Badly Rusted Wheelbarrow Restoration
I finally mustered up the courage to restore this old wheelbarrow that had been sitting around. Most of you don’t know this, but my biggest inspiration for making restoration videos was a video by Restoration and Metal where they restored a wheelbarrow. Well… this is my tribute to them.
This is my first-time doing sheet metal work of any kind so don’t be too harsh. I’ve never welded in patch panels let alone fabricated my own. I learned a lot along the way, and I was really happy with how it turned out considering my limited/non-existent amount of experience. I hope you guys enjoy this restoration as I spent wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too much time making this video.
I had to get creative with finishing/paint products because this is a wheelbarrow that will be abused. Specifically I used POR 15 patch as a body filler to fill in any blemishes in the sheet metal including some sever pitting and pin holes. I didn’t want to use regular old body filler because I didn’t think it would withstand the abuse that comes with wheelbarrow use. I wanted something that would be more impact resistant. In my experience POR 15 is very durable (as long as you can get good adhesion) so that is what I ended up using.
If you’re out there POR 15 reps: I would still like to do a sponsorship video with you some day…
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I don’t think it’s really about the cost. For me it’s about the education I get in watching how this work is done. Thanks for sharing!
Its a labour of love. The satisfaction of doing a job to a very high std and KNOWING it will outlast anything you can buy .. ill bet the knockers.. all of them are lots a fun at parties 😅😅😅. As if they ever get invited to any of course 😢😢😢..
Restoring anything is almost never about cost saving. It's mostly always an educational excercise, and/or genuinely restoring something antique. Replacing a to be restored item is almost always cheaper.
Nah, it's not about the cost. Hell, at my hourly rate, I could have bought a new wheelbarrow in the time it took me to watch this video. I'd rather rebuild one too! (In fact, I did rebuild one recently, but not to this standard!)
Of course, in this case it is not economically profitable. The master showed us how this work is done using a training example.
Exactly!
A long time ago in a galaxy far far away apprentices used to make many of their own tools. It wasn't about cost or time it was to build skill and pride of craftsmanship in what was being made. As the apprentice progressed they often used those early pieces in producing products for clients until one day after their indenture time was complete and several years of additional journeyman time was put in then they could apply to become a master craftsman and would submit their masterpiece (yes that's where the word comes from) for consideration. If this was your first piece of sheet metalwork, I'm waiting with anticipation for your masterpiece. Well done, it may only be a wheelbarrow but it's a wheelbarrow you will remember for the rest of your life.
Dude’s got some sick metalworking skills. The most impressive form of craftsmanship out there. Superb!
I think this is an excellent example of the real price of abandoning skills and craftsmanship. Today’s mindset would ask why do all this work and effort? Quite simply because of the lessons learned in the process of restoration. Also to keep care of things so all this labor doesn’t have to be done in the first place….Superb job!!
Classic Dad wheelbarrow. My dad had one like that except in green. After we cleaned the yard or did a project he would make me clean it really good and said take care of it it’ll be yours one day. He was right, I miss you pops ❤
Have my dads too. I rode in it in the early 1960’s. I still use it to this very day.
Very impressive. I have a Craftsman wheelbarrow in the same shape that I just used the bigger washers and body filler. After seeing your video, I thought why don’t I restore mine the right way like you’ve done. Then I remembered I’m missing a few things; a) Skill, b) Knowledge and c) Tools. Great Video, thanks
I have that same style wheelbarrow. Now I will know how to have it forever. Although a restoration was probably not cost effective, it was still amazing what you did to restore it. A video like this gives proof that almost anything can be brought out of a junkyard and made new again. Thanks for posting.
You should have put your own name on it. You built a new wheel barrow! 😂 Well done! I love watching your metal work! ❤
Now a wheelbarrow isnt something i expected to ever see restored but i'm so happy you did, we used to have an old, old wheelbarrow like this, maybe a bit younger
Purchase of a new wheelbarrow: $70. Restoration of an old wheelbarrow: $200. Result: priceless.
Where you getting a new wheel barrow for 70
@@nicholastatasciore9639 More like $400.00 he means.
130 at lowes in the midwest. What kind of wheelbarrow costs 400????
@@M4st3r0fN0n3 Well you see, they cast it in silver.
@@zyriantel9601Silver!? They told me it was white gold...
Seriously, I think its better than new and this Young man is an ace metal sheet fabricator.
The satisfaction of knowing that you spent more time making the decals than the factory spent manufacturing the wheelbarrow.
Really amazing craftsmanship! Yes it's easier to buy a new wheelbarel but, wow crazzy work! I dont think some people realise how difficult and precise doing such a work is. I'm really impressed. It's teaching us a lot of techniques, thanks a lot for sharing. You're a king! Such a patience.
I appreciate this as an art form, on many levels. I don't believe this is practical in this day and age. It's just to much time and effort for such a common commodity. But the craftsmanship, the problem solving, the attention to details, the patience and fortitude deserve great respect.
yes, of course, and he could have welded in a couple of very much smaller parts and have been done. the practice though will be good for when a more important thing comes along. maybe we will see something in time.
I’ll bet that wheelbarrow doesn’t get left out in the weather anymore. Great job and well worth the effort. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
Nicely done! Thanks for the Por 15 Patch product tip! Just what I need to use on an old transfer shovel my dad had.
All round quality. Editing, cinematography and content all bang on.
That’s one way to procrastinate doing yard work!
Artistry. Pure and simple.
An amazing amount of work to restore a cheaply made American whellbarrow! I wish you had put a "Restoration Station" sticker on it instead of a Tru-Temper. It is your creation because Tru-Temper could never make such a good wheelbarrow. I have had several of them and they never last more than a year, two at the most. The one you restored will last long enough to pass onto the next generation. An excellent video!
I agree with what's been said a lot. The experience gained is worth the cost of time & materials. It wouldn't be cost effective to pay someone to do this for you, but worth it to do it for yourself. Great work
Keep making videos like these. Happiness is not all about money.
Glad your back men and you never gave up!!
I'm still around lol. Got a lot of footage in the can that will be uploaded soon
Beautiful work indeed! Thank you 🙏🏼
Love you for hard work you doing, don't stop restoring stuff,.
My dad taught me it's not what you do but it's how well you do it it's amazing!
Great techniques! Ron Covell would be proud!thanks for this!
Dedication at its best. Hats off sir.
Outstanding!! Well done!!!
That was superb. Thanks for sharing!
Damn I know this is just a wheelbarrow but that patch work was really impressive. I wasn't expecting that level of quality repair for a rusty old wheelbarrow. Very nice work.
Amazing work! 👏🏻👏🏻
It turned out well! My grandparents had a potbelly stove just like this one. We used to sit around it after school to warm up during the winter! This video brought me back those memories!
One of the best 32 minutes of my life
you are a great metal worker! well done
Awesome job great technique!! Thank you I really enjoyed watching your video!!
Excellent work dude!! 👏👏👏👏👏
Beautiful job
These skills are priceless.
Awesome Job!!👍
Beautifully done. Great video!
I was wondering if, as a resident of Russia, I could guess whether sprouting sprouts would be shown. I guessed right - the sprouts were shown. And even more. :-) Brilliant work. You could say it's an educational film. To tell the truth, I would be sorry to soil the wheelbarrow after the enormous amount of labor spent on it.
Great work as always. I’d love to have the shop, skill, and most importantly the time to do stuff like this.
Nice job, I saw some techniques I have often wondered about, now I know. Another piece rescued from the land fill, I like it.
Now that is great "Grocery-getter" - when you go camping. Very nice work.
Such a great restoration 👍👍
That was awesome. Thank you for putting the link to the POR 15. Nice metal forming, and hammer wheel thingy, and English wheel use.
I believe that was called a planisher.
Very impressive skills ! 👍🏻
Excellent job mate
Are you growing asparagus? Impressive metalwork skills.
This is truly art
In order to get the smaller letters to cut properly onto the vinyl you need to use the green 'standard grip' cutting mats. You were using the blue 'light grip' mat which allowed the vinyl to move slightly when the machine was cutting. This is why the little letters were all over the place. Also keep your Cricut blades sharp and don't be afraid to replace them every once in a while. I have a small toy model motorcycle that is the same make and model as the actual motorcycle I own, I cut a custom license plate for it to match my bike using the cricut, cutting little letters way smaller than what you were trying to cut. They came out great.
Well done!
Nicely done.
Thats what a true craftsperson can do. Excellent. The tool you made for indenting the metal for the bolt head was sublime. Using the "P" as a template for the "R"... well considered. Just excellent. I did one. I much reccommended extending the axle and installing two wheels outside of the frame. It creates extreme stability....and allows you to wheel your kids around in it easily after your back goes wonky 😂. Thanks for uploading!
Great idea! I also thought I'd want to use much better bearings in the wheels. The bearings that come with off-the-shelf wheels are not usually well made.
@Tedpreston4155 yes! I used some pillow block bearings. The bearings already in the new wheels (harbor freight) combined with the pillow block bearings give it 4 bearings. If any freeze up, there's always another free. Redundancy is good. And the pillow blocks are greaseable. Been using it to carry really heavy loads of firewood this season. No problems. Very stable. Very reccommended.
Great little video,impressive work 👍👍👍😎😎😎
Just came across your channel and love all of your content. I'm learning so much about how things work. I watched this entire video almost hypnotised haha, it goes perfect with some lofi background music. Thank you for sharing your passion with us all.
looks good! great vid thanks
Beautiful restoration! A work of fabrication art that will hopefully stick around for a lot longer.
Bro, stop.
Nice really enjoyed the build.. damn id love to have even half of your workshop lol
Wheelbarrow turned out lookin' hella dope, Restoration Station!
Stupendo restauro, complimenti 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Nice job looks new again.
Brilliant content.
When I went shopping for a wheelbarrow they only had real big thick plastic ones. I was kinda bummed I was expecting to buy a metal one but bought it anyways. After watching this I’m glad I did! It’s working great obviously no rust! 😂
I have ,(had) the habit of leaving my wifes beloved wheel Barrow outside. Six years ago I gave her good strip and paint....she was a bit happy.....I hadn't learnt much in the mean time and recently her bottom rusted through. Total strip again but this time she required half her bottom removed and a new one formed. Never again I am 75 and I have learnt my lesson.
very nice work thanks for sharing.
After all that work and craftsmanship it would be hard to use. I believe that’s probably the most time put into a wheelbarrow. 🙌🏼
That templating job was VERY impressive!! The only thing he could have done to make it nicer, is to gold-leaf the exterior! 🤣🤣 💪💪
Very nice. Wheelbarrow says oh, please don't put me back out there in that cold whate stuff, PLEASE!
Good restoration instead of sending it to the landfill. Thanks for sharing.
Really cool !
I restored a similar wheelbarrow. My neighbor let me borrow his. Looked just like this one. But he was going to throw it out because the handles rotted out. I bought a new set from Ace Hardware and they were actually thicker and heavier than the originals. I sanded the barrow and painted it with Rustoleum Rust Reformer, straightened all the bent metal supports repainting them also. Fixing the tire going flat was the last thing to do before assembling. As a bonus I installed a couple of grease zerts on the axle shaft to keep it lubed. Of course I didn't have to do any welding or repairing any pin holes in the barrow section and I use the hell out of it every season, keep it inside garage or shed and hasn't let me down.
Nice job😊
Amazing ❤️
Dudes just trying to learn something new yall just leave the lad alone
Wish you were doing all this work to one of my cars instead of a wheelbarrow but great practice and you have some exceptionally good tools to help.
Out freakin standing job
OK ill admidt when i saw the flat steel and the paper i knew what you were up to. I gave it maybe 2% chance your going to beat that metal into the shape you need. I am quite impressed!
The old snap tool was getting a workout !
New to this channel and you sold me on subscribing because you used illustrator to redesign the logo! Great job! It all came out phenomenal
You really did great making the restored wheelbarrow looking like it's been recently bought from Lowe's.
It’s incredible the amount of work he’s putting into a relatively inexpensive wheelbarrow. I guess it’s more like the experience than the cost.
Seen a bunch of fake restoration videos out there, glad to see someone doing it right and aging things falsely.
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That wheelbarrow is simply too nice to use.
We have two wheelbarrows one this size and a smaller one. Over the years I've replaced the handles. Initially I tried making my own by cutting down a 2x4 but finding knotless ones is a problem so I wimped out and bought replacement handles at our local hardware store. I did make my own wedge shaped pieces. I can't weld so used fender washers on the carriage bolts. So far so good going on 40+ years. We did try one of the plastic wheelbarrows but quickly broke it.
Wow-Wee, mightily impressive
Bravo pour votre travail ❤🇩🇿
Well heck man, if I had all the equipment........who am I kidding, I still couldn't do it. You got some made skills brother !!
Meanwhile, I spent $100 to replace mine so I could continue watching your videos. Awesome craftsmanship.
Beautiful restoration ! I have the same wheelbarrow in a similar state of corrosion and wear. But I lack the power equipment and skill demonstrated in the video. I'll just go the hardware store, give them $69.99 (plus tax) for a new one and be back home in half an hour.
lol i love this restoration of racing cart and growing some racing weeds
👍🏻👏🇻🇪🤘 excellent video my pal happy weekend
I always wonder why wheelbarrows like these only have a small horizontal bar in the back to stabilize the rocking, in my opinion they should either have a wide plate or cross bars that would also help to stabilize it
I have not seein a videor like this it is so interresting
Great video as usual! Would love to see you add more affiliate links in the description. Like the grinding wheel you use with your die grinder, the little magnets, and all that.
Thanks. I might do that
@@RestorationStation - You're very welcome. If it helps to understand why - I see this and think "Oh, dang, I really need to re-work some of my old stuff but just don't know exactly what to use to make it look this good!". ( :
i have a litle problem with my eyes and you save me from taking a bad sleeping today thanks
Bravo! I especially appreciated the ending, top-dressing the asparagus bed with home-made compost! A man after my own heart! I rebuilt an old wheelbarrow recently, but not quite up to this standard!
Really enjoyed the restoration and the final result. Out of curiosity, was there a particular reason you didn’t use nylon locking washers? Thanks for the videos!
Nah I just liked the look of the stainless hardware and menards didn't have nylon stainless nuts