Antique Ox-Tongue Iron - Restoration

Video Description

In this video i'm restoring an antique ox-tongue iron. The ox-tongue iron is named for the particular shape of the insert. It was used in the late 19th century. I bought this one on eBay for $25. The condition of this item was not too bad in terms of rust. Unfortunately the ox-tongue insert was missing. The handle had play because one nut of the two bolts was missing. During the dissasembling I realized that it had asbestos as termal isolation, I replaced it with parts made out of duroplastic. Duroplastic does not melt, it's heat resistant up to around 300°C. As the holes of the handle were not centered, I decided to drill them up and close them with glued in pins. One of the two bolts of the handle was bent, one nut and washer was missing and the used washer was too big. That's why I decided to make it all new. The door didn't fit at all, so I welded up the holes, and made new ones until the door sit flush with the top of the iron. After that I was able to make the outer contur fit. I choose to turn a few parts black. After the first sandblasting I removed all the scratches and pitting with sanding and then I sandblasted them again to achieve a very nice and even surface finish. The bluing then makes a very nice matte shiny look. I decided to polish the body, but I used bluing on the inside for rust protection. Overall I really like the look from this iron, how the colors of the wood, the black steel and the polished steel play with eachother. I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon and PayPal supporters and specially to: Afreeflyingsoul Gregory Adel AlSaffar Alan Hanson Amanda Taylor, Esq Andreswara Hermawan Andrew Phillips audi4444player Courtney Maleport Dan Williams David Barker Dre Gilley Ethan Hartley Hunter R. JD Smith Jonas Richartz Kelly Imgrund LVE Martin Rønnow Klarlund Mellissa Marcus Nick Cannon Paul Ambry Paul Mampilly Trevor Kam TRG Restoration Vince Valenti Yale Baker Timestamps: 00:00 preview 00:32 disassembling 01:41 showing all the parts 01:59 sandblasting 02:52 restoring the body 04:27 restoring the hinge 06:07 restoring the bolts 06:47 restoring the door 09:28 restoring the wooden handle 11:43 making new bolts, nuts and washers on the lathe 13:49 restoring the holder for the handle 14:24 restoring the reflector plate 15:10 showing the new parts out of duroplastic 15:17 making a new ox-tongue insert 17:22 making a new handle to hold the ox-tongue insert 20:51 showing the parts before reassembling 21:06 reassembling 22:34showing the finished restoration 23:36 final test Time and costs of this restoration: I was working on this project for 3 week $25 ox-tongue iron $2 wooden pins for the handle $15 material for the ox-tongue and handle $40 reverse countersink hand tool $10 wax for wood $20 angle screwdrivers 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 :-) „I make a new one“ T-Shirts: https://teespring.com/stores/my-mechanics My Second Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4EQCwfH54ieNPswtXh5K0w My Patreon Page: https://www.patreon.com/mymechanics