Restoration of INSANELY Rusty wrench 🔧Unbelievable Outcome

Perfect Restoration of a rusty, old Bahco adjustable wrench. (Made in Sweden)

This is the first Bahco tool I have owned, and it made for a challenging restoration. This is a very unique adjustable wrench, as one end is an Alligator wrench. It also has the word "Volvo" on one side, so maybe it was part of a car tool kit many years ago.

I started this tool restoration by soaking the wrench in rust remover for about a day. This made the rust much easier to remove with a wire brush, and some of the rust simply dissolved while soaking.

The most challenging part of this restoration was by far the seized jaws and associated parts. Even after a long soak with a little bit of wd-40, the pin that holds the thumb screw did not want to come loose. The head of the screw was almost stripped, so I had to be very careful to not apply too much pressure. Stripping the screw head would be a disaster, as I would then have to drill out the pin.

Eventually I had to resort to using a torch, and even that did not work like magic. My patience paid off and I was able to remove the screw with heat, penetrating oil, and by working the screw back and forth.

Later in the restoration, I repaired the damaged pin and cut a new screw driver slot.

Once the Bahco adjustable wrench was cleaned and fully disassembled, I moved on to mirror polishing the jaws and alligator end. I wanted a true mirror finish, so this required massive amounts of time and sanding to achieve. I would estimate it took around 6 hours to perfect the polishing, and it still could be a little better. The metal seemed quite hard compared to other steels I have polished.

During this restoration, I noticed there was a spring missing missing under the thumb screw. I made a new one from a spare steel spring I had.

During the final assembly, I had to lubricate all of the moving parts, and apply loctite to the pin, as I don't like to peen the metal over to hold the pin in.

I tried to do a bit more of an ASMR restoration with this one, and was very careful with audio levels, and of course no talking. Let me know if you like it.

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The restoration process:
00:22 Beginning rust removal
01:10 Cleaning remaining rust
01:32 Removing seized pin
03:06 Fixing stuck jaws
03:37 Final cleaning
04:05 Removing rough edges with file
04:29 Making the lettering bold
04:58 Sanding the wrench
06:14 Mirror polishing
07:35 Fixing the damaged pin
08:05 Making a new spring
08:38 Final assembly