Rusty Arbor Press - Restoration

In this video i’m restoring a rusty arbor press. Ever since I started my channel I had an arbor press on my wish list to restore. Not just because it’s an interesting good looking item, mainly because I want to have one in my shop. So I got very excited when my friend called me two weeks ago and told me that he has found one on the steel waste. It’s a small Fehlmann arbor press, they’re very famous in switzerland for making the best ones. I choose turquise blue for the main body and painted the letters black and I really like how to colour turned out. Unfortunately the table was missing, so I had to make a new one. I first planed to mill the slots on a CNC milling machine, but I couldn’t get access to one in time so I decided to make it manually. It took some time to find a way to make them, took even more time to make them, but the endresult speaks for itself. It turned out absolutely perfect. I went with bluing on the gear part of the handle and sanded the handle itself. The name plate was from the previous seller of this press, it’s a well known seller for machines in Switzerland. As the plate was too damaged to use again, I decided to make my own „my mechanics“ plate out of aluminium. It took me three tries to get it to work and I ended up with a very nice and clean plate at the end. I went with a brushed finish for the name plate, as it fits the other finishes very well. Overall I’m very happy how the press turned out. I really like the contrast of the different colours and finishes and I’m more than happy to finally own an arbor press in my shop. This tool will be very usefull and will for sure appear in future videos. I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to: Daniele Castoldi Noelle Sophy Afreeflyingsoul Adel AlSaffar Alan Hanson Amanda Taylor, Esq Andreswara Hermawan Andrew Phillips audi4444player Courtney Maleport Dan Williams Dre Gilley Gregory Hunter R. Jonas Richartz LVE Mellissa Marcus Nick Cannon Paul Ambry Paul Mampilly Shawn Daniels Trevor Kam TRG Restoration Vince Valenti Yale Baker Zachary Grimes Timestamps: 00:00 preview 00:42 disassembling 01:36 showing all the parts 01:45 removing the old paint with paint stripper 02:38 sandblasting 03:27 restoring the main body 04:12 applying filler on the main body 04:45 sanding the unpainted surfaces of the main body 05:14 masking the main body 05:32 applying two component primer on the main body 05:41 applying two component coat „turquise blue“ on the main body 05:51 painting the letters black of the main body 06:12 making the missing table on the lathe and milling machine 10:20 cleaning the other parts with the parts washer 10:41 removing the rust with rust remover 11:20 restoring the gear rack 12:31 restoring the handle 14:28 restoring the bolt 15:00 restoring the big washer 15:44 making a new name plate 17:39 showing the parts before reassembling 17:56 reassembling 18:55 showing the finished restoration 20:04 final test Time and costs of this restoration: I was working on this project for 1 week $30 arbor press $50 primer and coat $8 steel for the table $10 aluminium sheet for the name plate My camera: Panasonic HC-V180 If you have any questions about the process, machines i’m using or other stuff, just ask me in the comments. I read them all and i try to reply as soon as possible. Sorry for my bad english, it’s not my language. I try my best to improve my technical english. Subscribe for more of my content. I’m uploading videos about mechanical stuff, as new creations and buildings and also restorations. Thank you for watching :-) my mechanics T-Shirts: My Second Channel: My Patreon Page: