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@TheDarkHour684

17 күн бұрын

I enjoy this channel, but your sister channel, Mark ****s up stuff, is even better!

You know you're too involved with repairing old computers when you start calling your own garden “the wild”.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Anywhere past the front door is the wilderness to me.

@grahamroberts1833

3 ай бұрын

You know you are too involved in repairing old computers when you refer to your garden as the Upside Down.

Now to for the contents of my basement into my ultrasonic...

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your flood mate.

@RyanMercer

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff it's happened before, it'll happen again, one of these days I need to get 4k content for the click bait 😂

So leaving the the hammer in the citric acid overnight did the hard work for getting rid of all of the embedded deep rust, which was then converted to that black stuff you saw plume off. But using the ultrasonic after definitely cleans it more thoroughly and quickly. Doing it as a two step process for any rusty items is definitely the way to go. Word of caution though, don't leave thinner rusty items in the water overnight or else you might find them dissolved beyond the point of repair, as the citric acid does start eating at the good metal once the rusted is gone and thinner items just don't have as much metal to begin with.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

This is awesome information. I genuinely had no idea. Thank you!

Spent my lunchtime watching Mark soak his dirty tool in the bath. Time well spent, 11/10, can recommend! 😆👍

@falksweden

3 ай бұрын

It gets even better when he starts polishing his shaft.

I was not expecting to see mark's rusty tool early in the morning this video should have had a warning!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Shock tool appearance!

"I found a massive bag of white powder." - a phrase that was said by many in the 1980s. Hehehe...

@justin-g-360

3 ай бұрын

And apparently Colorado in this very year 😐 (not my thing tho lol)

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

It’s the real thing (tm)

Nailed it

It was almost certainly just the citric acid that did the work. Turning on the ultrasonic machine vibrated the smut off it, but it probably would have just wiped/brushed off easily anyway. Citric acid is pretty good for rust removal, but you might want to look into Evapo-Rust. It's a chelating agent that removes rust without damging the underlying metal. If you're dealing with rusty parts with a black oxide coating (like screws etc) then the best thing to do is simply boil them in distilled water for about 30-60 minutes. This converts the red rust back into black iron oxide, essentially reversing the rusting process and making the part like new again.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Great information here. Thank you!

@gnu2000

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Can definitely give Evaporust a recommend! That stuff is practically magic (although comes with a price to match) Geoffrey Croker has a great vid on rust removal methods that's well worth a watch if that's a rabbit hole you want to go down.

@j.f.christ8421

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff I've used vinegar, works the same.

People accused of Mark's channel getting rusty, but then he hammered this video together at ultrasonic speeds!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I have an iron will.

@chainq68k

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuffThat was a well polished answer.

Stop - hammer time! Superb video Mark and well done!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

You've conditioned me in to checking if "rusty hammer" is a euphemism.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I’d suspect it is, and if it’s not it should be!

@justin-g-360

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff All I'm saying is don't look at Urban Dictionary folks

@Lhawk2107

3 ай бұрын

ahahahahaha

The hammer tip is probably dipped in oil while still red hot to harden the steel. same with the claw. If it were hardened all the way through it might become brittle, having a hard end for hitting the nail, and more bendy for the rest makes the tool stronger overall.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Another great video of mark rubbing his tip with some lubricant

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Tool on tool action as well.

The face is a different color than the rest of the hammer because of the amount of carbon in the steel. The face is darker because there's more carbon and that makes it harder. Pretty cool, right?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I think that is cool!!

You can use any water you like. If you were to use any kind of cleaning fluid it's more economical to put that with the items being cleaned in ziplock or possibly heat seal bags.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I’ve read that before. Will probably do that with the small circuit boards here.

@rimmersbryggeri

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff It's probably more important with more expensive liquids. I think this experiment may have neen just as effective by just leaving the hammer in the citric acid over night and then do a short burst of US in the morning.

that worked out great !

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I think so too!

Great video, you nailed it.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

#DadJokes

@BenRattigan

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff My comedy is a bit rusty.

That detonation of crud at 7:52 is absolutely extraordinary, and the end result is even more so.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I love the plume of crap!

I wonder how this would go without the citric acid, good stuff Mark!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Going by the comments, not as well I don’t think. Thanks!

@justin-g-360

Ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff sorry for only seeing this 2 months later but that is good to know! I like to simplify it especially when it gets to chemistry, but, guess that step can't be skipped 🤣

Actually........ One of the more interesting videos I've seen this week. 😂

And now Odd Tinkering has extra competition!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I’m no competition!

Acid eats through rust. It is how I will clean really rusty cast iron cookware before I re-season it by soaking it in vinegar (or filling it with it if it is the inside I need to get clean)

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info Robert. Seems that citric acid really is a miracle powder!

Great footage, thanks for sharing!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Thank you too!

From a video about gun restoration I saw an approach here would be to boil the hammer for an hour, which converts the rust to magnetite, and then using a carding wheel to card off the excess, then you have a tool covered in a protective layer of magnetite which stops added rust.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Nice info but wtf is a carding wheel?

@Nukle0n

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff It's normally a thing you put on your bench grinder, tho maybe you can get something small scale for the dremel. Basically like a very soft, fine metal brush wheel.

Re: Charging cables. You should consider getting those magnetic dongles/cables. Granted some of the dongles are bulky, but I got reasonably low profile ones from Aliexpress (link below) 60w and 100w cables with the dongles compatible interchangeably (they aren't all interchangeable with eachother). Picked up 15 cables, and about 60-70 dongles (mixture of type c and Micro). I use them in cameras, phones, earbuds, torches, controllers and the advantage is it saves wear on the ports/stops the cable getting loose, plus if you yank the cable it just comes away without damage, put the cable in the vicinity and it snaps on, also 1 cable does type c and micro devices (or apple as well if you get the apple dongles). Yep, most devices like earbuds charge 8-10w, but I wanted 1 solution that will last and didn't want 1 specific high speed cable/dongle for phone and then the rest (hence getting the 60w and 100w). 1 cable to rule them all. I don't think i've ever said the word "dongle" as much in my life. Anyway, if charging cables and the different types annoy you (particularly with microUSB being one way), then its definitely the answer. www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006155990069.html?spm=a2g0o.order_list.order_list_main.37.b9b11802sgMk65

You missed the perfect hammer time opportunity

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Stop…

@derekjc777

3 ай бұрын

And you could have put on some parachute pants to do the job. Perhaps you did? Just off camera. Can we now call you MFS Hammer from now on?

hammer time.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

STOP!

9:48 - I would guess the head has gone through some form of tempering to make it better able to deal with abuse.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Someone else said. Dipped it oil at high temperature apparently?

You need to get a fiber laser. A tool every boy wants, but can't afford.

the cleaning was so intense it cleaned away the weight embossing in the hammer head lol

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I think that was only left in the rust at that point.

I'm going to send Peter Sutcliffe this link, this is how you properly clean a hammer.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Too late.

@brendonelton

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff I had no idea he died, more brains on his hammer than in my head.

Would this also work on musical instruments? Maybe you'd like to try a rusty trombone next.

I've been considering a ultrasonic cleaner for a while. What volume is the one you have?

I was THIS FCKN CLOSE to sending an email to youtube's corporate department to stop recommending tool restoration videos to me... but at the last second I noticed... our lovely wee Mark, just messing about. Right now.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Ahhh! Don't get me cancelled!

@baxtardboy

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Don't worry mate if you watch one episode of TESTED, utube suddenly decides all you want to watch is 1950's watering cans or engineer vices being resprayed etc and pollutes our recommendations with nonsense.

@dingusbingus7463

3 ай бұрын

I'm having the same problem with tool restoration vids, most of them are really annoying. Fortunately I realized it was a Mark video and watched it

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

@@dingusbingus7463 didn’t even know that was a thing. I usually get recommendations of cats playing the piano.

@dingusbingus7463

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff I get those but Instead of cats, it's horses. I love it

Mark, you should get one of these bench grinders for your garage. You can install a polishing wheel on it, Turn it on and apply some polishing paste. Dremels are fine for small surfaces, but for bigger jobs bench grinders are the way to go. You could polish your hammer 10x better and faster with that :).

@Omega_Mark

3 ай бұрын

I used to polish my old keys with that, so they looked like new. I found myself looking for more things to polish all over the house hehe.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I did have a dual bench grinder/polisher before the fire but that was lost. I’ll save for a new one ☝️

Like a half-arsed my mechanics video. In the best possible way.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

That’s a compliment I’ll accept!

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Yeah.

satisfying video 👍

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

That's so impressive.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for noticing!

@frankowalker4662

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Well, when someone has one like that, it's hard not to notice.

Even before seeing that video, I would suggest it gets silvery again with a whole lot of rustholes after that

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

How about after you saw it?

I'm busting, need to go 😄

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I just did….

You want to coat in some oil to stop it rusting again mark

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Apparently the metal polish I used has a barrier against corrosion? I'll keep an eye on it.

Distilled water is just tap water with some minerals ;)

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Isn’t it the other way around?

@stefanheeren4519

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff ...removed :D

Nice experiment, although I'm slightly disappointed in you Mark for completely missing the opportunity to make jokes about it being hammer time and not wearing very baggy, spangly trousers.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

STOP!

Ultrasonic cleaner with Rust Converter - maybe. Laser? Definitely.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I need a laser capable of this!!

If I 'ad an 'ammer.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I could ave been a judge

I'm guessing the different colour on the metal is where the steel was hardened with a higher temperature.

@thepenultimateninja5797

3 ай бұрын

Probably differential tempering. Quite impressive for a cheap hammer.

@rimmersbryggeri

3 ай бұрын

@@thepenultimateninja5797 It essential for the hammer to have any livespan at all that the percussion surface is hard as or harder than nails.

@thepenultimateninja5797

3 ай бұрын

@@rimmersbryggeri Indeed, and the rest of the head should be less hard so that it can withstand repeated blows without cracking, hence the differential temper. However. Mark said the hammer cost £4, so I'm surprised they went to the trouble. For that price, I would have expected it to be little more than a 'hammer-shaped object',, not a properly made tool.

@rimmersbryggeri

3 ай бұрын

@@thepenultimateninja5797 They probably have to to be able to sell in as an instrument for driving nails. I think it looked like the claws also had a slightly different hue.

@thepenultimateninja5797

3 ай бұрын

@@rimmersbryggeri Yeah, there could be some safety law that requires it. I actually broke a tine off a cheap hammer trying to pull out a small wire nail, so it must have been way too hard. That was in the US not the UK though, so maybe different (or no) legislation.

Wonderful. But it will get rusted again. I haven't tried, but I've heard that if you use a heat gun, heat it (I believe is around 360ºC), then it seems that inserting it in oil (I don't know which is best) it would get black and somehow protected against rust.

@FernandoelChachi

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the like, Mark. I've been recently trying similar things. In my case just a couple of screws and related. Vinegar and salt is all that they need (small things) in two days to forget about rust (trust me). You don't need to buy anything else. The problem I didn't resolve is protection. And that's why I've told you about this method. I could have tried it, but my heat gun now doesn't want to get a high temperature.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I’m going to watch this now to see if the rust returns

If your tip is a different colour than expected, you need to see a doctor. I won't hazard a guess as to how it ended up that way.

@MQsto

3 ай бұрын

Nah, it's just that usually the tip gets most of the beating.

many many nails may now be twatted (it was lidl by the way)😛

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Yes. I have a Lidl tool.

learning about Carry On made a lot of your lines make more sense, ooh err matron.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Disgusting!

I'm curious. Is it common to have a word like "ADMONITION" replacing what I imagine would be "warning"? I don't mean to be funny, English is not my first language and I don't remember to ever seeing anything like that.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

No. It’s a misuse of the word really. Admonishing someone means telling them off. Scolding them, after bad behaviour.

@adilsongoliveira

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff Yeah, I thought so, thanks :)

You must be bored, how was the hammers function impaired by the rust? 😂

@derekjc777

3 ай бұрын

The extra drag caused by the rust as it moves through the air to hit things obviously has a considerable effect on its performance, whereas the aerodynamic shiny rust-free version obviously improves efficiency and performance. That’s where the saying “as aerodynamic as a hammer” comes from. Allegedly…

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

The rust made a mess. Lol

@derekjc777

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff That as well. Probably more so.

The citrus acid did most of the work

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

I did wonder. Especially after leaving it overnight. Good information. Thank you!

@voltare2amstereo

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff i watch some of those "restoration" videos and acid makes rust lift. Usually it's vinegar they use but citrus is also potent while gentle.

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

@@voltare2amstereo I sort of added it as an afterthought. I mainly use it for my kitchen appliances like my steamer and kettle because shop bought descalers smell nasty. Looks like my instincts were accidentally correct for once!

Have you tried wiping your tip on the curtains?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Yes I have and now I’m divorced.

I wonder how well an ultrasonic cleaner can clean the stuff fron your housefire

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

That's coming soon!

@LetsPlayKeldeo

3 ай бұрын

@MarkFixesStuff love your channel BTW keep the amazing content comming

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

@@LetsPlayKeldeo Thank you so much!!

#StopHammerTime

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

You love a good hammer

@fueledbyregret

3 ай бұрын

@@MarkFixesStuff it’s true. I’m never happier than when I’m getting hammered.

♪ ♫ If I had a 🔨 ... mMm mMMMm mMMm mMm... ♫ ♪ - Yeah, like most people I don't have a hammer, I have several... and constantly hammering the day away isn't really my thing either, but that's not really the point now, is it? - The point is that now you've got that dumb song stuck in your head too. 😆

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

All over this land.

spray some clear coat on it to stop it rusting again?

@MarkFixesStuff

3 ай бұрын

Mayne some mineral oil... or don't leave it outside for two years... 😁😁😁