✔ DiResta Slick Makeover
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 12 ก.ย. 2024
- This Chisel was found bent & broken at an antique shop for 1$
... if the brazing gives out, ill shorten it so please don't bitch.
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that poor chisel though it was going to tool heaven but little did he know he was in DiResta's shop where all old tools are reborn into bigger and better tools ALL HAIL DiResta THE TOOL KING !
FordFracture went to the land of misfit tools and diresta was the ruler
Tool Jesus.
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hahah thank you!
Yet 50 people still did. Thanks for another great year of inspiration Jimmy. Happy Christmas to you and your family.
Man.. I've just started to watch your videos, just the best tips, advice, and all round quality engineering videos on you tube by far. Thanks Jimmy.
Paul Bennett thank you sir!!
Paul, I know somebody with your name. Do you live in AZ?
Paul Bennett I wish I could discover them again!
Thats why I love your work... Nowadays when people break something they just throw it away and buy a new one, but I love restored stuff. There is so much love in a restored piece or tool than in a recently bought one. Good job!
Good job, sir! Glad you saved the tip instead of cutting it shorter.
I find something very noble and satisfying about bringing back an old, damaged or broken tool... Great stuff Jimmy!
These are the types of Diresta videos I miss. Nice work!
I rehabbed an incredibly rusty greenlee 3" boat slick that I bought at a garage sale for a buck. Mine didn't need welding (and I don't know how to yet). But derusting it, sharpening it and turning a new handle for it was so much fun. I don't have any practical use for it, but I like having it hanging on my shop wall. Handle is epoxyed into the socket so I don't cut my toes off next time I pick it up. I don't quite trust rosin for something that heavy, wide and sharp. Keep up the good work, brother.
i like that "ah,that`s why" moments in your videos.
I have those same moments with Primitive Technology.
The first time I tried that burnishing trick with a handful of sawdust on the lathe, I was blown away at the shine I was able to get. Great video jimmy!
Beautiful job Man! That tape template trick for the ferrule is ingenious!
I like how you left the "injury" to the tool more visible than it could have been. I think it keeps the rough history of the tool alive. Great Vid!
DiResta can only do one video every 2 weeks because he has to wait for his arm hairs to grow back!! 😂
Greenlite Concrete Please, he's Italian. It grows back overnight 💪
👍🏻🤣🤣
Thank you, thank you, thank you for restoring that old beauty. I have done the same with my dad’s and added a nice heavy leather sheath. I feel good every time I pick it up and use it. Well done.
I woke up, made breakfast and your video pops up... this is gonna be a good day... You rock Jimmy!
JuanPedroTV eso juan pedro
My very first comment on a TH-cam video ever!!! Simply AMAZING and wonderful work, you truly inspire me. Bringing the old and forgotten back to life is truly an act of greatness. Thank you for all you do!
You never disappoint! I love the character that chisel has with the brazing. Shortening would have removed all proof of it's interesting past. great work!
I got from my grandfather that same chisel. After watching this video you inspired me to restore it to what it looked like brand new. Thanks!
Diresta always listening to Chipmunks radio...
I know, i miss my radio :(
Doan08 it's almost always The Howard Stern Show.
Adam Aronson
Is he related to Alvin?
Sounds like the Chipmunks on meth having an argument.
I like the way you always give a second chance to old tools.
Always a pleasure to watch. Could have salt water etched DIRESTA.
Jerry Whidby I think vinegar works best.
I also have an extreme love for rust. Didn't you have a show before
I absolutely love these restoration videos. It's such an amazing thing to bring a tool back to life, it's actually kinda deep on a spiritual level and beautiful to watch. Great work jimmy. I'd love to see more of these.
FANTASTIC PENCIL SHARPENER !!!!!!! :-)
I have been loving the restoration/repurposing videos that you've been putting out recently.
Fantastic but you missed DIRESTA logo at the end of video Jimmy.
Wow. Love the fix. I wouldn't have thought of doing the braze. Gives it a cool look. Almost like a scar. Real personality for the tool and a story. Nice restore. Keep up the good work! Can't wait to see more.
That's a hell of a lot of work to go to, just to sharpen a pencil. But it looks good.
Love how you can still see where it was bent/broken. Much cooler than just shortening it, I think.
-Rob
that is the coolest pencil sharpener i have ever seen.
Love how the brazing shows through, the color is great. The brazing really added to this tool's story. I think a subtle bronze/brass accent would really make that brazing line pop.
Great restoration Jimmy. Thanks for sharing!
Love it man. I'm in the market for a slick myself. Way to bring this one back to life. Tape measurement trick always makes me smile. Thanks as always Jimmy.
how come you brazed it instead of welding and re-heat treating? I wouldn't trust the heat treat and temper in that slab
it's badass btw. I really wish I had a lathe
Edge Mcsnob
Love the way you can see the weld when you finished. Awesome 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thats Badass Jimmy! Your tig welding skills seem to be improving, congrats on that !
I wish I had the talent you have lost, misplaced, or forgotten, GREAT WORK!
You just gave that old slick another 100 years Jimmy.
Good work.
Working in my shop listening to making it podcast and a new DiResta video comes out awesome start to a morning thank you brother love it !! 😊👍🏻
Can you make a welding cap for your camera so we can see?
Happy to see you weld the bent piece rather than shorten the blade. Awesome work as usual JD!
I'n the first minute i'm like:
"He's not going to save the tip"
"He already said he wasn't going to save the tip"
"Why is he polishing the tip?"
"Wait.... is he?"
"OMG He's going to save the tip!"
God bless ya jimmy. I didn't think you were gonna braze it. Excellent repair.
Hi Jim I just turned 14 and for a present my dad gave a a shed. Your work has inspired me to make cool stuff just like you so I took the shed and turned it into a workshop thank you for posting awsome content hey I live in ny also so hey
Michael Siegle thats awesome! I hope that you become as talented as Jimmy some day.
thank you buddy , good luck! wear your safety glasses!!
Bahaha! Saftey Glasses, who needs those! Its a good thing I can't see anymore, I never have worn em, never will need to wear em!
*this is obviously a joke, I wear them when I'm doing something where stuff can get in my eyes, I prefer to wear my prescriptions though*
Michael Siegle That's an awesome birthday present, dude! Your dad is hella generous.
Awesome restoration job!
2:46 - That's an excellent idea to use adhesive paper to get the shape and area of sheet metal needed to lengthen the conical portion of the handle.
Why aren't you calling these "DiRestorations"?
i pitched a show by that name "DiRestorations" to HGTV .. it lead to a show called Hammered in 2006
restoration is really already a strong paret of his channel so in a way he has already named it. thats my thoughts i could b wrong.where is the diresta logo jimmy ur starting to lack haha kidding i like that u didnt throw the broken end away like u had previously mentioned
Glad to see that slick back in the world of usefulness. Wish I had your luck to find deals like this one. Great job, nice long handle, neat way to extend the socket.
Awesome job my friend there is nothing on Earth that you can't get done bro you are a Master Sir :)
Love these vids where you take something most people would throw away & you give it new life. I must say however, that is the most expensive & over designed pencil sharpener I've ever seen!! LOL!!! Nice work, Jimmy!
7:27 Can i ask you what you are doing there with the sawdust ? Does it acts like a fine sanding?
Think it's basically polishing the wood, since the wood (sawdust) is quite soft, it wont leave any scratches ;)
NeverStopSeeking its like buffing the wood. did you see how shiny it made it?
Burnishing is the term for it, and yes, it's similar to sanding except the point is to use the heat generated from the process to removed the small fibers on the surface of the wood, in this case, oak, I believe.
Wow, i did not know that! thanks for enlightening me guys :)
It's called burnishing. It's something wood turners do to give the piece I nicer feel in the hand. It actually makes a huge difference, one you wouldn't think until you try it yourself.
Holy Moly -brazing and hand turning. Love it.
It's fun to think that knife makers and alike are walking around with patchy arm hair.
Zac Fitzgerald Jimmys hair grows back over night.
Zac Fitzgerald
You have no idea! Woodworkers too.
absolutely love these video recovering or restoring something that most people would consider "old junk" and would have thrown out or recycled
Way to start my day :-)
GMornin Brother :-)
Hugs!! xo
Yay another DiResta vid!
It is a good day when a fellow maker puts up a video for us to enjoy! :)
oh nice...
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I love that you used silicone bronze for the welds. It gives such a nice accent.
It's like a really big chisel? what would it be normally used for?
Great video, loved what you did with the tape.
It's a carpenters slick. It is used in timber framing. You don't hit it like a chisel you push it kind of like a wood plane. That's why the handle is so long. The tape was a slick idea (pun intended)
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thanks
Looking at the break I think it was used (improperly) for wood turning. I can't think of any way(save a sledgehammer) that it would have broken other than someone thinking "large blade means I can turn lots of wood at once!" And snapping it in between the support and the piece. That may have been why the break was at an angle as well.
If you think of the 1000 ways a screwdriver is abused, a lot of them can be done to a chisel too. My guess is it was used to lever up tiles or something.
I love the way Jimmy brings things back to life... Very inspiring.
That is such a cool chisel.
I think we need a new group of nerds.. "DiResta nerds" that can troll you whenever you don't do anything to get trolled by other nerds.
It's awesome to see a framing slick make it back to life. I have two that are prized processions! And I'm irrationally upset how easy you made the taper reconstruction look so easy.
What a nice pencil sharpener you have made 😄
You know, sometimes I think that it's "the doing", not "the done:" that's most important. Jimmy, you are an inspiration!
What a SLICK project!
I like that you fixed it rather than making it shorter like you where thinking in the podcast. Turned out great!
a pencil sharpener???? all that for a pencil sharpener?
Nice restoration. I love the way that you welded it back together instead of simply breaking off the end and sharpening it. Using a contrasting weld colour was also a nice touch. I don't love it when you use Polyurethane though.
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гриха захлебенский О шестеро русских нашлось.Присоеденяюсь
Really happy that you welded it back on!! Looks so much better with that length!
Great video as always!
It's worth more than a dollar now.
best way to start the day is with a Diresta video. Nice job as always!
Sicne you welded the chisel back together doesnt that mean you lost the temper of the metal?
ShopTalk I was thinking the same. He tried to keep it cool with the steel blocks underneath.
ShopTalk due the age of the tool it was most likely forged out of soft metal and at the leading edge a harder piece of material was forge welded on(maybe carbide/tool steel) and the crack was above that piece, therefore not effecting the temper of the leading edge. Also his tig welding process is in that big piece of metal under the slick acting as a heat sink pulls the heat down as apposed to outward effecting the temper. If he used another weld process less precise such as stick welding the results may have been different.
Conrad Kerr look at the sparks when he's grinding the large piece though. Looks like good carbon content
Sharpens the pencil at the end like a boss!!! For sure the old man that bent that never had a clue it would ever get restored!! 👊🏻
How can you stand these chipmunks in your shop?
Great job Jimmy always a pleasure to watch you work.
what is the reason for the nut on the tungsten handle of your torch?
makes it easier to unscrew more leverage
jimmydiresta gotcha, thanks
normally you should only need to hand tighten this if you need more tightening something is worn out ! probably the tungsten shaft because of to much heat !
He said it was for unscrewing it not tightening it, brass threads can get stiff. If by tungsten shaft you mean the electrode, this has nothing to do with the rear cap.
littlestworkshop well if the tungsten gets way overheated it can start to disintegrate, and then the collet needs to be tightened more to grip it, thus making the rear cap tighter.
Great save! And the tape technique as a pattern was really slick.
No name branding/punch? Another sign that the End of Days is close....
Watching your videos seriously puts me in a trance of happiness.
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Nice! I have s sneaking suspicion that you do not intend to actually use that old slick very much. Polyurethane on the handle? Really? That shit will just give you blisters & discolour & ultimately flake & peel off if you do use it to any extent.
Boiled linseed oil & beeswax would suit a tool like that just fine. I also suspect you know all this & just wanted to protect it & look nice & used what you had on hand. Once again, nice job. Good to see old things fixed up, put to use & cared for again. Now if only someone would do that with me.
Imightberiding i personally like poly. Dries fast. Sands well. Blisters? I have them since I was 20. No more room. I Don't like the smell of bol.
He sanded it with his hands, I don't think they get blisters
p1kto Mine don't either. I've had calluses since I was 10 yrs old. I'm in my 50's now. It is just that I have seen varnished handles or any type of poly coating tear hands apart after long use. Also it was a vintage, classic tool that deserved a more classic finish.
honestly BOL and Polly look exactly the same ..once dried and also have the exact texture.. and sand the same.. many go on and on over Linseed oil... it is the exact same a polly in my 30 years of experience with both.
jimmydiresta That was fast. i certainly didn't think you would actually read my comment let alone respond again. Fair enough statement. I essentially agree with you. It is only when i restore older items & furniture that I adhere to using classic products.
I enjoy your channel BTW. You are a very talented fellow. Cheers.
man, I'm loving the tig brazing. it's so overlooked and much stronger than junker pot metal tools.
Lot of work to make a pencil sharpener ;-)
Happy I had the chance to hold that thing in my hands, just before the remake! Cheers!
No glue? I kept expecting you to glue the handle in.
Wooden chisel handles are rarely glued. Even brand new socket chisels come loose.
Because a slick (which is the name of this) is used in forward movements and typically without a hammer, the end is just friction fit so you can change it out later.
Chiseling is a one direction operation. As you use the tool the handle is pushed into the socket. Theres no risk of it coming out really
I was wondering the same thing!
There is no need since the force acting on it only males the taper slide further in.
The clay trick for fitting the handle to the socket was clever. I’ve seen a lot of chisel handles turned but I’ve never seen that done before.
I bet your hands hurt the next couple of days..?
Why? 0.o
Welding burn. :) The arc is like a tanning bed on stereoids. I was "just gonna" once for like 10 minutes, and couldn't sleep for a couple of days from the pain..
I'm pretty sure someone like this, who has worked with his hands for decades, doesn't have a whole lotta pain sensation in his hands anymore.
he does this pretty much every day, and has so for the last 20 or so years. pretty sure his hands either always hurt, or don't hurt at all anymore.
It is always a complete enjoyment watching your work. truly the Godfather. thanks
Was looking forward to this since the vlog. Glad you could save the broken bit. Would've liked to see it used more but thank you for the great video as always.
Awesome job Jimmy, glad to see you kept the length on both ends. And it looks pretty functional to boot. Tools like that aren't meant to do every job (not a prybar lol) but when you need it its the only tool that will work. Merry Christmas to you and yours, and all the folks at the shop too.
You did every single one of your fans justice with this one. Thank you.
didn't see the socket extension coming. Always going above and beyond Jimmy. Nice work
Love watching you bring life back to items that others have tossed aside.
It's awesome you were able to salvage the bent/broken end of the chisel.
The tool restorations are my favorite, but I love all your videos.
Would you look at that, DiResta has done it once again. Fantastic video!
always learn a ton watching these videos; great to see old tools come back to life. you may want to try electrolysis for the rust cleaning; works a lot better than vinegar.
Great video! I like how you brought back a broken tool destined for the scrap heap into a functional tool (with some scars that give it character)
That thing is so cool! Glad you restored the tip as well.
I could watch nothing but tool restorations all day long
Ticonderoga ! Favorite pencil. Great video. Another antique back to life.
Not even normal. Jimmy, you truly are the godfather. Amazing job!
Awesome video! Always enjoy watching your stuff! Thanks for sharing!
this is the most wanted chisel in the world its big, its awesome and its been made by jimmy himself awesome job man
I just love it