Antique Fire Extinguisher For The Classy Brassy Challenge

[@tonyn3123]

I am not a plumber by any means, but my city allowed a homeowner to install their own gas lines from the meter to their appliances under city permit and inspection. I bought all the necessary threading tools and asked a licensed gas installer friend to come and get me started so I would meet code and pass inspection. He told me that for gas installation in my city, RectorSeal #5 was the very best sealant and required for gas line installation. I used it on every joint and passed inspection like a charm. I have to add the threading tools (very nice quality Ridgid threading tools and pipe vise and stand for $25 at an estate sale) I bought were not motorized, but manual. My gut muscles and arm muscles were really glad when I finished. Ached for days. I respect the plumbers that manually thread pipe. The 1/2" isn't bad but the 1' and 3/4 inch will test you if you don't do it every day. Thanks.

[@jeffreykindron7162]

My grandfather was a pipefitter at the same company that my father and now myself work(ed) for . I inherited all of his tools. I have photos of him working on 8 and 10 inch pipe , he was incredibly strong. A photo of the pipe crew at work hangs in my office - most of the men were born in the late 1800's.

[@bobbyw9046]

I have used Blue Monster pipe dope in conjunction with Blue Monster Teflon Tape for decades. NEVER had a joint failure and never was unable to take joints apart if I needed to.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks Bobby!!!

[@Uwannawatch]

Fantastic project John! We knew you would do something awesome and you didn't disappoint! I know that took you a long time! Thanks for joining in I appreciate it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks for a Great challenge George!

[@357magdad]

That's a classy fire extinguisher! I'm glad you were able to save the label!

[@richardgreen3068]

Who better than a Marine to polish brass! If it moves, salute it! If it doesn't move, paint it! If it'll shine, polish it! Good job, John. Keep it up. Thanks.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂👍🇺🇸

[@13thworker45]

You did a great job on the brass fire extinguisher. I had a few of these years ago. One of my mentors beat me out of one. He displayed it with his restored model T. It’s always nice to be reminded of an item of your past. Thank you

[@bigpete4227]

My dad had a number of those fire extinguishers. He had a 1942 bsa m20 that was ex MOD. He restored it to exact army dispatch rider conditions. The bike came as standard with that exact extinguisher. He passed last year and it was his birthday last week. Nice one john, good memories.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Pete- When my Dad passed I was in a real funk for a couple years but now my memories are all happy ones. That generation was fantastic and we were so lucky to have them. 😃👍

[@bigpete4227]

@ScoutCrafter cheers John.

[@GaelYonnet]

That one is going to trigger the patina boys! LOL

[@terrystewart2070]

Nice polish job John! When I was a kid my Dad and I must have junked hundreds of these old extinguishers. As I have mentioned before, my Dad was the owner/operator (single handed operator, with a LOT of conscripted help from his #1 son aka me) of the garbage disposal company here in our small Northern California town. The core business was not lucrative, so Dad was also a major scrapper. We always had a brass pile working. Lots of old plumbing stuff was brass. He would also save up old electrical wire until we had a stack as big as a car, douse it down with gas, torch it off to burn off the insulation...it sure made some nasty smoke but really weird pretty flames LOL Treadle sewing machines were another biggie. The machinery part was all cast iron and steel. The wood (all those cute little drawers and such) made great kindling for our fireplace LOL With guys like my Dad around in the 50's and 60's it's a wonder there's any antiques like this extinguisher left!

[@805ROADKING]

Not the Oil Burner!! You love that thing!!☻

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂 You are going to love this story! 🫣😂👍

[@OldSneelock]

Brass is just one of those metals that looks good polished. I am impressed with your work on the label The plug would be a great project for your lathe. I am pretty sure it could single point the thread.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Dave- I was pondering that but setting up the gears for threading is a real pain. Next lathe quick change gearbox for sure! 😂👍

[@ronsbeerreviewstools4361]

Another olde tool saved, yipee. Very good job. We have single digit temps outside Boston area, and my oil fired burner stopped working, I hit the red restart button , and it started and ran, but i called my technician to clean and fine tune my furnace, cheers from Taxachusetts. I hope you read this comment, but Ive seen you only read the big tool guys comments.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Ron! How good did it feel when the re-set button fired off again!?! 😂👍

[@drivesalot0063]

Excellent work, Scout! Beautiful! Great tip with the fiber wheels and buffing pads. Loved the Cats Pajamas. Many thanks. 😀👍

[@andyc972]

Thanks John, lovely job on the extinguisher, so pleased you could retain all the printed lettering and surprising that the gasket was still in place to propel the water ! Gotta love the fibre wheel !

[@ScoutCrafter]

Andy I was shocked too about the gasket! 😂👍

[@Bci42]

An old time deputy sheriff friend had one of those carbon tet extinguishers on the cruiser transmission hump. At some point, he realized that he could not recall the last few hours of his shifts. There was a pin hole leak in the extinguisher.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂👍

[@josephwatts925]

ScoutCrafter, that took courage to go after that label. The extinguisher looks great! Great show.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I was nervous the whole time! 😂👍

[@GuntersGarage]

Looks fantastic, so cool it worked out the label is unscathed. Had me goin for a hot second on the fiber wheel 😂

[@rawbacon]

I was stressing you were going to mess up the label too.....I have a gas fireplace, as long as there's gas I can keep the house nice and warm even if the furnace goes out and can't be fixed for a week or something.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Honestly I think every home should have a heat backup source. My great grandfather had both Oil or CNG heat.

[@jackthompson2132]

Great slow today John! The extinguisher turned out awesome. It was the cats pajamas. Thank You for sharing!

[@billmcclure433]

What a lovely cleanup. And you were able to keep the label intact! Fantastic!!!

[@americansewingmachineresto1545]

Hi John, Great fire extinguisher restoration. Cleaning that decal must have had a large pucker factor🤪. What an amazing result. Great tip on the small fiber disks. 9 degrees, burr. We are in the 20’s and had three inches of snow yesterday. Definitely not typical Virginia. Best Regards, John

[@LoStivale]

I’m glad you were able to save the label. Very cool fire extinguisher.

[@patjohnson3100]

Beautiful cleanup. Brass is a beautiful metal, and that fire extinguisher is a real eye stopper. Glad the label came out to well.

[@Reggyontheroad]

Gotcha 👍👍🔩🔩👀👀🫵🫵

[@timeflysintheshop]

It was cool before you polished it, now its a museum piece! I woke up to minus 14F this morning and on my way home from work it was still minus 5F!

[@ScoutCrafter]

The difference between 32 degrees and single digits feels miles apart! 🫣😂👍

[@timeflysintheshop]

@ScoutCrafter Agreed! I suggest the same miles between single positive and negative teens! It hurts to breath the air! And if there is wind, forget about it!

[@lotsatrains]

Really nice fire extinguisher 👍 keep warm and let’s hope for above freezing temperatures soon

[@ScoutCrafter]

Ken- I’m with you! 🥶😂👍

[@jeffreykindron7162]

Great job on the fire extinguisher. I recall that exact type hanging in my uncles hunting cabin. I wish I had grabbed it before the property was sold. It was minus 17 degrees F at my house in Niagara County NY this morning around 5AM. 🥶. It got up to 1 degree when I made it to Buffalo. I cannot comprehend how people deal with temps lower than that in other parts.

[@frankg3072]

Great cleanup! Excellent job cleaning up the label!

[@JohnDaker_singer]

John, what do you put on polished brass to inhibit tarnish? Shellac? …..Don’t tell me “Scoutcrafter 50/50”. Lol.

[@ScoutCrafter]

John- I waxed it now but if it starts to tarnish I will use clear gloss lacquer spray. 😃👍

[@JohnDaker_singer]

@ Thanks John. I do the same, but I figured if anyone knew a better way, it was you.

[@bigvicsworkshop]

Shine On! Nice entry!

[@madamecampsalot6384]

WOW!!! You did a beautiful job on that brass. Amazing before and after! I think there's some kind of law that says your burner has to fail when the temps are in the single digits.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂 Yes! It never goes out when it’s 50 degrees! 😂👍

[@terryrogers1025]

Just finished watching George restore a footprint tool, your Brass fire extinguisher is definitely an eye catcher, and you got that label looking sweet, lot of effort went into its restoration, great clean up. Only thing I found worse than pipe dope (as I refer to it) is gray anti seize, I swear no matter how careful I am when handling it, I will inevitably get some on me some where😮😊😂😂. Thanks for the video, enjoyed watching.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Terry- Anti seize will find its way to your underwear! 🫣😂👍

[@johnkelley9877]

Beautiful work John! The extinguisher looks like new. Thanks for sharing this.

[@scotthayward996]

Awesome job on the extinguisher! Will the cleaner wax protect it from the tarnish coming back ?

[@ScoutCrafter]

It helps a lot but over time the varnish will return, a good lacquer coating helps even more but that’s a summertime project. 😂👍

[@TheKidFromYTown]

Nice job. those fiber buffing wheels are great. Do you have a preference for certain hardness of fiber wheel?

[@ScoutCrafter]

I’ve only tried 180 grit but I want to try the scotch brite type wheels. 😃👍

[@TheKidFromYTown]

@@ScoutCrafter Most fiber wheels seem to be 180 grit but they also have a designation such as 3P (soft), 5P (Medium), 7P (Hard), 9P (Extra Hard) I think up to at least 12P. P stands for Ply. I was just curious if you had a preference. I have a 7 and 9P wheel both are 180 grit but I always wonder if others have a preference. I was looking at the Scotch Brite myself.

[@bruceschamus4834]

We used white pipe thread sealent when i was in plumbing school

[@57WillysCJ]

That turned out really well. Coldest day was 9. Tuesday morning was -23 with a -47 wind chill. That's when you listen to an audio book or old time radio shows.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Wow! I really feel for the animals on days like that. 🫣😂👍

[@ney4na449]

Nice fire extinguisher. Have you ever used Flitz Metal Polish? I would be interested in your review. I like it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes! I got it from 357 Magdad’s link. It’s an excellent Polish! 😃👍

[@jacklinks9621]

I have a antique fire extinguisher made of brass that is similar to a modern design that i got from my great uncles shed

[@bobhart1155]

Beautiful job on the vintage extinguisher! Not to be outdone but our oil burner went out sometime early yesterday morning, too! Called Petro and they sent out a technician who discovered that the 2 degree cold had froze the fuel oil in the line valve on our outside tank. And that was a protected fuel line in an enclosed cabinet (Roth tank) I had insulated previously. The tech replaced the fuel-clogged valve and added a fuel additive to the tank to prevent freeze ups. Was your problem due to a fuel line freeze-up, too?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Bob- On Friday I will give the full run down! My tanks went dry! 🫣

[@mikewatson4644]

@@ScoutCrafter Oopps

[@ROD59]

John, did those fire extinguishers come originally with some type mounting bracket or something like that , it came out beautiful

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes! A wall bracket- I tried to get a fire extinguisher with the bracket but they were very pricy. (About double) so I will try to fabricate my own. 😃👍

[@tonylenge424]

Great for hanging on the wall! Thanks

[@lotharfunke8749]

Nice job John have three similar to yours one has an old plane on it.They all need to be done but how do you keep them from tarnishing again?😊

[@ScoutCrafter]

Wax helps a little but lacquer keeps it much better. 😃👍

[@aquariumaquarium8080]

Looks great are you going to make a stand to display it?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Next I want to make a wall bracket for it! 😃👍

[@mgreene939]

How wide are your fiber wheels? 1” or 2”?

[@ScoutCrafter]

I prefer the 1” wheels. The 2” seems a bit too wide for my jobs. 😃👍

[@DCPorter71]

brilliant job :)

[@paulsworkshop4179]

Nerve wracking! Looks fantastic though.

[@danohstoolbox]

That looks great, john nice job 👍

[@patrickrhin9152]

Hey !John vraiment un très beau travail sur cet extincteur, il est comme neuf. Très belle photo de vos chats en pyjama. ❤

[@evilla410]

Hi John what an awesome job on the extinguisher 😮nice 👍

[@Ricopolico]

We used to use pipe "dope", I still do. I was a teflon tape guy until I had a leak in a brass to Cu joint. That was the only leak I ever had and it was in a joint I should have been able to wring together DRY! I ended up using some 30 year old pipe "dope" and shit canned about 20 rolls of tape.

[@setdown2]

That extinguisher looks awesome...nice job...I had a old oil furnace when I moved in here 36 years ago it was about 40% Efficient a real dinosaur...went to N.Gass 15 years ago...cleaner,cheaper and much less maintenance...just saying...🖖

[@ScoutCrafter]

Here in my area Natural gas is more expensive to run- I have a bunch of friend who converted and they pay more. Here they want us to convert to mini split systems.

[@alexstools]

Those pyama cats are cute!!

[@beerdrinker6452]

Nice video.

[@lindagolembieski7405]

Wow what a beautiful job !❤❤😮

[@dogder3748]

Where do you get those fiber wheels?? Thanks for the video!!

[@truthreigns7]

great video as always, thank you for the waving flag

[@ScoutCrafter]

It’s stiff now! 🥶😂👍🇺🇸

[@truthreigns7]

@@ScoutCrafter oh i am sure. Mine got wrapped around the pole, but that only lasted a few hours. Even in the single digits my flag still wave great.

[@garypannone7755]

Beautiful Job.

[@johnroberts7280]

Very nice job John.

[@jimharper9609]

Funny how one's furnace only quits on the coldest days! Never in July or August! That fire extinguisher didn't look that good brand new! Nice job......

[@ScoutCrafter]

You are so right! 🥶🫣😃👍

[@johnmiller9695]

NIce!

[@DiggerD-w6r]

Rectum seal? I'll pass.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂

[@saratogakellys7648]

Third View!! On the podium for the bronze medal.

[@gerard_3864]

Great work on that fire extinguisher,looks amazing.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

My first semester of college chemistry, my lab partner and I were assigned to make our first chemical reaction producing CCl4 (carbon tetra chloride). Back in the day we had no vent hoods, safety gloves, eye protection, etc. I remember looking at her and saying “isn’t this a carcinogen?” We laughed when I got a bunch on my hands. Well 35 years later I’ve had five cancers and now major nerve degeneration and it gives me pause. Maybe not so funny, though truly I doubt that incident is behind it all. So it is sobering that it used to be sprayed out of those lovely brass fire extinguishers! 🧯

[@ScoutCrafter]

Marc- everytime they get rid of one cancer causing item they add five more somewhere else. You can’t drink tap water and water in plastic bottles are worse but here in the USA it’s hard to find bottled water in glass bottles! We’re all doomed! 🫣😂👍

[@marcmckenzie5110]

@ John, I’m sending you a six-pack of Coke® new CCl4 product called Death® in glass bottles. Hey, if it’s Death®, it must be good for you!🤪