I love these old screwdrivers and I've been keeping my eye out for one locally that I can restore. Next time you could try spraying water on the wood handles before final sanding, it makes the grains stick up and you can get a very nice finish sand. Great job!
@CatalystRestorations2 жыл бұрын
Great advice! The wood scales on these perfect handle screwdrivers are really tricky! Definitely lots of things I learned from this first one for future ones!
@Sabanator19693 жыл бұрын
Fantastic job and great video/edit skills. Also glad to see the restored tool put to use. Nice touch!
@mskayla77472 жыл бұрын
Not bad, considering the quarantine challenges.
@CatalystRestorations2 жыл бұрын
Thanks! It was definitely a challenge!
@ChevyGuy703 жыл бұрын
I have one of these. I bought a tool chest for $50 and it came with a bunch of tools. This is one of them. Really cool video👍 new subscriber 😎
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! There's something about the simple elegance of these screwdrivers that I just love. Thanks for subscribing Seth!
@christyhaubert31053 жыл бұрын
Great transformation. I enjoyed the video.
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Christy! 🙂
@antonioaparecidoteixeirago4511 Жыл бұрын
Gostei de mais ao ver seu trabalho. Parabéns.
@CatalystRestorations Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Definitely watch some of my more recent restorations too - they're higher quality!
@brysonalden54143 жыл бұрын
Beautamous!
@annetanner13203 жыл бұрын
Very cool transformation!
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Anne! 😊
@f75gunslinger3 жыл бұрын
My only suggestion would be to use dried lumber as opposed to relatively fresh cut wood. The fresh stuff will shrink considerably as it fries over time. Great restoration overall.
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
It was freshly chopped, but the wood is fully seasoned
@KrispyBizcut2 жыл бұрын
What you did looks amazing.. but I myself personally would have probably left the old wood. Just a light sanding and some good clear varnish and then did the metal like you did. But like I said before, you did an amazing job!
@CatalystRestorations2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Michael! Luckily I always keep the original parts if I make a new one to replace them, so I always have the option to go back to the originals!
@simonmuschamp45823 жыл бұрын
I think the manufacturer was SB Co. They where German and made a line of screwdrivers similar to the H D Smith 'perfect handle' style. Nice job those scales are not easy!
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
Those scales were a huge pain, but I think they turned out pretty well considering it was my first ever attempt at making ones that small! And I think you're dead-on about the manufacturer now that I'm looking it up. Really appreciate the info - up until today I still knew nothing more than it was German-made. Thank you!!
@manuela_kral49839 ай бұрын
Hm... 2 days ago I left a comment here with some information about this screwdriver - it seems to be gone. 🤔 I sent you a mail too. I did a litte research and found a similar screwdriver (Number 5) on E..sy. The description there says: 'Antique German Schubert (attributed) split wood handle screwdriver, aeroplane tool kit part, measures 5" slot head screwdriver that research shows may have had its original use working on German aircraft during WWI Of course a slot head screwdriver could be used for pretty much anything but the size of this tool lends credit to that history working on motors in small places. Probably dates to between 1915-1925, has the usual issue with some chips to the wood but overall nice condition. no 5 screwdriver'
@CatalystRestorations9 ай бұрын
Wow, amazing find! My great-grandparents were German, so that wpupd make sense that we had some German tools that stuck around in the family. Amazing!
@manuela_kral49839 ай бұрын
@@CatalystRestorations did you check your mailbox? I sent you the link with some picures.
@johnfix13 жыл бұрын
Nice. Those handles are tricky. I just restored the world's largest perfect handle screwdriver and will, post on my channel in a few days. JohnFix.
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
They are super tricky! I learned a lot from this one and definitely would do things differently on a new one. I just subscribed to your channel!
@CoolRestorations3 жыл бұрын
So small, I have one also, maybe I need to polish it :-)
@CoolRestorations3 жыл бұрын
Oh mine is little different 😀
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
Definitely! It's really straightforward! Just some sanding then hit it with a white or blue polishing medium 👍
@CoolRestorations3 жыл бұрын
@@CatalystRestorations Fitting in the wood looks hard!
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
The wood scales were by far the hardest part for sure! If you're making new ones my advice is go slow - you can always take more material off but you can't put it back on! 😂
@CoolRestorations3 жыл бұрын
@@CatalystRestorations True! Maybe I will get to it one day, have way to much other projects to do :-)
@emailapple6453 жыл бұрын
95/100
@shedmanx36403 жыл бұрын
👍🇦🇺
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
👍 🇺🇸
@Nationfirst5013 жыл бұрын
Handle wooden quality D grade...
@CatalystRestorations3 жыл бұрын
Comment quality D grade.
@yana1955 Жыл бұрын
@@CatalystRestorations Making sure you didn't show that crack after applying the finish was not forthcoming.
@CatalystRestorations Жыл бұрын
@@yana1955 I am truly a horrible person.
@yana1955 Жыл бұрын
@@CatalystRestorations I thought your were making a statement about honesty in you 2022 April Fool's video but I suppose I was mistaken. Good luck in your future endeavors.