That’s just to funny blowing that horn. I think your horn is like a clackston horn. Had one on the press deck hooked to the phone so you could know when the phone rang.
Wallace Knifeworks makes some solid blades! USA made! You are crazy with that foghorn can’t believe the cops don’t show up lol happy new year make it a good one! 🎉
John I figured you were going to be needing your wall hanger to fend off the neighbors with their pitchforks after the 4 am testing. I lived in the country for 27 out of the 73 years I have been on this earth. Walk out in the back yard and target practice with a 12 gauge and clay pigeons. Start up a tractor without a muffler and drive it out of the shop. Had to have the muffler off because it wouldn't go under the shop door header. Set off fireworks, have bonfires, run chainsaws, motorcycles, you name it we did it and no complaints. The neighbors were far enough away they didn't notice. The old Singers were run by lever linkages and cam wheels. The new ones have plastic gears. My old Singer will sew denim, canvas, even leather. I bought Lydia a real nice $500.00 sewing machine. it sets in the basement. I have sewed more with my ancient machine in the last 5 years than she has in the last 30. Glad you leave things you can't use. I hope someone gets it that will use it.
Great episode! I had to laugh when you showed the bike tire. My son lived in Astoria a few years back and had a bicycle that he rode to work some days. He kept it in the locked entryway to his second floor apartment. One day he ordered food to be delivered. Buzzed the guy in to deliver the food. Later when he got ready to leave for work his bicycle was gone. The next day he went by the restaurant where he ordered the food from, and sure enough his bike was out front locked to a light pole. He went inside and told the manager. They made the kid who stole it come out and unlock it. The nerve of some people! Have a great weekend.
The Singer sewing machine is a Slantmatic 401, my mother and sister had one bought in 1959. I still have sisters, in working order she sewed for Richman Brothers Clothes .
Scout, has anyone ever told you you’re a menace to society?😂 Me too! I found an old evacuation siren in a skip, it’s only about 3” in diameter and about 4” long and all plastic. It’s one of the ones you described having some slots in the side and a chopper disc that spins and it is LOUD. This thing doesn’t buzz like yours, it screams a high pitched whine. Well, imagine my delight when I discovered it uses a 12 volt motor to run. I got an old 12 volt cordless drill and cut most of the top off it and glued the siren to the trigger and then gave the whole thing a coat of black paint and I keep it in the car. Let me tell you, I’ve had some fun with it. You know those people that just stroll through the car park in the middle of the road? One blast from this thing and they move, especially if they’re in the underground car park at my local shopping centre. There’s a high school just around the corner from me and sometimes I’ll give the kids waiting for the bus a squirt. They always get a fright and then most start laughing. Cheers, Stuart 🇦🇺
The only loud thing I like is Church Bells, lately one of the best things I hear really late at night is Owls, when they start singing back and forth it's one of the most relaxing things ever.
Ever since I saw your videos about walking the poormens fleamarket at night I wonder about the things that are put on the streets in your town. Its unbelievable to see this with german eyes. Great video as ever. Thanks and have good days
Hi John, I’ve been super busy as I’ve returned to work after my knee replacement. I’ve been watching but haven’t commented lately. Thanks very much for your shout-out on today’s video. That sewing machine from your poor man’s flee market was a very good model. Probably early 1960’s. These were made just before Singer started to add more plastic to the machines. A solid machine that could last for decades more. These machines can be run out of the table very easily. If you ever run across another machine. There are two hinges which hold the machine in the cabinet and allows the machine to pivot down into the cabinet. There is a Philips head wood screw which fastens the hinge to the cabinet. Take the screws and you can wiggle the machine out of the cabinet. These hinges have a shaft end which fits into the back of the machine base. It’s held to the base with a set screw. The hinges look like lollypops. Your horn rehab was amazing. Very funny your neighbor comments. I still get a big smile from your picture inserts, especially the pup giving you the hairy eyeball. That’s the best. Glad to hear you’ve recovered from your cold. Just a comment on your rifle. It must be pretty old as I thought toy guns had orange barrels ends so cops knew they were toys. That would have been a real pucker factor walk home, especially with the NY gun laws. You have a brass set for sure. Hope you have a great weekend. Best Regards, John
Thanks John, recovery is going well, but the surgeon advised me during my first knee replacement that a knee replacement will take up to a year to fully heal. So I have a ways to go but it’s going well. I’m starting to get back into the shop again. I am in the middle of reconfiguring my two spaces. I have a 20’x20’ garage (Work Shop) and a 14’x36’ steel building (Fab Shop)on the back yard. I’m transferring my 100+ sewing machines awaiting refurb to the Fab Shop on a 8’x8’x42” commercial shelving unit I bought. All my woodworking and messy stuff (painting, power coating, welding, stripping, paint removal, etc) will be located in the Fab Shop. My metal lathe, milling, and assembly/troubleshooting work plus a leather shop will be in the garage Shop. I’m almost done running the last two compressed air line runs in the Garage shop. Needless to say it will probably be months in the making. The goal is to get this done by spring time. All good. My friend is coming to visit with a craftsman wood lathe refurb and rebuild two air nail guns. Once I get closer to a shop that is not a total disaster, I’ll do a video tour and will send you a copy. Enough yaking for now. Best Regards, John
I have picked up so much brass in the 8 years I did in the Marine Corps. I never want to mess with that stuff ever again. That was in a tank batalliion. So brass of all sizes. Then we washed all the tanks and restocked the armories the 240s and 50cal. So I will pass everytime. I enjoyed your last video on the first aid. I would love more on that plus shop manegement for us poor folk. I can afford all the fancy vacuum machines. But layout strategy and clean up. Plus possible paint stations or powder coat. I would also be interested in some of the pioneering Merit badge experiences you may have had over the years. Thanks and all the best.
John, I hope you live a long and fruitful life. I hope that the person who buys your home when you are in the poor man’s flea market in the sky starts a TH-cam channel of everything they find in your house. Better yet, is a neighbor starting a TH-cam channel of his poor man’s flea market when the buyers of your house start emptying it out.
Hey Scout, glad you like the knife Ricky made! Thanks for giving him a shout out! I have one of his knives similar to that on my desk as well speak - great all around utility knife, letter opener, etc. You sure do find some great stuff in the garbage, I’ve never seen stuff like that out on the curb out my way, not sure what it is about your neighborhood, but you clearly are in the “right place at the right time”. Thanks for all you do for the tool restoration hobby, I learn something new with almost every episode. best wishes for a healthy and prosperous ‘24 - 🎉
If I was your neighbor we would get in trouble lol - cool find on the toy - I could only imagine if NY Finest would of drove by 😂 Awesome Knife @ Horn Johnny
It really is amazing what nice goodies people put out, that Singer sewing machine is definately a keeper. I think the new generation just don't know of the high quality these old machines🪲 had, and not everybody is mechanical/electrical minded or has the time to tinker with them.🐝 We have a modern "Brother" L14 sewing machine, which I intend using soon to do up some hems on new jeans I will get. Then we have a 1970's era Singer 518, which is a beauty and belonged to my wifes late sister-in-law. 🦋It is almost brand new but a year ago I tried it out and it started smoking (all the voltages, cycles are fine), so I will look into that, maybe there is some electro, mechanical issue for sitting unused for decades. 🌿
Another great show - especially loved the variety: poor man's flea market and finds, neighborhood holiday decorations, a really nice custom patch knife, a vintage electric horn clean-up and test (haha), and the showcasing of a beautiful industrial grade tripod. A lot of bang for the buck here. Love it. Thanks for another great episode and stay dry this weekend.
One of my favorite episodes! I love that you placed it for testing between the houses, just to get the echo effect. Hilarious! The tripod is definitely cool. Maybe you can rig it the buzzer up to one of your massive lights so it flashes with each buzz, just to make sure you get everyone up! Thanks for sharing.
Poor man's flea market... My brother and I called it trash picking. We found a mini bike with everything but the motor. Back in the 60s that was like finding gold... We went to a lawn mower shop and got a 1 hp motor for $10 ... Lots of fun ... think top speed was 10 mph or less
Lol.. This was a good video.. That was hilarious when you pulled out that gun that you picked up on your walk... I could imagine trying to explain to the cops about carrying the gun...lol.. Hey that tripod was very cool, I wonder what that would go for on Ebay... Sparta was just a few miles from where I live.. S.C. that was a very entertaining video... See you Mon...Take care...
OK talked to my son about that AR-15 looking gun it is a highly modified NERF Strife he can tell by the sound it has upgraded motors and full upgraded body kit in total worth about 400 to 500 bucks after all the mods. Good Score
Lucky you didn’t get shot. Yikes When I was working on the campus we hooked two giant sirens with speakers. We got them from a shut down nuke plant in maine We used them for a campus warning system for active shooter on campus. I think with all the cell phones it became obsolete. I was fun testing them. The horns worked well but the speakers were muffled.
The toy gun is very similar to a couple "Nerf" brand dart guns I've bought for my son. Same style detachable magazines as well as the ramp up/motor trigger. There's at least three different sized darts (possibly more?) That I'm aware of. -the most common are a soft foam body (similiar to a pool noodle) with a rubber tip. They can be various colors e.t.c, they're something approximating a 410 or so shotshell.... At a quick glance of your mag follower I'm guessing they're this most common size. -There is also a similarly built larger size which is much less common & approximately the size of a 12/10 guage. - Finally the newest iteration has a much more rigid "case" or shaft more like a higher density styrofoam. Like any firearm the rounds are specific to the mag & firearm. For Christmas I picked up a new style like this, as the other couple similar guns which use the standard rounds/darts have common failure to feed/cycling issues, especially as the darts become worn & more flexible. If you underfeed the mag by 1 or two rounds it generally helps a bit. (The mags I have are glue sealed so theres no way to modify the spring.) Probably more than you wanted to know, but there ya go. Amazon has a ton of cheap options for them. Happy New Year Pal.
When I was growing up our family went to a church that was down the street from the East Norwalk Fire department. Every day, Sundays included, the fire whistle went off at noon. Our church service started at 11 a.m. and any time our pastor had a Sunday off the guest preacher was warned about the fire whistle. Even so there were occasions where the sermon would run long and once that whistle blew no one was paying full attention to the preacher. My grandparents house was right next to the Silvermine Volunteer Firehouse. Before 1948 the firehouse was my grandparents garage. In my grandmother’s kitchen there was a wall phone with no dial that was a direct line to the Norwalk central fire department. All of us grandchildren and great-grandchildren were under strict orders to never touch that phone or the button next to it that would blow the fire whistle I was expecting to see all the lights coming on in your neighbors’ houses😉
My wife loves to sew, and has a beautiful Swedish made Pfaff, which I bought for her 20+ years ago. She has made evening gowns, wedding dresses, and even a tuxedo for me. We are both DIYers, and our children now in their mid-30s are as well.
We used that horn on a relay as an outdoor ringer for a construction landline. The phone would ring, close the contacts and the horn would blow. I actually put one in a duplex. The old lady that lived there was hard of hearing. Her daughter called in a service order ordering the loudest ringer she could get. I showed up and both the daughter and mom were there. I said,” are you SURE this is ok?” They said it was perfect. I installed it knowing I would be back. The neighbors complained because the old lady got a lot of test calls. Within three hours my boss hunted me down and was really on my case. I went back to remove the horn. So instead of the horn we installed a flood light on the relay. 😂Man that lit up the room. Daughter and mom were happy.
No, No, No, they all know it's that crazy neighbor John, again! There all saying, " They need to put Dat guy away!" When I was a kid, Creedmoor was the preferred location! LoL! Have a great weekend!😂
I have 2 of the neck knives that you friend gifted you. I also have 2 of his other knives that Ricky Wallace makes. I follow him on You Tube. He also does a lot of restoration on old tools and WW 1 & 2 service issued equipment. Also my daughter does a lot of sewing still. We had her grandmothers old sewing machine repaired and she still uses it. Thanks for sharing, always get a kick out of poor man’s flea market.
John another great show. You sounding your horn at 2 am reminds me of the times my neighbors had parties all night by the pond. Drinking , singing with music and even a fight. About 9 am the next morning they are asleep and the air horn off a semi goes off in their direction. Trust me I know I evened the score. Happy new year!
Did you see the foot switch with that Singer sewing machine? I have one that look just like that. I think it's made out of Bakelite. I use it as a speed control for my power tools. The Poor Man's Flea Market never ceases to amaze! That majestic tripod is a beaut too.
John, I very seldom see any vintage items on your program that I have....until today. I have the exact same Magestic adjustable tripod you showed with your alarm. And you are absolutely 100% correct. It's the coolest tripod ever. Believe it or not a coworker of mine swapped it for a spindly camera tripod I had because I needed a heavy duty one for my spotting scope that I could haul around in the pickup to silhouette shoots. That thing is built like a tank and has more adjustments than you can imagine! I see why you keep it in your living room. Now that the eyes are gone and I no longer shoot black powder I take it along on vacations to the national parks and set it up on my back patio for my grandkids to look at the moon. Yours is the first one I've seen since I got mine decades ago. By the way, looks like your pal the cat didn't stick around for a second blast on your siren!
You need one of the BIG jobs that had the hemi engines powering them for war time on tall buildings that superduperman hopped off of BUT you scared the possums off anyway. Happy Brand New Year, John! My Sweetie got her sewing machine from a guy that fixes them. It's an old Japanese made Singer and weighs a TON! The cabinet is nice but has personality dings but she was sewing yesterday and last night making a mantle hanging of a string of hearts for the mantle in the Grans and parents place but she hung it over OUR heater and will probably keep it and make them another for their place for valentines day. God Bless, you possum frightener! POSSUM HAS HEART ATTACK-FILM AT 11!
Yes, as another commentator mention4ed that's a Singer slant o matic, a classic and wonderful sewing machine, the advantage of the slant is to bring the needle closer to the front so it's easier to see what you're sewing, I have 4 sewing machines, I like fixing/restoring them and you never know what you need to mend, I think of it as welding with cloth, if you have a lathe you might also need a sewing machine or 4 LOL
I have the same horn. It is called the clangston. I worked in a large substation, and all the employees had a Morse code ring (buzz) unique to each employee. What memories 😂.
I am not quite sure which could be more detrimental to ones health: walking around at night with a very realistic looking weapon or blasting the neighborhood at 2am with a couple of good shots from a siren 😀? Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the video !!!
That rifle mechanism looks like a Nerf gun. I'm surprised the tip isn't orange. That means it was made before that toy law went into effect. I still sew some for my costumes. I had to read 17 pages of me mothers good sewing machine so I could learn her machine to make a Santa hat to fit my bucket for a Christmas parade.
Just itchin' to get shot, ain't ya? 😅 when I saw that nurf gun in the trash I thought...man I bet that make the backside pucker up having to walk home with that, especially there in NY..lol...or .maybe I have watched to much TV😊 and then you rattle folks out of the bed with a buzzer horn 😅 awesome stuff! Tripod is fantastic! Have a great weekend Mr. John!
I got a Necchi free arm sewing machine plain jane, I got couple years ago from a sew machine shop for 75 dollars, they gave me some instruction and every since I've repair my pants and shirts really save me some money fixing my clothes, how's Pipes I hope he's getting back to his old routine of staying home...I think one of your critters got bothered
Here in the Netherlands we have a general alarm, sounds a lot like an air raid alarm. It gets tested every first Monday of the month exactly at noon. For the whole country that is. I'm very close to our local horn and still get caught off guard every now and again. I think they want to get rid off the horns and replace it with notifications on your cellphone. Hope you'll have a good weekend too!
i thought you needed to have a blaze orange tip on toy guns, maybe it got removed? Looks like it might be similar to the "M4 AR15 DART BLASTER [FULL-AUTO][STRONG MOTOR][USB][AU] [Fits Nerf Gun Darts]" does it have a charge port? it might have a built in lithium battery
There were some neat things on your walk but I don't blame you for not taking the sewing machine when you have three already. The siren cleaned up nicely. Thanks for sharing this.
Hey John, I'm with you on the sirens. I am in the FD but those air raid sirens are awesome. Don Garlits (Drag racing) has a Chrysler Hemi warning siren from decades ago. Great videos on you tube about them. I think they ran on propane but of course you can convert them to gasoline.👍🏻
The. poor man's flea market strikes again, amazing what people will put out, but also what the council will collect, it's not like that here in the UK ! Not sure I would have the nerve to walk through a New York suburb with a sub-machine gun even if a toy ! I know what you mean about noise my wife always says it's weird that I like noisy things but can't stand "noise " such as dogs or blaring music, bet you don't get much noise upstate ! Many of the older generation here in the UK are still freaked out by sirens after living through air-raids in the war even bringing them to tears, My Gran said my model planes hanging from the bedroom ceiling reminded her of the war ! Now I want a Majestic Tripod ! 🤣
I love guns, but I would have carried the sewing machine home and listed it for sale, if my wife did not snag it for her sewing machine collection. 20 and counting. What kind of maniac does not like a polished horn. Great video.
Awesome Scout. Cool gun. That thing has to be pre 1988. Our crooked government required all toy guns after 1988 to have a red, orange or yellow tip. Love the horn too. Thanks! 🇺🇸
Yikes Scoutcrafter! That late night stroll with the dart gun was dicey--I'm a little surprised it didn't have the usual orange/red tip marking it as a toy. That siren sure is cool--would have been fun causing some Hijinx with that as a kid oh boy!
So , young man, do the property values go down when people find out they’re looking at house next door to the noise maker guy, and he is only noisy between 2-3 A.M.? 😊😂. Bet it is a hoot living next door to you sir. What’s life without a little fun in it, right?.. thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.
There is a company taking in tax deductible stuff for free and then they reasell it to run the company. It is called Good Will. If you let the trash collectors get the good stuff like the sewing machine, it will likely be lost forever. My sister in law and my wife still sew, and that machine would have been a step up from both of their machines from the same era. New ones suck. You should look into repurposing what gets trashed. THAT would help our carbon emissions way more than stupid EVs ever will. Step up, Scoutcrafter!
Here in the city it’s incredibly hard to donate stuff. If you call good will or Salvation Army they say thanks but no thanks. Nobody wants the old stuff here in the wacko city. They are nuts!
I simpathize with barking dogs. There is a couple that toss the dog outside about 4 in the morning and ignore it for the next hour in which it barks constantly. Maybe it's because there is an open park in between that it's worse. In the summer months when you have the window open to wake to fresh air it's even worse. I remember working nights, I learned to take the phone off the wall and lay in front of a breeze box fan to dull the noises. I would get in at 7 and hopefully asleep by 8 or 9 and someone would call at noon thinking I would be up. Yeah when I worked second shift. Thus the phone off the wall. I have 5 sewing machines, 3 are for leather and upholstery. I have one tucked away that needs a foot pedal.
Hey señor Juan, I hate barking dogs at night, mawing cats or when they jump on top of your house, or when they are having a fight at night. People having a party all the way till the morning. Nice finds at the poor man's flea market.
" First thing you do is smell it and then smell it again"...lmao... I literally just spit out my soft drink!
In the 60s, in Harlow, UK, the fire station had an old air raid siren to call out the fire brigade.
It was pretty loud.
That’s just to funny blowing that horn. I think your horn is like a clackston horn. Had one on the press deck hooked to the phone so you could know when the phone rang.
Wallace Knifeworks makes some solid blades! USA made! You are crazy with that foghorn can’t believe the cops don’t show up lol happy new year make it a good one! 🎉
John I figured you were going to be needing your wall hanger to fend off the neighbors with their pitchforks after the 4 am testing.
I lived in the country for 27 out of the 73 years I have been on this earth.
Walk out in the back yard and target practice with a 12 gauge and clay pigeons. Start up a tractor without a muffler and drive it out of the shop. Had to have the muffler off because it wouldn't go under the shop door header.
Set off fireworks, have bonfires, run chainsaws, motorcycles, you name it we did it and no complaints. The neighbors were far enough away they didn't notice.
The old Singers were run by lever linkages and cam wheels. The new ones have plastic gears. My old Singer will sew denim, canvas, even leather. I bought Lydia a real nice $500.00 sewing machine. it sets in the basement. I have sewed more with my ancient machine in the last 5 years than she has in the last 30.
Glad you leave things you can't use. I hope someone gets it that will use it.
My mom had that Singer sewing machine. It put a smile on my face and took me back to the 1960's. 👍
Just as well there wasn't some trigger happy defender of the law around when you carried the gun home!
The tripod is great, looks very well made.
What kind of a maniac sleeps at 4 am?! Lol I get up at 2:45 for work and have to clock in at 4 am. Another great video.
Great episode!
I had to laugh when you showed the bike tire. My son lived in Astoria a few years back and had a bicycle that he rode to work some days. He kept it in the locked entryway to his second floor apartment. One day he ordered food to be delivered. Buzzed the guy in to deliver the food. Later when he got ready to leave for work his bicycle was gone. The next day he went by the restaurant where he ordered the food from, and sure enough his bike was out front locked to a light pole. He went inside and told the manager. They made the kid who stole it come out and unlock it. The nerve of some people!
Have a great weekend.
The Singer sewing machine is a Slantmatic 401, my mother and sister had one bought in 1959. I still have sisters, in working order she sewed for Richman Brothers Clothes .
Scout, has anyone ever told you you’re a menace to society?😂 Me too! I found an old evacuation siren in a skip, it’s only about 3” in diameter and about 4” long and all plastic. It’s one of the ones you described having some slots in the side and a chopper disc that spins and it is LOUD. This thing doesn’t buzz like yours, it screams a high pitched whine. Well, imagine my delight when I discovered it uses a 12 volt motor to run. I got an old 12 volt cordless drill and cut most of the top off it and glued the siren to the trigger and then gave the whole thing a coat of black paint and I keep it in the car. Let me tell you, I’ve had some fun with it. You know those people that just stroll through the car park in the middle of the road? One blast from this thing and they move, especially if they’re in the underground car park at my local shopping centre. There’s a high school just around the corner from me and sometimes I’ll give the kids waiting for the bus a squirt. They always get a fright and then most start laughing. Cheers, Stuart 🇦🇺
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The tripod is pretty cool - 2am siren payback, thats funny 🤣🤣🤣
The only loud thing I like is Church Bells, lately one of the best things I hear really late at night is Owls, when they start singing back and forth it's one of the most relaxing things ever.
Loons are also relaxing.
Ever since I saw your videos about walking the poormens fleamarket at night I wonder about the things that are put on the streets in your town. Its unbelievable to see this with german eyes. Great video as ever. Thanks and have good days
Hi John,
I’ve been super busy as I’ve returned to work after my knee replacement. I’ve been watching but haven’t commented lately. Thanks very much for your shout-out on today’s video. That sewing machine from your poor man’s flee market was a very good model. Probably early 1960’s. These were made just before Singer started to add more plastic to the machines. A solid machine that could last for decades more. These machines can be run out of the table very easily. If you ever run across another machine. There are two hinges which hold the machine in the cabinet and allows the machine to pivot down into the cabinet. There is a Philips head wood screw which fastens the hinge to the cabinet. Take the screws and you can wiggle the machine out of the cabinet. These hinges have a shaft end which fits into the back of the machine base. It’s held to the base with a set screw. The hinges look like lollypops. Your horn rehab was amazing. Very funny your neighbor comments. I still get a big smile from your picture inserts, especially the pup giving you the hairy eyeball. That’s the best. Glad to hear you’ve recovered from your cold. Just a comment on your rifle. It must be pretty old as I thought toy guns had orange barrels ends so cops knew they were toys. That would have been a real pucker factor walk home, especially with the NY gun laws. You have a brass set for sure. Hope you have a great weekend.
Best Regards,
John
Hello John! I know Knee recovery can be very challenging but after the initial trauma I am sure it will be smooth sailing for you! All the best!
Thanks John, recovery is going well, but the surgeon advised me during my first knee replacement that a knee replacement will take up to a year to fully heal. So I have a ways to go but it’s going well. I’m starting to get back into the shop again. I am in the middle of reconfiguring my two spaces. I have a 20’x20’ garage (Work Shop) and a 14’x36’ steel building (Fab Shop)on the back yard. I’m transferring my 100+ sewing machines awaiting refurb to the Fab Shop on a 8’x8’x42” commercial shelving unit I bought. All my woodworking and messy stuff (painting, power coating, welding, stripping, paint removal, etc) will be located in the Fab Shop. My metal lathe, milling, and assembly/troubleshooting work plus a leather shop will be in the garage Shop. I’m almost done running the last two compressed air line runs in the Garage shop. Needless to say it will probably be months in the making. The goal is to get this done by spring time. All good. My friend is coming to visit with a craftsman wood lathe refurb and rebuild two air nail guns. Once I get closer to a shop that is not a total disaster, I’ll do a video tour and will send you a copy. Enough yaking for now.
Best Regards,
John
The majority of people have a consumer state of mind
Nice siren head clip!
I have picked up so much brass in the 8 years I did in the Marine Corps. I never want to mess with that stuff ever again. That was in a tank batalliion. So brass of all sizes. Then we washed all the tanks and restocked the armories the 240s and 50cal. So I will pass everytime. I enjoyed your last video on the first aid. I would love more on that plus shop manegement for us poor folk. I can afford all the fancy vacuum machines. But layout strategy and clean up. Plus possible paint stations or powder coat. I would also be interested in some of the pioneering Merit badge experiences you may have had over the years. Thanks and all the best.
I remember tornado warning sirens growing up in Minnesota. Head home and into the basement.
John, I hope you live a long and fruitful life. I hope that the person who buys your home when you are in the poor man’s flea market in the sky starts a TH-cam channel of everything they find in your house. Better yet, is a neighbor starting a TH-cam channel of his poor man’s flea market when the buyers of your house start emptying it out.
I love the picture of the Dachshund, it always cracks me up.
It is a very cool tripod!
I have that same Singer. It’s about a 1958 model.
Hey Scout, glad you like the knife Ricky made! Thanks for giving him a shout out! I have one of his knives similar to that on my desk as well speak - great all around utility knife, letter opener, etc. You sure do find some great stuff in the garbage, I’ve never seen stuff like that out on the curb out my way, not sure what it is about your neighborhood, but you clearly are in the “right place at the right time”. Thanks for all you do for the tool restoration hobby, I learn something new with almost every episode. best wishes for a healthy and prosperous ‘24 - 🎉
If I was your neighbor we would get in trouble lol - cool find on the toy - I could only imagine if
NY Finest would of drove by 😂 Awesome Knife @ Horn Johnny
Al we would cause some serious mischief! 😂👍
It really is amazing what nice goodies people put out, that Singer sewing machine is definately a keeper. I think the new generation just don't know of the high quality these old machines🪲 had, and not everybody is mechanical/electrical minded or has the time to tinker with them.🐝
We have a modern "Brother" L14 sewing machine, which I intend using soon to do up some hems on new jeans I will get. Then we have a 1970's era Singer 518, which is a beauty and belonged to my wifes late sister-in-law. 🦋It is almost brand new but a year ago I tried it out and it started smoking (all the voltages, cycles are fine), so I will look into that, maybe there is some electro, mechanical issue for sitting unused for decades. 🌿
Another great show - especially loved the variety: poor man's flea market and finds, neighborhood holiday decorations, a really nice custom patch knife, a vintage electric horn clean-up and test (haha), and the showcasing of a beautiful industrial grade tripod. A lot of bang for the buck here. Love it. Thanks for another great episode and stay dry this weekend.
HEY!..".If I told you once, I told you a Million Times,...STOP RUMMAGING THRU MY TRASH"!
One of my favorite episodes! I love that you placed it for testing between the houses, just to get the echo effect. Hilarious! The tripod is definitely cool. Maybe you can rig it the buzzer up to one of your massive lights so it flashes with each buzz, just to make sure you get everyone up! Thanks for sharing.
Poor man's flea market... My brother and I called it trash picking. We found a mini bike with everything but the motor. Back in the 60s that was like finding gold... We went to a lawn mower shop and got a 1 hp motor for $10 ... Lots of fun ... think top speed was 10 mph or less
Love the PMF. Great tripod and horn. Nothing like giving 5he neighbors a wake up call.
Lol.. This was a good video.. That was hilarious when you pulled out that gun that you picked up on your walk... I could imagine trying to explain to the cops about carrying the gun...lol.. Hey that tripod was very cool, I wonder what that would go for on Ebay... Sparta was just a few miles from where I live.. S.C. that was a very entertaining video... See you Mon...Take care...
OK talked to my son about that AR-15 looking gun it is a highly modified NERF Strife he can tell by the sound it has upgraded motors and full upgraded body kit in total worth about 400 to 500 bucks after all the mods. Good Score
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Lucky you didn’t get shot. Yikes
When I was working on the campus we hooked two giant sirens with speakers. We got them from a shut down nuke plant in maine
We used them for a campus warning system for active shooter on campus. I think with all the cell phones it became obsolete.
I was fun testing them. The horns worked well but the speakers were muffled.
The toy gun is very similar to a couple "Nerf" brand dart guns I've bought for my son. Same style detachable magazines as well as the ramp up/motor trigger.
There's at least three different sized darts (possibly more?) That I'm aware of.
-the most common are a soft foam body (similiar to a pool noodle) with a rubber tip. They can be various colors e.t.c, they're something approximating a 410 or so shotshell....
At a quick glance of your mag follower I'm guessing they're this most common size.
-There is also a similarly built larger size which is much less common & approximately the size of a 12/10 guage.
- Finally the newest iteration has a much more rigid "case" or shaft more like a higher density styrofoam.
Like any firearm the rounds are specific to the mag & firearm.
For Christmas I picked up a new style like this, as the other couple similar guns which use the standard rounds/darts have common failure to feed/cycling issues, especially as the darts become worn & more flexible. If you underfeed the mag by 1 or two rounds it generally helps a bit. (The mags I have are glue sealed so theres no way to modify the spring.)
Probably more than you wanted to know, but there ya go.
Amazon has a ton of cheap options for them.
Happy New Year Pal.
Awesome information! Thanks so much! 😃👍
When I was growing up our family went to a church that was down the street from the East Norwalk Fire department. Every day, Sundays included, the fire whistle went off at noon. Our church service started at 11 a.m. and any time our pastor had a Sunday off the guest preacher was warned about the fire whistle. Even so there were occasions where the sermon would run long and once that whistle blew no one was paying full attention to the preacher.
My grandparents house was right next to the Silvermine Volunteer Firehouse. Before 1948 the firehouse was my grandparents garage. In my grandmother’s kitchen there was a wall phone with no dial that was a direct line to the Norwalk central fire department. All of us grandchildren and great-grandchildren were under strict orders to never touch that phone or the button next to it that would blow the fire whistle
I was expecting to see all the lights coming on in your neighbors’ houses😉
I used to love the 12 o'clock whistle!
My wife loves to sew, and has a beautiful Swedish made Pfaff, which I bought for her 20+ years ago. She has made evening gowns, wedding dresses, and even a tuxedo for me. We are both DIYers, and our children now in their mid-30s are as well.
That custom knife is pretty cool!
We used that horn on a relay as an outdoor ringer for a construction landline. The phone would ring, close the contacts and the horn would blow.
I actually put one in a duplex. The old lady that lived there was hard of hearing. Her daughter called in a service order ordering the loudest ringer she could get. I showed up and both the daughter and mom were there. I said,” are you SURE this is ok?” They said it was perfect. I installed it knowing I would be back. The neighbors complained because the old lady got a lot of test calls. Within three hours my boss hunted me down and was really on my case. I went back to remove the horn. So instead of the horn we installed a flood light on the relay. 😂Man that lit up the room. Daughter and mom were happy.
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Hi John. Another great video. I love when take us along on your walks. That busier is really loud.😮...👍👍❤...
> I hate the sound of barking dogs and crying babies
Proceeds to blast an industrial bullhorn at 2AM :)
LOL. I'm really laughing out loud.
Nice episode as always,sir...I miss Waldo
No, No, No, they all know it's that crazy neighbor John, again! There all saying, " They need to put Dat guy away!" When I was a kid, Creedmoor was the preferred location! LoL! Have a great weekend!😂
the gun is an off-brand version of a Nerf Stryfe. Has some value as there is a whole collectors market for Nerf and Nerf-like guns like that.
I have 2 of the neck knives that you friend gifted you. I also have 2 of his other knives that Ricky Wallace makes. I follow him on You Tube. He also does a lot of restoration on old tools and WW 1 & 2 service issued equipment.
Also my daughter does a lot of sewing still. We had her grandmothers old sewing machine repaired and she still uses it.
Thanks for sharing, always get a kick out of poor man’s flea market.
Sewing is a lost art! It’s great she is keeping it alive. 😃👍
He makes a solid knife I have a few in my kitchen drawer and use them frequently
John another great show. You sounding your horn at 2 am reminds me of the times my neighbors had parties all night by the pond. Drinking , singing with music and even a fight. About 9 am the next morning they are asleep and the air horn off a semi goes off in their direction. Trust me I know I evened the score. Happy new year!
You have to put a Siren on your Adventure Team Mobile Support Vehicle, and one of those Bubble Lights that used to be on the old Cop cars lol
Did you see the foot switch with that Singer sewing machine? I have one that look just like that. I think it's made out of Bakelite. I use it as a speed control for my power tools. The Poor Man's Flea Market never ceases to amaze! That majestic tripod is a beaut too.
I’ve always felt that the sounds made by barking dogs, crying babies, and car alarms should only be audible to their owners and parents.😂
😆I'm just crying here. So funny!
What kind of maniac sets off industrial alarms @ 2:45 in the morning???
I love it !!;
John, I very seldom see any vintage items on your program that I have....until today. I have the exact same Magestic adjustable tripod you showed with your alarm. And you are absolutely 100% correct. It's the coolest tripod ever. Believe it or not a coworker of mine swapped it for a spindly camera tripod I had because I needed a heavy duty one for my spotting scope that I could haul around in the pickup to silhouette shoots. That thing is built like a tank and has more adjustments than you can imagine! I see why you keep it in your living room. Now that the eyes are gone and I no longer shoot black powder I take it along on vacations to the national parks and set it up on my back patio for my grandkids to look at the moon. Yours is the first one I've seen since I got mine decades ago. By the way, looks like your pal the cat didn't stick around for a second blast on your siren!
That Tripod is magnificent- People have no idea how well it’s made. Great stuff! 😃👍
You need one of the BIG jobs that had the hemi engines powering them for war time on tall buildings that superduperman hopped off of BUT you scared the possums off anyway. Happy Brand New Year, John! My Sweetie got her sewing machine from a guy that fixes them. It's an old Japanese made Singer and weighs a TON! The cabinet is nice but has personality dings but she was sewing yesterday and last night making a mantle hanging of a string of hearts for the mantle in the Grans and parents place but she hung it over OUR heater and will probably keep it and make them another for their place for valentines day. God Bless, you possum frightener! POSSUM HAS HEART ATTACK-FILM AT 11!
John you are the coolest "NUT" that ever fell from the tree.
Maybe put a heavy duty linear switch on the cord of that siren to start it whenever you like after plugging it in.
Your killing me Smalls! John you always seem to leave me laughing after watching your video. Your neighbors have got to think your a cool guy.🤣🇺🇸
Someone is having a dream about bigfoot using an electric razor at 2:00 A.M.
Yes, as another commentator mention4ed that's a Singer slant o matic, a classic and wonderful sewing machine, the advantage of the slant is to bring the needle closer to the front so it's easier to see what you're sewing, I have 4 sewing machines, I like fixing/restoring them and you never know what you need to mend, I think of it as welding with cloth, if you have a lathe you might also need a sewing machine or 4 LOL
I have the same horn. It is called the clangston. I worked in a large substation, and all the employees had a Morse code ring (buzz) unique to each employee. What memories 😂.
I am not quite sure which could be more detrimental to ones health: walking around at night with a very realistic looking weapon or blasting the neighborhood at 2am with a couple of good shots from a siren 😀? Nonetheless, I really enjoyed the video !!!
I wanted the neighbors house lights to come on.... that is a sweet tripod... you need to use a power inverter to mount that horn in your FJ. :-)
My FJ came equipped with a built in inverter! 400w. 😃👍
Of all the places to walk around with a toy gun! 😬 The horn is cool. Thanks
Great show! I think that the Majestic tripods were for Large format cameras (8X10). Really rugged and interesting looking.
Oh man brother…next door house is for sale? Wish I was in the market in that area!! You would be an awesome fun neighbor!!
That rifle mechanism looks like a Nerf gun. I'm surprised the tip isn't orange. That means it was made before that toy law went into effect.
I still sew some for my costumes. I had to read 17 pages of me mothers good sewing machine so I could learn her machine to make a Santa hat to fit my bucket for a Christmas parade.
With kids these days if you walk out on the porch with that toy they might return fire with real ones.
Just itchin' to get shot, ain't ya? 😅 when I saw that nurf gun in the trash I thought...man I bet that make the backside pucker up having to walk home with that, especially there in NY..lol...or .maybe I have watched to much TV😊 and then you rattle folks out of the bed with a buzzer horn 😅 awesome stuff! Tripod is fantastic! Have a great weekend Mr. John!
I worked 3rd shift, 11 pm to 7:30 am for 17 years.
I know how you feel.
Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
Great episode,love the buzzerand that tripod is awesome! See ya Monday!
Do you have an antique Gas Station Bell, that went off when a car drove over an air hose? Ding Ding!
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So many treasures in the poor man’s flea market. Another great vid.
I got a Necchi free arm sewing machine plain jane, I got couple years ago from a sew machine shop for 75 dollars, they gave me some instruction and every since I've repair my pants and shirts really save me some money fixing my clothes, how's Pipes I hope he's getting back to his old routine of staying home...I think one of your critters got bothered
Hi Tom- Pipes went out today for 2 hours of fresh air but now he’s sleeping and healing again. 😃👍
Here in the Netherlands we have a general alarm, sounds a lot like an air raid alarm. It gets tested every first Monday of the month exactly at noon. For the whole country that is. I'm very close to our local horn and still get caught off guard every now and again. I think they want to get rid off the horns and replace it with notifications on your cellphone. Hope you'll have a good weekend too!
i thought you needed to have a blaze orange tip on toy guns, maybe it got removed?
Looks like it might be similar to the "M4 AR15 DART BLASTER [FULL-AUTO][STRONG MOTOR][USB][AU] [Fits Nerf Gun Darts]" does it have a charge port? it might have a built in lithium battery
I’m 45 minutes west of Sparta Tennessee.
Awesome state!
Happy 2024 to you and a lot of great finds at the poor mans flea market :-)
There were some neat things on your walk but I don't blame you for not taking the sewing machine when you have three already. The siren cleaned up nicely. Thanks for sharing this.
Hey John, I'm with you on the sirens. I am in the FD but those air raid sirens are awesome. Don Garlits (Drag racing) has a Chrysler Hemi warning siren from decades ago. Great videos on you tube about them. I think they ran on propane but of course you can convert them to gasoline.👍🏻
The. poor man's flea market strikes again, amazing what people will put out, but also what the council will collect, it's not like that here in the UK ! Not sure I would have the nerve to walk through a New York suburb with a sub-machine gun even if a toy !
I know what you mean about noise my wife always says it's weird that I like noisy things but can't stand "noise " such as dogs or blaring music, bet you don't get much noise upstate !
Many of the older generation here in the UK are still freaked out by sirens after living through air-raids in the war even bringing them to tears, My Gran said my model planes hanging from the bedroom ceiling reminded her of the war !
Now I want a Majestic Tripod ! 🤣
I love guns, but I would have carried the sewing machine home and listed it for sale, if my wife did not snag it for her sewing machine collection. 20 and counting. What kind of maniac does not like a polished horn. Great video.
Awesome Scout. Cool gun. That thing has to be pre 1988. Our crooked government required all toy guns after 1988 to have a red, orange or yellow tip. Love the horn too. Thanks! 🇺🇸
I USED A MAJESTIC TRIPOD WITH A 4 X 5 CALUMET VIEW CAMERA AT THE PHILADELPHIA COLLEGE OF ART.
WAY BACK WHEN. LOVED SEEING ONE AGAIN.
You’re lucky! What a magnificent tripod! 😃👍
I can't stand a crying indoor cat that lives in my house as a pet at night when I'm trying to sleep
Glad you made it home safely from your walk!
Awesome first video of the year I am laughing all the way through from taking the gun home like you did to blasting that horn at 2:30 in the morning 😂
Yikes Scoutcrafter! That late night stroll with the dart gun was dicey--I'm a little surprised it didn't have the usual orange/red tip marking it as a toy. That siren sure is cool--would have been fun causing some Hijinx with that as a kid oh boy!
Remember the first Wednesday of each month at 1 pm, or duck and tuck.
Man you always find the best stuff👍
John, I can only imagine one of your neighbors looking thru the window as you're going home carrying that thing lol
I bet the random horns blaring late at night keep the criminals away.
This whole video made me laugh 🥃 👍 🤔🙄😁
So , young man, do the property values go down when people find out they’re looking at house next door to the noise maker guy, and he is only noisy between 2-3 A.M.? 😊😂. Bet it is a hoot living next door to you sir. What’s life without a little fun in it, right?.. thanks for the video, I enjoyed it.
That toy gun will be worth bank in 50yrs!! it shoots foam nerf darts.
There is a company taking in tax deductible stuff for free and then they reasell it to run the company. It is called Good Will. If you let the trash collectors get the good stuff like the sewing machine, it will likely be lost forever. My sister in law and my wife still sew, and that machine would have been a step up from both of their machines from the same era. New ones suck. You should look into repurposing what gets trashed. THAT would help our carbon emissions way more than stupid EVs ever will. Step up, Scoutcrafter!
Here in the city it’s incredibly hard to donate stuff. If you call good will or Salvation Army they say thanks but no thanks. Nobody wants the old stuff here in the wacko city. They are nuts!
I simpathize with barking dogs. There is a couple that toss the dog outside about 4 in the morning and ignore it for the next hour in which it barks constantly. Maybe it's because there is an open park in between that it's worse. In the summer months when you have the window open to wake to fresh air it's even worse. I remember working nights, I learned to take the phone off the wall and lay in front of a breeze box fan to dull the noises. I would get in at 7 and hopefully asleep by 8 or 9 and someone would call at noon thinking I would be up. Yeah when I worked second shift. Thus the phone off the wall. I have 5 sewing machines, 3 are for leather and upholstery. I have one tucked away that needs a foot pedal.
Crap Philip I would have snagged the foot pedal for you! 🫣. We had a person move in a few years ago and their dog would bark for 6 hours straight. 🤬😂👍
Hey, John, you're a brave guy!
Sewing is kind of a lost art these days. I sew by hand for repairs and making stuff like pouches
2:40 AM 😂🤣
Hey señor Juan, I hate barking dogs at night, mawing cats or when they jump on top of your house, or when they are having a fight at night. People having a party all the way till the morning. Nice finds at the poor man's flea market.
Still a kid at heart ❤