Hi Mr. John, I tell ya I did my son's Baseball bat like that using red and black grip tape.. I'd bring the rope back down causing a criss cross... he loved it and so did all the boys on his team...lol.. so I ended up one whole after noon having to tape 11 bat handles for all the boys 😅 good memories and it makes a heck of grip! Good stuff
Excellent video. I played a lot of hockey and at age 58 and I still do. Wrapping handles of hockey sticks is a common practice, and thank you for showing otheis that pro tip. If you have an old round shoelace ....that works as well for underlying with the tape. Ive done this with many of my handles for yard equipment. Thanks again for sharing.
Robert- There is something so different about hockey, the relationship between stick and puck, lining up a shot and fighting your adrenaline so not to miss. Having superior situational awareness is a must. When played right it’s such a beautiful thing to see.
I used electrical tape on my baseball bat grip. Bad Choice! Slicker than a Politician! I won't get into all the various wraps that could be used (racquetball racket, tennis racket, baseball bat, road bike handle bars, etc.), but I remember playing street football in high school, and my sneakers came apart, so I wrapped tape around the bottom and the top.
My wife's grandfather worked in the coal mines. He used friction tape on all his tool handles, a rubber impregnated cotton tape they used for most everything. Thanks for another great video.
Those LED fixtures do look really nice. I also may be using that trick on my axe back at home. It was loose last summer and this would fix it right up I bet.
Those LEDs are nice. I only have one florescent tube light left in the garage and I need to replace it. LED is a game changer in unheated buildings. Like a regular light it can turn on and off, not affected by the cold and isn't hard on the bulb if you are just popping in and out for a tool. Funny thing about the tape, I believe that is close to the original medical tape of the early 20th century. I did a job a while ago for someone who was concerned about her home security. I found a stubby aluminum baseball bat on a garage sale. Painted it purple and wrapped with tennis racket wrap. Boy that stuff was nice. I don't have a grip problem for wood handles yet although I don't use them in the rain much. Yes as you get older you are not the swinger you were when you were young even though you think you are. Well maybe I can be for 10 minutes on the dance floor. 🤣
I like the handle wrap process, have a hammer I will try it on, looking forward to putting it to the test. That light fixture is sweet, thanks for the video, enjoyed it, appreciate your time and effort.
Hi Scoutcrafter What I have done with hammer handles is before you put the head on the handle smear JB weld on the handle and in the head put them together with all the wedges the JB weld will squish out you clean up the excess JB weld, they are verry solid after that. The only thing is if you ever want the handle off again you would have to destroy the handle.
When we were kids, most of the working guys were Dads who got a kick out of helping kids. Many grew up in the Great Depression and remember not having toys. Another good video. Good Luck, Rick
Ah, growing up in Brooklyn with Pink Spaulding balls and steel wheel buckle-on roller skates. The games we would play, with only our imagination. Stoop ball and stick ball. The good old days.
Gread episode as usual. Those lights are the cat's pajamas. Picked up a new roll of that Super 33+ tape at an estate sale for a buck. Didn't realize how pricey it was until later, so I am almost afraid to use it. Have a great rest of your week.
Great video today. Street hockey wasn’t in vogue when I was growing up we used play stickball in the street all the time along with touch football. I used to go to Davega all the time across from Flushing HS on Northern Blvd for sporting equipment. Great memories of growing up in Queens.
This was a very interesting Mosh! I knew about taping a handle but not how to actually do it. Thanks for sharing this information and especially the lights.
We use that taping technique in the FD on our forcible entry tools. And you are so right on that electrical tape that 3M tape is the cat's pajamas. Definitely don't want to use that Chinese crap for electrical work. Junk. Those lights are awesome! Another great video John!
Hi Scout. I Used To Play Street Hockey All The Time ! We Favored A Tennis Ball or A Puck on The Street. We Always Played In The Street Too. I Grew Up In A Small Town But Always Had Plenty of Cars ! Too Many !
Kids today just don't know how much fun we used to have playing outside. I remember stickball in the street as what we always used to play, until a car came along. Nice job with taping those handles. I'll have to get some of those lights as well.
We used to fix our broken wooden bats with small finishing nails and athletic tape. Today the bats are aluminum We also used 3M 88T vinyl tape to fix the cracked or chipped plastic on our Klein 9” &needle nose pliers. Thanks for the fun.
I really never seen kids playing in the streets anymore over here. There's a soccer field behind my house, same goes for that. Although the soccer field never attracted me either😅
What about old fashion friction tape? Bought a cheap dead blow hammer and wrapped the handle with friction tape. If the handle/tape is to sticky, just rub some sawdust on it. As for loose handles, there were several yard tools with loose handles so I filled the tops with non-expanding polyurethane glue and let that soak into all the gaps. You might need to tape up the bottom side so the glue doesn't run out. May not be a traditional fix but so far so good.
Ordered dinner for the family Monday night. My mother was like put the tool guy on. Aka ScoutCrafter. I picked a random video and it was the original Dexter hammer restoration. Pretty funny it popped back up today. My sister keeps asking why doesn't scout have an all hammer week lol. They love when you do hammers. Mom and sister have never touched a hammer lol but they love you restoring them
@@ScoutCrafter it's more awesome when the entire family assembled sisters partners grandkids nieces nephews and we are all watching scout crafter!!!! My niece is 6 loves when you clear candy coat the tools. But she is always like why isn't he doing pink lol. She has her own tool belt all pink. My mother is always asking why doesn't he restore an old shoe shine kit. Big fans SC!!!
Man, you have a habit of bringing back memories. Hockey sticks, tennis balls, and the garage door. There were some impressive indentations. In college, they would start with Frisbees, and after a while hockey sticks would appear. The puck of choice was a rock-hard stale bagel. You could play until the bagel hit a door frame and it shattered. The game ended when you ran out of stale bagels. Back in the day, we used black friction tape to tape the blade of the stick and to tape the handle. Friction tape is sticky on both sides, thus you get a natural grip. We also used it on baseball bat handles. If the crack was in the handle, a couple of screws and friction tape worked wonders. Bon
Great memories Scout. Here in Australia it was cricket during the summer and us kids used the rubbish bins as wickets and we also played in the middle of the street. We used electrical tape to wrap a tennis ball to give it some weight and stop it travelling so far because not many kids could afford a leather cricket ball and the few that could would never ruin it using on the road. Most places had their own rules like “tip n run” which meant that if you touched the ball at all with the bat you had to run. That stopped some kids just constantly blocking the ball without running and there were usually boundary rules like hitting the ball over someone’s fence was 6 runs but you were out. Thanks mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
Cool video ScoutCrafter! Those scenes of kids growing up playing make-shift hockey on the streets was bonus. Also really excellent tips on seating a hammer head better that has some gaps. Finally the hockey grip tape for the handle, some folks love that on their tool handles. Rob Cossman the woodworker wraps all of his mallets in hockey tape to cushion the impact and loves it--great idea.
I remember playing football in the streets when I was very young and yelling or hearing "CARRRR"... we would finish the play and all stand between the nearest parked cars until it was clear. I forgot all about that till you said it, then remembered it clear as day 🙂
You don't see grip tape now is because of Estwing handles and you know why you never see a crow run over? They're always hollering KAH, KAH! That's what you get for holleing while playing in the street. God Bless You, Pal!
That rang so many memories with me, playing in the street, the road we lived on was a bus route and quite busy but there were a few dead end streets nearby where we had the run of the place with just the occasional shout out for vehicles, we are fortunate to live in such place now and it's great to see the kids out playing as they can't many places now ! I saw where you were going on the Hockey tape, my Dad showed me this years back, we also used to use old bike inner tubes rolled back over handles to increase grip, like a cricket bat handle !
Hi John, I finally got caught up on the last 2 episodes. The light you made out of the insulator was super cool! I remember growing up playing in the street also😊 Thanks again for sharing and see you Friday
Love that grip tape idea. Back in the 80s I used to work in the building trade in Alice Springs, Australia. Sometimes it would get up to 120F in the shade and if you grabbed a tool that had been sitting in the sun, you couldn't let go of it, because your skin would stick to it. Ah the good old days.
You dont see grip tape on shovels or picks much because they aren’t used like they used to be. Our father would offer work to a fellow who seemed always down on his luck. He would show up to set fences where he would cut small locust trees that were abundant on our property, cut them as posts, peel them, and let them dry. Then he hand dug the holes, set the posts, and strung barbed wire streching it tight. He never asked for help and worked like a mule using only hand tools. He was a kind individual and manual labor was his specialty; which he was a master of; sort of a lost art. Thanks for the grip tips.
ScoutCrafter, We have several closed two-bulb ceiling lights. We just replaced the bulbs with a flat disk LED light. The interesting thing about the light is the options you have for the light. Keystone, Part Number KT-RKT20PS-8CP-8CSC-VDIM, 8" Futurefit LED Circular Retrofit Kit, 0-10V Dimmable, Selectable Color 3000K/3500K/4000K/5000K, Selectable Wattage 13.5W/2200 lumen, 17W/2700 lumen, or 20.5W/3200 lumen, 120-227V Operation, plus mounting hardware. 4 Colors, 3 Wattages, Dimmable, and accepts various input voltages. Bob
John, I remember you saying you still live in the house you grew up in. Did you play ball in that same street, & if so, why the traffic volume increase? I hear there's a mass exodus from NY.
Yes- My town was a very quiet part of northern Queens. Since the 80’s my town has grown quite a bit however more building and more traffic has changed everything here. There is a mass exodus from NY and CA. Lots of retirees and people looking for a better place to live make up that demographic. Any vacuum created is filled with people. A one family home is gutted and now holds 10 rentals. 🫣
Used to play street hockey all the time back in the 70's. We even took on some other neighborhoods. I still have my hockey stick! I'm not sure about tape on a well-used handle. Anytime I've done it the tape eventually wears off and leaves you with a sticky mess. Has that happened to you? -Tom
They finally got a decent low energy light solution when they created LED light bulbs. Those compact fluorescent lights used less energy yeah but as light bulbs they are awful things.
LED lights are really cool. They are also becoming more and more popular as incandescent lights fade out of use. I'm amazed at the constantly changing types and styles of new applications being found for LEDs. In automotive uses, there are more types of bulbs and usages than even a few years ago.
Very informative! Thanks for sharing your technique of wrapping handles of tools with “Grip Tape”, I always seem to learn something practical & USEFUL from your videos. Keep up the Good Work John! Blue Skies!!!!
That light is fantastic! I used to play street, basement, and floor hockey in NJ back around 85. I could ice-skate very well but not play hockey worth a darn on skates! I love grip tape, I used it on an axe handle recently and may find other uses for it.
Hey Jihn- wanted to chine in real quick. you had shown a lot of tools you got from one of your friends at a show. there was a punch in there with a flattened and knurled center area if the punch. I'm really curious if it's marked "Tuck". i have some rare punches and one of mine looks exactly like it. Love the show!! Scott
I don’t know if they still have this or not but years ago at Fort McHenry there was a type of movie presentation in the reception center describing the battle and at the end of the presentation the curtains would part and there was our flag waving proudly. It would bring a tear to your eye. I must get back up there again soon.
It must be almost 20 years since I was there and that's the only thing I remember of the place. It was very well done. I hope they still have it. I took my kids and now I hope the grandkids can go soon.
Lol John the street hockey took me back and yes we use to use the rolls of electrical tape as well. I can't remember how many times the goalies would lose a finger nail from someone catching their bare hand with the stick trying to smack the puck in. It was always a challenge finding someone to volunteer to be the goalie lol. The grip tape we use to use thanks to my older brother playing hockey in high school was almost like a fabric it was different than you had here, and it also came in all sorts of colors yellow, red, black, white, blue etc it was almost shear like a mesh just very fine and it really stuck and usually we wrapped the handle and then followed it with the twisting and then wrapped over that.
Wow I would really like some lights like that I took a picture of it and searched it on the internet and cannot find it I would really like to know where they bought them if possible thank you I love your podcast I would not miss it for the world I'll watch every one of them have a good day
Back the truck I said back the truck up, homemade model aircraft in back ground 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️, we need to know more about this 😂😂😂😂😂. Many thanks Mr BOOM 😂😂😂😂
We'd have the entire neighborhood playing in the street in front of my house. Kicker, wiffle ball, kick the can, sledding. The manhole was home plate. Such fun!
Years ago I had a makeshift air rifle range in my basement, I needed a small 10w bulb above my head to facilitate loading the guns. I kept it dark except for a spotlight on the target and one small light over my head. That plug was attached to a small socket and bulb. I had a nice 10 meter range! 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafterCan you believe that we too as kids also had an air riffle range in our dirty old basement. Seems like our parents must been a lot alike. To catch the BBs we had a steel plate at a 45 degree angle that would redirect the BBs into a stack of old news papers. The targets would be hung in front of the 'BB trap'.
Oh love that card god bless America and god bless the real president 47 Really like the tape idea the old black hockey 🏒 tape is my favourite Love that stuff great video John god bless take care 🙏🪖🇳🇿🇺🇸🗽🦅🏒47/FJB
Hi Mr. John, I tell ya I did my son's Baseball bat like that using red and black grip tape.. I'd bring the rope back down causing a criss cross... he loved it and so did all the boys on his team...lol.. so I ended up one whole after noon having to tape 11 bat handles for all the boys 😅 good memories and it makes a heck of grip! Good stuff
Vic- I bet after your 5th bat you were an expert! 😂👍. It’s been a while for me so mine was a bit sloppy. 🫣
Thanks for sharing those light fixtures with us. I’m gonna have to get a couple.
Excellent video. I played a lot of hockey and at age 58 and I still do. Wrapping handles of hockey sticks is a common practice, and thank you for showing otheis that pro tip. If you have an old round shoelace ....that works as well for underlying with the tape. Ive done this with many of my handles for yard equipment. Thanks again for sharing.
Robert- There is something so different about hockey, the relationship between stick and puck, lining up a shot and fighting your adrenaline so not to miss. Having superior situational awareness is a must. When played right it’s such a beautiful thing to see.
I used electrical tape on my baseball bat grip. Bad Choice! Slicker than a Politician! I won't get into all the various wraps that could be used (racquetball racket, tennis racket, baseball bat, road bike handle bars, etc.), but I remember playing street football in high school, and my sneakers came apart, so I wrapped tape around the bottom and the top.
My wife's grandfather worked in the coal mines. He used friction tape on all his tool handles, a rubber impregnated cotton tape they used for most everything. Thanks for another great video.
Those LED fixtures do look really nice. I also may be using that trick on my axe back at home. It was loose last summer and this would fix it right up I bet.
Man I remember Modells who closed not too many years ago, but Herman’s really brought back memories. Great idea wrapping those handles.
Those LEDs are nice. I only have one florescent tube light left in the garage and I need to replace it. LED is a game changer in unheated buildings. Like a regular light it can turn on and off, not affected by the cold and isn't hard on the bulb if you are just popping in and out for a tool. Funny thing about the tape, I believe that is close to the original medical tape of the early 20th century. I did a job a while ago for someone who was concerned about her home security. I found a stubby aluminum baseball bat on a garage sale. Painted it purple and wrapped with tennis racket wrap. Boy that stuff was nice. I don't have a grip problem for wood handles yet although I don't use them in the rain much. Yes as you get older you are not the swinger you were when you were young even though you think you are. Well maybe I can be for 10 minutes on the dance floor. 🤣
maybe the work gloves replaced the need. i did all my sports stuff back then including my bike handlebars.
I like the handle wrap process, have a hammer I will try it on, looking forward to putting it to the test. That light fixture is sweet, thanks for the video, enjoyed it, appreciate your time and effort.
I use hockey tape on all my hammers and shovels, great ideal.
Great job with the tape I never thought about the underneath part just used straight up tape and mostly on baseball bats 👍
Yep, we played in the streets. And probably wearing our plaid CPO jackets that were ordered from the Sears catalog.
Hi Scoutcrafter What I have done with hammer handles is before you put the head on the handle smear JB weld on the handle and in the head put them together with all the wedges the JB weld will squish out you clean up the excess JB weld, they are verry solid after that. The only thing is if you ever want the handle off again you would have to destroy the handle.
When we were kids, most of the working guys were Dads who got a kick out of helping kids. Many grew up in the Great Depression and remember not having toys. Another good video. Good Luck, Rick
Ah, growing up in Brooklyn with Pink Spaulding balls and steel wheel buckle-on roller skates. The games we would play, with only our imagination.
Stoop ball and stick ball. The good old days.
We did custom grips on our baeballbats from 12 or so until we were playing in college
Gread episode as usual. Those lights are the cat's pajamas. Picked up a new roll of that Super 33+ tape at an estate sale for a buck. Didn't realize how pricey it was until later, so I am almost afraid to use it. Have a great rest of your week.
Great video today. Street hockey wasn’t in vogue when I was growing up we used play stickball in the street all the time along with touch football. I used to go to Davega all the time across from Flushing HS on Northern Blvd for sporting equipment.
Great memories of growing up in Queens.
That hobby/sports shop was FANTASTIC!!! 😃👍
This was a very interesting Mosh! I knew about taping a handle but not how to actually do it. Thanks for sharing this information and especially the lights.
We use that taping technique in the FD on our forcible entry tools. And you are so right on that electrical tape that 3M tape is the cat's pajamas. Definitely don't want to use that Chinese crap for electrical work. Junk. Those lights are awesome! Another great video John!
Mike- That Chinese electrical tape gets you once, after that you smarten up real fast! Ask me how I know. 🫣😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter Yep we sell both at the Hardware store. I always recommend customers to stick with the 3M. Pun intended.👍🏻
I alwYs wondered how those ridges got on the handles of things. I always figured it was twine or something. Nice one john.
Hi Scout. I Used To Play Street Hockey All The Time ! We Favored A Tennis Ball or A Puck on The Street. We Always Played In The Street Too. I Grew Up In A Small Town But Always Had Plenty of Cars ! Too Many !
All of my Deadblow Hammers have this same taped handles with black friction tape..some of my Sledgehammers too.
Kids today just don't know how much fun we used to have playing outside. I remember stickball in the street as what we always used to play, until a car came along. Nice job with taping those handles. I'll have to get some of those lights as well.
We used to fix our broken wooden bats with small finishing nails and athletic tape. Today the bats are aluminum
We also used 3M 88T vinyl tape to fix the cracked or chipped plastic on our Klein 9” &needle nose pliers. Thanks for the fun.
I really never seen kids playing in the streets anymore over here. There's a soccer field behind my house, same goes for that. Although the soccer field never attracted me either😅
Alex- Same here. Kids are hidden! 😂👍
What about old fashion friction tape? Bought a cheap dead blow hammer and wrapped the handle with friction tape. If the handle/tape is to sticky, just rub some sawdust on it. As for loose handles, there were several yard tools with loose handles so I filled the tops with non-expanding polyurethane glue and let that soak into all the gaps. You might need to tape up the bottom side so the glue doesn't run out. May not be a traditional fix but so far so good.
Very timely. Thank you for the loose head/grip tape advice. Great video.
Ordered dinner for the family Monday night. My mother was like put the tool guy on. Aka ScoutCrafter. I picked a random video and it was the original Dexter hammer restoration. Pretty funny it popped back up today.
My sister keeps asking why doesn't scout have an all hammer week lol. They love when you do hammers. Mom and sister have never touched a hammer lol but they love you restoring them
That is awesome!!! 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafter it's more awesome when the entire family assembled sisters partners grandkids nieces nephews and we are all watching scout crafter!!!! My niece is 6 loves when you clear candy coat the tools. But she is always like why isn't he doing pink lol. She has her own tool belt all pink.
My mother is always asking why doesn't he restore an old shoe shine kit.
Big fans SC!!!
Man, you have a habit of bringing back memories. Hockey sticks, tennis balls, and the garage door. There were some impressive indentations. In college, they would start with Frisbees, and after a while hockey sticks would appear. The puck of choice was a rock-hard stale bagel. You could play until the bagel hit a door frame and it shattered. The game ended when you ran out of stale bagels.
Back in the day, we used black friction tape to tape the blade of the stick and to tape the handle. Friction tape is sticky on both sides, thus you get a natural grip. We also used it on baseball bat handles. If the crack was in the handle, a couple of screws and friction tape worked wonders.
Bon
Great memories Scout. Here in Australia it was cricket during the summer and us kids used the rubbish bins as wickets and we also played in the middle of the street. We used electrical tape to wrap a tennis ball to give it some weight and stop it travelling so far because not many kids could afford a leather cricket ball and the few that could would never ruin it using on the road. Most places had their own rules like “tip n run” which meant that if you touched the ball at all with the bat you had to run. That stopped some kids just constantly blocking the ball without running and there were usually boundary rules like hitting the ball over someone’s fence was 6 runs but you were out.
Thanks mate, Stuart 🇦🇺
To fill the gaps on a hammer handle use chop sticks from your favorite Chinese restaurant. They are made of bamboo and tough as an old boot.
Thanks John for a great "real gripping" and enjoyable video.
Cool video ScoutCrafter! Those scenes of kids growing up playing make-shift hockey on the streets was bonus. Also really excellent tips on seating a hammer head better that has some gaps. Finally the hockey grip tape for the handle, some folks love that on their tool handles. Rob Cossman the woodworker wraps all of his mallets in hockey tape to cushion the impact and loves it--great idea.
You’re a great patriot. God bless America.
Thanks, Scout. The tool handle hack was worth the cost of admission.
I remember playing football in the streets when I was very young and yelling or hearing "CARRRR"... we would finish the play and all stand between the nearest parked cars until it was clear. I forgot all about that till you said it, then remembered it clear as day 🙂
You don't see grip tape now is because of Estwing handles and you know why you never see a crow run over? They're always hollering KAH, KAH! That's what you get for holleing while playing in the street. God Bless You, Pal!
That rang so many memories with me, playing in the street, the road we lived on was a bus route and quite busy but there were a few dead end streets nearby where we had the run of the place with just the occasional shout out for vehicles, we are fortunate to live in such place now and it's great to see the kids out playing as they can't many places now !
I saw where you were going on the Hockey tape, my Dad showed me this years back, we also used to use old bike inner tubes rolled back over handles to increase grip, like a cricket bat handle !
Really great episode. Love that LED light that screws in to a light bulb socket. Thanks so much for sharing with us all. Have a great day.
Firefighters still wrap their tools with grip tape.
Hi John, I finally got caught up on the last 2 episodes. The light you made out of the insulator was super cool! I remember growing up playing in the street also😊 Thanks again for sharing and see you Friday
Love that grip tape idea. Back in the 80s I used to work in the building trade in Alice Springs, Australia. Sometimes it would get up to 120F in the shade and if you grabbed a tool that had been sitting in the sun, you couldn't let go of it, because your skin would stick to it. Ah the good old days.
You dont see grip tape on shovels or picks much because they aren’t used like they used to be. Our father would offer work to a fellow who seemed always down on his luck. He would show up to set fences where he would cut small locust trees that were abundant on our property, cut them as posts, peel them, and let them dry. Then he hand dug the holes, set the posts, and strung barbed wire streching it tight. He never asked for help and worked like a mule using only hand tools. He was a kind individual and manual labor was his specialty; which he was a master of; sort of a lost art. Thanks for the grip tips.
ScoutCrafter,
We have several closed two-bulb ceiling lights. We just replaced the bulbs with a flat disk LED light. The interesting thing about the light is the options you have for the light. Keystone, Part Number KT-RKT20PS-8CP-8CSC-VDIM, 8" Futurefit LED Circular Retrofit Kit, 0-10V Dimmable, Selectable Color 3000K/3500K/4000K/5000K, Selectable Wattage 13.5W/2200 lumen, 17W/2700 lumen, or 20.5W/3200 lumen, 120-227V Operation, plus mounting hardware.
4 Colors, 3 Wattages, Dimmable, and accepts various input voltages.
Bob
Bob- it absolutely amazes me at how they can adjust all these parameters on a fixture and still make it affordable! 😃👍
Another enjoyable video. I like those LED fixtures and may pick up some for my basement. Thanks!
John, I remember you saying you still live in the house you grew up in. Did you play ball in that same street, & if so, why the traffic volume increase? I hear there's a mass exodus from NY.
Yes- My town was a very quiet part of northern Queens. Since the 80’s my town has grown quite a bit however more building and more traffic has changed everything here. There is a mass exodus from NY and CA. Lots of retirees and people looking for a better place to live make up that demographic. Any vacuum created is filled with people. A one family home is gutted and now holds 10 rentals. 🫣
Loved the light. I will be looking for some for my basement and garage. I see you convinced Mr. Engel to paint the current project Scout Crafter red!
Dave really brought that poop wagon back from oblivion! Can’t wait to see it operate! 😃👍
Used to play street hockey all the time back in the 70's. We even took on some other neighborhoods. I still have my hockey stick! I'm not sure about tape on a well-used handle. Anytime I've done it the tape eventually wears off and leaves you with a sticky mess. Has that happened to you? -Tom
There was always one kid who was a league player who would give us street bums tips and tricks of how the “Pros” do it. 😂👍
Great program John Thanks so much for the content
Happy Hammering. You are a hero for anyone
Thank you for all the insights
Thanks for tip on taping handle and nice led light
They finally got a decent low energy light solution when they created LED light bulbs.
Those compact fluorescent lights used less energy yeah but as light bulbs they are awful things.
They only lasted a couple years. I think the Mercury components were an issue. 😃👍
LED lights are really cool. They are also becoming more and more popular as incandescent lights fade out of use. I'm amazed at the constantly changing types and styles of new applications being found for LEDs. In automotive uses, there are more types of bulbs and usages than even a few years ago.
John as a kid i had Red Ball Jets high tops and PF flyers. Damn i must be getting old!🇺🇸
Ok, but what about "Giant Monster," "Flashlight Tag," "Dirty N@zi," and last but not least, "Marco Polo."
BOOM 😂😂😂😂😂😂
I'm very impressed with LED lamps nowadays 💡 👍 😊
Very informative! Thanks for sharing your technique of wrapping handles of tools with “Grip Tape”, I always seem to learn something practical & USEFUL from your videos.
Keep up the Good Work John!
Blue Skies!!!!
Great tip on the grip tape for tool handles. Something new for me to try out. Thanks for tip.
Mate, that grip tape tip is awesome, thank you so much
Wonderful pictures from back then showing playing kids in the streets and whereever. Great Photos.Thanks for showing me these fotos
We would wrap our stick ball or whiffle ball bats! The light fixture was very cool. Thanks
That light is fantastic! I used to play street, basement, and floor hockey in NJ back around 85. I could ice-skate very well but not play hockey worth a darn on skates! I love grip tape, I used it on an axe handle recently and may find other uses for it.
Another great video. Those hammerhead tips are great. Spring is starting here, so Hammer season is starting.
you grew up in the streets, in a good neighborhood, thxs for sharing...
Awesome.. love the tape tricks... And that light is a game changer...
Love the lights and a great tip for the handles thank you
Hey Jihn- wanted to chine in real quick. you had shown a lot of tools you got from one of your friends at a show. there was a punch in there with a flattened and knurled center area if the punch. I'm really curious if it's marked "Tuck". i have some rare punches and one of mine looks exactly like it. Love the show!!
Scott
Scott -I’ll look today! Thanks
Thanks- no pressure sir!! ❤️🇺🇸
Great video man,really enjoyed it.👍
Bác chia sẻ tuyệt vời.❤❤❤❤❤
Hockey tape works good.
God I miss street hockey!
We had a goalie who wore his brothers catcher’s face mask. 😂👍
Didn’t everybody???😂😂😂
I don’t know if they still have this or not but years ago at Fort McHenry there was a type of movie presentation in the reception center describing the battle and at the end of the presentation the curtains would part and there was our flag waving proudly. It would bring a tear to your eye. I must get back up there again soon.
It must be almost 20 years since I was there and that's the only thing I remember of the place. It was very well done. I hope they still have it. I took my kids and now I hope the grandkids can go soon.
I would also appreciate knowing where they purchased the light! If you can find out, let us know. Thanks.
Hi Tony- I tried to find it online but nothing comes up! I’m trying to find Tom’s email. 🫣😂👍
That grip is genius!
Lol John the street hockey took me back and yes we use to use the rolls of electrical tape as well. I can't remember how many times the goalies would lose a finger nail from someone catching their bare hand with the stick trying to smack the puck in. It was always a challenge finding someone to volunteer to be the goalie lol. The grip tape we use to use thanks to my older brother playing hockey in high school was almost like a fabric it was different than you had here, and it also came in all sorts of colors yellow, red, black, white, blue etc it was almost shear like a mesh just very fine and it really stuck and usually we wrapped the handle and then followed it with the twisting and then wrapped over that.
Rob- Yes, finding a goalie wasn’t easy, we had a kid who would use his older brother’s catching equipment! 😂👍
Wow I would really like some lights like that I took a picture of it and searched it on the internet and cannot find it I would really like to know where they bought them if possible thank you I love your podcast I would not miss it for the world I'll watch every one of them have a good day
Me too! I looked everywhere because I wanted to add a link but couldn’t find anything! I can’t find Tom’s email so I too am at a loss. 🫣😂👍
John check out the price of the new composite hockey sticks some are $350.00
Carbon fiber! Remember we had plastic bottoms on some sticks. 😂
Ok, you have to find out where to get those lights. You can't show something like that and leave us hanging.
I know! I tried looking them up to leave a link and nothing! Can’t find them anywhere! I want to ask Tom but can’t find his email. 🫣😂👍
Do you know the brand of that light and where it can be bought? I could use one. Thanks
Hal- I’m sorry I looked all over but can’t find it anywhere. I can’t find Tom’s email. 🫣😂👍
Back the truck I said back the truck up, homemade model aircraft in back ground 🤷♂️🤷♂️🤷♂️, we need to know more about this 😂😂😂😂😂.
Many thanks Mr BOOM 😂😂😂😂
Thanks John.
I want one of those light fixtures, like to know the maker.
David- I can’t find them! Looked everywhere but don’t see them online. I don’t have Tom’s email so I too am at a loss.
We'd have the entire neighborhood playing in the street in front of my house. Kicker, wiffle ball, kick the can, sledding. The manhole was home plate. Such fun!
BTW - We need to talk about that brown lamp/extension cord taped to that BX cable that was in view during your LED lamp demo.
Years ago I had a makeshift air rifle range in my basement, I needed a small 10w bulb above my head to facilitate loading the guns. I kept it dark except for a spotlight on the target and one small light over my head. That plug was attached to a small socket and bulb. I had a nice 10 meter range! 😃👍
@@ScoutCrafterCan you believe that we too as kids also had an air riffle range in our dirty old basement. Seems like our parents must been a lot alike. To catch the BBs we had a steel plate at a 45 degree angle that would redirect the BBs into a stack of old news papers. The targets would be hung in front of the 'BB trap'.
Hockey tape
Gotcha 👍👍
I didn't get parked up early,you get done for lunch 😂😂😂😂
I gotta get a couple of those lights, could you find out the source? Great video!
John- I tried finding them everywhere but I couldn’t find them anywhere! 🫣
Oh love that card god bless America and god bless the real president 47
Really like the tape idea the old black hockey 🏒 tape is my favourite
Love that stuff great video John god bless take care 🙏🪖🇳🇿🇺🇸🗽🦅🏒47/FJB