Hair Dryer Fix- New Years Lantern Light Off featuring Propane!!!

[@JohnDaker_singer]

A great business idea might be a product that cleans hair dryers. Some sort of citrus cleaner you can spray on the filter, along with a tutorial on how to remove the filter. Or even better, an entire hairdryer system that makes it easy for women to clean the filter. Some of those hairdryers can get very expensive.

[@TheEvertrap]

Proud to be one of your diehard viewers... What kind of maniac doesn't spend New Year's Day watching a string of the previous year's ScoutCrafter videos back-to-back? It's become a wonderful tradition!

[@JohnSmith-yl6dn]

Count me in!

[@frankpattisr2250]

Me to!

[@Santiago-iv7oi]

Thank you.🎉

[@stephendoherty1275]

Good job. Your dedication to produce content 3 times a week is incredible. We thank you.

[@zaphodbeetlepox6627]

Nice way to start the year! I had to chuckle thinking about if this thing could talk, "I was built in a factory, took a trip to the coast, went out once or twice and sat on a shelf for 50 years before I took a trip back to the other coast, and now I am a KZbin star."

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂👍

[@TheDasbull]

Hahahaha! I remember the '80s and my girl at that time had "big hair" and I can remember cleaning the bathroom wall of our apartment when moving out to get the cleaning deposit - that hair spray was on everything 😂

[@ScoutCrafter]

My mother had a beehive hairdo back in the 70’s and used tons of hairspray! 🫣😂👍

[@joemoach832]

No better way to start the new year than a Scoutcrafter video! Happy New Year!

[@billmccabe9601]

I use those tidy cat type tubs to collect empty cobs from feeding the squirrels, etc. I then use the cobs when I grill...makes even the onions and peppers tastes better.

[@oldguyknots]

Very nice. Re: the hair dryer, hate to say but you're getting old (so am I). Thirty years ago would be the mid-90's, not the '80s. How time flies, huh? And I remember that dryer and the switches, it is from the '80s. And the hiss...can't forget that. Happy New Year, looking forward to seeing more of you.

[@ScoutCrafter]

🫣😂 it’s amazing how time goes so fast that I was just making a video before and said I was using this hacksaw for 50 years! I had to stop and think about that. Wow! 🫣😂👍

[@davidrenfro7437]

I found your channel about 6 months ago and now I never miss an episode. I very much appreciate your wisdom and passion concerning things of the past. Keep up the great work!

[@ScoutCrafter]

David- I’m so glad you are part of our group! 😃👍

[@1lupus]

Thanks for your dedication. A Thursday morning coffee (In the land of Aus), without a ScoutCrafter video is not something I want to contemplate.

[@jeffk204]

A Scoutcrafter video is the best way to start the new year. Thanks. BTW I'm not sure if you were joking or not about the cellophane tape, but that amber colored tape is Kapton Polyimide tape. A good tape for high heat and electric insulation. It is pricey, but perfect for certain uses like inside a hair dryer. I hope you have a great 2025!

[@ScoutCrafter]

You are right about the tape. It is a perfect use for that! 😃👍

[@kimbishop4734]

Loved the lantern review. As far as I'm concerned, propane is still king.

[@ScoutCrafter]

I’ve always loved propane! 😃👍

[@americansewingmachineresto1545]

Happy New Years John. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had to clean out my wife’s hair dryer. Great lantern info. Love that Bernz-O-Matic lantern. I still have my double mantle Coleman lantern and a bunch of mantles and a full can of fuel. Thanks for the faithful consistency of your videos. Best Regards, John

[@johnfix1]

As a veteran of many cleanings on my wife's hair dryers I believe I have saved a bunch over our many years. I am not familier with propane lanterne but I now see why you prefer them. Easier and not as messy.

[@Kirt-Davis]

I'm glad you mentioned the hiss of these lanterns. That's the first I thought I'd when you started demonstrating these. Took me back a couple decades.

[@ROD59]

I'm a diehard viewer , you were the first channel that I subscribed to on KZbin

[@ScoutCrafter]

Wow! That is awesome!!! 😃👍

[@carllafong733]

Great New Year's Day episode! I volunteer at a non-profit thrift store and test the small appliances and don't believe I've ever seen a hair dryer that didn't work. They're pretty bulletproof. I'm also a lantern collector and have three of the Bernzomatic Dual Beam lanterns, one is painted Olive green and was made for Sears. Otherwise, I'm an old school Coleman collector and love the white gas pressure lanterns. I am also looking forward to this new year and wish you the very best. Thank you for another great year's worth of education, entertainment, travel and wisdom.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Carl- Those Dual Beam lanterns are so well made. I see why they are collectible. 😃👍

[@ko2fjb]

Those propane lanterns take me back to my boy scout days in the 60's with many great memories. Thanks John

[@ScoutCrafter]

Fred- Best times ever…

[@johnr1878]

Happy New Years John, thanks for the lantern show, always a great one and has become a tradition for me to watch. It's great that you are carrying the torch for "Bob the lantern guy", he's smiling and enjoying this too.

[@LeifEricson-i5w]

My Grandfather would go Ice Fishing. He made a heater to keep warm on the ice. He took a study apple box and drilled one inch holes in the end you would sit on. Across the opening nailed a four inch board. It helped stabilize the box. He stood a Coleman lantern inside the box. After we cut a hole in the ice for fishing he would light the lantern and put it in the box. The heat from the lantern helped warm your butt. You hold your hands down below your knees to warm them. Makes for a great heater to be warm while fishing. I still have the box he made for me. He also made a box two ft x three ft and mounted a pair of old wooden kiddy size skis for runners to carry our stuff. Good old days with Gramps.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Ice fishing is such a cool adventure! 😃👍

[@LoStivale]

Never miss an episode. I’ve learned a lot over the years.

[@simplemanduke7128]

Thank you for making a video for us diehards. I look forward to EVERY one of your videos. You could talk while making a grilled cheese Sandwich and we'd watch due to your humor and presentation...

[@GuntersGarage]

You aint kiddn the TX 750 is an awesome lantern!!! It reminds me a little of a Kurig machine 😂

[@troyb1733]

Happy New Year John! You have the coolest s*^t in the world! We had camping fuel in boy scouts in Missouri when I was a kid and one idiot poured it on the fire one nite and the flame jumped up the stream and lit the gallon can on fire, so he took off running with it in his hand and the scout masters were screaming to drop it and he finally threw it and lit the field we were in on fire. What a nite and a powerful lesson I learned for life. Dont run with a lit can, drop it in the fire and let it explode while you run away. Ha just think if he did that. p.s. I had that same conair dryer you have.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Here in NY I guess they knew better than to let city boys handle liquid fuel! The Bronx boys will burn everything down! 🫣😂👍

[@beerdrinker6452]

I have been called a DH before but never a DIe Hard. Proud to be a Die Hard. Great hair dryer education. Thank you!

[@vitesseguy]

Thanks and Happy New Year!

[@WeekendShedHead]

Hi John, Fantastic episode as always .. Happy new year.. and thank you for all your videos this year (3 videos a week 😃 I don’t know how you do it) It’s amazing how I can watch one of your videos, be entertained and learn at the same time 🙌 priceless Cheers Rob

[@scottjohnson136]

Once again great show! Transition from liquid gas lanterns to propane was easy as propane is simple and easy. Now replaced by led lanterns! World marches on!

[@rollerbald]

Happy New Year John! Die hard viewer here. 😁Cool bunch of lanterns! I use a hair dryer all the time on the workbench when you don't need the heat of a heat gun.

[@EricSpratt]

Welcome members of the Die Hard viewers club!🎉

[@FrankRush-s2l]

Great find on the hairdryer. I finally had to buy my own heat gun as the wife didn’t like me using hers. The heat gun is good but you can’t beat a hairdryer for certain tasks

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes- Hairdryers can really come in handy! 😃👍

[@EuphJL]

Happy New Year, John! From another die hard subscriber!

[@patjohnson3100]

Very interesting video. Those early propane lanterns are beyond cool. You have really cool collections. If your garage shop is unheated, you can make it more tolerable with small propane heaters that use the small green screw-in tanks. You can also get portable propane catalytic heaters. Use proper venting. Happy new year.

[@johnroberts7280]

Cool lanterns John.

[@rge2410]

Always good to see a new scout crafter video.

[@madamecampsalot6384]

I love the lanterns.. I wanted to join in this year, but we had a severe thunderstorm that began just prior to midnight and lasted a good 1/2 hour. The rain continued like a firehose. Thanks for all you do, John!

[@johnm.9989]

I also have an old Conair hair dryer which still works great. Unfortunately, my hair didn't survive the years!!!!!

[@mikebashford8198]

Happy New Year! I can just about remember the distant past, when I had enough hair to need a hair dryer.

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂😂

[@saigaking]

Love the lantern show John happy new year god bless you and your family Can’t wait to see what the new year brings thank you for all your hard work Doing the shows we all love 🇺🇸🇳🇿🇮🇱🗽🪖🦅🌟DJT45-47

[@jimjohnston7688]

Watching your videos is one of the “high spots” of my week.😊Boy you New Yorkers throw away some neat stuff.

[@13thworker45]

I had the same problem with 2 hair dryers I bough years ago for my wife and oldest daughter. In fact I repaired my wife’s 4 or five times. She through it away and bought a new one. Same problem with it. She told me somethings need to be thrown away. I just said I don’t understand! I have never seen lanterns like the ones on your show. They are neat. Thank You and Happy New Year

[@stewartew]

Happy New Year to you, I always watch your videos, Mon, Wed, Fri, always learn something, keep up the great work.

[@marccrone3232]

I am fortunate to have the same tx-750 lantern in excellent condition that once belonged to my grandfather. My wife and I have used it a few times camping and it works wonderful.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Marc- It’s really iconic! 😃👍

[@ozarkbonsai7838]

Happy New Year John. Looking forward to watching all your great videos in the upcoming year. I always learn so much from you. And….i bought so many new tools. Tub O Towels was the best. BTW I still have that Conair hair dryer!

[@setdown2]

Tic Tock...Tic Tock...Another year over...and another just begun...🖖

[@ScoutCrafter]

That hair dryer was just fantastic! 😃👍

[@stevef8993]

I cant believe you still have that Conair hair dryer! I had that same one back in the day. I think i still have the switches i saved.

[@bigpete4227]

Never missed one in years now.

[@gimble1]

Oh boy!... I'm a die-hard subscriber!!!

[@hester781]

Place ya bets!!! 😂😂 what an absolutely stunning lantern! Some of my oldest memories of Camping involve telling stories around an old Coleman lantern and listening to that almost calming hiss that it produced. How funny that that lantern started life in New York, made it all the way out to California, and then came all the way back 👍🏻 happy new year Scout!

[@icfreelynow]

Thanks for your dedication in producing content. I enjoyed the distraction from all the events of the day

[@tomdale1313]

thxs for all the hours of fun you provided thru the past year, thxs for sharing...

[@357magdad]

According to The Google, $1.92 in 1964 is equivalent to $19.41 today. Happy New Year!

[@MrPhil1969]

I wonder how many of your neighbors watch your channel and put things out for you to find and fix so they can watch it on KZbin😂 Happy New Year John.

[@ScoutCrafter]

That would be awesome! 😃👍

[@tanyaziller7601]

Happy new year. The hair dryer insulation I have seen is mica and yours may be the same. Could be man made now but in the old days it was the rock form. In stage coach windows it was called isenglass. That protection plug is interesting in that there is no ground prong that I saw. Must be AFCI or monitors difference in current between hot and neutral. Loved the old mantle lanterns. The really bright ones were thoriated so slightly radioactive. When I worked in nuclear power they were used for training to detect low level radiation with a frisker. Which is a meter used in the industry. Great video and thanks for keeping the content so interresting.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Yes that insulation material is very interesting because it is super thin and light yet showed absolutely no discoloration or heat damage whatsoever! I will research it more. 😃👍

[@BudBush]

Another die-hard viewer here. Great episode. Was interested to see the gummed up filter on the hair dryer. I remember during the sixties how much of that stuff was used by the high school girls on their beehive hair dos. I use my heat gun in the shop for a lot of things but most often to shrink up the insulating heat shrink tubing for fixing cords and insulating pliers handles. Lotta memories regarding the propane lanterns too. Happy New Year to you and all the folks here.

[@MrGoosePit]

I love that TX-750 lantern. Never saw one before until now. Happy New Year ScoutCrafter! Thanks for all the great videos of the past year. Looking forward to another great year!

[@philcappellini2820]

Happy New year!! Looking forward to many more top notch videos in 2025!!

[@truthreigns7]

I always like those buckets, because of the slots on the bottom, so you can set that bucket on top of another one like it.

[@jeffreykindron7162]

John, I am a die hard fan. There used to be a Bernzomatic plant in Medina NY about 10 miles from my house. I recently watched another you tube channel that featured a kerosene Coleman lantern similar to the iconic Coleman Fuel type - I never knew it existed.

[@mitchd949]

I have a 1989 hairdryer exactly like your white Conair except it’s dark brown and branded “Vidal Sasoon.” Like you said, built to last forever! I use it to dry things, warm things, and occasionally to dry my hair.

[@lotsabirds]

Thanks John!

[@nescobaraloplop9468]

Thank you for the great start to the year!

[@mikeedwards6162]

Count me in the diehard group, great video as it always is, Thanks.

[@Mojita82]

HNY .. have a good year 🎉

[@chbears07]

Happy New Year. Appreciate the show, even if you are a yankee!! 😊. Hope you have a great year

[@BencoVintageMachineWorks]

Happy New Year John! Had my old railroad lantern lit up to bring in 2025.

[@ScoutCrafter]

Outstanding! Looking forward to 2025! 😃👍

[@andyc972]

Thanks John, and a happy new year to you also ! Unfortunately we got off to a bad start to the year here with high winds and a power outage hence I'm only watching now, I missed my mid-week SC fix ! The hairdryer was a great find and you can't beat a good free bucket ! Thanks for the lantern demonstration, I like all types of lanterns but do also appreciate the simplicity and robustness of propane or butane models !

[@michaellindsay8934]

Great video I love the old Coleman lanterns and all their propane products. Looking forward to another year of DIY's and tips and tricks. Thanks John and Happy New Year

[@clarencebrown3256]

Happy new year's John 😊 Always up for one of your videos. Very chilly up here in Alberta 🇨🇦

[@magomat6756]

Its mica a very good isolated and heat resistant. You find it also in a breadtoaster

[@ScoutCrafter]

This seemed to be processed like pressed material. All the mica I have seen looked natural. This material had zero signs of heat. Whatever it is it’s amazing! 😃👍

[@magomat6756]

@ScoutCrafter I have worked in a factory of mica.the mica comes in as flakes and the being processed like you would make paper on rolls to process it in different shapes and products.

[@corydriver7634]

I’m here on News Years Day happy to see you.👍🏻I’m the same way with the buckets…if I see they in the trash I snag them up.

[@dalee.mccombs8571]

Back in the 60&70s we used the old style hairdryers to dry our hunting boots out. Im talking about the old style dryers with the 4 ft long hose with plastic bonnet.

[@billmcclure433]

44 deg.with some drizzle and overcast here in NW Oregon. Lovely relaxing day. Have a great New Year. Looking forward to seeing the videos you produce this year@

[@ScoutCrafter]

Bill- 45 here with light rain also! 😃👍

[@Uwannawatch]

Happy New Year John! My Mom and Sister had that same Con Air hair dryer ! Back in the days of the Big hair, My Sis had the biggest hair in school 🤣🤣

[@ScoutCrafter]

George my GF is 5’5” but in the 80’s she was 6’ tall… 🫣😂👍

[@i8dpie]

I have a little hair diffuser from about 35 years ago, dropped it many times, works fine.

[@rogerstlaurent8704]

Long time Subscriber here just want to say Thank You very much

[@waynescholl2454]

Happy New Year 🎉. Always look forward to a new video 👍

[@rogermcdonald1607]

John , I don't care what day it is, I wouldn't miss one of your videos! Happy New Year!🎉👏🇺🇸

[@garypannone7755]

I remember Bernzomatic, and I believe the shell of the building is still up. If has only recently been torn down. I had an uncle who worked there Happy New Year.

[@almacli8360]

Happy New Year brother great episode I’ll see you soon 💯🤜🏼🤛🏼

[@alexstools]

First day of the year and first video of the year! I enjoy the new years eve lantern light of. Much better then the very heavy fireworks, too loud and to much mess. Who could've guessed, I loved fireworks a few years ago.

[@robfalcon3404]

Them funny flying machines have taken control of john 😮don't believe him😅 happy new year

[@truthreigns7]

looks like someone got a new hair dryer for Christmas and threw this one away. So merry Christmas and happy new year to yourselof.

[@adiazcroce]

Greetings from Mexico!

[@ScoutCrafter]

Mexico! 🇲🇽

[@larrynelson734]

Hi John. Great video. Very informative. Love those old propane lanterns. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! 👍👍👍❤🙏...

[@billmccabe9601]

Hope you can continue on your Happy and tool-prosperous New Year Journey.

[@Reggyontheroad]

Gotcha happy new year from me and Deb

[@devinteske]

You’d be interested to know I own a hair dryer with an engine made by Ferrari. The brand of hair dryer is “Babyliss” and it was not cheap. No pun intended, it blows other dryers away

[@johnkelley9877]

That was really interesting! I was surprised at how easy the hair dryer was fixed. Every time I see a Bernzomatic propane cylinder I think of my Dad and all the times he used his. Thanks for sharing this and have a Happy New Year.

[@evilla410]

Hi John. That’s a great vintage lantern 👍 Happy New Year 🎆

[@88ariesk]

Always looking forward to your videos! Juuust squeaking under the first hour. Happy new year!

[@2012Guardian]

Happy New Year. Chose you over the Rose Parade with my morning coffee.

[@terryrogers1025]

Yep, I be die hard, great show sir, wish you the best in the coming year.

[@lotsatrains]

Awesome propane lanterns 👍 I actually don’t have any yet have a couple of the white gas mantle lanterns among my many kerosene ones but now I probably will start looking 👍

[@marko11kram]

Happy New Year, SC. A lantern I'd LOVE to see is an Acetylene Lantern. Maybe even an old Headlight.

[@joseffroula7415]

Happy New Year from a Die Hard subscriber! Thanks for continuing to provide such excellent content so consistently!!!

[@robfahey1349]

John its funny my wife has the same hair dryer just a different color she loves it and has had it over 15 years and was getting ready to toss it because it wasn't working I thought I was going to have to take it apart and I just played with the twisted strain relief and it's back up and running. Happy New Years as well John and those lanterns always drove me crazy i never wanted to be within about 10 feet of them. If anyone doesn't understand the expression moth to a flame get a propane lantern and sit outside with it lit lol.

[@ScoutCrafter]

They really attract bugs!!! 🫣😂👍

[@williamlouis5011]

Back in the day, you needed a hair dryer for the mullet! (But not me)

[@ScoutCrafter]

😂😂. Mullets were and still are a funky hairstyle for anyone. 🫣😂👍

[@scottyboy7462]

I NEVER miss an episode!! And I don't plan to anytime soon. Your vids are the perfect length l. I always pick up a tidbit if knowledge that i didn't know i needed to know!! Wishing you a healthy and prosperous new year John ❤️ 🇺🇸

[@stevenpressley5956]

Happy New Year Brother John 👍🇺🇲👊