Thank you for the wedge information. I’m restoring a 7 oz. true value for my granddaughter. After watching many videos of yours, I can say you spend many hours doing your restorations. My granddaughter and you have a huge love of hammers. I’m having it engraved , then I’ll set the handle. Thank You
Always enjoy your teaching. You are good at it. I am getting older but never to old to learn. Yes I like to drive and see the trees. Here in Kansas some are just starting to change and others are bare. My front yard tree is already bare and we haven't had a frost yet. Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks
I love the chrome skull in the background. It's fun how you change it up...red diamond eyes, then gone... This channel is great for many reasons. Thanks for being the guy that can mentor us. ps: I've bought too many tools to refurbish because of this channel...but I've enjoyed them all. (And I ain't a kid...just turned 69.)
My uncle was working for my grandfather when he was young. He was apprentice worker and held the hammer close to the head. My grandfather told him seval times to grab the handle at the end and get a full swing. Well he did not do that so my gradfather took the hammer and cut the handle in half. he said " If your not going to use the whole handle, you can not have it" Love the Fall Colors, keep up the great work. Thanks Bill
I am just restoring a 1 1/2 lb Brades 1773 that needed a new handle while enjoying this video. Jewellers and tinsmiths hammers always fascinate me with the variety of curved and tear drop handles. The handles are sometimes quite long and thin (for the weight of the head) for flexibility and springiness. There is a woodland area not far from me in the UK where people still visit, often travelling some distance. It looks almost like the woods are on fire when backlit at sunset.
We had a Real tick problem a few years back. We tried sprays, collars on the dogs (the kids kept taking them off saying they itched) I relocated some rare breed cats like yours 2 males and 4 females to our property. In the past 2 years we have not had any ticks show up at all. Gotta love possums
I love a good wood handled claw hammer. When I was about 8 years old my father built a side porch with vertical grain fir boards. He let me learn to drive and pull and straighten nails by practicing on the cutoffs from that project. I still have the Collins bent claw trim hammer and the Craftsman straight claw 16 oz. Hammer. That Craftsman hammer is now on its third wood handle and is going strong today. The Collins is still on its original handle and is a terrific trim hammer. I have mada a lot of rosebuds with those hammers. Thanks for the video.
Just had a lovely two hour drive from ohio to pennsylvania today. Lots of beautifully colored trees to see along the way. So was that an official hammer challenge? Is it, (dare I say it?) HAMMER TIME? You can't touch this! 😁
It is perfect that the wood lesson segwayed right into the trees with their leaves changing. Enjoyed the information and the scenery. Being Southern our leaves are just starting as we have not had the first frost yet. .I am looking forward to that nice drive in the mountains.
My grandfather and both of his sons were carpenters and went their whole careers using 16 ounce curved claw hammers. Grandpa used ones with wood handles. Art and Carl preferred the Stanleys with the tubular steel handle. In my work van I keep a 16 oz. wood handled hammer, a 20 oz. Estwing straight claw, a Plumb shingling hatchet, and a 2 lb. drilling hammer. I almost forgot, there's also an 8 lb. sledge hammer for when something really needs to be persuaded. 90% of the time I carry the 16 oz. and to tell the truth I probably drive more nails with air guns than by hand. The big long handled framing hammers were invented by carpenters in California after WWII, who took rigging axes,( think long handled hatchet with a hammer face opposite the blade), cut the blades off and welded on straight claws instead. I've heard that years ago, if an apprentice carpenter was caught choking up on the handle, his boss grab the hammer cut the handle offjdst below where the kid had been holding it.
My Great Grandfather designed and built his own home when he was 21. Back then almost all hammers were 16oz and carpenters swung them all day long. Then in the 70’s and 80’s heavier hammers were popular and lots of carpenters were getting tendinitis of the elbow. Nailguns have changed the game and are a great tool for anyone in the trade. I too heard the story of “the boss cutting the handle off of guys choking up” however I always felt that was a wives tale because I have seen guys who are awesome with a hammer and guys who just never get the knack of it, even after years. 😃👍
Good info Scoutcrafter. The leaves in Texas are just now starting to turn a little. Some years we have a lot of color and some years we don’t. Take care. 😃👍🏼
I love that hammer you repaired with wire and stained red! Great video! My favourite hammer is a Thor Soft Iron No. 2, sadly discontinued! Scoutcrafter short hammer challenge?
I always love the background and history you give for the manufacturing companies. Upstate is perfect it's really a little slice of heaven. I have a cat like that too. It's always in the garbage lol! Have a great weekend and be safe out there everybody 🐱👍
John we used to go look at leaves in the fall along the Mississippi river here in Iowa! Beautiful when we were up on the bluffs looking down on them. You could see for miles! Nobody does that anymore. They're to busy texting while they're driving and dont have time to look up and enjoy nature. LOL. Roger
Beautiful trees. We try and go to Arkansas to look at the trees when they turn but don’t always make it. I liked the information about hammer handles today. I’m going to be 69 in a month and still learning. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and video John.
North Georgia gets some beautiful colors too. Never really stopped to think about different grades of tool lines. Makes sense when you think about it. Have a great weekend. Jim
Yes, we do look at leaves. The hills of Arkansas are magnificent, this time of year. I've taken many a drive through the years just to soak that beauty in.
We live at the beginning (or end) of the Natchez Trace where the trees are turning now. Always beautiful. Drive over once a week during fall to see the show. Allan
This has been the best autumn colors in recent memory ScoutCrafter. We love our colors here in the Midwest too, but I agree... some of the best are in the northeast! Did you ever rake the leaves into the street gutter and burn them up in your neck of the woods? Nothing beats the colors and smells of fall.
@@ScoutCrafter awe... I get it. No fires there. I believe that you’re the kinda guy that would have loved a good ole neighborhood full of burning leaves, haha! Memories!
Hey John, we have Shenandoah National Park nearby and people travel up and down Skyline drive. Gets congested but it is beautiful. I'm surprised that cat wasn't playing 'possum . Must have been hungry. Those wasps can get mean this time of year. Guess they figure what the heck if I'm dying soon I'm gonna sting someone, lol. Another great video.
Useful hammer info. I have some Stanley Handyman tools, never occurred to me that they were second line. What do I know. ? We have mainly evergreens where I live, but still go for drives, because the deciduous trees seem to stand out that much more against the evergreens. Really appreciate the practical knowledge you share. Thanks
Went through my apprenticeship out in Oregon and a lot of framers used framing hatchets...big waffle head with a blade on a long handle the thing with them is the balance... hits the nail square all the time...it like balances itself in the swing down...can really knock some walls together fast...set ...sink...stay safe crafterman...
Back in the day, I bought a bunch of "Companion" tools, the secondary line under Craftsman at the time. I still have some of em. They were great. I have been all over this country but very little in the Northeast. I hope one day to visit New England and see the changing of the trees. Oh I bet that kitty is a snuggler. You should try.
I have Companion tools too. Nothing wrong with them. They weren't as nicely finished as Craftsman, but for my uses, they were fine. Durable and economical. I still have mine.
Hello Pat! Yes! Sears never sold junk, the companion line was just less expensive but still USA made and no lifetime warranty. I had a lot of that line too!
although not my regular vintage find found free tools today, for background, I am currently attending my second to last year of high school and go to a trade school one day a week for extra credit, Now my favourite thing to do with my lunch + any spare time is to go looking in any of the scrap bins scattered around the campus, I have found many, many things in this past year. things like good quality files, both almost brand new and knife making material, bearly used file/tool handles, 1hp electric motors, large stainless part to different thing former student have made, and not wanted, thick steel and aluminium sheet and a large rod for lathe stock. today I found a newer model thor(ex) soft face hammer, just sitting in one of the regular bins. I made sure to ask the tutor if it was a mistake, and he told me to take it.all it needs is the new face put on it, which will cost around 8-10 dollars when I next go into the supply shop. this is a 65 dollar hammer, and its a quality made in England product. It is the nylon handled version, so not a museum quality item, but I can confirm that it will be doing its job and doing it well :) there was scuffing on the nylon handle so I scraped the surface with a razor blade and then made a big mistake, trying to flame polish the material! it started turning sooty and acting weird as soon as the heat hit it. the soot wiped off mostly but there is scaring in the material, nothing too drastic.I suppose that's why you don't believe everything you read on the internet haha sorry for the long post, love your content, would love to see another challenge soon stay safe all the best, Jimmy from NZ
Hey John. Great mosh. The wife and I like to take a weekend and go "Up North" here in Michigan and look at the trees. Love your property. Funny - I do have a ball peen hammer on my work bench with a shorter handle. I will have to measure it to see the what is the length. 👍
I once pulled a '46 Chevy truck out of a field & trailered it over 100 miles home. A few days later I was cleaning out the obvious pack rat nests in the cab & when I got it cleaned out enough to pull the seat forward there was a cat just like that curled up behind the seat taking a nap. I gave him an eviction notice.
Those Husky nut driver sets are a good deal! Thanks for the tip. Great Mosh today!! I had a yellow jacket nest buried in a planter box that was difficult to get rid of. In the end I had to spray it down and dig it out but not before getting stung. I really hate hornets! Have a great weekend.
BTW ScoutCrafter, I took your advice and purchased one of those anvil loppers you reviewed and they are indeed wonderful! I have always used the bypass loppers because that’s what my Dad used. But the anvil loppers work much better. Now I’m on the lookout for a pair of hand anvil cutters. Thanks for your help!
I used to have a stray dog at my last house that looked just like your cat. It liked getting into the large tot eof dog food we kept there. One time, somehow, the lid closed behind it. My son reached in to get some food to feed our dog and felt something fuzzy that made him, thankfully, withdraw his hand very quickly. Those type of stray dogs and cats have very sharp teeth. I feel sorry for everyone living where leaves do not turn color each fall. They have never experienced life to its fullest.
Those look more like paper wasps than yellowjackets. Wasps are usually calm and won't bother you if you leave them alone. But Yellowjackets are aggresive and will chase after you and give you a nasty sting. The wasps are looking for crevices and places they can be protected over winter at this time of year and don't die.
Robert, When I was a kid YellowJacks were all over the place! Every garbage can was buzzing with them and if you put your soda can down you had to keep an eye on it or you might gulp one! Yikes! -=D
I love seeing the leaves 🍁 change and Fall is my favorite season. In the back of my apartment is the boiler room for the building and I had to go in there in the middle of last winter and I was very surprised to see a few flies living by a hole in the wall and realize that they don’t die in the winter, they must hibernate and wonder if bees and yellow jackets (hornets) hibernate too?
Great video! Interesting information on manufacturing. When I worked for Chryslers building cars we use to have something similar going on. When a vehicle wasn't up to standard we rebranded it Ford.
Awesome mosh. Leaves are beautiful, but I can't stop thinking about what's coming up.. And they make a big mess in the garden too (I should bother less but I can't help myself)
Super interesting video John love the detail information about the hammers I also get a kick out of the different colored leaves my favorite trees are Maple’s because of the colors you can get in the autumn PS we’re still waiting on a tour of the tractor shed :-)
as an apprentice back in the 80`s I was told to hold the Hammer Head in the palm of the hand and run it up the inside of your fore arm. The Hammer handle length should be where your arm bends.
I gutted and rebuilt my first house. It started out life as a 20 x 20 summer cabin which was added onto at least three times. When I was working on the original part, I found that the lumber was made from old growth redwood. This lumber had been drying for 70 years or more and was hard as stone and heavy as lead. You could only cut it with a new carbide tipped saw, and forget about driving a nail into it without predrilling the hole. Even then the hole had to be almost the same size as the nail to get the nail in. It was a nightmare to work with. In retrospect, I probably should have saved some of that wood. 🤔
Wow! In the 60's they downed a lot of old growth trees for everything from picnic tables to furniture... Some "old growth" trees can live for thousands of years but trees like Maple and Hickory need to be harvested or they just die and rot... They live 100 years or so. Redwoods live 500-700 years!
Nice about the hammers. Leaf turning is a huge tourist draw here in western central Arkansas. For about the last 5 years our summers are cooler and wetter, longer spring and fall nice weather. If this is global warming I am all in! Some snow would be nice in winter. It never happened much here before so no change there.
@@ScoutCrafter C'mon down! We will build a bonfire for you and show you a good time. If you have a motorcycle we have one of the nicest roads over a mountain you will ever find. If not cars are good. You may never go back except to retrieve you museum of great stuff. Whew! You have a lot!
We call the people leaf watchers here and we never go on the weekends because of all the people looking everywhere BUT the road. During the week is fine. Between the longest highway in the state that is our main road and folks riding the Blue Ridge Parkway, it's FULL! I could swing a 6# splitter harder than an 8. SPEED and hitting power. And the ONLY block I couldn't split with sledge and wedge and splitter was a SEASONED poplar block. Hard as a FILE. Ended up cutting in half with the saw and then splitting. And if I cut a hammer handle off I'd miss it every time I reached for it. I
Hi John , What type and grit grinding disc do you use ? You really inspired me to restore some of my ancestors tools. They came to Nashville in 1788 and they didn’t through away anything ! A lot of things are still around, I guess tons have been thrown away in the last 50 years ! Thanks , Terry
Hi Scout Crafter the leaves are beautiful here in Ottawa Ontario even in the city. We have a beautiful place called the Gatineau park that's close we always went there in the fall lots of wonderful scenery. The only problem it's no secret people flock there.
That was an interesting informative video. I never heard of the Janka hardness scale good to know. I like your cat lol even though they aren't the best looking animals and are blind I never knew they eat ticks and mosquitos I read so I avoid running them over they are always out there. Speaking of here a few boroughs away with this Covid I've noticed more and more skunks around. I never saw a live skunk before in all my years tiger cub through to eagle scout almost never missed a camping trip. I learned about them the hard way with my father driving us up to TMR to go canoeing he ran over a road kill one took a good hour to get that smell out of the truck lol.
Hi Rob! I always loved Skunks, they are not as temperamental as people think and are usually very nice animals. If you have them de-scented they make great pets! Never seen one here in queens but I have on long island and upstate. None on my property that I know of... =D Go Camp Keowa!!!!!!!!
Oops...the pic was a Tulip Tree usually called a Tulip Poplar...but it is actually from the Magnolia family and not a Poplar. That said I love Tulip Poplars.
Jim- I am under the impression that a Tulip poplar and yellow poplar are the same? “Poplar wood comes from Liriodendron tulipifera L., also known as the tuliptree or yellow poplar”
Yes I always try to go up along the Hudson for a Hike when the leaves change, but the last two years I missed it. If you don't knock those Yellow jack nests, they will come back and build the nest bigger...
Martin- Honestly I always had issues with drying lumber, I’ve never been able to air dry lumber without it checking or splitting. I always liked kiln dried lumber for furniture making because of it’s stability... However I’ve never had access to air dried dimensional lumber... 😃👍
Growing up in Brooklyn, we used to go out to 'the country', which to us was Riverhead on Long Island. My aunt had a summer home out there on Flanders Rd - not far from the Big Duck.
Have you seen the small plastic 3-in-one oil container with the slide out extension tube to reach tight areas? I found it at Harbor Freight here in Middletown, NY.
Good video. But myself I would of left the name VAUGHN on the ball peen hammer. Ilive in Mass.so the leaves are dying, my parents always went North to New Hampshire for a long weekend, but never took us 5 kids. What animal was that eating ?? This was a good informative post.
My wife and I have been looking for 10 acres or so to buy for our retirement. We live in Florida and are totally defeated by the heat. Can we get a bit of land like that in upstate NY for a reasonable price? We want to be around nice people who have a small town mentality. The kind of people who look out for their neighbors, but understand that privacy is important as well. Our budget for a nice piece of land like that is around 100k. Is that possible there?
Hi John, Absolutely! One thing about upstate NY is the lack of employment keeps real estate affordable, it's been that way for 50 years. Prices on homes up there never go up... Some people hate the cold so not many people looking for residence up there.. If you want to have some fun go over to Andrew's channel and look at some of the real estate available in Maine... I always get a kick out of his videos! th-cam.com/users/AndrewMooersmainerealestatevideos
I used a light colored wood with brownish red specks throughout (??) For a handle. Broke the 1st time i pounded with it. Changed to oak. Brown County state park in Indiana or Nashville, Indiana is a big draw in the autumn. Wow! Also covered bridge festival tour.
I have a "bell system" hammer that is pretty strange looking. 1 broad face like a sledge hammer and 1 that tapers to a smaller face, not quite a point. Double wedges keeping it together. And a short short handle. If you do an image search for "bell system hammer" you can see similar ones.
Deciduous trees are the type that the leaves change color and fall off of vs. Evergreens.
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You talk bout hammer weights, the next time you restore a hammer weigh the head before and after to see if it is anywhere near what the manufacturer says it is. How much weight loss is in grinding?
A friend has possums and raccoons that come on his deck and eat the cat food right along with the cats.....As long as there's plenty of food to go around animals get along quite well. I made short handles for a Claw Hammer & Ball-peen, you can actually see them in one of my pictures in your mallet challenge video.
Thank you for the wedge information. I’m restoring a 7 oz. true value for my granddaughter. After watching many videos of yours, I can say you spend many hours doing your restorations. My granddaughter and you have a huge love of hammers. I’m having it engraved , then I’ll set the handle. Thank You
We were enjoying the change of seasons on the way up to Ryan and Sarah's house today.
Great Job John.
Always enjoy your teaching. You are good at it. I am getting older but never to old to learn. Yes I like to drive and see the trees. Here in Kansas some are just starting to change and others are bare. My front yard tree is already bare and we haven't had a frost yet. Stay safe and healthy my friend. Thanks
I love the chrome skull in the background. It's fun how you change it up...red diamond eyes, then gone... This channel is great for many reasons. Thanks for being the guy that can mentor us. ps: I've bought too many tools to refurbish because of this channel...but I've enjoyed them all. (And I ain't a kid...just turned 69.)
Wayne! This is such a great hobby! So glad you are part of it! 😃👍
I have several hammer handles I have shortened and I can honestly tell you I use them all the time. They are sooo handy!!!
It's like an old timers secret!!!! People who never tried it think I'm crazy! LOL Thanks!
My uncle was working for my grandfather when he was young. He was apprentice worker and held the hammer close to the head. My grandfather told him seval times to grab the handle at the end and get a full swing. Well he did not do that so my gradfather took the hammer and cut the handle in half. he said " If your not going to use the whole handle, you can not have it" Love the Fall Colors, keep up the great work. Thanks Bill
I am just restoring a 1 1/2 lb Brades 1773 that needed a new handle while enjoying this video.
Jewellers and tinsmiths hammers always fascinate me with the variety of curved and tear drop handles. The handles are sometimes quite long and thin (for the weight of the head) for flexibility and springiness.
There is a woodland area not far from me in the UK where people still visit, often travelling some distance. It looks almost like the woods are on fire when backlit at sunset.
Love this time of year watching the leaves change and fall
Such a gentle man...won't even harm a bee. All of mankind can take a lesson from ScoutCrafter.
Great Mosh! Thanks for sharing this information on the hammers and the photos of the tree leaves changing.
We had a Real tick problem a few years back. We tried sprays, collars on the dogs (the kids kept taking them off saying they itched) I relocated some rare breed cats like yours 2 males and 4 females to our property. In the past 2 years we have not had any ticks show up at all. Gotta love possums
Love looking at all the colors. I have a large maple tree it has beautiful yellow leaves.
I never dabbled with restoring hammers but when I do I’ll be ready with all this info you share!
Tom- Sometimes tools find us! 😃👍
Wonderful episode ! Honestly one of the best I’ve seen .
I love a good wood handled claw hammer. When I was about 8 years old my father built a side porch with vertical grain fir boards. He let me learn to drive and pull and straighten nails by practicing on the cutoffs from that project. I still have the Collins bent claw trim hammer and the Craftsman straight claw 16 oz. Hammer. That Craftsman hammer is now on its third wood handle and is going strong today. The Collins is still on its original handle and is a terrific trim hammer. I have mada a lot of rosebuds with those hammers. Thanks for the video.
I used a lot of poplar to make wind chests for pipe organs. As you mentioned....super stable.
Just had a lovely two hour drive from ohio to pennsylvania today. Lots of beautifully colored trees to see along the way. So was that an official hammer challenge? Is it, (dare I say it?) HAMMER TIME? You can't touch this! 😁
It is perfect that the wood lesson segwayed right into the trees with their leaves changing. Enjoyed the information and the scenery. Being Southern our leaves are just starting as we have not had the first frost yet. .I am looking forward to that nice drive in the mountains.
My grandfather and both of his sons were carpenters and went their whole careers using 16 ounce curved claw hammers. Grandpa used ones with wood handles. Art and Carl preferred the Stanleys with the tubular steel handle. In my work van I keep a 16 oz. wood handled hammer, a 20 oz. Estwing straight claw, a Plumb shingling hatchet, and a 2 lb. drilling hammer. I almost forgot, there's also an 8 lb. sledge hammer for when something really needs to be persuaded. 90% of the time I carry the 16 oz. and to tell the truth I probably drive more nails with air guns than by hand.
The big long handled framing hammers were invented by carpenters in California after WWII, who took rigging axes,( think long handled hatchet with a hammer face opposite the blade), cut the blades off and welded on straight claws instead.
I've heard that years ago, if an apprentice carpenter was caught choking up on the handle, his boss grab the hammer cut the handle offjdst below where the kid had been holding it.
My Great Grandfather designed and built his own home when he was 21. Back then almost all hammers were 16oz and carpenters swung them all day long. Then in the 70’s and 80’s heavier hammers were popular and lots of carpenters were getting tendinitis of the elbow. Nailguns have changed the game and are a great tool for anyone in the trade.
I too heard the story of “the boss cutting the handle off of guys choking up” however I always felt that was a wives tale because I have seen guys who are awesome with a hammer and guys who just never get the knack of it, even after years. 😃👍
Good info Scoutcrafter. The leaves in Texas are just now starting to turn a little. Some years we have a lot of color and some years we don’t. Take care. 😃👍🏼
I love that hammer you repaired with wire and stained red! Great video! My favourite hammer is a Thor Soft Iron No. 2, sadly discontinued! Scoutcrafter short hammer challenge?
Beautiful scenery! We enjoy leaf watching in the Ozarks and Boston Mountains in our region
I always love the background and history you give for the manufacturing companies. Upstate is perfect it's really a little slice of heaven. I have a cat like that too. It's always in the garbage lol! Have a great weekend and be safe out there everybody 🐱👍
John we used to go look at leaves in the fall along the Mississippi river here in Iowa! Beautiful when we were up on the bluffs looking down on them. You could see for miles! Nobody does that anymore. They're to busy texting while they're driving and dont have time to look up and enjoy nature. LOL. Roger
Your cat looks like a North American Mussopo. Very rare breed indeed.
That's why the chicken crossed the road. To show the Mussopo's it could be done!
Beautiful trees. We try and go to Arkansas to look at the trees when they turn but don’t always make it.
I liked the information about hammer handles today. I’m going to be 69 in a month and still learning. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and video John.
North Georgia gets some beautiful colors too. Never really stopped to think about different grades of tool lines. Makes sense when you think about it. Have a great weekend. Jim
Yes, we do look at leaves. The hills of Arkansas are magnificent, this time of year. I've taken many a drive through the years just to soak that beauty in.
Good video! When you showed the picture of the old thermos I almost fell out of the chair as I have the exact one in the basement 🍁🌞
We live at the beginning (or end) of the Natchez Trace where the trees are turning now. Always beautiful. Drive over once a week during fall to see the show. Allan
This has been the best autumn colors in recent memory ScoutCrafter. We love our colors here in the Midwest too, but I agree... some of the best are in the northeast! Did you ever rake the leaves into the street gutter and burn them up in your neck of the woods? Nothing beats the colors and smells of fall.
Vic Here in NYC any and all fires are illegal... 🥴. I won’t miss this city... 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafter awe... I get it. No fires there. I believe that you’re the kinda guy that would have loved a good ole neighborhood full of burning leaves, haha! Memories!
Hey John, we have Shenandoah National Park nearby and people travel up and down Skyline drive. Gets congested but it is beautiful. I'm surprised that cat wasn't playing 'possum . Must have been hungry. Those wasps can get mean this time of year. Guess they figure what the heck if I'm dying soon I'm gonna sting someone, lol. Another great video.
always look forward to this time of year for the cooler weather and changing leaves
Useful hammer info. I have some Stanley Handyman tools, never occurred to me that they were second line. What do I know. ? We have mainly evergreens where I live, but still go for drives, because the deciduous trees seem to stand out that much more against the evergreens. Really appreciate the practical knowledge you share. Thanks
Hi Pat- I don’t think the Stanley handyman were seconds, only Sears and they were often value tools nothing wrong on them just more economical! 😃👍
Went through my apprenticeship out in Oregon and a lot of framers used framing hatchets...big waffle head with a blade on a long handle the thing with them is the balance... hits the nail square all the time...it like balances itself in the swing down...can really knock some walls together fast...set ...sink...stay safe crafterman...
Back in the day, I bought a bunch of "Companion" tools, the secondary line under Craftsman at the time. I still have some of em. They were great.
I have been all over this country but very little in the Northeast. I hope one day to visit New England and see the changing of the trees.
Oh I bet that kitty is a snuggler. You should try.
I have Companion tools too. Nothing wrong with them. They weren't as nicely finished as Craftsman, but for my uses, they were fine. Durable and economical. I still have mine.
Hello Pat! Yes! Sears never sold junk, the companion line was just less expensive but still USA made and no lifetime warranty. I had a lot of that line too!
although not my regular vintage find found free tools today,
for background, I am currently attending my second to last year of high school and go to a trade school one day a week for extra credit, Now my favourite thing to do with my lunch + any spare time is to go looking in any of the scrap bins scattered around the campus,
I have found many, many things in this past year. things like good quality files, both almost brand new and knife making material, bearly used file/tool handles, 1hp electric motors, large stainless part to different thing former student have made, and not wanted, thick steel and aluminium sheet and a large rod for lathe stock.
today I found a newer model thor(ex) soft face hammer, just sitting in one of the regular bins. I made sure to ask the tutor if it was a mistake, and he told me to take it.all it needs is the new face put on it, which will cost around 8-10 dollars when I next go into the supply shop.
this is a 65 dollar hammer, and its a quality made in England product. It is the nylon handled version, so not a museum quality item, but I can confirm that it will be doing its job and doing it well :)
there was scuffing on the nylon handle so I scraped the surface with a razor blade and then made a big mistake, trying to flame polish the material!
it started turning sooty and acting weird as soon as the heat hit it. the soot wiped off mostly but there is scaring in the material, nothing too drastic.I suppose that's why you don't believe everything you read on the internet haha
sorry for the long post, love your content, would love to see another challenge soon
stay safe
all the best,
Jimmy from NZ
Hey John. Great mosh. The wife and I like to take a weekend and go "Up North" here in Michigan and look at the trees. Love your property. Funny - I do have a ball peen hammer on my work bench with a shorter handle. I will have to measure it to see the what is the length. 👍
I once pulled a '46 Chevy truck out of a field & trailered it over 100 miles home. A few days later I was cleaning out the obvious pack rat nests in the cab & when I got it cleaned out enough to pull the seat forward there was a cat just like that curled up behind the seat taking a nap. I gave him an eviction notice.
Yes my wife and I go for rides here and there to check out the fall colors here in Michigan.
I'm from northern michigan
The colors are great right now
@@jeremyhelton984 Im in Mid Michigan...Bay City. How far are you up?
Those Husky nut driver sets are a good deal! Thanks for the tip. Great Mosh today!! I had a yellow jacket nest buried in a planter box that was difficult to get rid of. In the end I had to spray it down and dig it out but not before getting stung. I really hate hornets! Have a great weekend.
Steve- These nest were so small they never bothered me but any bigger and I would have been leery... 😃👍
The Husky nut drivers are a close copy of the old Craftsman nut drivers from Western Forge. Very useful tools of good quality for the money.
BTW ScoutCrafter, I took your advice and purchased one of those anvil loppers you reviewed and they are indeed wonderful! I have always used the bypass loppers because that’s what my Dad used. But the anvil loppers work much better. Now I’m on the lookout for a pair of hand anvil cutters. Thanks for your help!
Wayne- The Bypass cutters are supposed to be good for cuttings and trimming live plants but like you I find the Anvil cutters much better! 😃👍
i will take the 7 inch hammer challenge. this is a very helpful video john
I used to have a stray dog at my last house that looked just like your cat. It liked getting into the large tot eof dog food we kept there. One time, somehow, the lid closed behind it. My son reached in to get some food to feed our dog and felt something fuzzy that made him, thankfully, withdraw his hand very quickly. Those type of stray dogs and cats have very sharp teeth.
I feel sorry for everyone living where leaves do not turn color each fall. They have never experienced life to its fullest.
Those look more like paper wasps than yellowjackets. Wasps are usually calm and won't bother you if you leave them alone. But Yellowjackets are aggresive and will chase after you and give you a nasty sting. The wasps are looking for crevices and places they can be protected over winter at this time of year and don't die.
Robert, When I was a kid YellowJacks were all over the place! Every garbage can was buzzing with them and if you put your soda can down you had to keep an eye on it or you might gulp one! Yikes! -=D
Nice video, watch out petting that kitty! 🔨👍😁
Great show John! Thanks
I love seeing the leaves 🍁 change and Fall is my favorite season. In the back of my apartment is the boiler room for the building and I had to go in there in the middle of last winter and I was very surprised to see a few flies living by a hole in the wall and realize that they don’t die in the winter, they must hibernate and wonder if bees and yellow jackets (hornets) hibernate too?
Great video! Interesting information on manufacturing. When I worked for Chryslers building cars we use to have something similar going on. When a vehicle wasn't up to standard we rebranded it Ford.
LOL! Abe you are too much!
@@ScoutCrafter Hopefully all the Ford guys don't freak out.
Awesome mosh. Leaves are beautiful, but I can't stop thinking about what's coming up.. And they make a big mess in the garden too (I should bother less but I can't help myself)
Super interesting video John love the detail information about the hammers I also get a kick out of the different colored leaves my favorite trees are Maple’s because of the colors you can get in the autumn PS we’re still waiting on a tour of the tractor shed :-)
Ben- I didn’t forget but the shed is a mess and after seeing your neat and spotless shops I’m reluctant! 🥴
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as an apprentice back in the 80`s I was told to hold the Hammer Head in the palm of the hand and run it up the inside of your fore arm. The Hammer handle length should be where your arm bends.
I gutted and rebuilt my first house. It started out life as a 20 x 20 summer cabin which was added onto at least three times. When I was working on the original part, I found that the lumber was made from old growth redwood. This lumber had been drying for 70 years or more and was hard as stone and heavy as lead. You could only cut it with a new carbide tipped saw, and forget about driving a nail into it without predrilling the hole. Even then the hole had to be almost the same size as the nail to get the nail in. It was a nightmare to work with. In retrospect, I probably should have saved some of that wood. 🤔
Wow! In the 60's they downed a lot of old growth trees for everything from picnic tables to furniture... Some "old growth" trees can live for thousands of years but trees like Maple and Hickory need to be harvested or they just die and rot... They live 100 years or so. Redwoods live 500-700 years!
Nice about the hammers. Leaf turning is a huge tourist draw here in western central Arkansas. For about the last 5 years our summers are cooler and wetter, longer spring and fall nice weather. If this is global warming I am all in! Some snow would be nice in winter. It never happened much here before so no change there.
I always wanted to see Arkansas! It looks so nice!
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C'mon down! We will build a bonfire for you and show you a good time. If you have a motorcycle we have one of the nicest roads over a mountain you will ever find. If not cars are good. You may never go back except to retrieve you museum of great stuff. Whew! You have a lot!
I love mowing...it is theraputic for me. Cheers
Especially with a ride on! 😃👍
We call the people leaf watchers here and we never go on the weekends because of all the people looking everywhere BUT the road. During the week is fine. Between the longest highway in the state that is our main road and folks riding the Blue Ridge Parkway, it's FULL! I could swing a 6# splitter harder than an 8. SPEED and hitting power. And the ONLY block I couldn't split with sledge and wedge and splitter was a SEASONED poplar block. Hard as a FILE. Ended up cutting in half with the saw and then splitting. And if I cut a hammer handle off I'd miss it every time I reached for it. I
Hi John , What type and grit grinding disc do you use ? You really inspired me to restore some of my ancestors tools. They came to Nashville in 1788 and they didn’t through away anything ! A lot of things are still around, I guess tons have been thrown away in the last 50 years ! Thanks , Terry
I usually start with a 40 grit and go to a 120 grit to smooth out the scratches... Buy an assortment pack at first to see which ones you like!!!! =D
ScoutCrafter Thanks a bunch !
Happy happy joy joy it's Friday 👍🇨🇦
danoh's toolbox - Ren and Stimpy?
@@billlink7116 ding ding you got it 👍🇨🇦
danoh's toolbox - strange, the things we remember. Good times.
In the south we have a month of cold days, followed by 10 months of pure hell followed by a month of confusion as to what season it really is.
Hi Scout Crafter the leaves are beautiful here in Ottawa Ontario even in the city. We have a beautiful place called the Gatineau park that's close we always went there in the fall lots of wonderful scenery. The only problem it's no secret people flock there.
Loved the stubby hammer.Is it 16 oz or less?
I have to weigh it but it looks like a 16oz Hammer... 😃👍
That was an interesting informative video. I never heard of the Janka hardness scale good to know. I like your cat lol even though they aren't the best looking animals and are blind I never knew they eat ticks and mosquitos I read so I avoid running them over they are always out there. Speaking of here a few boroughs away with this Covid I've noticed more and more skunks around. I never saw a live skunk before in all my years tiger cub through to eagle scout almost never missed a camping trip. I learned about them the hard way with my father driving us up to TMR to go canoeing he ran over a road kill one took a good hour to get that smell out of the truck lol.
Hi Rob! I always loved Skunks, they are not as temperamental as people think and are usually very nice animals. If you have them de-scented they make great pets! Never seen one here in queens but I have on long island and upstate. None on my property that I know of... =D Go Camp Keowa!!!!!!!!
Oops...the pic was a Tulip Tree usually called a Tulip Poplar...but it is actually from the Magnolia family and not a Poplar. That said I love Tulip Poplars.
Jim- I am under the impression that a Tulip poplar and yellow poplar are the same? “Poplar wood comes from Liriodendron tulipifera L., also known as the tuliptree or yellow poplar”
@@ScoutCrafter you are correct from the lumber aspect, I was thinking from the botany aspect with true poplars like the cottonwoods.
We call em 'Leaf Lookers' down here in the Shenandoah Valley
Yes I always try to go up along the Hudson for a Hike when the leaves change, but the last two years I missed it.
If you don't knock those Yellow jack nests, they will come back and build the nest bigger...
Kent- Usually the nests get destroyed over the winter... 😃👍
John, What do you think about KILN dried as opposed to AIR dried wood for hammer handles.
Martin- Honestly I always had issues with drying lumber, I’ve never been able to air dry lumber without it checking or splitting. I always liked kiln dried lumber for furniture making because of it’s stability... However I’ve never had access to air dried dimensional lumber... 😃👍
Growing up in Brooklyn, we used to go out to 'the country', which to us was Riverhead on Long Island. My aunt had a summer home out there on Flanders Rd - not far from the Big Duck.
I know it well! End of the LIE!
The colors are beautiful hear in Ontario Canada
Have you seen the small plastic 3-in-one oil container with the slide out extension tube to reach tight areas? I found it at Harbor Freight here in Middletown, NY.
Yes- I have 2!
I have one also. My buddy brought over an older plastic 3 n 1 oil container with the red cap that has a real long red spout on it.
Carl De Lawter - this one has the spout tube that retracts back into the container.
Right, retractable tube. Got that one. Also, have the one with the long funnel spout with the separate red cap.
Good video. But myself I would of left the name VAUGHN on the ball peen hammer. Ilive in Mass.so the leaves are dying, my parents always went North to New Hampshire for a long weekend, but never took us 5 kids. What animal was that eating ?? This was a good informative post.
A Friday mosh - my favorite!!! Thank you John. Your friend down South.
My wife and I have been looking for 10 acres or so to buy for our retirement. We live in Florida and are totally defeated by the heat. Can we get a bit of land like that in upstate NY for a reasonable price? We want to be around nice people who have a small town mentality. The kind of people who look out for their neighbors, but understand that privacy is important as well. Our budget for a nice piece of land like that is around 100k. Is that possible there?
Hi John, Absolutely! One thing about upstate NY is the lack of employment keeps real estate affordable, it's been that way for 50 years. Prices on homes up there never go up... Some people hate the cold so not many people looking for residence up there.. If you want to have some fun go over to Andrew's channel and look at some of the real estate available in Maine... I always get a kick out of his videos! th-cam.com/users/AndrewMooersmainerealestatevideos
@@ScoutCrafter Thanks! My wife and I were in Maine 2 weeks ago and we really liked what we saw. I'll check out his channel.
Nice new kitty. You have to watch out for those cats whose name are Bob, they’re not too friendly.
good one, have a great weekend..
I don’t think we use nut drivers in the UK. We tend to use socket sets.
Hey John is mahogany any good for hammer handles?. Hope you answer yes because I've used some old chair legs to make a few.
LOL- Billy any wood makes a decent handle but you will notice a definite vibration reduction with Hickory. 😃👍
I used a light colored wood with brownish red specks throughout (??) For a handle. Broke the 1st time i pounded with it. Changed to oak. Brown County state park in Indiana or Nashville, Indiana is a big draw in the autumn. Wow! Also covered bridge festival tour.
Stanley had a handyman line i have a pair of pump pliers with that name on it
Hello from uk.
A friend of mine lives in Maine and she says they have coaches of people turning up for fall.
Think your cat isn't quite what it seems 😉
I have a "bell system" hammer that is pretty strange looking. 1 broad face like a sledge hammer and 1 that tapers to a smaller face, not quite a point. Double wedges keeping it together. And a short short handle. If you do an image search for "bell system hammer" you can see similar ones.
All Bell tools were fantastic quality! 😃👍
Do you still drive the bus
Hey were you Janka ing our chain with pictures of your new cat?
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T.g.I.F Mosh it up Friday style dance hard or die.
I have a brick hammer with a 24 inch handle and i go for it a lot
OMG! 24 inches!!! 😳
@@ScoutCrafter ya it's good for busting things up or digging in the garden LoL
@ 7:00 My Body shop hammer has no handle, I broke it. Been using it that way for 10 years.
If it moves, the right hammer will stop it, if it’s stuck, the correct hammer will move it!
Lots of people go to the NC mountains to go “leaf peeping.”
John you must do some axe videos!!!
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Deciduous trees are the type that the leaves change color and fall off of vs. Evergreens.
You talk bout hammer weights, the next time you restore a hammer weigh the head before and after to see if it is anywhere near what the manufacturer says it is. How much weight loss is in grinding?
Good question! I always wanted to try that!
seeing old growth wood makes me weary because that probably comes from an old tree and those old trees and old growth forests are sadly depleting.
Nice possum
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Here in Florida is the same 🌴 all year lol
LOL- Yes Jorge but no snow! 😃👍
LoL nice
A friend has possums and raccoons that come on his deck and eat the cat food right along with the cats.....As long as there's plenty of food to go around animals get along quite well.
I made short handles for a Claw Hammer & Ball-peen, you can actually see them in one of my pictures in your mallet challenge video.
Our cat gets along with the possums and raccoons but not other cats.
Nice Cat! lol
Funny my cats look the same......
13 minutes is not long enough!!!!!!!!!