WWII Hand-Crank Flashlight/Lantern Restoration - Restoring Lamps

Тәжірибелік нұсқаулар және стиль

Restoration of WWII era dynamo (hand crank) flashlight. This week I restored this hand-crank flashlight made by Phillips (type 7424). These were used by Germans in WWII. When I got it I had no idea if it worked. After testing thatt it in fact wasn't working I opened it up to find what's going on.
Immediately after opening I found that the wire from the dynamo to the was loose so obviously I couldn't have worked when I tested it. After the disassembly the other end of the wire came loose as well. I had to replace the wire immediately so I wouldn't loose the other end inside of the brass housing and that was not filmed. I also found a strange loose part from inside the flashlight. You can see me wondering where it came and hoping that it shows on the video. later I realized someone who had opened the flashlight before me had just put it in there for some reason.
The dynamo works so that the magnet is being spun by the hand crank. The polarity of the magnet is not the usual (flat sides being + and -) but the poles are on the curved surfaces. Underneath the magnet inside the brass housing there is a coil which generates an AC current. This current is then lighting up the bulb.
I cleaned the parts with ethanol. I chose ethanol because I didn't want to use multiple cleaners and I wasn't sure if paint thinner or acetone would damage the electronics. Then rusty parts were put into rust remover and some rusty parts were cleaned with multispray because I wasn't sure if all metals on those parts can be put into the rust remover. Then some of the parts were polished. The parts inside didn't need to be polished and it's important to consider if polishing actually causes any issues with the device. Polishing removes thin layer of material and you don't want your parts to be wiggling in their places after polishing.
I used my typical nickel plating solution also shown in on my other channel Odd Experiments to re-plate the bass parts where the plating was a bit worn and you could see some yellow brass on them. For more info on that check out my tutorial on Odd Experiments.
After everything was put back together and the flashlight was working I thought it looked very dim so I got an idea to make a custom LED bulb to fit the flashlight. Wanted to keep the bulb changeable rather than just soldering a LED in place so I can put an authentic bulb back in there. Which do you prefer? The AC current is transformed into DC with a diode so the LED works and wont break. Regular LED would typically break with AC current and also it would show up as "flashy" in the video because it will only light up when electricity moves into one direction.
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  • @Alias_Anybody
    @Alias_Anybody4 жыл бұрын

    "Don't use ketchup for lubrication" I have to agree, it's indeed not very romantic.

  • @HorrorUberAlles

    @HorrorUberAlles

    4 жыл бұрын

    _Unless..._

  • @Alias_Anybody

    @Alias_Anybody

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@HorrorUberAlles No.

  • @marscomo

    @marscomo

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Alias_Anybody every liquid is a lubricant if you are brave enough

  • @fridtjofriibe5961

    @fridtjofriibe5961

    4 жыл бұрын

    Remember Tornberry - *grabs Tabasco*

  • @mk0049

    @mk0049

    4 жыл бұрын

    R/cursedcomment

  • @Marriev
    @Marriev4 жыл бұрын

    How crazy it sounds, this video was kind of emotional to me. I come from a town near Eindhoven (homebase of Philips) and as a child we played a lot with exact the same kind of flashlight (in Dutch: knijpkat, literally squeeze cat). It was from my grandfather (who was clearly not a German though) and we had such fun with it. And it was such a good quality, but unfortunately... time took its toll after a while, especially with little kids. So I was really surprised to see this item and it brings back such a good memories. Thank you from the deepest of my heart, Odd (if I may call you that way)!

  • @OddTinkering

    @OddTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    You may call me that. Thanks! It's always a pleasure to read this type of comments. Actually it's one of my favorite parts of doing the videos. And don't take that wrong, I really like going the videos

  • @KoenvanDommelen

    @KoenvanDommelen

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wow... same over here (also from a small town next to Eindhoven :D )

  • @pappskalle8594

    @pappskalle8594

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sell the flashlight to him :D

  • @Marriev

    @Marriev

    4 жыл бұрын

    No Patrik, all the restorations need to stay in the Odd Museum (and I'm a her by the way ;) ). And Koen, we know each other :) .

  • @KoenvanDommelen

    @KoenvanDommelen

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Marriev oww... Hint?

  • @blazeosirus5854
    @blazeosirus58544 жыл бұрын

    This thing is a priceless masterpiece. Can we all take our time to appreciate this man's time in restoring relics from the past?

  • @macez4586

    @macez4586

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is patient and you can tell he loves fiddling with things and I bet you if something interests him and doesn’t understand the mechanism, he will go out to learn it.

  • @mousevision661
    @mousevision6613 жыл бұрын

    You read my mind, I was thinking to myself "convert it to an LED!!!" Then you did, that's awesome. Definitely keep LED if you plan on actually using it since you can always swap the bulb if you needed to.

  • @mrsnekk5297
    @mrsnekk52974 жыл бұрын

    Officer: Careful private, you see that? Americans. Private: Its too dark hang on **CRANK CRANK CRANK** Officer: Ah shit here we go again

  • @rakkooon

    @rakkooon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Mason Race nah “its too dark hang on *RAH RAH RAH*

  • @nexus5776

    @nexus5776

    4 жыл бұрын

    That flashlight is used by germans

  • @bfarm44

    @bfarm44

    4 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @mathanmorris21

    @mathanmorris21

    4 жыл бұрын

    Jordan’s

  • @davem9445

    @davem9445

    4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine been an undercover spy and you needed that as your source of illumination.....No Tinker Tailer Soldier Spy there.

  • @tonger7018
    @tonger70184 жыл бұрын

    they should make a ww2 horror game with this as the light

  • @renaissancebatman

    @renaissancebatman

    4 жыл бұрын

    Breaking the buttons with every crank.

  • @tishd2308

    @tishd2308

    4 жыл бұрын

    ww3*

  • @onebigfatguy

    @onebigfatguy

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Rohit Dev The first game is called "Metro 2033" and yeah you have to hand crank your light because it gets damn dark in the tunnels.

  • @Daniel-rd6st

    @Daniel-rd6st

    4 жыл бұрын

    The Doom game that played on mars (i hink the one before the most recent) had dark passages you needed a flashlight to navigate through. Trouble was, you could either hold a flashlight or use your weapons! So it was basically a decision between seeing your death coming towards you and beeing helpless or shooting blindly in the dark ^^

  • @ronaldeury7639

    @ronaldeury7639

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Daniel-rd6st I remember playing Doom 3 as a kid and the flashlight situation like that horrified me XD.

  • @thomaspigg306
    @thomaspigg3064 жыл бұрын

    I love watching people restore articles from the past, especially if it's a part of history.

  • @cheseballs6581
    @cheseballs65814 жыл бұрын

    I love this , not obnoxious music, no talking, no intro telling you to follow of his acc, straight to the point I love it

  • @knewal7050
    @knewal70504 жыл бұрын

    I really don't like taking thing with springs apart because i can't put them back

  • @OddTinkering

    @OddTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    It took me a moment to realize this easy way to do it. First I tried to get it back while holding it loaded but that was way too hard...

  • @jarredmattingly5369

    @jarredmattingly5369

    4 жыл бұрын

    See you gotta talk to the springs first so they know what's going on.... Clears up a lot of confusion and when I started that springs are no problem.

  • @jarredmattingly5369

    @jarredmattingly5369

    4 жыл бұрын

    ... and don't try it with loaded springs... Gotta be loose. Develop a team of springs that are loose. An unstoppable loose springs team. Hell, make some music like you're in a band from, I don't know, E Street. Call yourselves the Loose Springs Team and the E Street Band.

  • @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    Ай бұрын

    Don't try it with a yellow bear/rabbit animatronic

  • @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    29 күн бұрын

    ​@@jarredmattingly5369 springlock Failure

  • @TysyTube
    @TysyTube4 жыл бұрын

    I like so much this type of gadget from another era 🥰

  • @CircuitWCUE

    @CircuitWCUE

    3 жыл бұрын

    Type*

  • @TysyTube

    @TysyTube

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nk and japan done sir🙈

  • @luckyduckyt1461

    @luckyduckyt1461

    3 жыл бұрын

    YOO I KNOW YOU YOUR THAT RESTORATION GUY

  • @CircuitWCUE

    @CircuitWCUE

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@TysyTube bruh I'm a girl

  • @destroyerhdtv3639

    @destroyerhdtv3639

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@CircuitWCUE they were talking about the person above him i think

  • @johanvangelderen6715
    @johanvangelderen67152 жыл бұрын

    My family is from Den Häag We immigrated to the US in 1959. My father told stories about living in rooming houses after the war. He told a story about how he came home late one night. He did not want to switch the lights on because he might disturb other residents. He walked upstairs while he had one of these in his hand. The noise and the flashes scared the family dog. It screamed and howled because it was scared. So every one was suddenly wide awake. I saw this video and knew that this flashlight must be identical to the one he had. Thanks for the memory.

  • @aaronwalderslade
    @aaronwalderslade4 жыл бұрын

    We used to have torches like that in the 70s. Seeing you convert it makes me think they should remake them with a storage cell and LED bulbs.

  • @dannydoctor9737

    @dannydoctor9737

    3 жыл бұрын

    They are already making. You can buy such gadgets in almost any electronic market here in China.

  • @DrSaav-my5ym

    @DrSaav-my5ym

    3 жыл бұрын

    yea, they do, you can order online

  • @pie19988
    @pie199884 жыл бұрын

    These videos are oddly satisfying and are a great way to pass a slow work day discreetly!! Thank you!!

  • @jalinehsaidi5210

    @jalinehsaidi5210

    4 жыл бұрын

    KZread.com/PewDiePie

  • @OddTinkering

    @OddTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    It's always funny when I hear someone watching these at work but then I realize there are so many jobs you can watch these without it disturbing your job, and of course some of you watch them regardless. I've seen what people do on their computers around the office

  • @jalinehsaidi5210

    @jalinehsaidi5210

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey i tell my friend to subscribe to u now when will the new video come up?

  • @jalinehsaidi5210

    @jalinehsaidi5210

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OddTinkering Thing u should do right now after fixing everything why not sell em

  • @pie19988

    @pie19988

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OddTinkering I work at a coffee shop that sees only a little business in the afternoon and much less on an afternoon on the weekend, it's a good time killer! I appreciate it greatly believe me when i say it can be mind numbing on this shift without it sometimes

  • @vijaysrivatsan1408
    @vijaysrivatsan14084 жыл бұрын

    He really got me with the ketchup and grease one😂😂

  • @arandumendez9557

    @arandumendez9557

    4 жыл бұрын

    lithium grease, looks a lot like ketchup, it tastes nothing like it

  • @maleficentcop2752

    @maleficentcop2752

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@arandumendez9557 And You know this how... LOL 😅

  • @arandumendez9557

    @arandumendez9557

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maleficentcop2752 you dont wanna know i smelled it

  • @danilko1

    @danilko1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Bananas work better.

  • @DiesInEveryFilm
    @DiesInEveryFilm4 жыл бұрын

    Really cool video mate and such a good item to restore

  • @OddTinkering

    @OddTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate!

  • @StillUp2Date
    @StillUp2Date4 жыл бұрын

    2077: Odd Tinkering restoring the Pyramids

  • @rakkooon

    @rakkooon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Petr Říha what?

  • @rakkooon

    @rakkooon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Petr Říha your entire comment

  • @brazilbr4415

    @brazilbr4415

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Petr Říha Gay

  • @Kartracer24x

    @Kartracer24x

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Petr Říha but you forget... He has Isopropyl Alcohol.

  • @Klimotine

    @Klimotine

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Petr Říha OOHHHH I JUST GOT YOUR COMMENT

  • @TheCoomer
    @TheCoomer4 жыл бұрын

    Love the Led upgrade

  • @OddTinkering

    @OddTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    I wanted to keep it still easily changeable so I can always put regular bulb in there. Easy way would have been to solder it in the lamp permanently

  • @gclsarnia
    @gclsarnia4 жыл бұрын

    The LED improves the function, and since it's a thread in replacement, there's no harm in leaving it installed. Good idea!

  • @athenasie
    @athenasie4 жыл бұрын

    It is amazing how relaxing your videos are, plus you show objects that I will never see again, thanks for all the effort in editing the video and all that restoration entails. greetings from Argentina :)

  • @emt7887
    @emt78874 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know why but the care and consideration you put into restoring these things makes me think of the movie Brave Little Toaster.

  • @raskahn9286
    @raskahn92864 жыл бұрын

    Made in The Netherlands, these were known as a "Knijpkat" it translates directly to "Pinch Cat" Yes, Dutch is a weird language.

  • @maffletris

    @maffletris

    4 жыл бұрын

    Could it be because of the sound it makes when you use it? haha that name is hilarious if you think it that way!

  • @denniz1990

    @denniz1990

    4 жыл бұрын

    There is an Dutch saying that's translate into watching the cat in the dark... I thinks that's where the name comes from haha. This type was produced under Nazi regime in Holland

  • @hualni

    @hualni

    4 жыл бұрын

    One of my favorite Ditch translations is Lievehersbestje. It's supposed to be Ladybug. But it's actually Lady Beast. That cracks me up!

  • @metamorphicorder

    @metamorphicorder

    4 жыл бұрын

    Probably because it sounds kinda like cats fighting.

  • @Goth7illa

    @Goth7illa

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@hualni It gets weirder: Lieve Heer 's beestje = Sweet God 's little animal.

  • @FusashiYuraka
    @FusashiYuraka4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome rigging of the LED. I'd leave it in to compensate for the lack of a reflector cone in there.

  • @metalmagic8666

    @metalmagic8666

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rmejc don't suck their dicks for too long, he said Germans during WW2. Bunch of stand-up dudes indeed.

  • @metalmagic8666

    @metalmagic8666

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rmejc *sigh* idiot

  • @metalmagic8666

    @metalmagic8666

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@rmejc look 9 seconds into the video. If you missed that I believe your attention span rivals that of a fruit fly.

  • @basicprofilepicture6672

    @basicprofilepicture6672

    4 жыл бұрын

    what happened here?

  • @metalmagic8666

    @metalmagic8666

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@basicprofilepicture6672 ah, well there was a pretty major idiot that I guess deleted his comment after I pointed it out.

  • @daoogieboogie
    @daoogieboogie4 жыл бұрын

    Not gonna lie, when I saw the thumbnail for a second I thought it was a security camera from Bioshock

  • @convictedfelon620

    @convictedfelon620

    4 жыл бұрын

    had to hunt down this comment

  • @kholosythebest3325

    @kholosythebest3325

    3 жыл бұрын

    kzread.info/dash/bejne/aZuLyM2NoZDLhLg.html

  • @Kids_Scissors
    @Kids_Scissors4 жыл бұрын

    I love these types of videos. Helps me relax and get away from all the day-to-day boring routine.

  • @MRNVCDIY
    @MRNVCDIY4 жыл бұрын

    Very old dinamo. Thanks for share. Nice video

  • @AwesomeRestorations
    @AwesomeRestorations4 жыл бұрын

    Very nice restoration my friend. I like that you converted it to LED .. cool. Nicely done 👍👌😉

  • @theseoldbeats
    @theseoldbeats4 жыл бұрын

    They'd certainly have heard you coming in WWII with that thing.

  • @JJGuccione
    @JJGuccione3 жыл бұрын

    The bulb modification was brilliant!

  • @kjamison5951
    @kjamison59514 жыл бұрын

    Excellent work! As always. However… “No measurable current” Meter set to AC volts... meter leads in voltage/ohms sockets. “No measurable voltage.” This type of hand generator would only produce an AC voltage so the meter setting was correct. It would have been made at a time when rectification would be done by thermionic valves and not solid state electronics so a small rectifier would not be available.

  • @samreiter3116

    @samreiter3116

    4 жыл бұрын

    Damn. U smart man

  • @blindmelonlemonjello

    @blindmelonlemonjello

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@samreiter3116 anyone can copy & paste.he didnt even bother to take the extra spaces out. Lame as f**ck

  • @neyoid

    @neyoid

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also, generators make AC naturally.

  • @blindmelonlemonjello

    @blindmelonlemonjello

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@kylothow stay in your lane bored ass dick head

  • @dustinneedham3418

    @dustinneedham3418

    4 жыл бұрын

    blindmelonlemonjello Regardless of if he copy pasted it, it’s still relevant information. Quit being an ass about it and carry on with your life.

  • @Excvositorum
    @Excvositorum4 жыл бұрын

    If you add a capacitor to the circuit, then perhaps the LED will flicker less.

  • @Landrew0

    @Landrew0

    3 жыл бұрын

    Also a full bridge rectifier.

  • @strain121

    @strain121

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Landrew0 his led is"special," so it doesn't need it.

  • @triadwarfare
    @triadwarfare3 жыл бұрын

    Not only you restored it, you actually improved it by making it brighter thanks to more efficient LEDs

  • @videogamerNattie98
    @videogamerNattie982 жыл бұрын

    The fact you took something from over 50 years ago that uses scientific principles we take more advantage of in modern day and made a small modern adjustment to it greatly improving the efficacy of the light shows that the fundamental properties of the tech during WWII were very well thought out the bottle neck was the things that made those principles work, and not the principles themselves.

  • @artnels2
    @artnels24 жыл бұрын

    If you have a concern with keeping it mostly original, use a lower voltage bulb, like a 1.5 volt bulb. Also, there are bulbs in that voltage that have a small lens molded into the tip of the glass. That may add more focus to the light helping it be brighter too.

  • @arthurthevelin2073
    @arthurthevelin20734 жыл бұрын

    The sandblasting always gets me It's just too satisfying

  • @OddTinkering

    @OddTinkering

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes that's my favoirite part too that's why I made the scene so long

  • @DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA
    @DrDaveSalisburyPhDMBA2 жыл бұрын

    I loved these flashlights as a kid!

  • @antoniusaloysius
    @antoniusaloysius3 жыл бұрын

    I am a industrial product design student from the Netherlands and these video's inspire me greatly, in 2 years I will be graduated and hopefuly designing great, durable products like this. It's a shame that nowadays products are all made from plastics and cheap materials which break and then polute our oceaans. I am far from a environmental activist, but i'm often thinking: come on, design some good old fashion products for ones. Keep on the good work!

  • @dejEtack
    @dejEtack4 жыл бұрын

    he's right, you shouldn't use ketchup for lubrication use nuttela instead

  • @t0kotang0

    @t0kotang0

    4 жыл бұрын

    dejEtack and you can lick it all off when your done!

  • @Pixal_Dragon

    @Pixal_Dragon

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yandere Doodles you can do that with ketchup

  • @jarredmattingly5369

    @jarredmattingly5369

    4 жыл бұрын

    Just spit on it like everyone else...

  • @storr7535

    @storr7535

    4 жыл бұрын

    Guy: The store is out of Nutella Person: IM GOING TO NUTELLA Ella: *takes out headphones* you wot?

  • @superploc

    @superploc

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hand Tool Rescue reference.

  • @CanuckMackem
    @CanuckMackem4 жыл бұрын

    Looks great, if leave the LED in there.

  • @aYoutubeUser518

    @aYoutubeUser518

    4 жыл бұрын

    ok boomer

  • @AyeYerMa

    @AyeYerMa

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aKZreadUser518 Wow you're edgy, how about you stfu

  • @mgfails9274

    @mgfails9274

    4 жыл бұрын

    He should add an full bridhe recrifier with a smoothing capacitor. Ok electroBOOMERS :)

  • @aYoutubeUser518

    @aYoutubeUser518

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@AyeYerMa ok boomer

  • @Chrischansmom

    @Chrischansmom

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@aKZreadUser518 Old joke

  • @ChEILoZ
    @ChEILoZ2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that gotta work wonder during the night in a war. Not only do you sound like a hand cranked bike but you light up as well. Perfect!

  • @samsungmario9355
    @samsungmario93554 жыл бұрын

    That’s awesome getting things working after so long it’s kinda like going back in time in a way!

  • @justinwest3813
    @justinwest38133 жыл бұрын

    These videos are so addictive and satisfying! Love watching this kind of stuff! 😎 👍

  • @jacob.700
    @jacob.7004 жыл бұрын

    i never comment so i‘m just going for it this time i really enjoy your content and i think it‘s one of the best on youtube it gives me a specific feeling i can‘t really describe. i can stop thinking about all the bad things going on on earth, there is no stupid things in here, no society-bullshit everything seems fine as if when we all were children, and i love that!

  • @turatea1
    @turatea13 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather has one. I found it his hom, but didn't work. I was only around 15 years old, and don't know what to do. But i found it very interesting. Thanks to share your work, I appreciate it. Greeting from Indonesia.

  • @RiderBlitz1.0
    @RiderBlitz1.02 жыл бұрын

    I used to have that, ah you bring back the memory, thanks 💖🌹

  • @fishindude72
    @fishindude724 жыл бұрын

    I just love how well built and beautiful things used to be.

  • @northernwoodsman
    @northernwoodsman4 жыл бұрын

    Imagine walking through a forest and wanting a light because you heard a noise. Or imagine a simple stealth scenario... "What was that?" "Wait let me check" *ZZZZT ZZZT ZZZT ZZZT ZZT ZZT*

  • @theinterpalnetaryprogamers9401

    @theinterpalnetaryprogamers9401

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hahaha, didn't get at once... Now I Get it 😂

  • @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    Ай бұрын

    My scenario: the night shift at Freddy's Me: *HEARS LITTLE GIRL SCREAMING* Freddy: *Deep laughter* Me: what was dat? *Picks up old ahh flashlight* *VROOM VROOM VROOOOOOM*

  • @Paperghost
    @Paperghost2 жыл бұрын

    It was nice to watch you restore this torch. I had one as a child, it was a hand me down from a Uncle who served in WW2. It fascinated me (boys and torches eh?) and my Uncle explained that it was an emergency hand lamp with low illumination designed not to draw attention but to give enough illumination for the immediate vicinity such as map reading or taking your next step only. I don't know how true that is but it added to its interest for me.

  • @everfreebrumby8385
    @everfreebrumby83854 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are wonderfully hypnotic.

  • @bigmacro
    @bigmacro4 жыл бұрын

    Sunday came early this week! I just love this! Keep the LED, then you have the best of yesterdays technology with todays.

  • @Communistdogg
    @Communistdogg4 жыл бұрын

    "don't use ketchup as lubrication". Well there goes my weekend

  • @samreiter3116

    @samreiter3116

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol. Good joke my dude

  • @dadof3bb

    @dadof3bb

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hot Sauce is better for that..... makes it more "exciting"!! Whoooooooooo

  • @entity42

    @entity42

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@dadof3bb AHH WHY WOULD YOU SAY THAT MY DICK IS _ON _*_FIRE_*

  • @user-tj8qf3jn1z
    @user-tj8qf3jn1z2 жыл бұрын

    То что было сделано с лампочкой шикарно, даже в голову не приходило что так можно. Ранее приходилост для таких решей убирать патрон, а тут просто нет слов.

  • @Cyrillius1
    @Cyrillius14 жыл бұрын

    The sound it makes and the temporary nature of the light would be a great feature in a horror video game! A lovely restoration, thank you for showing us :D

  • @plaguecrow754

    @plaguecrow754

    5 ай бұрын

    Man do i have news for you

  • @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    Ай бұрын

    Like: (Flashing the light) (Light finishes) Freddy Fazbear: ITS MY TIME TO SHIIIIIINEEEEEE

  • @mrbubbles720
    @mrbubbles7204 жыл бұрын

    „Brim brim brim brim“ I like the sound

  • @sofyalipkind479

    @sofyalipkind479

    4 жыл бұрын

    It sounds like maniacal laughter to me.

  • @matheusreis1383
    @matheusreis13834 жыл бұрын

    Keep the LED bulb! 🤣 Great work!

  • @dvig3261
    @dvig32613 жыл бұрын

    I am a fan of antique and vintage items that still work. Putting the original type of bulb is nostalgic, but less functional. I would add a small storage system into it to minimize the analogue "wow" effect the dynamo creates. The LED and quasi bridge you made is a wonderful addition.

  • @wyldeyouth
    @wyldeyouth2 жыл бұрын

    There's so many cool gadgets from around the ww1 and ww2 era! This thing could last another 100 years with some care, compare that to a flashlight made today...

  • @sxnses
    @sxnses3 жыл бұрын

    Soldier: "hey i cant see the map can you get the flashlight?" Soldier 2: "sure, hold on" *RUMMM RUMM RUMM RUMM RUMMM RUMMM RUMMM RUMMMM RUMMM RUMMMM RUMMMM*

  • @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    @user-tw9uf9pn3g

    Ай бұрын

    Hahahahaha

  • @starcreeper6660
    @starcreeper66604 жыл бұрын

    Another one to add to the pile! Always satifying!

  • @andybrooks7228
    @andybrooks72284 жыл бұрын

    The led is much better and generally lasts longer than a traditional bulb. Great job keep it up.

  • @danielbbtomahawk
    @danielbbtomahawk4 жыл бұрын

    Add a small capacitor so the LED will stay on longer with lesser trigging. Just a thought. Awesome restoration. Great Job!

  • @EnigmaNL
    @EnigmaNL4 жыл бұрын

    These were not just used by the Germans, they were developed and made by the Dutch during WW2. People used these because fuel was scarce (all taken by the Germans) and the nights were long and dark (no lighting allowed due to the blackout). I have one of these that my grandpa used in WW2 while he was a kid. I don't think this particular one was used by the Germans, or at least not by German soldiers. The Wehrmacht issue Knijpkat had a leather piece attached to it, text on the bottom saying "Wehrmachteigentum" and it was painted green. One funny detail, this is a prime example of a Dutch wartime produced consumer electronic(using minimal amounts of cheap materials) and it's still produced better than most consumer electronics these days. They make hand-crack flashlights these days and they are 99% plastic and they will break in a few squeezes.

  • @Jopekos
    @Jopekos11 ай бұрын

    I had an idea, imagine a horror game where you are trapped in the bunker, with a bloodthirsty monster behind you and you have to wind up a lantern that makes noise and you have to escape without attracting attention. 🤔

  • @ThunderDragonRandy

    @ThunderDragonRandy

    10 ай бұрын

    lol I was just watching Markiplier play Amnesia: The Bunker and looked up on these mechanical flashlights.

  • @Quadrupliplex
    @Quadrupliplex3 жыл бұрын

    the efficiency after the LED is so satisfying.

  • @xyuser-vx3on6vd4j
    @xyuser-vx3on6vd4j4 жыл бұрын

    Это Вещь!!!!! С большой буквы!!!)

  • @AndrzejKondziela
    @AndrzejKondziela4 жыл бұрын

    Keep the LED light. I like that modern upgrade.

  • @fhhvhhgc
    @fhhvhhgc4 жыл бұрын

    Вау спасибо вам за видео.

  • @fmarules69
    @fmarules694 жыл бұрын

    I love the peacefulness of your videos... sometimes all we need is silence

  • @ClipSwitchFlashlights
    @ClipSwitchFlashlights4 жыл бұрын

    Love these old flashlights. Great job restoring them! I say make the bulb and LED easily swappable ‘cause lots of people would love it to be practical and would love to see the original output as well.

  • @osoco7294
    @osoco72944 жыл бұрын

    1:54 You could use smaller aperture for deeper depth of field.

  • @bananasrfr14
    @bananasrfr144 жыл бұрын

    I showed this to my grandpa and he said he remembers using these during war time. Any chance I can buy it from you so I can surprise him with this for Christmas?

  • @bananasrfr14

    @bananasrfr14

    4 жыл бұрын

    Maximus Plebius thank you, but that one is not nearly as beautiful as the one repaired in this video!

  • @samreiter3116

    @samreiter3116

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@maximusplebius9992 ur good man

  • @YouTubeSupportTeams

    @YouTubeSupportTeams

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@bananasrfr14 the one in this video has been polished and an LED added. Not rocket science or magic. And certainly not worthy of restoration status, it was quickly cleaned up and made functional but not like original condition, such as restorations should be

  • @teresashinkansen9402

    @teresashinkansen9402

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@KZreadSupportTeams How adding a *REMOVABLE* LED bulb makes it not a good restoration, all parts are original other than the replaceable bulb.

  • @kurthansen570
    @kurthansen5704 жыл бұрын

    Putting in a LED light was interesting, but it was unnecessary. These hand powered lights were pathetic if you see how little light they did produce, but at the time people must have been impressed. It is a PHILIPS lamp. Thanks for sharing this.

  • @glennsoucy4359
    @glennsoucy43595 ай бұрын

    So Art Deco, so impractical, so cool!

  • @uraniumbolt7594
    @uraniumbolt75944 жыл бұрын

    hey, it looks like these little things were the inspiration for the cameras in a game called bioshock

  • @francispalmer9737
    @francispalmer97374 жыл бұрын

    Keep the LED light, the dynamo is still original but with a modern update to it, after all it was made to light the way and now its even better than before.

  • @chadcastagana9181

    @chadcastagana9181

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's an alternator, not a dynamo - - the latter generates dc thru mechanical rectification

  • @kuroneos8059
    @kuroneos80594 жыл бұрын

    OH GOD I HAVE THE EXACT SAME MULTIMETER ! ... And I don't know why this makes me so happy.....

  • @greasemonkey11
    @greasemonkey113 жыл бұрын

    Awesome piece of history you fixed there. You also have to marvel at its simplicity, usability and durability, very interesting indeed! Thx for posting this! :-)

  • @user-ps2qq5xz1z
    @user-ps2qq5xz1z4 жыл бұрын

    Next day: MP-40 Restoration

  • @user-wk4ic6mu7j

    @user-wk4ic6mu7j

    3 жыл бұрын

    are you oxuel? Пиши по-русски!

  • @rich13348
    @rich133484 жыл бұрын

    Keep the LED and add a capacitor in parallel and it will stay out for longer after you stop cranking.

  • @neyoid

    @neyoid

    4 жыл бұрын

    You would have to add a non polarized capacitor or have to rectify it before it going in.

  • @JosephClatterbuck
    @JosephClatterbuck4 жыл бұрын

    I like the LED. Original look and feel, improved. Also, really appreciate turning the volume down on the rotary tool buffing clip.👍🏼

  • @marklammas2465
    @marklammas24652 жыл бұрын

    I used to have a functional dynamo torch when I was a kid. 1930s, I think, though it may have been older than that. It eventually went the way of the wind. I would like another. I sometimes use the modern versions.

  • @thexodus
    @thexodus4 жыл бұрын

    I wonder what it'd take to add an AC to DC inverter a capacitor and regular LED so that the crank would charge the cap and you'd get light without having to crank constantly.

  • @bgbthabun627

    @bgbthabun627

    4 жыл бұрын

    @Pez de, not much, I would attach a bridge rectifier, a boost buck voltage regulator, a capacitor, perhaps an ultra cap if needed, and then the LED. Oh, and yes keep the LED, and another great find and restoration

  • @chrisstephens6673

    @chrisstephens6673

    4 жыл бұрын

    I thought the D in led stood for diode.

  • @bgbthabun627

    @bgbthabun627

    4 жыл бұрын

    @chris you are correct, the diode installed is only useful in dropping the voltage, it was perhaps a zener. I cannot tell from the video

  • @ADMIN-qy8yg
    @ADMIN-qy8yg4 жыл бұрын

    12:45 how my crush crushed my heart

  • @caspexx

    @caspexx

    4 жыл бұрын

    no one gives a fuck

  • @ericcastillo105

    @ericcastillo105

    4 жыл бұрын

    Nobody: Emos:

  • @bluntfishtrauma

    @bluntfishtrauma

    3 жыл бұрын

    can't relate, too aro

  • @TheRestorer
    @TheRestorer4 жыл бұрын

    You can watch this forever)👀😉 Good job👍

  • @pieter335
    @pieter3352 жыл бұрын

    I have the same one, fulltime restored and funcitional. Insteed of a 0,5 volt lightbulb I made a LED with the originaliteit lightbulb thread. Works perfectly.

  • @Deadestest
    @Deadestest11 ай бұрын

    Watching this because of the new amnesia game

  • @bruisedbug

    @bruisedbug

    11 ай бұрын

    same lol, but its not the same one

  • @SWATareTHOSE87
    @SWATareTHOSE874 жыл бұрын

    Everyone: wow, this is cool. WWII Veterans: 💣💥🔫✈️

  • @furkanozturk5015

    @furkanozturk5015

    4 жыл бұрын

    WE GONNA NEED IT IN WWIII

  • @Milamberinx

    @Milamberinx

    4 жыл бұрын

    Not many WWII veterans left now.

  • @Prosto_prosto2
    @Prosto_prosto22 жыл бұрын

    Классный жучёк! Туда ешё конденсатор и сиабилищатор с выпрямитеоем, вообще огонь будет

  • @DrDoobs420
    @DrDoobs4204 жыл бұрын

    Coolest EDC flashlight ever!

  • @AgentDiego
    @AgentDiego4 жыл бұрын

    LED is basicly a diode. No needs in rectifier diode if capacitor hasn't been installed.

  • @flyingfox8072

    @flyingfox8072

    4 жыл бұрын

    Also omitting the extra diode will give additional voltage of 0.6v

  • @neyoid

    @neyoid

    4 жыл бұрын

    You still wanna feed LEDs DC even if they rectify it. It's DC when it comes out.

  • @AgentDiego

    @AgentDiego

    4 жыл бұрын

    Than you need capacitor to filter your voltage. In other case Diode is quite useless

  • @chadcastagana9181

    @chadcastagana9181

    4 жыл бұрын

    But a fragile LED could be damaged by this mini-alternator's back voltage

  • @Piotwor
    @Piotwor4 жыл бұрын

    How's the magnet? Maybe you could upgrade it for maximum efficiency?

  • @Proton_Neutron
    @Proton_Neutron4 жыл бұрын

    Благодарю за ролики . Отличный контент !

  • @TacticalTrucker
    @TacticalTrucker2 жыл бұрын

    _Great idea, a capacitor will keep the light on a bit so you don’t have to keep cranking making your thumb the strongest limb on your hand_

  • @iSupermanCKi
    @iSupermanCKi4 жыл бұрын

    This thing even sounds like an angry German! 😂

  • @Chilgt

    @Chilgt

    4 жыл бұрын

    Angry German: *WHIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR*

  • @cronziechaos2747
    @cronziechaos27474 жыл бұрын

    I don’t know why the army men didn’t use their phones as flashlights would’ve been more efficient

  • @ethancastaline8830

    @ethancastaline8830

    4 жыл бұрын

    Cronzie Chaos stupid

  • @aironnoles5588

    @aironnoles5588

    4 жыл бұрын

    Later , I believe in the 80s , they come out with L shaped flashlights with colored switchable lenses ; like red , green , blue and a few other colors . Which I wouldn't be surprised if soldiers didn't just color their lenses their own colors and more than likely used Morse code .

  • @cronziechaos2747

    @cronziechaos2747

    4 жыл бұрын

    Ethan Castaline aye bruh why so mean

  • @cronziechaos2747

    @cronziechaos2747

    4 жыл бұрын

    Airon Noles damn you smart 💀

  • @hesseldijkstra5327

    @hesseldijkstra5327

    4 жыл бұрын

    These lights were meant for domestic use. Not for the German army.

  • @mariavallejos8537
    @mariavallejos85373 жыл бұрын

    Your videos are really interesting especially the type of things you restore are artifacts of the past. And the process of restoring these are really relaxing.

  • @christophergrimes12
    @christophergrimes124 жыл бұрын

    You made that thing look brand new, awesome restoration

  • @springbuiltitall
    @springbuiltitall4 жыл бұрын

    And the screws didn't turn to cheese? If i didnt know any better I'd be thinking stuff was made better and easier to fix in days of yore. But ofcourse this cant be true

  • @Quoteunquot3

    @Quoteunquot3

    4 жыл бұрын

    Conspiracy theorist!

  • @movecount
    @movecount4 жыл бұрын

    4:40 I have this sudden urge to clean my ears...

  • @Pixal_Dragon

    @Pixal_Dragon

    4 жыл бұрын

    This and not the part with the q tips?

  • @movecount

    @movecount

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@Pixal_Dragon tbh q tips are very inefficient in cleaning out your ears. i use a tiny metal spoonlike stick.

  • @Pixal_Dragon

    @Pixal_Dragon

    4 жыл бұрын

    To each their own

  • @dalea1691
    @dalea16913 жыл бұрын

    I never seen one before. Thanks for the education of another WW2 item

  • @aprilstar9029
    @aprilstar90292 жыл бұрын

    Những sáng tác của Sỹ Luân nghe mãi ko phai.. Phúc hát rất hay và ấm áp

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