Hand Tool Restoration - London Pattern Turnscrew 

Check out Matt's .357 mag screwdriver project on The Super-wrench Garage. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-hcXpoD2fM6c.html

It's always great to see a restoration that restores rather than remakes, even when the materials look ready for the bin. Nice work.

Wow. That was a step away from the trash pile and now a great wall hanger. A project to be proud of.

I am impressed sir!! I watch many of these kinds of channels and this old woodworker is thrilled to see a wooden handle refurbished rather than replaced!! Very cool!! As far as the soldering: if you learn from something, it’s not a fail!! Turned out quite nicely!!

Excellent work! I cannot believe how nice the screwdriver came out. Thanks for sharing this.

Looks great. Admire your perseverance with the handle restoration. Nice to see that you repaired the handle, where so many others destroy the original handles on vintage tools.

All I can say is wow! Also as much as it can suck at the time learning from your mistakes is just one of the best things ever!

Very good job. Those are the ones you remember. Thanks for showing the sawdust repair. I wish I would have remembered it. I had a monkey wrench that was in the shape like your screwdriver. It would have been better in the trash. But I couldn't give up. My son had bought it for me. He knows I love wood handle tools. It was a all cracked out round handle. Lots of wood putty. Sanding out all kinds of pits. Got it looking not to bad. Blued the steal to hide what pits I couldn't get out. I don't think the handle would hold up to much use. But I saved it. Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks

Great .357 screwdriver! Unbelievable transformation on the turn screw! Amazing! Bullets as decoration: Last winter I was at the gate in Disneyworld. B/c I had a 30.06 shell oin my velt buckle, they would not let me in. I took off the bullet so they could see it had wires running from the back of the buckle to the inside of the shell to hold it on the belt. I showed them the primer was shot. i told them airports (international) have had no problem with it. No go. A very sad day we live int.

Great idea with the decal ! It’s a collectors item now.

Very nice, brought back from the dead. I like the decal touch.

Man you did a great job saving and restoring that screwdriver! A lot of people would just have trashed it! I throughly enjoy your channel! Thanks for the tutorial on screwdrivers too!

Great tip on using the sawdust as a filler. Beautiful work!

357magdad, That is awesome!!! It will have a place of honor on the tool wall in the garage! Thank you. Excellent video and what a challenging project. I would have given up if I had the outcome on the brass. Well done for perseverance! And from Mrs. Super-wrench: I rarely watch videos like this but this one was especially cool. Can't wait to see it hanging over Mr. Super-wrench's workbench.

This is a complete rescue and it turned out great.

This has definitely given me some ideas to use on a basket case screwdriver a secondhand store owner threw in for free with a purchase i made recently. Thanks.

You took something that was ready for the garbage can and made it look great. That surely was a labor of love!

Wow...another awesome transformation. The decal is a great touch. Cheers

Great job Magdad. Whenever you're soldering you have to clean the surface, get to the raw metal and use flux first before soldering.

Wonderful job Magdad. You give me hope about my restorations. If you have a disaster with the furl, then i won't feel so bad if something bad happens to me. Something like that did happen to me when I first got my 1916 H.K.Porter 0 grade bolt cutter. I was taking it apart to clean it up better and on of the bolts holding the jaw on "snapped"! I said to my self OH NO! So I tried drilling it out, starting with a small drill and then a larger one and then another larger one. When choosing the second larger one it must have been a left handed thread because all of a sudden the broken bolt came spinning out and the threads were still in great shape! So i was able just to replace it with a another bolt. When I painted the cutters, no one would no the difference! My dad who was a machinist at the H.K. Porter foundry in Boston where they wer made must of helped me out with this one from heavan!

Excellent job. This screwdriver was ready for the trash. Its lucky you found it. This was a real restoration. The ferrule looks fine. It may not have turned out the way you thought it would, but it still turned out just fine. Looks like there are remnants of original black paint on the handle. Thanks and best wishes from fly fishing land.

Brilliant rescue of the handle mate, that was butchered! Great result Looks amazing!

Nice job Magdad. I've come across things I've almost gave up on but you just keep going and the rite idea pop's up and it turns out ok. I've started restoring old Tonka and Tin cars and trucks. Talk about a challenge!! Great video my friend!!

Handle rescue 10/10 mate, i thought that was headed for the scrap bin for sure!!

Great job mate,well done,i love these kind of screwdrivers !!!!

That turned out great! Way to stay with it. Let me see, there is 3 parts to that screwdriver. Blade, super pitted, handle cracked, ferrule, cracked, but other than that everything else is good! Thanks for the chuckle😁! You did say at least the blade was straight😊... Nice job buddy!

It came out very good, great job.

Wow, quite an improvement! Good job

Outstanding would be an understatement for the restoration work you do! Thank you for sharing these fabulous videos you do for us viewers. It’s sincerely appreciated!

I like the way you saved the parts and retained the character of this old driver. Good work!

For soldering brass, don't use solder with flux in it. Regular flux draws the solder into the cracks. Great work! It looks Excellent!

That would grace anybody’s wall nice job I especially like the finish you got on the wooden handle :-)

Great restoration!

I think if you had got the ferrule clean and shiny inside and out, the solder may have had a better chance.... Glad you clear coated after decal application 👍🏻 It now looks brill 😄🛠️

Great restoration

It came out great!

Great work buddy!

Nice work Great transformation . brass does solder but it has to be clean and fluxed

You didn't have much to work with, however you did a great JOB. I learned a thing or two also.

Considering what you started off with, that turned out pretty damn nice!

Outstanding work mate! I truly appreciate you taking the time to save that handle with the good old sawdust/glue trick. Well done.

That screwdriver had definitely seen better days! Nice work filling in those cracks, and the stain you choose really turned out great! Great work as always!👍

Absolutely Awesome job!

Amazing save mag dad!

I’m not sure what I look forward to more, the creative ways you tackle these projects or the actual execution of your ideas. Another great project,

Remarkable job! I’m glad you didn’t give up on it. You keep amazing me!! Thank you

It looks great now!

I thought I was the only one who found soldering a complete mystery, the screwdriver turned out a real beauty and will be the pride of the garage.

Wow very impressed with this one Mate 👍😊

Wood & Brass look good together

Another great job 👍

Well done pal!

Great job, great finish of the handel , best regards 👌

I wouldn't even know where to begin with soldering. Nice job.

Looks great

I’d never seen these earlier turn screw drivers - tre cool! Great project!!

Looks good.

Great job my friend! Turned out nice! Liked the lesson that came with it. Sawdust and glue the bondo of wood lol!🇺🇸👍🇺🇸

Trick with soldering is to clean the parts first and use plenty of flux. It came out nice!

beautiful

Since the video was posted half a day ago I won't bother with soldering advice, I'm sure you've already got at least 50 comments with better advice than I could give........Years ago I worked with an Old Pro of a Craftsman and we were putting in a Fire Suppression System in a Factory using 2 Inch Copper. Since I had never worked on big copper before I was being really careful about doing the soldering, before we hooked up the water we aired it up to check for leaks.......One leak and it was his........Being a wiseguy I looked at him and said "That was one of yours" he said back "well I wasn't keeping track" then I said "I was!".........I'll bet he wanted to Smack Me a good one.....I Miss Old Bob, we had a lot of fun working together and did some Amazing Work together. *I think the screwdriver turned out great, a repair like that can give something real character and the wood definitely had some great character as well.*

Great job man love your videos keep up the good work

Nice!! That is one project I would not have attempted. Don't know if you use lead based solder. When you do brass you need a silver solder and flux, need to be super clean on all edges, control your heat. Using the burner was a little to much, it's not a pipe joint. And a little bit of practice. Always look forward to your projects. Stay safe!

Great job thank u

Very nice !

If you ever have an another situation to solder up a crack in copper or brass, use some activated paste flux and the solder will flow like water and solder the crack without issue. Thumbs Up

The bit is intended to pull out so the handle can be used for more than one blade . Also the turnscrew can be stowed in the tool box easier in two parts

Nice restoration again 💪

hello, nice work, try using " la-co flux " after you have cleaned the brass,and use lead free solder , it does not need a hugh amount of heat, good luck, or practice. I have a screwdriver like this 36" long, it has a lot of torque, I must have been using it for over 50 years. I always, clean the wooden handles, and then treat them with wood preserver, to stop woodworm, and fungal invasion. they live a long time, after I will be dead.

Nice!

I'm no expert on soldering, but it looks like you didn't use flux, or enough flux, to de-oxidize the surface, or if the solder had a flux core, looks like it was the wrong kind. I was looking for a great flux the other day to use with silver solder (very strong) to join some items and a person with a lot of soldering and brazing experience recommended "Otey 95 Lead Free Tinning Flux," which contains nano-particles of solder in the flux which pre-tins the surfaces you're soldering for much better results. He said that Otey 95 is hard to find locally in most places, so I ordered it online. Average price including shipping for the 8 oz. container is about $12. Smaller sizes are available, but 8 oz. should last the rest of your life, if you only solder occasionally. This was a great and informative video, and I look forward to bringing out my old English Pattern Turn Screws and giving them the treatment you showed us. Thanks again, and good luck with the soldering. Thanks for the link to The Super-Wrench Garage.

Turned out real nice in my opinion. Wouldn't it be nice to have a small lathe just to make little brass pieces like that ferrule? I'm thinking of get one myself, haven't found one yet though. I think you saved it real well.

Another great job! I think the ferrule turned out well and it looks just right on the screwdriver. As usual, the wood handle is the best part. Did you consider using epoxy instead of wood glue to mix with the sawdust and fill in the cracks? I haven’t used either method but I am saving sawdust for when the time comes.

Very nice. I have a screwdriver that I've been putting of because of the cracked handle, now I have an idea how to tackle that. Thank you!

Wallhanger? Likely. Possibly used offensively as a weapon in a pinch? Likely.

Gotta get yourself some small brazing rods for that thin brass stuff.

I prefer those old pear shaped flat handled screw drivers as you can get a lot of torque from them.

Looks great cool to return him the favor I wonder how it is

Not bad why don’t you dip the handle in the stain

very nice restoration ! what could the date of this turnscrew?

Try some Flux to clean the metal before soldering

please lose the music.. its not helping anything and its monotonous

Nice!