The Most Unnecessarily Complicated Antique Tape Dispenser [Restoration]
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Published 2020-11-29
A viewer sent me this specific tool a few months ago to compliment one that I found which was missing too many parts to be functional. Between the two, I could compile one completely functional tool.
I sandblasted almost every part and wire-wheeled them with a very soft brass wheel, so as to not scratch the brass parts. The handles seemed to be made out of cherry that was heavily varnished. I stripped the old yellowed varnish and applied a thick coating of shellac to the cherry wood. I have to remake the wooden roller that sat in the glue holder, as it was missing.
The original glue holder was repaired and filled with water so I could use some water activated tape that I had lying around.
After the restoration was done and cutters sharpened the tape dispenser worked really well and was surprisingly easy to use. Maybe I'll use it once in a while to tape up special packages that I ship out.
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All Comments (21)
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I immediately hit the like button when you took the 20 pound wrench to the one pound tape dispenser.
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When it was up and running I understood the whole beauty of this machine. I want one.
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I don't why anyone would not like these videos. They are fun, relaxing and just all around wonderful.
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I have actually used one of those. When I saw wing mailer, I thought it sounded familiar. I worked at a newspaper and we used plain paper labels printed on a roll and we filled the reservoir with water based glue and did mass out of state mailing labels on the papers. Worked exactly the same as the one I used. Beautiful job once again. 😁👍
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I was nearly in tears when there was no sandblast cabinet headbutt. I understand it's new glass but can't we at least still have a slight little boop?
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I bet Santa Claus' elves are using the tape dispenser in his workshop. I love the look of the brushed and sandblasted brass with the sanded screws, good job!
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The Antikythera mechanism of tape dispensers, beautiful job my dude!
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So this what happens when an over qualified engineer is given a simple task, and a blank check.
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You can tell this guy is legit because he has a special glass glue spreader, and a wire wheel for this wire wheel.
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5:18… So glad the serial numbers match. Back in the day the Mob made a lot of money with their tape dispenser chop shops.
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I could never explain by words why I love these old tools. When I see them working and their functions, I just have to smile. Thanks for sharing Bro!
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You're right, ridiculously complicated, but a stunning piece of mechanical art!
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This when steampunk wasn’t cool yet.
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I love all these unnecessarily complicated tools. They seriously bring me such joy
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Thanks for speeding up the video. It makes it so much easier to watch. Much appreciated.
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Gorgeous! this is easily the second-best tape dispenser ever made.
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Love the intro!
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Those lathe chips remind me of the old Tom & Jerry cartoons where they'd chop down a whole tree to make one toothpick, or baseball bat.😂
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That wrench deserves a spot in the intro
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Gigantenormus Wrench?😂😂😂🤣🤣 i love it🤭❤️
