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I narrate balls.

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NARRATED - Antique Ball Motor [Restoration]

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Cory Sennett

I thought all vibrators had lots of hard rubber

Kyle Hoffman

Great job as always! I really appreciate the narrated videos that provide a little more history/details!

handtoolrescue

Thanks! It feels better doing the narration as I can explain why I chose to do something.

Wasted Audio

And it's a great perk for us patreons ;)

Clifton Ballad

Dad's a retired analytical chemist who used to run a ICP (its a plasma cutter... but Soooo much better) Mass spectrometer. Next time I see him I'll ask about how one would go about sorting out what grease is what. Mass Spec would work but I bet other easier and cheaper options exist. I am a curious bastard like that my self and would use the shit out of a mass spec if I had one...

Michael Steeves

The rubber is indeed natural rubber. Synthetics were only introduced in the 30's and they weren't any better. You would expect a useful life of 10-15 years so I think those are well expired!

Clifton Ballad

A quick,cheap(ish) and kinda easy(slightly tedious...) way would be to get a spectroscope (The $50-$100 range) dissolve the grease in question up in some acetone(or similar) and burn it with a torch... The colors in the scope correlate to the elements in the grease. Add a camera and do a few baseline "clean" burns so you can remove the "noise" and you could end up with fairly decent results... Its the mass spec of the era the motor was built in, not exact but will tell you something about what you're looking at... It would also work for sorting out what the various paints you encounter are made from.

Alaskan Rock Vodka

Haven't even watched it and already giving this a like. #giggles

Marc McKenzie

Somehow this sphere keeps reminding me of that interrogation/torture device in Star Wars, when Princess Leia is held captive by Darth Vader in the Death Star.

Pascal Roy

The openings are probably just for assembly purposes.

John Rigon

Who in the hell would design a motor with the AC attachments exposed the way they are??? Excellent resto and great commenting... 10/10

Nikita Volchik

The tape might be a friction tape or some other natural adhesive and cloth tape. I use it to add extra grip to my sculpting tools by winding it around many times(ending up with about an extra 1/16" plus material on the tool), after a using it a while it becomes this sort of smooth, almost polished cohesive mass that feels slightly resiny while also having some slight give if you apply force with something else that's hard.

Adam Nash

That rubber looked like vulcanite.