Restoring Craftsman's wrenches to their former glory.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- I know title kind of sucks, but my wrenches turned out great, a little vinegar, water & baking soda, a little buffing, cleaning, & polishing and they turned out great. Next year I will work on making this full sets.
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I just started watching your channel, subscribed and thumbs up. I just bought a VV series set of Craftsman double box end wrenches via Craig's list, have been collecting and cleaning and servicing old tools for some time! Thanks for the great videos!
Thanks, I look for all old tools and clean them up, some of my videos are long but I try to show all that I do!
I love all old tools, Craftsman will always be special to me. My first tool set my father bought for me was Craftsman and so was my fathers. I remember like it was yesterday going to Sears to buy them. I always pick them up when I can get them reasonable. Nice job, I need to get around to cleaning up a bunch of SK and Williams wrenches I bought a couple years ago for cheap.
That is awesome!
Great work! FYI, the one that's made in Japan is not a Craftsman tool. You'll notice that it's labeled as "Sears" not "Craftsman". While Sears did own Craftsman, they were not the only tools they sold. Sears also sold lower priced tools made by another manufacture under the Sears name.
You are right!
So I'm sure you probably got this comment already plenty of times but a much safer and just as if not more effective alternative to vinegar is called evapo-rust and it's extremely inexpensive and it's safe on practically everything except for rust and at first it might seem like a miracle solution and that it won't actually do anything but as somebody who doesn't have the time nor funds nor space for all those different fancy chemicals and whatnot for rust removal this stuff really does work you let it sit 24 hours overnight check it in the morning phenomenal almost everything gone highly recommend it
Yes, I have used it and I find that it did not last that long, I have used Rusto-leum rust dissolver and have found I like it better, it last longer, works quicker, I do believe it is a little more caustic, but I am willing to use it, if I pay attention to what I am doing, thanks for the comment, and for the view, I hope you found my video informative or at least entertaining from a red neck like me!!!!!
Nice work and great deals you got! I happened upon a set of set of vintage Craftsman metric wrenches for $20 and now have them between 6mm - 19mm, though I’m missing a 15mm. All are forged in the USA manufacture by various manufacturing codes - v, vv, va etc. I’m on the hunt for a 15mm to complete what I have so far. If I find a great deal on others.. I’ll probably pick them up too.
Does not hurt to have extras,! I will plan all the tools I need for a job and always have extras just in case I need a backup or drop one where I cannot reach, and then go back later to retrieve it.
Just subbed. Looking forward to seeing more restoration videos. Just regular tools that need some help. Not trophies or wall hangers. Just a return to service. Thanks.
I thank you for watching and I use my tools every day as a maintenance worker in a hospital, my tools make me money or saves me money, tools for me make my life just a little easier.
Hey DJ. Your 15 mm six point is a “Craftsman Industrial” branded wrench. I have a six point 3/4”combination wrench. On mine the front is stamped “Craftsman Industrial”, the back is stamped “U.S.A.”. The number is 23490. I enjoy your videos. Thanks for sharing your work/hobby. kp
Thanks for the info
-V- is 1950s
=V= is 1960s
=VV= Is 1970s
=VA= is 1980s
The one without the mark is before 1950. This is to the best of my knowledge.
Thank for the info, I love it!!!
I cleaned alot of my wrences in the kitchen sink with Bar Keepers Friend. It made them look almost brand new. The chrome really shines after using BKF.
I will have to try that. Thanks, but my wife will not be happy cause I am going to steal hers!!!
I left a wrench in vinegar for 2 days and it took the plating right off. Wrench was already shot due to the rust so we'll do the baked oil trick and it'll be the black sheep of the collection lol
Yea, I have done the same thing, did you like the bake oil trick, and did you heat with torch or do you have a forge.
Love your video I myself am a craftsman collector and have every full set since they were ever made from the chrome vanadium to vanadium steel and c1 all pre ww2 its taken me time and money to find them but they just don't make them like they use too even have a name and date edged in one wrench date 1930 craftsman the way to go American trusted !!!!
I still have people say that Craftsman was junk and call them crapsman, but people do not understand that they never made their own tools and that everyone form Snap-on to Moore manufacturing made them to a specific speciation that Sears wanted.
I agree see I feel and know first hand that our country was founded on craftsman and early century our grandfather's in fathers have used them its what made America from automotive mechanics industry to heavy industrial maintenance to commercial and residential use but there's just something about the older tools that just fascinate me and that is the history and quality of the forged and billiet I have many of tools I'm my collection from snap-on to harley davidson branded tools and channellock collection and kline collection I have put together what I think is an amazing collection and add to it every chance I can but out of all of my tools something inside of me pulls me to my antique craftsman wrenches and for almost pushing 100 years old there still usable and in great shape
@@mattduncan2581 You know I wish tools could talk and tell their story about who used them and what cars and equipment they were used on, oh sorry for the delay in answering you I work a lot I shoot videos and answer comments in between work!!!!!
A friend of mine sent his car trim out to be chromed..... I'm thinking it's probably worth trying for the wrenches.
Yes sir, with the cost of tools going up and a well-kept tool can last a lifetime!!
Just found your channel. Subbed, commented, thumbs up and notifications on.
Have a flea market less than 2 miles from me every weekend! Guess what I'm gonna start doing!
Thank you, I make it a game to find the best deal and sometimes just to find a piece of junk just to see, and some of the junk turns the best, tools for me make me money or save me money!!!!
"Complete Collection" could cost thousands of dollars...
Good Luck!
Yea, I have big dreams! but I started!
Working on a bench grinder with a open zipper jacket is a great safety risk .
Yea, you are right, try to pay more attention next time!
I had a awesome old pair of vice grips I forget about in vinegar for nearly a month…. Ruined
I have done that to, I left some open end wrenches in vinegar for days and it etched them!
Hi. What did the vinegar do to the wrenches that was not originally there? Thanks.
It ate a lot of plating off of the wrenches! do not leave any tools in vinegar longer than 8 hours, after that you need to check them more often, 6% vinegar is stronger than you think, I know because I have damaged some tools by leaving it in too long! hope I explained this well!
How accurate to measurement are they now?
Sorry but I do not understand your question?
@@shawnwest3779 Sorry had a dumb-axx moment there, they are the same, have not had one that was off, I did leave a couple in the vinegar and ruined them.
Sorry, I understand after being Mr. west showed me the light! they are true to the correct size, the only ones that are not were the ones I left in the vinegar for several days, the plating and finish was corroded off.
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Thanks for the thumbs up!!!.
Cratsmen tools are junk. Hence why i never buy them ever. Tekton tools are my go to for long term reliability and a better investment on top quality.
In the last 5 years I would agree, but tools for Sears where made by JH Williams, Snap-On, Proto, Billings, Wilde tools, so you see you are buying quality, Sears NEVER made tools they where all contracted out, if you want to read a little history you can go to Alloy Artifacts web site and read, this web site has no ads and has history of 96 percent of all tool manufactures!
That's your opinion... I made my living as a mechanic for many years. My tools were primarily Craftsman, with SK, Snap-on, Mack, Proto, and Matco mixed in.
In 25 years I broke sockets, ratchets, breaker bars, combo wrenchs, etc... but I never broke a Craftsman tool, not one. I did wear out the internals in a ratchet, Craftsman simply replaced it as they didn't have the rebuild kit in stock. If they were still the 'old' tools, I'd still buy them. Kobalt from Lowes has been my 'non-professional' replacement.