Big Beam Beacon, Telechron 711 Bulb, Cleaning Brushes

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[@nescobaraloplop9468]

You have the model 712 "Alarm Lite" which was the GE version. The 711 "Telalarm" had a slightly different case. You gave it a great shine.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Thankyou! I know that GE teamed up and eventually took over Telechron but couldn’t find that exact information. Thanks again!!!

[@Dardrum]

I also clean my acid brushes, but I thought I was the only maniac who re dressed is utility knife blades. You had me laughing, thanks John.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

BTW i do the same thing using an old oil stone or sandpaper LOL

[@smithtown6589]

Rather than getting a screwdriver, opening the knife and changing the blade, I too sharpen the knife. Usually, rubbing it on a leather strop- just a couple licks on the leather.

[@madamecampsalot6384]

Boy, I wish I thought of that! I'll be doing that, too. Cuz I'm che....frugal, too.

[@philparker1666]

Both the Big Beam and the clock were beautiful items, I can still remember the first torch I had as a child that had green, yellow and red aspects. Thanks Scoutcrafter ❤❤👍👍👍👍🇺🇸🇬🇧✌️

[@RightOnJonCrane]

Right On John! 🙌 Amazon is incredible! I know they wiped out the Mom & Pop stores! 😢I live on an island. I have to take a ferry boat to get supplies. With Amazon it arrives the next day, overnight! Weird odd parts likes those bulbs 💡! The Big Red flasher is a beauty! Thanks for all you do!

[@SwarthyPlinker]

Great show today. The beacon is really cool and I just love that clock! Great job on bringing them both back into service.

[@OldSneelock]

Great job on the Big Beam recovery. I bet you could turn up an adapter for the light that would let you put a D battery in it to power the light. Speaking of the mechanical flasher. Cars had those and you could hear it clicking so you knew the turn signal was on. Years in the factories have wrecked my hearing so I couldn't hear the click, click, click. Lydia would remind me the turn signal was on. Yes. I am the guy driving a couple miles on the highway with my turn signal on because the gradual turn on the merge lane didn't cancel it. Now the car and the pickup have an alarm that lets me know I need to turn off the turn signal. Funny but I can't hear the alarm unless I'm wearing my hearing aids. 😁😎

[@stevenpressley5956]

Love that clock! If people are going to be mad at Amazon then they HAVE to be mad at Sears and Roebuck, JCPenney, Speigel, Montgomery Ward, Belk, Western Auto and so on and so on and so on. Mail order catalogs were the Amazon of their day. Just think of all the mail order companies that were around years ago. Nobody grumbled about Mom and Pop businesses being affected by them. But oh just think of all the small shops that fell by the wayside to mail order catalogs. Time marches on.

[@davedoughty1213]

Great video John!!!! I like old flashlights as well… my son gave me a little grief about the size of the flashlight compared to the new ones that are tiny with powerful beams. I told him he was right but try and defend yourself with your 1 AAA flashlight!!!! He got my point!!! Thanks for sharing your video with us John… The Old Army Scout…

[@mikebrunosgarage5338]

The clock came out great,the Big Beam is really super cool,it came out pretty neat! Thanks for your efforts and see you Wednesday.

[@Joseph-ef5mh]

Great show Scout. The beacon and clock turned out excellent. They are lovely pieces of history. I guess I'm cheap too! I clean my acid brushes as well. Frankly, I reuse anything I can. 😀👍

[@terryrogers1025]

I know a guy who cleans brushes somewhat like you do, and the same guy also resharpens utility knife blades and custom sharpens with back side sharpened and a couple sharpened with radius ground points, that was a happy accident because I broke the tip of a virtually new blade and I am to frugal (cheap) to throw out a perfectly good blade, and didn’t like the look of the broken tip. Love the light, thanks for the update,enjoyed watching.

[@GuntersGarage]

Thats awesome the light worked out and the beautiful old clock is fully functional! The Big Beam looks great too!

[@oldguyknots]

Great job on the light. It's a beauty but that clock is frappin' amazing. Great job on it too.

[@rawbacon]

I retired the 6v flashlight I had out in the garage a couple months ago after the battery finally went dead. Batteries cost too much and I have so many better flashlights, headlamps, work-lights now, the old flashlight is just a historical piece of nostalgia now.🔦

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes- However the rechargeable batteries are quite reasonable and last a very long time. 😃👍

[@johnkelley9877]

The Big Beam Beacon looks great! I was surprised to see how well the paint matched the original color. Thanks for sharing this.

[@andyc972]

Thanks John, lovely job on that flashing beacon, cleaned up and saved from further deterioration, but still looking old and original ! That's just the way I clean my brushes too, I also prefer to think of it as frugal !

[@NitroMaxOriginal]

Regarding Amazon you are bang on, so often I have checked online for availability at a store only to discover on arrival that it's not; then spend an afternoon running around looking for it. With Amazon, 95% of the time it is next day and no time or fuel wasted. 💡💡👍👍

[@lotsabirds]

Do you know Steve from Bedo's Leatherworks, viewer's of his channel go nuts when he sharpens a razor blade instead of just chucking it! I have a 40 year old single edged razor blade that I've been using all those years! I still have the little cardboard sleeve it came in! Now, that's frugal! 😊 lol!

[@OldSneelock]

Do you have one of the wind up sharpeners from the 20's? First time I saw one I couldn't figure out what it was. David Chadwick told me about a group of reenactors that liked to collect old razor blades for their old razors like the Doughboys used. They resharpened them too.

[@lotsabirds]

@@OldSneelock nope! But you just gave me something to look for! I have my dad's and my grandfather's old Gillette razors that used single edfed and old blued double edged razors! Thanks Dave! 😊

[@ko2fjb]

Awesome clock, good for another 50 years not like the junk they make today. I like the red beacon, would look great on the deck.

[@TheKidFromYTown]

That clock with the working light looks great and the beacon also looks good.

[@almacli8360]

Great job Johnny boy I like that clock and the old school flasher 💯🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@ScoutCrafter]

Big Al!

[@esmpo1]

Another great show. I could have really used that big beam flashlight up at Ten Mile River way back when.

[@ScoutCrafter]

The flashlight wars we had back then were legendary! 😂👍

[@angrypatriot]

ScoutCrafter is a one-man Historical Society.

[@patrickrhin9152]

Hey !John la restauration de la lampe est superbe et la montre électrique est de toute beautée. Du travail de professionnel. ❤

[@michaellindsay8934]

Just think of how much gas Amazon saves you. Great show the light turned out really nice. Thanks for sharing your expertise 😊

[@tonylenge424]

The beacon really polished up nicely. Thanks

[@stevenvaldivieso8844]

I call it smart! You’re saving money brother that so many people throw in the trash.

[@patjohnson3100]

Enjoyable video as usual. The information about brushes was very useful because i am restoring some filthy neglected Mossberg tools. They came in a very old sheet metal tool box that has curved corners like your beacon light. I found a cylindrical flap wheel that fits in a drill and made short work of the rust in the corners of the box. I agree that fish oil based paints are good rust fighters. Good information on wire brushes. Regardless of brand i think a full face mask is a good idea. The Chinesium wheels are especially notorious for wire spitting.

[@lotsatrains]

Really nice looking clock and beautiful with that bulb wow 👍 love that flashing lantern too and yes Amazon is great especially buying stuff like those bulbs what store would even carry them today and how many hours saved from driving around trying to find them.

[@TheDasbull]

Great video 😊 I clean my paint brushes with "fels naphtha" soap - It works well and you don't have to use any paint thinner. Works on latex and oil based paints. Beautiful old lantern/lamp!

[@patrickrainville451]

My father was “Frugal” too. I got a good chuckle because I called him cheap too. I now know why he was frugal though and I try to be at times myself. Frugality comes with age I think.

[@larrynelson734]

Hi John. Great job on that light. I love how those things seem to last forever. Not the new CRAP they push on us now days 😢. Have a great day. 👍👍❤🤠...

[@wingnutsworkshop]

Nice cleanup! The word from our moto is Thrifty! I still do the same things you do to live by it.

[@62forged]

Cool beacon and nice clock. Nice work.

[@troyb1733]

John,Love the big beam. I have one similar to that for the railroad and its blue. Railroads use blue flags to warn against movement without checking for people or equipment,ect.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I love Blue signal lanterns

[@richardgreen3068]

You mean everyone doesn't sharpen utility knife blades! I'm shocked! 😎

[@choppermike3329]

Beautiful light John!!

[@jdive12]

Great job on that BIG BEAM restoration, man!

[@beck769]

I COLLECT, as you KNOW!! Words to live by!

[@Wildwood975]

Two minutes of a great End-of-Week Friday is no biggie on a Mish-Mosh Monday! It’s Scoutcrafter, dag-nabbit! It’s all good!

[@tomdale1313]

that clock is very cool, thxs for sharing...

[@michaelstark9485]

BOOM 😂😂😂😂 i was walking Elvis 😂😂😂😂

[@therealmarioman]

Hey, following since a while but just subscribed now. All the best

[@ScoutCrafter]

Welcome!!! 😃👍

[@mikejones5358]

Great job as always

[@alexstools]

I enjoy being frugal!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Alex One of the traits of the Boy Scout Law is Thrifty! A scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent. 😃👍

[@chrisrowan2289]

Remember, a scout is thrifty. Not frugal or cheap.

[@federiconogueira2993]

hats off .Great watch restoration. Me ha gustado.

[@ryannash9582]

Another great video in the can, ScoutCrafter! 👍🏻 I really like how the Telechron 711 clock turned out, very cool Art Deco styling on that piece. The Big Beam 408 F cleanup looks great as well. You mentioned them being in trucks back in the day, were you referring to them being used as safety equipment for roadside breakdowns in semi trucks or some other purpose? I don’t know that I’ll ever be frugal enough to clean & reuse acid brushes but that was a good tip nonetheless. 😅

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes- Commercial vehicles were required to carry road flares and other signaling devices in case of breakdowns. Today we use triangles. 😃👍

[@alansmith4734]

Update Venting: About my knowledge of shingles. My house was built in 1986, and the builder used 3 Tab Shingles. Fast forward to before COVID, and State Farm sent me a notice that my Deductible was being raised from $500 to $1000. I was not happy about this, so I filed a Hail Damage Claim on my original roof, and State Farm paid a substantial amount to replace my roof. I paid extra for the upgraded Architectural Shingles. If you do replace your roof, ask for extra shingles, as replacements for any future damages. I was given a full pack by the Roofing Company.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Alan, if ever I have to do a roof on here again, I will do a full rip off and replaced with architectural shingles, it’s the only way to go. 😃👍

[@ravendark2422]

You’ll get strange men knocking on your door if they see that red light 😂

[@saigaking]

Great show John love the lamp came out great god bless take care🇳🇿🇺🇸🇮🇱🇦🇷🗽🪖🦅🦔🐕47

[@MelodeBaisden]

Another great show, I saw a guy on a KZbin video put super glue on the insides of the knock off wire brushs . Don't know I might give it a try.

[@barney992]

we were using those lights in roadworks in the 1990s. now reflective signs are used .Vandals would break the lens

[@larryborkstrom3580]

Cool lights

[@OldSneelock]

Just had another thought. You could go HiTech and 3D print a battery adapter. 2024 answer to a 1950 problem.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Dave- Making these videos is as high tech as I can get! 🫣😂👍

[@OldSneelock]

@@ScoutCrafter I understand that completely. Not that you have to or even should but I bet if we asked if someone that watches your channel would take the idea and run with it. I had a very nice gentleman send me a batch of stops that he printed up for B&D Workmates. Some people are just like us and like to make things just to see if they can.

[@13thworker45]

Very nice save on the beacon, it’s beautiful. Did you check the light bulbs I sent you before buying. I know there was some small bulbs. It’s hard to believe all the different styles of bulbs. My 40’ boom truck had many small bulbs in a swing out door. It’s been so long now I remember only a few. Great show thank You

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes Jess those were lower wattage. Type 41 bulbs are pretty uncommon. 😃👍

[@barneyclovis]

Hi John I'm sorter in Venice this week on vacation ....you cannot stop in Venice unless yo have millions in the bank lol so going on tour Tues or weds to Venice then the glass islands such a merano I've prepared some work and will be getting some video footage for my channel whilst I'm there John uk

[@ScoutCrafter]

Wow! Venice is that expensive? 😃👍

[@dolrr54]

John, there is supposed to be a black rubber gasket under the lens. The Big Beam lights I have owned have always had that gasket on the lens.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes! There were different types! I’m going to make one. Good eye!!! 😃👍

[@dolrr54]

@ScoutCrafter Thanks, John, as a child, my grandfather always carried a Big Beam lantern in his semi truck. It was one of my fondest memories of being able to use that lantern whe we went camping with him and my grandma. Keep up the great videos, buddy!😁👍

[@beerdrinker6452]

Nice video.

[@waltbellamy9739]

sounds like christmas story !!!!!

[@beachbums2008]

Just curious scoutcrafter did you ever do restoration on old coleman lantern or stoves😊 Keep the videos coming to Pittsburgh Pa 😊

[@ScoutCrafter]

I have a nice collection of mostly propane lanterns, in scouts we weren’t allowed liquid fuels in camp (You can imagine why) my favorite is the Bernzomatic dual beam TX-750! My scoutmaster had one and I had to have my own! 😂👍

[@bigvicsworkshop]

I'm still in shock that you had to order a light bulb 🤠👍

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂

[@JimBobZee]

I like the clock...Maybe you could paint the glass part of one bulb ScoutCrafter red for a different affect?

[@paulsworkshop4179]

Well done! I usuall pitch those brushes, but why not save them.

[@robertlevine2152]

ScoutCrafter, The lesson on cleaning brushes was great. But (this is a big, big but), Amazon is selling 300, 3/8" brushes for $29.99, or $0.10/brush. For a dime, save the solvent and paper. Let the brush dry properly, and trash it. Bob

[@ScoutCrafter]

Bob- I got a box of brand new Acid brushes that I got cheap and just can’t do it! 🫣😂👍

[@leehunter1967]

You’re exercising fiscal restraint 😉

[@setdown2]

The clock is a real beauty….lights I have a dislike for flashlights never never had one that was any good 🤬…yeah blinkers blink 🙄….🖖🏻

[@frankblack5129]

What kind of maniac only uses an acid brush once and throws it in the trash ?

[@JohnMurphy-dw6ml]

They don’t have the real sealed batteries today!

[@sebglayburg5163]

Hey, John, no wonder why your basement's so hot with that furnace going constantly! Do you have AC to offset the heat down there?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Actually, it’s not terrible down there only when we have a heat wave with a week or more of mid 90s other than that my basement is pretty comfortable all year-round. I always preferred a basement shop for that reason it never freezes nor goes over 90°.. 😃👍

[@johnroberts7280]

Frugal is good 👍

[@TheOtherBill]

I'm not cheap, I'm not frugal. I just don't waste things. 😉

[@Reggyontheroad]

Gotcha boom

[@GeorgeWMays]

Priced an acid brush recently...?

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Prices for anything are out of Control .. Just to wipe your Fanny will cost you 10 dollars per wipe LOL believe me i hear what you are saying

[@ScoutCrafter]

I try not to complain about prices, but I am shocked at certain items that have tripled and quadrupled. We are experiencing a double whammy effect the high cost of petroleum combined with inflation is tearing everybody apart. 🫣😃👍

[@brianlittle3452]

John: You do not collect, normally. (Phase stolen from Dale Watson and modified.)

[@terrysmith4465]

Boom

[@57WillysCJ]

Nice one although I don't think the evaporust was doing its job. It should have turned it black. Still like the clock it came out nice. Amazon is a necessary evil. I by local if I can afford it and they have it. Much like walmart in a community. For rural areas that don't have a lot of stores and you had to travel 60 to 80 miles it's a huge difference. Especially free shipping. Even Sears didn't do that. I think you do what's right for you. Local stores couldn't stand up to the pricing because customers couldn't. These places get big because a person gets more for the dollar that isn't worth a dollar.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Phil- it’s funny the evaporate didn’t hardly do anything with this kind of corrosive rust, it’s just took off the orange scale. 🤔

[@tonymaiettasr.7340]

Love that little clock. ❤ Great job on the lantern. That red polished up real good. If I might ask, what wax did you use following the No.7 polishing compound?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Tony- My favorite- Mother’s carnauba cleaner wax! 😃👍

[@tonymaiettasr.7340]

@@ScoutCrafter going to buy some today. Thanks

[@hubertjudeaux7749]

red light ready go to Amsterdam my friend

[@Alex-Zone]

lol

[@AndyM.]

Mine and I am sure 85% of your subscribers ask, what DON'T you collect????? GOOD LORD!!!!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Beanie babies, although I have three. 😂👍

[@Alex-Zone]

How does your girlfriend feel about you squeezing the can like that? 😉👍👍

[@Clarkson350]

Led bulb?

[@ScoutCrafter]

Some older flashers require a small current draw to operate. Some LES’s don’t draw enough current to operate the flasher. 😃👍

[@AricBolf]

My definition of cheap is dumping pain onto yourself and others trying to save a penny. Using $1 worth of mats and 20 minutes of your time and effort to save a 50 cent acid brush fits that perfectly. Although, if you only do this once to make a KZbin video tutorial, you found a loophole.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I think as we get older there are jobs that you dislike and the cost outweighs the misery. Like mowing the lawn- Sooner or later it’s not fun anymore.