condition the more you could ask for it but then again my experience with stuff like this is very limited
That's a pretty slick finish. I always thought sandblasters were cool but that Lazer is sweet. Both of them
You are an amazing Artisan Craftsmaster, if that is even a word. I love watching you repair and create. Love the laser. Technology is amazing, from any century.
No. Nice work though.
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I really enjoy your videos. They are just so relaxing and so interesting. They make me want to do some work right now. Thank you, I know you don’t put out a lot of videos, so I appreciate it. Cheers Mate!
Great job, love to see your work!
The craftsmanship of the original developer amazing & as for you recreating & restoring genius work. Just think sharpening a pencil in today’s world with it would have SOoo many warning labels.Tougher grit back then
My favorite restoration channel. It's like a 100 yr old, How it's Made Show in reverse.
I would not pay 1000 bucks for that but it is by far the coolest pencil sharpener I’ve ever seen
needlessly overcomplicated... I love it great work
Excellent work dude 👏👏👏. Loving the jump from all the techy stuff back to this wonderful mechanical item. Especially with the beautiful finish of it 👊👊👊. Thanks for sharing 🙏. 😎
the legend is back and we missed him!!!!
Pencil sharpener looks hella dope, Odd Tinkering!
Beautiful! 😍
I love these videos, honestly so relaxing to watch
I used to take apart pens during class but in adult life I have no time or practical tinkering skills. Videos like this scratch such a deep itch for me
I showed my dad this he thought it was pretty cool. I like these kinds of videos
I swear it's the first time I've seen something like this, it's so cool 😮🙀
I'm watching from Brazil, here they say we're good at improvising things, we call it gambiarra, but having a workshop like yours, and all these tools would be a dream for us and you do the manual work very well, congratulations
Absolutely stunning result ❤
Wow I TOTALLY WOULD pay $10000 for that done up pencil sharpener !!! You did a WICKED job of fixing it !!!!! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Wow! Beautiful workmanship and the label is the cherry on top!
Dude just be making his own screws! That's awesome - love this channel.