Getting tools from a car boot fair is one thing but if your dad bought it then it is something else. Handling tools and restoring them makes it super special. Lovely restoration as always.
Hello Tony! I agree 100%, there is nothing like using a tool that belonged to your father, or grandfather or even someone you knew... It means even more when they're gone! Thanks very much! 😃👍
My uncle was one of those guys that was more of a father than anything else. We lost him when he was 47 quite suddenly but I managed to save a lot of his hand tools and a few small power tools. The big deal was getting to save his anvil, I use that on a very regular basis making knives like he used to love doing. It keeps him with me and brings tranquility.
UK Tony understand about previous generations and their tools. My grandfather built houses but can only locate a couple of his tools which will forever hang on the wall
Always to nice to restore tools from a father. Besides being useful the tool serves to provide a living memory.So many thanks and keep up the good work.
Hello 7ohannes! It's funny but I was worried about that too but it seems that every tool has a story of it's own and the end result is always a surprise, even to me! Lol. Thanks very much! 😃👍
Hey scoutcrafter! Loved this wrench, you should do a series restoring all your father's pipe wrenches from that bucket. It'd make for a great playlist on your channel haha. Or you could just make one huge epic montage video of it! Anyway thanks for sharing, well done!
Great!!! I'm also a tool maniac and restoration nut,....like yourself. I've never sold a single tool. I have tools from when I was 15 and I'm 58 now. Some day my sons can sit around, have a cold beer and bargain up the collection and remember all the tool stories I made them listen to. They'll be laughing I'm sure. I've got hand downs from my grandfather, what a collection, and I use every single one of them, every day, and every chance I've got. TOOLS ARE HISTORY!
Hello Scott! That’s so funny because I too got the tool bug at a very early age! I have pictures of gifts I received at Christmas when I was 15 and there was a Black and Decker Jig saw and B&D Deluxe Drill! Most other kids were getting normal gifts and all I wanted was tools! I used to only like tools that I might use but as I got older (56now) I enjoy all types of interesting tools even if they are specialty tools! You’re right! Tools are life! Thanks very much! 😃👍
Another great video, I enjoy looking at the end result, your tool cabinets must be full of beautiful restored tools. You should give us a look at them.
Hello Dwarfsbane Ironfist! As soon as I get my shop in order I will give a quick tour! I've got some interesting things that I have been lucky enough to come by and I think you might enjoy... Thanks very much! 😃👍
Thx for the video. My grandfather built houses but can only find a couple tools in my father's house. They will be forever hanging on the wall and after watching a few more of your restorations will have a go at them. If you're not going to use them why not make them pretty.
Hello Norherman! lol! I wanted to paint it Chevy engine orange but my paint was bad! Next time, I'm going to pick up some new paint this week!! Thanks!!!!
Hey scout!!!!I got what I consider to be a huge pipe wrench from Lowe's it's a really cool looking kobalt 24 inch pipe wrench!!!! I'm getting a Ridgid 12 inch version of this wrench you restored here
I'm addicted to pipe wrenches too and never use them. I also say how they'd cost so much more if I'd buy it new. LOL Just got a very old one today that smells like poop. Hahaha! I love it!
The Ridge Tool Co makes some really nice forged steel bench vises now, forged by the Peddinghaus in Germany. I never understood the relationship between Ridge tool and Ridgid, and now Germany? I always thought of Ridgid as a ''Made in USA'' product. My first memory of Ridgid involves a screwdriver with a bright red acetate handle that said ''MADE IN USA''! I wanted to write this under my other comment on the Gearwrench screwdriver video, but I thought I'd save it for later. Basically when I was, I don't know 5, my dad started talking about this screwdriver that he was gonna buy, and he asked me which colour handle I wanted, I said red, and a few days later he came home from work with that big philips Ridgid screwdriver. He worked for a big Oil refinery, and they had tool suppliers which could get the absolute best stuff, and he bought that through work. We still have that in the tool box, although the tip looks a little ugly now. I think I'm gonna grab it from the shed and put that one on the shelf in my room.
Hello Lite Roadie! What a great story! I saw those vises they look like the Heuer vises made in Germany. Those are some nice vises but quite expensive, they are a little different from American style vises in that they use less cast iron. You know Pony was making some nice vises that had interesting designs but I never hear from them anymore. Don't forget to get Dad's screwdriver from the garage and bring it in the house! Thanks!!!!
The German Ridgids and Heuers are forged steel, not cast iron, and so they don't need to have as much material in them for a given amount of strength. The steel is nice and ductile and they are pretty much indestructible. I still prefer the mass of a heavy cast vise, and if you're not abusing a vise as a press, it should never break, a vise is probably the most abused tool ever. Here in the UK ''Record'' is the big name in vises (spelled vice here, although I prefer to write vise), who got bought out by Irwin around 2000, and still produce a small portion of the range, in China, and sell them for the same price as when they had ''Made In England'' cast on the side. Their only big customers now are Government facilities, big companies and schools (the're prices are ridiculous!) I have quite a collection of them, one weighs 180 lb! I have one of their ''Engineers' unbreakable'' vises, which is old enough to where it is made of cast steel (in order to resist cracking), before the use of malleable iron castings (pre WW II I think). I think I have around 14...yeah I have a problem! I'm just waiting to get a DC power source and do electrolysis rust removal on SO MANY tools, one of these days... I'll be doing videos hopefully, and let you know. Here is a collection of scanned vise pages from the old ''Buck and Hickman'' catalogue, a big tool supplier here. Really interesting and I frequently refer to them for checking weighs, dimensions etc. www.dropbox.com/sh/9iwuyy1vzrwvszs/AAApmsWFvTmKRWUj53V7eiwla?dl=0 Love your channel talk to you soon
Hello E Man! I have always like Ridgid tools and their commitment to quality! Did I pronounce Elyria correctly? That’s a tongue twister of a town name! Thanks very much! 😃👍
Hello Pete! When I look for a tool to restore I look at the jaws and other things that are hard to deal with... This wrench had great jaws but a lot of rust... Rust we can deal with no problem! Ridgid tools are so great that even rust won't leave pits and scars like other tools! Thanks very much!!!!!
Hello Anthony! I'm so glad you like the content! We have a great group of people here, all with a love of tools and bringing them back from the dead! I try to put out videos Mon, Wed and Fri. Thanks very much for watching!!! 😃👍
Hi Scoutcrafter, serious question, we may disagree on the levels of restoration versus patina, what sells best on the US tool auctions, are people after the un restored? Take care my friend 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
Hello Kadir! I originally tried to paint this a special orange... Like the old Chevy engines, but my paint was too old... Tomorrow I'm getting new paint for some upcoming projects. (Not red!). Lol. Thanks very much!!!! 😃👍
Hello Absaalookemensch- Lol- I'm slowly weening myself off of the Red! It's always been my favorite color! I have some nice Hunter green coming up and Chevy Orange... I'm looking for Gedore Blue as we speak! Thanks!!!! 😃👍
Your dad would have had to spend $19.27. I looked up the company out of interest and expected to find a wiki page about how they went out of business in the 70’s. Was pleased to see that they are still around and still making that exact same wrench for under 20 bucks which is about £15. That’s a good price no matter how you look at it. I don’t know if they are made in the Far East or not but at least they are still going.
Hi Pete! No Ridgid is still made here and still amazing quality!!!! Their steel is so good and forging so refined that I have never seen a rigid wrench not clean up like new! Amazing! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!
ScoutCrafter, will you ever do any bigger restorations? The wrenches are nice, but I'd love to see a restoration on something you could really use, maybe a lathe or a bridgeport?
Hello Metal Butcher! Once I spent 15 years restoring a 51 Pontiac! I have a couple Vises in Restoration right now! I’m just trying to get some volume on the channel, big restorations take longer and I’m trying so hard to keep my videos around 5 minutes! It’s harder making a short video! Lol. Thanks! 😃👍
Well I've watched your videos quite a bit and enjoy them very much. However I will say one thing. I would like to see you take a very Old wrench and wire brush it and paint it and leave the forging and grinding marks in it because those forging and grinding marks from the factory are unique to that wrench. No other wrench has the same mark as that one does as the grinder was going very fast putting one in one bin and taking it out of another all day long. Sometimes leaving in consistencies like that retains the character of the tool and once you grind and polish that away it loses its character.
Hello Bill, I have a pretty nice collection of antique tools, not restored, just good examples that I leave oiled and alone... For the fun of it when I find a really beat up wrench I try to make it like the inventor would have wanted... Some older companies had very high standards when it came to grind marks or forging seams... Others were very profit driven... With some wrenches I try to pay homage to the designer who would have wanted each one of his designs to look as he/she invisioned... I have a lot more coming that won't be so over the top! Lol. Thanks very much!!! 😃👍
Hello WarpRulez! Lol - You're absolutely right... I used to be into antique car restoration and guys used to get so pissed off when the judges would take points off their cars for being "better then original"! The chrome was too shiny or the paint was too perfect... Imaging that feeling of losing point because it was too good?! 😃. I just like to think that this is the way the tool designer would have liked the wrench if they didn't have to knock them out because of the whole "time is money" factory thing... Thanks very much!!! 😃👍
Hello Jusb! You know we could have worse vices... I don't smoke, drink or gamble so if I spend a few dollars on tools it can't be that bad! It really is a good way to keep out of trouble... The bad this is when you go to a tool collector show or tractor show, then you can drop some serious money! Lol. Thanks! 😃👍
I love buying tools at flea or yard sales and cleaning them up, especially pipe wrenches.
Nice job!!
A great tribute to your father. Thanks for sharing this.
Hello John! Thanks so much! He would have enjoyed this one! 😃👍
“we can do better”... yeah buddy, you always do.. honestly works of art, as always a great restoration!! Thanks Scout..
Getting tools from a car boot fair is one thing but if your dad bought it then it is something else. Handling tools and restoring them makes it super special. Lovely restoration as always.
Hello Tony! I agree 100%, there is nothing like using a tool that belonged to your father, or grandfather or even someone you knew... It means even more when they're gone! Thanks very much! 😃👍
My uncle was one of those guys that was more of a father than anything else. We lost him when he was 47 quite suddenly but I managed to save a lot of his hand tools and a few small power tools. The big deal was getting to save his anvil, I use that on a very regular basis making knives like he used to love doing. It keeps him with me and brings tranquility.
Tools with the sweat of previous generations are the special ones.
UK Tony understand about previous generations and their tools. My grandfather built houses but can only locate a couple of his tools which will forever hang on the wall
Always to nice to restore tools from a father. Besides being useful the tool serves to provide a living memory.So many thanks and keep up the good work.
Hello Mats! You are absolutely right! Thanks very much!!!!!
Quite amazing how watching these videos never becomes boring whatsoever. This one came out particularly nice!
Hello 7ohannes! It's funny but I was worried about that too but it seems that every tool has a story of it's own and the end result is always a surprise, even to me! Lol. Thanks very much! 😃👍
Hey scoutcrafter! Loved this wrench, you should do a series restoring all your father's pipe wrenches from that bucket. It'd make for a great playlist on your channel haha. Or you could just make one huge epic montage video of it! Anyway thanks for sharing, well done!
these are addicting
Hello Tray! They are kind of addicting to do too! Thanks very much!
@@ScoutCrafter do these pit?
@@Taylor-xh8uh Usually the steel is very good so they might surface rust but don't usually pit. after polishing they never rust or pit!
Nice little wrench, Scout!! Polished up beautifully!!
Great!!! I'm also a tool maniac and restoration nut,....like yourself. I've never sold a single tool. I have tools from when I was 15 and I'm 58 now. Some day my sons can sit around, have a cold beer and bargain up the collection and remember all the tool stories I made them listen to. They'll be laughing I'm sure. I've got hand downs from my grandfather, what a collection, and I use every single one of them, every day, and every chance I've got. TOOLS ARE HISTORY!
Hello Scott! That’s so funny because I too got the tool bug at a very early age! I have pictures of gifts I received at Christmas when I was 15 and there was a Black and Decker Jig saw and B&D Deluxe Drill! Most other kids were getting normal gifts and all I wanted was tools! I used to only like tools that I might use but as I got older (56now) I enjoy all types of interesting tools even if they are specialty tools! You’re right! Tools are life! Thanks very much! 😃👍
Your Dad would be well pleased with that wrench. You must be proud of the result. Thanks.
Another great video, I enjoy looking at the end result, your tool cabinets must be full of beautiful restored tools. You should give us a look at them.
Hello Dwarfsbane Ironfist! As soon as I get my shop in order I will give a quick tour! I've got some interesting things that I have been lucky enough to come by and I think you might enjoy... Thanks very much! 😃👍
I wud be waiting for rest of the bucket tools. Real tribute to your father.
Good restoration 👍👍👍👍
Thx for the video. My grandfather built houses but can only find a couple tools in my father's house. They will be forever hanging on the wall and after watching a few more of your restorations will have a go at them. If you're not going to use them why not make them pretty.
I have the e12,it's awesome!!!!the wierd thing is it has a square end loop
Guy I worked with had one of those, really handy . Always wanted to get one but to expensive. Another great video
So its in the gene's. Excellent job. Glad to see the red is back. Fine job!
Hello Norherman! lol! I wanted to paint it Chevy engine orange but my paint was bad! Next time, I'm going to pick up some new paint this week!! Thanks!!!!
Hey scout!!!!I got what I consider to be a huge pipe wrench from Lowe's it's a really cool looking kobalt 24 inch pipe wrench!!!! I'm getting a Ridgid 12 inch version of this wrench you restored here
I really like Lowes! There is one in Middletown NY that is awesome! Great stuff!
Back in the 80s I saw I sticker in a car window "happiness is a RIDGED tool" and after a finish like you just did I agree 😉
Cool wrench
Good job,Thanks for posting this entertaining video
Hi Ron! I always appreciate your positive input!!! Thanks very much! 😃👍
Beauty! I really want one of these!
I'm addicted to pipe wrenches too and never use them. I also say how they'd cost so much more if I'd buy it new. LOL Just got a very old one today that smells like poop. Hahaha! I love it!
Hi Laura! LOL That is more common then you think considering they work on plumbing and pipes! LOL
The Ridge Tool Co makes some really nice forged steel bench vises now, forged by the Peddinghaus in Germany. I never understood the relationship between Ridge tool and Ridgid, and now Germany? I always thought of Ridgid as a ''Made in USA'' product. My first memory of Ridgid involves a screwdriver with a bright red acetate handle that said ''MADE IN USA''! I wanted to write this under my other comment on the Gearwrench screwdriver video, but I thought I'd save it for later. Basically when I was, I don't know 5, my dad started talking about this screwdriver that he was gonna buy, and he asked me which colour handle I wanted, I said red, and a few days later he came home from work with that big philips Ridgid screwdriver. He worked for a big Oil refinery, and they had tool suppliers which could get the absolute best stuff, and he bought that through work. We still have that in the tool box, although the tip looks a little ugly now. I think I'm gonna grab it from the shed and put that one on the shelf in my room.
Hello Lite Roadie! What a great story! I saw those vises they look like the Heuer vises made in Germany. Those are some nice vises but quite expensive, they are a little different from American style vises in that they use less cast iron. You know Pony was making some nice vises that had interesting designs but I never hear from them anymore. Don't forget to get Dad's screwdriver from the garage and bring it in the house! Thanks!!!!
The German Ridgids and Heuers are forged steel, not cast iron, and so they don't need to have as much material in them for a given amount of strength. The steel is nice and ductile and they are pretty much indestructible. I still prefer the mass of a heavy cast vise, and if you're not abusing a vise as a press, it should never break, a vise is probably the most abused tool ever.
Here in the UK ''Record'' is the big name in vises (spelled vice here, although I prefer to write vise), who got bought out by Irwin around 2000, and still produce a small portion of the range, in China, and sell them for the same price as when they had ''Made In England'' cast on the side. Their only big customers now are Government facilities, big companies and schools (the're prices are ridiculous!)
I have quite a collection of them, one weighs 180 lb! I have one of their ''Engineers' unbreakable'' vises, which is old enough to where it is made of cast steel (in order to resist cracking), before the use of malleable iron castings (pre WW II I think). I think I have around 14...yeah I have a problem!
I'm just waiting to get a DC power source and do electrolysis rust removal on SO MANY tools, one of these days... I'll be doing videos hopefully, and let you know.
Here is a collection of scanned vise pages from the old ''Buck and Hickman'' catalogue, a big tool supplier here. Really interesting and I frequently refer to them for checking weighs, dimensions etc.
www.dropbox.com/sh/9iwuyy1vzrwvszs/AAApmsWFvTmKRWUj53V7eiwla?dl=0
Love your channel
talk to you soon
He would be proud of you. This came out so very nice. Greetings Koos from Norway .
Hello Jacobus Johannes Caspers! Thankyou so very much, this restoration was very close to heart... Appreciate your kind words... 😃👍
Nice clean up and a beautiful restoration. Odd handle angle.
It's an offset for better leverage
Sweet wrench, sweet resto. I'm in Ohio and very close to Ridgid. I have my fair share of them all the way up to their 60" big boy
Hello E Man! I have always like Ridgid tools and their commitment to quality! Did I pronounce Elyria correctly? That’s a tongue twister of a town name! Thanks very much! 😃👍
ScoutCrafter yes the second time around you did lol
Ohhh!! I'm jealous now...
This one is really beautiful and it seems to work so well . I'm sure that it is now even better than new!
Congrats buddy 👍
Hello Peter! I tried to date it but it's very difficult with these wrenches. Thanks very much!
Fantastic job again ,imagine these tools were made to last 100 years or more they even made them with replaceable jaws like on a vise wow !
Hello Pete! When I look for a tool to restore I look at the jaws and other things that are hard to deal with... This wrench had great jaws but a lot of rust... Rust we can deal with no problem! Ridgid tools are so great that even rust won't leave pits and scars like other tools! Thanks very much!!!!!
a very cool looking wrench from " back in the day " !!
Hello Billy! I just wish I could date this wrench... It looks pretty old but it's hard to tell... Thanks very much!
@@ScoutCrafter it is probably close to 60-70 years old I have one that's 89 years old 😲😲😲
Definitely earned yourself a sub and like out of me, this is the 5th video I've watched in a row from you, this is great stuff man!
Hello Anthony! I'm so glad you like the content! We have a great group of people here, all with a love of tools and bringing them back from the dead! I try to put out videos Mon, Wed and Fri. Thanks very much for watching!!! 😃👍
That polishing really looks sharp.
I never thought a pipe style wrench could look so nice! I always liked the offset design! Thanks!!!!!
ScoutCrafter SWEET restoration that is a item you put into a frame. Great Job Bobby
Hi Bobby! Thanks very much! I really appreciate that! 😃👍
Hi Scoutcrafter, serious question, we may disagree on the levels of restoration versus patina, what sells best on the US tool auctions, are people after the un restored? Take care my friend 👍🇺🇸🇬🇧
Now I Understand that why you called "Master Piece".Excellent Polishing and job.sir! Of course with ScoutCrafter orange. :)
Hello Kadir! I originally tried to paint this a special orange... Like the old Chevy engines, but my paint was too old... Tomorrow I'm getting new paint for some upcoming projects. (Not red!). Lol. Thanks very much!!!! 😃👍
My bad sir :D Because of my english sorry again ... It's seven o'clock in Turkey. I guess my eyes still close.. :D
Brilliant. Loved that one
Hello DCPorter71- I really enjoyed this one, I was surprised at how nice the Ridgid steel and castings are! Thanks very much! 😃👍
Very nice...
Hello Chris, Thankyou very much! 😃👍
What red did you use for this guy? Looks great!
I love it .That looks killer .Great job as Always ,
Hello Dallas! Thank you very much!
As usual the wrench turned out great!
The Super-wrench Garage - Hi Matt! Thanks very much! Happy Spring Buddy! 😃👍
ScoutCrafter same to you my friend!
Have you considered joining us in Wrench Rehab??
Love your manner and work..thanks.
Hello Vernon! Lol. Is it on the same night as Hammer rehab? Thanks very much!! 😃👍
what with plier, screwdriver, vise rehab, im booked all week
Better than original.
I love your accent and polish finish that you do.
An emerald green or royal blue would also look nice.
Hello Absaalookemensch- Lol- I'm slowly weening myself off of the Red! It's always been my favorite color! I have some nice Hunter green coming up and Chevy Orange... I'm looking for Gedore Blue as we speak! Thanks!!!! 😃👍
Beautiful!
Hello Tim! I was a little surprised myself on how nice this turned out... Very nice steel on this one! Thanks very much! 😃👍
great video
Hello Joe!! Thanks very much!!!!! Rigid makes awesome stuff!!!!!
Hey Scout can you recommend me a model of Dremel I should buy used on Ebay? Which are the good ones? There's thousands of em!
Your dad would have had to spend $19.27.
I looked up the company out of interest and expected to find a wiki page about how they went out of business in the 70’s. Was pleased to see that they are still around and still making that exact same wrench for under 20 bucks which is about £15. That’s a good price no matter how you look at it.
I don’t know if they are made in the Far East or not but at least they are still going.
Hi Pete! No Ridgid is still made here and still amazing quality!!!! Their steel is so good and forging so refined that I have never seen a rigid wrench not clean up like new! Amazing! Thanks so much!!!!!!!!
ScoutCrafter, will you ever do any bigger restorations? The wrenches are nice, but I'd love to see a restoration on something you could really use, maybe a lathe or a bridgeport?
Hello Metal Butcher! Once I spent 15 years restoring a 51 Pontiac! I have a couple Vises in Restoration right now! I’m just trying to get some volume on the channel, big restorations take longer and I’m trying so hard to keep my videos around 5 minutes! It’s harder making a short video! Lol. Thanks! 😃👍
Great video. How do you get the red paint on the background but not on the lettering
Mike
Paint it,then carefully sand the top surface clean of paint
Well I've watched your videos quite a bit and enjoy them very much. However I will say one thing. I would like to see you take a very Old wrench and wire brush it and paint it and leave the forging and grinding marks in it because those forging and grinding marks from the factory are unique to that wrench. No other wrench has the same mark as that one does as the grinder was going very fast putting one in one bin and taking it out of another all day long. Sometimes leaving in consistencies like that retains the character of the tool and once you grind and polish that away it loses its character.
Hello Bill, I have a pretty nice collection of antique tools, not restored, just good examples that I leave oiled and alone... For the fun of it when I find a really beat up wrench I try to make it like the inventor would have wanted... Some older companies had very high standards when it came to grind marks or forging seams... Others were very profit driven... With some wrenches I try to pay homage to the designer who would have wanted each one of his designs to look as he/she invisioned... I have a lot more coming that won't be so over the top! Lol. Thanks very much!!! 😃👍
ScoutCrafter thanks for the feedback. I don't get me wrong I do like chrome valve covers on my small block Chevy. 😁
Can it even be called "restoration" if it looks better than when it was originally made?
Hello WarpRulez! Lol - You're absolutely right... I used to be into antique car restoration and guys used to get so pissed off when the judges would take points off their cars for being "better then original"! The chrome was too shiny or the paint was too perfect... Imaging that feeling of losing point because it was too good?! 😃. I just like to think that this is the way the tool designer would have liked the wrench if they didn't have to knock them out because of the whole "time is money" factory thing... Thanks very much!!! 😃👍
Keep up the good work. I wish I had the tools, knowledge and time to do things like this.
I would like to see all the one's you got done
Hello Wayne, I try to get out three videos a week, simple restorations and short videos! Thanks very Much!!!!
ScoutCrafter i love old tools love working with them they don't make them like they use too
tiny pipe wrenches are good in auto mechanics, countless times using them to loosen rounded off fasteners
yeah ive followed the same logic as your dad, now i have too many pliers and screwdrivers, i wont ever use up
Hello Jusb! You know we could have worse vices... I don't smoke, drink or gamble so if I spend a few dollars on tools it can't be that bad! It really is a good way to keep out of trouble... The bad this is when you go to a tool collector show or tractor show, then you can drop some serious money! Lol. Thanks! 😃👍
agree there, i dont smoke drink or gamble either, at least my tools are bought, gamble and you have nothing!
О'К !:-) 👍
Крум Скитов - Thankyou very much! 😃👍
Literally has poop on it💩💩💩💩
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =D Literally!!!!!!!!!!!!! =P