Restoring My Grandfather’s Handmade Shears

30 years ago, these handmade shears were left in a storage room and forgotten.

My grandfather made them himself from a Chevrolet Rambler leaf spring, using very simple tools. He also made many other things in his workshop, including water tanks, heater flues, funnels, and oil measuring cups from galvanized sheet metal.

I’m 37 now, and I finally decided to bring this old pair of shears back to life.

In this restoration, I completely disassemble the shears, remove the rust, make a new handle, extract a broken bolt, sharpen the blades, make and heat-treat a new blade bolt, make a wooden base, repaint everything, and put it all back together.

The final test shows what these old handmade shears can still do after around 30 years of neglect.

I also built the sandblaster used in this restoration myself for about $50. You can find that build on my channel.

I live in Iran, where making a living from this kind of work isn’t easy. Every view and every subscriber means a lot to me.

Thank you for watching and supporting my work.

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Disassembly
06:14 Sanding
08:38 Making the Handle & Removing the Broken Bolt
11:12 Sharpening the Blade
12:17 Filing & Painting
14:24 Making the Blade Bolt
15:47 Making the Wooden Base
16:28 Assembly
21:18 Final Test
23:10 End

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