Antique Personal Weighing Scale Restoration

In this restoration video, you will see cast iron welding, powder coating, brass turning, sandblasting, and the usual details of restoration work. This antique bathroom scale was made in Germany in the early 1900s and produced by “Jaraso”.
It was not until the beginning of the Twentieth century that someone thought of a personal household scale on which to weigh oneself, and it was the Germans who apparently first made such a scale. The first manufacturer may have been “Jas Raveno & Son,” who named their scale “Jaraso.”
In 1910, the company registered British Patent No. 23493/1910 (see the two advertisements in the newspaper The Chemist and Druggist, in 1912 and 1922). Subsequently, the scale was patented in other countries, such as the US and Italy, in 1911.
Those balances were used in medical offices, hospitals, and households to meet the increasing demand accompanying the rise of mass consumption society.
Almost totally made in cast iron, the quadrant is calibrated from 0 to 125 kg with a mark for every 500 grams. It has a small mirror suspended on chains to enable the user to read the dial. The quadrant is written in the native tongue.

The restoration process went well, even though the bathroom scale was very rusty. The only issue was with the broken part, but I managed to weld it and learn new things. It was the first time I had to weld a cast iron part.
I hope you like this restoration video and share this autumn joy with me.
Cheers, and Thanks for watching !!!

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00:00 Antique Bathroom Scale Presentation
00:15 Disassembling
06:22 Removing paint
07:10 Sandblasting first parts
08:11 Removing casting imperfections
08:22 Powder coating with primer
08:41 Wet sanding the primer coat
09:04 Second coat - White
09:34 New springs
09:59 Sandblasting the old springs and small parts
10:34 Welding the Cast Iron broken part
11:35 Sandblasting the small parts
11:55 Cold Bluing
13:04 Grinding and bluing the welded part
13:38 Restoring the old shaft
14:13 Replacing the old steel balls
14:37 Restoring the scale mechanism parts
15:13 Nickel Plating
15:39 Assembling the mechanism
16:37 Making new brass bolts
18:17 Assembling the bathroom scale
18:37 Sandblasting the bottom, top, and mirror parts
19:29 Wet sanding the primer coat
19:39 White powder coating
19:49 Making another brass bolts
20:02 Assembling the parts
20:54 Restoring the scale dial
22:07 Restoring the pad and the mirror frame
24:07 Finishing the scale assembly
26:02 The restoration result
26:52 Electronic scale vs. Antique scale - The test

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[rustyshadesrestoration]

Hi folks! This time you will see me restoring an very old personal weighing scale. I had a lot of good time restoring this beauty and I hope you will enjoy the video. The process took me almost 12 days. Thank you all for your support and enjoy watching! PS: More details about this bathroom scale in the description. Cheers!

[MichelMorinMontreal]

This scale greatly deserved to be patiently restored: it was designed to survive several wars! It has just regained a new life expectancy of at least another century, bravo! The use of the mirror is something I've never seen before...

[sheilatodd]

Im sure not much from this day and time eill last that long for future generations to clean up, repair, and reuse. Everything is do cheaply made now that almost everything we own is disposable. Things usef to be made to last. Glad there are people like you who will and enjoy refurbishing those old pieces. Thanks for sharing. You truly are devoted.

[douglasforrester]

Nice work in restoring that old, old scale!! THANK YOU!!

[johnemmett]

A pleasure to observe your skill - without all the bull that a lot of these programs insist on using, your talent/gift shone through. Many thanks.

[lyndseybeaumont]

This is your best one yet. That’s an amazing piece of history, once again restored for future generations to appreciate. Thank you for sharing x

[lyubovyeremina]

Потрясающе! Раньше делали настоящие вещи. Все можно разобрать и восстановить. А сейчас все на выброс.

[christinetoughill]

Love watching you work. It is amazing how you can restore these various glimpses of the past.

[НиколайЛебедев-чв]

Preliminaryly liked you because you didn't afraid of repairing such a complex movement. I've subscribed.

[shpigenzig]

I think the imperfections are the real deal and original. Please don’t remove them. Keep it as originals as is was. Great work🧸

[jessicaann]

I absolutely love watching you restore life to these cool old projects! It was nice seeing glimpses of YOU as well! Bravo! 💪🏼

[crabtonia]

Must be one of the most delightful pieces I have watched you transform...so very intricate...also so satisfying...dgp/uk

[kayb.]

I love watching your projects. I do have a comment on this one you had gold and silver colored screws. It may have looked better with just one color. Thank you again for your work.

[unitunitglue]

I like that screwdriver with the extra handle. That screw is coming out, come hell or high water.

[shedmanx]

Magnificent craftsmanship bringing that one back from scrap. I’m surprised it only took you 12 days. It appears double the amount of work went into that. Thanks for sharing this and your skills with us.

[kylettamiller]

Almost 12 days! Wow! I can tell by the time spent that you really did love working on it. You could see day by day, the beauty emerge. Imagine something lasting 100 years! I suppose it resisted the elements and time because of the metal it was made of. It really did turn out beautiful and I was almost in a trance watching you do it! Thank you so much for doing this one and giving us a lovely, yet brief glimpse into the long ago past. You enjoy your Autumn coming on as well. ❤

[michaeldaruwalla]

Remarkable job, and very entertaining. Usually spring scales had a compensating mechanism for the change in spring tension.

[МаринаПетрова-чу]

I really find enjoyment in watching the magic work. Thanks a lot.

[georgebrown]

Amazing job you did restoring the scale to working order. It looks much better, too. Great work making new bolts as well. Well done.

[igortokarev]

Отличная работа и поучительное видео! Мастеру респект!