Thank you so much for sharing the challenge on your channel. I think this will be a lot of fun and I can’t express my gratitude for your participation. You shared some great ideas on the Caddy you made and I am really looking forward to what everybody else comes up with. I have already received some pictures and we still have almost a month to go. Thanks again and God bless.
I am the same age as you, John, and have never been fond of going on roofs. My youngest son worked doing roofing for friends of ours who own a roofing company. I was always a bit anxious about him working at Heights. He is an electrician now. Good luck with your roof - just make sure the company is insured.
I used to do the occasional roof but my business liability policy changed about a dozen years ago to exclude coverage for roofing jobs. My wife is happy, some of my long time customers not so much.
John I called my insurance agent in Kansas where I lived at he time for his recommendation. Now in Kansas roofing is big business. He told me and I was well served.
Hi John, i had same issue with Google.. I now use ‘check a trade ‘ in uk .. all reviews have to be certified to a telephone number and email.. works really well. Great caddy and great challenge.. I may jump into that one 😃👍 cheers Rob
If you are looking for a roofer look through your neighborhood. Find them working and look at their work. If it’s good talk to them. I’m like you as far as doing it myself. I’m smarter these days and don’t get on my roof. I miss my bucket truck. I have installers here doing flooring. 10 years ago I would have done it myself. Nothing wrong with having a cold one and watching youth work. Hopefully next year I will have a new shop for my projects. Thinning tools out to move is not my religion. Good show thank You
I am setting up the new shop. When my wife and I discussed setting up a new workshop long ago when we first talked about moving from our house of 21 years and the home of the Original Old Sneelock's Workshop I knew how much work there was going into it. I have been building steadily for the past year. We started in July of 2023. I may have larger dreams than most but I have enjoyed building my workspace. Some jobs I hire out. Dropping trees use to be fun when I had room to drop them. Taking them down with a lift needs more people than just dropping it and bucking it up. My tallest trees will hit the neighbors house if I drop it. That's when I call in the arborists. Working on my knees is misery. Flooring is hired out too. We moved to a house with a single story low pitch roof. The workshop, that I call the Annex after a joke that circulated on my channel a few years back, has 10 foot ceilings and I don't get on the roof. I rent a bucket lift for high jobs but a 20 foot ladder has always been something to respect. I will be 73 in 30 days and not slowing down any more than I absolutely have to.
@@13thworker45 So true. In 1986 when I was a pup, hail totaled our roof. My bride and I had more energy than brains, and so I tore off the old roof (three layers total) down to the plywood, humped tiles up myself, and installed the new one based on directions from a helpful older guy at the local lumber yard. To my astonishment, it never leaked. We pocketed the difference from the insurance claim and I was pretty sore for a while. I look back and think “I was insane!” Not a job for one guy for sure, and I was working 60 hours a week at my official job. Yes, I’ve enjoyed being the old guy lately and watching contractors work!
Regarding reviews, there used to be a saying, if you want to know about a Buick, ask the man that owns one, maybe someone in the neighborhood had work done, sometimes there's a sign outside where roofing was done, you could ask the homeowners. In my area we have reliable work done by the Amish community.
The drill caddy looks terrific. Well done. Keep an eye on the shafts in case moisture causes rust. Some years ago I purchased a router bit storage case with foam insert with cutouts for 1/2in dia router bits. My garage outside doors are rarely opened. The door to the basement is always open and I run a dehumidifier during the months when not running the coal stove. I was disappointed to find all the router bit shafts in the foam developed rust. Superficial and easily cleaned up but still a disappointment. I removed all the router bits from the holes, so now they rest on top of the foam. Sad but true about the online reviews. Dave.
Hey !John vraiment un beau challenge, votre rangement des forêts en escalier est superbe et facilement accessible. Le rangement en rond n'est pas mal non plus, surtout pour les tournevis, pinces et autres ustensiles que l'on emploi souvent. Très beau travail. ❤
Perfect timing, I've just moved house, and finished building my shed/workshop, once I've got my work bench and vice set up, a nice tool caddy or two, will be my first projects,, all the best from across the pond,,
Call your insurance agent, bet he/she could give you a good recommendation, just a thought. Love the tool (drill bit) caddy, nice little tutorial. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching.
I usually ask friends and family who have had work done on their thoughts if they’ve had work done. That’s the most trusted opinions. My toolbench is a mess. This is great. Good job.
I have several tool caddies, but my best is a drill driver caddy. It is a pain going through cases to find the right driver drill when I can display them all on one convenient mounting. I mounted it on the wall with a prop stick to bring it to 45 deg when I am using driver bits or countersinks or even hole plugs. It's about 8X8 inches and has holes drilled to accept the many bits with a magnetic sheet in the bottom to keep them from falling out when folded against the wall. I am really pleased with the bit holder. It works great and so convenient. Used it for three years and it has never dropped a bit when flat against the wall. I keep my drill drivers on a rack immediately above the driver bits and it's so convenient. For my most-used tools, I installed a "tool wall" behind my workbench and never looked back or wanted to change it. I made all the tool holders from scrap, and they are working great. Nothing elaborate but so functional and for me, the wall looks really good. All visitors and family plan to copy it for their use.
Having multiples of all sizes i use short pieces of pvc pipe to hold same size bits and spacing of pvc pipe can be equal between each pipe. Adjustable spade bits cut a slip fit to the od of pipe (3/4 in for example) and square bottom hole to hold the pvc pipe in the wooden frame. Then i pull the size and length i want. Bits face down with point on wooden bottom. I also keep a box for dull drills nearby and sharpen a bunch when it gets full. I was just too lazy to cut the size/depth/spacing for sooooo many drills individually.
I had three of those Standard Tool drill indexs. The first one I got was cast iron. The second one I found was plastic and the third one was aluminum. Because of my need for money, they all got sold on Ebay about 20 years ago.
I feel your pain in locating a contractor you have faith in. We have a community site on Facebook and you recognize the names of people in town and their recommendations. But how that would work in Brooklyn is beyond me. Good luck!
Thanks for showing positioning details on the bit rack. I tend to figure things out like that the hard way...and have to start over. I saw that challenge & considered it. It looks like fun.
Great teaching video today! 👍. When I lived in Whitestone I used Bashnagel Brothers or Whitestone roofing. They both did good work. I don’t know if they’re still in business or the same owners but it might be worth a try. (That was about 30 years ago)
Just had a guy quote me for taking down an old chimney this morning. We worked out he knows my father in law, his whole demeanor changed. I'm going with him. Also, I'm in on the challenge.
Nice caddy. I have two that are for tap, tap drill, body drill, tap drill and tap. The doubles are one is for national course and one for national fine. I rarely use them. I just use drill indexes. As for your problem, that is big city problems. Best thing is ask for references that you can go see their work and talk to customers. First thing is I would find someone with a drone which will allow you to survey your roof as to what it needs. To be safe let your neighbors know what the drone is for and when it will be flying so they don't think it's spying on them. We have first chance of frost in outlying and low areas.
Thanks John, I know exactly what you mean, when you do most things yourself you get out of the habit of hiring in help and it's a minefield, reliable tradesmen are like gold-dust and the most reliable source is word-of-mouth, I take all online reviews with a large pinch of salt although I do still read a lot ! Your Caddy came out great, this is a category that could mean so many things to so many people so it will be interesting to see what comes up, good of you to support other peoples challenges !
My how times have changed. We lucked out on the sewer work when some people told us about the guy we used. Yup the internet is getting bad about information. Good luck and see you Monday.
Hi Scout, I was lucky enough to see Brian from Tool Scouter on his first video and I have followed him ever since. I love his quiet gentle style and he seems like a really nice person. I’m 62 as well (this month, Sep) and I’m not allowed on the roof either. Apparently, falling off a ladder is way up there as a cause of death for older men. I no longer believe endorsements from RU-vid videos because one of the channels I follow was hyping a borescope type camera so I bought one. What a piece of crap, I could have gotten a better one from Kmart and I’ve noticed that he’s always trying to make a dollar out of his channel. Sometimes monetising a channel is a slippery slope. Beautiful job on your tool caddy. Cheers mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
Thanks for sharing, have subbed to @toolscouter. Good tips as usual and your the bench top drill index is super nice. Can't wait to see what else you do.
My father was still cleaning off the roof at 82 then walking out the back door he slipped on wet concrete and hit his head and spent the last 5 years of his life like a bad stroke victim
For a man in his sixties you look fantastic John wow I’m in my fifties I will be happy if I look as good as you when I’m your age clean living aye ha ha 🤣 god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿🤷💪🤪⚒️
Finding dependable craftsmen is horrible here. If they haven't got time to come do a quote within 3 months and not start within a year they're usually allright (and down right expensive). I bought one of those Morse starret cable cutters because your video, exactly what I didn't need😂
To find any contractor see who's local then call them up and ask them what jobs they've done recently. Then go check those jobs out. If you can ask the customers what their experience was. Like you say in New York if they got something to complain about they'll tell you. Any contractor should be able to provide reference jobs. That's standard stuff. There are shady contractors out there.
Another great show today John ! I agree with you on the reviews. I don’t trust any of them so if I buy something that’s cr_p I take it back or bite the bullet. Nice project today and I might have to do the challenge. Thank You for sharing.
I recently posted a box of junk for sale online and went to bed. It was just junk so I asked $10. I woke up to nearly 60 people inquiring about buying the junk. The very next inquiry to come in, was from a gentleman who shared with me why there were so many inquiries. Turned out, one of the catalogs in that box that originally came with a VHS tape was worth several hundred dollars alone. He even sent me a link to show me. I guess most people just threw the catalogs away so now some are worth a small fortune. 60 people within a night and only one honest person. Long story short, I just gave it to the honest guy
Oh my. I was born in 1963! I hope to get so much more done on my life. You referring to yourself as “too old to go on a roof” is so upsetting to me😭I live in Brooklyn and hope to meet you someday.
My little brick with the reviews is only reading the three star ones. They seem to have legit gripes or give the product that because it is fine but had a shipping delay.
My last job before I was forced to retire had lasted 32 years. About a year after I had retired the business was sold. The company in the past had a lot of bad reviews and now all of a sudden the company website has all kind of good reviews. All the current reviews were by people who were working at the company. Duh.
I am hoping my news is correct, and next week, the second week of September, the 100+ degrees breaks, and we will average only 98 next week. You are so right, at 98 I can get out and do so much around the yard and shop.******************** ************ About sub/view buying. I found a channel which was 2 years old or less, and it had 2.5m SUBS!!! WOWSERS!! How hard they work on excellent content, am I right? NO! Socialblade showed their total VIEWS at 1.3m VIEWS. You have a channel. You tell us just how 1view can produce 2 subscriptions????? RU-vid does not care. I submitted reports on this fraud for 10 days, and gave up.
John, I dont know where you get the still pics you show but they are awesome. The dog squinting you always use, guys falling off ladders,ect. Great stuff. I went to a estate sale today and they had 3 perfect handle screw drivers that were really long but they were so far gone I had to pass, they were bent to bad. I got the coolest lab set in the metal box. I got it because it had the little metal ladles and melting pots and had 6 beakers that are so uncommon. all the chemicals were gone but theres a good reason for that. Do you have one of those?
Hi John, thanks for the videos. Can you tell us where your tool caddy is from? I know you said Mike the Firemen gave it to you but is there a company name or model number for that particular item? Thanks for all the knowledge you pass on.
I've had some success on the Nextdoor app. The key I've found is asking for people to recommend someone they have actually used. Then I look for trends from other people who recommend the same person or company...
So ToolScouter is paying you off? How many views did you promise him?😂😂 I always write reviews so it's very obvious that I've used the product and make my experience very clear so people can tell it's a real person and a real review. It's too bad Amazon Reviews went to 💩
Yeah you can’t trust reviews, i found the guy with lots of good reviews well I called him for a quote we haggled a bit but we agreed on a price. Fail to show up for the job gave some excuse about his phone not working and he didn’t remember my address ok. I gave him the benefit of the doubt rescheduled for the following week. Well no show again so don’t trust reviews.
You can tell your at the top of your game when you promote competitors. Especially when they've kinda nicked your name. I suppose "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" Oscar Wilde.
I'm not sure even if I paid someone to watch mine that they would 😅 so I'll just keep wasting my money on tools I don't need and videos folks don't want to watch... im good with it.. 😅 have a great weekend. . I tagged ya on IG I have the same spinning tool organizer...I live that style
