Hand Tool Restoration - Channellock 420 Pliers 

My favorite RU-vid restoration videos by far!

Great job on these - especially the custom bolt and nut! Where there is a will there is a way. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Nice Job on that Pivot pin...Very Clever work!! ....and you put an old tool back to work...Thumbs up!!

Awesome Job! Can't believe how nice that pivot pin came out!!! 😃👍

Magdad those channel lock pliers are a hell of a lot better than they were! You have shown me what I can do to make some unique bolts which i will need for my 1920s,1930s and 1960s H.K. Porter #3 and #2 Forrester cutters. Unfortunately I am not a machinist like my dad was when he made tools at the H.K.Porter foundry plant in Somerville43, Mass back in the 1960s. However I do know my dad's rule #1 in the machine shop. If you dont have it or CAN'T get it, MAKE IT! Thanks for showing me the DYI way of making unique bolts!

Great looking job, you sure had a challenge with those pliers but you saved them and they are usable.

They came out much better than I thought they would! Nice Job !

probably one of the most used tools in my tool box.

You are totally amazing! Very. Very good job on the channel locks.

357 Magdad that was a major improvement in those channel lock pliers! I also wish to thank you for showing me how to do a DYI way of making a unique and unusual bolt. The reason for the thank you was because I have 7 H.K. Porter #2 and #3 Forester loppers that have unique bolts which hold the cutting blades on to the handles. The bolts have about a 5/8" head with a 3/8" shaft which goes down to a 1/4" threaded end for the nut. This type of bolt was used on these cutters from 1920s through at least the 1960s if not longer. The reason I know is because my dad worked at the plant that forged, machined and assembled these cutters in Boston. He was one of the machinists that made the tools. Now you have showed me how a non machinist can keep his dad's tools still working for another 100 years. I have 17 tools from that plant that span my dads life. He was born in 1912 and passed in 1979. The tools from that plant are from 1916 to 1985. I guess I'm a little fond of tools made at that plant! Thanks again.

Nice job Bud, especially on that Pivot Pin!! We gotta find you a nice little lathe!!☺

I do not have a lathe as well, so your video was very interesting to me and gave me some ideas I can use. Thanks and great job on the pivot pin.

Even though it's not perfect, you made a hunk of rust into a usable tool again. Good job!

You do good work Magdad! The Channellock Pliers look great and the making of the pin and nut was very impressive. I like the Plastikote handles too. Thank for sharing this.

For every rusty, beaten up and dirty tool there is a functional, shiny tool crying to be let out!. Great restoration although I would not have had the patience and would have passed by. All the best from the UK.

Wow what a transformation! Great work buddy!

The Channel Locks came out nice! I like how you made a new pivot pin. 👍

Well worth the effort! Enjoyed it thoroughly!

Great job with limited tools. Nice to see a rusty old tool brought back to life. Fun to watch!

That turned out much better than I thought it could

Awesome restoration. You took a good tool that was misused and nearly gone and gave it a new life. The bolt in the drill press idea was brilliant. I have had a few old pliers and a slip jaw or two that have stripped or unusable pivot bolts and I am going to take your process and try it. I was collecting pliers just to try to salvage the pivot bolt for a nicer tool but very few are interchangeable.

That was a great restoration!

Always love how you can stretch your own tool shop with creativity and elbow grease to do things like you did on your drill press this time around. Nice job on the hairy-locks; this was a great example of how sanding all the rust damage would leave you with no-tool left. Instead, you stopped at the right point and yielded the tool newly functional. Nicely done!

Fantastic job. You took the worst of the worst, challenged yourself, and resurrected those pliers. Mrs. MagDad: My nails are looking dull. I’m going to the salon. MagDad: No! Why go there?! I have Flitz and a Dremel!

Very good job. The pliers are grateful. 🤗

Great job!!! Congratulations!!!

Taking a tool that doesn't work and making it useable. Nice work 357.

Great video. I will try to cleanup my Channellock 400 I found at an estate sale. Thanks, Chris

When the tube of glitz came out the first thing that came to mind was "lipstick on a pig". Great Work as usual! They came out nice especially considering the before condition!

Nice job. You know I never knew about using that plastic dip stuff for handles. I have a ton of old pliers without grips. I'll be doing the same! Thanks

Nice job Magdad. I'm the same as you it may not be perfect but I ain't letting this tool die..Great video my friend!!

Nice job fabricating the screw. Those turned out nice.

Great save. I always like how you come up with ideas how to make something without all the fancy tools. So I can learn how to. Thanks

Great restoration. For the time and work involved, and just how cheap a pair a standard Channellocks are, I probably would have left the patina on these and displayed them in my shop.

You can put glass marbles in the plasti-dip can to bring up the level. Thanks for the video

THANK YOU...for sharing. Very much enjoyed.

Great project and great job. As long as the pivot point/hinge point and the jaw teeth are fubctional, you have a successful project. I enjoyed the video very much. Michael from Canada

Nicely saved!! Useful to see your projects as I don't use Instagram 😂👍🏻🛠️

That was amazing. I just love watching your restorations, you explain everything so well plus do great restorations! Thanks 👍👍

well done, dude!!!

They look great compare to where you start ! I just did a pair of aviation snips I found at the bottom of the burn pile! Lol I couldn't even tell what they were when I started lol ...I kinda like them because the patina and pits tell a story...

Well, they work. I really thought these pliers were too far gone, but I underestimated the Power of Flitz. They're even (almost) good looking!

Nicely done there's a will there is a way

Hi bro 👋👋👋 very good restoration pliers 👍👍👍👌🏽✌🏻

Now that was a fun one! I knew others would like to see the Instagram stuff too. If you are only ever gonna dip tool handles in the plasti-cote, you could immerse something on the sides to displace some of the dip and raise the fill level. I have also used heat shrink tubing to cover bare metal handles. It works pretty well, and the heat shrink tubing at harbor freight is inexpensive. If it starts to tear or look bad after a few years, you can just put on a new set.

Beautiful job and impressive improvising on the nut and bolt...you’ve given me a couple of ideas, you usually do! I’m putting a box tôgether for you...just been busy with a couple of shop projects....2 bars and a coffee table for my daughter...that has grown to 3 benches for an outdoor fire pit... Will send you pics....

Well done. That pivot pin came out looking great. Very inspiring.

Great job Magdad! Who needs an expensive lathe when you have ingenuity!

Fantastic job! I too don't have a lathe and was very impressed with your imagination in solving your problem. Keep up the great work. Jim

Nice job of bringing that tool back from the dead (and buried).

According to Michael Cthulu you used a vertical lathe. Seriously that was some great work making the new pivot pin. I have a weird preference for keeping all the scarring and pitting on old tools after getting rid of rust, filth, and anything impeding functionality so the finish on that one is rather appealing. You went maybe 2 steps farther than I would have, but some of the hard life on it is still visible.

Absolutely Fantastic! The drill press lathe work is really impressive.

Thats very cool brother too far gone is subjective

They came out great considering what they were initially and with what you had to work with. I would be proud to get similar results! 👍🏻

Just further proof that most rusted, neglected and abused tools are typically never too far gone to be cleaned up and put back to use. Nice work!

Well done.Looks cool!

Nice job! I really like that you challenge yourself to jump in and try things like making the pivot pin on your drill press, brilliant and it turned out great! Thank you, I always learn something new from your videos!

I Finally remembered to come to your channel and sub to it...That was a great use of the drill pess to make the pivot bolt..The pliers turned out nice .They are plenty good enough to use ..I do need to get some plasti dip and use it on some of my projects

Great work

Outstanding! Thank you so much for sharing your ingenuity.

Nice job! That new pin looks amazing. Cheers

Came out nice Iv got to get some of that plasti dip.

good job magdaddy

The way the handles come together gives me nightmares, as a kid I had a sloppy pair and they would slip and pinch my hand. Because of that I avoid Channellocks to this day. Childhood trauma has made me a Vice-Grip Guy....... *Channellock PTSD*

GREAT JOB!!

Great job... for an insane guy. ;)

Great job restoring those channel locks. Evaporust is such a cool product, and using Plasti-Dip to make new rubber handle grips was genius (I’ll have to remember that trick) Great attention to detail sir and I’ll be checking out your other videos. I just subscribed!👍

That really came out great really enjoyed that Great job👍

Necessity is the mother of invention. Good job mate. I did the same until I was lucky enough to get a lathe last year. 🇦🇺👍

That was very smart to use the drill press like that

Perfect

Don't do Instagram but the utube video's are great 🇮🇪

Id suggest bending out the ends of the handles to avoid blood blisters if you do another one of them

Definitely one hundred percent better. I find myself using my drill press for lots of other things too.

Great job! I think it looks great, and the remaining pitting gives it character and a cool forged look. I like the plasti dip, I don’t think there’s any reason you can’t dip a second time with a new container. Do they sell a channellock blue dip? I have a number of these old channellocks that are yet to be restored. I’ll have to give it a go.

When filing a radius as @ 3:18, don't try to "trace" out the arc. Drop the HANDLE with the forward stroke, not the tip of the file. It might seem counter-intuitive, but it works.

What a challenge indeed. Looks like a great useable tool now! I got your sticker in yesterday, thank you so much. It is in my living room now so I can look at it a lot. I'm definitely going to send you a picture when it finds a nice permanent spot. How did you do the 299 Stanley? I have one waiting.

looks great! what kind of belt sander have you got?

What kind of camera do you use?

How tough is that plastidip?

Oh sadly ruined these. Imo.

Lovely looking pliers now and great job on making that bolt 👍