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Will It Ever Mix Again? 40 YEAR OLD CEMENT MIXER RESTORATION

Machinery Restorer

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In this restoration video I'm restoring an Baromix cement mixer from the late 1980's. Join me as I fully restore the cement mixer to its former glory!

Chapters
Intro - 0:00:00
Inspecting the engine - 0:00:51
Disassembling the mixer - 0:03:48
History of Bar-O-Mix - 0:6:29
Disassembling the engine - 0:9:20
Cleaning and Sandblasting the Engine - 0:16:10
Checking the piston rings - 0:24:53
Reassembling the engine - 0:26:33
Restoring the gearbox - 0:39:19
Reassembling the Mixer - 0:50:56
Demonstration (mixing concrete) - 0:56:10

Thank you to my Patrons
Patreon: daggerwin

Music by Epidemic Sound

20 Comments

@badyherz 1 year ago (edited)

I honestly don't care if it gets dirty after the restoration. It's a machine that wants to be used and not a museum piece. I really appreciate the showing of the actual use of the machine!

@loganjenkins5597 1 year ago

I have to say your deep dive into the history of the company is phenomenal! I really enjoyed that portion of the video!

@JacksonHemphill 1 year ago

I love how you don't just do lawnmowers and simple stuff like that you have such a big variety of stuff you can fix. Thats super impressive

@NiahlM5991 1 year ago

Always nice to see old machinery restored and back to doing what it was made for.

@mykeg2401 1 year ago

Now we need the “power barrow” restoration ❤

@kinggeorgessawmill3807 1 year ago

I LOVE the fact that you are one of the few channels that actually respect the original paint job I’ve seen so many other channels ruin a restoration by turning a yellow toy pink😂 seriously tho it’s a great thing your doing an actual restoration not a modification or a makeover just a true honest restoration❤

@SGM26S 1 year ago

Exactly 1 hour of Machinery Restorer doing what they do best, lovely jubbly!

@TedKlein-d7v 4 months ago

Thank you for actually doing a restoration and not being afraid to make it look as good or better than when it came off the assembly line.

@johnvanstone5336 1 year ago

Love the history of this machine, very informative and interesting

@stevenmorris3698 1 year ago

I’m obsessed with the labeled parts bin

@mcnorcan 3 weeks ago

Fantastic restoration and you make things easy to understand.

@Sammo69420 1 year ago

Seeing that mixer brought back some memories, my dad used to have one of them in the 90's. As I was the lackey it was my job to haul it off the back of the van and set the bugger up, as a young boy I remember it being rather heavy. That and one of the old Stihl cut off saws with the massive air filter on the back that also weighed a ton were the bane of my life back then.

@TheLoxxxton 1 year ago

As to the history of the site i can confirm that the egg packing station was used for many years to pack eggs.

@goldrush8770 1 year ago

Tbh the old recoil design was much more reliable than today’s

@sidwallace6053 1 year ago

Restoration on another level,that’s now a work of art,thoroughly enjoyed watching that video as I have all of your other ones
Thanks for sharing
Love and peace from Ireland

@Draggin_Up 1 year ago

As I stand here staring at my workbench covered in miscellaneous bolts from long forgotten projects, I can’t help but think how your storage bin idea is fantastic. Excellent work as always sir!

@ghall05 1 year ago

I always watch your videos full screen, phone away, and snacks at the ready. Fantastic work and it was great to see it doing what it was made for!

@iplayzthegames6968 1 year ago

Ngl the fact that it started up almost immediately after some basic maintenance at the start was amazing. Wouldn't find anything built that well today