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100 year old vacuum restoration

Richard Restoration
2023 ж. 29 Қыр.
64 977 Рет қаралды
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I picked this up well over a year ago off Facebook Marketplace the seller had no idea what it really was but was gonna make it into a sculpture .
Thankfully couldn't get a design that was going to work for him and I bought it for $50
I soon realised it was missing a major part of it and I didn't have the necessary tools to make this part
So I purchased a 3D printer then I discovered I had to learn how to use CAD to design the missing parts
buy a Propane Furnace to sandcast the parts, with lots of failures and a big learning process
I chose the Devil Forge because of its reputation and could melt up to 10 kgs big shout out to @chrispyskiwiadventures3583 and @bigstackD for helping set up the forge
Then I had trouble breaking up the aluminium parts so I bought a bandsaw to make things safer.
Then I had to buy A printer and Cricut maker then I spent about a month trying to learn how to use everything to get this one video done.
I purchased all these tools out of my own money none of this is sponsored.
I have walked away from some restoration projects because of missing parts now I have all this equipment I can confidently restore a lot more intricate things.
In my research of this vacuum sweeper, there doesn't seem to be many about.
Thanks to www.ferrymead.org.nz/ for letting me film the Doty Manufacturing Company Vacuum Sweeper in Curragh cottage
Now the Restoration is complete the video is done any museums in New Zealand would like this please get in touch.
(ps just picked up another restoration project weighs 200 pounds mostly made of brass, 600k round trip. look forward to showing you guys when it's finished and delivering it back to Museum to see their response).
#restoration#relaxing #satisfying

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  • The antiques you find are so freaking cool and unique, and you are a truly awesome craftsman. I can't believe you have so few subscribers, and all the fake restorers out there have 10 times more followers, although they are full of BS. You're so underrated it's insane

    @edebby@edebby2 ай бұрын

    • Thanks I 100% agree with you trying to get in front of the audience on KZhead is a mission

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations2 ай бұрын

  • I like this guy. Not a fake restorer. Smart, talented, and seems like the kind of guy I’d like to sit and have a beer with.

    @jparks4815@jparks48155 ай бұрын

    • Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate your support and I'm glad you enjoy my content. Cheers!😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations5 ай бұрын

  • I’m just blown away by these restorations of relics of time gone by the craftsmanship and determation to do this kind of work takes a really special person and that’s you

    @mikeb5749@mikeb57497 ай бұрын

    • Thanks mike for the encouragement means a lot, Cheers Richard 😊

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Fantastic the renovation work you did ! You have all the necessary tools to resuscitate the object in perfect condition. A rebirth indeed ! Bravo 👏🏼

    @2EricAndrea@2EricAndrea7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Eric, but I will never have enough tools 🔧 🙂

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

    • Brilhante trabalho, adorei, parabéns

      @eduardopecchio6872@eduardopecchio68727 ай бұрын

  • Great work. Such a great restoration 👍👍

    @MASI_forging@MASI_forging7 ай бұрын

    • Glad you like it

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • The casting part was so hardcore! Hats off to you Sir! You deserve all the subs!

    @gentle285@gentle2857 ай бұрын

    • Thanks, i will have some more coming up soon, thanks for watching

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Real restoration and good job.

    @mehmetyurtkuran2882@mehmetyurtkuran28824 ай бұрын

    • thanks for the encouragement😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations3 ай бұрын

  • The magnet for the nuts... brilliant.

    @jamesfield5346@jamesfield53467 ай бұрын

  • Wow - fantastic job Richard. I admire all the skills involved in this project 🙌 👏

    @LittleRestorers@LittleRestorers7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks you're not short of the skill sets yourself (pS have the girls found another project for you to do yet)

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

    • @richardrestorations Yes we are working on something else atm 😉

      @LittleRestorers@LittleRestorers7 ай бұрын

  • Thanks for the restoration videos! That's a very cool vacuum! THANKS 😊

    @derellscott6695@derellscott66953 ай бұрын

    • Glad you like them!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations3 ай бұрын

  • I like that replicator😅 pretty fancy, I think I need one of those. Great project

    @Austeration@Austeration7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks better than watching a 3d printer for 2 hours 😉

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Brilliant! your best to date, the money you spent was about a thousand times more than what it is worth and the man hours were probably about 100 times the hours when it was factory made.🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺

    @kevinfoster926@kevinfoster9267 ай бұрын

    • thanks Kevin You're probably right but I've been working towards doing this for quite a while, thanks for watching

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Amazing! I still couldn't get my head around how you didn't give up on trying to cast a whole part and ended up replicating it almost perfectly Very good one, sir. Such an elegant tool, although not as effective as its modern counterparts

    @Dx20xygen7@Dx20xygen77 ай бұрын

    • Thanks DX it's all a learning curve And don't forget these was one of the first vacuums that only needed one person to operate ,Thanks for watching 😊

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Awesome job. I'm still amazed at the engineering from the past and how advanced some of these things are considering the technology of the day.

    @jamesfield5346@jamesfield53467 ай бұрын

    • same I,m, doing something way more Complicated and older

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • I didn’t know these existed. Awesome ❤

    @ludvigtande1236@ludvigtande12367 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • I was intrigued from the get-go as I had never seen a vacuum cleaner this old. And it just got better from there! You demonstrated so many cool skills (save for the gas pipe bit🤔) - aluminium casting, metal fabrication, label making, 3D printing (but my mind was officially blown by the 3D printer PRINTER!!!🤯). Plus the shot of your sweet ride was bonus joy (very cherry!). Thank you for taking the time to film this restoration - it was so enjoyable all the way through. Onya Mate👍

    @patientorlando1306@patientorlando13067 ай бұрын

    • Thanks a lot @patientorlando1306 and glad you enjoyed! Thanks again for these kind words 👍👍👍

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • VERY GOOD!!!!! nice outcome, Richard.

    @elfowl6873@elfowl68737 ай бұрын

    • Glad you liked it!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Incroyable !

    @jacquespedersen3011@jacquespedersen30117 ай бұрын

  • It looks great, looks new again and you did a masterful job restoring it as well!!!! I enjoyed your video so I gave it a Thumbs Up

    @oneshotme@oneshotme7 ай бұрын

    • Thank you very much!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • An absolute beauty

    @dannyhenson3141@dannyhenson31417 ай бұрын

    • Thanks danny , just checking your not referring to me 😂

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • MOTAT might be interested in such a beautiful item. Enjoyed the video 👍

    @sciangear4782@sciangear47827 ай бұрын

    • I think so too!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Some epic skills, and good excuse to show off that beast of a car 👍

    @CrustyRestorations@CrustyRestorations7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Crusty I see you have got over 1k sub how are you going for your 4000 hours

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Well done. lots of work in this one😮

    @jackiefoot5850@jackiefoot58507 ай бұрын

    • Yes it was

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Great job! I can really see your commitment to your craft and your patience and determination shows through after 10 attempts to perfect your casting! And congratulations on the weight loss you’re going to notice a difference in how you feel and how your joints feel, I lost 35kg this year and I feel like I’m 20 years younger

    @pickletreewoodcraft7858@pickletreewoodcraft78587 ай бұрын

    • Thank you so much !yes i have notice a improvement already ,I look younger by not looking in the mirror😊

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • 14:55 loved the personalisation of the forge here 😁

    @JoyMaryF@JoyMaryF7 ай бұрын

    • thanks @JoyMaryF for the encouragement😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Beautiful restoration. ~Kevin

    @bodiejay2859@bodiejay28597 ай бұрын

    • Thank you very much! Kevin

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Great restoration 😊

    @andrewgrace4410@andrewgrace44106 ай бұрын

    • Thank you! Cheers!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations6 ай бұрын

  • Bravo! You certainty had to acquire a few new skills to complete this restoration. I am always fascinated by the evolution of household appliances.

    @pfadiva@pfadiva7 ай бұрын

    • Thank you very much!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Muy buen trabajo. Felicitaciones. Saludos desde Uruguay.

    @pablogonzalez-nm2kt@pablogonzalez-nm2kt7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Pablo greetings from New Zealand

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Hi guys could you do me a favor and time stamp the bit you liked the most Cheers Richard 😊

    @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Impressive

    @19Bmiller@19Bmiller7 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Excelente amigo

    @waltersalvadorpalmiero6927@waltersalvadorpalmiero69272 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for taking the time to watch my video

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations2 ай бұрын

  • It's a Doty vacuum sweeper. Very desireable.

    @huskyvacs@huskyvacs4 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for taking the time to watch my video and leave a comment. It means a lot to me!

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations4 ай бұрын

  • So cool how you make the molds with the sand.

    @kayvee101@kayvee1017 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • My mom found that same vacuum in the attic of her house. It was pretty complete and worked okay. No idea where it is now.

    @alanyoder7629@alanyoder76297 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching😀might have made it to a Museum😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • You could edit a lot out of the video and still keep all of the useful and interesting content.

    @dfaulder8025@dfaulder80257 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for the tip

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • It...kind of works. Still best all mechanical vacuum cleaner I've seen

    @W4iteFlame@W4iteFlame7 ай бұрын

    • thanks more to come

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Под кроватью должен стоять винтажный ночной горшок. :-)

    @alexal4179@alexal41797 ай бұрын

    • it was the dining room not the bedroom :-)

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Nice Continental in the background

    @jakemcinnis3534@jakemcinnis35347 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching😀 its a 1966

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Incredibile !!! Sembra un'invenzione di Leonardo !!!

    @alessandroalberto6431@alessandroalberto64317 ай бұрын

    • you would think but it's American

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

    • 👍🏻💪🏻

      @alessandroalberto6431@alessandroalberto64317 ай бұрын

  • When I was 17 me and my older brother would help out at this guys 30 car storage unit where he kept a collection of his vintage American cars and some UK cars he went on holiday to Spain and came back with a 1965 Lincoln continental short wheelbase limo he bought over there , he seen parked up and waited at a nearby cafe for 3 days to see if he could buy it , he was told it was something called a Whitehouse protocol and was used by US embassy's .

    @johnmorrow7080@johnmorrow70807 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for your feed back cheers Richard 😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Great restoration! Keep up the wight loss. I know what it like lost a total of 97.5 kg

    @1962mrbruce@1962mrbruce7 ай бұрын

    • Thank you for the encouragement and congratulations on your weight loss ,I know what a battle it is

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Wow! Another fabulous restoration by you. Did you restore your car too? It's a beauty too.

    @Susied7@Susied77 ай бұрын

    • Yes I did

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • I guess a 100 years ago this was high tech and sped up cleaning. In a 100 years from now people will look back at our WIFI connected robovacs and say "how primitive". Good video, thanks.

    @denouch358@denouch3587 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching ,wish i could speed up ?

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Very good! I'm from Americana SP Brasil.

    @user-if6tx3iy1p@user-if6tx3iy1pАй бұрын

    • Thanks for watching and greetings from New Zealand😃

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorationsАй бұрын

  • Congratulations on the weight loss. It's taken me 2 years to go from 223lb to 156lb.

    @user-zk4wu9ss7d@user-zk4wu9ss7d7 ай бұрын

    • Good on you , thanks for watching

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • The cast turned out perfect... how many attempts? Lol it'd take a lot for me. 😊

    @jamesfield5346@jamesfield53467 ай бұрын

    • Thanks James

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • no grease for wheels?

    @ALES___@ALES___7 ай бұрын

    • oil two drop per wheel

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Very nice restoration. It would be handy though if you did not obscure the screen with your name. How about the top corner?

    @markgoddard2560@markgoddard25607 ай бұрын

    • Thanks Mark I have done that in the past lots of my videos have been posted on Facebook without my consent .Facebook won't take them down unless I can prove it is mine Thanks for watching, I'm working on a way to fix this

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Daha çok abone hak ediyorsun

    @zebrafinchaviary6726@zebrafinchaviary67267 ай бұрын

    • Çok teşekkür ederim umarım daha fazlasını alırız

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • That's nut's .

    @johnmorrow7080@johnmorrow70807 ай бұрын

    • Thanks John for watching

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Is that a Lincoln Continental in the background?

    @JMDinOKC@JMDinOKC7 ай бұрын

    • 1966 lincoln continental cheers Richard

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • You put tires in different direction.

    @user-bi3zt7nh3c@user-bi3zt7nh3c7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for your feed back cheers Richard 😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • If a vacuum sucks...is that a good thing?

    @raymondburris5108@raymondburris51087 ай бұрын

    • Thanks, worked better than i thought it would

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • In wich country f the commowealth do you live, asking cause I notice that you drive a Lincoln 66/67 and drive on the left side, by the way I love those Lincolns they are like boats but super confortable.

    @carlosalvarez9521@carlosalvarez95212 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching😀I'm in New Zealand

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations2 ай бұрын

    • I'm Sorry I didn't watch the whole video, I had my answer at the end, keep posting please I enjoy and learn a lot on each single one of your post.

      @carlosalvarez9521@carlosalvarez95212 ай бұрын

  • чисто визуально, (да простят меня отцы изобретатели) КПД данного устройства не значительно выше нуля, если брать во внимание, отсутствие альтернативы, то и эта идея могла быть одобренной. Во всяком случае было сделано начало, от просто причуды до мечты и в действующий образец путь не малый, и основное если бы не было того что мы сейчас видим, однозначно не было бы и теперешнего......Путь первопроходца всегда более сложен. Мастеру - реставратору респект!

    @ZahodaGenadiy@ZahodaGenadiy7 ай бұрын

    • Thanks for your feed back cheers Richard 😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • replicator is a good joke, respect :)

    @sergek2172@sergek21727 ай бұрын

    • Thanks glad it brought a smile to you

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • 👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👏🥃🥃🥃

    @rogerpatrongonzalez5800@rogerpatrongonzalez58007 ай бұрын

    • Thanks so much

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • I thought that Doty’s was supposed to vacuum going in either direction.

    @Endoplasmic-Reticulum@Endoplasmic-Reticulum7 ай бұрын

    • The axle is too tight, you saw how much trouble he had getting it in.

      @georgejones3526@georgejones35267 ай бұрын

    • no it wasn't that did you see me turning the axle by hand i didn't have the wheels lined up properly so the cam was slightly off set 24:28 thanks for noticing

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

    • @@richardrestorations Thanks for letting us know.

      @georgejones3526@georgejones35267 ай бұрын

  • 🤗🙏👍🇻🇪

    @JoseContreras-ph6nz@JoseContreras-ph6nz6 ай бұрын

    • thanks for watching😀

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations6 ай бұрын

  • What does 'doty' mean? Spelling spelling spelling!

    @anthonyvincent5892@anthonyvincent58927 ай бұрын

    • I have no know idea

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын

  • Was that an old GM car I saw? Possibly a Cadillac

    @ValleyProud916@ValleyProud9167 ай бұрын

    • 1966 Lincoln Continental coupe, thanks for watching

      @richardrestorations@richardrestorations7 ай бұрын
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