In this video I'm restoring my grandpa's old oiler.
I found this oiler amongst some trash that my grandpa wanted to throw away. It was sitting outside for some time so it caught some rust, but fortunately most of it was only surface rust so I managed to clean it with just a wire brush. The restoration itself was not so hard. The barrel had a few smaller dents and scratches so I used filler to straighten them out. The only problem I had was the semi-tubular rivet. I knew brass would probably crack when pressing, but I couln't make it out of any other material without a lathe, so I guess at the end brass worked well. I think the oiler turned out realy nice. It will definitely make it's use in my garage.
This is my first restoration project so there is still a lot to improve, but I learned a lot doing this video.

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This video was filmed with Samsung Galaxy S20. This is an ASMR style video.

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Timestamps:
00:00 intro
00:22 disassembling
03:08 drilling the semi-tubular rivet
03:50 showing dissasembled parts
04:02 cleaning the parts
04:59 showing cleaned parts
05:10 restoring the barrel
06:25 applying primer to the barrel
06:44 fixing dents
07:21 sanding the barrel
07:36 applying base coat
07:51 showing finnished barrel
08:09 cleaning the threads on the cap
08:19 restoring the lever
08:56 restoring the shaft
09:18 restoring brass cylinders
10:03 restoring oil pipe
10:50 making klinger gasket
11:15 making a semi-tubular rivet
13:42 making new spring
14:16 making cork gasket
14:55 showing restored parts
15:12 assemblying
16:50 showing finished product
17:11 final test