Thank God I cant go to those! I'd be broke in 10 minutes! Always love what you do and explain so much. Retired cabinet maker and 50 plus hand planes, and 150 chisels i think, etc. Thankyou Scott for all your wonderful takes and passion for tools and their heritage. Bryan from Canada.
Amazing the change 22 minutes of positivity can have. I always find your episodes interesting and funny and appreciate your time to make them. Nowadays the positive attitude is REALLY a breath of fresh air.
my "like" just brroke the 1,000 likes mark. Since binging your channel, i notice most of your vids are usually around the 900 likes area. Fantastic channel, very calming and soothing- better than the news for sure!! ❤️🇺🇸
Late comment….. but you got that vice on a dollar table? Jeez, Man! I’d buy them all day at that price! I couldn’t walk past it either. Sweet score, John. Keep up the good work. BIG fan of your work and your channel🇦🇺💖 🇺🇸
Loved the video! The ratchet was my favorite! Thanks to you I can't stop buying old screwdrivers! I'm surprised you didn't go further with the acetate handle on the wood chisel. That red would pop in the light. Theres a guy at my local fle market that I always get fifty cent tools. " I ask him how much and he says" .50 cents if you think its worth it." I give him a dollar. Love the content! Thank you!
Mr. John you got your money's worth! And we did too..great episode! I'm looking forward to some cooler weather to be able to knock a bunch of things off my ever growing list😳 enjoyed it!
Fantastic tool show, wish we had those here in UK, I love the one dollar tool clean ups, all were equally good, you definitely have the skills.. always look forward to your vids 🇬🇧
Looks like I missed a good swap meet. I would have picked up the pocket hole saw. Next time. Great clean up of the one dollar tools. Looking forward to the Estwing hammer.
Nice assortment of tools. They all turned out great. I'm having a hard time trying to pick a favorite, I like them all. Darn, I must have been too focused on the tools and never saw snoopy...Thanks ScoutCrafter for another enjoyable video!
The chisel really pops with the renewed steel and red handle. Helluva good tip cutting that one inch belt down. Getting full of tools and not buying more, the struggle is real 🤣
Great job on all of them, but I would haft to give the blue ribbon to the punch. It's really a piece of art in its beauty and simplicity. Always a pleasure to see you bring new life to a forgotten tool.
Great video John! I like your $1 finds. I have to say I liked the ratchet clean up the best. However all of the projects turned out very nice. Thank You for sharing!
Hi Scout , Some Good Stuff There . I like the Ratchet . I Think I had One Once. I've Been going to the Flea market every Weekend . I got A Nice pair of Channellock 907g for A Buck ! Love the Dollar Stuff ! It Needed Evaporust . But Looks Great Now. The Handles We're Brand New Blue !
Those spade bits worked great, interesting configuration. The punch looked super. I never saw a ratchet with a switch like that. The chisel looks great, also. No wonder that you couldn’t resist. That hammer looks interesting.
Great episode mate. I would have fallen off the wagon for those tools too. Loved the “poor man’s” half inch belt sander. I have had my 1 x 30 sander for years and it has never dawned on me to do that. Simple yet effective.
I'm pretty sure I saw snoopy but you definitely taught me something about polished plastic!! That building looked really cool the exposed beams where very interesting!! Definitely some cool tools you picked up for a buck I would have bought them all lol
Great One Dollar items. I have to pay more attention with plastic in order to clean up some screwdrivers. 357 MagDad has a real knack for plastic handles as well.
Very good episode the tool show ones are always a treat. As far as the cleanups well I liked all of them of course. But as a fav I've gotta give it up to the chisel, very nice. Thanks for a great vid, have a great day!👍👍
Whenever you go to a meet or tool show, wear lots of padding. Because you are going to fall off the wagon every time 🤣🤣. It's hard to pick, but the ratchet wrench was probably my favorite of the clean ups. But those spade bits were pretty neat also, with a little sharpening they would be super.
I can't pick a favorite you picked from the dollar table. They all cleaned up beautifully. That tool meet would have been loads of fun to attend. I just live to far away. I saw Sno6py during the punch and ratchet cleanups. He is getting sneakier.
24 pounds of pure goodness! Lol. My favorite. The chisel ! I like chisels. Second. The punch. Man that looked good from the start to finish. Yes dollar tables will get ya. Just like estate auctions the one boxes of goodies. Oh boy look out when those start selling. Kris goes bananas! Good stuff John keep em coming!
Favourite had to be the chisel Scoutcrafter, just love the job you and Magdad do on those plastic handles! Lovely episode to watch as always, take care my friend 👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧✌️
I don't personally eat fast food, but my buddy does. Every time he gets some, he grabs me a handful of those really large straws for the milkshakes they turn upside down in front of you. I guess I'm sort of a cheap bastard, I use these on the smaller end mills to keep them from banging into each other in the drawers. For the larger stuff, I used to use a piece of shag carpet but that used up a lot of room. Now I get the thinner variation of that rust preventing drawer liner and cut it twice as long as I need. I just let it coil up and this gives me the ability to have material between the cutters. It's not 100%, but I'm not whipping my drawers shut either. For on the actual machine, I have this crenulated chunk of cast iron that I carry with the various bits for a particular job. I learned only last year let this object was a cooking product! Time flies in the shop featured one and it was quite surprising to see my random junkyard chunk in somebody else's hands! I had not and I have not seen another since. Although I did have the same error as Keith Rucker when I found a pair of monarch tool handles on eBay very inexpensively. We both made the same mistake, assuming them to go to a machine tool. It turned out that they were designed for a wood cooking stove, haha. I'm quite pleased to report that they fit a Milwaukee milling machine absolutely perfectly!
Love your attention to detail l have been trying to retire for a year now maybe you showed me some ways to be productive on the cheaper side fixed everyone’s honey due list l just need to stay busy thanks for your time helping people in more ways than you may know
Hi Terry- There is no better feeling then getting together with a bunch of people who have similar interests. Everyone that comes to the meet is friendly and humble. Once you get pretty handy with tools you quickly realize just how much we DON'T know about so many things and that is the best place to be. Thanks!
Those dollar/euro/pound things get me in trouble. Not for the money but it's the space! So much headache when I get home. And I'm not fast like you so before something gets a clean up... I've just been putting up scaffolding for regrouting my walls. Always something to do, while this is pretties time of year! Hope you'll have a great week!
Alex- Yes, you are so right, they pile up and we store them away and forget we have them until one day we are moving a big cardboard box and it is heavy! Look inside and say, When did I get this?> LOL Still I love the dollar tables!
“That damn dollar table” l love it…your inability to pass up a tool deal is just like mine! The wife says we are addicted! I mentioned the purses and shoes but it turned out to be the wrong thing to say! Looks like I’m eating at the Waffle House tonight! Really good video!
John- It's true we are addicted but it's so much better then spending the cash at a bar or gambling... I'm sure she is just ribbing you a little for fun... Plus- Belgium waffles are great! =D
Can't blame you for buying the BB Guns, I love those Old Guns.......Some really great items but I want to see if the Oil Filter Wrench really works well or not, never ever seen one like that before but I instantly knew what it was.
Tool meets or our local equivalent, flea market/farmers market have “tool tarps”. Scattered goodies all in a jumble, I’ll sift through them and pile them up and wait for the total. Rarely do I question what they are asking when they don’t care about the value; their happy, I’m happier. Great stuff as usual today and last week too; your fan episode now has me looking for fans, now next it’s motors. What is a person to do?
Those Spade style drill bits are awesome! They look like a combination of a auger bit and a spade bit. Auger bits can be too aggressive and Spade bits and tear stuff up. I like that combination. Thanks for giving them some love and a good home!
Ohhh! Here I thought I had tool addiction, $.50-$1.00 tables, I would have to back a truck up to the door to load it all.😎🤣. The chisel and splitting the sanding belt, I learned a new trick today. Thank you sir, enjoyed the video.
Many thanks again for the shout out!👍... Missed the tool meet. I always get confused with the dates. I’m always thinking it’s on the last Wednesday of the given month lol
Another great job John. That dollar tackle had some nice stuff. Very very hard to pass up. The chisel came out fantastic. The shine you put on the handle is amazing. I thought the punch was Starrett but they usually put their stamp on the neck below the head. But it sure looks like a super quality punch. I’ve never seen a ratchet like the push style. I have a broken selector on a Craftsman “V” style 1/2” ratchet. I tried to find a repair kit but they want crazy price, more than buying a new one. I’ll keep looking. I started organizing my tools into the new US General tool box from Harbor Freight. Made in Taiwan and is super quality, not like some of the China crap. As I loaded up my tools, I looked at all the “patina” on many of them. As soon as I get everything organized, I’ll start draw by draw and get them back into respectable shape. Thanks for your “News” comment. I’m waiting for the tide to turn, and think it won’t be that long. Until then, I’m with you. Focus on the fine things in life and stay away from the lying bastards in the media. Thanks for another great video. Best Regards, John
Great tool haul ‼️ That leather handled hammer is a sheet metal hammer used for assembling sheet metal duct work. I have one in my kit for sheet metal work 🤠
I am not fond of spade bits, but the design of the ones you picked up cut very well, almost like a Forstner bit. Nice find. I liked the rachet best of the $1 table purchases. The plastic on the chisel cleaned up very well. Dave.
Most inexpensive spade bits just make a hole (with plenty of tear-out) I think that's why serious woodworkers don't like them. However for the average home owner who needs bigger hole they will work. =D Thanks!
You8 sure have some great tool shows. We have nothing like that where I live or nearby. But that's a good thing because I am following your example and quit buying tools. Some great $1 tools.
I was Snoopyless this time but maybe later. GOOD fix on the 3 and I like the punch best. The Sea Bee ironworking Uncle got me started on Bull pins and buck-up bars early so tapers and pin punches have a special place with me. I watched the meet on Tommy Gunn's channel and you STILL look like a hit man! Happy week and God Bless! And I file my spade bits like some of the ones you have but the latest batch re in a class by theirselves!
It was a great tool swap, probably the best in the last two years (because of Covid). So, there were a lot of tables with really great stuff. You proved it with with this score! Everything you restored came out like gold. Nice job again!
Hey Ralph! It was great seeing you again! Did Jamie tell you he also runs a bicycle meet there also every other month…. I love that meet-up! I was looking for you but you must have slipped out unseen. 😂. I bought those two Daisy 25’s! 😂👍
I did get the email about the bike show. I'm not much into them but I do respect the craftsmanship that Jamie and others put into the bike making. Yeah, I did slip out- had to go home and make dinner. Great score on the BB rifles. Boy do they bring back memories! Let’s hope to see them restored. Hint Hint.
You know you got it bad when you judge your tool haul by weight...lol Is it bad that I bought a little wagon for My next flea market excursion? Nice job on all of the tools, John. I cannot chose a favorite. George
Though all the $1 tools I think are quite awesome. My favorite was the ratchet. How neat. Never seen one with the push button selector switch. Very cool. And I really like how that red handle came out on the chisel. Beautiful!
I do like those punches but its always good to watch a plastic handle restoration. Interesting the GripAll pliers you showed had the end sedated groove screw remover feature and yesterday MagDad357 had a square/hex feature in the same spot on a multi use plier he showed. Not a real common feature on pliers.
John I think we need to start a new group called TA for tools anonymous. I know I would be a member and you got some great fines for a dollar. Snoopy was down by the grinder by the way see you on Wednesday.
I think that sounds too much like an excuse for a weekly local tool-meet, I imagine each member turning up every Tuesday saying 'I've been trying but, look at this amazing thing I picked up at the weekend!'🤣
Great video Scout. Those $1 tables are ridiculous at what you get for your dollar. I saw you grabbed that SP tool box for Tom so it wasn’t out long and that big Wilton bullet vice at $375 would have been coming home with me. BB guns on a table like that would get you arrested by a SWAT team here in Australia. I think my favourite was the centre punch, came out great, I have a soft spot for a nice centre punch and have heaps of them. I asked you ages ago about Estwing making True Temper hammers and I have put out a video restoring it and I’m sorry, but I dropped you right in it my friend. Cheers, Stuart at Scrounga’s Workshop. 👍👍👍 ps, I missed Snoopy altogether 🤬
Stuart! We all like the $1 tables and Tarps! 😃👍. I am sure you could have gotten that bullet vise much cheaper! They aren’t too rare here. I’ll get on that Estwing very soon! 😃👍
Great video . Do you have a method for removing rust that has migrated up the shaft of a screw driver with an acetate handle. you know when the shaft rusts under the acetate . I tried removing the shaft but am nervous about cracking the handle Thanks SC
Hi Alex! Not yet! Soaking in evaporust is the only thing I know of but sometimes it can't penetrate! I have when you have a nice clear handle and see rust underneath! I have a few like that. Thanks!
