When my dad passed away we were handed a flag in one of the triangular cases. He was a WWII Navy veteran. When my mother passed we buried them both together. The VFW honor guard wanted that flag to present to me and my brother at the grave site. After the presentation the commander came up to me and inserted three casings from the rifle salute. One for honor, one for service, and one for loyalty. He also inserted the U.S. Navy prayer in the folds of the flag. He made a comment about all the marker flags fluttering in the wind. He said the wind isn't making the flags move, it was the last breath of the dead, welcoming one more soul.
Found the first thing with which we disagree! the f clamps are far superior to the quick grip clamps! at least.... in woodworking. I haven't had a lot of work to use them in my tool restorations... Love the work, keep it up!
"Usually I do colors" However, in the true spirit of Henry Ford referring to his early models. Para phrasing Mr. Ford: "There IS a color choice. It's black." Great presentation as always. I am working on one now. Soaked the pin for a month. Still will not budge. Guess I will follow your lead and cut it out. We found this wrench at our friends farm in the milk house. That is where it will return to upon restoration completion.👍🌞 Moo
Thanks for buying that beautiful flag and saving it. The colors were gorgeous. The Ford auto wrench turned out great, enjoyed the video. Glad that the wrench was a-Ford-able, only a dollar, well worth it after you restored it.
By the way valley forge flag company is about an hour and a half away from me! I'm in the Poconos. I searched the company right when I saw the company name. Makes me so happy to know a great company not far from me is still making the best flag known to mankind.🇺🇲
The bar clamps, like your little one, are not as easy to use for sure. They need two hands and a helper to set. I have a bunch of the blue HF bar clamps with the stacked washer clutch, because they are nice for glue ups. I do the dry assembly then layout the clamps on another bench. The Irwin Quick Grips are indeed the best. They just don't have the reach of the bar clamps. For giant reach jobs pipe clamps are cool because you can thread together lengths of pipe as far as you want. Ryan and I used them to pull a 20 foot barn wall straight when we sided it. You can never have too many clamps. 😁😎
Lewie McNeely is still being held in YT Shadow Ban Jail. No apparent reason other than they won't help. He commented on this vid but it is hidden. 😡🤬 He said, "I ended up with 4 Irwins. the regular size and some longer. if it needs longer the pipes come out, or chains, or maybe the splitter, rough castings work the best..." That's all I can see because the notifications are always cut off. That is lame that a subscriber who isn't blocked, hasn't had a strike, doesn't cuss, or call anyone names, and is a gentleman at all times is blocked from doing something he obviously enjoys doing.
I have some of those cheap short clamps I bought from our local dollar store. They're not bad once you make one improvement: I grind/file the notches in the back of the main bar. They need to be deeper. This gives them plenty of grip and makes the clamp a champ!
I have stopped my bus full of passengers to retrieve a flag that was in the garbage. It was hanging out like it was a just thrown in without regard. The sad thing is there was nothing wrong with it!
Rest in Peace to our Fallen Heroes. I picked up 2 of the visegrip clamps at a garage sale for $1 each. They had rusty bars so the lady said they were only good for parts. Some penetrating fluid and I forgot about them for a couple of months. Needed one so I did a quick wire wheel and they work like new. Quality Tools!!
My auto wrench is used to loosen the wire brush from a 4” right angle grinder. The narrow profile fits between the brush base and the grinder motor. If you thought your wrench was badly pitted, you do not want to see mine. It had laid on New Jersey sand for years as the adjuster for the lawn sprinkler system. Yours looks great!
It's always a good day when Scoutcrafter tackles an old auto wrench. Great video. I like these old wrenches too because they are relatively cheap and are nice artifacts from our early auto age. As a result I have a number of them. Ford script wrenches cost more and to pay $1 is a good deal. Your restoration is great without going over the top. In my experience, the thumb wheel pins are the most tedious part of one of these restorations. Even a wrench with a screw in pin is no guarantee of a hassle free resto. Thanks
I get such a kick out of you getting so wound up over super rusted pitted old wrenches ....Then you make them so smooth and polished like it was carried around in you pocket every day
I have an unnamed auto wrench that was my wife's father's tool. I have been wanting to do that to it for some time, but I don't want to screw it up :). You make it look easy.
My wife and I both really enjoy vintage circus paraphernalia, with a particular focus on the side show / freak show. We have collected all kinds of ephemera from this world. One year on her birthday, I bought my wife the ultimate gift, an original eight sheet Otis lithograph print. These were typically printed on newsprint quality paper, it is very rare for them to last. This one was from 1938, and had been carefully attached to archival linen to prolong its life. You probably already know this, but an eight sheet is the largest size poster from back in the day. It is about 9 and 1/2 ft tall and about 7 ft wide. The funny part of the story is that I did not think to measure our walls prior to purchase. There was no where in the house where it could be hung. That birthday gift sat in a tube for 7 years until we moved. The day that we moved in, the first job was figuring out where to hang this damn thing. The new house had lofted ceilings, we figured there would be hundreds of possible locations. It's a big house too, there are only two spots in the entire house where it is possible to hang, and one of them would hide some very exotic wood paneling. So yeah, measure before you buy. It was easily our most expensive piece to date at the time.
I remember seeing "Freaks" (1932) for the first time as a youngster and not appreciating just how well done that movie was. I am sure you and your wife have seen it... =D I had a friend who collected vintage large Bicycle posters from the golden age.. Amazing artwork.
I remember seeing "Freaks" (1932) for the first time as a youngster and not appreciating just how well done that movie was. I am sure you and your wife have seen it... =D I had a friend who collected vintage large Bicycle posters from the golden age.. Amazing artwork.
@@ScoutCrafter I have definitely seen it, I own it. It is getting a new audience of appreciation lately. What got us into it was a coffee table book about circus freaks published by a photographer. Just these incredibly sharp images of people living the sideshow life. It's kind of fascinating the ways that profoundly disabled people found their own niche in society where they could earn a living with dignity. In different ways, freaks have found that way to make a living all over the world in similar ways. We learned about a town in Florida where pretty much all old circus people go to die and visited, fascinating group of people. Some of the best and most random stories I've ever heard I heard there. If you enjoy fiction at all, I cannot recommend the book "Geek Love" more highly.
I have a 9-inch auto wrench (cleaned but not restored) which is very useful in plumbing applications. Lightweight and small, but with 2.5-inch jaws. Works great for P-trap type nuts, couplers and valve stem nuts where little torque is needed.
John another nice save. As far as the adjustable bar clamp goes, you need to make bigger handles for them. I have used them for over 50 years. With the bigger handle you can tighten them so much the bars bend or they start to pull out from the head. The plastic ones grip , but not enough for me. I’ll stay with my old clamps, most are older then me. Thank You
I have 8 quick grip clamps I inhereted when I moved into my grandpas home. He had alot of those that you turn the handles to tighten also. If the quick grip clamps get buildup and start not tightening you can pry the cover off and take apart and clean them.
Those F style clamp handles can be improved greatly by wrapping the handles with the tape that hockey players use to wrap their hockey sticks. It feels much better in your hand and gives you a much better grip if you want to add a lot of pressure when using the clamp.
Love my quickgrip clamps. I need more of them and have been thinking about giving the Irwin a try. Nice job on the Ford auto wrench. Thank You for sharing
Brilliant restoration as usual great video I use an auto wrench now and again in plumbing and pipe fitting for the slim jaws there useful in the right application 👍
The wrench looks fantastic!I was really impressed with how nice it turned out. The information on the flag was very interesting. Thanks for this tutorial.
I've always wondered why I couldn't find the same quick grip clamps as I saw in your videos, now I know! Where I'm at I probably never will.. But your right clamps of that style are much nicer to use. The wrench came out great, really like the grey. Hope you're having a great Wednesday!
Nice job on the autowrench, as usual. Looks terrific now. I have some of the small Bessey clamps. Handy for small items, but the moveable jaw slips often. I love the Vise Grip one handed clamps. I have several of different lengths. Vise Grip was purchased by Irwin, who was purchased by Newell who sold Irwin to Stanley Black and Decker, so now DeWalt and Vise Grip are the same parent. Dave.
I feel the exact opposite about the clamps. I'll take the acme thread and small handle over the plastic squeeze handles, never can get those tight. Different strokes!
I have one of those Ford wrenches somewhere waiting to be done. Love the quick grip clamps. I use mine all the time. The HarborFreight knock offs aren’t bad either, much better than the other style you showed. I pictured you folding that flag up like a Marine. It is such a solemn ceremony to see a veteran’s burial. My dad’s funeral in February featured two sailors from the Navy, with one playing Taps. I always look forward to your videos.
I like the way the auto wrench looks as well. But definitely something I wouldn’t have in my work tool box. Just not an efficient design. Beautiful flag. Looks like the best materials used to make that. Fun video!
I also have a flag that I folded myself (I was in Scouting over 30 years ago), which is now behind glass in a shadowbox with a small steel vial of my biological father's ashes [He served in the Army during the Cold War].
Beautiful restoration on the wrench John. They are a fun project and that why i picked one for my first project. They are very cheap to buy so no great loss if you ruin it.👍🇺🇸Roger
Based on your videos I decided to grind the jaws thinner so I didn't have to buy a pedal wrench. It works great when I use an air chisel attachment! (which I ground concave to fit the wrench)
I got a burial flag out of a barn attic when I was a kid. It had 48 stars, but unfortunately was so rotted it basically disintegrated. That wrench just goes to show you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear 😊. Great job.
The wrench turned out great. I love the bessey and wilton F clamps. I killed my quick grips when i accidentaly left them clamped to a welding project....quick grip fires are no fun 😱🤣🤣. Cheers
Ive seen way to many of those flags on my brothers caskets. On a less bummer topic, I just yesterday found one of those Ford wrenches buried in the back of a dirt floor shop that came with the property I bought I have it soaking right now in some MMO, Like you I dig these old wrenches, there very cool kinda useless. I also found a whole bunch of files also soaking. I so enjoy your uploads!
I really enjoy the pistol grip vise grip clamps the dewalt ones don't have the same gripping force, and the oversized I-beam style bar clamps, vintage of course.
I cannot agree more about the quick grip clamps. I always pick them up at car boot sales and with the largest ones now £42 ($50) in the big box stores they are a bargain if someone is asking £5 for them, particularly if the are the older style. I like the one handed clamps based on the same principle as the silicon sealant guns as well which are often only a £1 a piece. Can never have too many clamps 😁.
I have some of the quick grip older ones like you showed and they are awesome. The new quick grip ones that are blue don't work as well. Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
I have seen restoration videos of rusty pitted metal items, where the restorer used body filler or welded in metal, to smooth out the pits. They sanded and painted the items. Some even use powder coated. Variety is the spice of life!
Another fantastic video Crafter can you please do a video on cold bluing metal???? I I would love to hear your input and all you know about it! God bless!!!
Wow that wrench looks great. Ford put tool kits in vehicles from Model T into the 1940's Im to understand. Also, if you see a wrench with the Ford script but no plug wrench on bottom, that would have been in a tool kit in a Ford tractor. Beautiful resto on that wrench!
I just prefer old style clamps over the quick clamps... They have much,much bigger clamping power and tend to be much stronger.... You can be welding next to them without any risk of damaging or melt them.... But I like only older clamps with strong spindle on them... These new clams are so week that if you apply to much pressure they will bend...
About them clamps... I like my quick clamps too, but they can only handle that much force. Iv got some big ol' F Clamps. they are my goto clamps when i dont want to mess around. Funny thing, they were actually a Junkyard rescue.
I have had those exact Irwin clamps for years (just like yours), but they have always been a pain for me. They can't grip like a normal F-clamp and the pads always slip. I use them for only "Winnie" duty stuff, like holding something so I can get a real clamp on it. When I need a real clamp I would never pick one of them.
@@ScoutCrafter you know I'm sure your fans will understand if you miss a day every once in awhile. I bet you were the type to still go to work with pneumonia and two broke legs 🤣🤣
Hey Scout, another great video. You don’t like F clamps? Well have I got a clamp for you, watch this space. I modified a couple of those quick grip clamps to use on a track saw and found that the metal bars are hardened steel, I guess that’s why they don’t bend. Ya gotta pay for quality. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
I've used my auto wrench on occasion. When you're faced with a huge nut often your only choice is a pipe wrench or an auto wrench (unless you have a collection of giant open end wrenches).
Those Ford wrenches are are actually monkey wrenches, considered obsolete now, replaced by the crescent wrench. I like them better because even though they are smaller than my biggest crescent wrench they will open much wider and I can use them when I have no other wrench that will work. I actually have two of them. . . . one for Metric and the other for SAE. Actually I bought one at a swap meet, because I liked the one my dad had, and now I have his too. I have used them for the nut on the spindle holding front wheel bearings, getting drain pipes loose under sinks, and earlier this year needed it to install a pole that tightens up between the ceiling and floor so my wife can grab it to get into the shower easier. That was probably the biggest I've used it for, probably at least 2 inches wide.
Thank you so much for this video! This is the EXACT wrench I have that was my grandfather's. I've been procrastinating restoring it, for fear of messing it up. Now I have a how-to video! 😁 One question, I assume you had to tap the wrench to accommodate the threaded pin you made, correct? Also, now I know what that weird tip is for. Hope I can do half as well as you did. Thanks again!
If I recall correctly the square end on the handle denotes 1926-1927 model T Ford. I have a few of these in my collection. Yours looks better than factory. These were always painted black.
I'm sure you've been asked a thousand times but what do you use for grinding the metal to remove the pitting? On the grinder? Do you have a video that shows more details? Thanks for teaching me so much. 👍
@@ScoutCrafter I have 6 of them and I rotate them when they get torn. We have to have a awning company fix them. They cost about five thousand dollars a piece.
Hey SC. How about doing some brass compasses you used in the scouts or military? Pls. That old auto wrench sure came out good. Also was VERY a- Ford- able tool for your use. I still have some use for those types of wrench. My stepfather wouldn't let me use his good tools. So I did my bicycle & other repairs with those wrenches, different pliers, different knife multitools, etc. Got my own tools when I got a job & own car. I keep some of those types of auto wrench by My utility shutoff. You need a haircut, fella.
I couldn't agree with you more regarding those f clamps that have to can't over to lock. Absolutely hate those. The quick grip ones are fantastic particularly when you have to mount something by yourself, but they are garbage when it comes to metal on metal clamping. They shift all over the place and cannot get very tight. I did think it was worth mentioning that despite the design being similar, the heavy duty f clamps that harbor freight sells now, you also see them very often with fixture tables, those are a whole other animal. While they do require the moving arm to cant, they lock up very solidly and they are fantastic for metal on metal, you can really crank them down, and they have a sort of thrust bearing on the clamp cup so it does not spin as you are tightening at all. I know that almost all of them are designed to spin, but my experience is that once they have sufficient force on them, there is too much friction and they cannot spin, causing the work to misalign. I think they are one of the few items from HF that are consistently great tools.
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When my dad passed away we were handed a flag in one of the triangular
cases. He was a WWII Navy veteran.
When my mother passed we buried them both together.
The VFW honor guard wanted that flag to present to me and my brother at the grave site. After the presentation the commander came up to me and inserted three casings from the rifle salute. One for honor, one for service, and one for loyalty. He also inserted the U.S. Navy prayer in the folds of the flag. He made a comment about all the marker flags fluttering in the wind. He said the wind isn't making the flags move, it was the last breath of the dead, welcoming one more soul.
I have that same flag I found it in my great grandfather's house. He was in the navy.
Ya can't holler for a Dollar!! Well done Mate!!☺
Found the first thing with which we disagree! the f clamps are far superior to the quick grip clamps! at least.... in woodworking. I haven't had a lot of work to use them in my tool restorations...
Love the work, keep it up!
I received the flag from my father’s funeral (Korean War vet) and built a flag case for it. Best woodworking
project I ever did! Thanks for the video.
"Usually I do colors"
However, in the true spirit of Henry Ford referring to his early models. Para phrasing Mr. Ford: "There IS a color choice. It's black."
Great presentation as always. I am working on one now. Soaked the pin for a month. Still will not budge. Guess I will follow your lead and cut it out. We found this wrench at our friends farm in the milk house. That is where it will return to upon restoration completion.👍🌞 Moo
Thanks for buying that beautiful flag and saving it. The colors were gorgeous. The Ford auto wrench turned out great, enjoyed the video. Glad that the wrench was a-Ford-able, only a dollar, well worth it after you restored it.
I have carried that exact wrench which appears to be japanned for 20 years in my antique steel lunch box. It's my backup tool kit in my vehicle.
By the way valley forge flag company is about an hour and a half away from me! I'm in the Poconos. I searched the company right when I saw the company name. Makes me so happy to know a great company not far from me is still making the best flag known to mankind.🇺🇲
I like the way you softened it like it was tumbled in the dryer for a month.
RB- I love that look! Like the turnstile bars in the subway. =D
Nice job I like those Ford wrenches. Thanks 😊 🙏
That's exactly the type of flag I mentioned after your last video. The wrench is excellent!
The bar clamps, like your little one, are not as easy to use for sure. They need two hands and a helper to set.
I have a bunch of the blue HF bar clamps with the stacked washer clutch, because they are nice for glue ups. I do the dry assembly then layout the clamps on another bench.
The Irwin Quick Grips are indeed the best. They just don't have the reach of the bar clamps.
For giant reach jobs pipe clamps are cool because you can thread together lengths of pipe as far as you want. Ryan and I used them to pull a 20 foot barn wall straight when we sided it.
You can never have too many clamps. 😁😎
Lewie McNeely is still being held in YT Shadow Ban Jail. No apparent reason other than they won't help.
He commented on this vid but it is hidden. 😡🤬
He said, "I ended up with 4 Irwins. the regular size and some longer. if it needs longer the pipes come out, or chains, or maybe the splitter, rough castings work the best..."
That's all I can see because the notifications are always cut off.
That is lame that a subscriber who isn't blocked, hasn't had a strike, doesn't cuss, or call anyone names, and is a gentleman at all times is blocked from doing something he obviously enjoys doing.
I have some of those cheap short clamps I bought from our local dollar store. They're not bad once you make one improvement: I grind/file the notches in the back of the main bar. They need to be deeper. This gives them plenty of grip and makes the clamp a champ!
Flea market score.
Can leave empty handed. 😁😎
Fantastic job on the auto wrench John, another tool saved from the bin 😁👍
Nice job... that thing was in terrible shape... looks fantastic now, Mr. John!
I’ve folded many of those flags on funeral detail. I’m so glad you purchased that and will look after it!
I have stopped my bus full of passengers to retrieve a flag that was in the garbage. It was hanging out like it was a just thrown in without regard. The sad thing is there was nothing wrong with it!
Just a wrench but what a nice rebirth...
Another top job ...
Nobody beats the Crafterman....
I like the look with the rounded over edges. It kinda gives the impression of a old car fender.
The shellac finish looks great on that Ford wrench!
Rest in Peace to our Fallen Heroes. I picked up 2 of the visegrip clamps at a garage sale for $1 each. They had rusty bars so the lady said they were only good for parts. Some penetrating fluid and I forgot about them for a couple of months. Needed one so I did a quick wire wheel and they work like new. Quality Tools!!
Nice one John. Henry would have been proud of your work.
My auto wrench is used to loosen the wire brush from a 4” right angle grinder. The narrow profile fits between the brush base and the grinder motor. If you thought your wrench was badly pitted, you do not want to see mine. It had laid on New Jersey sand for years as the adjuster for the lawn sprinkler system. Yours looks great!
It's always a good day when Scoutcrafter tackles an old auto wrench. Great video. I like these old wrenches too because they are relatively cheap and are nice artifacts from our early auto age. As a result I have a number of them. Ford script wrenches cost more and to pay $1 is a good deal. Your restoration is great without going over the top. In my experience, the thumb wheel pins are the most tedious part of one of these restorations. Even a wrench with a screw in pin is no guarantee of a hassle free resto. Thanks
I get such a kick out of you getting so wound up over super rusted pitted old wrenches ....Then you make them so smooth and polished like it was carried around in you pocket every day
Jim- That hand worn finish is so nice and pleasing to both the eye and the hand... =D
Jim- That hand worn finish is so nice and pleasing to both the eye and the hand... =D
I have an unnamed auto wrench that was my wife's father's tool. I have been wanting to do that to it for some time, but I don't want to screw it up :). You make it look easy.
My wife and I both really enjoy vintage circus paraphernalia, with a particular focus on the side show / freak show. We have collected all kinds of ephemera from this world. One year on her birthday, I bought my wife the ultimate gift, an original eight sheet Otis lithograph print. These were typically printed on newsprint quality paper, it is very rare for them to last. This one was from 1938, and had been carefully attached to archival linen to prolong its life. You probably already know this, but an eight sheet is the largest size poster from back in the day. It is about 9 and 1/2 ft tall and about 7 ft wide. The funny part of the story is that I did not think to measure our walls prior to purchase. There was no where in the house where it could be hung. That birthday gift sat in a tube for 7 years until we moved. The day that we moved in, the first job was figuring out where to hang this damn thing. The new house had lofted ceilings, we figured there would be hundreds of possible locations. It's a big house too, there are only two spots in the entire house where it is possible to hang, and one of them would hide some very exotic wood paneling. So yeah, measure before you buy. It was easily our most expensive piece to date at the time.
I remember seeing "Freaks" (1932) for the first time as a youngster and not appreciating just how well done that movie was. I am sure you and your wife have seen it... =D I had a friend who collected vintage large Bicycle posters from the golden age.. Amazing artwork.
I remember seeing "Freaks" (1932) for the first time as a youngster and not appreciating just how well done that movie was. I am sure you and your wife have seen it... =D I had a friend who collected vintage large Bicycle posters from the golden age.. Amazing artwork.
@@ScoutCrafter I have definitely seen it, I own it. It is getting a new audience of appreciation lately. What got us into it was a coffee table book about circus freaks published by a photographer. Just these incredibly sharp images of people living the sideshow life. It's kind of fascinating the ways that profoundly disabled people found their own niche in society where they could earn a living with dignity. In different ways, freaks have found that way to make a living all over the world in similar ways. We learned about a town in Florida where pretty much all old circus people go to die and visited, fascinating group of people. Some of the best and most random stories I've ever heard I heard there. If you enjoy fiction at all, I cannot recommend the book "Geek Love" more highly.
Now I may need to clean up my old rusty auto wrench...
I agree on the clamps. I love my Quick Grip. I have several sizes and use them frequently.
This guy is a beast with the flap wheel!
For the flag I'm glad it's now in good hands and the Ford wrench shows you still get a good deal for a dollar
I have a 9-inch auto wrench (cleaned but not restored) which is very useful in plumbing applications. Lightweight and small, but with 2.5-inch jaws. Works great for P-trap type nuts, couplers and valve stem nuts where little torque is needed.
John another nice save. As far as the adjustable bar clamp goes, you need to make bigger handles for them. I have used them for over 50 years. With the bigger handle you can tighten them so much the bars bend or they start to pull out from the head. The plastic ones grip , but not enough for me. I’ll stay with my old clamps, most are older then me. Thank You
Great project. Have fun for the next couple of weeks I will be on the road. I will catch up on the videos when I get settled in.
Thanks as always for your great work Scoutcrafter 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
What a great reminder that if you just keep going, there's nice metal under there somewhere.
Great work as always
Really neat
Lovely wrench that!! The Ford logo/script does it for me. I'd have been tempted to get some blue and white on it 👍🏻🛠️
Another fabulous show.
I have 8 quick grip clamps I inhereted when I moved into my grandpas home. He had alot of those that you turn the handles to tighten also. If the quick grip clamps get buildup and start not tightening you can pry the cover off and take apart and clean them.
Beautiful work! I am always amazed at how well your restorations turn out. Would not have thought it was possible!
used smooth-jawed wrenches on commercial flush valves to avoid scratching the chrome...finish work for plumbers, txs for sharing
Those F style clamp handles can be improved greatly by wrapping the handles with the tape that hockey players use to wrap their hockey sticks. It feels much better in your hand and gives you a much better grip if you want to add a lot of pressure when using the clamp.
Another great video! That wrench turned out great.
You turned that wrench into a real beauty! I gotta get me one of those! 👍
Love my quickgrip clamps. I need more of them and have been thinking about giving the Irwin a try. Nice job on the Ford auto wrench. Thank You for sharing
Brilliant restoration as usual great video I use an auto wrench now and again in plumbing and pipe fitting for the slim jaws there useful in the right application 👍
The depth of your knowledge continues to amaze me. Thanks for the information on the flag.
Have folded many of them. Another great job and explanation of the history and application of the wrench.
Mike- we did a flag retirement ceremony with Scouts every 3 years. One year we retired over 200 flags! All folded first. 😃👍
The wrench looks fantastic!I was really impressed with how nice it turned out. The information on the flag was very interesting. Thanks for this tutorial.
I've always wondered why I couldn't find the same quick grip clamps as I saw in your videos, now I know! Where I'm at I probably never will.. But your right clamps of that style are much nicer to use. The wrench came out great, really like the grey.
Hope you're having a great Wednesday!
Nice job on the autowrench, as usual. Looks terrific now.
I have some of the small Bessey clamps. Handy for small items, but the moveable jaw slips often.
I love the Vise Grip one handed clamps. I have several of different lengths.
Vise Grip was purchased by Irwin, who was purchased by Newell who sold Irwin to Stanley Black and Decker, so now DeWalt and Vise Grip are the same parent.
Dave.
I think the coolest thing about it is that it was made for the tool kit of an antique car. The darker gray in the handle looks great!
I feel the exact opposite about the clamps. I'll take the acme thread and small handle over the plastic squeeze handles, never can get those tight. Different strokes!
I have one of those Ford wrenches somewhere waiting to be done. Love the quick grip clamps. I use mine all the time. The HarborFreight knock offs aren’t bad either, much better than the other style you showed.
I pictured you folding that flag up like a Marine. It is such a solemn ceremony to see a veteran’s burial. My dad’s funeral in February featured two sailors from the Navy, with one playing Taps. I always look forward to your videos.
Just want to say Thank You ScoutCrafter.
I like the way the auto wrench looks as well. But definitely something I wouldn’t have in my work tool box. Just not an efficient design. Beautiful flag. Looks like the best materials used to make that. Fun video!
I also have a flag that I folded myself (I was in Scouting over 30 years ago), which is now behind glass in a shadowbox with a small steel vial of my biological father's ashes [He served in the Army during the Cold War].
Beautiful restoration on the wrench John. They are a fun project and that why i picked one for my first project. They are very cheap to buy so no great loss if you ruin it.👍🇺🇸Roger
Based on your videos I decided to grind the jaws thinner so I didn't have to buy a pedal wrench. It works great when I use an air chisel attachment! (which I ground concave to fit the wrench)
I got a burial flag out of a barn attic when I was a kid. It had 48 stars, but unfortunately was so rotted it basically disintegrated. That wrench just goes to show you can make a silk purse out of a sow's ear 😊. Great job.
The wrench turned out great. I love the bessey and wilton F clamps. I killed my quick grips when i accidentaly left them clamped to a welding project....quick grip fires are no fun 😱🤣🤣. Cheers
That’s a nice original Ford adjustable auto for a $1.
Well… it was pretty hard up! But for a dollar… It was fun lol
I have one the same except the little bottom bit John, after seeing yours I want to swap!
Ive seen way to many of those flags on my brothers caskets. On a less bummer topic, I just yesterday found one of those Ford wrenches buried in the back of a dirt floor shop that came with the property I bought I have it soaking right now in some MMO, Like you I dig these old wrenches, there very cool kinda useless. I also found a whole bunch of files also soaking. I so enjoy your uploads!
Other then the pin issue they make a fun Restoration project! I just like the old timey look too! Thanks
I really enjoy the pistol grip vise grip clamps the dewalt ones don't have the same gripping force, and the oversized I-beam style bar clamps, vintage of course.
I cannot agree more about the quick grip clamps. I always pick them up at car boot sales and with the largest ones now £42 ($50) in the big box stores they are a bargain if someone is asking £5 for them, particularly if the are the older style. I like the one handed clamps based on the same principle as the silicon sealant guns as well which are often only a £1 a piece. Can never have too many clamps 😁.
I have some of the quick grip older ones like you showed and they are awesome.
The new quick grip ones that are blue don't work as well.
Have a Jesus filled day everyone
Greg in Michigan
I have about 5 of those ford wrenches . Guess its time to restore one .
I have seen restoration videos of rusty pitted metal items, where the restorer used body filler or welded in metal, to smooth out the pits. They sanded and painted the items. Some even use powder coated. Variety is the spice of life!
Can't believe I Never considered your hacksaw trick. Couple of old Crescent wrenches are about to undergo that procedure!
Kevin- if the thumbwheel is sloppy after the cut just add a small washer!
Kevin- if the thumbwheel is sloppy after the cut just add a small washer!
Another fantastic video Crafter can you please do a video on cold bluing metal???? I I would love to hear your input and all you know about it! God bless!!!
In with the flag, center fold 3 brass shell casesing that was part of the 21 gun sleuth.
Wow that wrench looks great. Ford put tool kits in vehicles from Model T into the 1940's Im to understand. Also, if you see a wrench with the Ford script but no plug wrench on bottom, that would have been in a tool kit in a Ford tractor. Beautiful resto on that wrench!
I just prefer old style clamps over the quick clamps... They have much,much bigger clamping power and tend to be much stronger.... You can be welding next to them without any risk of damaging or melt them....
But I like only older clamps with strong spindle on them... These new clams are so week that if you apply to much pressure they will bend...
I agree- Traditional C clamps are stronger and excellent for welding, however the quick clamps are like a third hand when you need it. 😃👍
About them clamps... I like my quick clamps too, but they can only handle that much force. Iv got some big ol' F Clamps. they are my goto clamps when i dont want to mess around. Funny thing, they were actually a Junkyard rescue.
That flag is beautiful. A dollar wrench turned into a masterpiece outstanding
I have had those exact Irwin clamps for years (just like yours), but they have always been a pain for me. They can't grip like a normal F-clamp and the pads always slip. I use them for only "Winnie" duty stuff, like holding something so I can get a real clamp on it. When I need a real clamp I would never pick one of them.
Yes- They are only a quick 3rd Hand. 😃👍
Pebble finish like the old plumb tools
Sweet 👍🏻 👍🏻
Is there nothing you won’t tackle ,great bit of fettling encore
Great
Your dedication to your channel is outstanding I'm sure theres some days you would rather not do a video but you stick to your schedule 👍
LOL Dillon, it's funny you say that today was one of those days! =D
@@ScoutCrafter you know I'm sure your fans will understand if you miss a day every once in awhile. I bet you were the type to still go to work with pneumonia and two broke legs 🤣🤣
Hey Scout, another great video. You don’t like F clamps? Well have I got a clamp for you, watch this space. I modified a couple of those quick grip clamps to use on a track saw and found that the metal bars are hardened steel, I guess that’s why they don’t bend. Ya gotta pay for quality. Cheers Stuart 🇦🇺
That would pop with some Ford blue paint.
I've used my auto wrench on occasion. When you're faced with a huge nut often your only choice is a pipe wrench or an auto wrench (unless you have a collection of giant open end wrenches).
Those Ford wrenches are are actually monkey wrenches, considered obsolete now, replaced by the crescent wrench. I like them better because even though they are smaller than my biggest crescent wrench they will open much wider and I can use them when I have no other wrench that will work. I actually have two of them. . . . one for Metric and the other for SAE. Actually I bought one at a swap meet, because I liked the one my dad had, and now I have his too. I have used them for the nut on the spindle holding front wheel bearings, getting drain pipes loose under sinks, and earlier this year needed it to install a pole that tightens up between the ceiling and floor so my wife can grab it to get into the shower easier. That was probably the biggest I've used it for, probably at least 2 inches wide.
Dang it! You say it has terrible pitting, l say it has a lovely pebble finish!!! 😆
man oh man here in the southwest its just the opposite at least for me so does temp ature make a diff?
Thank you so much for this video!
This is the EXACT wrench I have that was my grandfather's. I've been procrastinating restoring it, for fear of messing it up. Now I have a how-to video! 😁
One question, I assume you had to tap the wrench to accommodate the threaded pin you made, correct?
Also, now I know what that weird tip is for.
Hope I can do half as well as you did.
Thanks again!
Hi Butch! Yes 5/16 by 18tpi. If you type in “ScoutCrafter AutoWrench” in the TH-cam search box you will get a bunch of videos restoring these! 😃👍
If I recall correctly the square end on the handle denotes 1926-1927 model T Ford. I have a few of these in my collection. Yours looks better than factory. These were always painted black.
I like the "T"s but love the "A"s! Henry wasn't fooling around 1928-1931!!!!!!
I like the "T"s but love the "A"s! Henry wasn't fooling around 1928-1931!!!!!!
I like the "T"s but love the "A"s! Henry wasn't fooling around 1928-1931!!!!!!
I'm sure you've been asked a thousand times but what do you use for grinding the metal to remove the pitting? On the grinder? Do you have a video that shows more details? Thanks for teaching me so much. 👍
Yes- my favorite tool for pit removal is a 4” angle grinder with a 36 grit flap disc! 😃👍
I have one of those big flags in a wooden triangle box from when he died
I remember marching in the parade with your Dad!
Oh, I was going to say you have to watch Jimmy Fallon some Xmas night here. ( His microphone is ScoutCrafter Red! )
if you walk between 12 / 2 when do you sleep ??
How many trucks are on a military installation?
Ever hear of a tool or pipe wrench co called I IN Auto
The flag pole that I take care of at work is 135ft tall and has a 30ft by 60ft flag on it.
The Garrison flag (largest flown on a military base) is 20x38 feet... That 30x60 foot flag you fly is absolutely fantastic!!!!!!! =D
@@ScoutCrafter I have 6 of them and I rotate them when they get torn. We have to have a awning company fix them. They cost about five thousand dollars a piece.
Hey SC. How about doing some brass compasses you used in the scouts or military? Pls.
That old auto wrench sure came out good. Also was VERY a- Ford- able tool for your use.
I still have some use for those types of wrench. My stepfather wouldn't let me use his good tools. So I did my bicycle & other repairs with those wrenches, different pliers, different knife multitools, etc. Got my own tools when I got a job & own car. I keep some of those types of auto wrench by My utility shutoff. You need a haircut, fella.
Carl- I have a wonderful compass collection!
I couldn't agree with you more regarding those f clamps that have to can't over to lock. Absolutely hate those. The quick grip ones are fantastic particularly when you have to mount something by yourself, but they are garbage when it comes to metal on metal clamping. They shift all over the place and cannot get very tight. I did think it was worth mentioning that despite the design being similar, the heavy duty f clamps that harbor freight sells now, you also see them very often with fixture tables, those are a whole other animal. While they do require the moving arm to cant, they lock up very solidly and they are fantastic for metal on metal, you can really crank them down, and they have a sort of thrust bearing on the clamp cup so it does not spin as you are tightening at all. I know that almost all of them are designed to spin, but my experience is that once they have sufficient force on them, there is too much friction and they cannot spin, causing the work to misalign. I think they are one of the few items from HF that are consistently great tools.
Yes, I am going to review clamps this next week!
Wow
6:39 Don't grind... just paint it and give it the orange look! :-)