Thanks for the video! I might be a girly-girl, but I always enjoyed watching my dad restore old tools. I've had my own garden for years now and my garden tools need some work, so I''m watching videos to learn how to get them back into almost new condition.
My 50 year old True Temper shovel has been my favorite. I'd file it sharp to easily cut roots and weeds but I think the filing made it thin and then it split. My neighbor welded the split but he said the welding rod was softer metal and it would probably split again. It did. Then I took it to a blacksmith shop and they cut it down about an inch or more. Works fine. The damn new ones (if you can find them) are around $75. Worth it, of course, but I'm just a "little" cheap.
Good to see a young man take an interest in something constructive. Keep it up! BTW he peened the bolt to keep the nut from coming off. Totally appropriate. As for the pliers, what he had at hand. Tell me none of us have not done the same at one time or another.
Needle pliers? To tighten the nut? A combination wrench sits in the Background.. not the right size? At least use crescent wrench/slip Joint pliers/vise grips... c'mon dude Ur on video....1/2,9/16,5/8? Ya bought A grinder... no wrenches?
Wow. Panties in a bunch over pliers? Am I missing something here? Hey dude... looks good. I’m going to be restoring my tools... thought I’d check out your video for inspiration.
thanks for demonstrating the edge-to-paper trick. i'm re-profiling the edge of my dad's old drain spade and that tip will definitely come in handy. it's a simple thing, but the most genius of ideas often are.
I'm restoring three quality vintage shovels that my stepdad used professionally and at home. i used and abused them as a child too. Two digging shovels and one edging shovel that are nearly as or older than me(I'll be 50 in a few years). Fun project and excellent steel made in the USA.....cool video.
Great vid. I am a Wranglerstar fan myself and I saw Cody do a restore if I am correct on a shovel but he used what appeared to be hinge pins from an interior door hinge, cut to length and cold forged. Basically pounded into a mushroom on an anvil. Just a thought, keep up the great work.
Nice video. Fun to restore those old tools. One thing i may have done differently is the use of the square nut. You could have use just the bolt a little long and maybe used a washer then smash it as a rivet. The reason i'm saying that is the fact these bold might be a little sharp and hurt your hand while using the shovel. Plus it would look a bit nicer i think. Just my two cents
hey young man good job! in this day and age of toss it out it is good to see making something.g old new again. like I say to my boy, don't let somebody ruin your day !! I see some of the negative comments.... haha look at their channels..... nothing there.... be well friend.
Great video - but wouldn't a rivet have been better than a bolt and nut? Many times I've had to slide my forward hand up onto the metal part of the shovel while using it. I would think the corners of the nuts would be rough and catch. Worth the extra effort in the long run.
You forgot to put the handle with the grain going up and down, or inline with the shovel head..on any wood handle tool..the wood is stronger with the grain being parallel with the tool...this is a very good video by the way..
If/when SHTF, the girly men on Wall Street, lawyers, computer jocks, and overpaid pro- athlete's will be starving to death while guys like Kenny will be thriving with whatever they find. Well done.
I wonder if your sponsor can get you a remote microphone for your camera to attach to your shirt... Also, I hope you are wearing a mask while wire-brushing the rust, you shouldn't be breathing that stuff.
I was with you until the needle nose pliers came out to hold the nut. Everything was fine until then. Good looking shovel and as a True Temper, worth doing.
True temper has been making garbage since the 80s 90s. Stamped steel garbage. That shovel Is good because it’s taper forged and made with good steel, not because it has a true temper label on it…
Just found one in the woods and what a great video to find as well
Thanks for the video! I might be a girly-girl, but I always enjoyed watching my dad restore old tools. I've had my own garden for years now and my garden tools need some work, so I''m watching videos to learn how to get them back into almost new condition.
My 50 year old True Temper shovel has been my favorite. I'd file it sharp to easily cut roots and weeds but I think the filing made it thin and then it split. My neighbor welded the split but he said the welding rod was softer metal and it would probably split again. It did. Then I took it to a blacksmith shop and they cut it down about an inch or more. Works fine. The damn new ones (if you can find them) are around $75. Worth it, of course, but I'm just a "little" cheap.
Good to see a young man take an interest in something constructive.
Keep it up!
BTW he peened the bolt to keep the nut from coming off. Totally appropriate. As for the pliers, what he had at hand. Tell me none of us have not done the same at one time or another.
haha,lol.i've used pliers many a time,and to many times.
Needle pliers? To tighten the nut?
A combination wrench sits in the
Background.. not the right size?
At least use crescent wrench/slip
Joint pliers/vise grips... c'mon dude
Ur on video....1/2,9/16,5/8? Ya bought
A grinder... no wrenches?
Wow. Panties in a bunch over pliers? Am I missing something here?
Hey dude... looks good. I’m going to be restoring my tools... thought I’d check out your video for inspiration.
No, you're wrong. You don't use a nut and bolt on a spade shaft where your hand is going to be. You should use rivets.
thanks for demonstrating the edge-to-paper trick. i'm re-profiling the edge of my dad's old drain spade and that tip will definitely come in handy.
it's a simple thing, but the most genius of ideas often are.
Spades are broad and flat ... The rounded end things are shovels...👍
* *not sure if trolling...or just genuinely clueless* *
Very good and informative. Did a lot of things I wouldn’t have thought of
Love your restoration vids, nice to see tools not going to waste which is common in todays throw away society. Keep up the great work, aloha.
I'm restoring three quality vintage shovels that my stepdad used professionally and at home. i used and abused them as a child too. Two digging shovels and one edging shovel that are nearly as or older than me(I'll be 50 in a few years). Fun project and excellent steel made in the USA.....cool video.
Looks great! I like restoring old tools as well. Always gives a great feeling. Weel done, I subscribed!
Great vid. I am a Wranglerstar fan myself and I saw Cody do a restore if I am correct on a shovel but he used what appeared to be hinge pins from an interior door hinge, cut to length and cold forged. Basically pounded into a mushroom on an anvil. Just a thought, keep up the great work.
That is actually genius putting that nut on the screw before riveting it. I’ll have to try that with a shovel I’m working on now.
This is a great series, keep the restorations coming, then also show them in use at some point.
Oh yeah man. I'll be using them for sure. Thanks for watching.
Great video keep up the good work you young people are doing. Linseed oil perseveres the wood a lot better just a suggestion son.
Great Job, young man!
Looking sharp !
Hey Kenny, great job on this one, well, all your vids!!
Whats the name of that angle grinder.
nice work! You seem like a really bright kid!
Nice video. Fun to restore those old tools. One thing i may have done differently is the use of the square nut. You could have use just the bolt a little long and maybe used a washer then smash it as a rivet. The reason i'm saying that is the fact these bold might be a little sharp and hurt your hand while using the shovel. Plus it would look a bit nicer i think. Just my two cents
Good job mate. I’d rather see you go with a rivet than the bolt, but yeah it will do the job.
I have that exact same shovel head. The tip is messed up just like yours was too. I guess I'll have to go restore it now.
Gearbox do you want to sell it?
hey may i ask what kind of vise that is, i think my dad has the exact same one but i cant find any markings on it. thanks
hey young man good job! in this day and age of toss it out it is good to see making something.g old new again. like I say to my boy, don't let somebody ruin your day !! I see some of the negative comments.... haha look at their channels..... nothing there.... be well friend.
You make such nice vids. I hope you keep doing what you are doing.
Great video - but wouldn't a rivet have been better than a bolt and nut? Many times I've had to slide my forward hand up onto the metal part of the shovel while using it. I would think the corners of the nuts would be rough and catch. Worth the extra effort in the long run.
nice work with the needle nose pliers
Love these videos and this channel!
John Coe Thank you buddy!
Bravethewild I love your videos and your channel
linseed oil mate not stain. Besides from that you did well.
Super.
Hello from Russia!
excellent job. looks like new.
Nice work and video young man! I reported the jerk that that called you an idiot, keep up the good work.
Excellent 👌
You forgot to put the handle with the grain going up and down, or inline with the shovel head..on any wood handle tool..the wood is stronger with the grain being parallel with the tool...this is a very good video by the way..
Kennynva T. A comment that seems to be useful... that’d have not occurred to me...but it makes a lot of sense.
Years later,... wondering how that old shovel has been holding up?
One thing I'd worry about is if it was in a fir pit, wonder if it got heated up and lost its temper.
I may be wrong but I don't think shovels are tempered like axes.
+Bama Woodsman good ones are
bldeagle10 I believe he used to to remove the ashes from the fire place. I don't think it was actually sitting in the fire
Old True Temper tools, esp, 1949-1965, are great tools. After that they were more cheaply made overseas with crappy materials.
great job
Hey I love your videos please make more
My only recommendation would have been to use a carriage bolt and hot rivet just with a ballpeen.
Nice job.
A teen with a work ethic. You'll always be a cut above your peers.
Beautiful!
Make a video how to make a nice workbench I need help with mine
Good job mate...
Stain the handle.....please don't. Boiled linseed oil, properly treated will serve many many more years than stain or varnish.
Nice job.
This is a great video; thanks
looks like a crack in the point ,did ya fix that?
If he didn't, then this shovel will be good for light duty work only
If/when SHTF, the girly men on Wall Street, lawyers, computer jocks, and overpaid pro- athlete's will be starving to death while guys like Kenny will be thriving with whatever they find. Well done.
I wouldn't mind a total doomsday but it will likely never happen. The rich keep getting richer.
Awesome
good job
I wonder if your sponsor can get you a remote microphone for your camera to attach to your shirt...
Also, I hope you are wearing a mask while wire-brushing the rust, you shouldn't be breathing that stuff.
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Thanks cool vid
Unfortunately True Temper is hasn't been American made in a while.
Six Mile Creek Productions - Not American if the spade head was newer. That one was probably USA.
I was with you until the needle nose pliers came out to hold the nut. Everything was fine until then. Good looking shovel and as a True Temper, worth doing.
True temper has been making garbage since the 80s 90s. Stamped steel garbage. That shovel
Is good because it’s taper forged and made with good steel, not because it has a true temper label on it…
True Temper now made it China...Ahhh
Restore more. Talk less.