Wow John, who else but the great Scoutcrafter could take an old dirty glass insulator and a rough hunk of cedar and turn them into the masterpiece you peresented to us in this video! Scoutcrafter Nation sound off!
I have 2 old Hemingrays that I got during my summer job in college. I still have them and occasionally pull them out and reminisce about the good old days. I never considered making them into a lamp, genius.
I remember picking the board with the holders up in gerlack Nevada. I put them on my fence with the insulators. They were neat to look at . Your bartenders friend is some great stuff. I cleaned a brass German tool with it. I think I still have 2 insulators. I’ll try cleaning them with your method. The old dog has learned a new trick. Thank You
I have a whole mess of these from when the railroad pulled out a bunch of poles alongside the tracks and just left everything on the ground. I have the insulators, the mounting hardware and one of the cross arms. I was thinking about making a lighted coat rack with them. If I ever get around to it, maybe I'll post it on RUclips!
At time stamp 1:42, that's actually an Ho scale power company. I have that model on my layout 😁 Made me smile. Insulator light looks great John. 2👍👍up Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
Great video 👍 Great demonstration and information on the glass insulator. That Hemingray #40 insulator 💡lamp build turned out fantastic!👍That Bar Keepers Friend for the win again! 🥇🏁🏆👍 When you showed us the glass insulator that was dirty and the finish result from the solution of the cleaner 🧼🧽,I thought it looked like it could have been made from the factory 🏭 yesterday, Fantastic Job!👍Also thanks for showing us that tip for that cleaner . I can see me using that cleaner on many different projects. 👍I liked how you made the wooden base for the lamp 💡,that is perfect for the insulator . The Delrin feet also turned out fantastic. Again I must say the final project turned out Fantastic, The lamp looks like it was made in a factory and I can buy it from off the shelf, great job!👍I did buy a lamp years ago that looked like a light bulb 💡 and I thought that was cool, now I am going to try making one of these lamps also , thanks for showing us your cool project 👍👍. Well again great video and can’t wait to see what you do on Wednesday. Have a great evening.😄👍👍
A fantastic project and great result. Loved the light and watching your turning skills. The Bar Keeper’s Friend worked well. Not sure if you have an ultrasonic cleaner but they would be ideal to use in this case. I couldn’t believe the difference in before and after of the insulator. Very enjoyable video. Thanks for taking the time to educate and entertain us.
I never shot the insulators but used to see them on the ground and walked past them. 50 years later, wish I had picked them up. Very nice job making a light out of one. Would make a nice night light.
Great project... I Like machining delrin. One of the best plastics. Very durable .Made soft blow hammer tips with it 40 + yrs ago. Still going strong... Discovered Barkeeper's friend years ago, great product
Nice project. What I gleaned above all is the availability of the low wattage LED bulbs! That alone left me with a myriad of potential projects. Thanks
Most of the insulators you showed were used by telegraph, telephone, and railroad companies. The wire lines these insulators were used on were low voltage and not for household use. The railroads used the insulators on the telegraph communication and signal circuits that were on the poles beside the tracks. Basically, the insulators got bigger as the voltage of the line wires went up. Electrical transmission line insulators are usually porcelain instead of glass and shaped differently. From my experience along many railroad tracks, the Hemingray insulators seem to be in the majority. The Hemingray 40 seems to be the most used. The beehive-shaped insulators seem to have been used on specific circuits. On certain circuits, the wires were crossed from one side to the other after so many poles, about 10, and then crossed back to cut down on the effect of picking up unwanted interference that can happen with wires being in parallel for long distances, sort of like eddy currents. I knew a man in 1972 who made night lights using glass ashtrays, single Christmas light-string bulbs, and an insulator similar to what you made.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I’ve tried a billion different things to try and get that soot out of insulators and nothing worked!!!! I’ve also wanted to make the into lamp shades or small accent lamps like yours! I know what I’ll be doing over the next few weeks!!!
What a neat way of displaying that insulator John, the base came out beautiful ! There you go again, you could have bought one but you had to buy the pack of four lights, I'm sure they'll come in handy soon enough ! 😉 Being "out in the sticks" we have power outages fairly regularly, mainly during storms where trees take out the over-head lines, this is despite the fact that we're just a few miles from a Nuclear plant and are now surrounded by wind turbines both on land and sea !
What a great home workshop project. The resulting light would be the best nightlight ever. For decades my mother collected glass insulators, and I still have half a dozen. I doubt she knew as much about the why and wherefore of the designs as you do. She liked different kinds of glassware. Her favorite insulator finds were 19th century examples that had turned violet due to sunlight and age. She would have loved to know about your Barkeepers Friend shop trick.
I remember the 77 blackout. I was living up in Westchester at the time so we were not affected but I do remember the impact on the city. Great job on the insulator and the nice little lamp.
only you john would do that. crazy project. remember the ‘77 blackout like yesterday. was 17 working paradise beach club gerritson beach bklyn. cleaning rich peoples boats. you brought back some memories. thanks. 73’s.
Great project. I collected insulators in Wisconsin as a kid in the 70s. Not sure where the collection went when we moved. I've collected a few in recent years.
What a great project. It brought back a lot of memories. My Dad worked for PG&E on the west coast for over 45 years. Needless to say we had a lot of those glass insulators around our place. Wish we'd have hung on to them. Who woulda thunk they'd be as valuable as they are today!
Another great use for Bar Keepers Friend, what a difference. Wood insulator pins were being replaced in great numbers at the utility I work for. They were causing numerous outages due to rot and lack of strength over time, and it took many years in a targeted program to replace them. Not bad considering those pins and porcelain insulators had been providing reliable service for over 50 years. Some of our subtransmission lines still support lines with very heavy duty Corning/Pyrex clear glass insulators as big as dinner plates. Lifespan is unlimited save for external damage or lightning.
John, I always enjoy what you have to share. Growing up just blocks from the AT&SF rail yard, I saw many, many of these insulators. Now so long ago it’s as if a dream.
Fascinating episode Scoutcrafter, always loved seeing those insulators on US made programmes, great to learn a little about them, they are truly beautiful items, I would 100% collect them if I was over there, those collections were stunning! 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧✌️
Hi John. That was really interesting. I like what you did with that insulator. It looks really cool. I have one of those somewhere in my shop. But it is brown. But I don't think it is class. Don't remember where I got it. It was soooooo long ago 😮. As always another great video. Have a great day. 👍👍❤...
What an excellent little project. I have a clear Armstrong insulator. It’s probably one of the most common. Great tip with the barkeepers friend. I am going to use that to clean my insulator and a couple of old milk bottles I have. Every episode there is something to learn.
What a excellent idea, Mr. John! Great project for those insulators and its just unreal how clean that turned out... i have a few, but they are like that crock pot brown solid color. Heck i normally pass these up...may not now! Your turned base was sweet and i enjoyed seeing tge lathe work! Happy Monday!
Very clever and creative way to convert an insulator into a lamp. Might just need to get a few insulators myself and do something similar. Always great ideas from your videos. Thanks for the inspirations.
My sister was at a garage sale last year and picked up probably 300 of these insulators for nearly nothing. She has lined a walking trail through the woods at her house with them. There were even some of the "mickey mouse" style ones that she set aside that are different.
I got this Cedar about ten years ago and when I turned it then the beautiful smell of cedar filled the basement, however now the wood was so dry it lost most of its smell.. 🫤😂👍
I have a set of six matching clear ones with which I wanted to make a small (in-line) chandelier that looks like the top of a RR telegraph pole for the Train Room. I was not sure what to use for the sockets and bulbs, BUT NOW I KNOW! THANKS! 👍😀😎
I have around 30 of them and clear, and blueish green ones and ten original wood threaded round 6 or 8" long screw in legs but probably has a proper name. I inherited my grandparents home place and found them in my grandpa's shop in a box. My great grandad was a lineman and worked running lines for the small town of Society Hill, South Carolina. I have his pole climbers.
Hey !John merveilleux cour sur les isolateurs.Il y en a vraiment de toutes les couleurs et de toutes les sortes. Très beau nettoyage et fabrication d'une merveilleuse lampe, génial.
I love those insulators! I was a 10 year old kid, in Brooklyn, during the November 1965 blackouy! It felt like a real adventure! It only lasted overnight, if I remember right. Everything was out! Cool!
Very cool project John. Reminded me of my grandmother’s home. She had those insulators lined up on her sidewalk. I have a few and I’m always looking for a project for my daughter at Christmas time and I think she would like that. Don’t tell her 😂. Thank You for sharing
I remember those in every ditch in the Nebraska country side while out hunting,mushroom hunting and picking wild plums. Back then we didnt think of messing with them some were live alot were just sitting on the poles like little monuments.
I learn something every day - thank's to a little Googling prompted by this video, I now know that there is a thread definition for American insulators - 4 TPI, 1 inch diameter at the closed end, tapering at 1.111 inches per foot to the open end!
I was a child living a mile from Indian Point in 1977 when the transformer blew. Everyone was outside on their stoop or in the street because it was hot out and no electricity. We heard the explosion and the night sky which was pitch black lit up like it was daytime for about five seconds. It was not like sunlight but more like a neon bulb. People started running and screaming thinking the nuclear plant had blown up, except one guy I'll never forget was in the street working under his car and he never stopped. !
Do my eyes deceive me or is that a Temptations bucket? That insulator turned out beautifully. I have several as well. Looks like a good soaking is coming up. With 6 cats, I have plenty of Temptations buckets... Your light project turned out great!
Try this I use it all the time. Keeps water beading for 6 months Originally designed for electric power companies to protect against high voltage power failures, Insulator wax provides high gloss protection on cars, trucks, boats, and airplanes. This clear coat-safe product is famous for its versatility, durability, and ease of use.
That cleaned up very well. Makes a very nice light. Well done. I have only one glass insulator, but I have a friend who collect them. Mine was made by WHITALL TATUM. One of many manufacturers. Dave.
Hey señor Juan... about those indulators, you forgot to mention the ones used at homes. I have seen then in old houses and they are made out of ceramic. I have a bounch of those glass insuladors that were removed from old electrical poles that were placed be the rail road tracks inside the little city were I live in. I wanted to make a Christmas tree shape with them Saludos.
I have been wanting to put several of these, same color as yours, alternating with clear ones all in a single row as a light fixture with LEDs. Haven’t figured it out yet though.
Man that blue is so nice would love to see a Scoutcrafter red one what a fantastic idea for a little night light put it on a timer there you go god bless take care 48/FJB 🇳🇿🇺🇸🦅🪖🗽💀
I have almost a full can of Bar Keeper's Friend that I picked up for my Mom shortly before she died...........Remember that "Old Dutch Cleanser"? They always had that in the janitor closets in elementary school, the lady on the container looked like a ghost, used to creep me out every time I went into one of the closets to get something.
My dad was an Erie/conrail/NJ TRANSIT started in mid 70s. He’s got a bundle of these. Some are supposedly 4 figures (find a buyer). The rarest seem to be carnival glass
We found out that we didnt need electricity as much as we thought whenever we went 3 weeks without it after hurrican Fiona hit us. And ive got an identical insulator sitting at home here, they make great door stoppers
John- Correct, however it’s harder then most people think to find PURE water, distilled water is the closest we come. Rain water is still chock full of contaminants that will conduct electricity. 😃👍
Dad Trick: Want to scare your kids, or someone in the family? If so, place a big plastic bug/spider on the inside of a lamp shade and wait for "death threats", when they turn the light on and see the silhouette of the bug/spider! =)
John, going back to your last video, I thought ConEd fixed up the water infiltration? Didn't you post a video a while ago pointing out something they did on the pole to be doubly sure you had no more water?
Brian- They plugged the pipe at both ends but they think the pipe rotted away in the middle. So their plug at my end won’t be waterproof for long because it’s super hard to stop water unless it’s your drain or sewer! 🫣😂👍
DUDEZILLA! Not to be a wood-N@ZI but I think that wood is CHERRY not cedar....... ALSO! I have an old video of cleaning up an night light that my dad made years ago, BUT, due to 'creative differences' I had to make another stand for it. AND that's going to be a future video...... EITHER WAY, After this, I am off to DA DEPOT to get some 'bar keepers cleaner' and soak and clean my 'bee hive' one from 1907..... THANKS for the idea you magnificent b@stard YOU!!
Don’t get me started on power failures. We lose power about every 6 to 8 weeks and not just for an hour or so. BGE does a pretty poor job keeping our power on.😡
Super cool project! I love it! I may have to make one myself!
Nice project!
I collect insulators (have hundreds), and this would be something I can build.
Wow John, who else but the great Scoutcrafter could take an old dirty glass insulator and a rough hunk of cedar and turn them into the masterpiece you peresented to us in this video! Scoutcrafter Nation sound off!
I have 2 old Hemingrays that I got during my summer job in college. I still have them and occasionally pull them out and reminisce about the good old days. I never considered making them into a lamp, genius.
Love the lamp. I’ve got a ton of insulators, so I need to figure out a base (no wood lathe) and build a couple.
I remember picking the board with the holders up in gerlack Nevada. I put them on my fence with the insulators. They were neat to look at . Your bartenders friend is some great stuff. I cleaned a brass German tool with it. I think I still have 2 insulators. I’ll try cleaning them with your method. The old dog has learned a new trick. Thank You
I have a whole mess of these from when the railroad pulled out a bunch of poles alongside the tracks and just left everything on the ground. I have the insulators, the mounting hardware and one of the cross arms. I was thinking about making a lighted coat rack with them. If I ever get around to it, maybe I'll post it on RUclips!
At time stamp 1:42, that's actually an Ho scale power company. I have that model on my layout 😁
Made me smile.
Insulator light looks great John.
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Have a Jesus filled day everyone Greg in Michigan
Greg! You’ve got great eyes! Yes it is!!!! 😃👍
Great video 👍 Great demonstration and information on the glass insulator. That Hemingray #40 insulator 💡lamp build turned out fantastic!👍That Bar Keepers Friend for the win again! 🥇🏁🏆👍 When you showed us the glass insulator that was dirty and the finish result from the solution of the cleaner 🧼🧽,I thought it looked like it could have been made from the factory 🏭 yesterday, Fantastic Job!👍Also thanks for showing us that tip for that cleaner . I can see me using that cleaner on many different projects. 👍I liked how you made the wooden base for the lamp 💡,that is perfect for the insulator . The Delrin feet also turned out fantastic. Again I must say the final project turned out Fantastic, The lamp looks like it was made in a factory and I can buy it from off the shelf, great job!👍I did buy a lamp years ago that looked like a light bulb 💡 and I thought that was cool, now I am going to try making one of these lamps also , thanks for showing us your cool project 👍👍. Well again great video and can’t wait to see what you do on Wednesday. Have a great evening.😄👍👍
Steven I love all sorts of lamps and lights! 😂👍
A fantastic project and great result. Loved the light and watching your turning skills.
The Bar Keeper’s Friend worked well. Not sure if you have an ultrasonic cleaner but they would be ideal to use in this case. I couldn’t believe the difference in before and after of the insulator.
Very enjoyable video. Thanks for taking the time to educate and entertain us.
I never shot the insulators but used to see them on the ground and walked past them. 50 years later, wish I had picked them up. Very nice job making a light out of one. Would make a nice night light.
You're not only thorough in your explanations, you're an artist! Love it.
Great project... I Like machining delrin. One of the best plastics. Very durable .Made soft blow hammer tips with it 40 + yrs ago. Still going strong... Discovered Barkeeper's friend years ago, great product
The Bar Keepers friend is great but the smell is a little fowl. 🫣😂👍
Very interesting Thanks John, Great looking lamp 💡 👍 😊
Nice project. What I gleaned above all is the availability of the low wattage LED bulbs! That alone left me with a myriad of potential projects. Thanks
Neat use for an insulator. I have a few on windowsills around my home.
I have that exact # 40 HEMINGRAY on my office desk that I use for a paper weight, love the color. Thanks for the video, enjoyed it.
The information on the insulator was very interesting. I never knew they screwed on to something. Really like the light! Thanks
Most of the insulators you showed were used by telegraph, telephone, and railroad companies. The wire lines these insulators were used on were low voltage and not for household use. The railroads used the insulators on the telegraph communication and signal circuits that were on the poles beside the tracks.
Basically, the insulators got bigger as the voltage of the line wires went up. Electrical transmission line insulators are usually porcelain instead of glass and shaped differently.
From my experience along many railroad tracks, the Hemingray insulators seem to be in the majority. The Hemingray 40 seems to be the most used. The beehive-shaped insulators seem to have been used on specific circuits. On certain circuits, the wires were crossed from one side to the other after so many poles, about 10, and then crossed back to cut down on the effect of picking up unwanted interference that can happen with wires being in parallel for long distances, sort of like eddy currents.
I knew a man in 1972 who made night lights using glass ashtrays, single Christmas light-string bulbs, and an insulator similar to what you made.
I’m amazed at how well that cleaned up. Great Job!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!! I’ve tried a billion different things to try and get that soot out of insulators and nothing worked!!!! I’ve also wanted to make the into lamp shades or small accent lamps like yours! I know what I’ll be doing over the next few weeks!!!
What a neat way of displaying that insulator John, the base came out beautiful !
There you go again, you could have bought one but you had to buy the pack of four lights, I'm sure they'll come in handy soon enough ! 😉
Being "out in the sticks" we have power outages fairly regularly, mainly during storms where trees take out the over-head lines, this is despite the fact that we're just a few miles from a Nuclear plant and are now surrounded by wind turbines both on land and sea !
Andy- We had that issue here until they really cut back trees that were in danger of taking out power lines. 😃👍
What a great home workshop project. The resulting light would be the best nightlight ever. For decades my mother collected glass insulators, and I still have half a dozen. I doubt she knew as much about the why and wherefore of the designs as you do. She liked different kinds of glassware. Her favorite insulator finds were 19th century examples that had turned violet due to sunlight and age. She would have loved to know about your Barkeepers Friend shop trick.
Glad that you green lighted that lamp project. Looks great!
I remember the 77 blackout. I was living up in Westchester at the time so we were not affected but I do remember the impact on the city. Great job on the insulator and the nice little lamp.
Wow! That Bar Keepers Friend is amazing stuff! I have quite a few of those insulators as well (Not a collector)....😉😉😉
That’s beautiful and nostalgic! Used to see them all over near where I grew up. Wished I’d collected them!
I have a few that my father collected from work over the years. He was a Signalman. They aren’t seen as much these days as they once were.
I love that insulator lamp project. Well done!
Great tip for cleaning the insulators. A game changer indeed. Keep up the great work John!
I just put a “tea” light in my insulators, very impressed with the Bar Keepers Friend going to have to hit my insulators with it
only you john would do that. crazy project. remember the ‘77 blackout like yesterday. was 17 working paradise beach club gerritson beach bklyn. cleaning rich peoples boats. you brought back some memories. thanks. 73’s.
Great project. I collected insulators in Wisconsin as a kid in the 70s. Not sure where the collection went when we moved. I've collected a few in recent years.
Still in that brown box! 😂👍
that is so cool john it would be cool to do a few in different colors 🔧🛠🇨🇦👌👍
What a gorgeous lamp! I have a few insulators myself, and now you’ve got me thinking about making a lamp!
What a great project. It brought back a lot of memories. My Dad worked for PG&E on the west coast for over 45 years. Needless to say we had a lot of those glass insulators around our place. Wish we'd have hung on to them. Who woulda thunk they'd be as valuable as they are today!
Another great use for Bar Keepers Friend, what a difference. Wood insulator pins were being replaced in great numbers at the utility I work for. They were causing numerous outages due to rot and lack of strength over time, and it took many years in a targeted program to replace them. Not bad considering those pins and porcelain insulators had been providing reliable service for over 50 years. Some of our subtransmission lines still support lines with very heavy duty Corning/Pyrex clear glass insulators as big as dinner plates. Lifespan is unlimited save for external damage or lightning.
John, I always enjoy what you have to share. Growing up just blocks from the AT&SF rail yard, I saw many, many of these insulators. Now so long ago it’s as if a dream.
Fascinating episode Scoutcrafter, always loved seeing those insulators on US made programmes, great to learn a little about them, they are truly beautiful items, I would 100% collect them if I was over there, those collections were stunning! 👍👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧✌️
Hi John. That was really interesting. I like what you did with that insulator. It looks really cool. I have one of those somewhere in my shop. But it is brown. But I don't think it is class. Don't remember where I got it. It was soooooo long ago 😮. As always another great video. Have a great day. 👍👍❤...
Nice video today. Thanks
What an excellent little project. I have a clear Armstrong insulator. It’s probably one of the most common. Great tip with the barkeepers friend. I am going to use that to clean my insulator and a couple of old milk bottles I have. Every episode there is something to learn.
Enjoyed the video. That lamp build was very cool.
Make a lamp out a insulator didn't think that could be done think it's cool great idea and great job
I know what I will be doing tonight! Great idea. Thanks.
You do really good work for an old bus driver. I remember the old insulators well. Happy week and God Bless!
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You are an artist. Great video.
What a excellent idea, Mr. John! Great project for those insulators and its just unreal how clean that turned out... i have a few, but they are like that crock pot brown solid color. Heck i normally pass these up...may not now! Your turned base was sweet and i enjoyed seeing tge lathe work! Happy Monday!
Very clever and creative way to convert an insulator into a lamp. Might just need to get a few insulators myself and do something similar. Always great ideas from your videos. Thanks for the inspirations.
My sister was at a garage sale last year and picked up probably 300 of these insulators for nearly nothing. She has lined a walking trail through the woods at her house with them. There were even some of the "mickey mouse" style ones that she set aside that are different.
Must admit, can't remember the last time we had a blackout. Had them regularly when i was a kid but my dad had a kerosene lamp.
Awesome project! I bet turning that cedar made the shop smell great!
I got this Cedar about ten years ago and when I turned it then the beautiful smell of cedar filled the basement, however now the wood was so dry it lost most of its smell.. 🫤😂👍
I have a set of six matching clear ones with which I wanted to make a small (in-line) chandelier that looks like the top of a RR telegraph pole for the Train Room. I was not sure what to use for the sockets and bulbs, BUT NOW I KNOW! THANKS! 👍😀😎
James- If your insulators are smaller you can order T16 LED bulbs to fit better. 😃👍
Hey, John, thanks! I've got bunches of insulators and been looking for ideas on what to do with them. Really a cool idea!
That lamp turned out super, I might have to make one/two myself. Thanks for sharing
I have around 30 of them and clear, and blueish green ones and ten original wood threaded round 6 or 8" long screw in legs but probably has a proper name. I inherited my grandparents home place and found them in my grandpa's shop in a box. My great grandad was a lineman and worked running lines for the small town of Society Hill, South Carolina. I have his pole climbers.
Beautiful project it’s really awesome 👏
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Hey !John merveilleux cour sur les isolateurs.Il y en a vraiment de toutes les couleurs et de toutes les sortes. Très beau nettoyage et fabrication d'une merveilleuse lampe, génial.
I love those insulators! I was a 10 year old kid, in Brooklyn, during the November 1965 blackouy! It felt like a real adventure! It only lasted overnight, if I remember right. Everything was out! Cool!
Very cool project John. Reminded me of my grandmother’s home. She had those insulators lined up on her sidewalk. I have a few and I’m always looking for a project for my daughter at Christmas time and I think she would like that. Don’t tell her 😂. Thank You for sharing
Beautiful work
Beautiful Lamp.
That base came out fantastic. Great job.
That is a neat project! Lathe and electrical work with a restoration of the insulator. Thanks for sharing this and the light looks great.
Nice looking lamp! Very impressive how the glass cleaned up.
Love the light!
Cool little project ScoutCrafter--pretty fun to see you turn out that piece of cedar on the lathe!
I remember those in every ditch in the Nebraska country side while out hunting,mushroom hunting and picking wild plums. Back then we didnt think of messing with them some were live alot were just sitting on the poles like little monuments.
I learn something every day - thank's to a little Googling prompted by this video, I now know that there is a thread definition for American insulators - 4 TPI, 1 inch diameter at the closed end, tapering at 1.111 inches per foot to the open end!
Mike- There’s no die for that! 😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter no problem - I have a lathe, and know how to use it!
I was a child living a mile from Indian Point in 1977 when the transformer blew. Everyone was outside on their stoop or in the street because it was hot out and no electricity. We heard the explosion and the night sky which was pitch black lit up like it was daytime for about five seconds. It was not like sunlight but more like a neon bulb. People started running and screaming thinking the nuclear plant had blown up, except one guy I'll never forget was in the street working under his car and he never stopped. !
Hi Pipes, thxs for sharing...
Do my eyes deceive me or is that a Temptations bucket? That insulator turned out beautifully. I have several as well. Looks like a good soaking is coming up. With 6 cats, I have plenty of Temptations buckets... Your light project turned out great!
😂. Temptations cost me a ton of money over the years. The Cats quickly get spoiled and always look for more Temptations! 🫣😂👍
Try this I use it all the time.
Keeps water beading for 6 months
Originally designed for electric power companies to protect against high voltage power failures, Insulator wax provides high gloss protection on cars, trucks, boats, and airplanes. This clear coat-safe product is famous for its versatility, durability, and ease of use.
I just ordered it!!! Thanks!!!
You'll love it scoutcrafter I promise.
Love all your videos
Keep them coming to Pittsburgh Pa.
God 🙌 bless
Made by collinite #845 I beleive
That cleaned up very well. Makes a very nice light. Well done.
I have only one glass insulator, but I have a friend who collect them.
Mine was made by WHITALL TATUM. One of many manufacturers.
Dave.
Hey señor Juan... about those indulators, you forgot to mention the ones used at homes. I have seen then in old houses and they are made out of ceramic. I have a bounch of those glass insuladors that were removed from old electrical poles that were placed be the rail road tracks inside the little city were I live in. I wanted to make a Christmas tree shape with them Saludos.
It made a nice light...what would a green colored bulb due to the brightness...nice seeing you on the lathe...🖖
I have been wanting to put several of these, same color as yours, alternating with clear ones all in a single row as a light fixture with LEDs.
Haven’t figured it out yet though.
Cool light, John! Jeffandar
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Man that blue is so nice would love to see a Scoutcrafter red one what a fantastic idea for a little night light put it on a timer there you go god bless take care 48/FJB 🇳🇿🇺🇸🦅🪖🗽💀
Very cool lamp.
I have almost a full can of Bar Keeper's Friend that I picked up for my Mom shortly before she died...........Remember that "Old Dutch Cleanser"? They always had that in the janitor closets in elementary school, the lady on the container looked like a ghost, used to creep me out every time I went into one of the closets to get something.
My dad was an Erie/conrail/NJ TRANSIT started in mid 70s. He’s got a bundle of these. Some are supposedly 4 figures (find a buyer). The rarest seem to be carnival glass
Being a collector of just about everything, even I was amazed at the prices of some rare insulators! 🫣😂👍
In 1977 was my second year of being in the army
Yeah I'm a little bit envious of that light to be honest.. Wish I had your skills!
Alex- Even without the base the light fixture will work! 😃👍
Cool.
We found out that we didnt need electricity as much as we thought whenever we went 3 weeks without it after hurrican Fiona hit us. And ive got an identical insulator sitting at home here, they make great door stoppers
As I understand it’s not the water that conducts electricity but the minerals in the water.
John- Correct, however it’s harder then most people think to find PURE water, distilled water is the closest we come. Rain water is still chock full of contaminants that will conduct electricity. 😃👍
Good stuf!
Dad Trick: Want to scare your kids, or someone in the family? If so, place a big plastic bug/spider on the inside of a lamp shade and wait for "death threats", when they turn the light on and see the silhouette of the bug/spider! =)
Can you do a video on bending or straightening tools without a Dake? Thanks!
I was trying to find a video I did where I showed how to use a vise to straighten tools. 🫣😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter Found it. Very helpful - thank you.
Big Allis, Ravenswood No. 3 🤘
Hi Scout crafter I have some of those insulators what a neat idea. is Bar keepers friend the same a Commet?
I remember the blackout of 1977 I was 7 at that time
lead on the wire wheel 👀👀👀
John, going back to your last video, I thought ConEd fixed up the water infiltration? Didn't you post a video a while ago pointing out something they did on the pole to be doubly sure you had no more water?
Brian- They plugged the pipe at both ends but they think the pipe rotted away in the middle. So their plug at my end won’t be waterproof for long because it’s super hard to stop water unless it’s your drain or sewer! 🫣😂👍
DUDEZILLA! Not to be a wood-N@ZI but I think that wood is CHERRY not cedar....... ALSO! I have an old video of cleaning up an night light that my dad made years ago, BUT, due to 'creative differences' I had to make another stand for it. AND that's going to be a future video...... EITHER WAY, After this, I am off to DA DEPOT to get some 'bar keepers cleaner' and soak and clean my 'bee hive' one from 1907..... THANKS for the idea you magnificent b@stard YOU!!
Andy- It looks like cherry because it’s Red Cedar, it’s old too so it was really dried out! 😂👍
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Don’t get me started on power failures. We lose power about every 6 to 8 weeks and not just for an hour or so. BGE does a pretty poor job keeping our power on.😡
Jim- My GF lives in Ct. looses power a lot! 17K in taxes…. 🤔😂
Google "glass insulator pipe lamp"... you can all hate me later for your new hobby lol ♥