Hi John! Wonderful episode again! The restorations were just beautiful! Ridgid tools never disappoint!!!! You have a terrific collection of them now... Great stuff!
John first video i've seen, I am so thankful for people like you who keep the REAL tools that kept us Americans paid and actually had QUALITY alive, and restored!
They still make the Rigid Tool Pipe wrench in Elyria, Ohio. On Clark St. Still comes with the life time guarantee. Just bought one not long ago just as good as when I was making them 40yr ago. Except the paint is better today...Ha Ha...
Beautiful work on those tool!....I have a Ridgid 14" Pipe wrench....its a lil older than I thought (1937-48) it has the Patent number on the side ..full knurling ...thanks for the knowledge very interesting and much appreciated :]
Congratulations John! My name is Fernando and I am doing a research to record a video for my channel here in Brazil comparing 12 brands of pipe wrench, and I recently discovered the incomparable quality of the Rigdig keys. I fell in love with your Ridgid collection. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
They still make the Rigid Tool Pipe wrench in Elyria, Ohio. On Clark St. Still comes with the life time guarentee. Just bought one not long ago just as good as when I was making them 40yr ago. Except the paint is better today...Ha Ha...
There were cheap tools too but nobody bothered to hang on to them so only the cream of the crop was passed on or sold away at garage sales when their owners didn't need them anymore.
Great info on the Ridgid wrenches... wish you would show how you did the Vise Grip... l’ve passed on buying a few US made ones due to the finish being in similar condition.
Thanks for the compliment. I was restoring a couple of wrenches but best I can remember the Vise-Grip was cleaned up and shined using a medium wire wheel on my bench grinder followed up by polishing with Flitz metal polish..
2:57 brings out the Crescent pipe wrench. For the most part Ridgid made the wrenches for Crescent & others. After all why not have the expert make it & avoid all that reverse engineering?
Nice restorations. The orange color really stands out and looks great. Do you brush on the paint or spray it. Also the history of the tools are very interesting.
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Hi John! Wonderful episode again! The restorations were just beautiful! Ridgid tools never disappoint!!!! You have a terrific collection of them now... Great stuff!
Thank you for the compliments. I really did not know the history till I went looking to help make this video.
I have a pretty good collection of ridgid tools,wishing could show em to you
The little pipe wrench is cool! It's great when you can track down the history of a tool!
thank you Magdad
John first video i've seen, I am so thankful for people like you who keep the REAL tools that kept us Americans paid and actually had QUALITY alive, and restored!
Welcome to my Channel.I like your ideals.
Welcome to my channel. hope you enjoy. I
I love the small stuff 😂 Most interesting - thanks, J 👍🏻🛠️
Thank you Armando. I'm getting a LARGE collection of SMALL stuff now.
They still make the Rigid Tool Pipe wrench in Elyria, Ohio. On Clark St. Still comes with the life time guarantee. Just bought one not long ago just as good as when I was making them 40yr ago. Except the paint is better today...Ha Ha...
Thank you for your comments Leon
Beautiful wrenches John. Great collection! 👍
Thanks Rob.
Beautiful work on those tool!....I have a Ridgid 14" Pipe wrench....its a lil older than I thought (1937-48) it has the Patent number on the side ..full knurling ...thanks for the knowledge very interesting and much appreciated :]
Thank you for the compliments. Looks like you correctly identified your wrench.
I love that red orange color! Nice collection my friend.
Thanks Tom. It actually is an engine enamel made by Dupli-Color.
Congratulations John! My name is Fernando and I am doing a research to record a video for my channel here in Brazil comparing 12 brands of pipe wrench, and I recently discovered the incomparable quality of the Rigdig keys. I fell in love with your Ridgid collection. Congratulations and thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your kind words Fernando. Good luck on your project.
@@johnfix1 thanks John, 🙏🏻.
It seems that tool companies back in the day built their tools like tanks and took more pride in their products. Great job they look great 👍
Thanks for the kind words. I've never found a modern pipe wrench that does a better job.
They still make the Rigid Tool Pipe wrench in Elyria, Ohio. On Clark St. Still comes with the life time guarentee. Just bought one not long ago just as good as when I was making them 40yr ago. Except the paint is better today...Ha Ha...
In Germany we have Gedore and Knipex wrenches . At my work on a drilling rig we use only Ridgid wrenches, they are the best Tools for the work.
There were cheap tools too but nobody bothered to hang on to them so only the cream of the crop was passed on or sold away at garage sales when their owners didn't need them anymore.
Very nice work!
Thank you John.
Great info on the Ridgid wrenches... wish you would show how you did the Vise Grip... l’ve passed on buying a few US made ones due to the finish being in similar condition.
Thanks for the compliment. I was restoring a couple of wrenches but best I can remember the Vise-Grip was cleaned up and shined using a medium wire wheel on my bench grinder followed up by polishing with Flitz metal polish..
Great work JohnFix! What brand is that paint that you used on the rigid wrenches? Looks amazing!
Thank you T-Wrecks. The paint is Dupli-Color engine enamel. Chevrolet Orange DE1620. I got it at Auto-Zone.
2:57 brings out the Crescent pipe wrench. For the most part Ridgid made the wrenches for Crescent & others. After all why not have the expert make it & avoid all that reverse engineering?
Love those Ridgid wrenches
Thanks Sparky.
I recently got a RIDGID 8” in very rough shape. Your’s is much nicer than mine. I made a video if you’re interested. Thanks for the history lesson.
Nice restorations. The orange color really stands out and looks great. Do you brush on the paint or spray it. Also the history of the tools are very interesting.
Thank you Frank. It's spray paint made by Dupli-Color. Chevrolet orange engine enamel.
4yr old video in my quest to date mine..
Have a 10" that looks like the 6" you have. Pat pending no numbers 👍