Cast iron sewer pipes have the advantage of being quiet. I have been in homes with plastic drain pipes where a flush of an upstairs toilet sounded like Niagara Falls downstairs.
I also like to consider the end of life uses of products. Cast iron and copper pipes can be recycled. PVC and pex end up in landfills. People give cast iron a hard time, because now we’re seeing them rot out and cause problems, but we have to consider that they served their purpose well for nearly a century or more in our homes.
Hi Scoutcrafter! I think the viewer wasn't speaking about auto radiators,they must have been speaking about steam radiators that used to heat rooms back in the day. My elementary school back in the early 1970s had a coal fired furnace that they used to generate steam that heated the classrooms. That tool just may have been used for that.
I didn't say anything in the last video because I am not certain but I believe #7 is a bottle cap opener for those vintage five gallon metal oil buckets.
I had gotten one of those offset chisels from my father-in-law’s stuff after he past away. I hadn’t seen one like this before and wasn’t sure what it was used for, but at some point I had to rip up ceramic floor tiles and I used this chisel to do so. What a joy! The toughness of the steel it was made from and with a hammer tap on the end while positioned to go under the tile- they all popped up one after the other. A great tool! Thanks for explaining what it actually is.
Hi there again from Abu Dhabi! In the box project from last Wednesday, why not add a small plaque on the inside dating your renovation? Say something like "ScoutCrafter NYC March 2023". Oh and please teach us how to do the cool "mystery braid". As always, awesome episodes that are enjoyable to learn from. Thanks!
Hey Scout , I had to learn how to do the oakum joints and pouring the lead with the ladle in High School . We actually had to master it . The funny part is I never ever used it while working as a plumber . 😂 But it sure does bring back memories . 😁
What tools do you like for getting into old brass plumbing (circa 1957-8) when it might be built into a tight space between floor joists on the second floor? I think its 1.5 inch waste drain pipe that my auger was new & misadjusted so it went through the side of the thin waste pipe. You've probably seen it before. But its a nightmare to get into which is why I was thinking I need a locking water pump pliers because I only have the use of one good working hand. Thanks!
@@ScoutCrafter I forgot my cousin's hubby is/was a plumber and he did a lot of government contracts. They still building things very strong when they do. He told me they still use cast iron.
Another good one! We added on to our house in the mid fifties and the plumber installed those cast iron drain pipes horizontally. That difficult chore was enough for me tthat I decided I never wanted to be a plumber.
Oakum actually makes the watertight seal. When water comes in contact with the fibers they expand. The lead is added to protect the oakum and seal the joint.
Great video John.. I was thinking on No.1 is it maybe something to do with heat/temperature, steal and aluminium, maybe aluminium trapping the ball when heating up🤔.. anyway.. great fun.. and love to see all the items and their usages, all the best Rob.
I am not surprised that many of the tools still remain unknown. Most of them appear to very specialized and something the average DIY'er would probably never see/use. The chisel turned out amazing. Thanks for the video!!
Oakum is also used to seal up heritage buildings, such as oak framed houses. Hardly used, although nowadays although necessary to maintain listed buildings sypathetically.
My first house had leaded joints in some of the drain pipes so I was aware the method but didn’t realize that was the tool used. Very interesting to see those old mystery tools.
ScoutCrafter, I have a similar tool to the one that someone identified as a tool for removing a radiator cap. Mine is for screwing in cup hooks and other pieces that can be difficult to grip. There might be a piece missing from inside the cup that fits over the hook and transfers the torque from the handle. Bob
Thanks to everyone who contributed answers, really interesting and amazing that with all that knowledge out there there are still some that are unknown or unsure ! Beautiful job on the Caulking Iron, the facets certainly wouldn't be that even if I did them, I guess I need to practice more !
I should have known what the tool was for packing pipe joints. When I read the comment it hit me. When I moved my parents a couple years ago my dad had a set up for melting the lead and that tool was in the pile. Its floating around here somewhere with the little pot and ladle. The burner piece is gone tho. It looked like it screwed onto something else or a propane tank Im not certain. My dad used it in the 60's early 70's doing sewer and septic work.
The burner probably attached directly to a small & portable 5 gallon propane tank. At least that was what was used when my family home was remodeled ca 1960.
@@danquigg8311 thats what my father said too. It screwed onto a tank and the other end kind of cradled the little pot for melting the lead. The pot I have still has about an inch of lead in it from the last time he used it prob fifty plus years ago.
I remember as a kid the oakum and lead joints. The plumber was named Mitch and was a tobacco chewer. And I also saw a thing for making a knife sharpener. Take PVC and make a bushing to fit a couple of flap wheels facing each other. Make a mandrel to fit the bushing and chuck it in a drill motor. Put the knife blade in the groove between the flap discs and instant knife sharpener. Happy weekend Johnny and God Bless!
Interesting to what the unknown were and used for. I used that tribute tool more than I care to admit, but it worked great for the purpose it was designed for. Thanks for the video sir.
Really cool stuff and such a nice job on that chisel I’m sure that’s really nice and smooth to hold it 🤩 hopefully someone can figure out that cylinder with the steel ball in it that is driving me crazy too
The horror of lead joints! As the young dummy, I was called out to "cork" joints on cast iron bell and spigot pipe. The word on the street was that the code in our burg called for cast iron waste pipe in order to keep a happy homemaker from doing his own plumbing. It must have worked . . . for a while. But, the ease of use finally had master plumbers embracing plastic (thank God!). Don't get me wrong, cast iron makes for a helluva good waste drain system, but what a pain-in-the-ass to install. I'm not sure the lead was needed, I've corked temporary piping with just oakum that sealed perfectly even without the lead. Like anything else, corking the lead in a neat pattern allowed for some artistic expression. The caulking irons I came to despise, were double=ended for use with the two common sized pipe we encountered.
I think the pipe fitting is called ... Bell and spickett. Enjoyed the video. Still waiting for a shop tour John. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
I know what #1 is. It is a nitrous oxide cracker. The ball bearing does not actually belong with it. You place a nitrous cannister (similar to CO2 used in BB GUNS) THE needle at the top punctures the can and as you untwist it allows the gas out
Nice video...been waxing and oiling all my tools now that I moved most of them to the shop ( garage ) unheated got to come up with cheap way to heat it...got a 55,000 torpedo heater for when I'm out there but gota keep it at 60 degrees constantly...🖖
John, I learned that when a surface is truly clean and protected. (like the new car wash ceramic treatments) water wont bead up at all. It will simply not stick and slide off. Sort of like the areas in between the beads!
Yes- However that is when the rust will form- The beading shows the wax and polish finish. You want your tools to bead up, the only time you don’t want beading is before painting so the coating can stick. 😃👍
ive been enjoying your videos and was wondering if you have a video breaking down more step by step on how and what disk you use for your restorations?
I have a small pipe wrench from 1920 that needs restoration, but I’m afraid I will mess it up. I’ve never done a tool restoration before and I don’t think this one should be my first. Have to have a lot of patience to do it
Yeah, that was my thought - a wire in each of the holes, the ball bearing to make the connection and the pin inside to stop the ball from crushing the wires. Perhaps a type of tilt-switch for the fuel shut off pumps in vehicles or aircraft? Or an explosives trembler device?
Number 1 is for popping open a CO2 cylinder, or Nitrous Oxide to fill a balloon at a Grateful Dead concert ! I think the ball bearing got put in there just because it fits!
Great video as always.... The caulking iron turned out great - BUT - I was really disappointed that the name stamp was almost completely polished away. Do you have any plans to try to recreate the stamping (maybe with your engraving machine, or metal stamp)..??? I know this is a common, recurring problem, but it detracts from the tool's image and history. If you clamp the ring expander around a large can or something similar, the outer arms will stop and the inner parts with the small hooks for the ring gap will open expanding the ring to fit around the piston. The light-duty tool (#3) could be an expander tool for the mouth of a rubber or plastic hose, like a fuel line or vacuum hose to allow the hose to fit over the corresponding nipple. The middle lever allows the tool to fit many different sizes of flex-line...
My curiosity is getting the best of me, what is that bent nail on a string at 9:10? It’s might be nothing but I know you make your own tools for certain things sometimes!
@@ScoutCrafter I haven’t seen a steam radiator in 30 plus years but I thought I remember using a similar tool to close the valve. Maybe I’m just getting old😂
Looks like "Jon" in the comments has number 1 figured out. It's for opening/piercing Nitrous Oxide Cylinders (which is like a co2 pellet-gun cylinder). Seems the legitimate use would be for charging a whipped cream dispenser and the not so legitimate use is for filling balloons then inhaling to get high.......The ball bearing seems like someone just put in there and has nothing to do with it's function.
Could number three be a hog nose ring expander and closer I have seen tools similar used for pigs nose rings great video scout god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿👍🍀💪
John, I’d need a better look but wondering if you mystery #1 is a ball bearing tilt switch? Missing the +/- wires, but ball bearing would close the circuit when tilted.
I still think number 10 is a homemade or different brand version of a KD tools no 917. When I saw that video it was around 1 am and I couldn't sleep afterwards, I just knew I had seen that tool before. I had to get up and go search the gargage. I have the KD tools one from my dad. You were so close in the original video talking about hitting something around an obstruction. I tried adding a link last time and it blocks my comment. Search KD tools no 917 and there is a link to the ntractorclub with a copy of the tools manual with a pictures of how its used. I have the valve seat puller too. I think my dad had them to rebuild his 2N Ford tractor.
To my way of thinking, your 'restoration' of the tribute tool was ruinous. You ground all the character of the tool to the winds of time. It is now deformed from end to end. A proper restoration as I'd have done would involve light file work on any dings or edges needing to be resharpened, a citric acid bath followed by burnishing with a semi soft wire wheel, finally wiping it down with boiled linseed oil, character intact, and full dimensions as produced new. That is a restoration, as opposed to an alteration.
Cast iron sewer pipes have the advantage of being quiet. I have been in homes with plastic drain pipes where a flush of an upstairs toilet sounded like Niagara Falls downstairs.
Ian- I never even considered that advantage! 😃👍
Yup !
They are also smaller in diameter than plastic.
I also like to consider the end of life uses of products. Cast iron and copper pipes can be recycled. PVC and pex end up in landfills. People give cast iron a hard time, because now we’re seeing them rot out and cause problems, but we have to consider that they served their purpose well for nearly a century or more in our homes.
Number 10 is for pulling the valve guide keepers on Flathead Ford V8 engines.
Hi Scoutcrafter! I think the viewer wasn't speaking about auto radiators,they must have been speaking about steam radiators that used to heat rooms back in the day. My elementary school back in the early 1970s had a coal fired furnace that they used to generate steam that heated the classrooms. That tool just may have been used for that.
That was my thought as well.
I didn't say anything in the last video because I am not certain but I believe #7 is a bottle cap opener for those vintage five gallon metal oil buckets.
I had gotten one of those offset chisels from my father-in-law’s stuff after he past away. I hadn’t seen one like this before and wasn’t sure what it was used for, but at some point I had to rip up ceramic floor tiles and I used this chisel to do so. What a joy! The toughness of the steel it was made from and with a hammer tap on the end while positioned to go under the tile- they all popped up one after the other. A great tool! Thanks for explaining what it actually is.
It was fun learning what most of the mystery tools were!
Hi there again from Abu Dhabi!
In the box project from last Wednesday, why not add a small plaque on the inside dating your renovation? Say something like "ScoutCrafter NYC March 2023".
Oh and please teach us how to do the cool "mystery braid".
As always, awesome episodes that are enjoyable to learn from. Thanks!
Look in the description of the box video and it shows how to make that cool mystery braid! Thanks so much!
Great sbow. Like the guess that tool. That ugly tool looks almost like a pallet wrecking bar.
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Hey Scout , I had to learn how to do the oakum joints and pouring the lead with the ladle in High School . We actually had to master it . The funny part is I never ever used it while working as a plumber . 😂 But it sure does bring back memories . 😁
As outdated as it seems I believe there are still places that still do it! 😃👍
What tools do you like for getting into old brass plumbing (circa 1957-8) when it might be built into a tight space between floor joists on the second floor? I think its 1.5 inch waste drain pipe that my auger was new & misadjusted so it went through the side of the thin waste pipe. You've probably seen it before. But its a nightmare to get into which is why I was thinking I need a locking water pump pliers because I only have the use of one good working hand. Thanks!
@@ScoutCrafter I forgot my cousin's hubby is/was a plumber and he did a lot of government contracts. They still building things very strong when they do. He told me they still use cast iron.
Hello John, great information about all those old tools. 👍 Nice restoration on the chisel like always.
Another good one! We added on to our house in the mid fifties and the plumber installed those cast iron drain pipes horizontally. That difficult chore was enough for me tthat I decided I never wanted to be a plumber.
Another great video! It was fun to see what those tools were! Excellent job on that tool! Happy St Patrick's Day! And have a Super weekend!
Happy st Patrick’s day John always enjoy the content
Number 3 are indeed Gilmer tire repair pliers originally patented in 1912, if you look closely around the rivet it should be stamped as such
Thanks for letting us know what the mystery tools are used for
Oakum actually makes the watertight seal. When water comes in contact with the fibers they expand. The lead is added to protect the oakum and seal the joint.
Intresting video! I enjoyed that. Those facets are not easy to do right, I learned the hard way.. Thank you and I hope you’ll have a great weekend!
If ever I mess them up really bad I’ll make the handle round. 😂👍
Great video John.. I was thinking on No.1 is it maybe something to do with heat/temperature, steal and aluminium, maybe aluminium trapping the ball when heating up🤔.. anyway.. great fun.. and love to see all the items and their usages, all the best Rob.
I am not surprised that many of the tools still remain unknown. Most of them appear to very specialized and something the average DIY'er would probably never see/use. The chisel turned out amazing. Thanks for the video!!
"Snoop" tanks for sharing, hope all is well...
Oakum is also used to seal up heritage buildings, such as oak framed houses. Hardly used, although nowadays although necessary to maintain listed buildings sypathetically.
My first house had leaded joints in some of the drain pipes so I was aware the method but didn’t realize that was the tool used. Very interesting to see those old mystery tools.
Roger Wakefield has a plumbing channel and he recently demonstrated a lead an oakum joint
Awesome! My TH-cam and Tic Tok accounts have several "Whatzit Wednesday" items....
.. it was a fun run of clips.
ScoutCrafter,
I have a similar tool to the one that someone identified as a tool for removing a radiator cap. Mine is for screwing in cup hooks and other pieces that can be difficult to grip. There might be a piece missing from inside the cup that fits over the hook and transfers the torque from the handle.
Bob
Great video again. Great info. Have a great weekend. 👍❤.
Very interesting and educational today. Thank You for sharing John
Great episode,love the 50/50 wrench,and very informative as usual,thanks again
That chisel came out nice! Most those items I'd never would have figured out...always nice to learn! Thanks!! Have a great weekend Mr. John!
That was fascinating! I learnd quite a bit from all of the tool you showed. Thanks to you and William Smith for this tutorial.
Well done Scout, I knew you would come through 👍👍👍 Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
A lot of interesting tools there and some good feedback because I had no idea. And nice restoration on the chisel. Came out great!
I think that tool No. 1 was an early version of a fidget spinner. When you are trying to invent something, your first efforts don't always work out
Thanks to everyone who contributed answers, really interesting and amazing that with all that knowledge out there there are still some that are unknown or unsure !
Beautiful job on the Caulking Iron, the facets certainly wouldn't be that even if I did them, I guess I need to practice more !
that one unidentified tool looks like a light socket ring tool in metal. most of them are plastic now.
I should have known what the tool was for packing pipe joints. When I read the comment it hit me. When I moved my parents a couple years ago my dad had a set up for melting the lead and that tool was in the pile. Its floating around here somewhere with the little pot and ladle. The burner piece is gone tho. It looked like it screwed onto something else or a propane tank Im not certain. My dad used it in the 60's early 70's doing sewer and septic work.
The burner probably attached directly to a small & portable 5 gallon propane tank. At least that was what was used when my family home was remodeled ca 1960.
@@danquigg8311 thats what my father said too. It screwed onto a tank and the other end kind of cradled the little pot for melting the lead. The pot I have still has about an inch of lead in it from the last time he used it prob fifty plus years ago.
I remember as a kid the oakum and lead joints. The plumber was named Mitch and was a tobacco chewer. And I also saw a thing for making a knife sharpener. Take PVC and make a bushing to fit a couple of flap wheels facing each other. Make a mandrel to fit the bushing and chuck it in a drill motor. Put the knife blade in the groove between the flap discs and instant knife sharpener. Happy weekend Johnny and God Bless!
Interesting to what the unknown were and used for. I used that tribute tool more than I care to admit, but it worked great for the purpose it was designed for. Thanks for the video sir.
"Tribute Finish" Well put. Another fantastic job. Thanks.
Thank you kindly!
Really cool stuff and such a nice job on that chisel I’m sure that’s really nice and smooth to hold it 🤩 hopefully someone can figure out that cylinder with the steel ball in it that is driving me crazy too
They did make hex radiator caps as far back as model T. The tool could be for that. Thanks for showing these tools.
Hi john that number 7 is defo for taking brass caps on fuel \oil tanks john uk
The horror of lead joints! As the young dummy, I was called out to "cork" joints on cast iron bell and spigot pipe. The word on the street was that the code in our burg called for cast iron waste pipe in order to keep a happy homemaker from doing his own plumbing. It must have worked . . . for a while. But, the ease of use finally had master plumbers embracing plastic (thank God!). Don't get me wrong, cast iron makes for a helluva good waste drain system, but what a pain-in-the-ass to install. I'm not sure the lead was needed, I've corked temporary piping with just oakum that sealed perfectly even without the lead. Like anything else, corking the lead in a neat pattern allowed for some artistic expression. The caulking irons I came to despise, were double=ended for use with the two common sized pipe we encountered.
I agree! PVC for waste pipe is so easy to work with!!!!
That tool at 6:06 is for removing the clips that hold the valve guides in a Ford Flathead V8 engine.
I think the pipe fitting is called ...
Bell and spickett.
Enjoyed the video.
Still waiting for a shop tour John.
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
Oh boy! No wonder I didn’t know what any of that stuff was.😮
He He, thanks for the mention on mystery tool #7. I was only guessing
I know what #1 is. It is a nitrous oxide cracker. The ball bearing does not actually belong with it. You place a nitrous cannister (similar to CO2 used in BB GUNS) THE needle at the top punctures the can and as you untwist it allows the gas out
Nice video...been waxing and oiling all my tools now that I moved most of them to the shop ( garage ) unheated got to come up with cheap way to heat it...got a 55,000 torpedo heater for when I'm out there but gota keep it at 60 degrees constantly...🖖
Torpedo heaters are so cool- It’s like running a small jet engine in your shop! 😃👍
John, I learned that when a surface is truly clean and protected. (like the new car wash ceramic treatments) water wont bead up at all. It will simply not stick and slide off. Sort of like the areas in between the beads!
Yes- However that is when the rust will form- The beading shows the wax and polish finish. You want your tools to bead up, the only time you don’t want beading is before painting so the coating can stick. 😃👍
Hi John. Could the radiator key be for the old style domestic radiator valves. They became real hot.
Could #3 be a spoke adjuster?
ive been enjoying your videos and was wondering if you have a video breaking down more step by step on how and what disk you use for your restorations?
Here’s one! th-cam.com/video/fYTWHp56rSg/w-d-xo.html
Ternyata barang perlengkapan pahat atau palu atau gunting dan lain lain nya sangat berharga sekali disana ya pak👍🙋♂️
Yes! People always love tools of all types! Thanks!
I have a small pipe wrench from 1920 that needs restoration, but I’m afraid I will mess it up. I’ve never done a tool restoration before and I don’t think this one should be my first. Have to have a lot of patience to do it
Your always best off practicing with easier and less valuable tools. It doesn’t take long before you are really making old tools usable again! 😃👍
Is there a possibility that #3 is to hold a bike tire to one side to insert a inner tube or grab and remove the tire by pealing it over the rim?
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John I bet number one is part of a switch.
Yeah, that was my thought - a wire in each of the holes, the ball bearing to make the connection and the pin inside to stop the ball from crushing the wires.
Perhaps a type of tilt-switch for the fuel shut off pumps in vehicles or aircraft? Or an explosives trembler device?
@@Vandal_Savage right.
I wonder if that was a seal puller that someone heated up and bent to that shape for a different purpose.
Number 1 is for popping open a CO2 cylinder, or Nitrous Oxide to fill a balloon at a Grateful Dead concert ! I think the ball bearing got put in there just because it fits!
I'm so curious about #1 item, I got to know what it is. If you find out do an update.
Great video as always.... The caulking iron turned out great - BUT - I was really disappointed that the name stamp was almost completely polished away. Do you have any plans to try to recreate the stamping (maybe with your engraving machine, or metal stamp)..??? I know this is a common, recurring problem, but it detracts from the tool's image and history.
If you clamp the ring expander around a large can or something similar, the outer arms will stop and the inner parts with the small hooks for the ring gap will open expanding the ring to fit around the piston. The light-duty tool (#3) could be an expander tool for the mouth of a rubber or plastic hose, like a fuel line or vacuum hose to allow the hose to fit over the corresponding nipple. The middle lever allows the tool to fit many different sizes of flex-line...
Next time I’m in the attic I will run it under the engraver. 😃👍
Selamat siang Pak🙏🙋♂️
My curiosity is getting the best of me, what is that bent nail on a string at 9:10? It’s might be nothing but I know you make your own tools for certain things sometimes!
Hester That bent nail is the hook that holds that big Williams wrench next to the sewer pipe- Like a “S” hook! 😃👍
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The radiator cap handle not for auto radiator. For old steam radiators in houses 😊
Where is that cap? I have 20 steam radiators in my house. I never seen a cap like that? 🤔👍
@@ScoutCrafter I haven’t seen a steam radiator in 30 plus years but I thought I remember using a similar tool to close the valve. Maybe I’m just getting old😂
Looks like "Jon" in the comments has number 1 figured out. It's for opening/piercing Nitrous Oxide Cylinders (which is like a co2 pellet-gun cylinder). Seems the legitimate use would be for charging a whipped cream dispenser and the not so legitimate use is for filling balloons then inhaling to get high.......The ball bearing seems like someone just put in there and has nothing to do with it's function.
I think I was beaten by that Uglybar.😜🤪
Could number three be a hog nose ring expander and closer I have seen tools similar used for pigs nose rings great video scout god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿👍🍀💪
This is very light duty. Most of the hog ring tools I see are very strong. 🤔👍
John, I’d need a better look but wondering if you mystery #1 is a ball bearing tilt switch? Missing the +/- wires, but ball bearing would close the circuit when tilted.
Hey John, have your tried a Google reverse image search for the few tools we can't identify? Have a great weekend.
I never have luck with that reverse image search- everything comes back Kim Kardashian. 😂😂😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter I’m dying!
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I still think number 10 is a homemade or different brand version of a KD tools no 917. When I saw that video it was around 1 am and I couldn't sleep afterwards, I just knew I had seen that tool before. I had to get up and go search the gargage. I have the KD tools one from my dad. You were so close in the original video talking about hitting something around an obstruction. I tried adding a link last time and it blocks my comment. Search KD tools no 917 and there is a link to the ntractorclub with a copy of the tools manual with a pictures of how its used. I have the valve seat puller too. I think my dad had them to rebuild his 2N Ford tractor.
Holy cow Matt! I think you are right! 😃👍
#1 I’m guessing is some sort of a tilting switch?🤔
To my way of thinking, your 'restoration' of the tribute tool was ruinous. You ground all the character of the tool to the winds of time. It is now deformed from end to end. A proper restoration as I'd have done would involve light file work on any dings or edges needing to be resharpened, a citric acid bath followed by burnishing with a semi soft wire wheel, finally wiping it down with boiled linseed oil, character intact, and full dimensions as produced new. That is a restoration, as opposed to an alteration.
Gotcha 👍👍🔩🔩
Cheers mate!