😂😂John, I’m so pleased you didn’t take that to the grave ! I love these kind of stories 😂 I have a few.. but I have to wait a few more years yet 😉 cheers Rob
you looked really "bad ass" in that picture with your fellow marines. you did excellent with the paint, gnomes and auger! thanks for sharing the story.
Great story John!!! Back in 1970 prior to my deployment to Cambodia I was stationed at Camp Drum New York. (Fort Drum now) My unit had armor training with a Marine unit. The weather was cold and the conditions were spartan. The Marines CO sought me out because I had shown his men how to build a fire using coal. I gave another “class” to a second group of Marines who were pretty rude to me being an 18 year old Army guy. However when were late for the morning formation I ran to their tent and opened it up and dragged the coal stove outside. Someone knocked the chimney down and a few minutes later they would have been casualties from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. They treated me much better after that! Their commander joked he wasn’t sure there was a medal for saving wiseguys!! I went on to serve in Operation Giant Slingshot in Cambodia…The Old Army Scout…
When I used to be a full time joiner I used to mark my 3/4 Auger bit with a filed line, about 3 inch for lock depths. But this was on shorter bits and not a long bit. Great show as always. 👍
Love the sticker story. Patience and never forget. LOL I bought a ship auger bit and used it in my Dad's old and quite powerful 1/2" drill motor. The bit was well over an inch. I bought it to make some Halloween rocket-type stoves/devils in a few pieces of my firewood for a neighborhood party. I needed to drill down about 2/3 way in the end grain of the log to be able to cross-drill the eyes, nose and mouth. Let me tell you; when the auger engaged the top of the fire log, that drill wound me up! I even secured it on my upright drill press, and it bogged the motor to a halt. I immediately abandoned that and bought a big spade bit. I could handle that and finally got the job done. My wrist was sore for several days. It's now funny thinking about how powerful and aggressive those things are. Do stupid things and learn! LOL However, my devil flaming fire logs were a hit with the party crowd. Thanks.
Thanks for sharing your story. Who says Marines don’t have a sense of humor! The auger bit looks great! If I had it, I would hook it up to a low rpm motor and display it because it reminds me of an old barber pole!
I love the story. You did balance it out. I’m not crazy about the gnomes but you did a nice restoration. I knew scout crafter red would show up sooner or later. I like the auger bit. Great show .
That was a sharp looking bunch of Marines! Very clever plan with the stickers on the tank -what payback. I bet you those guys caught Hell. Nice job with the gnomes and the beautiful auger bit.
What a great story. Now if they ever find a Joe's shop sticker on a tank somewhere I know who to come after 😂. The knomes and bit look spectacular. Cheers
Great video John! That story was hilarious! The gnomes look great and that auger bit is awesome. The bit with the red paint kind of reminds me of one of the old barber poles when it is tuned slowly.
John I love your stories. A side note on that awesome drill bit you know that welding slag was the moment the electrician drilled through a live cable popped the breaker. That’s my story I didn’t die but it wasn’t pretty.
Particularly fun episode for me, you did the auger bit up just like I hoped you would and the story was hilarious in itself but also brought back great memories. In High School one lunchtime me and a friend snuck out to the parking lot and covered another friend's Junker Chevette with stickers, we had rolls of stickers like they use in party stores on beer and such. Two of us spent the whole lunch hour covering that little car in stickers, windows and all. I think the whole school was rolling in laughter as he was leaving the lot that day..........And to his credit he took it as the good-natured prank it was and never got mad about it.
Hilarious story mate, and I commend you for having the guts to tell it. I’m sure the US Army and Marine Corps have long memories. I thought the paint on the auger was fantastic but the work on the garden ornaments was outstanding. You really have a talent there. Thanks for sharing some of your life with us. I found it extremely interesting.
A cheeky move John, with the revenge story. I wonder if anyone from that time will come across your story and respond. Nice job on the auger bit as well.
Beautiful job on that auger bit. Augers are superb and beautiful examples of American machining. The red really makes for a nice accent. I always wondered how these expensive tools were sharpened. I bet your gf is pleased with the nice paint work . Thanks
Bit turned out beautiful... Glad you shared that story.. I could spend hours telling you stuff I did while in the Military..... Just thinking, your story has gone around the world...lol... Thx for all your interesting stories.. Take care and as always, God Bless...
I have had good luck curing enamel paint with large incandescent bulbs in reflector lamps. You have to find the right distance to get the right temperature. I like about 120 degrees or so. You get a hard finish in less time than room temp cure. The gnomes came out super. You have a great sense for color. Wish I did
Walter- I have a old oil burner that runs all year to make hot water so I have it sitting on top of there- I put on such a wet coat that it’s going to take a few days to dry. 😂👍
Hi John, Great story. I hope there are no Pensulvania Marines that like tool refinishing and have held life long hostility for that SOB that made the tank FUBAR😂. The planters turned out great and the drill bit was amazing. The red is perfect. The dog pic got me again. Thanks for an evening laugh. Best Regards, John
John, fun story. The auger bit resto is great. FYI you’re halfway correct about the weld spatter on the bit. I know what happened, have seen this first hand. Someone, probably an electrician was drilling a hole and hit a live wire 💥 that arched on the bit.💥 I’ve seen the same on pliers that cut live wires. Anyway love watching the channel !
Hah, John is skipping Pennsylvania to the air clears. 🤣 Auger looks good, I have taken a pause from regal red after the B&D Workmate. Time for some other colors and give a rest besides I am out.😆
That was an awesome story,I'm glad you shared it! The planters are really neat, my wife I think would love them as much as your girlfriend. The auger bit is also very well done! Love the added color! Thanks again for your efforts and see you Wednesday.
Great video👍 That was a great story,you shared with us. Wow all those stickers though put on that tank neatly in 45 mins. , that is pretty fast 👍😄. I wonder how many double takes were taken when they drove by that tank😂. Thanks for also sharing a picture of you and your fellow Marines🇺🇸👍. I think the gnome and the planters you restored for your girlfriend turned out Fantastic. I think she will love them. That Greenlee auger bit turned out Awesome! I like how you finished it with that Scout Crafter red 🔴. I have a couple different sizes of their auger bits , they are a little pricey but well worth the money. Great shot of Old Glory 🇺🇸 flying in the breeze. Well again great video and can’t wait to see what you do on Wednesday. Have a great evening. 😃👍👍
Wow! Decorating the tank was well played! Members of that unit are probably still wondering who did it. Hopefully none of them go to Jacktown! 😉 The Gnomes came out great! The auger bit is awesome!
One time in marine corps bootcamp, some DI's thought it would be funny to give 3 of us recruits foot locker combination locks without the combinations because they knew that those 3 recruits would get slayed come next time we had to open our footlockers because without the combination they wouldn't be able to open them. Knowing the DI's were playing this dirty trick, I went through during the squad bay field day and started taking all the locks and mixing them up. Now everyone in the platoon had different locks than their combination so all the locks had to be cut off because nobody's combinations worked. And with the tight schedule those Drill instructors have to follow, nobody got slayed for it
Great video today, ScoutCrafter! 👍🏻 The restoration on the auger bit and the flower pots turned out quite nicely. Def like the new paint job on the flower pots better than the original maroon color. Always enjoy the old military stories as well. Probably some working party full of poor Pfc. Schmuckatelli’s had to clean off all those bumper stickers. 😅
I enjoyed the story today you ornery person 😂. I would have never figured you would do such a thing. I love it 😂 Auger turned out great! Thank You for sharing
I feel your pain Scout. When I was on the USS Nassau, the grunts stole everyone’s deuce gear. Never got to pay them back. Then when I was at cold weather training at Volk Field Wisconsin they did it again. Stole all my ECW gear including the Mickey Mouse boots. The grunts I knew loved that five fingered discount.
i bought one of those small strip sanders ( 12.27 ) years ago when I saw it on your channnel. I use that thing for more things than one can imagine. If you don't have one, get one. It comes in very handy.
Great story John! I used to take the goat trail on my commute home from Tarrytown to Fishkill if the Taconic was blocked. Auger bit came out real nice, I have a rusty one to restore. I doubt it will come out as nice as yours. D
We used to be able to hear the "booms" from Camp Smith and I'm close but not that close. The "weld" on that Naileater bit was probably someone hitting a live wire. Great bits and they do eat nails, pulls them right out and get wrapped around the worm. Worst thing is when the worm gets dull or worn they don't work very well. The worm pulls the bit through the wood. I don't miss wiring house anymore...lol
Great confession, worth at least two hail marys and one our father 😀😀. What would The nuns from your school have said ? The anger bit looks absolutely fabulous !!.
Hey Scout, I’m like you because I’m willing to wait a long time to get revenge. I know how nervous but determined you were when applying those stickers and how much you would have been chuckling to yourself on the way home. Nice job on the gnomes, I thought they might get Marine stickers. My wife thinks you look cute in that photo. Cheers, Stuart and Lea🇦🇺
That story was great, it’s the ole thing of what goes around, comes around, nice payback.👍 on the drill, it looked like it nicked and shorted out a pretty high amperage line to cause that arching splatter. Nice job on the knonms, thanks for the video, enjoyed the story.
Thank you for sharing that story John, that is awesome ! Did ScoutCrafter plaster our tank with bumper stickers? You wan't the truth, you can't handle the truth!
1967, Defense Language Institute Monterey California, there was a bus load of us Jarheads going for language school. It stopped outside of the post. A major for on and admonished us to be on best behavior. " We are guests and students here. God help you if you cause trouble"! He told us. Even so we had some sh*t birds. They didn't have a happy ending. On the flip side we had a force recon guy. Very quiet guy. One Friday night an Air Force guy started ragging on him. The Airman was drunk of course. I got ahold of his buddies and told them get control of this clown or he is going to be hurt very badly. I explained what a force recon guy was and he already had a tour in the Nam. He was not gonna fight according to the Marquis of Queensbury rules. The next morning the drunken Airman apologized profusely. This recon was dangerously a bad ass. But he was quiet and almost humble, you could feel he was not to be messed with. Everyone treated him with respect and did likewise back. It's the quiet guys that are dangerous not the loudmouth blow hards.
Love the story John what a beast ha ha sittin waiting in the back of the bus for The perfect time to serve some devine justice love it god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿🇮🇱🦅🗽🪖47
Love the story, thank you very much for sharing. That drill bit came out awesome. I'd be interested in how you applied the paint? Thanks again, love your videos... PS remind me never to get on your bad side😊...
Great Gnomes of the Garden. They sure look happy with your restorative treatment. Red paint looks great...now you have to do full sets, red blue and a pine/industrial green?
cool revenge! heres mine-had an awful boss who had a key to a long forgotten gate halfway down the airbase he cut 1/2 hr off his journey by coming and going in the secret gate to and from work .After i left i cycled down to the gate and pushed a sliver of bamboo into that lock.
I have a similar auger for a brace. It is marked Bell Systems. I can't imagine hanging off of a pole and using it! It had light rust but looks unused and is very sharp. I guess some people got good at using them.
John, Great story and I have a few doozys that I will never tell. My Grandfather was a carpenter at Fox studios before and after WWII and I have all of his tools and his 1950s Craftsman table saw. All of his bits are rusted. Can you give me the videos of all of these bits you have re-stored? How do you sharpen this style??
@ScoutCrafter That is possible. If it hit a live wire I would expect a deposit of copper. I know when a welding lead shorts to a steel deck you find a deposit of copper in the steel. We had over 200 deposits in the deck of one of our ships during new construction. Bob
😂😂John, I’m so pleased you didn’t take that to the grave ! I love these kind of stories 😂 I have a few.. but I have to wait a few more years yet 😉 cheers Rob
I 2nd THAT!!! THE STORY EFFIN' RUUUUUULED!!!!!!
The story was great! Thanks for telling us. The drill and Gnomes look beautiful and I especially like the red paint on the drill.
What a wonderful story John, I smiled when you told it.
you looked really "bad ass" in that picture with your fellow marines. you did excellent with the paint, gnomes and auger! thanks for sharing the story.
Almost 40 years ago! 🫣😂👍
Great story John!!! Back in 1970 prior to my deployment to Cambodia I was stationed at Camp Drum New York. (Fort Drum now) My unit had armor training with a Marine unit. The weather was cold and the conditions were spartan. The Marines CO sought me out because I had shown his men how to build a fire using coal. I gave another “class” to a second group of Marines who were pretty rude to me being an 18 year old Army guy. However when were late for the morning formation I ran to their tent and opened it up and dragged the coal stove outside. Someone knocked the chimney down and a few minutes later they would have been casualties from Carbon Monoxide poisoning. They treated me much better after that! Their commander joked he wasn’t sure there was a medal for saving wiseguys!! I went on to serve in Operation Giant Slingshot in Cambodia…The Old Army Scout…
Thank you for your service Sir
Dave- Starting a coal fire is much harder then people realize! Especially on a cold and damp morning! 😃👍
That crimson on the auger bit looks real nice. Semper Fi.
Semper Fi!
The planters and gnome look great, love the story too!😁👍🏻
I love the story.
The auger bit looks terrific. Nice touch to paint the inside.
Well done on the auger bit, the planters and the gnome.
Dave.
Excellent show! The auger bit came out great and so did the gnome! I really enjoyed that story. 🤣😅😛
When I used to be a full time joiner I used to mark my 3/4 Auger bit with a filed line, about 3 inch for lock depths. But this was on shorter bits and not a long bit.
Great show as always. 👍
Awesome paint on the statues! The auger bit is a real beauty! Thanks for sharing your secret. How funny!
Love the sticker story. Patience and never forget. LOL
I bought a ship auger bit and used it in my Dad's old and quite powerful 1/2" drill motor. The bit was well over an inch. I bought it to make some Halloween rocket-type stoves/devils in a few pieces of my firewood for a neighborhood party. I needed to drill down about 2/3 way in the end grain of the log to be able to cross-drill the eyes, nose and mouth. Let me tell you; when the auger engaged the top of the fire log, that drill wound me up! I even secured it on my upright drill press, and it bogged the motor to a halt. I immediately abandoned that and bought a big spade bit. I could handle that and finally got the job done. My wrist was sore for several days. It's now funny thinking about how powerful and aggressive those things are. Do stupid things and learn! LOL However, my devil flaming fire logs were a hit with the party crowd. Thanks.
You need a powerful drill to use those auger bits. Great rocket stove idea!!! 😃👍
Great “war story “. The painting of the cherubs and gnome came out real nice. Also the drill bit!
Great story today. Revenge is a dish best served cold. I love how the gnome came out and great job on the bit. Well worth the 50 cents.
good looking gnomes!
Thanks for sharing your story. Who says Marines don’t have a sense of humor! The auger bit looks great! If I had it, I would hook it up to a low rpm motor and display it because it reminds me of an old barber pole!
Yes! It looks so great spinning! 😃👍
Great story. Justice was served!
Great work on the planters and gnome. Hard to believe you've gotten such great effect with just regular oil paint :)
Great story and a beautiful cleanup on the auger bit.
I love the story. You did balance it out. I’m not crazy about the gnomes but you did a nice restoration. I knew scout crafter red would show up sooner or later. I like the auger bit. Great show .
Jess- The Red inside the Auger makes it really look expensive! 😂👍
Great story, glad you got your revenge 😂. I love the boy and girl planters. They are super cute and came out awesome!
That was a sharp looking bunch of Marines! Very clever plan with the stickers on the tank -what payback. I bet you those guys caught Hell. Nice job with the gnomes and the beautiful auger bit.
What a great story. Now if they ever find a Joe's shop sticker on a tank somewhere I know who to come after 😂. The knomes and bit look spectacular. Cheers
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Great video John! That story was hilarious! The gnomes look great and that auger bit is awesome. The bit with the red paint kind of reminds me of one of the old barber poles when it is tuned slowly.
John I love your stories. A side note on that awesome drill bit you know that welding slag was the moment the electrician drilled through a live cable popped the breaker. That’s my story I didn’t die but it wasn’t pretty.
Particularly fun episode for me, you did the auger bit up just like I hoped you would and the story was hilarious in itself but also brought back great memories. In High School one lunchtime me and a friend snuck out to the parking lot and covered another friend's Junker Chevette with stickers, we had rolls of stickers like they use in party stores on beer and such. Two of us spent the whole lunch hour covering that little car in stickers, windows and all. I think the whole school was rolling in laughter as he was leaving the lot that day..........And to his credit he took it as the good-natured prank it was and never got mad about it.
Hilarious story mate, and I commend you for having the guts to tell it. I’m sure the US Army and Marine Corps have long memories.
I thought the paint on the auger was fantastic but the work on the garden ornaments was outstanding. You really have a talent there.
Thanks for sharing some of your life with us. I found it extremely interesting.
Your secret is safe with me. Always a good story when a few jar heads are the butt of it. Present company excepted.
A cheeky move John, with the revenge story. I wonder if anyone from that time will come across your story and respond. Nice job on the auger bit as well.
Beautiful job on that auger bit. Augers are superb and beautiful examples of American machining. The red really makes for a nice accent. I always wondered how these expensive tools were sharpened. I bet your gf is pleased with the nice paint work . Thanks
What a cool story. Great job on the gnomes and the flower pot kids. Love the drill bit!
Nice ScoutCrafter red on the auger bit. The bit is an amazing piece of ingenuity.
Bit turned out beautiful... Glad you shared that story.. I could spend hours telling you stuff I did while in the Military..... Just thinking, your story has gone around the world...lol... Thx for all your interesting stories.. Take care and as always, God Bless...
I have had good luck curing enamel paint with large incandescent bulbs in reflector lamps. You have to find the right distance to get the right temperature. I like about 120 degrees or so. You get a hard finish in less time than room temp cure.
The gnomes came out super. You have a great sense for color. Wish I did
Walter- I have a old oil burner that runs all year to make hot water so I have it sitting on top of there- I put on such a wet coat that it’s going to take a few days to dry. 😂👍
Hi John,
Great story. I hope there are no Pensulvania Marines that like tool refinishing and have held life long hostility for that SOB that made the tank FUBAR😂. The planters turned out great and the drill bit was amazing. The red is perfect. The dog pic got me again. Thanks for an evening laugh.
Best Regards,
John
John, fun story. The auger bit resto is great. FYI you’re halfway correct about the weld spatter on the bit. I know what happened, have seen this first hand. Someone, probably an electrician was drilling a hole and hit a live wire 💥 that arched on the bit.💥 I’ve seen the same on pliers that cut live wires.
Anyway love watching the channel !
Yes! I believe you are right! 😃👍
What a story!! I loved it! And outstanding job on the painting.. im adding ninja to your list of skills as well!! Pure Greatness!
Genius sticker move, you are sharp, sir!
Hah, John is skipping Pennsylvania to the air clears. 🤣 Auger looks good, I have taken a pause from regal red after the B&D Workmate. Time for some other colors and give a rest besides I am out.😆
That was an awesome story,I'm glad you shared it! The planters are really neat, my wife I think would love them as much as your girlfriend. The auger bit is also very well done! Love the added color! Thanks again for your efforts and see you Wednesday.
Great video👍 That was a great story,you shared with us. Wow all those stickers though put on that tank neatly in 45 mins. , that is pretty fast 👍😄. I wonder how many double takes were taken when they drove by that tank😂. Thanks for also sharing a picture of you and your fellow Marines🇺🇸👍. I think the gnome and the planters you restored for your girlfriend turned out Fantastic. I think she will love them. That Greenlee auger bit turned out Awesome! I like how you finished it with that Scout Crafter red 🔴. I have a couple different sizes of their auger bits , they are a little pricey but well worth the money.
Great shot of Old Glory 🇺🇸 flying in the breeze. Well again great video and can’t wait to see what you do on Wednesday. Have a great evening. 😃👍👍
Steven- I would have been faster but I was working under the tarp! 😂😂👍
Great story. When you guys show up all the crayons disappear too!
Wow! Decorating the tank was well played! Members of that unit are probably still wondering who did it. Hopefully none of them go to Jacktown! 😉 The Gnomes came out great! The auger bit is awesome!
I was thinking the exact same thing. I hope none of them like tools either!
Awesome story John! I really liked how the planters and gnomes turned out. Much better colors. I’m sure your girlfriend loved them.
Awesome Story Marine. Semper Fi
Semper Fi!
Absolutely loved the story
John, I was spellbound by your Marine story. Oh to be a fly on the wall in the Colonel's office when he had his moment of "sticker shock"!
Great story , I had my own revenge story in the Army 😂 Let's just say every dog has his day !
Great show! I loved the story…your talent is endless. Looking forward to seeing the auger in action
That is next level revenge John! lol
One time in marine corps bootcamp, some DI's thought it would be funny to give 3 of us recruits foot locker combination locks without the combinations because they knew that those 3 recruits would get slayed come next time we had to open our footlockers because without the combination they wouldn't be able to open them. Knowing the DI's were playing this dirty trick, I went through during the squad bay field day and started taking all the locks and mixing them up. Now everyone in the platoon had different locks than their combination so all the locks had to be cut off because nobody's combinations worked. And with the tight schedule those Drill instructors have to follow, nobody got slayed for it
Sweet!!!!! 😂😂😂😂
Very cool story! Thanks
Thanks for sharing that great story!
Great video today, ScoutCrafter! 👍🏻 The restoration on the auger bit and the flower pots turned out quite nicely. Def like the new paint job on the flower pots better than the original maroon color. Always enjoy the old military stories as well. Probably some working party full of poor Pfc. Schmuckatelli’s had to clean off all those bumper stickers. 😅
I enjoyed the story today you ornery person 😂. I would have never figured you would do such a thing. I love it 😂
Auger turned out great! Thank You for sharing
Wow what a story !!! That’s the spirit…those planters turned out so nice much better then new…🖖
That was a great story John 😂 the auger bit, planters and Gnome look great
Nicely planned and executed, great story. Great job on the statues and bit the red works.
Thanks John, I enjoyed the story and the Auger came out spectacular, glad that the weld spatter didn't cause any problems !
Love the paint job on the gnome and pots! Very nice.
I feel your pain Scout. When I was on the USS Nassau, the grunts stole everyone’s deuce gear. Never got to pay them back. Then when I was at cold weather training at Volk Field Wisconsin they did it again. Stole all my ECW gear including the Mickey Mouse boots. The grunts I knew loved that five fingered discount.
I always hated theft of any kind- I’m so glad my unit never did that. 😃👍
Are you sure that’s why you can’t make it to Pennsylvania, John? There couldn’t possibly be another reason… could there? LOL! Great episode, Sir!
i bought one of those small strip sanders ( 12.27 ) years ago when I saw it on your channnel. I use that thing for more things than one can imagine. If you don't have one, get one. It comes in very handy.
That little belt sander is the best tool investment I think I ever made! 😃👍
Awesome story.
Great story John! I used to take the goat trail on my commute home from Tarrytown to Fishkill if the Taconic was blocked.
Auger bit came out real nice, I have a rusty one to restore. I doubt it will come out as nice as yours.
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We used to be able to hear the "booms" from Camp Smith and I'm close but not that close.
The "weld" on that Naileater bit was probably someone hitting a live wire. Great bits and they do eat nails, pulls them right out and get wrapped around the worm. Worst thing is when the worm gets dull or worn they don't work very well. The worm pulls the bit through the wood. I don't miss wiring house anymore...lol
Great story and some awesome painting on everything 👍
Love the color
Great confession, worth at least two hail marys and one our father 😀😀. What would The nuns from your school have said ? The anger bit looks absolutely fabulous !!.
Debbie here…I love those two flower pot people did a good job there, nearly as good as me 😂😂😂 xxx
Debbie- I swear I was thinking of you when painting these! 😂👍
@@ScoutCrafter ha ha xxx Deb
Hey Scout, I’m like you because I’m willing to wait a long time to get revenge. I know how nervous but determined you were when applying those stickers and how much you would have been chuckling to yourself on the way home. Nice job on the gnomes, I thought they might get Marine stickers. My wife thinks you look cute in that photo. Cheers, Stuart and Lea🇦🇺
Thanks for sharing.. epic story.
That's funny, it's like a comedy movie from the 80's ! 😆👍
I really liked the story John. Revenge is a good thing!😂 🇺🇸👏
Good story! My day who was in the Navy told me that some storing's aren't suppose to be told. So you don't get in trouble.
I’m nearing the end of my watch so it’s nice to let things out in the fresh air. The dangerous stories I’ll leave for later on. 😃👍
That story was great, it’s the ole thing of what goes around, comes around, nice payback.👍 on the drill, it looked like it nicked and shorted out a pretty high amperage line to cause that arching splatter. Nice job on the knonms, thanks for the video, enjoyed the story.
John Great job on the Electrician's bit, I know they take a LONG Time on the wire Brush alone..
Thank you for sharing that story John, that is awesome ! Did ScoutCrafter plaster our tank with bumper stickers? You wan't the truth, you can't handle the truth!
1967, Defense Language Institute Monterey California, there was a bus load of us Jarheads going for language school. It stopped outside of the post. A major for on and admonished us to be on best behavior.
" We are guests and students here. God help you if you cause trouble"! He told us. Even so we had some sh*t birds. They didn't have a happy ending.
On the flip side we had a force recon guy. Very quiet guy. One Friday night an Air Force guy started ragging on him. The Airman was drunk of course. I got ahold of his buddies and told them get control of this clown or he is going to be hurt very badly. I explained what a force recon guy was and he already had a tour in the Nam. He was not gonna fight according to the Marquis of Queensbury rules.
The next morning the drunken Airman apologized profusely. This recon was dangerously a bad ass. But he was quiet and almost humble, you could feel he was not to be messed with. Everyone treated him with respect and did likewise back. It's the quiet guys that are dangerous not the loudmouth blow hards.
You’re so right, the quiet guys with pent up aggression are just waiting to unload! 🫣😂👍
The auger bit came out great.
As a usmc crusty tanker love the story
Semper Fi
Great story!
Love the story John what a beast ha ha sittin waiting in the back of the bus for
The perfect time to serve some devine justice love it god bless take care 🇺🇸🇳🇿🇮🇱🦅🗽🪖47
More than likely, somebody drilled through a live electric line to make that weld splatter
My lips are sealed, the story stops here. Those gnomes turned out great as did the auger bit. 😀
Nice video.
Love it love it👍👍👍👍
Love the story, thank you very much for sharing. That drill bit came out awesome. I'd be interested in how you applied the paint? Thanks again, love your videos...
PS remind me never to get on your bad side😊...
Great Gnomes of the Garden. They sure look happy with your restorative treatment.
Red paint looks great...now you have to do full sets, red blue and a pine/industrial green?
Love the red
Would have loved to have seen that tank. 😀
cool revenge! heres mine-had an awful boss who had a key to a long forgotten gate halfway down the airbase he cut 1/2 hr off his journey by coming and going in the secret gate to and from work .After i left i cycled down to the gate and pushed a sliver of bamboo into that lock.
😂😂😂😂
I have a similar auger for a brace. It is marked Bell Systems. I can't imagine hanging off of a pole and using it! It had light rust but looks unused and is very sharp. I guess some people got good at using them.
So you were the guy who did that! 😮
John, Great story and I have a few doozys that I will never tell. My Grandfather was a carpenter at Fox studios before and after WWII and I have all of his tools and his 1950s Craftsman table saw. All of his bits are rusted. Can you give me the videos of all of these bits you have re-stored? How do you sharpen this style??
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Maybe the auger bit drilled through a wall and shorted out on some live copper wires?
That’s an excellent observation! 😃👍
"Great Show", was that a cameo of Trixy & Pipes...thxs for sharing
Yes! Trixy and Pipes- he’s 100% now and enjoying life!
And that’s your story and you’re sticking to it.
ScoutCrafter,
Great Story. Was it spatter or a crack repair?
Bob
Bob- Believe it or not I think it hit a live wire!!!
@ScoutCrafter That is possible. If it hit a live wire I would expect a deposit of copper. I know when a welding lead shorts to a steel deck you find a deposit of copper in the steel. We had over 200 deposits in the deck of one of our ships during new construction.
Bob
I think someone drilled into a wire.