Antique Italian Coffee Grinder - Restoration

In this video I'm restoring a very unique looking antique italian coffee grinder. I recieved this coffee grinder a few weeks ago as a gift from a subscriber from Italy. He sent me a picture of it, asking me if I want it on Instagram and I said yes immediately. I really liked the unique look of it and its design.
At first I thought this would be a very simple straight forward project. It would soon turn out how wrong I was. The two big wooden parts became a real challenge to restore. It would be rather easy to make new ones, but I really wanted to keep the original ones and restore them. As the bottom piece was warped a lot and was also 3mm oval I couldn't just machine it all clean right away, otherwise I would need to take off way to much material. I decided to try to bend it back flat by soaking in water for a day and than clamp it flat and let it dry. Fortunately my plan worked out and the pice got almost flat again, to my surprise it also became round again within 0.5mm. The reliefed stress made a few cracks appear. I filled them all with a mix of epoxy glue and sawdust. After that I was able to machine it nicely and didn't loose to much on its original size.
The wooden top was rather easy to restore compared to the bottom. Because it had a very loose fit in the body, I decided to machine that diameter clean and glue on a sleeve. That worked very well and then I just had to remake the slots in the sleeve with my rotary tool by following the existing ones.
The color choice was also quite a difficult task on this project. I changed my mind a few times and even repainted the body. First I painted the outside in corn yellow, but that looked very bad with the dark wood. After alot of thinking I decided to püaint it in light ivory, which in my opinion was the absolute correct decission. It matches the dark wood very nice and also works nicely together with the gold.
Overall I'm very happy how this coffee grinder turned out.

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I payed a lot of attention on the lighting when filming this video and also the quality of the sound to create an ASMR style video.

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.

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[MattyTone]

Buying new screws instead of making them from scratch? Honestly I'm proud of you. This is growth.

[kinglionex]

He said he bought new ones and I literally could not comprehend it.

[comandosgeopolitica]

This is one of the few channel that actually restore REAL aged artifact, not induced ones with that artificial rust on it

[ineedacoffeee]

I love watching people restore old things in peaceful silence. no unnecessary talking, just the sound of the tools and work being done.

[eplant]

He gives more love and attention to the coffee grinder than some parents give to their children.

[rohitb]

The attention to detail and the aesthetics are what makes me come back to this channel since the last 3 years that I've known about it.

[CivicGLi]

Everyone should stop freaking out over the “I won’t make a new one” moment and admire that sexy sandblaster switch.

[sherryramsey]

I love seeing unusable antiques brought back to life. The restoration is great

[pim]

This man is an artist. Every single detail in his videos just oozes with quality. I think this may be THE best restoration channel un YouTube.

[cgray]

I already press “like” button before the video started because this guy is THAT good.

[michaelgreene]

I was terrified that I wouldn’t see him grind some beans. As ALWAYS he used the item he presented to us. What a great human being.

[BipolarBLKSheep]

The restoration is great and all, but the filming and editing here is masterclass! The amount of time it must take to make sure that every piece is captured, in focus, and lit beautifully is mind blowing. Truly great content!

[stevestruthers]

Best restoration I've seen all year. You've taken something old and almost broken and turned it into something better than it was when it was new. Nice work.

[fredthesecond]

Did anyone else get really scared when he started hammering the nails into the base next to all the pristine metalwork? He knows what he's doing!

[alexmilkis]

This is not a restoration, this is a perfection of its own level. True mastership and dedication!

[scarminati]

Really nice restoration. I particularly appreciated not going the easy way and making a new wooden base, even after it broke! Using the original parts as much as possible is wonderful.

[danibobmk]

The amount of skill, planning, knowledge, and equipment needed for this is insane!!!! Like just knowing how to shave or fix a part so that it will attach properly to the next piece is amazing to me!

[NTRprojects]

I think there is no yoga routine that could calm me down more than this video. Perfect cure for the daily ocd attacks.
Thank you for another perfect restoration

[Nathan-hijn]

Can we take a moment to appreciate the no music or special background just all normal and satisfying

[Salsadans]

It nice to see you’re eye for detail. Normally I would say it lost it’s originally because of the removal of the patina. On this one it was great by the way.