Antique Flexible Flyer Sled with Sentimental Value Refurbished - Part 1 New Steering Arm.

Lots to do on this beauty, hope you enjoy it.

[@patjohnson3100]

Your videos are never too long or boring. Your shop tips are always useful. Doesn't matter if they are repeated from earlier videos. Refreshers are a good idea. As for the couple you're refurbishing the sled for, they still look happy and great as on their wedding day. Good marriage.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Pat- Isn’t it great to see a couple that have been together for a long time… 😃👍

[@RightOnJonCrane]

John! I love so many of your videos but this one takes the cake!! This is the cream of the crop! I’m so excited for the next installment. Rose bud!! Citizen Cane! I spent every winter of my youth on a flexible flyer at Lewis Morris park in NJ going down an amazing. Hill that the park would line the sides with hay bails. It was the best! You are tapping into the dream of dreams here with this video! Anxiously awaiting the next video! Thanks! ❄️❄️❄️⛄️⛄️

[@ScoutCrafter]

Holy Cow! 805Roadking made a video of sledding there 14 years ago! 😃👍

[@RightOnJonCrane]

@ Right On! ❄️ Ill look back in his archives! Awesome 🙌⛄️That hill was the best! We also would use plastic lunch trays at the hill by my grade school. Those were great too.

[@Uwannawatch]

Don't apologize John for the length of time, I thoroughly enjoy seeing a project progress. Good to hear this will be a mix of restoration and preservation.

[@bobaaaa2376]

Thank you John for taking on this project! Well worth the wait! Can't wait to see the finished sled. Eileen is just glowing thinking of all the good times her grandmother and mother had on this sled growing up. It's one thing to restore an old item, but it just brings its into an entirely different universe when it was something that family actually used and enjoyed. PS...the pictures were a real treat! Like it was yesterday!

[@toolscouter]

That is a very nice sled. I’m looking forward to your end result. Thanks for sharing and have a great week.

[@jimronchetto8592]

I love it when you do longer projects. I hope the owner will watch this restoration so they can appreciate the superb work you do. My brother and sister and I shared a couple of these great Flexible Flyer sleds back in the 1960s. I hope those sleds are still around somewhere providing enjoyment for some kids today. Thanks, John for another great video.

[@WeekendShedHead]

Fantastic project John.. looking forward to the resto developments 😃 love the router table.. homemade at its finest 👌 priceless ! Cheers Rob

[@stephendoherty1275]

You're awesome. I too have been known to rivet the wrong side... Drives me crazy enough to drill them out an make it right! You know what I would do for the pinstriping is use vinyl tape like we used on the model planes! It comes in all widths, colors, easy to apply/ reapply and clearcoat to seal it down...

[@ScoutCrafter]

Stephen- I did my Sister’s Pontiac with that pin striping back in ‘79! 😃👍

[@johnfix1]

I am personally glad to see this project. Seeing the steps you take is a lesson you can use on any other kind of project. No matter how many sessions it takes to complete it I am looking forward to each one. this is the kind of project that I love. Can't wait to see the finished sled

[@billchiasson2019]

I agree with the others,, your videos can't be too long,, I go back and watch old videos just for the enjoyment of the amazing work you do!

[@westhighlandsshop]

I had a Flexible Flyer growing up, best sled ever! Not as old as that one! Can't wait to see it finished, thanks for sharing John.

[@jimjohnston7688]

Most of us had the Flexible Flyer as kids. Although there was an “honest to goodness” grass covered hill within walking distance, our preferred places were unpaved streets. The best one, which was also the most dangerous ended abruptly at Md Route 2 (Ritchie Hwy) the main route from Baltimore to Annapolis. Thank God it was steerable. Ahhh good times.😂

[@ScoutCrafter]

The more dangerous the more exciting!!! 😂👍

[@jackthompson2132]

Now this is going to be a awesome week. Can’t wait till Wednesday John. Thank You for sharing 😃😃

[@mitchjohnson4970]

We enjoy the longer videos! Always a good day when it's in the shop

[@andyc972]

Thanks John, great project and nice story and company history too, looking forward to seeing how this turns out, it's always tricky walking that line between functional clean-up/repair and extensive restoration ! How apt that you have some snow too !

[@joeschulz7997]

Nice work, john. Back in the 1970s, I found some broken, flexible flier sleds, and my brother and I cobbled some new wooden planks and supports to get them useable again. I remember my Dad asking, "Where did all my wood and small nuts & bolts go?" Thanks for the good memories.😃👍🏻🇺🇲

[@ScoutCrafter]

Joe- As kids we all got in trouble for using wood our fathers were “saving” 🫣😂👍

[@tonyn3123]

I had one of those sleds and considering where I live, I got to use it maybe every 3 years. I remember a bunch of us kids using an old car hood from a junkyard once after a really good snow. That didn't end well. No steering, so we all ended up in a shallow canal. It was fun anyway. LOL Thanks.

[@ScoutCrafter]

One year we found a burner lid from an old gas stove- it was like a unsteerable rocket! 🫣😂👍

[@ScottCornish-f4w]

I had a flexible flyer bought from the local hardware store when I was a kid. I loved that thing!

[@GuntersGarage]

Excellent, Im looking forward to seeing it all done. Should make for some interesting episodes!

[@ChristopherKoenig-g6e]

Hi John. I have two old sleds in my garage. A No12 Yankee Clipper by the same SL Allen Co and a Speedway by Paris Manufacturing co. I was looking at them this past weekend thinking the Yankee Clipper could use a good cleaning and maybe some paint, but wasn't sure where to start. Looks like you will provide the instructional video. Thanks for the lessons.

[@John..18]

Boy, I wish we'd had sledges like that over here, (🇬🇧) when I was young, (late 50's/early 60's,), Nowadays, we don't even get decent snow, for more than a couple of days, a year , 😢,, 60 years ago, the snow seemed to last for months,, ha ha,, 😊, Great project,, 👍 All the very best from across the pond,, John,, ps, they're called "sledges" over here,,

[@Dalesworkshop]

Great job John. Alex at Bloodshed Restorations may not like you trying to take over his Name with real blood. Love to see good working. The router table is cool too.

[@tuesboomer1623]

This project will be a classic! Great story and beautiful remembrance of her mother. Beautiful couple! You didn't look so bad yourself. lol I'm cheering hard for this project. My father bought two of the longer model of Flexible Flyer sleds in the late 60's for Christmas at the local, old fashioned hardware store for my sister and I. We had a very long, gently sloping snow track behind our house into the fields. Many hours were spent on those great sleds after school in the winter. I remember just staring at those sleds when we would take a rest break; the wood, the runners, the graphics, all the pieces parts... They were passed on to our 4 younger brothers and survived for many years.

[@bigvicsworkshop]

Gonna be a good little series, Mr. John!

[@tonylenge424]

Very good repair! That came out very nice. Can’t wait to see the finished sled. Thanks

[@johnkelley9877]

This is great! I am looking forward to all of the videos for the sled. Thanks for sharing this.

[@marcmckenzie5110]

While growing up in rural Kansas, I had a sled like this - I think it was a Flexible-Flyer probably made in the 1950s. We had a half-acre lot on a steep hill. My neighborhood friends and I would take turns - the alternative “sled” was a cardboard box - climb to the top, and race down. Usually we wouldn’t stop in time, and shoot out onto the street, which, luckily, my mom never spotted. The great thing about a Flexible-Flyer is it works great on packed snow, which was usually the state of the hill. Great memories!

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂 Marc- Going into the street really got the blood flowing! 😃👍

[@paulsworkshop4179]

Hey that replacement part looks great! I love your router table. I built something similar for an old router. Mine is also buried, which is why it rarely comes out! I can’t wait to see the progress on this one!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Paul- I really have to get rid of stuff in the shop so I can use the stuff I have! 🫣😂👍

[@stevenwitt4028]

Great Video 👍 Part 1 of the Flexible flyer project is Fantastic, I think the new steering arm you made turned out great! 👍👍 I like seeing that router table you made , with the arrows and lettering , awesome job on that! I also like seeing those Craftsman tools being used to refurbish that vintage flexible flyer sled 🛷 ,that is awesome! Can’t wait to see part 2 of the sled 🛷 project ,Would like to see how you tackle the pinstripes and finish for the wood . Great shot of Old Glory 🇺🇸 flying in the Breeze. Hope you have a Awesome Day ! 😃👍👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

😃👍

[@beerdrinker6452]

I agree, your videos are never too long. What kind of maniac does not have a home made router table from 2002 hidden in their basement. Nice video.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂

[@LoStivale]

Very cool project. Looking forward to part 2.

[@choppermike3329]

Excellent video. I've got two old Flexible flyers and a Sears. It's going to look sweet when you're done!👍🏻😄

[@805ROADKING]

Nicely done Bud!! Fun Project with a lot of meaning, they're the best!!☻

[@ko2fjb]

John, nice job on the steering handlebar. I don't mind multi part restorations as that's what I need to do or my videos on a radio would be over an hour or more.

[@larrydemaar409]

Thanks for restoring this Flexible Flyer sled. Planet Jr. was a great company, also.

[@icfreelynow]

I'm going back and watching all of your videos, lol. I want them longer, not shorter. But, what you need to do is what you enjoy. 1 a week or 10 a week, do what you love to do and it will be great.

[@57WillysCJ]

Glad you started on this one. I have one from the 1970s that just needs to be refinnished as well as an Americanized Scandinavian kicksled. The sled is a small one and the kicksled was made with a flexible flyer runners that you can't really stand on to kick but it is an excellent push sled for a kid. I call it a snow stroller. I need to get these done as I have two wagons to do in the summer. Anyway I have been using the excuse of waiting for you so I can get some tips. Now I am out of excuses. 🤣🤣 They will be usable wall hangers.

[@JavierCruz-lh3kn]

Man!!! I’m always learning something new on this channel!!!! Keep it up!!!!

[@lotsatrains]

Amazing work 👍 can’t wait to see more

[@nevetsrock]

I think Safety Sally lost it this episode 😂😂

[@jakematthew5026]

Shame to lose the witness marks on the original steering handlebar. A scarf joint to mend the new to the old would be interesting to watch. Since you have two now, put one top of the other and make one cut. Great series, John!

[@CalPil0t]

Looking forward to this one. I found one at the poor man's flea market in Easton, but during a drive back from Jacktown last year. Has that same crackling effect that yours has on the underside. Interested in how you address that. BTW, I have seen an occasional Planet Jr. lawn tractor at Jacktown.

[@drivesalot0063]

Respects for you self-imposed limit of one and done videos, Scout. However, your videos are always welcome no matter how long or short they are. This going to be an awesome project! 😀👍👍

[@setdown2]

Ahh…been waiting for this ever since you told us about redoing a sled…Being a auction guy I now have three…why well I have 10 grandkids so…but I can’t pass one up when it’s going for five dollars…🫤 one needs to be redone so don’t skip anything …the steering arm was a great start…👍….🖖🏻

[@troon5488]

Who doesn’t love a multi-part restoration, especially when it has a back story!

[@beck769]

What do you mean BORING?! Nothing better than a two-part project! Now you`re moving into Mustie 1 territory! Plus, when you draw blood, you know it`s going to be good!

[@sodapops408]

A suggestion: Your probably know this already. TSP (trisodium-phosphate) should remove the crackling of the finish on the backside and leave the finish and the paint. Maybe try a little spot as directed. Research it. I've used it on old crackled finish on furniture and wooden sodapop cases. Enjoy your videos. Thanks.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks! I never used that before. 😃👍

[@deancollins8229]

John, That. is a great photo of you !

[@ScoutCrafter]

Dean- The good old days when everyday was a new adventure. Before the aches and pains of age. 🫣😂👍

[@lrbrad4d]

Like others have said, I'd rather see all of the project so you can share what you did, and why you did it. I'm collecting 50/50 recipes. 😂 Nice work on the handle fabrication. Looking good. Don't be a clock watcher. 3🤣🍻

[@homotorsports]

Awesome… I miss my flexible flyer

[@oldguyknots]

Already can see the beauty in that sled. The steering arm came out great.

[@mohabatkhanmalak1161]

Nice one, always learn something from your videos. 🐞

[@kadmaster]

Best show begun...Thnx for sharing...

[@larryborkstrom3580]

Looks like a great project 😊

[@alexstools]

I dont mind multiple part episodes. As for all the projects, if only I could get half of mine done.... The markings on the bottom of the sled reminded me of a story of my grandfather, over here every body marked their tools with a certain color of paint, he used blue, mostly so they could'nt get lost after borrowing them out. However he had borrowers that would paint their own color over his the first night they borrowed it! His grandfather had a beter solution, he had a branding iron and marked his tools with that. We still have those branding irons.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Alex- Yes! Back in the day burning your initials into wood was the smart way. Paint can be scraped off. 🫣😂👍

[@terryrogers1025]

Good points made, looking forward to part 2. Thanks.

[@richardrollins184]

good to see items the way you do them ..

[@andrewtaylor7377]

Blood, Sweat.. you'll be crying by the end of the next episode 😂

[@joeyp3944]

Cmon Johnny no project is to big for the scoutcrafter!!! Don’t get stingy with the restorations!! lol..

[@johnroberts7280]

Cool little router table John.

[@archived_turkeys6487]

No project is complete without the blood work. Band Aids and gauze always kept close by on the shelf next to the hand tools for the small stuff. Saw dust always available in a wood shop to staunch the bigger bleeds.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂. I’m usually pretty good but my Dad was a real brute and he would bleed on every project! 🫣😃👍

[@Ricopolico]

Holy hell, Scout, it's ROSEBUD!

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂

[@troyb1733]

Very cool project and great friends.

[@lordcelticfrost8686]

Best video of the year....

[@metalwork.]

Good Stuff 👌👍

[@Ricopolico]

The word on the street was that the high quality sled runners were only able to be rolled in Johnstown, PA ( at least that is what my bullshit brother-in-law used to say once he had a few boilermakers under his belt). Oh yeah, Dickens (the writer) said the hills were so steep, that the sun raised @ 10 am and was gone by 2. The hills made for hellishly good sledding for us when we were kids . . . at least before the ash trucks did their thing.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Ash trucks! There’s a term you never hear anymore! Now they use Salt here in the city so your undercarriage rots out before the engine wears out. 🫣😂👍

[@Ricopolico]

@@ScoutCrafter - Steel-making generated a lot of cinder-like stuff. There are adults here who will go to their graves with that crap in their (ouch !) knees.

[@TheKidFromYTown]

You haven't made a video yet that I didn't like. You always do a good job of editing too.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thanks so much! 😃👍

[@TheKidFromYTown]

@@ScoutCrafter 🤓👍

[@madamecampsalot6384]

Aww, brings back great memories....

[@ScoutCrafter]

Sleds were always fun. As a kid after a snow snowstorm the hills were full of kids! Now I never see any kids outside.

[@madamecampsalot6384]

@ScoutCrafter same here, even in the street before the plow came

[@jeffreykindron7162]

We had a flexible flyer sled as kids, I'm not sure which one of my siblings ended up with it. It was interesting to learn that the sled was made by the planet jr co. You sent me a wrench that goes with with my #6 planet Jr seeder. BTW - who was that handsome fellow in the top left corner of the wedding pic ? 😅

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂👍

[@HappilyExhausted]

I still have my flexible flyer for when I was a kid. How do you keep your bandsaw blade from drifting? I’ve watched videos on KZbin to no avail. Maybe a future video topic? Thanks for another great video.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Unfortunately most blades to have a drift. Many times you have to compensate by running the work through at an angle. It’s a real problem! 😃👍

[@HappilyExhausted]

@@ScoutCrafterI can’t even begin to describe how much I’ve learned from your videos. Thanks again!

[@ianbutler1983]

Nice John, thanks.

[@garypannone7755]

Another good video.

[@rafaelgsbr]

You don't want to bore us? What kind of maniac gets bored watching this content? You could show the whole restoration in real time and people would still find it interesting!

[@dandecl5843]

OH NO YOU DON'T..JUST STOP. RIGHT THERE! This is the best restro channel and you are not going to leave that router frozen up C'umon man. Don't be stingie with the 50/50 .Dunk that sucker for a week if need be . Use your " little bit of heat" trick. You can't leave it like that. I ll never sleep, thinking and being tourmented by the thought of it. Don't let it beat you. You beat it.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂 Back in 2002 when I got the router I remember trying everything to get that unstuck! I have 3 routers but I tried heat, penetrating fluid, big wrenches…. I was afraid it was going to break so I gave up. Maybe today with 23 years more experience I could do it but back then it was impossible! 😂👍

[@dandecl5843]

Don't be a quiter, I have faith in your abilities. Make it an episode after this project. I am twitching just thinking about it.

[@truthreigns7]

so in the wedding group was that you that you closed in on?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes me on the upper left. 😂👍

[@truthreigns7]

@ScoutCrafter very good

[@goldpan12345]

Where did you find the replacement decals for the sled? I was thinking about restoring our childhood radio flyer after watching your videos. It never gets boring watching your videos. Keep them coming.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Found mine on eBay! 😃👍

[@goldpan12345]

Ok, thanks.

[@tomdale1313]

thxs for sharing...

[@jerryaugustine1329]

I don't mind a longer video on a project like this. We got a few of these hanging around cause they were so well made.

[@klepper00]

We had some snow this weekend , how about a denomination? 😊

[@patrickrhin9152]

Hey !John vraiment un très beau projet, que la restauration de cette luge. Il va y avoir un peu de travail, pour remettre tout cela en état. ❤

[@markdeitchman8938]

nice photo. what year was that?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Mark- I was trying to figure it out- I have to ask Bob and Eileen because for the life of me I can’t remember! 🫣😂👍

[@markdeitchman8938]

@@ScoutCrafter my wife and I married in 1971. seems like a similar time. let me know if you find out. thanks.

[@Reggyontheroad]

Gotcha 👍👍🔩🔩🫵🫵👀👀👌👌

[@stevenwilliams1550]

If you always stand on the same side of the router table, the feed direction arrows are fine. But if you stand on the “other” side, then you would feed against the arrows. Cheers

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes! However the trigger switch is on my side and would be impossible to use from the other side. 😂👍

[@frankg3072]

Was that a young John in the bridal picture at the end of the video???

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes Frank- I didn’t know the girl in front of me and my tux was rented. 😂👍

[@frankg3072]

You were a handsome guy!

[@jimmyc7803]

took you 15 minutes to dig out a tool you maybe use once a year ? welcome to my world. to dig out my router table I need 2 days of food and water, flashlights, extra batteries and a quart of scotch. beautiful work so far my freind.

[@TheOtherBill]

Making me feel really old here! Those wedding pictures look fairly recent compared to mine.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂

[@rogermcdonald1607]

John, im really liking this project. Lots of memories will be made with this one for sure! 👏🛷

[@lundysden6781]

animal update please!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Everyone is great- My outside cats get their meals heated up twice a day and three times when it’s below freezing. Lucky the mouse enjoys whatever I eat. He has a fondness for scrambled eggs! 😂👍

[@lundysden6781]

@@ScoutCrafter Thats nice! I'm not a huge cat guy bc of how they "play" with other animals like mice. I'm really interested in the possums, raccoons, turtles and skunks! I had a fat raccoon on the deck the other night. I think it lives under the deck. We throw all food scraps outside for the animals to eat. We live on 2 acres in upstate north of Albany. Really love the natives sort of speak! My neighbor hand feeds deer at his door step with turkeys right there too!

[@zaphodbeetlepox6627]

It's not real work if it doesn't draw a little blood once and a while.

[@kennethkienzle8472]

ROSE BUD ?

[@user-xv3zp8gl7j]

"Rosebud"

[@lotsabirds]

Don't th8nk I'm nute...Sounds like you have a cold coming on. Take care!

[@mikelococo3254]

31st

[@roberthoug7864]

I myself would prefer to leave the original steering mechanism and fix the end makes it more original I mean they're not going to use it anymore but that's that I'm watching this 8 hours late HOUGIE

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Love to see you do more 2 part videos But Mr Handsome Man Mr John in the picture at the 18.50 mark Who is Miss Erotic Hottie in front of you My God she was a looker the Gal is Smoking hot looking .. Mr John Great Video take care see you on Wednesdays Video

[@ScoutCrafter]

Roger believe it or not I never knew her- She was Eileen’s friend so she was in the party. The only time I was next to her was at the photo shoot and walking down the aisle. 🫣😂👍

[@saigaking]

Love the router table made such a great job on the round over Can’t wait to see it finished great show John 🇺🇸🇳🇿🗽🦅🇮🇱🪖🦔🐬🔑45-47DJT

[@rawbacon]

Fantastic Project, really looking forward to the whole thing.......I'm a Nighttime Shoveler too, a few weeks ago I was out shoveling and the neighbor yells over how much he loves the Mallet I made for him and also said he's gonna bring over some more Christmas Cookies his wife makes. A few days later Cookies show up on the bench I have on the porch and to my surprise another box of Cookies showed up yesterday too, which was a nice treat after coming up out of my shop last night and getting cleaned up.🛷🎄🍪

[@ScoutCrafter]

There’s something magical about being outside at night just after a snowfall when the street lights transform the scenery into a Norman Rockwell painting and it becomes so quiet. 😃👍