Rare Mechanical Toy Restoration

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Rare Mechanical toy Restoration from mid-1950’s. It is a cute teddy bear on a rusty crank wind up scooter. The engine is dead so I will repair the engine, fix the scooter and restore the teddy bear so he looks nice and clean again.

ABOUT THE MECHANICAL TOY SCOOTER
I bought this old toy from a barn sale here in Sweden a few years ago. He was just standing there old and dusty looking cute. I just knew directly that I had to fix him. The last couple of years it has been standing here in my garage and gathered more rust and dust. Now it is time to restore this cute mechanical toy.

ABOUT THIS TOY RESTORATION
I started by disassembling the wheels and then I carefully detached the cute teddy bear from the little scooter. Then I continued with the scooter frame and the more mechanical parts as the engine/gearbox. It was quite easy only 3 rivets, 6 metal flaps and two pins that was all holding it together.

I sandblasted the bigger metal parts and gave them some good layer of spray paint. The engine room got white color and the scooter frame parts were painted in baby blue.
I cleaned all the small parts (mostly gears from the engine) in my vibrating tumbler and gave them a good polishing job afterwards.

I also restored the cute teddy bear by giving him a thorough wash in my drilled powered mini washing machine and drying him afterwards with my wife’s hairdryer.

The scooter came with only one wheel. So I had to produce e new wheel on my lathe. The original wheel is about 80 years old and made of hard plastic so unfortunately I could not recreate the exact same look/gloss on the wheel with my modern soft lathe acryl rod.

I put it all together again nice and easy and gave the engine/gearbox a drop of oil on all the gears and moving parts. The mechanical part came out very strong. The engine was almost too strong when I tested it. You can se this in the end of the video.

I think that this restoration video turned out very good. The mechanical part came out very strong. And the teddy bear was happy about he’s restored scooter.

Thanks for watching my channel. See you soon.
Best wishes and stay safe ❤ Martin
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The fact that dude would go all out to make, paint and cut a love heart into a miniature chair for the teddy says a lot about his character. You’re a good man. ❤

stop
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I can only imagine the smile this would have brought the person who originally owned it as a child. Well done.

PyroChimp
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I got tears in my eyes when I saw he made a chair for the teddy bear to sit and wait. That's awesomeness!

lorydory
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That teddy deserved respect and got respect

The-Thumpies-Official
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I cried with joy, seeing the teddy returned to his scooter. In my 70's now, this made me feel like a child again 💕 Thank you 🥰

josephinehogg
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Repairing toys is the most noble pasttime.

sutrasofdelight
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I love that he kept the original bear instead of replacing or remaking it.

Seeing it go after restoration brought a genuine smile to my face and helped make my day.

mathewnunya
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Это лучшее видео за долгое время! Оно полно доброты помимо мастерской работы! Вы согрели мое сердце! Медведю так повезло с Вами! Пусть вам сопутствует удача !🙏❤🍀

МаринаЯцута-цу
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Never knew I’d shed tears of happiness watching a restoration video. This was so beautifully done.

wiz
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Most people would just throw out this good to see restoration of a beloved heirloom for someone else to love! The truly makes it valuable!

MsDana-mofp
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These were the best 16 mins I've spent on YouTube ❤

bigbangchrysa
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Такое милое видео! медвежонок очень рад стульчику и сны даже видит!!золотые руки и доброе сердце у мастера.стиральная машинка это чудо

ЕленаСтепанова-ъш
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That little teddy bear is so sweet and precious!

laurieb
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Взрослый человек с душой ребёнка, при этом прекрасный мастер. Он сохраняет память о прошлом. Браво.

ОльгаГусарова-вт
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The little handmade chair, the tiny washing machine, just brilliant! You take such care and have so much attention to detail even the simplest of objects are treated like heirlooms. Well done, another great restoration!

eloquentsarcasm
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Я была такая счастливая, когда увидела результат, будто это моя игрушка. А ваша машинка автомат просто огонь 🔥

Хельга-зм
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I can just picture him riding off into the sunset, a happy bear once more. What an awesome restoration.

stiffk
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Кроме технических приемов высшего уровня, ещё и доброта и любовь к делу . Так приятно смотреть на это!

ИванЕфимов-въ
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A chair 🪑 for a bear 🐻 🥹It’s so adorable! 🥰🫶

VoyageRecipe
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Я смотрела это как детектив, с таким же острым интересом. Когда вы сделали стульчик для мишки, я поняла--, это любовь! Спасибо за мини-драму, все закончилось хорошо, как и полагается😊
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НатальяБогатырева-шд