Thanks John, this was very interesting to me, the cold war always seemed to us more prominent in Europe (despite the obvious issue of Cuba) so it's an education to see the real concern of ordinary people in the US and the authorities, scary times for many ! My wife and I have been watching a series about the Reagan era and the real threat of escalation and it was a big part of our lives in the mid 80s ! Your restoration was spot on, great tips on assessing products and going easy with the cleaning up, the result was excellent !
Hi John, sounds like our weather is similar. We went down to 28 last night. Burrrr. It was cool over the weekend with highs in the low 40’s. I remember doing the duck and cover drills in second grade. We did them under our desks and in hallways with windows where we had to duck under the window part. Nice CD helmet job. It goes perfect with your Geiger Counter. I guess when the SHTD, you are all set. Best Regards, John
The helmet looks great and i am impressed that all it took was soap and water, Comet and paste wax! Thanks for sharing this and the speech by President Kennedy and the Civil Defense.
Awesome job on the helmet. I recall having to climb under my desk at school during the air raid drills back in the late 1960's and early 1970's. While in elementary school.
I'm old enough to remember (clearly) all of the History Buffs portion. I was an Army brat (very early teens) in Germany during the Berlin crisis, the Bay of Pigs crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and of course the nuclear war silliness which included sheltering under school room desks, etc.
It’s amazing the history you experienced through life- We are going through some amazing history right now too. I was only a year old when Kennedy was assonated but I remember everyone knew where they were when they heard the news. Similar to 9-11. When we look back at life so many events that happened… 😃👍
You did the helmet justice, nice save. I remember grammar school (camp Koehler grounds) where we got under our desks and the teacher closed the food and closed the drapes. Our neighbor had a bomb shelter under there garage that the government built. Oh I remember a big tower close to the school to detect unwanted aircraft. That was yesteryear.
What an awesome video! I can remember being quietly terrified over the colored tags we were shown @ school. Each color signified a particular neighborhood, imprinted with your address. They were to be tied on our clothing in case we had to leave school in an emergency. We were directed to go straight home, by the shortest route, and to go to any house if we couldn't make it home. We were trained for things dropping out of the sky, unlike today where the kids are trained for mass shooters. Crazy stuff, for sure.
Another great show, Scout. It really hit home for me as I grew up in the late 50's and thru the 60's and remember the duck and cover drills we practiced in school, the CD signs and instructions found in public buildings, and our next door neighbor who was a mason and built a fallout shelter behind his home. It fascinated us kids no end watching him build the structure from start to finish. It's still there today and the current owner uses it as a combination workshop and man cave.
Nice job on the helmet it looks real nice. I remember when I was in school they used to test the air raid sirens every so often and we had to get underneath the desk when they did that.
Those clean up tips would have saved me much effort restoring a vintage Stanley thermos picnic jug. Simple steps several of which I completely overlooked. Thanks once again for such useful information!
Nice work on that helmet john. I believe we are the same age. I can remember doing the duck and cover under our desks and in the hallways at school. Fun but scary times, like now. 😃👍🏻🇺🇲
WOW!! great work on the Civil Defense helmet. In addition, that you for the historic recordings and the saying from Theodore Roosevelt. The temps here have been down to 18 at night.
Nice job John. You are spot on about trying something new as well. I learned the hard way that when taking on a house repainting job, that it is better to start at the back yard side first. I am a carpenter/builder, not a painter but I thought I could save my grandparents some money by painting their house for them. By the time I reached the front, it was quite good looking. The back, not so much.
Greg- It always takes a little while to get into the groove. I used to joke that when double brakes or ball joints the first one takes you 50 minutes and the second takes 15. 😂👍
I remember seeing the Fallout Shelter signs in each of the schools I went to. Nice job on the CD helmet, Scout. Looking back, it is amazing what the state of our country was like in the early cold war days. 😀👍
Nice job on that helmet. I have a bunch of transistor radios with the marks on 640 and 1240. I have one of those yellow CD transceivers that was part of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
John, this brought good memories of my paternal grandfather. For the latter part of the war, he was the Civil Defense leader for a 20 mile stretch of the Oregon coast which was still unpopulated then. He, my father, and my uncles and others in that area provided 7x24 search and look out duty. People today might not appreciate that the concern of sighting enemy ships, or submarine and espionage activity was very real then. I have their medals for thousands of hours of volunteer work. There were also blimps from near Tillamook that did similar work over the first few miles of ocean, especially over inlets, bay, and harbors. All those boys went on to serve during the Korean war. Proud of them.
The under the desk routine, I remember that, about all it accomplished was saving us from the steady death drone of the listening to a teacher I had at the time, you had to fight to stay awake in the class! 😮😊. Nice job on the helmet, came out nice. As far as welding, well, I spent many hours under a weld helmet/shield, it is an art, it requires a lot of knowledge and a good skill set, with a want to improve that skill set, when people tell me they can weld, well let’s just say I give them the look like that little dog you show periodically, you know the one “yeah right, what ever you say” look!!😂😂😂 thanks for the video, enjoyed watching sir.8
Another great episode, I’m was in elementary school and middle school in the 2000’s and we still practiced the bomb routine in the hallways with out hands on our heads. We also had a teacher that would demonstrate the effect of a bombing by having us hide under our desks, as he threw heavy textbooks on the top.
Nice job on the helmet John! I really enjoyed the last part too. I remember having to get under our desk at school too lol😂. ( Like that was really going to save us )😂😂😂 Thank You for sharing
Nice restoration on the CD helmet. Those pics of the kids under their desks brought back lots of memories from the fifties. I never was quite sure why we were doing that drill but enjoyed missing math! My father had me and my two brothers digging a fallout shelter in the side yard but eventually gave up on it and had us cover it up. I realized he was just keeping us out of his hair!
I am a duck and cover kid. I remember hearing the CD siren tested monthly. I thought it was a cool sound. Nice video. Love your posts, but sad Tub o Towels did not make the video.
CONELRAD! That's a term I haven't heard since I was a little kid. Had to look it up since I forgot what it stood for. "CD" in 2024 sure has a different meaning than it did back then.
Such a satisfying clean up 🤩 to see love it 👍 and yes so right about criticism on concrete work my father is a retired mason and used to do beautiful work back in the day but when I was a kid and if we happened to pass by someone doing a job I would always hear about it and seldom did he say wow they did a nice job 😂
Excellent job on that helmet! And I think you picked the right orientation for the front, my gut tells me that the front brim would have more chipped/worn paint because it was handled more putting it on and taking it off, just a theory though 👍🏻
The hard part about brick work is keeping from smearing cement on the face of the brick. Arches are usually done by using a semi circular form to hold the bricks up until the mortar sets. Looks like your neighbor laid his form out with a giant French curve rather than a compass
Maybe I've made my stance on skulls a bit to clear😅 I have a neighbor who was in the French Foreign Legion, he has a skull ring he is very proud of (from his division I think), I just had to carefully say how I feel about skulls😂
Nice reconditioning. Personally I think the Civil Defense should come back and dump the replacement as it carries to much baggage. There use to be a video of a town going through a drill and the Boy Scouts were used as message runners. This one of NYC makes me laugh. Not sure if it would work today. ua-cam.com/video/sb-BPI0bgqs/v-deo.htmlsi=ZVuIWYurgoPbxSVI
Philip you’re absolutely right- It’s very easy for these Government agencies to just become money pits. That video of NYC’s CD drill was amazing. Slightly different demographics now here in the city. 😂👍
George- Unfortunately I deleted a section of video showing me applying the sticker! 🫣 I just wiped the area with denatured alcohol where I applied the sticker then waxed over the sticker and area. Personally I prefer water slide decals and vinyl however these were regular stickers. My procedure normally is polish- Alcohol decal area- Wax entire item. 😃👍
would u dare wear that when out on your rounds ? seem to recall my uncle having a fireman helmet bit like it he also had a brass bell he had by his chair ,he sawed off his firetruck
I started school in 1963 and don’t remember ever having duck & cover drills. I guess my elementary school was run by a bunch of closet commies😉 My wife does remember them from the schools she went to. Her parents even modified part of their basement to be a bomb shelter. In the neighborhood where I grew up, the Civil Defense unit became a volunteer fire department after World War II. It was active until 1968. After that the fire truck would only be used for the Memorial day parade and to bring Santa Claus to the Silvermine Tavern on Christmas Eve.
I did d a flagstone patio and a brick wall. It took me all summer and you can tell Harry Homeowner did it. You’re right. It’s an art. It’s also extremely hard work. That’s a Pith helmet. In the jungle It keeps the monkey pith off your head.😉🤪😜😄
When I was a child I lived in south London , I remember they told us at school if the sirens go off get under your desk . Later on I found out my school was in the complete annihilation zone if a nuke dropped . Don’t think that old school desk was going save me 😂😂😂
Thanks John, this was very interesting to me, the cold war always seemed to us more prominent in Europe (despite the obvious issue of Cuba) so it's an education to see the real concern of ordinary people in the US and the authorities, scary times for many ! My wife and I have been watching a series about the Reagan era and the real threat of escalation and it was a big part of our lives in the mid 80s ! Your restoration was spot on, great tips on assessing products and going easy with the cleaning up, the result was excellent !
Hi John, sounds like our weather is similar. We went down to 28 last night. Burrrr. It was cool over the weekend with highs in the low 40’s. I remember doing the duck and cover drills in second grade. We did them under our desks and in hallways with windows where we had to duck under the window part. Nice CD helmet job. It goes perfect with your Geiger Counter. I guess when the SHTD, you are all set.
Best Regards,
John
John- I think I would prefer a construction hard hat, these helmets are bulky and heavy! 🫣😂👍
The helmet looks great and i am impressed that all it took was soap and water, Comet and paste wax! Thanks for sharing this and the speech by President Kennedy and the Civil Defense.
There is nothing better than a new ScoutCrafter video.
You said it!
Awesome job on the helmet. I recall having to climb under my desk at school during the air raid drills back in the late 1960's and early 1970's. While in elementary school.
Hi John. Great job on that C D helmet. My feeling is that if things don't change. We may be going back to those days 😢.God help us all. 👍👍❤🙏🙏.
I'm old enough to remember (clearly) all of the History Buffs portion. I was an Army brat (very early teens) in Germany during the Berlin crisis, the Bay of Pigs crisis, the Kennedy assassination, and of course the nuclear war silliness which included sheltering under school room desks, etc.
It’s amazing the history you experienced through life- We are going through some amazing history right now too. I was only a year old when Kennedy was assonated but I remember everyone knew where they were when they heard the news. Similar to 9-11. When we look back at life so many events that happened…
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You did the helmet justice, nice save. I remember grammar school (camp Koehler grounds) where we got under our desks and the teacher closed the food and closed the drapes. Our neighbor had a bomb shelter under there garage that the government built. Oh I remember a big tower close to the school to detect unwanted aircraft. That was yesteryear.
Jess- those drills were exciting as a kid- better than learning! 😂👍
What an awesome video! I can remember being quietly terrified over the colored tags we were shown @ school. Each color signified a particular neighborhood, imprinted with your address. They were to be tied on our clothing in case we had to leave school in an emergency. We were directed to go straight home, by the shortest route, and to go to any house if we couldn't make it home. We were trained for things dropping out of the sky, unlike today where the kids are trained for mass shooters. Crazy stuff, for sure.
It’s always something- From birth to death there is always something to worry about. I can’t even sit on a beach with fearing a Tsunami! 🫣😂👍
@ScoutCrafter lol
The place I worked at for 40 years was a designated fall out shelter. We had pallets of the survival kits in the warehouse. Thanks for the video.
Tony- Those were always so cool- My school had stuff that was there for decades! 😂👍
Another great show, Scout. It really hit home for me as I grew up in the late 50's and thru the 60's and remember the duck and cover drills we practiced in school, the CD signs and instructions found in public buildings, and our next door neighbor who was a mason and built a fallout shelter behind his home. It fascinated us kids no end watching him build the structure from start to finish. It's still there today and the current owner uses it as a combination workshop and man cave.
Honestly I would love to build something out of brick before I die. Back in the 50’s building a brick barbecue in the backyard was popular. 😃👍
Nice job on the helmet it looks real nice. I remember when I was in school they used to test the air raid sirens every so often and we had to get underneath the desk when they did that.
That siren sounded so cool! 😂👍
Those clean up tips would have saved me much effort restoring a vintage Stanley thermos picnic jug. Simple steps several of which I completely overlooked. Thanks once again for such useful information!
Nice work on that helmet john. I believe we are the same age. I can remember doing the duck and cover under our desks and in the hallways at school. Fun but scary times, like now. 😃👍🏻🇺🇲
Absolutely! 😃👍
WOW!! great work on the Civil Defense helmet. In addition, that you for the historic recordings and the saying from Theodore Roosevelt.
The temps here have been down to 18 at night.
I’m ok with anything above freezing- Teens and single digits always give me anxiety. 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafter I understand, those temps (below freezing) gives me the shivers.
Nice job John. You are spot on about trying something new as well. I learned the hard way that when taking on a house repainting job, that it is better to start at the back yard side first. I am a carpenter/builder, not a painter but I thought I could save my grandparents some money by painting their house for them. By the time I reached the front, it was quite good looking. The back, not so much.
Greg- It always takes a little while to get into the groove. I used to joke that when double brakes or ball joints the first one takes you 50 minutes and the second takes 15. 😂👍
I remember seeing the Fallout Shelter signs in each of the schools I went to. Nice job on the CD helmet, Scout. Looking back, it is amazing what the state of our country was like in the early cold war days. 😀👍
Nice job on that helmet. I have a bunch of transistor radios with the marks on 640 and 1240. I have one of those yellow CD transceivers that was part of the Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
Fred- Ever since you showed your Gonset Communicator I’ve been searching for one! 😂👍
John, they're out there but not cheap. Mine is 2 meters AM. If I decide to sell it I will let you know first. Meanwhile I'll keep my eye open for you.
John, this brought good memories of my paternal grandfather. For the latter part of the war, he was the Civil Defense leader for a 20 mile stretch of the Oregon coast which was still unpopulated then. He, my father, and my uncles and others in that area provided 7x24 search and look out duty. People today might not appreciate that the concern of sighting enemy ships, or submarine and espionage activity was very real then. I have their medals for thousands of hours of volunteer work. There were also blimps from near Tillamook that did similar work over the first few miles of ocean, especially over inlets, bay, and harbors. All those boys went on to serve during the Korean war. Proud of them.
Those volunteers really were unsung heroes. Selflessness was truly a virtue that needs to come back. 😃👍
The under the desk routine, I remember that, about all it accomplished was saving us from the steady death drone of the listening to a teacher I had at the time, you had to fight to stay awake in the class! 😮😊. Nice job on the helmet, came out nice. As far as welding, well, I spent many hours under a weld helmet/shield, it is an art, it requires a lot of knowledge and a good skill set, with a want to improve that skill set, when people tell me they can weld, well let’s just say I give them the look like that little dog you show periodically, you know the one “yeah right, what ever you say” look!!😂😂😂 thanks for the video, enjoyed watching sir.8
Terry- Bomb threats, fire drills and seeing the TV set in front of the room were always pleasant distractions. 😂👍
Another great episode, I’m was in elementary school and middle school in the 2000’s and we still practiced the bomb routine in the hallways with out hands on our heads. We also had a teacher that would demonstrate the effect of a bombing by having us hide under our desks, as he threw heavy textbooks on the top.
Today they have students panicking over climate change. It’s always something! 😃👍
Might want to hang on to that lid john, the way things are going.
😂😂😂
You did a great job on that helmet. I have one of those radiation detectors and some fallout shelter signs.
Paul- don’t put the sign outside or you might have company during a catastrophe. 😂👍
Nice job on the helmet John! I really enjoyed the last part too. I remember having to get under our desk at school too lol😂.
( Like that was really going to save us )😂😂😂
Thank You for sharing
Nice restoration on the CD helmet. Those pics of the kids under their desks brought back lots of memories from the fifties. I never was quite sure why we were doing that drill but enjoyed missing math! My father had me and my two brothers digging a fallout shelter in the side yard but eventually gave up on it and had us cover it up. I realized he was just keeping us out of his hair!
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I like the saying, everyone waits on concrete, but concrete waits on no one 😂. Cheers
Another great show! And I would put mudding or plaster work above welding. Now that’s an art!
Crappy sheet rock practically killed that trade. 😃👍
Yes it did John.
Great video John, Tell your cats that their Christmas treats are coming !
Hi Dean! I hope you had a great Thanksgiving! Best of health and happiness to you!!! 😃👍
Watching that clip from back then reminds me of how tough people were , can you imagine doing that now with all the snowflakes
I am a duck and cover kid. I remember hearing the CD siren tested monthly. I thought it was a cool sound. Nice video. Love your posts, but sad Tub o Towels did not make the video.
I always liked the sound of those sirens.
Bombproof Desk 💣💥
great show, see ya Friday...thxs for sharing
Glad you that you were able to save the original paint
John, I've been following an old-school mason's channel for years. I think you'll like his approach. Mike Haduck Masonry.
CONELRAD! That's a term I haven't heard since I was a little kid. Had to look it up since I forgot what it stood for.
"CD" in 2024 sure has a different meaning than it did back then.
Such a satisfying clean up 🤩 to see love it 👍 and yes so right about criticism on concrete work my father is a retired mason and used to do beautiful work back in the day but when I was a kid and if we happened to pass by someone doing a job I would always hear about it and seldom did he say wow they did a nice job 😂
Ken- When you see a great concrete job is a thing of beauty. 😃👍
@ yes indeed
Excellent job on that helmet! And I think you picked the right orientation for the front, my gut tells me that the front brim would have more chipped/worn paint because it was handled more putting it on and taking it off, just a theory though 👍🏻
I thought the same thing- Nobody ever handles the rear brim. 😂👍
Turned out awesome! If you like war history check out the fat electrian
Jimmy!! 😃👍
The guy building the arch must have been confused between "Done Fast or Done Right"
Bill- It would be impossible for me to pass it and not look!! 😂👍
@ScoutCrafter Yup, just the opposite of 'Eye Candy'...you just gotta look.
The hard part about brick work is keeping from smearing cement on the face of the brick. Arches are usually done by using a semi circular form to hold the bricks up until the mortar sets. Looks like your neighbor laid his form out with a giant French curve rather than a compass
Yes! I know his channel- He’s a musician too- believe it or not I found him from a sailing video! 😃👍
I don’t recall ducking under desks, but I clearly recall every Monday at 1pm the air raid sirens would be tested.
Great video scout
Boy whod a thought that white was under there! Looks great now, I think your boney friend will love it 😂
Meguirs cleaner wax would have been the best to use, treat it like a car paint you're trying to restore.
I've done a lot of classic car restorations.
Nice job John
Maybe I've made my stance on skulls a bit to clear😅 I have a neighbor who was in the French Foreign Legion, he has a skull ring he is very proud of (from his division I think), I just had to carefully say how I feel about skulls😂
A lot of former SS went into the French Foreign legion, I wonder if it’s possible that deaths head ring of his is an old hand me down 🤷🏻
😂😂😂😂👍. Alex I bet you had a good laugh! 😂👍
Great video
The OCD in the helmet is probably Office of Civil Defense.
And don't forget to close your eyes HOUGIE eagle
Nice reconditioning. Personally I think the Civil Defense should come back and dump the replacement as it carries to much baggage. There use to be a video of a town going through a drill and the Boy Scouts were used as message runners. This one of NYC makes me laugh. Not sure if it would work today. ua-cam.com/video/sb-BPI0bgqs/v-deo.htmlsi=ZVuIWYurgoPbxSVI
Philip you’re absolutely right- It’s very easy for these Government agencies to just become money pits. That video of NYC’s CD drill was amazing. Slightly different demographics now here in the city. 😂👍
Boom
I love your channel
The Fisher space pen is the only pen that won’t let you down. Good choices!
John, Are you trying to tell us something?
Question. Putting a decal on a waxed surface? Good, bad, or doesn't matter? Thanks for the video. Truly appreciated.
George- Unfortunately I deleted a section of video showing me applying the sticker! 🫣 I just wiped the area with denatured alcohol where I applied the sticker then waxed over the sticker and area. Personally I prefer water slide decals and vinyl however these were regular stickers. My procedure normally is polish- Alcohol decal area- Wax entire item. 😃👍
would u dare wear that when out on your rounds ? seem to recall my uncle having a fireman helmet bit like it he also had a brass bell he had by his chair ,he sawed off his firetruck
This CD helmet is heavy, awkward and uncomfortable! 🫣😂👍
I started school in 1963 and don’t remember ever having duck & cover drills. I guess my elementary school was run by a bunch of closet commies😉 My wife does remember them from the schools she went to. Her parents even modified part of their basement to be a bomb shelter.
In the neighborhood where I grew up, the Civil Defense unit became a volunteer fire department after World War II. It was active until 1968. After that the fire truck would only be used for the Memorial day parade and to bring Santa Claus to the Silvermine Tavern on Christmas Eve.
I think you should wear it when you go on your night time. Poor man's flea market😮🤪
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
I did d a flagstone patio and a brick wall. It took me all summer and you can tell Harry Homeowner did it. You’re right. It’s an art. It’s also extremely hard work.
That’s a Pith helmet. In the jungle It keeps the monkey pith off your head.😉🤪😜😄
Concrete work looks so simple yet ten minutes into the job you realize how deceptively hard it is. 🫣😂👍
If that was my helmet, I would wear it everywhere. I would also wear a whistle around my neck. As I get older, I really don’t care what people think.
John- Isn’t it great to be at that point- It took me 60 years to not care about opinions. When I was 12 it was just the opposite. 😂👍
What happened to your flag today? To cold to raise it?
I only put it up today at 2pm- It was very windy last night and the flag was taking a beating. 😂👍
When I was a child I lived in south London , I remember they told us at school if the sirens go off get under your desk . Later on I found out my school was in the complete annihilation zone if a nuke dropped . Don’t think that old school desk was going save me 😂😂😂
I live about a mile from ground zero NYC- The aftermath is just as bad as the detonation! 🫣😂👍
What about cardiac surgery? Do you recommend learning that skill by trial and error? 😂
Yes! Practicing on cadavers and models first is mandatory. 😃👍
I like the skull with the helmet on. Looks like he got nuked, but had his helmet on as instructed ! Lol. ⛑️👍👏