Antique Sugar Grinder Restoration / 1970's Czechoslovakia

In this video I will show how I restored an antique sugar grinder.

This was my first restoration and I had a great experience and enjoyment, as I am also a fan of video restoration. It's kind of a meditation of sorts.

For you it is only 20 minutes, but for me it is a whole month of work in conditions of frequent lack of electricity due to destroyed thermal power plants and electrical substations and frost, the temperature was as low as -15C.

At first I didn't want to take on its restoration because of the terrible condition of the brass parts. They are very thin ( less 1mm), literally bend with my hands, and are hard to restore because of their awkward shape.
But this sugar grinder is such a unique thing, not like a regular meat or coffee grinder, that I put all doubts to rest.
Whether I succeeded or not is up to you to decide :)

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0:00 introduction
0:27 disassembling
3:08 liquid polish
7:35 caustic soda
8:00 ammonium nitrate
9:03 engine oil
9:45 removing the dirt
10:38 hydrogen peroxide
11:03 removing rust
12:31 paint remover
15:13 acrylic paint
16:52 threading
17:19 cold bluing
18:14 linseed oil
18:57 assembly