1895 German Book Press “Alexanderwerk“ - Restoration

In this video I’m going to restore a very rusty, broken and completely stuck antique german book press. After a bit of research I was able to find out that this book press was made by Alexanderwerk in 1895. The disassembly was quite tough. All the threads have been very rusty and only got loose with a lot of heat and penetrating oil. The feet and top plate had rivet connections. Removing the heads of the rivet wasn’t enough to get them loose, I had to drill them completely out. I’ve soaked all the threaded parts in rust remover and sandblasted the remaining parts to get rid of all the rust. The holes of the feet and top plate have not been very accurate at all, for that reason I decided to close them all with welding and remake them all. I also milled and filed all five feet clean, parallel and to the same height. I’ve polished all the parts that won’t get painted and nickel plated them for rust protection. I applied bluing liquid on all the other parts, maily to have rust protection where the paint doesn’t cover the parts such as the upper side of the feet. Then I painted the riveted pieces with primer and black coat. To make a nice antique look I decided to add some gold decoration to the top plate and the yoke, which turned out absolutely amazing in my opinion. Reassembling was really easy, especially compared to the disassembly. I really like how this book press has turned out. The very glossy black paint with the golden details looks absolutely amazing and it fits perfectly with the polished and nickel plated parts. The brushed brass handle balls are the cherry on top. I hope you like my work and the video. Huge thank you to all of my Patreon supporters and specially to: Tonya M Broerman Adel AlSaffar afreeflyingsoul Yale Baker Carsten Bauer Gregory Alex McGeorge Alistair Moor Amanda Moore Amar.k Anthony Eufemio Arthur Bendurion Blake T Chris walter David Barker David Lowell Edward Conway flex Haitham Al Zir Huard de la Marre Hunter Fancher isaac Jean Ceppi Josh Ledford Josh Wasserman Joshua Bentley Joshua Scher Lambda GPU Workstations Leo Matt Boothman Mellissa Marcus Monte Gibbs Nick Houston NoLoneSurvivor Pat Thrasher Pong Lenis potokslow StevenVR Tyler Carruth Vickie Bligh Vince Valenti Will Black Xavier Carbel Yuri Zapuchlak Никита Дядин Alex Bindon Alipasha Sadri Amanda Taylor, Esq Andreas Mimra Andrew Egerton Andrew Phillips Arni Bjorgvinsson audi4444player Bonnie Williamson Brian Hoerl Chad Bryant Crystal Cash Daniel Trejo Daniel Varga Danielle Roberts Dave Cannon Dave Hardware David Ebert Ethereals flowercrownbouncer Geoffroy Grant Daniel Grok Senften Haley McFadden Hunter R. Ivy Michaels Jack Curry Jason Koi Jason Tarlov Jem Jeremy Cole Joël Franusic justin f. Ken Rosso Kurt Gazow Marc Cerisier Marc Staedelin Maxim Mellissa McConnell Michael Micheal Bier Michael Lamp Mike Donaldson Noah Schwarz Norm Haldorson (Bad Wolf) Pasacal Schmikal Pelec Peter Cyprian Regis Vincent Rev. Gina Pond Robert Todd Sarah Langlais Scott Marshall Sergei Shvartsman Steven Michalcewicz Steven Stowik Suiros Svenja Kuckla Tim Holt Trevor Kam Tucker Ifft 웅록 윤 My camera: Panasonic HC-VX11 This is an ASMR style video. Especially made to have the best sound quality, so you can enjoy all the authentic sounds created in the workshop in ASMR style. 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: My Main Channel: My Second Channel: My Patreon Page: