Man you did a great job on those Utica 177s 👍🏻. I also thought of the Buck Rogers spaceship! Thanks for the very kind words and book review! Wish I still looked like the pic you showed LOL! I am humbled but have to say there are other insulator book authors out there. Mine is the only compiled resource specifically for Brookfleid Glass Company history (dominant company 1850s-1921). Your large insulator is a CD197 - made by Armstrong Cork (Letter A in a circle) company that bought out Whitall Tatum in 1941. Best idea on the dots and numbers is that your CD197 was made from mold number 13 (out of 20-22 on the machine) in 1943, hence the 13-43, The four dots the (A) were likely added one at a time for each quarter of the year the mold was used. The small one is a CD122 - cannot see the embossing but is the same company (might say KERR). You paid a decent price for these. LOVE the shape of the 197 - Frankenstein indeed LOL!
John- It's always nice when you can remove the years of neglect from a tool and make it look like it just came off the production line! =) The funny thing is one day someone will find these pliers and think they were never used! =D
Man I never heard of a hack knife and being I use alot of klein tools and work with guys running all klein I'm surprised, I guess klein doesnt make them anymore. Nice job on the restoration. I just recently restored some of my father's pipe wrenches for family members that we inherited thanks to your channel. I eventually want to get around to restoring more of the old tools. Keep the videos coming scoutcrafter i want to say out of all the channels I've subscribed to on youtube to learn I enjoy watching each and everyone of your videos. Just your tone and mood and the way you present things is amazing always open to learning.
Those glass insulators are so nice, I really like the green/blueish ones. Over here all insulators used to be made from white porcelain, much less attractive. I bought one for $4 when I visited you great country, it is in my bathroom now, so that I see it every morning and night. I tought I had gotten a great deal but I see yours are in much better shape. Thanks buddy, you are the best!!
Hi Alex! There is something about the shape and style of these insulators that are attractive to many people. Some of us get it right away! I have been to insulator shows where they just sell these insulators! They can be quite pricy! =D
Hi Scout , Another Great Video . The Insulators We Had were Clear, Green and Purple . We Could Sell them As A Kid . I Think for $1-3 each. Lots of Candy and Comic Book Money ! That Klein Knife You Use As A Fro . That's Cool ! Those Pliers Remind Me Of Channelock Duckbill Pliers ! They Came out Nice .
I love glass insulators! The old colourful ones are really beautiful. I work in a very old brick building, and just above the second floor door (stairs on the outside of the building lead to that door) there is two metal pins mounted on the wall with two very old pin insulators that look like some kind of plastic. They are all cracked and beat up. All the wiring in residential areas of the UK is underground now (except any old overhead lines that are still around in older areas), so these pins are just left over form the old days, before the building wiring was upgraded. The building now has 3-phase on the ground floor that used to be a machine shop! The meter is still mechanical!
Real nice purchases at Jacktown. Beautiful job on the Utica 'Made to Order' B-177 pliers. I would be honored to buy your decal once you get them published.
For other viewers, ScoutCrafter and I are virtually the same age, so every episode is like I chose the topics! The "Big Jim" flashlight really brought back memories of older men who I respected because they were always ready. Like my Scout Master, my Sunday school teacher in Jr. High, and my elder Uncles who showed up during things like hurricanes, tsunamis, flash floods, and seriously dangerous blizzards. Back then people were more responsible for themselves, communication not like it is now, and when you watched your neighbor's roofs blow off - well as a little kid it was scary. But in all these situations as well as camping and travel, these men would always product a Big Jim with a beige-brown battery, usually when our cheap flashlights failed. The memory of my Great Uncle Regan carrying me in his weak arm, and gripping my grandmother who was his little sister as we struggled in a remote Oregon tropical storm with cars and other objects bouncing uncontrolled in the wind. When he was young, that man was on Herbert Hoover's Secret Service detail. Generous heart; tough as they come (and for 357magdad, a special issue 0.357 loaded in his glovebox). That's what a Big Jim says to me!
Marc! You are so right! It seems like there were lots of role models to look up to back then... My Dad was one... He was the real deal. When we were growing up you looked up to certain people and said "I want to be like them!" Today the role models are sub-par... They couldn't hold a candle to our heroes!
I like glass insulators I don't have any I think they're cool still very nice job on the pliers and very unique looking pair of pliers I've never seen before
You're right, those pliers were in rough shape but you made them look better than new. It felt great in the hands. You picked up some great stuff that day. I don't know how you fit all that in your backpack! Especially the vise AND the floor jack?!? Lol! When's the next show?
The shape of those pliers is cool as heck! Those guys selling Insulators at flea markets and such must've bought by the truck load. I remember as a kid in the 70s & 80s seeing buckets of those things being sold everywhere.
In the 60's & 70's the railroads were eliminating rail lines all over lower Michigan. There was a line that ran through Union City and behind our house. The telegraph and signal wires ran alongside the tracks . The tracks were gone. Up until the neighbor graded the field and removed the roadbed to install center pivots the poles were still there with the glass insulators still holding the wires. The insulators were so common they weren't even shown in the local markets. Over time they were probably were tossed or broken. Around here they now sell for about $3.00 each. Must be no one is reading the book. 😆😎
That utica plier is sweet! I picked up a pair of utica needle nose smooth jaw pliers over the weekend. I was surprised they even made a pair for jewelry work, but I think it may have been for fishing lure making.
Nice job on the pliers👍 they came out beautiful. That knife is pretty sweet too I like the idea of using it for kindling with a baton instead of a hatchet
I can't tell you how relieved I am that those HUGE battery packs are a thing of the past. Try dragging ass through a cave with an 8 pound battery pack flopping around. The first time I was able to go in armed with a AAA battery powered light that was brighter than the old lights was a game changer.
LOL Allan, the old lights were dinosaurs but they were very cool looking! Especially the ones with the RED signal light hanging off the back! LOL Merica!
Great restoration mate. I wouldn’t be too worried about prices where you live. Here is Australia that small wrench early on in the video I have found for $30. That’s the cheapest I have found; and you paid $15 for the two? Good work mate.🇦🇺👍
When I was growing up, we had the railroad at the end of our block and it abutted a large swamp and marshland that went for miles. There used to be old abandoned telegraph and telephone poles dotted through the marsh and along the sides of the tracks and I remember seeing older kids tossing rocks at the insulators, trying to shatter them and once I found one that had fallen over and I was able to unscrew 5 or 6 insulators that were greenish and bluish and I stuffed what I could in my pockets but I couldn't take everything and I asked my friend to carry a few in his pockets and after a few minutes he decided to smash them against the rocks on the track bed. I hated that. I collect them too. I have maybe 6 now, and I had a neighbor when I was kid that must have worked for the phone company and instead of lights along the front walk, he had buried PVC or some kind of pipe that he ran wires through and put a bulb with an insulator as a bulb cover and he had 20 or so along his walk and they glowed a cool looking green at night.
I wish I knew you liked that style of lantern flashlight. My company threw out dozens of them a few weeks ago. All around the 50s and 60s vintage. I figured nobody would want them because of the great modern flashlights. Now I know. :)
The Utica pliers have become a thing of beauty. Great finds at Jacktown but your house must be like the Dr Who trades to accommodate all your collections😁. Take care and kindest regards from across the pond.
I got a B-177 not too long ago and it was in fairly good condition little pitting but it was just so cool in design cleaned up well. Need to tighten it up a little but that will be the next purchase, the poormans Dake.
Those insulators look pristine. I collect Pyrex insulators and enjoy hunting them out. I’ve never seen a hack knife before. Looking forward to that video in the future. I can see a hack knife looking incredible after a good wire brush and a buffer
U gotta polish up that diamond wrench!!! That horseshoe wrench u did for the wheelright is one of my favorite restorations that u did! (My vote - Do green this time!!!) 8D
Can’t beat two videos in one day life’s good what a fantastic set of pliers Never seen anything like them you Did a fantastic job on them did you use the flap Disk to start or straight to the one by thirty,they came up so nice bet they are Lovely in the hand great video god bless take care 🇳🇿✋👏
my family sometimes collects those glass insulators. wish i had time to get more. but we do have some that are black and ceramic, i wonder how much does those bring in
HA!! I too love those glass insulators!!! I have a green one and I put it in a light stand my pops made many moons ago and use it as a night light.... It's an old one so I need to get Lee's book to see if it is worth anything.
Looking at the lantern got me wondering how cool would it be to retrofit it with LEDs. Those old 12 volt batteries lasted a long time with the standard incandescent bulb. Could you imagine how long they would last with the low power consumption of the LEDs. Next time I see one I'm going to have to pick it up and take a crack at it.
Yes! Ray-O-Vac makes replacement LED bulbs for many of their older lanterns! The only thing I don't like is they are too cool of a color! I prefer a warmer light...
Wow! Those platypus nosed pliers came out super nice. I was thinking it looked like a rocket too. The hack knife is cool. I can see how that would be perfect for kindling. Looking forward to that video. Better get busy on those Scoutcrafter stickers if you want to secure a prominent location on my tool chest. 😄Take care.
Jack town looks like a great place. Do know when the next one is planned since I live outside of Charleston SC it will take a little planning. Since I’m fourth generation of railroad
Hey Scout, Great video as always, and sweet scores. I got a challenge for you! I have been in my shop all day and this pawned on me. I was squaring up a piece of wood with a standard swanson speed square, and I thought hey I've never seen one of these all polished up before. So my challenge for you scout is to buff out out a swanson speed square. (Maybe even add a little red paint into lettering ;) ) I hope you like this idea and I hope to see it soon ! Have a great night Scout.
What do you think about collecting staplers? Seen some at a thrift store that were small drawer size that looked neat, I didn’t pull the trigger but they did look interesting.
Chad! I don't know why I have so many interests in different things! My grandmother always said I was a jack of all trades master of none... She was right!!! =D
Amazing restoration!!! Great job John! So did you notice a big difference in the new belt? As far as lasting longer or quality? Thanks again! Keep up the great work!!
Ironicly my ScoutMaster carried the Big Jim Flashlight and when he showed up with that big daddy you knew he was the man in charge and it was time for a bunch of scouts to settle down and go to sleep. Great memory.
Thanks for another great video. Very inspiring. I love the channel. I recently picked up a 1x42 sander so that I can try some restorations. I do have one question. When I was setting up and trying out my sander, I noticed that with the platen removed, I was occasionally getting static electricity shocks while sanding. I guess it was because I was no longer keeping one hand on the sander and was therefore building up a charge. Have you ever run into that? I read about spraying some of that anti-static cling stuff onto the back of the belt, but that seems like it might affect belt coatings. (I know with certainty that the sander is properly grounded and it is not a ground issue). So I'm just curious if you have run into the occasional static zap from your sander.
Hi Jeff! YES! This is a common problem with certain belts.. They say it is the plastic pulleys building up a charge! I only had that for a short time, then it stopped! Some guys run a length of grounding wire to a pipe! =) That's no joke! Those shocks make you jump!!! LOL!
Sash chain, my parents have those one in the same windows! It is not cheap, to find some at a yard sale is great. Insulators are awesome. I've been banned from those though, not enough room in our house for those :( The monkey wrenches are awesome! I really like those Utica pliers. I would love to learn to engrave to put those marks back in tools.
Neat book.John what do u think of the leaves hardly coming down. I find insulators off the the Rd I have a few glass.Lot of porcelain ones.great video loved it.
@@ScoutCrafter ha I was reading the comments u got when u think about us as guys,Men we're such a bunch of dorks, insulators the wrench is awesome clean.I told my wife u guys like Diamonds we love shiny chrome.
I still have those windows in my living room. When we changed the windows in the rest of house we just couldn't change those. Didn't want to loose the character.
Hi Scout . . . I remember having two of those old time flash light's one like you show in this video and the other one I had - had a red light in back that would flash . . . also I have a few of the glass insulators - the oldest is a blue color with a date 1865 which I happen to find digging - wonder how much it's worth ?
Hi Mohamed! The funny thing is I have been so used to using non-handled pliers I don't even miss them, in fact some of my side cutter pliers I feel the handles are a little thick! LOL
Hi Dennis! I always hate loosing makers marks on any tool, but what I hate more is a beautiful tool and pitting all around the makers mark in order to save it! These pliers aren't super rare, you just don't see them too often! =) Thanks!!
The knife is kin to a froe and i knew the chain but not as a weight lifter. All sash stuff ws cotton ropes here. And do you have some of the white hollow insulators the single wires used to go through walls? Good knife sharpening stock. Thanks, CS!
Before Romex became common electricians back in the early part of the 20th century use to install the knob and tube wiring. I have a few of the ceramic pipe like insulators left. Wiring houses Dad and I stripped a lot of those out. Most of them stayed at the old shop. I have some of the sash chain on one of my chain drills. We always called it furnace chain. The old coal furnaces like the one in Dad and Mom's house had that chain on the damper motors.
@@OldSneelock I used to have some knob and tube insulators but they went in the direction of the blow out but the building my family had the old store in was wired with it and even had a Delco system which my great grandfather installed. And I've been around that chain forever but never saw it really used. Now I need a coal furnace! AND some chain!
Lewie! Anyone who knows a Froe loves it! =) The chain is just a delight to use for all sorts of projects! One of my favorites is to hold a box lid from falling back! =D
Hey I have some insulators that are frosted on one side like they have been sand blasted. I'm thinking that the prevailing wind must have been from one direction the majority of the time and had debris like sand in it. What's your thought?
Nice finds - by the way check out Old Sneelock’s video today. On the floor in his basement is another wall mounted hand drill. Saw it in his video in Louisiana flea market last week and now it is in the floor of his basement to be brought back to life. He has at least two now and I still have none😭
Sorry to disappoint. The post drill on the shop floor came from the Antique Barn by Allen, MI. The mounted drill has been in the shop for 30 plus years. One of my first puroosely purchased antique tools. The one on the floor is destined for the Blacksmith Shop.
Hex nuts, square nuts,plumbing unions, plumbing plugs,plumbing size adapters with hex heads, really any kind of hex or square headed bolts hope this helps you 👍
My Ford 8N has a drain plug on the engine oil pan with a 2" hex. I use a Ford wrench to remove it. Mostly because it works. Partly because it's a Ford wrench. 😆😎
LOL! Honestly! I LOVE money wrenches but almost never use them! =D I am so used to regular crescent style wrenches that I just always grab one of those! =) They are just cool!
Will you be moving local on the Island or are you moving upstate where I am - Middletown, NY. I didn't realize I'm about midpoint between Kent, CT and Bangor, PA.
Heres a horror story for our buddy lee When i was a kid me & my buddies prob spend almost a decade smasing insulators in the small town they used to be piles of them all over town wede spend hours thinking up nee ways to break them it was outragously exciting
The funny thing is that is a very common story! All across the country kids would roam around abandoned RR tracks and there were always lots of insulators around! It was common practice to see how many ways a boy could shatter those targets! =D The good news is that although tragic, it increased the value of the remaining insulators!!! =) Just like Baseball cards! We used to make "motors" for our bikes from them!
Oooops- Did I say Jack stand!? You are right! It is a screw-jack! The reason I slipped is because I use them only as a jack stand these days! =) I jack up the vehicle with a bottle jack and then will use a few jack stands for safety!
Bllourias, an honest question - what do you mean by "steel-fill"? Is that a product or a technique? Normally when I think of fill-in and steel, I think of something like welding or braising another metal... but I'm always learning!
There is some kind of "steel putty" that can be put on metal, iron-type, objects. To my understanding, it is kind of like "Bond-O" but made for steel. I have used a "steel putty" once to fill in a leak on a PVC pipe as a temporary fix.
Man you did a great job on those Utica 177s 👍🏻. I also thought of the Buck Rogers spaceship!
Thanks for the very kind words and book review! Wish I still looked like the pic you showed LOL!
I am humbled but have to say there are other insulator book authors out there. Mine is the only compiled resource specifically for Brookfleid Glass Company history (dominant company 1850s-1921).
Your large insulator is a CD197 - made by Armstrong Cork (Letter A in a circle) company that bought out Whitall Tatum in 1941. Best idea on the dots and numbers is that your CD197 was made from mold number 13 (out of 20-22 on the machine) in 1943, hence the 13-43, The four dots the (A) were likely added one at a time for each quarter of the year the mold was used. The small one is a CD122 - cannot see the embossing but is the same company (might say KERR). You paid a decent price for these. LOVE the shape of the 197 - Frankenstein indeed LOL!
Wow! LEE! That is amazing! The best information I had on these is that they were Old and Cool! =D
Those are beautiful pliers. They look even better now that they are restored. Thanks for sharing this ScoutCrafter.
John- It's always nice when you can remove the years of neglect from a tool and make it look like it just came off the production line! =) The funny thing is one day someone will find these pliers and think they were never used! =D
Yes, flashlights are so much better now than when I was a kid.
Beautiful pliers and a beautiful restoration.
You're the man.
Ben- The new flashlights work great but have no soul! 😃👍
Man I never heard of a hack knife and being I use alot of klein tools and work with guys running all klein I'm surprised, I guess klein doesnt make them anymore. Nice job on the restoration. I just recently restored some of my father's pipe wrenches for family members that we inherited thanks to your channel. I eventually want to get around to restoring more of the old tools. Keep the videos coming scoutcrafter i want to say out of all the channels I've subscribed to on youtube to learn I enjoy watching each and everyone of your videos. Just your tone and mood and the way you present things is amazing always open to learning.
Hi Rob! Good news! Klein still makes the Hack Knife! =) I'm so glad you enjoy the videos! Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
I think I might have picked up that smaller auto wrench at the show! And those Utica pliers came out sweet!
The Utica pliers came out amazing - lettering look like brand new been trying to hit up a couple of places looking for some older Nicholson files
Those glass insulators are so nice, I really like the green/blueish ones. Over here all insulators used to be made from white porcelain, much less attractive. I bought one for $4 when I visited you great country, it is in my bathroom now, so that I see it every morning and night. I tought I had gotten a great deal but I see yours are in much better shape. Thanks buddy, you are the best!!
Hi Alex! There is something about the shape and style of these insulators that are attractive to many people. Some of us get it right away! I have been to insulator shows where they just sell these insulators! They can be quite pricy! =D
Very nice pick ups.
Hi Scout , Another Great Video . The Insulators We Had were Clear, Green and Purple . We Could Sell them As A Kid . I Think for $1-3 each. Lots of Candy and Comic Book Money ! That Klein Knife You Use As A Fro . That's Cool ! Those Pliers Remind Me Of Channelock Duckbill Pliers ! They Came out Nice .
Wayne! The Froe is such a great tool! Not so much a hairstyle! LOL
@@ScoutCrafter HA HA ! I Guess !
Love the video ...as always you did beautiful job on the pliers .
Those pliers look great.
What a fantastic pair of pliers.
Coming from you Nash, that means a lot!
I love glass insulators! The old colourful ones are really beautiful. I work in a very old brick building, and just above the second floor door (stairs on the outside of the building lead to that door) there is two metal pins mounted on the wall with two very old pin insulators that look like some kind of plastic. They are all cracked and beat up. All the wiring in residential areas of the UK is underground now (except any old overhead lines that are still around in older areas), so these pins are just left over form the old days, before the building wiring was upgraded. The building now has 3-phase on the ground floor that used to be a machine shop! The meter is still mechanical!
Aryan, It's always great to see old remnants of the past!
Real nice purchases at Jacktown. Beautiful job on the Utica 'Made to Order' B-177 pliers. I would be honored to buy your decal once you get them published.
Thanks Christopher!!!!!
Love the hack knife and the Utica pliers! Very art-deco looking
Lots of great items there. Nice job on the pliers, I have never seen ones like that.
Yep I have insulators! Also some of the threaded wooden shafts they were screwed down on. Neat Stuff!! GREAT Pliers!
Bill, The shafts are less common then the insulators! LOL
The Utica pliers look fantastic. Great work.
For other viewers, ScoutCrafter and I are virtually the same age, so every episode is like I chose the topics! The "Big Jim" flashlight really brought back memories of older men who I respected because they were always ready. Like my Scout Master, my Sunday school teacher in Jr. High, and my elder Uncles who showed up during things like hurricanes, tsunamis, flash floods, and seriously dangerous blizzards. Back then people were more responsible for themselves, communication not like it is now, and when you watched your neighbor's roofs blow off - well as a little kid it was scary. But in all these situations as well as camping and travel, these men would always product a Big Jim with a beige-brown battery, usually when our cheap flashlights failed. The memory of my Great Uncle Regan carrying me in his weak arm, and gripping my grandmother who was his little sister as we struggled in a remote Oregon tropical storm with cars and other objects bouncing uncontrolled in the wind. When he was young, that man was on Herbert Hoover's Secret Service detail. Generous heart; tough as they come (and for 357magdad, a special issue 0.357 loaded in his glovebox). That's what a Big Jim says to me!
Marc! You are so right! It seems like there were lots of role models to look up to back then... My Dad was one... He was the real deal. When we were growing up you looked up to certain people and said "I want to be like them!" Today the role models are sub-par... They couldn't hold a candle to our heroes!
Well said Marc. Great memories!
Really nice looking pliers! Your comment about being in the mood is dead on when you have to be careful. Thanks again.
LOL Yes Tony! I made the mistake of doing a few projects I wasn't in the right frame of mind for and I paid the price! =)
THANK YOU...for sharing. Nice haul, like the vise.
Nice pliers, great clean up too! 357 Mag is going professional lol, good stuff!
Todd- They are all going Pro and I am still lagging behind! =D
all ways enjoyable viewing great stuff
Great video again! I actually use the flat chain to fish wire through walls I learned that trick from an old time electrician.
Wow! Never knew you could do that! The electricians around here use a hammer to fish thru walls! LOL!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Well that's not uncommon here either..lol
Wow. Those Utica pliers look surgical quality after your restoration. Amazing!
Those pliers came out great. You got some really neat stuff. Woohoo 2 videos can't beat that for a Wednesday :D
I like glass insulators I don't have any I think they're cool still very nice job on the pliers and very unique looking pair of pliers I've never seen before
You're right, those pliers were in rough shape but you made them look better than new. It felt great in the hands. You picked up some great stuff that day. I don't know how you fit all that in your backpack! Especially the vise AND the floor jack?!? Lol! When's the next show?
Winter show!!!! Burrrrrrrrr! LOL
..good scores and nice resto..my old big battery flashlight has a red light on one end that flashed and is still in use..
Bob! The red flasher on the rear was icing on the cake!!!!!!! I have a few!!!! ua-cam.com/video/saZJ4BHxDX8/v-deo.html
Cool video again
Nice set of pliers
The shape of those pliers is cool as heck!
Those guys selling Insulators at flea markets and such must've bought by the truck load. I remember as a kid in the 70s & 80s seeing buckets of those things being sold everywhere.
Raw Bacon Yes! However you don’t see as many these days! It’s hard to find them chip free!
In the 60's & 70's the railroads were eliminating rail lines all over lower Michigan. There was a line that ran through Union City and behind our house. The telegraph and signal wires ran alongside the tracks . The tracks were gone. Up until the neighbor graded the field and removed the roadbed to install center pivots the poles were still there with the glass insulators still holding the wires.
The insulators were so common they weren't even shown in the local markets. Over time they were probably were tossed or broken. Around here they now sell for about $3.00 each.
Must be no one is reading the book. 😆😎
Wow - you knocked another one out of the park!
That utica plier is sweet!
I picked up a pair of utica needle nose smooth jaw pliers over the weekend. I was surprised they even made a pair for jewelry work, but I think it may have been for fishing lure making.
Hi Kent! Utica made so many pliers! Like Kraeuter they were Huge!
Great video. My house was built in 1920 it has those kind of Windows in it. It's not the chain kind it has rope.
The rope was very quiet... =) I don't know why they used chain!
Lots of great stuff. I really like the Stanley vise.
I like hen you said "you have to be in the right mood". I know know exactly what you mean! Another awesome video.
Tom- Yes! We found out the hard way. If you try to do a job that requires patience and try to force it you will soon be regretting it! =)
Great video
Those pliers came out super. - Kathie
Nice job on the pliers👍 they came out beautiful. That knife is pretty sweet too I like the idea of using it for kindling with a baton instead of a hatchet
I love the axe but you are so right, a baton and froe is the way to go!
Man those pliers look awesome, nice job!
Thanks Mike! 😃👍
I can't tell you how relieved I am that those HUGE battery packs are a thing of the past. Try dragging ass through a cave with an 8 pound battery pack flopping around. The first time I was able to go in armed with a AAA battery powered light that was brighter than the old lights was a game changer.
LOL Allan, the old lights were dinosaurs but they were very cool looking! Especially the ones with the RED signal light hanging off the back! LOL Merica!
Thanks, it's yard sale season here in Fl. and I'm going to be looking for insulators for sure!
Brooklyn202 Vince- we miss you back here in NY!
Very nice scores. Love the hack knife! I have a pair of the Klein's, but no sheaths.
Wow, such neat stuff. I'll make a trip to Jacktown one of these days....cheers
That would be awesome!
Great restoration mate. I wouldn’t be too worried about prices where you live. Here is Australia that small wrench early on in the video I have found for $30. That’s the cheapest I have found; and you paid $15 for the two?
Good work mate.🇦🇺👍
When I was growing up, we had the railroad at the end of our block and it abutted a large swamp and marshland that went for miles. There used to be old abandoned telegraph and telephone poles dotted through the marsh and along the sides of the tracks and I remember seeing older kids tossing rocks at the insulators, trying to shatter them and once I found one that had fallen over and I was able to unscrew 5 or 6 insulators that were greenish and bluish and I stuffed what I could in my pockets but I couldn't take everything and I asked my friend to carry a few in his pockets and after a few minutes he decided to smash them against the rocks on the track bed. I hated that. I collect them too. I have maybe 6 now, and I had a neighbor when I was kid that must have worked for the phone company and instead of lights along the front walk, he had buried PVC or some kind of pipe that he ran wires through and put a bulb with an insulator as a bulb cover and he had 20 or so along his walk and they glowed a cool looking green at night.
Great story,thanks for sharing
The jack stand is very cool
Danoh! Red! =)
Holy Shiny Batman! The Utica pliers look amazing!
You'd like west Washington weather it seems like its always 40-60 and wet lol I prefer 80-90 and sun. Pliers turned out great!
Madstiles YES!!! I always wanted to see Washington and Oregon!
I wish I knew you liked that style of lantern flashlight. My company threw out dozens of them a few weeks ago. All around the 50s and 60s vintage. I figured nobody would want them because of the great modern flashlights. Now I know. :)
The Utica pliers have become a thing of beauty. Great finds at Jacktown but your house must be like the Dr Who trades to accommodate all your collections😁. Take care and kindest regards from across the pond.
Tony! I have some great stuff but little space!!!!!! =D
TARDIS not trades, damn predictive text!
I got a B-177 not too long ago and it was in fairly good condition little pitting but it was just so cool in design cleaned up well. Need to tighten it up a little but that will be the next purchase, the poormans Dake.
WoW! These are far and few between! I would love to see a catalog of Utica's Made to order tools!!! =D
awesome! following your reviews and tips from Argentina. gracias!
F Longhi Argentina!!! 😃👍
Those insulators look pristine. I collect Pyrex insulators and enjoy hunting them out. I’ve never seen a hack knife before. Looking forward to that video in the future. I can see a hack knife looking incredible after a good wire brush and a buffer
Love the knife and pliers! How about channellock 407?
U gotta polish up that diamond wrench!!! That horseshoe wrench u did for the wheelright is one of my favorite restorations that u did! (My vote - Do green this time!!!) 8D
You are so right! Candy green would look awesome!
@@ScoutCrafter or what about... Christmas colors! Hmm... Candy .... cane!!!
Those pliers are stunning
How did you manage to grind the insides?
Keep posting as your videos are a highlight of my week.
Hi Gordon! I used the 1x30 on the insides,,, Abe's belt was a great help! 80 grit makes fast work of getting out the pits!
Can’t beat two videos in one day life’s good what a fantastic set of pliers
Never seen anything like them you Did a fantastic job on them did you use the flap
Disk to start or straight to the one by thirty,they came up so nice bet they are
Lovely in the hand great video god bless take care 🇳🇿✋👏
Hi Matt! The new 80 grit belt from Abe really helped get rid of those nasty pits! =) Thanks!
my family sometimes collects those glass insulators. wish i had time to get more. but we do have some that are black and ceramic, i wonder how much does those bring in
HA!! I too love those glass insulators!!! I have a green one and I put it in a light stand my pops made many moons ago and use it as a night light.... It's an old one so I need to get Lee's book to see if it is worth anything.
We lived along a railroad grade and I’d find old glass insulators all the time. Why didn’t I keep them? I guess it wasn’t unique in the 1970’s!
Looking at the lantern got me wondering how cool would it be to retrofit it with LEDs. Those old 12 volt batteries lasted a long time with the standard incandescent bulb. Could you imagine how long they would last with the low power consumption of the LEDs. Next time I see one I'm going to have to pick it up and take a crack at it.
Yes! Ray-O-Vac makes replacement LED bulbs for many of their older lanterns! The only thing I don't like is they are too cool of a color! I prefer a warmer light...
Wow! Those platypus nosed pliers came out super nice. I was thinking it looked like a rocket too. The hack knife is cool. I can see how that would be perfect for kindling. Looking forward to that video. Better get busy on those Scoutcrafter stickers if you want to secure a prominent location on my tool chest. 😄Take care.
David! All the guys are going PRO! I am still catching up! =)
I think they’re my favorite so far John I don’t know what it is but the lines design really nice
Hi Ben! They were sold as "Fencing pliers" but like any other tool they were really universal! Never seen them before!
Jack town looks like a great place. Do know when the next one is planned since I live outside of Charleston SC it will take a little planning. Since I’m fourth generation of railroad
namleets57 they have 4 shows a year! The Spring Show is nice weather...
Look up Jacktown.org
Those pliers are awesome. I wonder what made to order meant? How many different options did they offer?
Brian! I couldn't find anything on them! I tried all over!
I would have never thought of insulators being a collector item. The things we do. :)
Hi Wyatt! I love the wild looking ones but the unusual colored ones bring big money! Who knew?!? 😃
Hey Scout, Great video as always, and sweet scores. I got a challenge for you! I have been in my shop all day and this pawned on me. I was squaring up a piece of wood with a standard swanson speed square, and I thought hey I've never seen one of these all polished up before. So my challenge for you scout is to buff out out a swanson speed square. (Maybe even add a little red paint into lettering ;) ) I hope you like this idea and I hope to see it soon ! Have a great night Scout.
I did a regular square and it came out great! The red lettering would be awesome!
What do you think about collecting staplers? Seen some at a thrift store that were small drawer size that looked neat, I didn’t pull the trigger but they did look interesting.
They made some awesome vintage staplers! I have a couple but some were just beautiful!!!!!!!
It sounds like you are a collector of collections. How many collections do you have? Keep 'em coming!
Chad! I don't know why I have so many interests in different things! My grandmother always said I was a jack of all trades master of none... She was right!!! =D
Amazing restoration!!! Great job John! So did you notice a big difference in the new belt? As far as lasting longer or quality? Thanks again! Keep up the great work!!
Hi Brian! The belt performed great! It did 90% of the pliers without changing! Very nice! I hear that Norton Orange belts are great too!
Ironicly my ScoutMaster carried the Big Jim Flashlight and when he showed up with that big daddy you knew he was the man in charge and it was time for a bunch of scouts to settle down and go to sleep. Great memory.
LOL! Nothing worse then a leader carrying a Harbor Freight Free flashlight! LOL!!!!!!!
Thanks for another great video. Very inspiring. I love the channel. I recently picked up a 1x42 sander so that I can try some restorations. I do have one question. When I was setting up and trying out my sander, I noticed that with the platen removed, I was occasionally getting static electricity shocks while sanding. I guess it was because I was no longer keeping one hand on the sander and was therefore building up a charge. Have you ever run into that? I read about spraying some of that anti-static cling stuff onto the back of the belt, but that seems like it might affect belt coatings. (I know with certainty that the sander is properly grounded and it is not a ground issue). So I'm just curious if you have run into the occasional static zap from your sander.
Hi Jeff! YES! This is a common problem with certain belts.. They say it is the plastic pulleys building up a charge! I only had that for a short time, then it stopped! Some guys run a length of grounding wire to a pipe! =) That's no joke! Those shocks make you jump!!! LOL!
Sash chain, my parents have those one in the same windows! It is not cheap, to find some at a yard sale is great. Insulators are awesome. I've been banned from those though, not enough room in our house for those :( The monkey wrenches are awesome! I really like those Utica pliers. I would love to learn to engrave to put those marks back in tools.
Hi Aaron! I have a engraver but these aren't rare enough to bother! I will use these and keep them nice! =)
Neat book.John what do u think of the leaves hardly coming down.
I find insulators off the the Rd I have a few glass.Lot of porcelain ones.great video loved it.
Hey Alan! Funny you should mention that! My biggest fear is a Nor-Easter storm while the leaves are still on the trees! They topple over!
@@ScoutCrafter ha I was reading the comments u got when u think about us as guys,Men we're such a bunch of dorks, insulators the wrench is awesome clean.I told my wife u guys like Diamonds we love shiny chrome.
I still have those windows in my living room. When we changed the windows in the rest of house we just couldn't change those. Didn't want to loose the character.
Same here! I left a couple of the older windows! They are the best!
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Hi Scout . . . I remember having two of those old time flash light's one like you show in this video and the other one I had
- had a red light in back that would flash . . . also I have a few of the glass insulators - the oldest is a blue color with a date
1865 which I happen to find digging - wonder how much it's worth ?
Hey Pete- Did you see this? ua-cam.com/video/saZJ4BHxDX8/v-deo.html
Hello Scout, what you think about a nice red dip handle for those Utica pliers would look nice, I prefer blue but I know you prefer red....
Hi Mohamed! The funny thing is I have been so used to using non-handled pliers I don't even miss them, in fact some of my side cutter pliers I feel the handles are a little thick! LOL
So what will you use to protect and keep the pliers looking like they do now..??
Chuck, 2 coats of mothers Carnauba Wax and keep them warm and dry! =D
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I was thinking Flash Gordon space ships myself!! Great minds think alike 😂👍🏻
Armando! I was looking for the Flash Gordon clip when I got this one!!! 😂👍
From a bunch ...,now they're already a colony of monkey wrenches ..😁😂👍 A wholesale competitor..
Are you able to engrave the 'B' onto the pliers?
It seems a shame to lose the identity.
Nice job on those pliers. Great video!
Hi Dennis! I always hate loosing makers marks on any tool, but what I hate more is a beautiful tool and pitting all around the makers mark in order to save it! These pliers aren't super rare, you just don't see them too often! =) Thanks!!
Hahaha I had that flashlite, it was a Rayovac, remember the cat jumping through a hoop of lightning bolts...
"Now look at that pitting, it's just disgusting" 🤣🤣🤣
The only thing worse then Patina is Patina with Pitting! LOL!!!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter that's true patina tolerable if you don't want a mirror finish I want to fully functional tool that you can use everyday
Scout crafter I'm just not sure what your email is.
Anyone know where to find a copy of Lee Brewer’s book?
Hi Bill! Lee is always commenting I will find out! =)
The knife is kin to a froe and i knew the chain but not as a weight lifter. All sash stuff ws cotton ropes here. And do you have some of the white hollow insulators the single wires used to go through walls? Good knife sharpening stock. Thanks, CS!
Before Romex became common electricians back in the early part of the 20th century use to install the knob and tube wiring. I have a few of the ceramic pipe like insulators left. Wiring houses Dad and I stripped a lot of those out. Most of them stayed at the old shop.
I have some of the sash chain on one of my chain drills. We always called it furnace chain. The old coal furnaces like the one in Dad and Mom's house had that chain on the damper motors.
@@OldSneelock I used to have some knob and tube insulators but they went in the direction of the blow out but the building my family had the old store in was wired with it and even had a Delco system which my great grandfather installed. And I've been around that chain forever but never saw it really used. Now I need a coal furnace! AND some chain!
Lewie! Anyone who knows a Froe loves it! =) The chain is just a delight to use for all sorts of projects! One of my favorites is to hold a box lid from falling back! =D
@@ScoutCrafter 2nd this!
Hey I have some insulators that are frosted on one side like they have been sand blasted. I'm thinking that the prevailing wind must have been from one direction the majority of the time and had debris like sand in it. What's your thought?
Mike! I have no idea! I bet Lee would know!!!!
@@ScoutCrafter Thanks!
Get some Obenauf’s LP or oil for the leather sheath it’s looking kinda dry.
YES!!!!!! I have some! That was the first thing I thought of! That sheet is nice but screaming for some TLC!
Who used to always say “More sh#t?” Lol!
LOL I am tripping over it! =D
Nice finds - by the way check out Old Sneelock’s video today. On the floor in his basement is another wall mounted hand drill. Saw it in his video in Louisiana flea market last week and now it is in the floor of his basement to be brought back to life. He has at least two now and I still have none😭
901ronnie Yes! I saw it! $125 I think it was! Awesome!
Sorry to disappoint. The post drill on the shop floor came from the Antique Barn by Allen, MI. The mounted drill has been in the shop for 30 plus years. One of my first puroosely purchased antique tools. The one on the floor is destined for the Blacksmith Shop.
Old Sneelock's Workshop Thanks for the reply. I am in Memphis so if you give me the na
The address of the flea market I can beat Scoutcrafter there😁
Where do you store all of your collections its ALOT OF STUFF!
Will, I think the only thing I don't have is room!!!!!! =)
I have 2 of the monkey wrenches but have never used either of them. What do you use them on?
Hex nuts, square nuts,plumbing unions, plumbing plugs,plumbing size adapters with hex heads, really any kind of hex or square headed bolts hope this helps you 👍
My Ford 8N has a drain plug on the engine oil pan with a 2" hex. I use a Ford wrench to remove it. Mostly because it works. Partly because it's a Ford wrench. 😆😎
LOL! Honestly! I LOVE money wrenches but almost never use them! =D I am so used to regular crescent style wrenches that I just always grab one of those! =) They are just cool!
I thought you said you were not buying any more vises?...🤣🤣🤫🤫 T-Wrecks
T-Wrecks Customs LOL- This was a little one in too good of shape to pass by! 😂
How do you display your many collections?
Bill- I am waiting to move soon and will have a room just for restored tools!!!!
Will you be moving local on the Island or are you moving upstate where I am - Middletown, NY. I didn't realize I'm about midpoint between Kent, CT and Bangor, PA.
Heres a horror story for our buddy lee
When i was a kid me & my buddies prob spend almost a decade smasing insulators in the small town they used to be piles of them all over town wede spend hours thinking up nee ways to break them it was outragously exciting
The funny thing is that is a very common story! All across the country kids would roam around abandoned RR tracks and there were always lots of insulators around! It was common practice to see how many ways a boy could shatter those targets! =D The good news is that although tragic, it increased the value of the remaining insulators!!! =) Just like Baseball cards! We used to make "motors" for our bikes from them!
Don't quote me but I think that Jack Stand is actually a screw jack.
Oooops- Did I say Jack stand!? You are right! It is a screw-jack! The reason I slipped is because I use them only as a jack stand these days! =) I jack up the vehicle with a bottle jack and then will use a few jack stands for safety!
This would have been a good item to steel-fill and then dip the handles in a plastic.
Bllourias, an honest question - what do you mean by "steel-fill"? Is that a product or a technique? Normally when I think of fill-in and steel, I think of something like welding or braising another metal... but I'm always learning!
There is some kind of "steel putty" that can be put on metal, iron-type, objects. To my understanding, it is kind of like "Bond-O" but made for steel.
I have used a "steel putty" once to fill in a leak on a PVC pipe as a temporary fix.
HOW OLD ARE THOSE ?
Hi Mike! I don't know because there is very little info on them!!!!
I just can't help it when it comes to pliers. They get me every time or what huh? WHAT a tool SC huh? HUH?
Pliers and screwdrivers are probably used more than any other tools!