John, your right about this old house. They went from repair to total rebuild. Throw more money at it and watch how nice it turns out. The show that i liked with Norm was the New Yankee Workshop. Those brass scales came out beautifully! Roger
What I notice about a lot of channels and shows is that the first season, lots of people are drawn to them because if the idea of saving money, like the first season of This Old House. Once there’s a lot of viewers, commercial people hunger to lure those viewers to them by giving the people who run the show freebies and the viewers fall for it. If you look at Wranglerstar, in the beginning he was all about being frugal and reusing and repurposing things. Look at it now and virtually everything he shows involves equipment that costs hundreds of dollars. He turned into a hack. I like keeping things real and the preservation of these vintage artifacts, because we know that things were made much better in the past than they are now. But, that’s not helping the modern day tool makers. But, if modern day tool makers were to make things like they used to, we would buy them and talk about them and give them exposure.
Joe you are so right! It’s funny because Wranglerstar chose his name because he used to part out Jeeps right? What a goofy name! (Not like ScoutCrafter!) 😂😂👍
Couldn't agree more...and wrangler less is all about sales and making a buck which he is good at definitely the star has tarnished...to me you tube is about info,skill,and sharing in a artful manner...stay safe...
You are right on about ThisOld House. I use to love watching to learn how to repair things around the house. Now the show is for millionaires. I cannot imagine what they spend to fix up the houses on today’s shows. Thanks for the video!
1:08 you are so right. They are the reason i work on houses today ! Now they push the house in a whole and build a new one . The jumps are so big they teach you nothing on This New house .
JB Weld is a wonderful product. I agree with your comments regarding replacing everything instead if repairing. I used JB Weld to repair broken screw holes in plastic electrical outlet boxes. I used to surgically cut out the box and insert a new renovation box to fix that problem. JB Weld saved so much time and headache. All I had to do was redrill the screw hole slightly smaller so the threads would grab.
There are not any advertisers (they really support the shows budget) in fixing old windows, doors or actually fixing things items around the house. The show is all about making money - as is the rest of the world. I DO AGREE with you, but we are ":Fiddle Futzer's" that enjoy fixing things not looking to become millionaires in a month. The show is now sponsored by Anderson, Owens Corning, GE, etc. hence the big salaries and budgets.
I went through my phone last night and realized I've been restoring projects for almost 2 years. I'm going to start posting on my Instagram page. Yes, my mini anvil project includes JB Weld on the base. Great product! Ya just gotta get some SC Red on every project!
JB weld is the best invention since the napkin. I keep it on hand always. One can repair almost anything with it. But you have to have the right product for the job. Stay safe my friend. Happy Thanksgiving buddy.
Yes, I remember the early years of This Old House. I still liked it up until the time Bob Villa left the program. Norm, of course, was great. I have (or had) so many tubes of old hard JB Weld. I pretty much decided to only buy the small, one-project tubes after that. Perhaps it was a fume issue. Thanks!
From about 2010 to 2015, I got to know Mary Bonham the co creator of JB Weld. A really neat lady! I still have her emails! GREAT product and lady. She's about 92 today!
Glad I’m not the only one who is shocked by throwing stuff out, specially when they replace something GOOD that has lasted 100 years for some new particle board junk.
Good to know about the hardener. I never knew that. It is sad that a lot of YTers and others give in to the lure of money as opposed to their initial beliefs to actually be a source of information for their subscribers. I know you won't compromise your values just to make a buck. Thank you, John. Jim
Ahh thanks for showing the jb weld love that stuff you gotta have it in Your tool box great idea with the brass will have a look for the brass clear Coat great video scout god bless take care and have a great weekend 🗽🙏🇳🇿🇺🇸🔧🐈
Very nice run down on the JB Weld! 👍🏼 It really comes in handy in so many applications. Love the Brass scale! 🏆 Heading over to check out Jackrustygold now👍🏼 Right on!
ScoutCrafter, I can completely relate to your feeling about how things decayed from true DIY on shows like “This Old House” and “Victory Garden.” Facts are there’s more money, sponsors, etc. in selling replacements.
John, do you think shellac would work ok on newly polished brass? For some reason I’ve been thinking about this exact case after I polished a few brass parts, few days ago, so it was perfect to see you addressing such thing this time!
Sometimes you have to be careful with shellac because shellac uses alcohol as its base and alcohol sometimes can darken certain metals. All the professionals use clear lacquer on brass. 😃👍
When I was a boy my dad taught me how to reset a pane of glass with "points" and putty. It's just what you did. If something broke, you fixed it or took it somewhere to be repaired. Especially shoes, he was always having new heels put on shoes.
That is a great tip about epoxy fumes. It never occurred to me. Cool tips like that are one reason you have such a great channel. I agree with you about TOH. Even so, Norm Abrams is a first class carpenter. Loved watching g him work. Those scales really turned out well. Your videos are never too long. Dont worry about excessive jabbering. SC commandos love everything you say. Regards
Never worry about having a video too long. I always enjoy your content. Crap, I know you can polish brass. Did you have the brass buttons on your uniform? Did you know that the USMC now uses brass colored plastic buttons on their uniforms today.
I've had good luck with Waxing Brass on things that just sit on the shelf, might not work as well for something that used all the time or is outside. I have a story about *Epoxy, a High-rise Aparment Building and Henry Kissinger* but it's a bit lengthy for a YT comment.
I knew in weld was some tough stuff that's tougher than I thought able to tap it it and hold bolts and glad to see you restored the other scale and I've seen his Instagram account I enjoyed his posts
Hi, great tip about the fumes of the hardener affecting the resin,, !! Over here in England, JB Weld, is not well known,, our "go to" epoxy is usually Araldite,, !! that very cheap stuff (epoxy) from Amazon, (Chinese),, is to be avoided, at all costs,, it's total rubbish, all the best, ps,, we love your yabber ,!!!
Thanks John another fantastic video as always it’s funny it was only yesterday I was looking at those posts on Instagram thinking what a fantastic job he done😀👍⚒️
I remember back in the late 1960's this kid name Jim had a 50 Chevy coupe. He repaired all the dents and rust using plaster of paris. He then sprayed primer on the plaster. It worked for awhile until the plaster started falling off from the metal rusting from the water in the plaster.
This Old House - nailed it! Ridiculous how commercialism ruins everything! Its rampant. Mechanic said I needed to replace the entire front brake system b/c the calpers were sticking...he wanted 800.00. He was not too pleased when I told him I used 4 squirts of WD40 on the caliper bolts and was not having any more problems.
Ha! My first car was a 1939 2.5litre SS Jaguar and the front right wing had been 'repaired' the old school way with about 5 pounds of lead! I melted it all off, pounded out the dent and filled with Isopon (bondo) - it always amazed me why they would do that... I guess the only other option before bondo was glazing putty? I'm with you on Norm - he had more power tools than I've had hot dinners! Good rant! You can use alcohol to thin the epoxy to make it more runny for wicking into narrow gaps.
Nice teaching tutorial about the JB weld and Bondo. I remember the real old THOH episodes, that’s when it was interesting. Same thing happened to the DIY network. When it first came out it was a teaching channel. Then it went off the rails and I stopped watching.
Thanks for the video. I agree about TOH my wife will watch it with me and say we should do that. And I think to myself that project is worth the price of my house. We need a show like the old this old house.... wait we have it, it’s the ScoutCrafter Show! Thanks again and please yanbber more it’s always enjoyable and knowledgeable when you do.
We used to watch This Old House and New Yankee Workshop on Sunday evenings with my in laws. My wife’s dad, Lou, was a retired electrician and avid do-it-yourselfer. We would often find things that Bob, and Norm would show that were not really the right way to do it, like when they would cut an X in the house wrap, staple the flaps to the four sides of the rough opening and then slap the window in place and nail off the flanges. When Norm switched to the New Yankee Workshop, Lou would complain that at least half of the projects were done with tools that the average D-I-Yer would not have. Of course this led to him calling me Norm for at least a week every time I bought a new power tool for my work as a carpenter.
Yeh i miss the old This Old House. Seems the new ones are all about "how can we spend 100K when 20 would do" and "lets install this unusual system that no one uses so people know about it"
Great video. I used j b weld on my radiator when it developed a leak when I was out in Phoenix. Sold the car 3yrs later never replaced that radiator it was still going strong. I would not recommend it but it did work
I always got a kick out of watching This Old House. Bob Villa would be walking thru the house talking about this or that and poor Norm would be up to his neck in dirt and dust doing the real work.
Had a buddy that got a pickup out of Florida. The body was gone BUT he started in with the Bondo. 1st was quarts, then gallonS and then maybe a 5 gallon bucket or two. It looked GOOD when he got it done and sold it but saw it a little while later and the side of it was GONE! I like the JB but use bolts mostly. You know how it is! I dodge scales too! Happy weekend John CS and YES, Thank God it's Friday!
Bondo and JB Weld are great tricks of the trade when doing restorations thanks for sharing. I just made a video doing a couple of restorations using Plastidip another great tool to use when doing restorations.
Excelsior! Rip stan lee. Jb weld is great stuff very handy. That scale came out really awesome. I like to do the super glue and baking soda method haha. Have a great weekend everyone stay safe out there 🐱👍
Another vote for the "old" This Old House, the one the average person could afford. BTW, thanks for the link to the Dan Gelbart videos. What a wealth of knowledge that man has.
The This Old House commentary is so true...sad, but true. I did see Tom Silva JB weld something once on Ask this old house 🤣. The scale looks great. Cheers
@@mrmicro22 No doubt, I unsubscribed from PM when they had jeans on the cover. Also unsubscribed from This Old House magazine when they had an article on couches.
I appreciate your videos always being to the point without the excess “yabber.” There’s several people who I really enjoyed but they just have way toooo much yabbering bs for. Most don’t have anything to say and prove it by continual blabbing. JMO
Bud- Believe it or not my videos averaged 5-6 minutes, (the length I like) but I asked the subscribers what length they wanted and overwhelmingly said 15 Minutes!!!! LOL Thanks!
The scale looks beautiful! I have used JB Weld in the past and I agree it is really a very good epoxy to use. It sets up in short period of time and is as hard as metal. Thanks for sharing this.
They are great for tapping certain items that require a perfectly aligned tap! www.mscdirect.com/browse/tnpla/99072928?cid=ppc-google-New+-+Threading+-+PLA_sARmQHQsF___164124448697_m_SM&mkwid=sARmQHQsF%7Cdm&pcrid=164124448697&rd=k&product_id=99072928&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyIaMpemS7QIVEm-GCh00fA9GEAQYASABEgL3i_D_BwE
I have an wicked old craftsman hand held belt sander, that runs great, has a strong motor and unlike newer crap, was a quality product when new. It fell of a bench a while and cracked the casing. JB Weld for plastic was tried as a sort of last ditch attempt to fix it. This worked great!!!!! I have used regular JB for years!
Richard, Click on to my channel home page, it will say "videos" then go to the right and there is 3 horizontal lines that if you click on will drop a menu saying "Most Popular" Most Recent" "Oldest" However I must warn you some of my early stuff is hard to watch! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
I love JB Weld. I happened to have used it yesterday to epoxy a HSS turning tool blade into a steel shaft. I leave my items for a good 24 hr before using. I keep the excess on the mixing board so I can confirm the batch has cured. Good tip on using the resin first. Some epoxies I have require precise measuring like System Three (mixed by volume) or Smooth-On (mixed by weight). These are also not equal, 100 of one part to 30 of the other. The spring scales look very good. Dave.
John, I thought you were going to say open one tube at a time so as not to mix up the caps, and get them inadvertently glued onto the tube with residual product.
John, I’ll admit that being in the military gives us an appreciation for Never dull, Brasso and shiny brass! Gunny would be proud of that face🇺🇸👍. Another great video. JB weld has been around since I was a kid. And auto parts store had two valves they JB welded. 100.00 if you could break them apart. Sat on that counter for decades.
LOL We used to braze a nail to a nickel and pound it into the ground then laugh as people tried to pick it up, until one day an old timer bent down saw it was stuck and slammed his heel on the coin ripping up a chunk of asphalt along with the nickel... He took both and left us speechless! LOL
Hi Ralph! OMG I’m sorry to hear you’re suffering with back pain God knows I’ve had back pain on many occasions throughout my whole life and I found that 99% of the time my back pain was attributed to tight hamstrings or lack of stretching. Now I know every time my back starts to get a little tight it’s a warning before it goes out. So I try and walk and stretch super important for my back, stretch I can’t emphasize it enough! At one time I had bad scoliosis (curvature of the spine) and was able to reverse the entire curve through stretching lots of stretching! Hope that helps Ralph! 😃👍
You should definitely try 'renaissance wax' if you want to prevent metals from getting oxide and rusting. It protects: metal, wood, leather and even makes paper water resistant. It was engineered by the British History Museum in the 60, to protect the exhibits and it does a great job ! I use it on my knife collection and I tried it on many materials, I even tried it on mirror polished stainless steel to see if it will stay on the surface and protect against finger prints. And I must say that after tow coats it works wanders. And it is great for protecting metal paint as well. The only step that I found very important to do, is to clean the surface of all potential contaminants before applying the wax. Isopropyl alcohol works great for me ! Ps. Sorry if my spelling is incorrect but English isn't my native language.
Thanks John. I have just got home from having a heart cath and couldn’t figure out why I started to have so many followers on Instagram. After I watch your video I figured it out. Thank you! You video
This Old House like many of the others, and something that is happening on many UA-cam channels too now, changed dramatically once the sponsors saw the increasing viewers as a source of revenue. Anderson Windows doesn't make too much money if you are repairing an old window sash, so out it goes and in comes the $20k version of a 'window'. I don't begrudge anyone wanting to make a few bucks, but it definitely changes the direction of a show. Fortunately for me, my dad was always grounded, and if there was a way he could eek ten more years out of that old pair of shoes he would :)
So right about TOH. I have a true story about that. I had a house built in the 1950s and it was drafty as hell and uncomfortable with an addition that really wasn't done right with huge picture windows that were beautiful but had rotted sills and the double sealed glass had actually fallen several inches until their was an open spot. I filled it with foam rope, caulked the hell out of the glass and where the window frame meets the building because it had never been caulked. Took a lot of time but relatively cheap. So a year passes and we get a blower door test. These guys saw the old 1950s building and predicted the numbers to be poor. Turns out it was sealed as tight as a brand new building! I now think buying windows is quite a scam because I worked with the original windows and caulked them. I also lubed the running parts with spray on dry teflon which made them much easier to operate.
PS I've never used JB weld either. I tend to repair things correctly if it all possible and not be a believer in those types of things. But there might be a time I give it a try because that is pretty impressive with those small threads.
John- The Old “storm windows” that had to be taken on an off every winter were very efficient! However they were such a pain in the neck to store and install every year that aluminum storm windows were introduced and they were nothing like the original storm windows. 😃👍
Used to watch This Old House every Saturday, I learned how too hang a door from that show. When you mentioned "yabber" I pictured Fred Flintstone for some reason.
The video didn't feel long at all, don't apologize. I would've enjoyed a couple of minutes extra of jabbering. My scale balance is from Forschners from New York! I'm going to lacquer it, but maybe first try and give it some color in the letters and the on the arrow! I hope you'll have a great weekend! Will be gone in the blink of an eye I fear.
I thought you were going to address my comment from Wednesday's video. It's okay you didn't and great video as always. I agree with the TOH rant, although they still do good with the landscaping stuff.
Noah I had 10 minutes worth of video addressing finding the clear wood and this video is just so long I had to cut out the whole segment! 😂😂😳 i’m still going to try and address it somehow it’s just it’s rough because once I start talking about wood I start jabbering!!! 😂👍
The brass scale you just did would be a perfect test for the cape cod polish (www.capecodpolish.com/). Treat half and check back after a few weeks and you will be a convert. No need to polish. Amazing stuff. Promise.
I repaired a hole in an anvil with the high temp jb weld. It's water based, so you have to evaporate the water out to cure it completely. And then you can't get it wet... So no wet/dry sandpaper. But it cures hard as a rock! And if you keep it in the freezer, it will last for multiple applications. I used it 3 months after I first opened it, and it still worked like new. Just be careful because it can dry up fast in the container, so get it back in the freezer quick. It dries to pretty much the same color as regular jb. Good stuff. Just don't try to use it to stick parts together. It's a hole filler, not a replacement for welding.
I quit watching Norm's workshop when he started using an oscillating spindle sander, who has one of those in their shop unless they were a professional back then, a biscuit cutter maybe but not an oscillating spindle sander
I still think This Old House is still the best show of its kind. They don't play their original theme song anymore. Homeowners used to help on the projects, now they "may" make a token appearance.
Always enjoy your rants. I don't mind the time. Thanks for the idea about the vapors. I have had things dry up and had to throw them away. And didn't know why. Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks
You’ve done it now, you’ve spiked our interest! So the yabba you cut out, and all the other snippets of video cuts, we want to see them. How about a video montage of Scoutcrafter outtakes? Not sure you’d get a series out of them but I’m sure we’d all love to see them.
I fixed a piece of old warped cedar siding by cutting grooves in the back side with a circular saw then clamping it flat and fill the back side with JB weld. Going into the second winter and still looks undetectable.
I used to watch this old house and the new Yankee workshop. I think that the show turned to a different path based on viewership and what new viewers were expecting from that show. More and more people don’t want to do things themselves and would rather throw out the old and replace it with new and that’s what drove the show where it is today. I mean, how many of us have shops like Norm with those expensive tools but I still enjoyed his show. JB Weld is the best and has saved me a couple of times and good tip on the hardener vapor. Great video, don’t worry about the length and jabbering, I’d rather listen to you and learn stuff than watch the crap on tv or the news. God help us all!! Have a great weekend👍😀🇺🇸
Hi Steve! For me the worst part of this old house is that the average homeowner will sit there with his wife and watch the show and will feel almost obligated to do an over the top restoration of the kitchen instead of living with a functional kitchen. Most of the best cooks I have a new never had a really fancy kitchen. ie my Grandmother! 😃👍
I agree with you John. I still use the original kitchen I bought my house with. New appliances but everything else was still functional. Besides, I don't think a new kitchen would make my wife a better cook. Lol! I can't watch the home improvement shows anymore because they're cost prohibitive even if I do most of the work. Most of those owners lose money on the renovation and get saddled with hugh tax bills. It's like watching lifestyles of the rich and famous. Who cares! I'd rather watch UA-cam for ideas on renovation.
That's why I stopped watching this old house. Try heating the resin in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time. I have old epoxy that semi hardens and will liquify when heated a little
John, that little batch of jb weld would have made a nice patch for drill press table 😁
sanded down it would blend right in 👍 😊
It’s true!!!!😂😂😂👍
John, your right about this old house. They went from repair to total rebuild. Throw more money at it and watch how nice it turns out. The show that i liked with Norm was the New Yankee Workshop. Those brass scales came out beautifully! Roger
I think Norm taught us all a ton of stuff! He always seemed like a nice guy who loved to be in the shop! 😃👍
What I notice about a lot of channels and shows is that the first season, lots of people are drawn to them because if the idea of saving money, like the first season of This Old House. Once there’s a lot of viewers, commercial people hunger to lure those viewers to them by giving the people who run the show freebies and the viewers fall for it. If you look at Wranglerstar, in the beginning he was all about being frugal and reusing and repurposing things. Look at it now and virtually everything he shows involves equipment that costs hundreds of dollars. He turned into a hack. I like keeping things real and the preservation of these vintage artifacts, because we know that things were made much better in the past than they are now. But, that’s not helping the modern day tool makers. But, if modern day tool makers were to make things like they used to, we would buy them and talk about them and give them exposure.
Joe you are so right! It’s funny because Wranglerstar chose his name because he used to part out Jeeps right? What a goofy name! (Not like ScoutCrafter!) 😂😂👍
Couldn't agree more...and wrangler less is all about sales and making a buck which he is good at definitely the star has tarnished...to me you tube is about info,skill,and sharing in a artful manner...stay safe...
New Yankee Workshop was a great show .
You are right on about ThisOld House. I use to love watching to learn how to repair things around the house. Now the show is for millionaires. I cannot imagine what they spend to fix up the houses on today’s shows. Thanks for the video!
1:08 you are so right. They are the reason i work on houses today ! Now they push the house in a whole and build a new one . The jumps are so big they teach you nothing on This New house .
HA!!!!!! your rant on 'This OLD House' is classic!!! FYI- I agree 100% with ya!
Ditto...thats why I watch UA-cam videos
Andy it’s funny because after I did it I was like “Oh no another rant!” 😂😂👍
JB Weld is a wonderful product. I agree with your comments regarding replacing everything instead if repairing. I used JB Weld to repair broken screw holes in plastic electrical outlet boxes. I used to surgically cut out the box and insert a new renovation box to fix that problem. JB Weld saved so much time and headache. All I had to do was redrill the screw hole slightly smaller so the threads would grab.
Always an education.
Jabber on John...👍😬
There are not any advertisers (they really support the shows budget) in fixing old windows, doors or actually fixing things items around the house. The show is all about making money - as is the rest of the world. I DO AGREE with you, but we are ":Fiddle Futzer's" that enjoy fixing things not looking to become millionaires in a month. The show is now sponsored by Anderson, Owens Corning, GE, etc. hence the big salaries and budgets.
I went through my phone last night and realized I've been restoring projects for almost 2 years. I'm going to start posting on my Instagram page. Yes, my mini anvil project includes JB Weld on the base. Great product!
Ya just gotta get some SC Red on every project!
JB weld is the best invention since the napkin. I keep it on hand always. One can repair almost anything with it. But you have to have the right product for the job. Stay safe my friend. Happy Thanksgiving buddy.
Yes, I remember the early years of This Old House. I still liked it up until the time Bob Villa left the program. Norm, of course, was great.
I have (or had) so many tubes of old hard JB Weld. I pretty much decided to only buy the small, one-project tubes after that. Perhaps it was a fume issue. Thanks!
Ben! I hate epoxy that dries up! It kills me that I wasted the whole container! 😂👍
From about 2010 to 2015, I got to know Mary Bonham the co creator of JB Weld. A really neat lady! I still have her emails! GREAT product and lady. She's about 92 today!
Glad I’m not the only one who is shocked by throwing stuff out, specially when they replace something GOOD that has lasted 100 years for some new particle board junk.
Good to know about the hardener. I never knew that. It is sad that a lot of YTers and others give in to the lure of money as opposed to their initial beliefs to actually be a source of information for their subscribers. I know you won't compromise your values just to make a buck. Thank you, John. Jim
Ahh thanks for showing the jb weld love that stuff you gotta have it in
Your tool box great idea with the brass will have a look for the brass clear
Coat great video scout god bless take care and have a great weekend
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Very nice run down on the JB Weld! 👍🏼 It really comes in handy in so many applications. Love the Brass scale! 🏆 Heading over to check out Jackrustygold now👍🏼 Right on!
Me too brother. I loved "This old house" in the early days. JB weld is a very useful product. I always have some on hand.
ScoutCrafter, I can completely relate to your feeling about how things decayed from true DIY on shows like “This Old House” and “Victory Garden.” Facts are there’s more money, sponsors, etc. in selling replacements.
I repaired the wooden back door of my house that has 3 wood inset panels and 3 windows using glue putty small nails Painted out side varnished inside
John, do you think shellac would work ok on newly polished brass? For some reason I’ve been thinking about this exact case after I polished a few brass parts, few days ago, so it was perfect to see you addressing such thing this time!
Sometimes you have to be careful with shellac because shellac uses alcohol as its base and alcohol sometimes can darken certain metals. All the professionals use clear lacquer on brass. 😃👍
When I was a boy my dad taught me how to reset a pane of glass with "points" and putty. It's just what you did. If something broke, you fixed it or took it somewhere to be repaired. Especially shoes, he was always having new heels put on shoes.
That is a great tip about epoxy fumes. It never occurred to me. Cool tips like that are one reason you have such a great channel. I agree with you about TOH. Even so, Norm Abrams is a first class carpenter. Loved watching g him work. Those scales really turned out well. Your videos are never too long. Dont worry about excessive jabbering. SC commandos love everything you say. Regards
I think we all owe a debt of gratitude to Norm for showing us so many things before UA-cam!
JB Weld is my GO-TO Epoxy! The only thing I don't like about it is that if it gets on anything you don't want it on - FORGETABOUTIT!
LOL! Yes! Like never-seize! 😂👍
Never worry about having a video too long. I always enjoy your content. Crap, I know you can polish brass. Did you have the brass buttons on your uniform? Did you know that the USMC now uses brass colored plastic buttons on their uniforms today.
Brass tarnishes so fast under harsh conditions, you can literally polish brass everyday! Had no idea about the buttons! 😃👍
I've had good luck with Waxing Brass on things that just sit on the shelf, might not work as well for something that used all the time or is outside.
I have a story about *Epoxy, a High-rise Aparment Building and Henry Kissinger* but it's a bit lengthy for a YT comment.
LOL Epoxy, a High-rise Aparment Building and Henry Kissinger sound like a lead up to a joke! =D
I knew in weld was some tough stuff that's tougher than I thought able to tap it it and hold bolts and glad to see you restored the other scale and I've seen his Instagram account I enjoyed his posts
Hi, great tip about the fumes of the hardener affecting the resin,, !!
Over here in England, JB Weld, is not well known,, our "go to" epoxy is usually Araldite,, !! that very cheap stuff (epoxy) from Amazon, (Chinese),, is to be avoided, at all costs,, it's total rubbish, all the best,
ps,, we love your yabber ,!!!
Thanks John another fantastic video as always it’s funny it was only yesterday I was looking at those posts on Instagram thinking what a fantastic job he done😀👍⚒️
I remember back in the late 1960's this kid name Jim had a 50 Chevy coupe. He repaired all the dents and rust using plaster of paris. He then sprayed primer on the plaster. It worked for awhile until the plaster started falling off from the metal rusting from the water in the plaster.
I love plaster of Paris! I used to take the scouts tracking and when we found a nice clean animal track we would cast the foot print! 😃👍
This Old House - nailed it! Ridiculous how commercialism ruins everything! Its rampant. Mechanic said I needed to replace the entire front brake system b/c the calpers were sticking...he wanted 800.00. He was not too pleased when I told him I used 4 squirts of WD40 on the caliper bolts and was not having any more problems.
Ha! My first car was a 1939 2.5litre SS Jaguar and the front right wing had been 'repaired' the old school way with about 5 pounds of lead! I melted it all off, pounded out the dent and filled with Isopon (bondo) - it always amazed me why they would do that... I guess the only other option before bondo was glazing putty?
I'm with you on Norm - he had more power tools than I've had hot dinners! Good rant!
You can use alcohol to thin the epoxy to make it more runny for wicking into narrow gaps.
Keep the yabber in next time brother!... your videos are what I look forward to every week and the longer the better!
JB Weld is great. Nice demo and restore. Thanks John.
Nice teaching tutorial about the JB weld and Bondo. I remember the real old THOH episodes, that’s when it was interesting. Same thing happened to the DIY network. When it first came out it was a teaching channel. Then it went off the rails and I stopped watching.
Thanks for the video. I agree about TOH my wife will watch it with me and say we should do that. And I think to myself that project is worth the price of my house. We need a show like the old this old house.... wait we have it, it’s the ScoutCrafter Show! Thanks again and please yanbber more it’s always enjoyable and knowledgeable when you do.
We used to watch This Old House and New Yankee Workshop on Sunday evenings with my in laws. My wife’s dad, Lou, was a retired electrician and avid do-it-yourselfer. We would often find things that Bob, and Norm would show that were not really the right way to do it, like when they would cut an X in the house wrap, staple the flaps to the four sides of the rough opening and then slap the window in place and nail off the flanges.
When Norm switched to the New Yankee Workshop, Lou would complain that at least half of the projects were done with tools that the average D-I-Yer would not have. Of course this led to him calling me Norm for at least a week every time I bought a new power tool for my work as a carpenter.
Need more yabber! It’s like cowbell, can’t have enough!
Hi Scout , JB Weld Is Good Stuff I Use It A lot . I've Been Using It For many Years Great For Plastic and Metal .
Yeh i miss the old This Old House. Seems the new ones are all about "how can we spend 100K when 20 would do" and "lets install this unusual system that no one uses so people know about it"
Good stuff Bud!! It's a shame JB doesn't sell pints or quarts, they'd probably alot more of it!!☺
I do love JB weld, and great job on the scales!
Great video. I used j b weld on my radiator when it developed a leak when I was out in Phoenix. Sold the car 3yrs later never replaced that radiator it was still going strong. I would not recommend it but it did work
I always got a kick out of watching This Old House. Bob Villa would be walking thru the house talking about this or that and poor Norm would be up to his neck in dirt and dust doing the real work.
You know that's where the expression "lead sled" came from. When old cars would have a lot of body work there would be a lot of added weight in lead.
Had a buddy that got a pickup out of Florida. The body was gone BUT he started in with the Bondo. 1st was quarts, then gallonS and then maybe a 5 gallon bucket or two. It looked GOOD when he got it done and sold it but saw it a little while later and the side of it was GONE! I like the JB but use bolts mostly. You know how it is! I dodge scales too! Happy weekend John CS and YES, Thank God it's Friday!
LOL- potholes can undo bad bodywork in a heartbeat! 😂😂😂👍
Awesome work and very imformative. Keep up the great work.
Bondo and JB Weld are great tricks of the trade when doing restorations thanks for sharing. I just made a video doing a couple of restorations using Plastidip another great tool to use when doing restorations.
Excelsior! Rip stan lee. Jb weld is great stuff very handy. That scale came out really awesome. I like to do the super glue and baking soda method haha. Have a great weekend everyone stay safe out there 🐱👍
Very nice job on the scales. Never thought about that on epoxy, but it makes plenty of sense.
Another vote for the "old" This Old House, the one the average person could afford. BTW, thanks for the link to the Dan Gelbart videos. What a wealth of knowledge that man has.
The This Old House commentary is so true...sad, but true. I did see Tom Silva JB weld something once on Ask this old house 🤣. The scale looks great. Cheers
Love your stuff, as always! Would love to see a video of just the cut "yabber!"
This Old House, Organic Gardening, Popular Mechanics as did others took the yuppie route. You learn how to throw money in large amounts at all tasks.
I really miss the classic Popular Mechanics. Don't learn anything from it now.
@@mrmicro22 No doubt, I unsubscribed from PM when they had jeans on the cover. Also unsubscribed from This Old House magazine when they had an article on couches.
Feel free to Yabba to your hearts content, we all enjoy it!.
I always keep some JB Weld around probably for the last 25 years. The things Ive used it on over the years are countless!
Sure, repair a metal car with metal. Today's cars are tin and plastic.
@jackrustygold does outstanding work!
So do you! 😃👍
I appreciate your videos always being to the point without the excess “yabber.” There’s several people who I really enjoyed but they just have way toooo much yabbering bs for. Most don’t have anything to say and prove it by continual blabbing. JMO
Bud- Believe it or not my videos averaged 5-6 minutes, (the length I like) but I asked the subscribers what length they wanted and overwhelmingly said 15 Minutes!!!! LOL Thanks!
The scale looks beautiful! I have used JB Weld in the past and I agree it is really a very good epoxy to use. It sets up in short period of time and is as hard as metal. Thanks for sharing this.
I’ve never seen a tap stand. Where do you get those? You could have left in the “jabbering”. You’re very entertaining and informative.
They are great for tapping certain items that require a perfectly aligned tap! www.mscdirect.com/browse/tnpla/99072928?cid=ppc-google-New+-+Threading+-+PLA_sARmQHQsF___164124448697_m_SM&mkwid=sARmQHQsF%7Cdm&pcrid=164124448697&rd=k&product_id=99072928&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIyIaMpemS7QIVEm-GCh00fA9GEAQYASABEgL3i_D_BwE
I have an wicked old craftsman hand held belt sander, that runs great, has a strong motor and unlike newer crap, was a quality product when new. It fell of a bench a while and cracked the casing. JB Weld for plastic was tried as a sort of last ditch attempt to fix it. This worked great!!!!! I have used regular JB for years!
I think JB Weld has saved more jobs then any other “fix”! 😃👍
I do like to use JB weld! That scale looks amazing!
Right on I agree with your assessment of This Old House. Also the real work has been replaced with decorating discussions.
Great video. It is good to see so many people restoring tools.
wow im amazed seeing that jb weld being able to be threaded so well
Question: How do I find your older video's, all the way back to your first one.
Richard, Click on to my channel home page, it will say "videos" then go to the right and there is 3 horizontal lines that if you click on will drop a menu saying "Most Popular" Most Recent" "Oldest" However I must warn you some of my early stuff is hard to watch! LOL Thanks!!!!!!!
I love JB Weld. I happened to have used it yesterday to epoxy a HSS turning tool blade into a steel shaft. I leave my items for a good 24 hr before using. I keep the excess on the mixing board so I can confirm the batch has cured.
Good tip on using the resin first.
Some epoxies I have require precise measuring like System Three (mixed by volume) or Smooth-On (mixed by weight). These are also not equal, 100 of one part to 30 of the other.
The spring scales look very good.
Dave.
Yes, I have mixing cups for the resins that need exact mixes but the homeowner epoxies just need to be close! 😂👍
John, I thought you were going to say open one tube at a time so as not to mix up the caps, and get them inadvertently glued onto the tube with residual product.
OMG- I was always paranoid about that! 😂😂😂👍
John, I’ll admit that being in the military gives us an appreciation for Never dull, Brasso and shiny brass! Gunny would be proud of that face🇺🇸👍. Another great video. JB weld has been around since I was a kid. And auto parts store had two valves they JB welded. 100.00 if you could break them apart. Sat on that counter for decades.
LOL We used to braze a nail to a nickel and pound it into the ground then laugh as people tried to pick it up, until one day an old timer bent down saw it was stuck and slammed his heel on the coin ripping up a chunk of asphalt along with the nickel... He took both and left us speechless! LOL
ScoutCrafter in high school we would super glue quarters to the floor at the top of the stairs
can you discuss lower back pain on a video? i know that you know a thing or two about that.
Hi Ralph! OMG I’m sorry to hear you’re suffering with back pain God knows I’ve had back pain on many occasions throughout my whole life and I found that 99% of the time my back pain was attributed to tight hamstrings or lack of stretching. Now I know every time my back starts to get a little tight it’s a warning before it goes out. So I try and walk and stretch super important for my back, stretch I can’t emphasize it enough! At one time I had bad scoliosis (curvature of the spine) and was able to reverse the entire curve through stretching lots of stretching! Hope that helps Ralph! 😃👍
Yeah, TOH lost me when they installed a $30,000 shower.
Unbelievable... 🥴👍
You should definitely try 'renaissance wax' if you want to prevent metals from getting oxide and rusting.
It protects: metal, wood, leather and even makes paper water resistant.
It was engineered by the British History Museum in the 60, to protect the exhibits and it does a great job ! I use it on my knife collection and I tried it on many materials, I even tried it on mirror polished stainless steel to see if it will stay on the surface and protect against finger prints. And I must say that after tow coats it works wanders. And it is great for protecting metal paint as well. The only step that I found very important to do, is to clean the surface of all potential contaminants before applying the wax. Isopropyl alcohol works great for me !
Ps. Sorry if my spelling is incorrect but English isn't my native language.
Hi Cris! You are not the only one who swears by that wax! I'm going to try it! Thanks!!!!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter
You're very welcome pale !
Keep up the good work I love your videos they relax me in this crazy times, God bless you !
Thanks John. I have just got home from having a heart cath and couldn’t figure out why I started to have so many followers on Instagram. After I watch your video I figured it out. Thank you!
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Your video today was very interesting and I learned about jb weld. I had no idea you could drill and tap it. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Jack! As you know I’m a big fan of your work and I’m sure everybody else will be too! Thanks!!!! 😃👍
This Old House like many of the others, and something that is happening on many UA-cam channels too now, changed dramatically once the sponsors saw the increasing viewers as a source of revenue. Anderson Windows doesn't make too much money if you are repairing an old window sash, so out it goes and in comes the $20k version of a 'window'. I don't begrudge anyone wanting to make a few bucks, but it definitely changes the direction of a show. Fortunately for me, my dad was always grounded, and if there was a way he could eek ten more years out of that old pair of shoes he would :)
Steve- The worst part is they have people blowing thru cash like water trying to fix it “right” 🤔. 😃👍
So right about TOH. I have a true story about that. I had a house built in the 1950s and it was drafty as hell and uncomfortable with an addition that really wasn't done right with huge picture windows that were beautiful but had rotted sills and the double sealed glass had actually fallen several inches until their was an open spot. I filled it with foam rope, caulked the hell out of the glass and where the window frame meets the building because it had never been caulked. Took a lot of time but relatively cheap.
So a year passes and we get a blower door test. These guys saw the old 1950s building and predicted the numbers to be poor. Turns out it was sealed as tight as a brand new building! I now think buying windows is quite a scam because I worked with the original windows and caulked them. I also lubed the running parts with spray on dry teflon which made them much easier to operate.
PS I've never used JB weld either. I tend to repair things correctly if it all possible and not be a believer in those types of things. But there might be a time I give it a try because that is pretty impressive with those small threads.
John- The Old “storm windows” that had to be taken on an off every winter were very efficient! However they were such a pain in the neck to store and install every year that aluminum storm windows were introduced and they were nothing like the original storm windows. 😃👍
Used to watch This Old House every Saturday, I learned how too hang a door from that show. When you mentioned "yabber" I pictured Fred Flintstone for some reason.
The video didn't feel long at all, don't apologize. I would've enjoyed a couple of minutes extra of jabbering.
My scale balance is from Forschners from New York! I'm going to lacquer it, but maybe first try and give it some color in the letters and the on the arrow!
I hope you'll have a great weekend! Will be gone in the blink of an eye I fear.
I thought you were going to address my comment from Wednesday's video. It's okay you didn't and great video as always. I agree with the TOH rant, although they still do good with the landscaping stuff.
Noah I had 10 minutes worth of video addressing finding the clear wood and this video is just so long I had to cut out the whole segment! 😂😂😳 i’m still going to try and address it somehow it’s just it’s rough because once I start talking about wood I start jabbering!!! 😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter That's okay. I do like hearing what your ramblings
Hats of to ya for making this video!! :] ...Great info JB weld Newbie here :]
This Old House and Norm's shop eventually having $50K+ in power tools.
The brass scale you just did would be a perfect test for the cape cod polish (www.capecodpolish.com/). Treat half and check back after a few weeks and you will be a convert. No need to polish. Amazing stuff. Promise.
I repaired a hole in an anvil with the high temp jb weld. It's water based, so you have to evaporate the water out to cure it completely. And then you can't get it wet... So no wet/dry sandpaper. But it cures hard as a rock! And if you keep it in the freezer, it will last for multiple applications. I used it 3 months after I first opened it, and it still worked like new. Just be careful because it can dry up fast in the container, so get it back in the freezer quick. It dries to pretty much the same color as regular jb. Good stuff. Just don't try to use it to stick parts together. It's a hole filler, not a replacement for welding.
I quit watching Norm's workshop when he started using an oscillating spindle sander, who has one of those in their shop unless they were a professional back then, a biscuit cutter maybe but not an oscillating spindle sander
LOL The manufactures were throwing stuff at the show for just a mention... 😃👍
I enjoy the Rants 😊 keep them coming!
I still think This Old House is still the best show of its kind. They don't play their original theme song anymore. Homeowners used to help on the projects, now they "may" make a token appearance.
Thank you very much. This gave me the info I needed about the JB Weld which I just bought!
Don’t forget without TOH which we didn’t have here in uk we wouldn’t have the comedy Home Improvement
Get yourself a couple of 1000W halogen flood lights for winter. Light and heat guaranteed.
Thanks for the JB weld video. Really good information.
Always enjoy your rants. I don't mind the time. Thanks for the idea about the vapors. I have had things dry up and had to throw them away. And didn't know why. Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks
You’ve done it now, you’ve spiked our interest! So the yabba you cut out, and all the other snippets of video cuts, we want to see them. How about a video montage of Scoutcrafter outtakes? Not sure you’d get a series out of them but I’m sure we’d all love to see them.
Another great informative & entertaining video. Thumbs UP & Cheers !
I fixed a piece of old warped cedar siding by cutting grooves in the back side with a circular saw then clamping it flat and fill the back side with JB weld. Going into the second winter and still looks undetectable.
Just used JB yesterday on my band saw glide screws! Great show !!!!!!!!!
I used to watch this old house and the new Yankee workshop. I think that the show turned to a different path based on viewership and what new viewers were expecting from that show. More and more people don’t want to do things themselves and would rather throw out the old and replace it with new and that’s what drove the show where it is today. I mean, how many of us have shops like Norm with those expensive tools but I still enjoyed his show. JB Weld is the best and has saved me a couple of times and good tip on the hardener vapor. Great video, don’t worry about the length and jabbering, I’d rather listen to you and learn stuff than watch the crap on tv or the news. God help us all!! Have a great weekend👍😀🇺🇸
Hi Steve! For me the worst part of this old house is that the average homeowner will sit there with his wife and watch the show and will feel almost obligated to do an over the top restoration of the kitchen instead of living with a functional kitchen. Most of the best cooks I have a new never had a really fancy kitchen. ie my Grandmother! 😃👍
Those improvement shows cause people who don’t know better to think you should be able to complete a major repair in 30 minutes or less.
I agree with you John. I still use the original kitchen I bought my house with. New appliances but everything else was still functional. Besides, I don't think a new kitchen would make my wife a better cook. Lol! I can't watch the home improvement shows anymore because they're cost prohibitive even if I do most of the work. Most of those owners lose money on the renovation and get saddled with hugh tax bills. It's like watching lifestyles of the rich and famous. Who cares! I'd rather watch UA-cam for ideas on renovation.
next week we will see the drill press table fixed right !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol we love man
That's why I stopped watching this old house. Try heating the resin in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time. I have old epoxy that semi hardens and will liquify when heated a little
Good tip! Thanks!
Hey, I still watch them... Never be old house... 😃
You're getting through a few plasters lately lol