Antique Railway Wrench Restoration. Extremely Rusty and Very Rare .
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This Railway Wrench was found by a friend on a bush walk. It had been abandoned in the woods for many years and badly rusted.
I wanted to keep as much of the texture created by the rust pitting and clean it up for my personal collection.
During the restoration process I uncovered that it was made by F.Lassetter & Co.
At the beginning of the twentieth century, F Lassetter & Co, known as Lassetter's, was one of the largest and oldest retailers in Sydney Australia.
The company's name F Lassetter & Co was created in 1863 and as an ironmonger, it stocked all types of products made of metal, selling everything from steam engines, agricultural machinery and tools, to builders' hardware, light fittings, kitchen ranges, fireplace grates and cutlery.
Lassetters ceased trading in 1926 .At the time, it was claimed to be the largest liquidation sale ever to have taken place in Australia.
I could not find any catalogues of pictured online which shows this wrench so I can only assumed it was sold between 1863 - 1926.
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Video was okay.....the work was impressive yes......but the ending made this the best video in the world for 2023 !
@LittleRestorers
5 ай бұрын
Haha, thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it 😉👍
It’s nice that you preserved 👍 hope that last another 80-100 years
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you mate. Yeah I'll give it to my grand kids one day 😁👩🏻🔧
Man that thing was really dead locked! Great video!
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Yeah took me 2 days to take it appart 🤣. Thanks for watching 👍
Very cool. Nice repair on the nut. I like the way you kept all of the original parts.
@LittleRestorers
10 ай бұрын
Thanks. You ever watch some channels where they take something completely rusty like this, clean it up and its barely pitted... 😂 - enjoy your comments 👍
Better than the short version 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 especially liked that brilliant repair , when I saw that come apart I thought hmmmm what ya gonna do now .....
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jim. I fought with that handle for so long and unfortunately breaking the collar out seemed to be the only option. You not suppose to watch the short version 🤣🤣👩🏻🔧
Great job getting that wrench working. It looks like a first cousin to my Pit Monster.
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you John. Yes it's the Pit Monster's Australian cousin 🤣👩🏻🔧
Literally brought back to life!
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Sure was 😉
Wow that was in bad shape 👍 A few bad words spoken I bet when it didn't come apart. Nice job, it turned out great from how it was at the start. Looking forward to your next project.
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your kind words. Yes getting rid of all the pitting would have made it a mini wrench 🤣
@Austeration
Жыл бұрын
@@LittleRestorers made of tin foil
Wow mantap sangat kreaktif Lanjut berkarya bos . Nice work 👍👍👍
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching - Appreciate the comment 👍
@petanicabaioficial2375
Жыл бұрын
@@LittleRestorers 👍👍
Very impressive work, Great end resultat
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend 👍
Impressive recovery!
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks magdad, appreciate the comment 👍 👩🏻🔧
naturally I joined the applause 👍👍
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😉👩🏻🔧
That wrench looked like it came from the sea! Great video work! 😃👍
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend. Appreciate you taking the time to check out the video - yes I left the electrolysis going for much longer than usual , did look like an ocean find 😁👍
Well done.😊
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate 👍
Great !! That´s the restorations i really like, when most parts of the object are preserved and keeps the signs of time and not "i make new one" nor the ones that ends looking newer than new .. if you know what i mean ! Keep the good work !
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Absolutely correct. I know exactly what you mean. Am glad we share the same point of view. Thanks for watching and appreciate your time and great comment 👍 👩🏻🔧
👍👍 Job well done!!!
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍👩🏻🔧
good job
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍 👩🏻🔧
Great job! I have not watched all your videos (yet), but I am wondering if you have evaporust in your neck of the woods? If so, and if you give it a try, you will find it works great on things seized up like that. It may have saved you from having to split and repair the nut. As for the final result, the only thing you missed (unless you wanted it left as it was) was to straighten the top jaw a little so it was more parallel. I like to be able to take one of my antiques off the wall and use them occasionally. Just to warm the souls of the people who used the tools long ago. 👍😁
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks again for watching. Yes we have evaporust down under but it's bloody expensive. I've had good results with electrolysis (as an more cost-effective option) but this one was really so far gone that the metal and the rust had become one. But i do want to get some evaporust eventually so please keep watching more videos so I get enough money to buy some 🤣😄👍
@timeflysintheshop
Жыл бұрын
@@LittleRestorers what I have heard about electrolysis is that it works best in a "line of sight" between the electrodes and the part, so anything hidden from view does not get as much de-rusting. Evaporust will dissolve rust if it can get to it. So if something is seized wth rust, it will get into the joint, but it will take some time to get all the way in. I see many others using an acid (citric acid, white vinegar) and that is much cheaper than evaporust, BUT when the rust on the surface is dissolved, it will start to eat the metal object as well! If you want to get into a seized up joint, you would have to leave it in long enough that the rest of the part would beging to get eaten! If you do eventually get some evaporust, remember to clean off as much of the rust from the outside of the part with a wire brush so you don't "waste" the evaporust on "easy rust"! Do you watch "scrounga's workshop"?
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
@Time Flys in the Shop Thanks for the information, i'll definitely take that on board when i get my hands on some evaporust. Yes, I follow Stuart, he is a friend of my channel also and such a great bloke.
That can't be restored - Little Restorers said "Hand me my hammer watch this" - Excellent job sir. I'm surprised the steel putty worked that good, cool... Good Stuff
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Haha , thanks for checking it out Mr Vic. Yeah the steel putty worked great . No way I could have stick welded that 😉👍
Very impressive work Brother. neat trick with the metal paste and glad you chose to just wax it. Can't wait to see your next project.🍻
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Am glad you like it. It looks very simple but still took a lot of work to get all that rust out. Next project might take a while 🤣👍👩🏻🔧
@Uwannawatch
Жыл бұрын
@@LittleRestorers I'm sure it took a lot of work. You were removing Real Rust. I actually love the simple finish. You kept all the integrity that tool should have and didn't try to change it to something else. As far as the next project it will take as long as it takes.
Nice work dude
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching mate. Appreciate it 👍👩🏻🔧
@Forestcamp313
Жыл бұрын
@@LittleRestorers I wish you continued success, I follow you, have a nice day
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
@@Forestcamp313 Following you too. Will be checking some of your awesome work 😉
@Forestcamp313
Жыл бұрын
@@LittleRestorers 😊😉
Super tare 🍯🍯🍯🍯🍯👍
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching 👍👩🏻🔧
Okay, I believe it wasn’t fake rust, but did you bury it in your backyard for a week first? 😂 All jokes aside mate that was incredible you got that functioning again. Amazing work. I thought you’d show us your welding skills on the collar but the metal paste seemed to do the trick. That Gillies Gun Paste is good stuff. I ordered some online when I saw you first use it and it’s fantastic stuff.
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thanks mate - I thought about welding it or even replacing that collar. The problem was the thread. I could not find anything to fit and fabricating a new piece was going to be a headache. I figured the collar only acts as a stopper, so the handle does come off if you unscrew it all the way. So it doesn't take any of the pressure really. If one day I have the skills to make a new one I will ... may be 🤣. Have you heard of Lassetters tools ? I'd love to find out the exact years this was made .
👏👏👏👏
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👍
The máster!!!
@LittleRestorers
Жыл бұрын
Thank you my friend 🙏😉